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wardenbloom · 20 days ago

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List of Fics I've written so far

It has come to my attention that I have written here a handful of fanfics (mostly lads). So for easy navigation, I'll put here the link and the summary and a little author's note.

Feel free to browse, mostly these are just short stories I thought of in passing lol and I mostly write about Caleb or Zayne -- sometimes Rafayel.

Caleb

For Whatever's worth - link

Author's note: My silly attempt at student x teacher age gap fic that I doubt I thought of very well.

As I fall - link

Author's note: Short Story; I had a crisis between Zayne and Caleb, hence, this fic.

Summary: Nia, Zayne's friend from college, have been in love with him for years already. However, Zayne couldn't reciprocate as his heart is for another, attempting to move on, Nia decided to have a sexual relationship (friends with benefits) with a stranger (Caleb) which could end up good but also could end up bad but it really didn't matter to her. Eventually, she found herself comfortable with Caleb's presence.

Warmth of you - link

Author's note: Caleb's mind is really fun to write. Big chances are he doesn't have a healthy coping mechanism if he loses his love.

Summary: Caleb lost his love but his unhealthy coping mechanism made him hold on to her even after death.

Unearthly Cohabitation: link

Author's note: I wrote this when I was drunk and I was seeing things....

Summary: Erin found herself in a cheap apartment where Caleb's soul still lingers. Desperate to get Caleb's annoying ass out, she helped him pass on by doing the things he regrets when he was still living.

Zayne

The flowers are in full bloom today - link

Author's note: Writing this, I really want a blind MC for Zayne because he is one of the most caring people out there, you know? And caring for people with disability imposes a challenge for him since he seldom handles such. So here, I made a blind MC who is not dependent on anyone but Zayne still wants her to depend on him.

Summary: Ringo became blind after an accident and she had been working as a ghost singer and song writer. She gets lost easy as her vision is impaired. She met the kind doctor who shares the same interests as her and was kind enough to help her out when it comes to menial tasks.

A walk with you - link

Author's note: Wrote this way back even before lads was introduced to the market. Back then, I didn't have a male lead to give the role to then I saw Zayne... suddenly, I had an idea.

Summary: The grim reaper had always been impartial. Walking together with the souls of the dead had always been his goal. However, there are deaths that he just thought that were too early. So why? Why are there deaths that seem early?

A mermaid's gift - link

Author's note: Okay, this one I got a bit creative. This whole story was inspired by one of the characters in Honor of Kings -- Dolia. Her passive in game is that she has a mermaid's gift that she could give to a teammate. Anyway, here, I enjoyed writing this (probably cried to while writing). Zayne as a sick teenager... my heart is so soft for him!

Summary: Zayne's sickness had been getting worse and no cure was yet to be found. For his 16th birthday, he jokingly wish to have a mermaid friend but his father took it seriously. The mermaid grew fond of Zayne and they later on had many memories together.

Within Grasp - link

Author's note: A story to gift to my IRL friend who lured me in game lolol.

Summary: Ongoing series; Zayne had been looking everywhere for you. And finally, he figured out that the real you was hiding behind the screen they call reality. With that, he paid a great price to cross the boundary and to at least be a part of your life. But sometimes, he wonders, what could possibly go wrong with committing the taboo of crossing the fine line of reality and fiction?

Burden - Ao3 Link

Author's note: Okay, here I was just thinking that maybe some NPC was in love with Zayne, enough to actually fight for his life since he's just throwing it all away for the MC. This has around 50k words so I just uploaded it on ao3 for easy viewing.

Summary: Luciel, the Lieutenant of Silent Forest, fell in love with a doctor who will never see her the same way. Nevertheless, she still decided to save him from his prophecy even if it could cost her her life. After all, giving him the rest of his lifetime in this universe... would suit the world far better than letting her live.

Rafayel

No title - link

Author's note: I literally just made this from the attached meme!! I was like "Oh this sounds Rafayel..." hahhahaha

Summary: Just Rafayel and reader's toxic relationship that somehow lasted and always ends up with sex.

My Beloved Muse - link

Author's note: The idea popped up when I was staring at the loading screen from the unending "verifying files" thingy in game...

Summary: The immortal Rafayel's memory was badly eroded. While he couldn't remember who was it that he loved deeply, he found himself drawn to a specific painting that somehow makes him feel at ease... as if the person in the painting was someone so familiar to him. Desperate to unravel the feeling, he decided to sculpt the woman from the painting, unlocking the eroded memories he had.

Sylus

Partake - link

Author's note: MC BEING A BI-CURIOUS GIRL IS IN MY BUCKETLIST!!

Summary: One shot; Visiting the Onychinus Base, you found a woman that had Sylus's looks. Somehow, you can't help but feel attracted to her which ended up with you questioning your sexuality.

#love and deepspace #lads #fanfic #fanfiction #lads fanfic #Just posting this here for reference and easy access #lads zayne #zayne love and deepspace #li shen #lads caleb #love and deepspace caleb #lads rafayel #rafayel love and deepspace

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olderthannetfic · 1 year ago

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Obvious Disclaimer that this is not about any specific anon in particular, not about OTNF themself, but that my following rant might *slightly* punch down on people who ARE, well, older than net fics are.

But my honest opinion is that I really don’t like it when us old heads tend to sorta…talk down to? “Adultsplain”, if that’s even a thing? To The Gen Zs, by being like “damn kids! back in my day we never used our real name or posted selfies or posted about our personal life at all!” Don’t get me wrong, I’m one of those people who never posted the real me — but not because I was anonymous and cared about online safety, because I was a liar 😂 That being said, there ARE older people who definitely over-shared or “doxxed” themselves and still do, and there’s younger people who don’t!

I also feel like being “ha, these stupid KIDS who post about their FANDOM LIFE on TIK TOCK under their REAL NAME AND FACE where IRLS CAN SEE THEM, how STUPID” is not doing anyone any favors. Is that, technically, a smart thing for kids to do? No. Has it become normalized? Yes. And does that suck for people who might be bullied or outed or whatever cuz they genuinely are dumb and don’t know better and then someone they don’t like sees their stuff? Yes.

We all talk about how there’s no more kids spaces on the internet and how that’s a shame, but then five seconds later we’ll reblog that one “At any time I’m at risk of seeing a 14 year olds opinion and that’s why I hate it here” post. There’s really so few kid spaces on the net now, that’s true. We should extend empathy and let the teens be obnoxious and pretentious in peace, rather than making it a point to “ratio” or “roast them.” Idk personally I’d be completely unbothered if some 14 year old insulted my fic or my ship or whatever. I’d just block and move on, no need to try to argue with them.

And also, not all kids are even pretentious or obnoxious! I’m not saying we all need to take the kids under our wings, but we should be careful about not hating them just for being in their teens years, you know?

Also… telling a teenager to not post PII or not get into discourse or not have social media or whatever will NOT work the way you want it to 😭 kids are by default a little bit oppositionally defiant so telling some rando teen to Get Off Your Lawn (blog) rather than just blocking them, will encourage said teen to Stay On Your Lawn.

I just hate how it’s become normal for adults to talk down to teens online. I was harassed by adults online as a kid, then years and years and years later i went through my own “Older Than You™️”phase where I myself was a shit to teenagers, and I truly regret that so much. To this day I still need to make an effort to be careful. I saw on Twitter where an adult posted a DM from a 13 year old, mocking them. The DM said “I’m 14 next year, can I follow you? Please don’t groom me.” And the adult OP was laughing at how stupid the dm was. A few years ago, I would’ve been one of the people retweeting that and rolling my eyes at the child. Now im disgusted by the people who WERE laughing at them.

And again I’m obviously not saying we should be “nice” to the teenagers who mock us for our ships or who virtue signal too hard. But we also don’t need to make fun of their CARRDS or call them Puri-teens or rag on them just for being 17 or younger, yk?

Teens aren't 'puriteens' just for being young, dude. They have to also be puritanical bullies.

