#a jabber of mine?

[masterofthecygnetsignet]

So, I originally read TBOSAS the exact May that it came out, thought about it for weeks, and eventually set it aside mentally. But, yesterday, very belatedly, I finally had the chance to start watching the movie (as before, I never had the time to go to the cinema) and I remembered why I had loved Coriolanus so much! And his ingenious move with Dr. Gaul's snakes! Which I had forgotten about. Devious. And perfect.

Plus, using the drones/delivering water like Haymitch used the force field. Weaponizing something never intended to be a weapon! (And I was reminded of the Hobbes vs. Locke vs. Rousseau conflict with the main three's worldviews!)

Side note: Then I remembered the note I wrote about Rafal's character arc in relation to Coriolanus' (so I might post that eventually—if I find it in my notes again and refine it).

Snow's arc is my favorite (as in most well-executed, awe-inspiring villain arc I have ever read—like the sheer intensity of it—ach! Collins pulled it off so incredibly well.) And well, I still partly would've wanted Rafal to have an arc that was even half as great since, subjectively, I was not too fond of the Fall plot twist.)

And, so far, the movie itself is spectacular and actually a faithful adaptation of the novel, according to how my memory holds up.

[ghastigiggles]

OKAY WAIT IDK IF U HAD THIS KIND OF HC OR NOT

Seb has ticklish ears (sorry for bothering u ;-;)

theres also a hc going around that he purrs and im kinda insane over it actually...

( disclaimer: DONT do this he will kill you for real. audie is just gods favourite little princess and can do whatever they want. /j )

[brookesophelias]

peeta and the rebellion, with even more nuance (:

post continued from @posthungergamessyndrome; their post here

In The Games training , Peeta preferred to hang around the Camouflage, & it ultimately became his saving grace in Book I. Creativity, to most tributes, doesn't compare higher than physical prowess in significance. In Catching Fire, we see the D6 Morplings go to Camo first.

Peeta Mellark allows himself to be known as Loverboy to almost everyone in the 74th arena, which is him defining himself by emotion. Mostly because that’s what Careers, who D12 tributes hardly ever team up with, called him

Peeta decided to kill himself, even before the Nightlock idea, because he refuses to die at the hands of the Capitol. He seriously felt remorse after killing Foxface & had Katniss explain it to him. Killing others wasn't supposed to be something these tributes felt accountability & care about. "...wanted to hold them accountable, if only for a moment... For killing that little girl. (CF; 238)

Yes, Katniss says to eat the berries on 3, though it's Peeta Mellark who tells her to out-stretch her hands so "...everyone can see." (THG; pg. 338).

Peeta refuses to hold a knife when he could hold a paintbrush. (Katniss replies to Haymitch that 'if he wanted babying, then should've asked Peeta.' His fellow Games Victor called him soft & he just offers her bread [again]). Even in the actual war, he felt so hurt when he killed others.

He has a vivid memory for the horrors of The 74th Hunger Games, to the point where Katniss says she "hates" his paintings. He’s not even offended he just lets her hate on them because they are gruesome.

He always looks out of windows at other people [Katniss on the bakery lawn], places {districts while on tour] as well as the Capitol. He also takes people's baked goods home to evaluate. And doesn't stop.

He also sees the elder from D11 get shot in the head & doesn’t let himself be touched by Peacekeepers after he said he & Katniss would feed Rue & Thresh's families.

Peeta refuses—so vehemently—to drink the beverage to purge his meals. He tells Katniss that maybe they shouldn't squash the Rebellion.

He is the second person to volunteer in years in D12, & at all & he, too earns the highest rating in the Quarter Quell. Before the Mockingjay ever existed, the mockingbird & Jabberjay had to meet. If Katniss is the Mockingjay, Peeta embodies both qualities of both birds individually. Peeta is wholly himself, at his best. When the Panem screams conformity, Peeta doubles on individualism.

[ohbaby-here-we-go-again]

So, I’ve come to the realisation that when vessel says “I'm a winged insect, you're a funeral pyre” most people think of the ‘winged insect’ as a moth ??

Which retrospectively actually makes more sense ajdksj like yea ‘moth to a flame’ with a poetic vessel spin to it…. But guys I thought he was referring to a fly this whole time…

Hear me out though ! I thought he meant like, a fly being drawn in by the dead body on the pyre ya know ? like before it’s set alight. And then, when it goes up in flames, the fly dies too - which is kinda poetic in a macabre way I guess... And then like, metaphorically it could mean vessel meeting someone who he thinks is perfect, but like in an unhealthy way (?), and starting a relationship with them, even though it ‘going up in flames’ was always going to be inevitable.

Idk…I just think before it’s cast into hellish flames, a dead thing on a bunch of sticks seems like paradise for a fly… and it’s just unfortunate the whole role of a funeral pyre is to burn…

[transmasc-joan-of-arc]

Remix(queer)

A remix refers to a queer person whose gender presentation may change repeatedly or frequently.

This term can be applied to ANY queer identity! Ex. A remix futch. A remix dyke. A remix enby.

[lewdssyum]

round tv round tv round tv round-

[its-short-for-jackalope]

WAIT A MINUTE!!!

in What Do You Say when Tom is like "nah I'm shopping for myself" and proceeds to be super awkward, it reads like just a normal goof in a fumbling, tripping-over-your-words conversation with an estranged ex you still have feelings for because we know he IS there for his kid, he said as much before. getting this toy for Tim is the whole point of him going to the mall.

but while listening to this for the ???th time, i realized he really IS shopping for himself! he only thinks it's for his kid because Wiggly's weird hypnotism/influence is telling him to want the doll, and that's how his mind is rationalizing it—he wants, no, he NEEDS this toy, so it must be for his kid, because why else would he want one? but it's really for him.

