#and also I love making people cringe in pain XD

[setsuntamew]

I UPGRADED MY COMPUTER THIS WEEKEND!!!!!!

I first built it in June 2016 on a tight budget (thx to my ancient laptop shitting the bed very suddenly), and I told myself that I would upgrade it when I had more money/as necessary.

Anyway, this is the first time I've bought anything new for it XD The only "upgrade" was technically a downgrade; a power surge fried my original motherboard and, luckily, a friend had an old one that he gave me for free.

BUT NOW I AM RUNNING SOMETHING EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN I EVER IMAGINED!!!!!!! I caught a really good sale at Micro Center and was able to upgrade from an i5 CPU to an i9, as well as getting a MUCH nicer motherboard and more RAM. It's slick as hell and super fast and.....

And you KNOW it didn't go together as smoothly as the first time!!!!!!!

The big con is that I finally had to say goodbye to Windows 7 ;w; It's not compatible with some of the newer hardware I got, so...I had to upgrade to Windows 10. Which is like, fine, but I'm gonna miss 7 a lot. sobs.

Anyway, it was a weekend long expedition and I'm still working on getting my files transferred over to my new hard drive, but overall it's really great!!! I love it *w*

[leserattevirginie]

Crown of Shadows by C.S. Friedman

Genre: Sci-Fantasy Star Rating: 4,25 ⭐️

Plot: ⬜️ Plot holes big enough for a herd of elephants ⬜️ I think I’ve read this before. (Unoriginal to the max.) ⬜️ No plot, just vibes ⬜️ Enjoyable but not super memorable. ✅ You have my undivided attention. ⬜️ Mind = Blown

Characters: ⬜️ Mary Sue is in the house! ⬜️ These are cardboard cut-outs. ⬜️ Good main cast, but the rest is forgettable at best. ⬜️ Generally well written. ✅ Complex ⬜️ What do you mean characters? These feel like real people!

Personal Enjoyment: ⬜️ DNF ⬜️ Somebody free me from this hell (but also no, I won’t DNF) ⬜️ WTF did I just read??? ⬜️ I don’t like it, but I also don’t hate it. ⬜️ It’s a good book but I just never want to pick it back up. ⬜️ No strong feelings either way. ⬜️ Enjoyable read ✅ What a page turner! This is fun! ⬜️ I think I’m in love ⬜️ (new) all time favourite

World Building: ⬜️ This takes place in our world. ⬜️ Worldbuilding what worldbuilding? ⬜️ This feels like a TV set. ⬜️ Not super deep, but present. ✅ Detailed, believable. ⬜️ You bet every single ant has its own 100 page backstory!

Pacing: ⬜️ drags/is rushed in all the wrong places ⬜️ Inconsistent ⬜️ something undefinable feels off ⬜️ I don’t love it it but it fits the book perfectly. ✅ Good/no complaints ⬜️ Amazing! Could not put this down!

Writing: ⬜️ This is painful ⬜️ I’m cringing ⬜️ Not great, but not bad either. ⬜️ Neutral (Didn’t really notice.) ✅ Elegant but not overly flowery. ⬜️ So beautiful I actually stopped and noticed it. ⬜️ I’m not sure if this is just a bad translation. ⬜️ I’m not confident enough in my language skills for this language to comment on the quality of the writing.

Wow, I can't believe I've finished the series this fast! That alone says a lot about how much I liked it :) As usual, here's a bunch of rambly thoughts:

For the most part I feel like I did about the other two books - plot is fine but character work and world building take the cake. The plot was still fairly straight-forward, but I will say that it was a bit more complex with the dual plot-lines. A bit I don't think I've mentioned before that I love: due to the set up we get sorcery and sword type stuff but also tourism, instant soup, insurance companies, etc. (Did I imagine the aspirin?) The mix between modern and old timey things is great!