I find the stuff about real names hilarious because, actually, if you're really Internet Old™, then you probably did use your real name... it was right there in your university e-mail address! Or your random early ISP address if your stepdad got it for you and thought the university format was the default. Thanks, stepdad.

I've done every single dumb thing from going to meet my internet pen pal at an Alice Cooper concert to flying to Ireland from Japan to stay with a fandom friend I'd never met without telling anyone where I was going and without a credit card or enough cash to flee if I had to. I remember sitting on the plane thinking "Man, this is such a CSI episode topic".

The really funny part was that despite what she'd said before I visited, we ran into each of her parents at different times and ended up going to a play courtesy of her uncle, and all of them were like "So how do you know each other?" and "But you'd met before, right? RIGHT?!"

The level of panopticon is horrifying now. Teens have my sympathy. That part really is worse, and I think it's driving an entire generation nuts and we're going to see even more shit about people wanting to run away and live in a cabin in the woods with no internet. But in general, I don't think we're so different.

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nichiperi · 5 months ago

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I've been using this sketchbook since 2018 when I started attending university. But I didn't really use it much until around 2020, shortly before I got back into Invader Zim. Flipping through it recently, I realized that there's a bunch of stuff in here I never shared with anybody (or at least, not a lot of people), so I thought I'd post some of it! :D

Open the Read More to peer into the sketchbook~ ✨📓✨

These were some of the first adult Dib sketches I did when I just barely tiptoed back into the fandom. I was still trying to relearn the style at this point lol, but I still like 'em!

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This is what the interdimensional transporter that Zim and Dib use in my fic looks like! I'd always intended to make a nice colorful reference sheet, but it never came to pass... I'm still working on my fic though, so maybe someday!! The design could use some tweaks first though...not enough wires or cables for my taste lol.

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This is the first overtly ZADR-y thing I'd ever drawn. Sounds silly to admit now, but I was actually really scared to draw it or even talk about it at first. (⁠;⁠;⁠;⁠・⁠_⁠・⁠) Things sure are different now lol. These past few years have been my first time doing this much ship art in general, and it's been really nice to have gotten to a point where I'm not so nervous about it all the time!

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A Space Trash Zim from the @izspacetrash AU! I once had a version of this I'd colored, but I must've accidentally deleted it at some point because the thing is just gone. It is lost to the void. Maybe I should redraw him one of these days... ✨👀✨

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A gaggle of assorted doodles!! I like doing these cluttered messes every now and again to practice with expressions or poses...or even just 'cause I wanna mindlessly put more space bug shapes on paper. 🪳🪳🪳

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A Dib expression that turned out really good. Can't remember what he was supposed to be for, but....he exists. :)

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This was supposed to be a thing with a whooooole lot of Zim's killing each other. I was....feeling A Way. (⁠•⁠ ⁠▽⁠ ⁠•⁠;⁠) Buuut quickly realized that I didn't like what I did with their proportions and scrapped it. When I first started out re-learning how to draw Zim, I tended to give him more lanky proportions. But now, I really tend to favor drawing a more canon-compliant tiny Zim. I think this piece in particular was kinda the last nail in the coffin for my taller Zims. Sorry, tall Zim.... XD

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These last two were going to be part of a comic... The last time I asked for sketch requests, someone sent me a prompt that really just sent my brain into overdrive and I was SUPER inspired.....and then life happened and I didn't end up finishing the idea I had. (⁠༎��⁠ ⁠෴⁠ ⁠༎ຶ⁠) Sorry if you're reading this, whoever you were! Your ask is still sitting in my box and I STILL rotate this idea in my brain quite often!! I'd love to finish it someday!

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That's all for now! But I hope y'all enjoyed! I've been having a rough time irl and seeing all these older sketches really made me happy, so I felt like sharing. Currently crawling my way out of some weirdly selective art block, but I shall have more finished things to share soon~! 💚

#invader zim #dib membrane #zadr #my art #sketches #tw eyestrain

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httpsserene · 5 days ago

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Hi. 😶 Just wanted to say that I love your work on drivers with black!reader(s). I've thought about writing for a few of my favorites but I can't bring myself to do so. I feel like I'm not allowed to.

I'm mixed with half black. I've had ideas of writing OCs that are like me. But that little voice in the back of my head tells me not to because no one would read it. So I don't.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Sorry to bother you.

˖♡ - ̗̀ ⇢ do it. don't allow yourself to be your biggest hater when you should be your biggest fan.

all of the writers in the f1 x bipoc (black/indigenous/people of color) community are incredibly welcoming and we love having new writers join us in adding more diversity to f1 rpf.

i'm not gonna lie to you, we definitely get less attention/interaction with writing non-white ocs and readers (especially if you're writing oc's instead of reader-inserts, and also traditional fanfics instead of social media au's) — but i think that's because people who aren't the race of whatever character you're writing feel like they're not allowed to read it? or they find it hard to imagine themselves in that character's place? and that makes me giggle, because we grew up reading ACTUAL BOOKS and fanfiction where the default reader was white and was described as such. and even though we couldn't relate, we still read it because the story was good and it was all we fucking had lol. (seriously, you don't have to be a member of the poc community to read poc fics! i actually think it's kind of weird if you actively avoid them but that's an entirely different discussion !!!)

unfortunately, there will be people who harass you for doing it. i started writing f1 fics almost two years ago, and i think almost every one of my moots who write poc fics have received hateful messages and even threats !!! for making fanfiction diverse. i'm not saying this to scare you away, i'm saying this so you're aware. racism and prejudice still exists on this app and irl, for a reason unbeknownst to me. BUT FUCK EM!!!! if they can't handle somebody in a FANFIC having a skin color that isn't white, or eyes that aren't blue, or a hair texture that isn't straight and tied up in a messy fucking bun, or a CULTURE THAT ISN'T THEIRS—that doesn't sound like our fucking problem :)

people WILL read what you write. the number might be small, but people will read it. there are plenty of poc readers on this app who want more content. plenty of them are like you, who want to do more than read and start writing as well. and lemme tell you sumn...22 notes/likes may seem like nothing right? but, imagine that's 22 people who came up to you in real life, and told you that they liked what you wrote. and 1 reblog ??? that's like somebody walking up to another person and telling them, "you should read this, i loved it!"

and sure, having validation from readers is what keeps us posting...but don't forget that fanfiction is inherently self-indulgent. you wrote that story for yourself, and then you shared it and allowed us the privilege of reading it.

i can't speak for all of us, but i know that i'm thrilled every time i see a new writer come across my dashboard. so write your ideas. don't let the fear of being unnoticed stop you from doing something you want to do. and trust me, there are readers begging for a story with a mixed!oc, like you want to write. make yourself—and them—happy.

(also "sorry to bother you" at the end ???!!! never say those words to me again; you almost pissed me tf off lol. answering asks like these are never a bother, xoxoxo.)

#f1 x oc #f1 x reader #f1 fic #formula 1 fic #f1 x black!reader #f1 x poc reader #serene’s monologue｡｡｡||.#reader's rambles.

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verdantglow · 7 months ago

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Guys. Guys the smalletho brain rot is ramping up again. I spent the last two weeks in a flare from hell & have been listening to my Spotify Wrapped Top 100 almost every day & a solid SIXTY-FOUR of the tracks on there are just my Life Series smalletho playlist & my Retail Purgatory AU smalletho playlist & I have been semi-consciously rotating them in my mind, day after day, & I just. I need to start actually navigating the line between 'want to keep details of RPAU to myself so they are surprising in fic' & 'I want to post every single detail I've decided so far just so I can at least scream them into the tumblr void instead of inside my mind.'

I think I should probably just stick that line along whether or not things are actually part of the plot of the fic or just things that come up, because, honestly, I know so many things about this AU. So many.

Like.

Joel is tumblr famous. He's been on the site for ages & his blog consists of a combination of shitposting, clapbacks, & the most absurdly artistic photos of his excruciatingly well crafted models of mini scenes.

