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how do people at your work\school view you ?

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Pile 1

People at your work place or school think that you're growing secretively there's this energy to you work hard in silence and let your success make noise vibe going own . They perceive you as someone who works hard in privacy and don't let others know about what they're studying or learning or earning . They may take you as someone who hasn't achieved much in their life or is behind the crowd but secretively noone knows that you're actually at top or you're going to be at top in near future. They're also aspecting to be shocked by your growth so pile 1 if this is what you're trying to achieve go and make them shocked with your growth make them their eyes and mouth wide open lol . They perceive you as someone who's outgoing and appears at those places where it seems important or where you will learn \grow in your career like appearing in seminars for self growth etc . You posses knowledge and you might like to gatekeep it . Yea girlboss gatekeeps . I stan you queen . I feel sometimes it's good to keep it all secret and not to share our knowledge with world . You've your guards up regarding gatekeeping the knowledge you gain but you're in general a person who likes to be with people and listen to their opinion. You don't fight them or oppose them you just simply listen to them like a good listener you don't even care about putting your opinion and if there's something that other person told you and it's worth having that opinion in your life then you adopt it otherwise you just listen to their opinions and let them go from other ear lol. People at your workplace or school think that you've been through so much but all of it was worth it and you are gaining rewards for the hardships that you went through they were not for vain . People at your workplace or school may think that you go through losses often but in the end you always have some profits \ rewards left in the store. They take you as someone who's type of person that always makes something from the things that other people would take as waste . You may even like to recycle things and people are amazed by the ideas and creations you come up with. They think that you may like to go and sit by the riverside under the bridge and introspect about your life while sitting there . They think you may like to sit with the person who has more experience and with older people too instead of the people of their own generation. They may think you resonate with older people lot more than the people of your own generation.

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Pile 2

Starting with your love life pile 2 , people at your work place or school thinks that you've a open heart and your open to love interests or dating people. But you may not want to take the action first and expect other person to show interest in you than only you'll show that you're interested in them or not . People at your workplace or school perceive you as quiet person but you'll not sit silent when something goes against you. They perceive you as someone who's more focused on short term goals than on long term goals and I think it's really good to focus on short term goals than on long term goals because in the end all the short term goals contribute to long term goals and to your growth. They may percieve you as someone who likes to be alone more and be like a lion in a den then be in a pack of wolves . They may think you've loads of questions to ask always in general you can be perceived as curious person too a person who has curiousity of kids and having a big question mark about everything. You may come off as softie to the people at your workplace or school . Someone who's not very clear with the words . Someone who have fluttering energy to them . Someone who has multiple interest like a butterfly which likes to take nector from different different flowers . You may even come off a free spirit person who likes to fly high and someone who's not afraid of being alone of taking different path from others . You may often seem as risk taker or as someone who's not afraid of things going south for them . You're seen as someone who's always emerging out of dark clouds like a sun and showing , showering their brightness to the world. You may sometimes get short tempered like suddenly having storms of emotions and then it all calming down the next second but you know the after effects of storm lasts so be careful to not often get emotional outbursts and regulate them as much as possible. You can also try chanting mantras with beads as a mediation to calm yourself down. I'm also thinking of chocolates while writing this specifically kitkat and snickers maybe they can help you calm down too. You may not like to show your victories and most of the time keep them private and lowkey sharing them only with your few closed ones like parents. You may also not like to share your hardships too and keep them to yourself and only show your perfect side to people. Like how a diamond is prepared in the same coal mine as graphite but diamond is formed under high pressure which most of the people don't have idea about. They may think you're the first in your family to do the degree or job that you're doing right now probably also seen as black sheep of family but you know it's all worth it . It's amazing to be seen as unique honestly for me atleast it is. I definitely feel the degree or the course or the job you doing right now is different from all what your family paved the path for you're the first one to do it and putting your name under it. People at your workplace or school may also think you've an amazing figure specially your back side or lateral sides can be attractive to people. And friend group or the colleagues you're with around are all unique too in their ways they all can be doing the degree or jobs for the first time in their family too but I see that all of you're so excellent and hardworking. Keep it up pile 2 it's all working in your favour

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Pile 3

Hi pile 3 , I feel you may also resonate with pile 2 if you wanna read it go ahead there might be some messages for you there too ! Let's start off with your reading now :) people at your workplace or school may think that you're very satisfied with whatever you're doing and not regretting it all even if it was what that wasn't in your plans. Basically blessing in disguise energy going on here. And you enjoy it with all of your heart and be thankful about it . Honestly they also think that you don't need to even put so much efforts in your work it all comes to you easily be it as assignment or any task given to you. And people obviously get jealous of that but you don't care about that because you know that lotus is always grown in mud but it always remains untouchable from the mud and keeps growing no matter what the surroundings are. Okay now your head and mouth both act and reacts different you maybe thinking of taking revenge on someone but your mouth will instead sweet talk to them and charm them lol. You may don't like to actually physically take actions if someone did bad to you instead just curse upon them mentally and then moving on from it and healing yourself that's what they all think about it. Yea you might punch air but you don't wanna punch that person's face. You're actually percieved as someone who has clear mind like they speak whats actually on their brain but this can be rare tho. You may like to have a friend group and not want to be lonely because you may like to go out after finishing your work and party or just have some walks in nature with your friends. I also feel people at your workplace or school may like your hairs and the hairstyles you do . They may think You are not intrested in having romantic relations with people from your workplace or school . You wanna keep it professional only. Office or school romance may not be your thing . And possibly you may have also turned down the love offers from those people. The people at your workplace or school see you as someone who's resourceful so that's why they get attracted to you. Sometimes you can also be seen as prideful person who's actually proud of their achievements and people may not like that about you but you're actually not afraid to showoff your achievements because why would you be when you're the one who worked their ass of for it. But you're actually percieved as someone who likes to stand on their ground and not to actually show it off so much that showing off thing may happen when you're seated around so many people and you're introducing yourself so you start off with your achievements and that's what the common people around you don't like but it's okay who cares 💅🏻. You're actually a serioud person too when coming to the tasks and work given to you and that's the reason for your achievements. You're a practical person who takes the necessary action in order to kick off their goals. You don't just sit and have it all . You work for it and achieve it . Very saturn energy.

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I hope you liked the reading . Thank you so much for letting me read for you . Wishing you best ahead . 🎀Bless you and have a nice day🌸🐰 I'd love to hear which pile you chose

Loads of love , jam\gem🩷

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universe factory

you're live, but all your fans can talk about is 'universe factory'. what in the world is that??

[yourusername is going live right now.]

"hii~ hi you guys, I've missed you!"

"'i see the headphones; will you be gaming today?' yes yes, very keen observation. there's this new game that's launched recently, called 'good coffee, great coffee'. I'll be playing that today."

"for those who don't know, its a game where you basically just have to make coffees for the customers, but they can really be a pain in the butt so you also have to make sure you're doing everything correctly and such. it's really fun though, because it's got an interesting storyline with it where you get to meet other characters too. it's reaaally fun, you should try it out."

you take a moment to read a few of the comments, where fans ask about the game, upcoming works and your life in general.

"okay guys, going to finish a round. i'll read your comments after that."

the next 5 minutes is spent finishing the game, brows furrowed in concentration as you navigate through the level, curses occasionally coming out your lips when the customers give a bad rating, but you're quick to shut them out. after the round ends, you turn to your phone.

"hello again, i've finished day 75 in the game, and i'm fairly pissed at some of the customers who ordered a vanilla latte and then complained when i gave them a... vanilla latte."

you skim through a few more comments before deciding on one.

"'omg is this universe factory?' ...what is a universe factory? i've been seeing a few dozen comments about it, but i really don't know guys."

