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[angelinthefire]

I posted 1,918 times in 2022

335 posts created (17%)

1,583 posts reblogged (83%)

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@angelinthefire

@castielcommunism

@restlesshush

@autisticandroids

@valleydean

I tagged 1,672 of my posts in 2022

Only 13% of my posts had no tags

#spn - 1,051 posts

#destiel - 459 posts

#castiel - 329 posts

#self rb - 124 posts

#fanart - 101 posts

#by mi - 100 posts

#dean winchester - 86 posts

#q - 81 posts

#iyb - 76 posts

#lol - 75 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#you make 'blessed is he who comes in the name of the lord' literal in one sex scene and people will want to talk to you about their religio

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Thinking of a version of 13x04 The Big Empty where Mia the shapeshifter therapist offers to appear to Dean as someone he lost, and he looks like he's going to turn her down, but then he hesitates, and gives her this long evaluating look. And then the scene cuts, and you think Mia is going to appear as Mary, because that's who they were talking about before. You see Dean's reaction, and it's this blank kind of shock, because he was expecting to see what he sees, but he didn't realize how it would hit him. And you hear "Hello Dean". And it's Cas. And he doesn't look right, Mia doesn't have his mannerisms, and she doesn't have the outfit, just a plain white button-down and dark slacks, but she looks enough like him. Dean's about to say something, but he can't. He just swallows and grits his jaw and stares. And Mia/Cas says something like "I'm sorry I left you, I know it's hard. But I love you; and that love will stay with you." And you the viewer don't think too too much of the word "love", because Cas has used it before, love like family, love like friends. But anyways, Dean hears that and he frowns, like he's trying to internalize it, he's trying to get some closure out of this, but he can't. He shuts his eyes, with furrowed brows, and he's regretting that he agreed to this at all. And then Mia/Cas moves closer to Dean. She puts her hand on his cheek, and Dean sucks in a breath but he keeps his eyes closed. And then she leans in and kisses him so, so softly. Because she thinks they were like that. And at first Dean trembles at the kiss, but he keeps his eyes closed and lets it happen. Only after a few seconds does he jerk back, wide-eyed, looking terrified. And of course Mia/Cas is immediately worried and sorry that she made a mistake, and she says "Dean--" and is about to apologize. But Dean just turns around and storms out. Dean rushes away from the house, breathing hard like he'd just lost a fight. He gets in the car and slams the door. And his expression collapses, hes looks shattered, and he gasps, shaken and hurting, and tears run down his face.

And that's it. No further discussion or explanation of what happened. No comment from Dean. And then 13x05 Advanced Thanatology happens as normal.

330 notes - Posted December 13, 2022

#4

The thing with s4 deancas is that Dean and Cas have these scenes that are intimate and vulnerable. But they're not necessarily as personal or as much about their relationship as a lot of fanon makes them out to be. Dean and Cas' interactions in s4 are all about the mission and what's going on in the plot, and this developing trust and recognition that they can relate to each other is happening along with that. But the relationship is not what's driving their interactions.

Like, the scene with Dean and Cas in the hospital in 4x16 OtHoaP is the main example of this. Dean is incredibly vulnerable in that scene. And Cas absolves him of blame, and tells him that he knows that their fate rests with Dean. And sometimes you see people interpret that as Cas stating a belief in Dean's goodness. But it's not. It's just Cas stating the facts as he understands them. Which isn't to say that it's not a great scene and a great step in their relationship, it is. Again, Dean is being very vulnerable with Cas. And that Cas is just hanging our at his bedside is a telling thing, imo.

The tension between Dean and Cas in s4 is not about Cas being super into Dean. It's about Dean and Cas testing each other's boundaries, learning who the other is, and slowly building a careful kind of trust and care, that's ultimately put to the test.

They spend the season doing plot stuff while sussing each other out, and then in 4x22 their relationship is what everything suddenly hinges on. Dean's belief that he can convince Cas to do the right thing, Cas' trust in Dean. That's when their relationship bursts out from being the steady undercurrent into being The Important Thing.

And I think that caution, that gradual opening up, that tentative building of trust between Dean and Cas is what makes s4 compelling and what makes their relationship what it is. Moreso than popular fanon interpretations.

425 notes - Posted March 20, 2022

#3

I've said this before but the thing about how destiel played out is that pre- and during 15x18 you can buy that Dean believes that him and Cas are best friends, that he just wants to be platonic best-friends-forever with this guy, and spend all sorts of time together and share all his favourite things with him and know that Cas is never very far away. As friends do.

But after 15x18. Dean processes what Cas said to him. That Cas loves him. Is in love with him. And he makes that part of who he is. He decides to be the man that Cas was in love with. That's what his parting line to Chuck was all about. And maybe he still doesn't think in terms of romance, because why would he, why would he torture himself with hypotheticals, Cas died and Cas loved him. And Dean can be that guy. He holds on to Cas' love. It's his. He makes it part of himself.

So then when he sees Cas again. And he’s confronted with what Cas loving him and wanting him means practically. What can he do? What else can he do besides love Cas back? When Cas' love is already part of him? How could he be anything else but in love with the guy?

837 notes - Posted October 25, 2022

#2

Cas was literally Dean's love interest.

919 notes - Posted March 14, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

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Well I wrote a fic inspired by it, and it's finished now and the reviews are good!

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1,057 notes - Posted November 25, 2022

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[ryssbelle]

Drew a bunch of Marinettes in a bunch of different artists styles it was a lot of fun!!