No one online knows who runs the blog & no one IRL knows that Joel has a massive online following & is actually a big name artist in the mini scene modeling sphere. Ren & Martyn actually both follow him & straight up do not know it's him. Like. They don't even know that's a hobby Joel has.

Grain & Jimmy both vaguely know that Joel does some kind of mini making & posts about it online & people seem to give him money for it sometimes??? (He sells most of the models he makes online & also has a semi-lucrative Patreon.) Grian's never cared to dig further into that aspect of Joel's life. Jimmy tried to find Joel's tumblr years ago, but got so overwhelmed trying to figure tumblr out & saw so many things he very much did not understand nor particularly need to know existed that he never tried to find it again.

Scott knows about Joel's tumblr. Joel does not know that Scott knows.

At some point along the timeline of the fic/post-fic, Etho accidentally reveals Joel's secret tumblr life to some of their friends, not realizing it was so much of a secret.

Joel is ranting to Scott & Lizzie about this & Scott is just like, "Oh, was that a secret?"

"YOU KNEW?!"

"Yeah, for a while. Joel, your hands are in every one of your videos."

"But you've never mentioned it!"

"I thought you just didn't like to talk about it."

"...Do you at least follow me?"

"Mmmm, no. I get plenty of your belligerent humor in person, thank you."

Guys. I know the tiers in Joel's Patreon. I know the costs & rewards for all four of them. I have multiple pages written about all the Apple Geniuses & what their alignments as Geniuses are & what having them help you in an appointment is like. I know what stores characters that aren't in the Life Series & might Never Appear in this fic work at. I know what sort of video games Etho & Joel play in this AU. I know the layout of Etho's apartment. I know what's in the medicine cabinet at Etho's apartment.

I need to start sharing some of this or I am legit going to explode.

#I think my next step is just. Busting out a full outline for the next two chapters.#'Cause chapter one has been done & edited for months at this point.#& the degree to which I am itching to post it is ever growing.#So yeah expect more screaming about this whenever I have the spoons to type on my computer.#Retail Purgatory AU #verdant rambles #smalletho #what the hell this is literally about world building for my smalletho fic #might as well actually tag it

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epersonae · 3 months ago

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For the Fandom asks! My dash is misbehaving so I'm having trouble seeing what you've already answered, therefore: Dealer's Choice 🫶

oooooh, Dealer's Choice

24. how has fandom positively impacted your life?

I've definitely written about this before, but I think I kind of need it for myself today, so

[edit: wow this got long, so we're adding a readmore]

I was a latecomer to fandom, for a bunch of reasons, and so I was 42 years old when I started using tumblr for fandom and started reading and writing fic. I was in a horrible marriage, work was about to go from my dream job to about as burned out as I've ever been, I hadn't written any original fiction in seven years, and not regularly for probably 15 years.

In my first year of fandom, I wrote over 132k words. I got back into therapy. I started listening to music that was new to me. I made friends who at the time were not part of my "regular" life, who I could start to open up with, and who I could support as well. Those friends helped me figure out that I needed to get out, and in one case, even helped me find a place to stay in a pinch.

Fandom gave me my life back. The creativity that I have found, the friends I've made, the insights that I've had and shared, all that is so precious to me.

The cheap easy answer is of course my beloved late spouse Ryn, mutual to lovers as it were. And like, that's not wrong. But also the friends who were there for us in the hard times and for me after they died, and the friends I've made since then who have made me feel like it was ok to share that experience and that love.

And also! My best friend @emi--rose, who I dragged from TAZ into OFMD, and happily so; my absolute ride or die. My sweetie @mxmollusca - I hope this is an ok story to tell; I have this very distinct memory of lying in the ER after I broke my leg, and them holding my hand, and looking at them and saying "photos of Stede Bonnet as moths", because that is the first post of theirs that I distinctly remember seeing. Plus, my favorite dungeonmaster @nekosd43, whose art of my late cat is about a foot and a half way from me right this minute.

Then the funny thing of having it go the other direction, @frommybookbook and I were already pretty good friends but I think adding the fandom aspect has deepened our friendship; something about encouraging each other's enthusiasm and creativity.

Which for me is a core part of all this. I was in an IRL writing group in the late 90s until 2002, and that was the last time that I was writing fiction consistently before fandom. For me, there is some of that in fandom, in fic writing in particular, a sense of mutual encouragement, of being less alone in the creative process. There's always a part where it is fairly solitary (collabs notwithstanding), but I had not realized how important the social aspect was to my creative process until I got it back.

And in writing, I found a part of myself that had been lost, and I crafted a new self in a new life (at this point, several new lives). I think I posted a while ago the realization that I'd had that I can't write dumb cracky bullshit (or porn for that matter) unless and until I find the earnestness at the core of it, and that's what all of this writing has been, finding the silliness and the earnestness in writing, and through the words and the conversations, in myself.

I was gonna end there, but that is actually not all, and I want to add one last thought, which is that I've learned a lot about community and ways of being with people, and support, and communication. Sometimes that has been awkward and painful, but ultimately it's been a huge benefit.

[love your fandom asks]

#uhhhhhh turns out I had a lot to say about that one #a lot of which I have said before #but today has been Not Great ™️#so I think I needed the reminder for myself #with a little cry in the middle #for anyone reading this who I have ever interacted with in any way: thank you #ask games #personal shit

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balanceoflightanddark · 2 months ago

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your post on how you channeled your anger towards writing really resonated with me. because like, what else are you supposed to do?

I thought you should know that I'm glad that you wrote your fic for many reasons though. one, always love a fun Azula fic. but more importantly! I actually made a new friend irl in who knows how long because of your fic! my coworker's into all the kaiju stuff, which i didn't see the appeal of until I read your fic. but now, after researching and watching some films myself, I can actually nerd out with them. I'm actually being social and going out and feeling like real life can be fun again, and it's been so long since I've ever had all that. So yeah, I appreciate it, dude.

Thanks anon! Sorry if I haven't gotten to you sooner. I was busy with some other stuff these past few months. Life is constantly getting in the way, you know? Only so much a single person can do.

It's part of the reason I wrote this fic, actually. That and why I started on Tumblr, though sometimes it's hard to find the words to express yourself. I DID know I was okay with writing. I mean, I had written a Pokemon fanfic before this which was decently received. And I knew I had to do SOMETHING about my issues with how they handled Azula. I just wanted to do it in a way that was actually productive and not a pure revenge fic, you know? I don't necessarily believe in that.

So I thought...what if I paired ATLA with something that could better explain my point, perhaps better than I could? Share my thoughts in a way that brings my issues to light. Godzilla, I felt was the best way to do that. The series does examine numerous times how humanity's failings cause these monsters to be such a problem, whether it be through reckless usage of nuclear weapons, degradation of the environment, warfare, or other various means. Show the weakpoints in our society and all.

Okay, that was a fancy way of saying I wanted to really really mash the two series together. But in a way that pays tribute and respects the themes of both and feels in an organic way. Like you can go into this as a Godzilla fan and get a good story out of it. Same if you're a fan of ATLA or Azula. These series and characters mean something to people, and I wanted to do them justice. And if I could express my love for them in the process, all the better.

Glad to see you found the appeal in them. And glad to see you've made a friend in real life and got more social because of them. See, that's the power of fiction. There's a reason why we get attached to characters. I can go on record to say Azula's changed my life, possibly for the better. Same thing with Godzilla. Hell, the guy has monuments and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. You don't get to that level if you haven't reached somebody. It's part of the reason why I wanted to do my take on them since...well, I think my issues with the comics and how Azula has been handled post-canon (and a bit in-canon) shows a lot. I wanted to do her justice because characters like these are important to everybody. Hell, wheeling it back around to Godzilla, remember how there was an uproar over how he was handled in the '98 Roland Emmerich movie? Granted, I managed to get over that, but that's proof right there.

It's cheesy to say, but fiction and fictional characters mean something to everyone. And I'm glad some of mine helped you out a bit. Thanks for reading. I AM writing a skeleton of the next chapter. And thanks again for the ask.