So I figure his "I'm shopping for himself" is either a mistake on his part that does some clever foreshadowing, or it's him still feeling close enough to Becky to be honest with her about it (while also doing some clever foreshadowing), which is honestly pretty cute, even if he immediately gets self conscious and awkward about it, lol.

[ardenssolis]

[The cat paw badge is the true aesthetic of this blog and Ozy in particular GJGJFJDGGD. I wanted all the badges but was the laziest booper to ever boop.]

[paanzermensch]

Being autistic with extreme hyperfixations is so funny bc i'll be like "Yea I'm p sure I'm mulitfandom/mulitshipper" and then I only focus on one hyperfix for months/year on end, go silent until I pick up something else and never speak about that hyperfix again. Or get uncomfortable of another ship involving one of the characters of the ship i'm extremely attached too. And then I realize I am neither of those, but in fact a secret third thing.

[comorbid-corvid]

e-offering to Lord Hermes in gratitude for my family getting home safe last night. a few family members of mine were driving in hazardous conditions. they saw multiple vehicles in ditches. thankfully, their trip was without issue.

Xaire, Lord Hermes.

[beach-bear-enjoyer]

“nothing tastes as good as skinny feels” WRONG. ch;eeto puffs,,,🤤🤤🤤,,,🤤🤤🤤

[ghastigiggles]

Would roux prefer being tickled by Sebastian again or by someone else?

.... i don't know if that answers it, but he felt very strongly about this.

[nerdallwritey]

for the fic writing asks!!

🎶🎀⛔️📚

OKAY I LOVE YOU BYE<3<3

🎶 do you write with music? does the music you’re listening to influence your writing?

I do write with music! But it's usually a wordless song from a video game or a song I've listened to a million times so I don't accidentally end up focusing on the music instead of writing. As a result, the music doesn't really influence my writing, it's more that I just need some sort of background noise to keep me from getting distracted. Most of the time the music does NOT have the same vibe as what I'm writing 😅 For example, this is what I was listening to during Awfully Fond of You, which is a very tender and sweet piece. BUT! I find that sometimes I have to have complete silence, especially with smut lol. My brain needs to go into overdrive for that and I CANNOT be listening to anything.

🎀 how do you decide when something is done?

Your guess is as good as mine tbh. Although I realized recently that most of my stuff ends with Astarion and Reader going to sleep. Which I mean! Makes sense! I think it's more of a feeling than anything. Like, "Ah, okay, I could reasonably end here with some sort of cliffhanger/sweet moment." Idk. It really changes from piece to piece!!

⛔️ whats something you try to avoid in your work?

Description of Reader lol. I want people to be able to project themselves or their Tavs onto Reader and that's tougher than I thought it would be. When I first started writing, Reader was (and still is) basically a self insert, and I almost had her talk about having siblings. But that's not a universal experience! So I decided to change it. I ran into the same problems with Awfully Fond of You, but I think the stuff was vague enough that people weren't taken out of it too much.

You can see what I imagine Reader/my Tav to look like here (but it's not canon, Reader is still whoever you want them to be!).

📚 do you ever read similar works while writing, or do you intentionally not read them?

I guess "similar" would probably mean Astarion x Reader or Astarion x Tav pieces. I DO read them! Less so now that I write them myself, but I LOVE reading the works of my friends and their Tavs :) I don't really go out of my way to look for similar stuff as much anymore though, because I spend more time writing than reading now I fear. But I've discovered some great works as a result! I think about @fettuccinealfred0's Til Death Do Us Part CONSTANTLY!!!!

[lone-starlight]

Ah shit, here we go.

Hey! You might know me as Star or Star Anon from a couple of blogs, one of which being @bulletproof-slimeboy (hey Charlie! I made a blog :])

If not, hi! I'm Star, and I watched The Social Experiments live as they were broadcasted – a three part horror-comedy show on the surface, but the company Showfall Media uses real people in twisted games of mind-control and manipulation to make their productions.

Charlie, along with many of his friends were fortunate enough to escape, but there are still more stuck in there and people are still being sucked into Showfall's games.

I saw what happens to people in Showfall on those streams. I want to help stop this.

... Hoh boy, this all has me talking a lot more seriously than I would normally lol. Let's get to tags

IC: #stars foretold

OOC: #clown jabber

Posting my thoughts: #shooting stars

Talking to the others: #a guiding light

Answering asks: #star watching

IRL interactions!!! Finally: #astronomical sighting

Hey, I started the star theme, I'm sticking to it

Dream Logs: #dream logs

Mousetrap! #Code Boy

Charlie: #oh brother of mine

Hey, I was getting real attached to this RP, sooooo I thought I'd make a blog for good ole Star here

I don't know if Star's a self-insert or OC but I'm having fun :] and at this point I'm afraid to ask

Secret tag!!! #friends!!! ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

#Pal's Posts

#Mice Galaxy

All of them: #The Sibling Dance

Also! I thought I should add these to this post!

References!!!!

Just to make them more easily accessible!

[transmasc-joan-of-arc]

Queerleidoscopic flag, free to use. Made by me.

"Queerleidoscopic" coming from the root words "queer" and "kaleidoscopic" refers to a queer identity that is by definition composed of complex and possibly shifting/changing patterns (such as experiencing overlap of multiple possibly fluid queer identities). This is a catch-all term for queer folks with complex, fluid, multifaceted identities.

This term was primarily coined for me! I consider my identity to be multifaceted and fluid and thought comparing it to a kaleidoscope would help it make sense. But others are free to use it as well and I thought it would be nice to share with others

[madebyteenagefury]

i’ve peaked, guys i’ve been recognised by a celebrity, holy shit my work here is done