"'it looks so similar to universe factory aah i can't believe it' guys i genuinely don't know what you're talking about. what is a universe factory? why is everyone talking about it?"

as you watch more comments flood in, you notice most of them are now related to this thing, or whatever, that they're calling 'universe factory', and a look of confusion glazes your face. a while later, clarifications start coming in.

"'it's seventeen woozi's studio. the lights seem very similar to that' ohh well, clearly there's no reason for me to be there heh. these lights were actually a recent upgrade that i did to my room. for the vibes and all... but thank you for the classification! i assure you, this is just my room, not the factory you're mentioning."

"although," you add after taking a few sips of your cola, "i'd love to work with them someday. it's like a bucket list thing, kind of. deep down on the list, though, because it seems pretty unachievable. but they're really talented and amazing, so i'd love to keep hoping."

"anyways, i'm getting back to my game. see you after another round," you conclude and begin the game. the live goes on for about an hour, before you decide that any more could actually become detrimental to your idol image and health.

"well, i guess i should end the live soon before i lose my sanity. thank you so much for watching, guys. thank you for just watching me make coffees for people in a game. i love you, take care, i'll see you next week! bye bye."

once you're sure the live's over, you can only stretch your arms and take in a huge breath before sighing. just as you reach for your cup of cola, two hands pop out of nowhere and pull your cheeks. you turn your head to see jihoon standing beside you, a huge smile plastered to his face.

a rare sight truly.

"hi, my love," he says before pressing a smooch to the top of your head and sitting on the sofa beside your table.

"i'll never understand how you did a live for 6 freaking hours," you speak through sips and he chuckles. "i could barely finish one hour and that's cause i was playing games."

"well, it was just me talking about anime, so i guess i didnt realise time pass by."

"still impressive. oh! and also, the fans almost caught onto us, you know?"

"yeah, i was watching. but you handled it so well."

"aww you softie... but seriously, i thought they might have figured it out. weren't you worried we might get exposed?"

he just waves his hand, shaking his head. "nah. i knew you'd handle it well," he says and takes your hand in his.

"also, even if we do get exposed, i'm not worried. i'd only be glad that the world finally knows we're together," he brings your hand to his lips to press a kiss.

you can't help but smile.

"aah lee jihoon. who knew you'd say such romantic things out of nowhere?"

"it's just what you do to me. by the way, you were saying you wanted to work with me sometime...? you do realise i've got a few tracks of us, right? working hot and heavy with each other?"

a/n: this was waaay better in my head than whatever this turned out to be. this is also a way for me to speak about the game I've been playing recently. anyone here who plays 'good coffee great coffee', hmu i wanna exchange souls w u (⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)⁠❤

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[ahsoka-in-a-hood]

You say that, but there are several lines in tcw that make me think there was an existing democratic system, even if it's not straightforward. It's firmly established that Satine's mandate comes from a democratic mandate, but even deathwatch, half of whom literally believe in rulership by right of combat, don't believe they can rule mandalore without winning an election first, and even in their internal affairs Pre specifically mentions needing to put a policy decision to a vote. So I draw conclusions from these things.

But 'democratic tradition' does cover a fair range of things, and dynasties tend to crop up like mushrooms. And there is clearly a dynastic tradition in Mandalore.

Jango becomes the leader of the true mandalorians (trivia note: this comic is so old they're called the mandalorians in it, and there may not have been a state of mandalore at the time it was written?? i'm confused about the irl timeline. they were later retconned as 'true' mandalorians to distinguish them from all the other mandalorians i guess) because the people in that small group chose him. This is an important distinction, given that we are talking about whether it makes sense for that to transfer to the far larger planetary system of Mandalore depicted by later writers. My problem is that I can marry the true mandalorians depicted in the comics with the larger mandalorian system depicted in the show - but only if I ignore the fanon. But i live in a society (fandom) and I'm really a little fond of fanon Jaster, so it's a bummer for me that it never makes sense. the only way it makes sense to me is that they were popular cult figures who never actually ran for election or anything like that, but they could have taken on a mythic status as guys outside the system. (i could write an entire tangent on how the show The Mandalorian fits here but i'd be here all night).

So yeah. Faction leader, who wasn't really trying to rule all of mandalore, who may or may not have been a cult figure especially after his death. This is a way I can mash together the comic and the show and the fanon - by making the fanon into in-universe fanon. It works in my head.

( I don't know what you are referring to with your fourth paragraph.)

To be clear I wasn't making a statement of what Jaster would have actually done if he had defeated Deathwatch. His character in the comics (and this entire post is about characterizing him exclusively based on the comics, so I better not break my own rule) he is kind and sentimental enough to take in an orphan who's parents just died defending him, a stranger, but is also ruthless enough to treat slaughtering "poorly armed native" insurrectionists on behalf of random horrible government number whatever as "easy credits". He also killed a fellow cop one time before going into mercenary work. So I think a few heads rolling is plausible. But I was commenting on fic I've read, really. They're usually written by his fans, and they tend to have him deal with deathwatch with some severity. Executions, dissolving clan Vizla entirely , that kind of thing. The irony just comes from these things often being written by the exact same people who call Satine a tyrant.

Your final point got me thinking... this is all academic since executing her enemies is... not in character for Satine to begin with, to the point where she straight up told the love of her life that she would not be speaking to him at all if he'd killed a guy who just tried to bomb her, but I still want to challenge the idea that she would have necessarily been able to execute deathwatch if she'd wanted to. Just because.

To be able to simply execute deathwatch leaders, she would have needed to be in a position of absolute power over them, since people tend to fight back when you try to exterminate them. Unsurprisingly. So already that assumes she has a great deal of power, and enough military force of her own to have either thoroughly defeated deathwatch or keep fighting a war against deathwatch. Satine had been protected by a jedi at her lowest, but pre-war jedi customs apply here, so "I cannot fight a war for you, I can only protect you" - Qui Gon in TPM. She had the backing of the Mandalorian protectors, which is significant, but deathwatch is also well-armed. So you have to consider the possibility that being more forceful means... more war.

Which brings me to: did she have a mandate to make more war? We don't know, but I wouldn't assume she did. Satine is not a warlord pretty much by definition, and her position is making peace not war. She got her power via public support, same as she lost it. 'make peace not war, but first a little bit more war just a little bit promise' isn't the platform she ran on. Maybe she would have had less support. Maybe the mandalorian protectors would have wondered what's different about this one, really. Maybe instead of uniting, Mandalore would have fractured again. This is pure speculation, mind, but it's just as possible as anything else. Maybe if she'd kept warring she would have just lost. To deathwatch. Possible! They had to have been on the backfoot if they agreed to terms, so I don't assume they would have won either, but you never know.

Mostly, it's just her themes. She's there to espouse the viewpoint of pursuing diplomacy over war, not the theme of clemency. (...I feel the need to add that I don't think the narrative presents her as right- or wrong, either. She's a foil to obi wan's warring and the conclusion is that they're both going to lose anyway because diplomacy vs war is not actually what the story is about) Therefore I think her position in the past being about choosing diplomacy over war is more thematically satisfying than it being a matter of choosing clemency. This is a story first and it follows story rules.

Is there anything else... yes, it's that a 15 year ceasefire is still an achievement, to me. They got to rebuild. A whole generation of Mandalorian children got to grow up without the kind of random brutality that orphaned Jango Fett. It isn't nothing. And if not for the empire, maybe it would have lasted longer than that. And it's not like killing the opposition would have necessarily led to a longer peace anyway.

I belong to a very small gang of friends who base Jaster Mereel exclusively off the open season comics. (Even though those comics kinda suck). I actually have absolutely no idea where the concept of Mand'alor Jaster comes from. Could be from a book. Could be from an ao3 fic. Who knows? Not me.