#azula #atla #princess azula #azula meta #godzilla #godzilla meta #azula fic #godzilla fic #crossover fic #anon ask #anon answered #ask answered #ask me anything #to go on record i don't hate the 98 remake #i used to #but i got over it

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littlemissmanga · 1 year ago

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The Bad Batch Finale - Thoughts and Thanks

Before I get into spoiler territory, I want to say the most sincere "thank you" I've ever mustered to this fandom.

I've been in fan spaces before, going back almost 15 years - most of that on Tumblr, to boot. I've been in inactive fandoms, small fandoms, big fandoms and "we're watching new episodes together in real time" fandoms ...

And none of them have ever given this sense of community and support. Ever.

There really is something special about The Clone Wars/Bad Batch fans, even within the Prequel lovers or Star Wars fans in general that breeds this kind of sentiment. It's truly unique and I found it at a time in my life when I was the most isolated physically from my support network and struggling to make new friends and connections IRL.

I cannot express in words just how much you all saved me with your validation and support.

The Shades of Blue series was the first fanfic I actually felt comfortable leaving a comment for on Tumblr, and the amazing @the-rain-on-kamino's kind and loving reaction gave me the courage to start writing fanfiction again. Not only that, but actually sharing it for the first time in years.

And after that, everyone else came in one at a time. From @deejadabbles and @sev-on-kamino's delightful, rabid and enabling reactions to my unhinged thots, to @wings-and-beskar supporting my unhealthy Wrecker obsession, to @l-lend being an absolute example of how to engage and interact in fan spaces to make room for everyone, to @wild-karrde, our bastion of supportive engagement and creative celebration (and a kickass writer in her own right) ... you all helped me come out of my shell in ways I can't express in words besides thank you.

@dystopicjumpsuit, @freesia-writes. @anxiouspineapple99, @dickarchivist, @wizardofrozz @523rdrebel

@starrylothcat @starqueensthings @the-bad-batch-baroness @multi-fan-dom-madnessand @moonlightwarriorqueen

You all have listened to my rambles, thoughts, and vent sessions - whether about fandom stuff or not - and I hope I've been able to return a fraction of that support.

@daimyosprincess, girl you get a whole special shoutout for the levels of depravity you encourage my thots to get to :D

And there are so many more!! People I may not talk to frequently (cause sending DMs gives me anxiety), but I see you commenting, liking, reblogging when I post and posting your own amazing writing or art for me to moon over.

@cyarbika, @madameminor, @spacemagicandlaserswords @merkitty49 @vodika-vibes

@kimiheartblade @nika6q @arcsimper5

@soaringthroughthegalaxy @sunshinesdaydream @sinfulsalutations and so so many more.

THANK YOU ALL FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART

I'll still be around simping after our favorite clones. I hope you'll keep joining me.

Now, on to the spoilers!

I have to say overall, I like this conclusion. It's the happy ending we wanted, but if feels earned. I love that the boys got to grow old in peace with Omega. I love that their dedication to one another is reaffirmed and upheld as the strength it is, rather than - as Hemlock saw it - a weakness to exploit. And I loved that last little scene. It felt like a fanfic and I say that lovingly. It felt like the writers and animators put together the fic we all know would have happened if they left the ending on that fadeout of the Batch next to the tree on Pabu. And that felt like a kiss on the forehead as a fan.

Now here's what I didn't like.

I didn't like that they clearly rushed the end. Pacing wise, there were so many moments that were slowed down so you can feel the emotional impact ... but the editing of the scenes around them made this slower pace a mistake to me.

Like when Echo and Omega are sending Emerie and the kids away ... they all hug and take time to talk about their plan. BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TIME. We know Hemlock has the others. We know Tarkin is on his way. YOU DO NOT HAVE TIME FOR THIS SCENE TO HAPPEN HERE and Echo of all people would be on that, moving everyone along as he is trained to do. It feels artificial because we go from high intensity and fast paced to slow and dragging when nothing from the fast paced scene had been resolved. I think this could have been different if the scene with the kids in the hanger came before the Batch gets in to the hanger and knocked out. It would be a break from the fast pace of the Zillo escape, but without the immediate urgency of a rescue weighing over them (and us! I was having heart palpitations!). It also would then match the tone and sentiment of the scene between Hunter, Wrecker and Crosshair in the woods ("Omega needs all of us.").

These pacing issues are editing issues, and I think we're really seeing how post-production was truncated to get this out on time (or possible pre-production and storyboarding was truncated). I hate that production studios are making this practice more common to cut costs. We will wait longer for better quality storytelling.

My final example of this is Crosshair's story resolution. It doesn't happen. He still thinks he deserves to die on Tantiss (the sentiment from S3 Ep1) and even though Hunter and Wrecker tell him otherwise, we don't know if he internalizes that. And his climax is about trusting Omega to know what to do to take the shot. But Crosshair has (in this season) shown he always trusts Omega. It would have been better if his hand was still shaking and Hunter said "Omega trusts you. You'll make this shot." so that the external conflict for Crosshair is resolved by resolving his internal conflict and trusting himself as his family does. And it would leave Hunter's climax the same - trusting Omega as an competent member of the team.

It just feels rushed. Or like an abstract painting that almost looks like a real object, but just a little blurry. They almost stuck a perfect landing, but just missed the mark a bit.

I also hate how this means Wrecker gets fuck all resolution. The entire last episode was a really intriguing challenge for him. He knows Cross is off his game and Hunter is getting desperate and reckless again ... just as he is almost entirely knocked out of the fight from an injury. Him, the strong one. That should have been a great moment of growth for him. That he doesn't keep going because he always can -- which is very much how he comes across in TCW S7 and TBB S1 -- but that he actively makes himself the strong one, the supportive one, because that's what his family needs.

But no, we didn't get that. We didn't get any insight into Wrecker at all, despite him being the one to free his brothers enough for them to save Omega (and he saved Echo, too!). And then he doesn't speak again, though we see how banged up he is. I get it was less of a focus throughout the series, but man they didn't need to sideline my husband like that.

And finally, Tech.

Look, I may be delulu, but contextually, there was plenty of evidence that CX-2 was Tech. From speech and mannerisms to his blatant disregard for orders, to the seemingly personal level he took his missions.

But it's more than that - why show us this big tense moment of him breaking onto Phee's ship, which the focus being on Phee sensing him near? Why not just have that in the dialog with Hemlock the way Cid's confession was? That would have saved so much time that could have been put elsewhere. Why have such a focus on him in the marketing?

I'm not mad that Tech is dead. Let me make that clear. The showrunners said from the start they killed Tech to prove there are real, lasting consequences to characters' decisions. And I can respect that. And I can understand and appreciate the interpretation that CX-2 wasn't meant to rep Tech, but rather what the Empire can turn clones into, a threat to them all not just in the danger CX-2 poses, but the danger if they get caught.

And that's fair ... but then it could (and should have) been any and every CX trooper to fit that bill. There was no need to waste time and attention on one in particular.

And to be, that also ignores the clear wall of contextual and subtextual evidence that a reveal was planned. The posters are a great example.

Here is the Batch in the final poster:

And here is CX-2

He's standing at Crosshair's right, just out of frame. The lighting matches and he's even looking up to the right just like the rest of his brothers. The line of light cutting his left side even matches the one cutting above Crosshair's right side.

All the other posters showing Bad Batch adversaries has them lit more darkly or in shadow and has unique posing and positioning that do not reflect our heroes.

Why are we styling a brainwashed clone like one of the Batchers artistically? That's a weird choice.

I think the some big wigs wanted him back and others didn't want to water down the impact of his death and we're seeing that confusion and conflict on screen, when we really shouldn't. IDK if Disney was pushing it or the showrunners but either way, going halfsies and changing your mind (and impacting the resolutions we got because of it) is not a good look, especially from a studio like Disney/Lucasfilm. I'm not blaming Dave or Jen wholly, but we the audience should never be able to see the writer's room when we watch, and that's all I was able to see with this.