Artists who's styles I mimicked: @buggachat @hamsternamedmarinette @ladybeug @sabertoothwalrus and @anna-scribbles all epic artists 🤟😎

[pocket-size-cthulhu]

Not to be one of those adults but it's so funny how grown up things eventually start happening to you whether you think you're ready or not

I'm a gremlin, I wfh in my sweat pants, I think about anime in all my spare time. I had chicken nuggets for lunch today and I'm behind on my laundry. I tend to get overstimulated in the cereal aisle. But because I get on my computer every day and answer messages, my work doesn't know what to do without me and keeps giving me more money. 🤨 I didn't know I was capable of having a stable job for years but here I am?? They don't know how I live and don't care as long as I come to work and answer emails?? 🤨 How did this happen hahaha

[im-getting-help]

Hi! hello, im completely insane so i made [a very amateur editing of] saint Oliver Quick cards so you can print and keep with you(???)

theres a few combinations, do as you will with them. but if you actually print them plz tag me so i can see 💕💕💕

front

back

i spent 3 resident evil movies and 1 YT essay doing these, so... 7/8 hours??

it was fun, anyways, enjoy ❤

[vaugarde]

okay so as a gen 5 stan who does adore the story in bw and bw2, and now that gen 5 has experienced both a vicious hatedom that wouldnt hear a single positive thing about the games, and now a super protective fandom that insists they were perfect and had zero flaws... can we admit now that the bw1 story at least was. a little mid.

[toytulini]

i have got to go to bed i have got to get stuff done

[listen-to-the-inner-walrus]

Personally, I think if you describe yourself as a socialist and also have a bust of Vladimir Lenin's head in your house, I should be allowed to smash that bust over your head with no consequences.

[unforth]

Sometimes I wish I could drive home just how little of Chinese fandom culture actually makes it onto Tumblr at all, much less circulates in western Tumblr circles, and I've finally got a solid example.

On this list I reblogged a not long ago, Poyun, which I started reading on Bilibili the other day, has the 93rd most popular ship on all of Lofter, with over 15,000 posts. By comparison, the 93rd most popular ship of that same year (2020) on Tumblr was from Haikyuu, and from 2021 the 93rd most popular was from Miraculous Lady Bug - which is to say, even if you're not into, it's a fandom you've almost certainly heard of if you move in fandom circles at all. Like, those are two fandoms with known, huge followings. Likewise, Yan Xie/Jiang Ting is a big deal ship on Lofter.

I started reading the manhua a few days ago, so I know I'm gonna be posting some of the manhua art to @cnovelartreblogs so I was like, I should check the main tags and queue the art (even if it means I might be exposed to spoilers), and then I won't accidentally duplicate other people's art posting efforts or anything.

Now, granted, I've seen some evidence that tag search is more broken than usual the last few days, but even so...

#po yun: there are maybe 30 posts in "most popular"

#破云: there are maybe 20 posts in "most popular," and they're basically all the same (as in, people tagged both)

#poyun: about the same number, and the only 3 pieces of fanart I can find on the whole platform (@drawulan you don't know me but you are a BLESSING to C-Novel fandoms with small followings on Tumblr. A BLESSING, YOU HEAR? I LOVE YOUR ART.)

Y'all, we have no idea how little we actually know and see about what's popular in Chinese fandom.

[forcebookish]

one of the things that has me nonstop thinking about topmew is that they're actually a very unique type of couple in fiction but not in real life. in most fiction, people are always falling in love by accident. they meet, circumstances put them together, they're caught by surprise when they fall in love. but though both top and mew had never been in love before and didn't totally know what to expect, it wasn't a complete shock. they met through a mutual friend, they found each other attractive and interesting, so they decided to date. they fell in love because they went on dates and did romantic things together on purpose. i think neither of them expected to fall so hard, but still, the point of dating is to see if you're compatible and fall in love and maybe build a life together. and that's what they did.

i don't think that makes them boring, i think that makes them relatable! i think that makes them stand out from other fictional couples! you know, people claimed they wanted more realistic BLs, but for some reason when topmew came along, a ship based on a real life gay couple, they didn't like them?

[arolesbianism]

I wanna take a crack at making some fake screenshot graphics for my Sif Odile duo loopers au but I do not feel confident enough in my ability to mimic isat's art style and I also have a crippling fear of drawing backgrounds

[idekwtf-is-happening]

literally the only think Wattpad has on Ao3 is commenting on specific text

[magnetic-dogz]

Y'know sometimes I remember all the hell Youtube critics raised about Spongebob in the 2010s and I think. Is it really that serious. It's a kid's cartoon about talking sea critters. I remember the term "Squidward Torture Porn" and my eyes start rolling back into my head

[skitskatdacat63]

I feel so fucking feral over any podium with ticker tape, THE PICTURES ARE SOOOOOO GOOD!!! And like...they shoot the ticker tape during the champagne...so it sticks to everything and everyone 🫠😵‍💫

[bardicious]

Alternatively, if Tumblr just disappears, it might save me from the last connections I have to social media. Cause all these places fucking suck, and it's not necessarily the sites, its the people.

[themaevethcometh]

taylor swift makes me angry because her good songs are so good like she’s genuinely a very skilled musician and songwriter but then her bad songs are the worst songs i’ve ever heard. they’re absolutely terrible. and her mediocre songs are painfully mediocre but people keep saying that all of her stuff is good. like. i know that she can write good songs. i’ve heard them. but the stuff that is not good is Really Not Good

[welcometoteyvat]

fei ren zai save me ................. !!!!!!! there are ~970 source comic panels uploaded but only 260 translated on mangadex... pain

if u are looking for funny slice of life featuring mythical creatures and smooth animation please go read or watch (it also has a sister comic+donghua called all saints street, abt western demons and supernatural creatures, which is considerably easier to find subs for on youtube and also just as funny imo. also has kinda more plot)