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death of a bachelorette

drew starkey x costar!reader

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youruser

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youruser i have loved euphoria with every single piece of me. i love rue with all of my heart, and i love all of the people who have gone into making her a real person. i love the family that this show has given me, and the memories that i will be able to keep forever from working on this show.

and now it's on to the next one...

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hunterschafer my darling boob, you will always and forever be my favorite co-star

alexademie getting to watch you become the star that you are has been one of the best parts of this show

petracollins you have brought rue to life in a more meaningful and beautiful way than i could've ever imagined, and i'm just so damn proud of you

user3 i can't believe euphoria is actually over but good god they gave rue the most beautiful ending

⤷ ynfanaccount like the petra and y/n team up was so important for telling rue's story the way it needed to be told and i'm so proud of them, even if i'm going to miss the show

popcrave

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popcrave Rumor has it that Y/N Y/L/N and Drew Starkey are being eyed to lead the new movie from Plan B director Natalie Morales, Death of a Bachelorette. It's being described as half slasher, half romantic comedy about a man and a woman who meet at a wedding and hit it off, only to find themselves running for their lives from a vicious serial killer.

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ynfanaccount oh i just know our girl is going to eat this up

user1 i barely know either of these people but just based off looks, this is going to be an incredible rom com

drewstarkeyfanpage drew has unlocked some of the most fun and interesting projects lately and i just know he's going to be incredible at this

user2 can't believe that slasher rom-com is a genre now but i'm so here for it

youruser

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youruser a bit of a break...

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huntershafer god that matcha latte was the shit

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rachelzegler i'm so glad i got you hooked on the trader joe's pear wine because it's just so yummy

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user3 soooo if she's the one taking the picture, who's pouring the wine???? we know she and timmy aren't dating bc they've said so a million times but that is absolutely a man's hand...

⤷ user4 maybe it's drew???? we know our girl loves to prep well for her characters, maybe they're hanging out to develop their chemistry

⤷ user3 i'm trying so hard not to ship them but it's so hard bc they're both so hot and she just has great chemistry with everyone

⤷ user4 no because i get you so bad and i just want drew starkey to have a great relationship that people don't get weird about

y/ny/l/nupdates

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y/ny/l/nupdates y/n seen on the streets of los angeles this weekend, it's rumored that death of a bachelorette is set to start shooting this month!! hopefully we get some sneak peaks of her outfits, because of course they're going to be iconic

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ynfanaccount god how does she make a casual tank and trousers look SO good

waitingfordeathofabachelorette i'm so so so so excited for this f'n movie it's so serious

user5 wait but if this is how good she looks in a casual streetwear type outfit, just imagine her in that bachelorette dress holy god

user6 why does she always walk around like she's the greatest thing ever???? she's barely a good actress and she's not even that cute

⤷ y/ny/l/nupdates you commented hate about y/n on a y/n stan account for why???? because you know we're all in a group chat talking shit about you now

⤷ ynfanaccount ooh get him again for me girl!!

drewstarkeyfanpage

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drewstarkeyfanpage drew spotted this past week at the airport and on location for filming in toronto!! and he looks goooooooooood

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waitingfordeathofabachelorette if anyone sees me stalking these update pages over the next six months... no you didn't

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y/ny/l/nfanpage babe we're really gonna have to team up to do press during this shoot bc i want CONTENT

⤷ drewstarkeyfanpage girl dm me! we're basically user twins already let's be mf besties

[blackened-angel]

I'm personally not looking forward to the Netflix adaptation of Devil May Cry.

With the new trailers, I wanted to share my opinions again but I will say that this post isn't recommended for those who only have praise and that any criticism is forbidden.

It's a pretty long post where I try to explain what is my main problem with the adaptation and that is the person who is directing it.

I highlighted some parts that I hope you can at least read those ones, but if I were to give you a TL;DR it would be this:

If you want to make an adaptation based on an IP that's been around for a while, even if you proclaim that you're fan, at the very least be modest and try not to cause trouble with your audience, given that you're supposed to be a professional in the industry and perhaps trying desperately to please everyone isn't such a good idea because you might be hanging with the wrong crowd and that will reflect on your image.

Sorry but I'm not interested to coddle that guy so if that brief summary is enough to make you displeased, I'm asking you not to read any further.

So, will talk about why it's difficult for me to praise Netflix Devil May Cry. It's because of the person attached to it.

I've criticized aspects of this adaptation before and while the majority will get angry because the show hasn't come out yet, thus any criticism is invalid, personally, what I have seen so far has been enough for me to have a disdain for it because one of my favorite series is being handled by someone who has never done anything with it before.

Proclaiming to be a fan doesn't automatically mean that it will be a masterpiece and for someone who is allegedly a professional in the industry, their conduct reflects on the product and others that are involved.

Also, just saying, that I refuse to use the word "anime".

Pseudo-anime perhaps but I'm sorry, DMC The Animated Series from 2007, that's the only Devil May Cry anime. I don't see any 'bishounen'/ biseinen' . Have you?

Anime, to someone like me who has been into anime and manga for two decades, is animation produced in Japan, primarily for the Japanese audience, with aesthetic that is different from Western animations.

So yeah I'm just gonna say Netflix DMC.

Ok, so, let's return to the subject, but first, I want to ask you and of course, you can provide examples because from my experience, I haven't seen anime studios acting so desperate like Shankar.

Please tell me if you have seen anime studios on their social media accounts being so friendly with people?

At most, there are some who on some occasions retweet fan creations like art or cosplay but in general they just post information regarding what they are producing, trailers or key visuals, but they don't engage much with the audience.

They are just working on the stuff they want to deliver to their audience, hoping they will enjoy it and look into feedback afterwards.

How many anime studios have you seen bragging like Shankar has been doing?

He actually said on Twitter "I never miss."

Oh and on a few occasions, this grown-ass man kept referring to himself in 3rd person, somehow thinking his fans will find it...cute? Yeah, so it was more like "Adi Shankar never misses."

It's obnoxious. You can tell me that he was joking, but he seems committed to his whole "I never miss with my projects" bit, so it's kind of hard to tell.

Oh and do you think it's also adorable when he reposted people's fanart without crediting? Even when some of them had watermarks?

Like I'm not kidding. If you follow him on Twitter, there were a few times when he was called out for not properly crediting artists and you'd think he'd stop after being told once but no.

In addition to that, one time when I was reading the comments on a reposted artwork, there were only two people that mentioned the artist while the rest of them didn't even ask things like "Hey did you draw this? Did the animation team do it?"

It seemed that even though they must have known it wasn't art made by Shankar or the ones doing the animation, they treated like it was no biggie if he was reposting.

As a professional, allegedly, he should have never done such a thing, but most of his followers seem treat him like "oh he's just enthusiastic, cut him some slack, don't be mean to him".

And we know that in general, anyone else who would do that sort of thing just once would get torn apart by others, but with that guy apparently we must be indulgent.

When caught in the act, he did apologize but like...shouldn't he know better? He most likely expects that everyone will forgive him for anything he does.

Thus, can you understand why I'm having a tough time to like something from that person? Who keeps bragging, promising the best anime ever, acting as if he invented DMC...

That's a person who is supposed to be a professional in the industry, yet he as only been acting like a redditor...And of course he promotes a lot of memes. Gee, I wonder who's the intended audience?

He's been desperately trying to please everyone.

This is why I like the way anime studios conduct their promotion for their projects. They are humble and want to avoid causing problems t and that's why they generally just post information, artwork, trailers etc..

That's something I personally appreciate.

Shankar has only been off-putting...Honestly, what the heck was Capcom thinking?