(My own husband was like "we are supposed to think that's Tech, right?" and he's not really a Bad Batch fan, he just indulges me.)

Alright, that's all I got. I'm happy with how my comfort show ended, I'll write fanfic to cover the pieces I don't agree with personally, and I'll remain ever grateful and supportive of the community who gave me this most precious gift.

I love you all.

And may the force be with you.

#the bad batch #tbb spoilers #tbb season 3 spoilers #tbb s3 spoilers #tbb wrecker #tbb hunter #tbb crosshair #tbb omega #tbb tech #emerie karr

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sapwine-and-starcharts · 8 months ago

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A Love Letter to the Fandom

So i've been trying to learn something from the Outer Wilds OST to play on the Webfishing Guitar again and ouuughhh

I have not actually played the game in MONTHS. My first ever serious playthrough was in 2020 ish and I replayed the whole thing as research for my fics a few months ago and when I tell you that the OST still makes me WILDLY emotional.

Listening to so many of my fav tracks, looking at medleys, researching guitar tabs so I can pick them apart and piece them back together, and STILL Riebecks Banjo gets me every time. Literally cannot hear a single banjo twang without getting misty-eyed.

It makes me wanna get all sappy and emotional about this game and everything it means to me

So I will <3

This game's fandom has been some of the most welcoming and sincere people I have ever met.

There are people on discord who've helped me come out of my shell (You know who you are I hope <3). I usually just join a server to lurk before ultimately putting it in a folder to never look at again but these people...

They encouraged me, thought the things I shared were worth something even when I'd feel low about my art or writing. I made friends, people I enjoy talking to which is a FEAT because my social anxiety is so bad I can barely reach out to my irls anymore.

There are people on AO3 whose comments kept me writing. There are people on tumblr who inspire me with their art every day.

Im genuinely so happy that I refound the game when I did because with it I also found community and acceptance and it changed me for the better i think.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you to everyone in the Outer Wilds fandom who has been there for me.

I love y'all and im sorry for getting so emotional on this silly lil side of mine.

PS. This is the medley that made me sit down and write this btw. Give it a listen because it is BEAUTIFUL

#outer wilds #yapwine #and now i will go back into my lil hole to think about Chert and Hornfels because they make me feel better #Not that I feel BAD. but they are my comfort characters rn :'}

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nighthuntingclato · 4 months ago

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@persephoneprice hi lily! first of all I am literally so honored that you're in my inbox talking about clove and asking for my insight, my brain did a little happy dance seeing the kind-social-worker/red-persephone price-cannibalism mutual. anyways time to talk about my favorite knife queen and her murderous himbo boytoy / soulmate / tragic district partner!

so there are a lot of takes floating around about career district volunteering and I've seen several variations. career training is supposedly illegal but if the capitol is obviously not enforcing that law then the districts would probably just straight up have official Centers and publicly refer to it as a training ground, like it is not at all hidden. the way i write it in my fics is that anyone can train (it could be an afterschool activity for kids whose parents want them out of the house for longer, some people could rely on a stipend offered) and that for many it's casual (not everyone can go into a games and win, so some kids just use it the way children join after school clubs irl).

however for specific children - ie the catos and cloves - it is serious, not in fact just a way to pass the time, and these are the ones dedicated to actually going into a games and winning. now i doubt they were getting personalized attention from famous victors like brutus or enobaria what with the volume of children in a district (which builds to my later point about how i see cato and clove's precanon relationship), but for the sake of my fics and because it didn't occur to me to create OCs i say that at the very least enobaria mentored clove and is a trainer at the Center.

so after all is said and done, the kids who just see it as like casual workouts after school never have to fear being reaped because there is a large competitive pool of children who salivate for the chance to volunteer. after the escort draws the name (presumably to keep the pretense that there isn't illegal training going on, or out of respect to tradition maybe, or so that they can use the career kids' frothing at the mouth to volunteer as propaganda material), naturally a ton of careers would volunteer and that creates a high demand low availability situation, hence reaping brawls. no one wanted to go against cato because of his size, but clove is smaller and you know teenage girls are feral so she had to fight off other girls to get her spot that she 100% volunteered for (no one will convince me otherwise). this actually plays a role in clato's dynamic and initial views of each other since clove feels irritation at the fact that cato is just naturally deferred to while she has to fight by the claw to prove herself, something that doesn't occur to him.

that brings us to my thoughts on clato. now i adore the childhood best friends clato aus, this concept has been an important part of the clato fanfiction ecosystem and there are so many good fics of them as training partners who grew up together that deserve their flowers for what they did for the clato fandom. it's plausible that they were growing from partners to best friends (although your thought that they might not have wanted to get close to each other is so delicious and intriguing!!), however i choose to interpret them as if they hadn't known each other. the districts are huge, my high school alone has 4000 kids that i obviously don't know, it is plausible to me that cato and clove met as tributes. and i believe that makes their connection even sweeter! they bond over their shared values, are intrigued by the other's skills with their respective weapons, have everything the other doesn't (clove calms cato's rage, and is more sadistic than he is, while he has a lot of passion that she finds enjoyable), grow to respect and like each other and find hope in the idea that they can go home together and build on their connection. i love a good strangers to best friends to lovers and think that makes it better, the way they soften towards each other and are fiercely protective of each other because they just really like the other's company and want to share the victory together.

as for clove's life before the Games, there are a lot of different directions to go with that! being an orphan would 100% fit clove's vibe and is an idea i've been playing with (especially her dad being a serial killer before he got caught by peacekeepers and her mom abandoning her shortly after) but the way i write clove, she has a strained relationship with parents who love her in their own way but don't understand her and make her feel isolated/like she's deficient. i always give her estranged brothers that she doesn't have the opportunity to speak to often. as for socials, clove 100% reads as a loner type since she's not palatable to many whereas cato is possibly more socially successful. when they meet at the reaping and as they grow close through the games they both feel a heavier weight to their dynamic than with anyone else their age they interact with (largely because of the shared traumatic experience) and are so abnormal about each other.

#persephoneprice #asks #clato #thg #cato x clove #clove x cato #mytxt #mymeta: clove #mymeta: cato #mymeta: clato

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thedevillionaire · 2 months ago

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7, 10, 13, 16 pls ♡

Certainly! :D 7. What is your dream scenario, either to read / see or hear / watch in real time?

This is weirdly hard to answer! At first I read it and thought, "Easy! It's... Um..." [long period of considering a multitude of options] "Well, fuck. I really thought I'd have a clear-cut vision for this." But no. So, short answer: it depends on my mood at the time. I also have trouble with "what is your favourite food?" type questions for the same reason - because, well, it changes. The main consistencies across all the options, though? (a) Man I find incredibly attractive. (b) Is sneezing a lot.

10. What don't you like that's pretty standard?

Ohh...better go under a cut here lol

Oh, man. I have a few of these, I'm afraid, lol. Coming in at number one is cat allergies. Animal allergies in general are very low down my list, but cat allergies in particular are just...no, thanks. And they seem a very popular option. Secondly, I really, really do not like assisted nose blowing/tending - where someone helps someone else with either blowing or wiping their nose. It feels SUPER infantalising to me, and if anyone tried that on me IRL I genuinely think I'd slap them or something. There have been a few fics here and there that I've liked despite it, but they are rare, and the writing has to be really something, because I'll usually nope out straight away. And thirdly, inducing. Just...bores me. I love loss of control and unexpectedness with snz, and inducing is neither of those things, and so it...well, it kinda desexes the whole scene/situation for me. Sorry. Oh, and thirdly-and-a-half to dom/sub snzplay, which also bores me. I'm not sure how 'standard' that is, though. (And I'm very mess averse, visually or descriptively, and have several words related to it flat-out blocked here, but mess is polarising anyway, so it probably doesn't count.) That's not even near the extent of it. I'm ridiculous, really.