Unfortunately I also still feel the same about the treatment of women within the series. Sure, the argument could be made that maybe it's just Damien who's a bit misogynistic in his POV, and Gerald is just generally The Most Terrible Person ™ around, but it still doesn't sit right with me. Especially since we start the book with Gerald's lunch committing suicide. Was that weird bit about Damien's landlady necessary? Was there no other way to explain how Iezu perceive the world other than "Holy shit can you believe that middle aged lady dares to think of herself as attractive, lol what a hag" ?? But hey, Narilka is still alive! I suppose if you exist to redeem the Gerald clone you get to live. (I can't believe I forgot poor Almea in my last rant. The fridging that started it all! ...is it still fridging if the man murders her himself??)

As for the plot lines, on one hand I really, really enjoyed getting more POVs! ...maybe just not the ones we actually got xD The patriarch was probably my favourite, even if almost every second I spent inside his head was incredibly frustrating. Some of that may be due to Calesta's influence, but for the most part it's probably just him being the fantasy-pope. There's a reason I left the church xD That being said, I appreciate that he actually whole-heartedly believes what he is preaching. The thing that confuses me the most about the church is its stance on working the fae. As I understood it, it was designed to focus the fae, making it a bit less dangrous for the general population. And also providing humanity with the concentrated power of the beliefs and faith of thousands if not millions, which could eventually be used for space travel. (Or something in that vein.) Anyway, I thought it was very clear that they are still manipulating the fae, just on an enormous scale, and disapproved of private sorcery. But at times it kind of felt like the patriarch sort of forgot that (or deliberately repressed it?). All those "no, this isn't witchcraft, this is a miracle from God!" moments felt so odd because - of course its the same thing? You literally created your God yourselves by those exact same means??? Oh well, church is hypocritical, fork found in kitchen.

Andrys and Narilka I actually liked well enough, as long as they weren't on page together. Or thinking about each other. Actually, scratch that. I liked Narilka when she wasn't being compared to teacups or dolls! But then she had to fall in love with Andrys after talking to him...twice? Andrys... I mean he was there and relevant to the plot. I do feel bad for him, but there wasn't really that much to him other than (admittedly horrific) trauma and an uncanny resemblance to his great-great ....-great grandpa. And drugs to cope with all of that. Small pet peeve: the nickname Andri. WHY. You're literally just taking of one letter (and changing the other because....aesthetics??)

On to more enjoyable ramblings!!! The Damien-Gerlad dynamic in this book was just *chef's kiss* You can't just hit me with the "You changed me" speech that early in the book, I was not prepared xD The many ways in which we see the depth of their...friendship... were just sweet (especially post-hell), and such a contrast to the first book! (Well, Damien still tells us constantly how hot Gerald is, that hasn't changed at all xD My dude literally described his very platonic bestie as "aesthetic perfection". A few pages after Karril rerminds us of how very straight he is, of course.) Now maybe at this point my rose coloured shipper glasses are just glued to my face, but that moment when he tried to explain how Almea supposedly feels also slightly came across as him projecting just a bit. (Gerald is right, Almea (or the Almea-thing) has every right to be pissed, honestly she should have shown up with ghostly divorce papers. Or maybe Damien was right and she just wanted to see him jump into a volcano for a good cause, who knows.) There are some things I would have loved to see more of: - the mental link between Damien and Gerald was criminally under-used, imo. Did it change Damien physically somehow, since Gerald no longer felt cold to him? Is he now part vampire for ever xD (And dear god that whole bit about taking the Hunter into his body, whyyy xDD) - honestly I would have loved to see Gerald readjusting to being human (and being incredibly annoyed about it) a bit more. It's been 900+ years, surely there's stuff he's forgotten? I mean he spent the vast majority of his life being the stuff of nightmares! - Gerald honestly wanting and trying to redeem himself (sure, he was ready to sacrifice himself in the end, but it kind of struck me as a last minute decision. And you can't tell me being the first to kill a Iezu and saving the world didn't also appeal to his ego). But I get that that would take another 10 books, minimum

Damiens break with the church was a long time coming, and handled well, I think. Oddly enough, priest never struck me as a job that you can just quit.