Apparently he wanted Dino Crisis, but Capcom was like, have DMC instead. It feels like they were saying "yeah do whatever with this IP, doesn't matter", as if DMC isn't popular, which was proven by the popularity poll they hosted.

I feel like this adaptation is mostly for the people that know DMC just from memes and I'm sorry for the long time fans that will most likely get insulted and told to shut up by the people who will only watch this generic Marvel/DC looking animation and be told that DMC is only good because of Shankar or think he should be in charge of other Devil may Cry projects.

So yeah, to me, above all is that narcissistic man who has been trying so hard to please everyone.

No, I don't think it's endearing when he spoke in 3rd person and claims that he never misses with his projects. I did not find it cute when he went on to say stuff like Vergil is a hero and other bullshit, because some people would believe those will actually be the characterizations in the show, only for Shankar to post something like "I'm joking, I'm just a troll" after those kinds of posts, wanting to gain sympathy from people, to see just how much of a fun guy he is and you must definitely watch his DMC "anime".

We already had the reboot that was supposed to appeal to the Western audience because Capcom thought the original series isn't appealing to westerners, but man were they wrong. Still hate it for the fact that they mocked the OG series and here we are again, another production that's mostly for the western audience.

So yeah, I'm just not a fan of how much that man has been boasting and assuring everyone how great the show will be.

Perhaps, for some of you, it will the greatest "anime" ever, he keeps telling you that! But not for me. I don't appreciate the shit I've seen him do on Twitter done and as much as he brags that failure never happens for Adi Shankar, not everyone is of the same opinion.

If it turns out that it might fail the expectations of those who only praised, what then? Will they keep praising despite being disappointed so that the series keeps getting content, even if it might be the same quality or even worse?

I think that will send the message to the bigwigs that those people are willing to consume anything.

Like I've mentioned thought out the post, I personally would have appreciated humbleness instead of someone trying so desperately to please everyone.

I'm not sorry for what I said and I know there must be others who share my opinions.

If you have made it this far, I thank you!

[xomakara]

Off The Page

SUMMARY | Doyoung is a writer who has bestsellers and movies based on those bestsellers, but has run into horrible writer’s block. You’re an adventure guide and knows exactly what he needs for his inspiration to return.   

PAIRINGS | Doyoung x Reader

GENRE | writer!Doyoung, adventurer!Reader, non-idol au, blossoming romance

CONTENT/WARNINGS | other than a makeout scene, none really

RATING | SFW

LENGTH | 2,962 words

TAGLIST | –

NETWORKS |  @k-vanity @keopihaus

AUTHOR’S NOTE | Finally took forever to finish! I want to thank @daddyfordaeddy for the beautiful banner and @lovetaroandtaemin for beta reading this fic. Don’t forget to like, comment, reblog and show some support. Love you all 💚

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"So you're telling me," you started, staring at him from across the table, "that you're Kim Dohye? The bestselling author and romance novelist of Sweet Kisses?"

Kim Doyoung coughed into his closed fist, his cheek dusting with a light blush, looking almost irritated with you for some reason. "Yes. If you don't mind, could you please keep your voice down?" he murmured in a voice you could only describe as adorable, albeit embarrassed. He adjusted his hood over his head, further shadowing the small cafe where the two of you had met up for lunch.

It all started when one of your friends asked if you were planning on going on an adventure soon. Of course you were, and you even went as far as to tell her all the possible adventures you had planned out over the phone—from skiing off mountain tops with some local girls from up north, to kayaking through white-water rapids with other seasoned adventurers. But Minhye stopped you before you could finish, interrupting you with a quick, "Have you ever heard of Kim Dohye?"

Of course you had—you read books occasionally. Sweet Kisses had topped the bestselling list for nearly three years. Though you were an adventurer by profession, you did find some solace and comfort in being able to take a step back and travel somewhere else and immerse yourself in the art of a good story. Even if it was a romance novel. You read one every once in a while, mostly for a good laugh—but Kim Dohye? 

Kim Dohye's stories were powerful. Intimate. Warm.

Who would have thought that Kim Dohye was actually a man named Kim Doyoung? And that said Kim Doyoung could potentially be struggling to find a muse or some inspiration?

"So why a female pen name?" you had asked him while looking at the book jacket inside the front cover. "It's hard to imagine that you wrote a romance novel of this caliber. Though I should say, my respect for you has just gone up."

"Women's romances sell better," Doyoung explained from the side of his cup of coffee that he cradled between his hands. "I also needed some sort of persona so that Sweet Kisses wouldn't be traceable back to me. I can't imagine being approached in public or having my own photos leaked and exploited—especially given the content of my novels."

You knew all too well what he meant by that. And honestly, it didn't seem that bad to write under a pseudonym—it did open the door for more opportunities and less restrictions. When it came to writing novels in a male's perspective, albeit using a female pen name, it worked and people bought the novels because of the stories.

"Can I ask you something?" Doyoung asked, setting his cup down. "Why are you using a male pseudonym?"

"Well," you hummed, finishing your iced mocha. "There is always a difference, a tension maybe, between an adventure guide who is a man and an adventure guide who is a woman. Many of the men who hire me have preconceived notions about gender roles, so they are surprised and sometimes hostile when a woman shows up to be their guide. They probably think that they'll be stuck with me and that they won't get their 'wild, mountain man' experience because of my gender."

"And you prove them wrong?" Doyoung asks.

"Of course I do!" you huffed in response, blowing your cheeks. "They would have a mediocre trip at best without me! Who else would know how to pitch a tent at a proper 45 degree angle against the wind? Or how to tie knots so nothing could come undone? Or how to tell a poisonous mushroom apart from the normal mushroom? Or how to carve a spear for emergencies?"

"Spears?" Doyoung parroted, his eyes widening with every item you counted off.

"Sometimes we get into certain situations while camping or during a hiking excursion, and I like being prepared. It keeps me on my toes!"

Doyoung blinked back his disbelief. "What if one of these men were hostile toward you?"

"Mister Kim...I know over forty different ways to break someone's wrist," you started, leaning your chin on your knuckles and propping your elbow against the table. A devilish smirk rested comfortably on your lips, and you watched  as Doyoung visibly gulped. "Plus, I have a taser. Why the sudden curiosity?"

Doyoung shrugged his shoulders as his lips tugged in a small smile. "A writer's gotta stay informed and stay imaginative."

"Right," you drawled, noting the glint in his eye. "Then...I'm assuming Minhye told you about me to help with your writer's block?"

Doyoung twitched after hearing his editor's name before laughing airily. He never expected that his editor would have a friend like you, especially a friend who knew how to pitch a tent against the wind or use spears during camping excursions. But you had that fierceness in your eyes when you talked passionately, and when you gave him that playful wink, he knew his imagination had peaked with the new information he just learned—if only the imagination were coming easily to him. He knew just the character type now and just how they would react.

The thing was that he didn't have any words, any ideas, no dialogue…

He was blank.

He even tried using his personal experience with women and flirting—but even then, his mind was blank, and he came out with something bland and no emotion, no edge, and most certainly no driving factor for his readers, who were enamored by the plot in previous installments.

"Why don't you use me as a muse?" You suggested. "Your female characters are usually office or university students. Why not use someone...not from that particular demographic? Surely things would flow a bit easier?"

"Can I?" Doyoung asked, scratching the back of his head. "If I'm going to be honest, you're exactly the type of woman I am trying to avoid. You're not predictable."

"Well that's why you should try me," you chirped, biting back a cheeky grin as you finished your second coffee. "I'm an open book—a book who likes a little action. We could camp out in the woods. How about it?"

"This weekend?" Doyoung suggested, wringing the napkin in his hands.

"No better day than the present," you shot back in response.