13. What snz-adjacent things do you love? EX: handkerchiefs, tissues, warm blankets, stolen hoodies, comfort items etc.

Everything on that list (except the hoodies; aesthetically I don't like them lol), for a start! I have several cold-symptom-specific teas just because. I like reading the labels. I will buy pretty much anything scented with silver birch. (An OC-specific allergen, heh. I planted two silver birches in my garden because of this as well.) Basically, I love secret peripheral horninesses. The quiet microfrisson of being reminded, lol. Makes me smile. I carry a handkerchief and tissues, just because I like the association.

16. What are your top two (you can add more, but at least two) things you like to do most on snzblr? EX: creating new things, enjoying things other people made, sharing headcanons, lurking etc)

Enjoying things other people made is definitely number one, and the reason I even made a blog. It is AWESOME seeing some of the content created and shared - for free! incredible! - here. There's so much talent, and such a wide variety of tastes and thoughts and styles and everything, it's genuinely amazing. If I went into an IRL library or gallery or shop and the contents of the snzblrverse was there? I. Would. Ascend. It's easy to take the access here for granted, it really is, but when I take a step back from it and think about it? WOW. Never would have thought. I'm old enough to have become an Actual Full Adult before the internet was in every home, let alone a ubiquity, and it's great here. I love discovering and indulging and revisiting and seeing other perspectives here. My number two is sharing my own content, and it being enjoyed. Because that is truly astounding to me, and an absolute privilege. I was an audience of one for my snz content until posting on snzblr; the engagement here, and the readers who fell in love with my darlings too? Who have said so many amazing things about my OCs and my writing? OMG MY FEELINGS. I've been in a stupid slump writing-wise for an annoyingly long time now, but I'll get there again. It's always kinda come and gone for me, how productive I am...or am not. The headvisions remain, and I will get them down again. In the meantime? See previous paragraph lol

#thank you so much!#this was an Adventure lol

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lilybecca1 · 8 months ago

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Hi, can I call you, Lili or Becca (or both)? I found you blog and love your BKDK metas! Thanks for sharing them.... As someone who shipped BakuDeku since 2019, you can't imagine how happy I am that at the end of BNHA, we can have so many canon moments of Bakugou and Midoriya.

See, I just got some rude message that said, "how can I ship BKDK when Kirishima have more positive relationship to Bakugou", "Izuku is not that important to Bakugou" and "Bakugou should get bad ending for all bad stuff that he did to Midoriya". Like, are we reading the same BNHA? How can you not see how special the bond between Izuku and Katsuki, right?

Sorry for this random ask. Actually, I'm kinda worried and excited for the extra 60 pages of BNHA, but how about you?

Hi there! You can call me both, I don't mind which one 😊 and thank you for reading them! I've always loved and wanted to share my thoughts and views on them and spread bkdk religion like I'm a messiah 😂 and I'm so happy to be in this community with people who see them the way I do because irl noone likes them and I can't rant to anyone about them 🤣

And yeah, I completely agree with you, like no offense to bkdk antis, but are we reading the same manga?? Like, "Kirishima and Bakugo have a better relationship", but why? Cause he took his hand that one time they saved Bakugo? Or cause he tolerates him better than anyone else? I mean yeah, they're friends, in their own way, and maybe they had a better relationship than bkdk back in the old days but the manga has come a loooong way since then. Maybe Bakugo and Midoriya's relationship was more than rocky in the beginning, and it seemed like Bakugo hated him way more than he did Kirishima, but it wasn't the whole truth and it was never about hating him. It wasn't exactly a positive relationship, which I understand why people didn't like it, but no one can disagree on the fact that they had a more special bond than with anyone else.

So okay, in the first half of the manga, you might have needed to look closer at them to see the nature of their bond, but after?? Dude, that guy sacrificed himself for Midoriya, he ran to him in the hospital, he called out to him before his death, he freaking told him he wants to be on his heels for the REST OF HIS LIFE. Like have these people only read the first half of the manga? Cause I can't imagine how they could have read the whole manga and still say that they have a bad relationship. Those people are so adamant on hating on that ship that they don't even WANT to see the positive aspects to it. It's like they chose to be a hater on Day 1 and simply refuse to change their mind and they straight up ignore all the evidence on bkdk as a whole. But then, I want to ask these people, how tf did they read the manga and watch the anime properly if they ignored 50% of it? Cause we have to admit, half of the manga is literally just about the relationship of Bakugo and Deku. So if they hate BKDK, then they must hate MHA as well, no? And if that's the case, then why are they still watching it? Why are they still watching something that they hate and then send rude comments and messages and ruin it for the people who actually like MHA and BKDK? Don't people know what "Don't like, don't read" means? Have we just forgotten about how to be respectful and how to mind our own business? Because to me it seems like they are only watching it to point out the bad stuff and then shove it in the fans' faces. Like "ha, see, I told you I was right, this ship is shit, how do you feel about yourself NOW"

And same with the fics. It's so sad to see people commenting rude things and make the author feel bad about something that they created themselves, after they put so much love and hard work into it. Those authors just wanted to share their passion and love with other people, why do haters have to ruin it for them and make them feel bad about it? They have no obligation to read it, but if they do then at least they could mind their own business and not ruin the experience for everyone else. And if they have any opinions, they can at least be respectful and keep it to themself.

And the other thing, what do they mean Bakugo should have gotten a worse ending? DUDE, he freaking DIED. How is there any worse ending for him than that?? He literally suffered the most in the whole manga, what more do people want to give to him? What, disability for the rest of his life cause he dared to hit Deku when they were children? I mean, he literally did get his hand partially torn off, plus had a disability for quite a while after that, so I'd say that was enough, his hand got enough karma. And yeah, he did tell Deku to jump, but again, he got karma for that too cause he literally died. Plus went through a ton of emotional turmoil. So people can cut him some slack I think. I also wrote about this in another post, you can check it out here if you'd like

And yeah ngl I'm a tiiiiny bit worried about those extra 60 pages. I mean Horikoshi probably won't put anything big in it, maybe just a few clarifications, but still, he COULD very well make or break bkdk. And Izuocha. Like all he needs is one extra panel to clarify that the snowfall scene with Uraraka and Deku was actually a date and boom, bye bye bkdk. Same thing vice versa. So, yeah, I'm kinda worried 😂 but I have faith in Horikoshi and I believe he's only going to clarify some confusing parts at most and reveal the ending of some of the characters that we didn't get to see, like what happened with Dabi etc. I wish he also put some extra pages on their life after Deku got the suit so we can see how Deku's life is as a part-time teacher and quirkless hero.

Hope this rant didn't turn out too long lmao. Thanks for the question tho as always 💚

#bnha #mha #bkdk #bakudeku #boku no hero academia #my hero academia #questions and answers #ask lilybecca1 #ask tumblr #ask me anything

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flowersbyphone · 4 months ago

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No Place Like Home (2007) continuation AU thing (not a fic, just a word/concept dump - sorry, i've never had an inclination to write fics, unless that changes, but i'm more of a bullet point concept and daydreams person), started at around the same time as the psychic friend nkotr AU thing, but i've added to it since then

this is silly, self-indulgent, and probably OOC, but eh what the hell, plus the original movie leaves a lot of room to add things and interpret stuff multiple ways - also this is 100% platonic

...this may have been inspired by listening to the album Eldorado by ELO (specifically parts of Can't Get It Out Of My Head, Laredo Tornado, Mister Kingdom, and Eldorado) and thinking about nplh at the same time

this is also kinda just nebulous, constantly ongoing imagination/daydream stuff so this is really the main/base structure of that, i guess? i dunno, i have a lot of time to daydream at work, as it gets pretty boring (at least headphones/earbuds are allowed) - and once again, im cool with anyone (the like, 2-3 people who see this) using/adding to/doing their own thing with this (or parts of this) - this is literally just an avalanche of words and what ifs and headcanons and silly thoughts

- what if a day or so after the events of nplh, Tom (after he sobers up - the "pure alcohol" thing wasn't taken seriously by either Tom or Mick, the bartender, and Tom actually follows through and starts to try drinking less) puts the pieces together and realizes all the things that flew over his head, like how the people in the bar were the friends (and enemy) he made in Oz

- he was disgruntled/out of it and just wanted to go back to his world during most of nplh because he was drunk and confused and brought there against his will

- and he realizes what he gained by being there and how much better (despite some "fantasy world bastards") Oz is than the world he was in and wants to go back (or at least find the "real" world counterparts of the people he met in Oz)

- they leave Tom at the end of nplh because they're not sure Tom wants them around, cause he seems pretty upset, and don't invite him bowling cause all he seems to want to do is go back to the real world

- until the bar, Tom never really connected with other people, maybe one or two, but they'd split paths eventually (and shared none of that Oz experience) - i think this AU veers into found family or rather, found friend group? or maybe that's a subset of FF/the same thing pretty much

- since they're regulars at the bar (and one works there) he finds them there again and tells them they /were/ in his dream - they all don't really take him seriously until he starts describing things like who they were in Oz (and the name "Oz") and turns out, they all had passed out or fallen asleep at one point in this bar, and they also had connected "dreams" of Oz as their counterparts (Scarecrow, Robot, etc.) they just didn't ever mention it to any of the others and so never thought anything more of it - they also find that they want to try going back there too

- the dream was shared, even though they fell asleep at different times/on different days, time was warped and they all experienced the events of nplh at the same time in Oz, but at different times irl (this only applies to the events of nplh, all other times it's in real time, uhhh don't question how that works cause i don't know either)

- at first they're apprehensive about Jake, but he apologizes and they make up (Oz felt more like a fun dream, and he didn't know it was more like another world with real world consequences)

- also the Witch...... we never see him in the bar or the real world so hmmm (i kinda wish we did in nplh tbh) maybe he just wasn't there that day - after leaving the bar (after the events above) with the others to walk around and talk more, Tom (literally) bumps into the Witch's "real" world counterpart, im gonna just call him Ryan - like the Scarecrow, most notably, in this world he is more reserved (they still have the same personalities, but in the "real" world, they tend to be more reserved and those facets of their personality don't show as much (like some people in public, like me lol) - anyway, Ryan is carrying stuff (probably for a job he doesn't care about - what he really loves to do is sing and act - and he is pretty isolated (like he doesn't live in a social environment that is supportive or caring towards those things) so there's not many people he has sung with/for - that's why he, and i'm going off of some jokes in the commentary here, only really cared about performing his number, he finally had an audience) the stuff he's carrying gets dropped when he accidentally runs into Tom because he was down and a bit too lost in his thoughts

- Tom starts to help him pick up his stuff, but they then see each other and pause, because they recognize each other - although Ryan initially thinks it's just a dream, the others (now that they know the truth) tell him they all were in Oz and recognize him as the Witch (the others had also had a moment of slight recognition of each other and Tom, but passed it off as a dream) Ryan's wary of Jules, who killed him as the cowardly lion - they are all apprehensive of Ryan, but he doesn't seem too threatening (and he didn't personally really do much to prove he is threatening as the Witch anyways)

- they all talk and eventually reach an understanding and get on good terms (Ryan turns out to be quite nice, says the threats he made were empty/more for show, and apologizes for sending the flying monsters after them, saying he was glad they failed, or he would've never gotten the chance to perform his song for them, and at that point he didn't really care about killing them - it's the same as Jake and the others (except Tom), he thought he was dreaming in Oz, and didn't know it was another world - Jules eventually apologizes for killing him, but it was partly self defense (the Witch did after all send the flying monsters after them, which tried to kill them), and they all explain to Ryan and Jake how they were lied to by "the Wizard of Oz" who told them they had to get the Witch's broom to get the things they wanted - and who told them the Witch was more powerful than he actually was

- the city and a lot of the real world has it's beauty, but is also very forbidding at times - Oz (except some places, like Muchkin Land....... and the Wizard's tower, and the Witch's fortress, before he becomes their friend) have more places that feel like you can just stop and rest and no one will look at you weird - plus, during nplh he actually starts to form some kind of a group, which is strange/unusual for him, sure, but, most of the people he met in Oz weren't super judgemental, and quite friendly

- the "ruby" converse magically transported to the in-between realm's ("real" world and oz) version of the bar because they were what Tom needed to cross through the doorway and enter Oz (the shoes seem to bring everyone home, and can magically sense where that home is, so maybe Oz is one of Tom's homes (like, the world is his home, but Oz is part of that home) and he just doesn't know it yet)

- Tom likes to travel and wander wherever he wants, but the city and the world in general are still pretty inhospitable and lonely at times

- this is already in nplh, but i wanted to make a list of the Witch's powers? the Witch has illusion-like powers to create those psychedelic green screen effects, which are channeled through the crystal ball, the cauldron can be used to see whatever you choose (added by me: the broom can fly, but only the Witch or Jake can make it fly bc magic) - the duplication illusion is fun too

- since the Witch is dead in Oz, Ryan stays behind while the others get extremely drunk and pass out (or JUST FALL ASLEEP like i thought of later, cause it would be extremely inconvenient to have to get hammered every time you want to go to Oz) - and then set out to revive the Witch (because that is a magic fail-safe/backup he set up, in case such a thing were to occur - so a spell can be performed to resurrect him - they learn about this through Jake, because he is the Witch's accomplice) - they do this much to Ryan's touched surprise that they'd do this for him - i'd say Neil (real world Scarecrow) would start that idea, and everyone would either agree, or at least go along with it

- they learn via the Witch's experience of dying in nplh, that if you die in one world, you don't die in the other, you just can't go there anymore (this is so the Witch/Ryan can still be there - but it is an interesting concept to have it be a Matrix-like situation where anything that happens to you in one world happens to you in the other - in that case, Tom would have a severe concussion from the 500lb weight that was dropped on his head lmao)

- Ryan really liked being the Witch in the other world and really let loose with the dramatics and being himself because of how the real world makes him feel unable to do that (until he meets the others)

- we don't see Tom's shoes after he wakes up at the end of the movie so what if he still has the "ruby" converse on and that also makes him realize Oz was real

- now that they all are way more conscious of Oz, their memories transfer between worlds (Tom's always did from the real world to Oz anyway, but he's an exception)

- i'd say the Witch, even though he sent an assault team after the protags, didn't really care about or have a super clear intent to hurt them, he was just doing stuff like ordering an assault because he loves being dramatic, and threatening the protags because he likes playing the role of the Wicked Witch - and he has nothing to do in his fortress (except rehearse his number and do spells, in the company of his like, three minions) and was getting bored/lonely

- so once back in Oz, they decide to get the Witch's broom (perhaps a source of power needed for the resurrection spell) and find the broom isn't at the now abandoned Wizard's tower anymore - they also find a sticky note attached to the tower, addressed to future clients, that was written by the Wizard that says he's moved into and claimed the Witch's fortress

- they find the Wizard has bribed the former flying monster henchmen to work for him instead (with lies, of course - normally no one would trust him, but the flying monsters aren't the brightest)

- they sneak in and thanks to Jake (who is called the Minion, in Oz, according to the credits, but they ask what they should call him and he just says Jake so they call him Jake in Oz too) take a secret entrance and are not caught, plus, he leads them to the secret room only him and the Witch know about, which is to be used for the resurrection

- the Wizard, does have the Witch's head and body but he just probably has them stored in some musty box somewhere in case some dark sorcerers/necromancers who might want the corpse of a magic-user or something - since he'll sell to/try to scam anyone, really

- Jake can use magic to sense the location of the Witch's corpse and they perform a heist to steal it

- they are found out, but not before Jake, and some of the others maybe, get the Witch's corpse to the resurrection room

- the others divert the flying monsters away from the room before they find out and they end up getting captured