"Just you and I?" he blinked.

"You scared of little old me, Mister Kim?" you grinned, holding back laughter when you saw his worried eyes. "Of course, you can bring friends if you feel uneasy."

"I'll ask Minhye if she can come..." Doyoung looked away. "At least to control you."

"Let’s not," you said in an airy tone as you stood up from your chair. “Last time I took her on a trip, she cussed me out. Besides, whenever I ask her to go on a trip with me, she always declines.”

"Sounds like her," Doyoung laughed as he walked beside you out of the cafe and onto the sidewalk. The air smelled fresh today, and there wasn't a cloud in the sky—it was perfect weather for the trip. He glanced over to you. "Do I really have to worry? You did mention something about learning how to break someone's wrist."

"Haha!" you chuckled dryly, swiping back a stray bang of hair that blew in front of your eyes. "Not at all! We just camp. Build fires. Enjoy nature. Explore. And lots and lots of water-sports and canoeing. Also hiking and other physical activities that may help you figure things out or see things from a different perspective."

Doyoung scratched at his chest with a little uncertain chuckle. "Yeah...I hope so."

Doyoung doubted even an entire adventure vacation would change things around, but then again, he wasn't sure where else to go or what else to do with his life other than just writing. He had finished the first draft for his latest novel and sent it out for editing—Minhye always gave him feedback at least a couple weeks ahead of time so he could start planning out a new draft or at least some outline to build off of for his next book. He hadn't had an encounter like this in months. The last time he met an adventurous woman with spunk was over half a year ago. And since then, his writing was just falling short.

Or rather, the relationship between the protagonist and his lover felt hollow and a little boring and a lot cliched. As cliche as it was in the beginning—a normal college student and his plain assistant and co-worker have a thing for each other and start going on dates. It would've been perfectly fine until the third novel, but in the past four novels, the relationship didn't have enough spice, no driving force or struggle to keep it alive or even spark interest. He wasn't feeling it anymore. He knew his readers were dying for more, and he was, too, but things weren't coming as easily anymore.

"I'll tell you a secret, Mister Kim." You had interrupted his train of thought, gently nudging his elbow with yours and giving him a soft and sympathetic smile.

"Hm? A secret?" Doyoung cocked his head.

"Women aren't only attracted to the well-dressed, good looking, smart man who makes a lot of money. Women are also attracted to men who are true to themselves. When a man is true to his passions and honest with his goals and dreams...women feel the drive of wanting to support that man and have a part of that goal too,” you smiled.

"You're sounding like a romantic yourself," Doyoung gave you a sidelong glance with a lopsided smile. "Isn't that more relevant to my field of work?"

You nudged his arm a little harder this time. "Listen. My point is, Mister Kim, you've got this whole nice boy thing going on. But what are you interested in?"

"Other than writing?" he cocked an eyebrow.

You laughed. "Yes, other than writing. You know the saying right? All work and no play makes Kim Doyoung a dull boy?"

"Right," Doyoung tried to hide his blush. There was a sense of authority that radiated from you that is the complete opposite of the female character profiles and tropes he's used in his series—and it was attracting him a little. "But I honestly don't know."

"Then why don't we have a few adventures, and I can help you along the way. What's the worst that can happen?" You shrugged.

Doyoung chuckled darkly. He couldn't say no and just say he wasn't interested—especially because he was a little intrigued by you—besides, it would be good for him. The storylines for the characters had become too repetitive—too similar, so much so, his editors were getting more difficult to work with. His imagination was slipping. But there was one problem.

The kiss scene.

Everything always starts from the kiss scene.

"Then, Mister Kim, it's settled." You turned around to face him, offering him your hand to shake. "For the rest of the afternoon and through to Friday, I'll be Mister Kim Doyoung's number one adventure guide. What do you say?"

Doyoung held his gaze between the earnest gleam in your eye, before nodding once and wrapping your smaller hand with his, giving you a firm handshake. "Deal. Just, please...can you stop calling me Mister? Just call me Doyoung."

"Alright Doyoung-ssi. Your guide will gladly escort you into the unknown."

"Jump in, Doyoung!" you called out, standing waist-deep in the waters of one of your favorite waterfalls, cupping the spray of freshwater in the palms of your hands as you brought the cool droplets to your face. You glanced over your shoulder, looking to Doyoung for his approval and seeing him gawking and shaking in his boots at the mere thought of jumping from a cliff the way you had, safely landing in the river below, just behind one of many cascading waterfalls at the local reserve park.

Doyoung could only nod and take a breath. The smell of earth and the crisp morning air was something he liked, and maybe was getting used to, after spending an entire week with you in the wilderness. The morning sun broke through the tops of the trees, birds were chirping nearby, the waters were clean, pure, and clear, and even if the climb up was hard on his body, the end results were breathtaking—in a way, his story-writing senses were wired again, and the imagination of the waterfall was beyond anything he had thought up or imagined before.

"Relax, relax, relax," you repeated to Doyoung over and over, watching as his shoulders gradually dropped and hearing the heaviness of his exhale, "I'm here, Doyoung. This cliff is high, yes, and you may not be an adventure-seeker like me, but at least trust your guide. Take another breath in and exhale. Breathe."

"Isn't there an alternative to jumping down?" Doyoung had asked. But then, he glanced down, seeing that the climb down was almost certainly a near-death experience of its own; and it was too long to rappel. "Ah...maybe not..."

"Breathe, Doyoung. Trust me."

After a few more steadying breaths, Doyoung jumped into the body of water, his heart racing and beating rapidly, screaming through the adrenaline and the feeling of euphoria and danger—the knowledge that the fall alone was long enough to kill him, should have killed him—and it scared the absolute wits out of him. The moment he fell backwards, he reached instinctively for you and grabbed at your hands, feeling the pressure of gravity on his legs and thighs and feet and—

"I got you," you laughed, squeezing his hand gently. "I got you."

In a daze, Doyoung started laughing—just full on belly laughing until he lost his breath completely and started coughing up water. "I can't believe...I just...holy crap!"

"Your adrenaline levels have never been higher, have they, Doyoung?" you beamed, leading him towards the shallow parts of the lake. "How does it feel?"

"Honestly?" Doyoung raked his bangs back as he composed himself. You were close to him now, and he swore his heart rate skyrocketed again when you smiled back. He gulped when his eyes flickered to your lips and then to your eyes. "It makes me want to do this."

Pulling you gently towards him and turning you so that your bodies faced each other, he wrapped his arm around your waist, placed his hand in the small of your back, and tugged you flush against him. His other arm moved up so he could slide a finger under your jaw to tilt your head to look back up at him again. Your expression was surprised, almost wanting, as you eyed his own lips, unconsciously leaning toward him. Your arms wrapped themselves around his neck and pulled him closer to your face until his forehead touched yours.

And he closed the distance, brushing his lips against yours.

Your lips were soft, full, warm, and welcoming, your arms wrapped a bit tighter around his neck. His fingers flexed on your hip, his mouth growing more hungry, tasting, biting your lip and pressing deeper. As if he's memorized you before, he could hear you gasp against his mouth, and he smiled into the kiss. His lips molded around yours again as he gave you a series of teasing nibbles that had your mouth parted in another gasp, before running the tip of his tongue lightly across your lower lip.

God, was it an amazing kiss.

The tips of his fingers prickled as the taste of you spread on his tongue. And for some reason, he couldn't get enough. He broke from your lips, hearing your heavy breathing. Before his mind could fully comprehend his actions, his eyes opened, and met the dewy and breathless look in yours.

"Doyoung..." your voice was low and a whisper against his lips, but your fingers were tracing lightly at his nape, massaging the tendons in his neck and stroking the side of his jaw. You leaned in again and stole his lips once more, and Doyoung could have sworn his vision went blank, but filled with only you, all you. "Oh god..."