- as the Wizard is talking some bullshit and whining about how they humiliated him last time and can make it up by going on another stupid quest for him (and also saying like "i'll let you go free if you go find [some other random item/trinket he wants them to bring him]" - Scarecrow decides to speak out and the Wizard orders one of the flying monsters to shoot fire at him and the others have to summon another bucket and put it out (the Scarecrow catches fire in the original movie and i was like,, what if) - the resurrection spell is completed and the Witch comes and saves them, scaring the Wizard and bringing the flying monsters back to his side (they were unsure/reluctant about the Wizard in the first place, but it was their duty to serve the ruler of the fortress and protect the place, and the Wizard told them lies to get them to work for him) also the Wizard is scared of the Witch because he does not know how actually harmless the Witch is

- reformed villain Witch (and real world counterpart Ryan (once he has opened up more to the others), still get to be manic/creepy in a fun way, as a treat

- the Wizard runs away (again), so the fortress is once again the Witch's

- in the "real" world, the resurrection spell for the Witch causes him (Ryan) to faint, because the spell ended up transferring a lot of his energy to his Oz counterpart

- ...i don't think this originally had much plot other than them discovering Oz is real and becoming friends and either going permanently to Oz or going between worlds - and the ache of loneliness being healed - with just a bunch of small scenes and fluff and adventures and slice of life stuff and them dealing with the drag and horribleness of city life (that i definitely know about because i have totally lived in the city /s) or just the real world in general, but finding happiness and peace in their found friendship and Oz and small things (in both worlds) - or scenes where something horrible happens in Oz too,, it's all good,,

- i think at one point i was like, what if (some time after they kick the Wizard out of the Witch's fortress) a Misery Meister equivalent (or straight up just him) showed up in Oz and they all had to defeat him (he's like freezing everyone and making Oz all snowy/icy and cold... is this turning into The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe...) what if his power was bleeding into the real world too... and he eventually is able to go into the real world via some other means than the bar, because... his powers.... he can just do that... idk (but it takes longer for him than the others)

- in the real world, Neil is also friends with the local crows, they just aren't animated like in Oz (that makes me think of the mary poppins movie now)

- they don't end up staying permanently in Oz, and instead, switch between the two worlds regularly (they'd have to go to sleep in the bar if they wanted to go to Oz, however - maybe that's what they do the first time instead of all getting drunk (like someone mentions, 'hey, i was really tired and fell asleep at a table once without getting hammered and i still went to Oz') or maybe they figure out they can just do that, later)

- i was also like, what if they try to stay in Oz forever... (via some spell or something other means) but i feel like the "switch between both worlds" idea has more longevity, and doesn't need to consider what would happen to their bodies in the real world once they permanently stay in Oz (unless that is the intended story... that could also be fun... in a twisted way... maybe)

- there are plenty of problems in the real world that they could face, if they kept going back and forth, so the door stays open on those possibilities (maybe their access to the bar is threatened somehow at one point)

- oh and when they all go to Oz, the barkeeper Mick lets them all stay after it has closed, so no one else enters while they are all unconscious

- Tom has places/shelter to stay in in the real world now if he wants, because the others say their places are always open to him

- and in Oz they hang around the Witch's place and sometimes stay there but also go exploring and wandering (and bowling) together and just generally have fun (them all laying on the grass outside at night looking at the stars, which are much more visible in the night sky in Oz than in the city)

- Scarecrow especially loves hugs/giving hugs :] (not that the others don't, in some way or another, he just seems like he'd be the most outgoing)

- Scarecrow's crows take a liking to the Witch especially (and vice versa)

- i love how enthusiastic he was about everyone's songs, even the Witch's - ...thinking about that resonating with the Witch/Ryan, i just think it's really sweet

- different weather in oz, different seasons? snow? fall? rain? or is it just eternal summer

- what if in the real world the Wizard is some rich CEO who works at a sketchy company that scams people - and he finds out about the real world counterparts of Oz that keep ruining his life - in Oz, he is weaker and has less re-enforcements there compared to all the paid guards and influence over the news and social stuff in the real world)

- wait........ how does the Wizard irl counterpart get to Oz (maybe he has discovered another place that is a portal, which is a room in the top floor of one of the skyscrapers)

- maybe the Wizard HAS stopped going to Oz, to hide from the gang, and that's why they have to search Oz for the way to get into the Wizards real world skyscraper

- irl Mick likes computers and programming and stuff (very backwards compared to nkotr lol), Neil also likes to sing (lives in the city, but misses his rural town back home, which looks more like Oz), Jules likes sword fighting and acting - mostly action based stuff)

- Tom likes to sing once in a while, but keeps it a secret/pretends he doesn't/is self-conscious of singing in front of others (inspired by those moments in nplh of him quietly singing Yellow Brick Road before meeting the Scarecrow and singing along with everyone in the end credits)

- disjointed thought, the Oz characters going to the real world and looking vividly colorful against the gray of the city

what has this stupid fucking charming home-made movie from 2007 done to me

#nplh #me saying stuff

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I have finished reading the chapter you just released, and the writing is still excellent and genius as always.

I shared your article with a small group of friends in my country, and we chatted about your plot for nearly two hours. They may not often leave messages on tumblr, but I want you to know that they all agree that this is a masterpiece.

So, here are some of my guesses about the plot and some nonsense. Please don't be troubled.

First Unfortunately, the competition has already started in the article. I feel that if this 75th anniversary is used to make fun of Lewis running away with Italian stallions, I feel that Lewis can kick the trash can in the bathroom. It's really a little funny.

And the author of your fake Twitter account is also very real, and there are details. I remember a Twitter account that said that he was inspired by the full o lineup of fll or something. I wrote that I felt regretful, but I didn't regret it so much when I thought that someone was motivated on Twitter.

This means that those tweets of sexual harassment have also been seen, too 😢😢

There is another small detail I found in the discussion with my friends. A friend of mine joked that miles wanted to be the first to like. I don't know if it was robbed by Hajar. You know Hajar's amazing like speed. Hahahaha

Then we found that Miles grabbed the first like. Your rich text was specially made. Miles and many other users liked a small line below. Congratulations to him.

A friend of mine said that the relationship in 1644 is really easy to remind him of the two heroines in Benedetta. I don't know much about this work, but he said that benedetta is a heroine who has had high hopes and suppressed desires since she was a child. Later, he met a very luxurious and beautiful young girl.

And the relationship of brocedes. We made a bold guess that from the existing information, nico doesn't seem to be an ex-boyfriend, but more like a former crush. Maybe nico doesn't know about it at all. If the two people don't succeed, maybe nico doesn't want to establish a relationship with beta. It's just a random guess.

And Lewis's view on Jensen is so beautiful, really beautiful. Your success actually made me cry. In connection with reality, Jenson basically took away the aura of Lewis Prince McLaren during that time.

I'm sorry for continuing my redundant and complicated speech. I'm just easily excited, and I have a lot of words, and a group of friends who are also talkative like your work. As always, I give you all my praise, and I'm sorry for my English. I hope I didn't cause you any trouble.

Oh my goshhhh, please don't apologize for your English ever. I don't think anyone should ever apologize for speaking an entire second language. That's incredible.

And wow what a long comprehensive comment! Thank you so much for reading everything heaven allowed. It's really so much fun so far!

As for Lewis—yes, he's seen the sexual harrassment, the comments about his abilities, comments about his age, all of these things. From what I've noticed about Lewis irl, he isn't posting a lot online but he seems...chronically online. Like he seems a little too aware of what's being said of him on the internet for him not to be on there. So while he's not engaging, he definitely sees it, and I can't wait for him to get more into it.

Also HA—I love Isack Hadjar. I want to somehow involve the rookies a little more in this story. I'm still trying to figure out how. But liking Lewis' Instagram posts would be funny. Like Lewis might start noticing.

And comparing 1644 to Benedetta, oh MY—I love Benedetta. I do think there's homoeroticism in their relationship. There are so many layers, and I love the potential of them irl in and in fic! And I can't wat for Sebastian to properly show up, because I think it'll be so interesting.

In the future, I plan to explore Lewis' relationships with his past teammates (and past drivers on the gid) more. So expect more about Nico, Jenson, Fernando, Valtteri, and even George. Thank you so much for this lovely lovely comment, I really appreciate it!!!

#answers #the omega lewis fic

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