You began to laugh, leaning your forehead on his shoulder, hearing his heartbeat, which was wild and rapid under your cheek.

Doyoung blinked, a sudden panic building in the pit of his stomach. That wasn't something he planned on doing. "S-Sorry...I-"

"Don't apologize," you hummed against him, wrapping your arm back around his neck. "I...liked it."

"Y-You did?" Doyoung felt relieved for some reason. His heart was hammering out of his ribcage—a different type of adrenaline running through his veins.

"Mm," you hummed in approval, stroking his cheek lightly and smiling at him. You giggled before pulling away, tugging him gently on his wrist. "C'mon. Let's go to the next destination!"

Doyoung felt the flutter in his stomach as you led the way, your fingers laced together, bringing a flurry of emotions he had never known in his life—the kind of emotions that his protagonist has experienced, or was going to experience soon.

Maybe this was it, he thought., Maybe this was where inspiration hit.

The image of you was carved deeply into the depths of his mind. That scene, the setting, the two of you holding each other in your arms. This is where his muse could finally come alive.

He needed to remember every last detail about you. Every little move. Every glance. He'd find a way to insert it all into his new novel—he was sure of that now. He squeezed your hand, grinning excitedly.

If there was anyone who could help him write, he knew it would be you.

[fiber-optic-alligator]

Just so you know your fic is the air I breath the water I drink and the reason the sky is clear Doey is such a loveable, tragic character and I LOVE the way you write Kevin, Doey and Jackie! I actually left a comment on your AO3 as a guest (for some reason it wouldn't let me login at the time) and I said it there, but I LOVE how Kevin isn't just "the angry one", I love how he has moments of just...acting like a kid, I especially loved the moment in the most recent chapter where he played with Jackie, utterly adorable!! Also out of curiosity you posted a height chart that said the boys are basically GIANTS, any particular reason why you made them so tall? A lot of fanart I've seen of the boys as separate dough beings draw them as relatively the same height as Doey, was it just a creative choice to make them super tall compared to the reader?? Anyway utterly adore your work and I look forward to the next chapter!!

Awww thank you!!! I remember reading your comment, and I replied to it too!!! Thank you so much for the support and love you are sending this fic! I NEVER expected it to become as popular as it has!!! I’m so happy people are loving the dough bros like I do!

I made them giants because…I wanted them to be giants. That’s really the only reason LOL. But if you want a more lore-based answer, it’s because Doey was pretty huge when he died in his monster form, and the size is also a sort of defense mechanism! Being large means other predators may leave you alone! The boys kind of absorbed what was left of Doey’s innards and applied it to themselves, thus making them huge.

I like G/T and I pretty much apply it to everything I write. I like the trope of these bigger, stronger creatures having the gentleness and care to be careful with something so much smaller than them. So yeah, it’s pretty much just a creative choice lol. Thanks for asking!

[seaglasswrites]

If you’re intent on using tools like ChatGPT to write, I’m probably not going to be able to convince you not to. I do, however, want to say one thing, which is that you have absolutely nothing to gain from doing so.

A book that has been generated by something like ChatGPT will never be the same as a book that has actually been written by a person, for one key reason; ChatGPT doesn’t actually write.

A writer is deliberate; They plot events in the order that they have determined is best for the story, place the introduction of certain elements and characters where it would be most beneficial, and add symbolism and metaphors throughout their work.

The choices the author makes is what creates the book; It would not exist without deliberate actions taken over a long period of thinking and planning. Everything that’s in a book is there because the author put it there.

ChatGPT is almost the complete opposite to this. Despite what many people believe, humanity hasn’t technically invented Artificial Intelligence yet; ChatGPT and similar models don’t think like humans do.

ChatGPT works by scraping the internet to see what other people and sources have to say on a given topic. If you ask it a question, there’s not only a good chance it will give you the wrong answer, but that you’ll get a hilariously wrong answer; These occurrences are due to the model pulling from sources like Reddit and other social media, often from comments meant as jokes, and incorporating them into its database of knowledge.

(A major example of this is Google’s new “AI Overview” feature; Look up responses and you’ll see the infamous machine telling you to add glue to your pizza, eat rocks, and jump off the Golden Gate Bridge if you’re feeling suicidal)

Anything “written” by ChatGPT, for example, would be cobbled together from multiple different sources, a good portion of which would probably conflict with one another; If all you’re telling the language model to do is “write me a book about [x]”, it’s going to pull from a variety of different novels and put together what it has determined makes a good book.

Have you ever read a book that you thought felt clunky at times, and later found out that it had multiple different authors? That’s the best comparison I can make here; A novel “written” by a language model like ChatGPT would resemble a novel cowritten by a large group of people who didn’t adequately communicate with one another, with the “authors” in this case being multiple different works that were never meant to be stitched together.

So, what do you get in the end? A not-very-good, clunky novel that you yourself had no hand in making beyond the base idea. What exactly do you have to gain from this? You didn’t get any practice as a writer (To do that, you would have to have actually written something), and you didn’t get a very good book, either.

Writing a book is hard. It’s especially hard when you’re new to the craft, or have a busy schedule, or don’t even know what it is you want to write. But it’s incredibly rewarding, too.

I like to think of writing as a reflection of the writer; By writing, we reveal things about ourselves that we often don’t even understand or realize. You can tell a surprising amount about a person based on their work; I fail to see what you could realize about a prompter when reading a GPT-generated novel besides what works it pulled from.

If you really want to use ChatGPT to generate your novel for you, then I can’t stop you. But by doing so, you’re losing out on a lot; You’re also probably losing out on what could be an amazing novel if you would actually take the time to write it yourself.

Delete the app and add another writer to the world; You have nothing to lose.

[42ifonly]

Originally, I only wanted to address the rumors about Will and Season 18, but it turned into a whole rant, and I am a little embarrassed, that I spent so much time writing this about a fictional character, but these thoughts have been swirling around in my head for ages and now is the time to get it out of my system. And sorry if I went a little overboard and it’s probably all over the place. (Because I am upset!) I don’t mean to offend anyone. Everyone is entitled to their own thoughts and feelings about something. These are just my thoughts on some of the negative comments I read about the character online. English is not my first language, so forgive any mistakes I may have made.

When I think about something happening to Will I feel an actual pain in my heart and dread in my stomach. It would be so incredibly lame for them to kill yet another significant other. It makes me so angry and sad. And now that everything points that way, I have to protect my heart and not watch the new season, even though I have loved Criminal Minds for so long. It is just no way to treat a character that has been around for almost all the running time, to just take the easiest way out. And if they don't kill him and they separate then what the hell where the writers and show-runners doing for 15 seasons other than repeatedly reinforcing their relationship and reinforcing how they were both always set on making it work no matter what.

And don't get me started on all the missed potential, with him being a cop and working together with the team. Josh Stewart is such a great actor and gives great nuanced performances. And if he truly did leave on his on terms and it wasn’t due to budget or scheduling then that is totally fine of course, but they could still find a million different ways to go without destroying everything we have been trough with these two.

I am going to address a few of the points people made about why they don’t like Will:

JJ's character is reduced to her having a family:

I love her vulnerable side, she is great at her job and she has to deal with horrible things, and to see her open up to Will and let go of her mindset to not show how affected she is by some of the things that are going on is truly great. She is puts up a front and compartmentalizes to cope (like when she told Hotch she didn’t need time off and she was fine in season 12x2), and I love that Will is able to break through those walls to keep her sane. And just because she is a badass FBI Agent, she is not allowed to rely on other people sometimes and have a family that she actually loves and that love her back? Where else would she be able to show that side of herself, and it doesn't mean that she's only defined by her family. It just means that we get to see her outside of her professional demeanor and personality. I really don't understand why people are offended. It just gives her more depth because we rarely get to see characters outside of their work environment. I always loved the fact that Will was not the obvious choice for a character like JJ and her being with him really adds another dimension to her character. And in fact her family rarely makes an appearance and/or is mentioned throughout the series, she is a just as good a character without them. Seeing her with Will and the boys just makes her more relatable and tangible and I love that.

Season 3: Will is pushy, whiny and doesn’t respect her boundaries

I get why some aren't fond of his actions in season 3. They are calling him out for not respecting her boundaries and I can somewhat be on board with that. But it doesn't make him a bad guy for eternity with no coming back from it. Some criticize his lack of self-respect/confidence when he confronts her about it in the sense of "he is so whiny and insecure”. How would you feel if your boyfriend/girlfriend pretended to all their coworkers that you aren’t dating after being together for a year. Imagine putting all this time and effort to date someone long-distance and then they want to keep it a secret and leave you hanging when you confront them. Wouldn’t that hurt your feelings and make you a little sensitive? I would feel a little insecure if the person I was in love with acted like they didn’t really know me, all while I am mourning a friend and would actually need some support from this person. He is asking perfectly reasonable questions to make sense of the situation, and he knows her and probably knows she is holding something back.

Both people were entitled to feel the way they did. JJ is allowed to be scared, and Will is allowed to ask for commitment. People forget nuance exists.

And when she said she wanted to break up with him he showed some self-respect, respected his own boundaries, didn't make a scene, accepted her decision and let her go. But then those same people come along and say he didn't even fight for her ... so you want him to be toxic now?!?! You want him to push her?!?!

And turns out he was right all along it had nothing to do with her hiding it from her co-workers and protecting her private life. She was scared of getting hurt....that's it. So I just don't understand what the fuss is about.

Revealing her pregnancy on the other hand, was a bad decision and I don’t think he should have done that. But he is just a human being, a young guy who suddenly had to make some pretty big decisions about his life. He was going to be a dad sooner than he thought he would and he was probably a little out of his mind and scared, about the future and about JJ and their child. He made a bad decision and acted a little impulsive. I am sure we all have done things out of fear and against our better judgement that we regret.

I think he has proven enough times, that he respects her boundaries and her job. But somehow, after almost 20 years, people still can't get over it, which is beyond me…

And to be honest, it seemed to me that JJ was more relieved that the cat was out of the bag than anything else, that she no longer had to carry this secret around with her.

JJ settled because of the baby:

JJ decided to stay with him before! She found out she was pregnant. There was no settling. And it is not like they plucked Will out of nowhere. It’s not like she was flirting and letting her guard down with detectives all the time, and Will was just the latest in a series, so they made him the father of her son because the actress was pregnant. There was an obvious connection between the two of them and SHE gave him her card, SHE made that move. They’d known each other for a year before she got pregnant, and SHE decided to stay with him before she got pregnant. So even if her becoming a mother was due to AJ’s pregnancy, their relationship was not completely out of nowhere and the writers chose that story line with her kissing him in front of everyone to make a point of: She wants to be with him with or without a baby.  

Will doesn’t respect her jobs, wants her to quit all the time and shames her for her career:

Season 7x7: I think it is only human to get upset when you where looking forward to spending time with your partner and they have to leave in the middle of the night leaving you with your sick child. Even if you knew what you were getting into!!! It doesn't mean you can’t get upset or be disappointed every once in a while. He is just always supposed to sit back and be meek and mild about it all? He is probably very aware that her job comes first, and he just wants to spend time with her and have her home. And every single time (Season 3, Season 5, Season 7, Season 12, Season 13, Season 14, Season 16) JJ considers leaving work for her family it’s Will who encourages her to stay and/or keep going. If anything, he is a little to nice about it sometimes.

Will is bland and boring and doesn’t show any emotions:

Anyone who says he is boring and doesn’t show emotion would probably be the worst profiler of all time. The way his emotions are conveyed is subtle and it hits deep if you are susceptible to it. Just because Will isn't loud, and exaggerates his emotions, screams, cries, jumps up and down or acts like freaking emoticons, doesn’t make him bland, I am sorry, maybe you need to work on your empathy. I love his quiet strength and grounding presence. JJ always knew where she stood with him, no games no childish behavior. He wears his heart on his sleeves and is always open about his feelings and even when they get the best of him, he takes a step back and puts everything into perspective and looks for solutions. He doesn’t act like a fool and completely irresponsible (like Morgan), when his wife goes missing, putting the investigation and the people’s lives at risk. It was so refreshing for me to see that and just speaks to what a mature and sensible person he is. He does what he knows is right and trusts the team to save her. He is sensitive and self-reflective and dotes on his sons.

And in no way is he a boring character, we have seen him in something like 10 episodes and yet I know more about him than some of the main characters. He accumulated his fair share of trauma: His dad, who he was very close to, died in Katrina, his partner/friend was murdered a year later, in Season 7 his partner was shot right in front of him. He had to leave his son with a psychopath. He has been kidnapped, assaulted and strapped to a bomb. And his wife was kidnapped, shot, assaulted, tortured and they lost their baby.

He is one of the very few cops/detectives who actually play a role in hunting down the suspect and talking successfully talking them down – hence he is a pretty good cop before he even turns 30. He left his hometown and family behind to live miles away. He played the drums, had a dog, sings alternative rock in the shower, loves to cook and doesn’t like flowers 😉

Everyone on the team likes him. Despite what Jemily stans say, Emily is probably their biggest advocate. She urged JJ to go after him, and toyed with her secrecy when she pointed out Will was something fun to look at. She joked with him about his accent. She describes him as the last viable donor, she saved him from the bomb, even though he told her to leave. She seemed genuinely happy to see him in Season 16.

Rossi witnessed them getting engaged, he hosted their wedding. He held the speech at their wedding. Will stayed with Rossi at the hospital in season 13. Will asked how Rossi was doing in season 16. He is on first name basis with Prentiss, Reid and Rossi. He watches Jack for Hotch in Season 11. He agrees on making Garcia and Spence the godparents of his first born. He turns a blind eye in season 14/15 to the confession ordeal. He let Reid come over all the time when he was mourning Emily.

The Will-haters also just start making up things like: “he is so annoying because he kept asking her to marry him, proposing over and over”... for all we know he asked her once to show her that he was here to stay, to make sure she knew he would be there for her and baby, and then he asked her again when she asked him to.

And lastly, I cannot believe the people hating on Will calling him dull, because he looks the way he looks. I am sorry but that is just plain stupid and incredibly shallow. Or the ones complaining about his accent... is that really all you got?!?!

I could probably write a dissertation about Will, but I will go cry now because I am heartbroken, and I just wanted them to have a happy ending.

[cosmereplay]

[ID from above: two screenshots showing the numbers of Stormlight and Navani fics that OP listed in the post. End ID.]

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I am happy to report that some of the suggestions OP made already exist, and those authors would LOVE for you to read their fics and give some love to the stuff they've put tons of effort (sometimes years!) into writing.

First, THE QUINTESSENTIAL Navani fic, covering multiple of those ideas and more, is ibeeHu's series-spanning epic Heaven and Hell: Journal of Navani Kholin. Started in 2023, it's currently in part 3 and over 200K+ words long! If you love Navani, read this fic and encourage the author to keep going on this epic journey! Counted OP's way, this fic is worth 200 thousand-word fics just by itself, but counting fics could never measure how much love and care has gone into writing this.

Dalinar and Navani talking about Gavilar? Try Lo que no podemos tener by SteelAndBendalloy. It's in Spanish, and reads well in Google Translate.

Navani giving Shallan advice and being the mom Shallan needs? How about chapter 18 of Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (by me)? Sure it's ultimately a Shakadolin fic, but it's a cathartic mother-daughter talk.

Navani trying to diffuse tension between Adolin and Dalinar? Check out Against a one year old by Anjardi_nyava

Navani doing spren research? How about the famous (to me) and hilarious (to everyone) fic The Sexy Sapphicspren Search of 1175 by SapphicSpren! The title says it all!

The other ideas, to be fair, I couldn't find a specific match for. But I want to recommend a couple more shining gems in the Navani oeuvre:

Radiant on the Run by Dragontrill - Navani plays a crucial role in tracking down the world's first known Radiant after he runs, spooked by Dalinar discovering his powers.

A Book of Endless Pages by cosmere_play - who would i be if I didn't recommend another of my fics? Navani and Hesina bond over their shared grief.

To Dream by ibeeHu - a post-WaT fic set in space age. Navani does an experiment in space!

A big, happy reunion by Falshivka - This sweet Jasnah's return fic features a Navani POV in the first chapter.

lovely morning by TrishyEves - A little modern AU Navani/Evi. And why not!

Just Another Brick in the Head by BlindRadiant - the outlet we all needed.

Anyway I could keep going...I haven't even touched Navani/Raboniel fics because it would be impossible for me to pick just one or two. (Actually fuck it - In The Vastness by if_one_of_us_falls is a great Navaniel fic. I can't help myself.)

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If the original post encourages you to write, that's great! If you want to do an idea that's already been written, that's two cakes baby and that's awesome, write it!

But OP I want you to know that as a fic writer, even one who's written 90 Stormlight fics, it's hard to hear that all that matters to another fan is numbers. My fellow writers and I have worked really hard over the course of years to produce whatever we've been able to write for the enjoyment of others, and to cultivate a community of mutual support. So to have someone walk in and say "it's not enough!", to imply that we've fumbled, and then suggest fics that already exist is disheartening!

I know that couldn't possibly have been your intention--clearly you're a fan, you love Navani, and you want more people to get to their keyboards and make their Navani-based dreams come true. You wrote it out of love. So here's my advice to you: in the years I've been a fanfic writer, I've only had maybe one or two people write the suggestions I've posted on tumblr. But you know what has a way better success rate? Commenting my compliments on fics that someone is actively working on, fics that I enjoy...it gets more fic way more reliably, encourages the people who are already putting their blood, sweat, and tears into their writing, and makes those blood, sweat, and tears more worthwhile. Plus, then you start to get to know the writers, and they start to get to know you, and that builds the community! We'd love to have you join us!

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Also OP I'm very interested in knowing who you're thinking of for that 5+1 fic and WHO IS THE ONE??? I'm so curious!! 👀

you're telling me that Stormlight, which is over 2 million words long, popular enough to have its own convention, recently finished, and has been releasing books since goddamn 2013, only has 1,907 works on ao3?!?

AND ONLY 247 OF THEM HAVE NAVANI?!?!

come on y'all, Brandon did nOT write two million words and then release all those free writing workshops for us to fumble this ball-- let's get this number up for our QUEEN! i made some navani prompts to get us started...take these, write em, weave em into ur larger fics, ill free beta read!

-Dalinar and Navani genuinely being made to talk about Gavilar.

-Navani giving Shallan advice on how to deal with Kholin boys™, and Shallan receiving the first safe parental figure she's ever had.

-Navani, ever-hesitant to bridge the gap between Dalinar and Adolin, because they're both so volatile at times and wounds can go deep...but just...really, really wanting to. And she doesn't like that it's something she can't fix, but deals.

-Navani being absolutely FASCINATED by Syl and Pattern as spren, especially in her pursuit of fabrial research.

-Navani trying to bond with Jasnah and slowly understanding her daughter's idiosyncrasies, and her place as a mother. Or Navani supporting Jasnah's reign in behind-the-scenes ways that Jasnah might never find out about.

-and of course, a 5+1 with the inevitable moment when she needs support and anyone in the goddamn cosmere she's ever been a great mom™ to is there for her

Write one-shots or weave plots into your larger fics or let them inspire you...and fuck it! add more! don't get intimidated! let your love for the story carry you and write it for navani :D

[femmefighter]

FINALLY!!! Damn, this one's taken a while for me to get out. But we're here now!

Chapter 35 - Senaara Feearr

Sabine goes undercover in the hotel, Inikagapi, with her fake identity as a part Mirialan, Senaara Feearr.

[foxtrot91]

Someone bookmarked my Buddie fic and in their comment put L5 and I’m dying to know what it means. Is L5 good? Bad? Neutral? It’s like a puzzle and I don’t have all of the pieces. Legit went into their bookmarks to try and see if I could make sense of it based on their other bookmarks but no such luck.

[seventh-district]

again and again i find myself lamenting that audio roleplay isn't taken more seriously by some people. like yeah, they often have a romantic element, and by nature they usually directly involve/address the listener- and i totally get that those things aren't to everyone's taste. no art or entertainment is universally appealing, and that's okay! but.. it still makes me a lil sad that the "cringe" reputation of asmr/audio rp precedes it. there's a whole lot of talent and creativity being poured into these audios by so many people that i feel goes unrecognized and/or disrespected simply due to the medium that the stories are being told through.

[benevolenterrancy]

AND IT'S COMPLETED! Last chapter finally posted!

The Torchwood team manages to get themselves dumped into the middle of the Korean War and have to struggle their way through injuries, medical staff, time anomalies, demon hunters, and more general confusion than even they're used to dealing with on the regular in order to find a way home.

Meanwhile the MASH crew get a bunch of British spooks who just may win for being the weirdest patients they've ever had, and that's saying a lot.

[glitter-stained]

Shoutout to the complete rando who commented "are you writing a fanfic or a sleeping cure either way it's curing my insomnia" on chapter 8 of The Protector because it might have been rude but it's so funny in the way it raises so many questions. Like. How did you make it through eight chapters of the fic if it's so boring it makes you sleep. Do you fall asleep on a chapter every night and it lulls you gently into sweet dreams about child murder and psychological torture ? Is it you little nighttime ritual, tuck yourself in your little bed with your little blanket, grab your little phone, read your little fic? Do you sometimes damage your phone falling asleep on it? Do you listen to it in audio form, is this a "mommy reading you to sleep situation?" Either way, you're a real champ for soldiering through eight chapters of a fic you fight so insipid it literally lulls you to sleep.

In all seriousness, what baffles me about the hate comments I've gotten so far on ao3 isn't even the disrespect for people putting out work over here for free that you could just choose not to read. It's the fact that they read the whole thing, the utter silliness of reading around 80 pages of something you don't enjoy, then dutifully informing me that you did not enjoy it.

"but glitter, how will they know that the story is bad if they don't read it whole?" Well, I knew Houellebecq's books were not for me at all after three chapters, but I admire the commitment. Except there's a difference between a story not being for you and a story being bad. I like the stories I write. Other people like the stories I write. Not everyone has to, art is subjective, etc. That should be obvious. If my writing is so consistently boring to you, you should have noticed after the first chapter and, as you are neither my beta nor my editor, you didn't need to push yourself to continue reading something you will find boring just to give me your review. You don't need to, as in a memorable occasion, carry through five out of five chapters of fanon characterization after the first chapter very clearly tells you"i wanted to play with these classic fanon tropes for a bit" and then explain to me in detail how it sucked because it was so ooc. Who is holding you at gunpoint to read fanfics you don't enjoy? That seems like a cruel and concerning thing to do.

This is too silly, I can't even get mad about such unserious behaviour. Like, what are you doing. Literally why.