I just remembered about Gerald's apprentice (Amoril?). What an idiot. I would have loved to know how he came to be the Hunter's apprentice though. Can you apply for scolarships? Anyway, trashing a library is unforgivable in my book ;)

Oh, and Hell! Hell was surprisingly meh to me, but I did appreciate the insight into how the Iezu operate (which was probable the main point of that scene anyway). Love that Damien could just reason with the literal devil. (But the concept of the Devil as a non-unified entity was actually cool though). How did it take Damien so long to understand what the mountain of dead women could possibly be. Neither he nor the reader are stupid enough not to get it. Friedman usually doesn't hold our hand and over explains in the series, why start now?? Shock factor? I doubt anyone cared enough about Sisa? Sasi? for that to work.

OK I promise I'm coming to an end soon but guys. Guys. The epilogue. The freaking epilogue. What a trip that was xDDD 1) The Wedding. Karril POV was... certainly something! We now officially know that not only women find Andrys attractive. (Take that, Damien "idk, he's probably attractive to women but also aesthetic perfection" Vryce. Did I need to know about potential Iezu sex that only benefits the (currently presenting as) male partner? No, not really. Also WTF was that scene with Andrys' ex lovers. I know we're supposed to see and rejoice in the fact that Andrys is no longer a playboy, but did we really need that "women hating women for the benefit of some hot guy" thing in here? I swear there were bits in the series where I could have sworn it was written by man (derogatory). At least Narilka remained unbothered. Presumably moisturised. Very happy and in her lane. Focused on her wedding, as she should be. She gets to live on to be compared to countless fragile things made of porcelain, whether she wants it or not. 2) Freaking Riven Forrest. I was cackling throughout that whole bit. Not only does he get to hunt and terrify people just like his father, he also runs a successful (?) fishing rod business on the side. (I know, I know, hunting supplies in general, the rods just kind of stuck out to me). The fact that the intelligent prey he looks forward to hunting the most is once again a woman (even if it is an abusive, horrible woman) tells us exactly what part the Iezu mother chose to take from the OG Hunter, huh. Which is great for Gerald, but a weird choice on her part?? But dear God the last bit. He keeps a portait of Gerald above his fireplace??? I finally completely lost it at "Here's to you, dad" xDDD 3) The "dark haired youth". Of course he survived. I was suspicious as soon as we didn't actually get to see Andrys kill him. As for the new persona - I suspected who he was, but the moment I was really sure was when Damien started describing him in loving detail. For an entire paragraph. That was half a page long. But the ending. WTF. I could have accepted Gerald's Death, but this? You're telling me after all they went through together, and after he basically just risked his life again by saying hi to Damien in the most cryptic way possible, they just...never talked again?! Nah, in my expert opinion they just met up in the next bathhouse. Also I wanted to see the guy suffer be annoyed a bit more because he can no longer Work to maintain his image. (I'd also have loved to know Geralds criteria for his new body, vain as he is. What was his thought process? "Oh no, the wonderful world of magical horse-breeding is now lost to me! Guess I'll just have to make sure that from now on I have the most majestic ponytail out there!"? Although, come on. He might be willing to risk his life for a horse.) My last words: I enjoyed this series so much more than I ever thought I would, and these idiots now live rent-free in my brain. Also how the f- are we supposed to read these books as an entirely platonic relationship? The most I'll agree to is some weird, slightly cursed QPR. But come on. COME ON. Even if they are both heterosexual (notwithstanding Damiens constant thirsting casual descriptions) they are definitely in love. Or just so deeply obsessed with, and at this point, sort of dependent on each other (Gerlad's words, not mine. sort of) that it makes little to no difference.

I know there's some prequels (?) I think I might check them out sometime.

[delyth88]

My thoughts on Loki - Season 2, Ep. 1

If the only Loki I’m going to get is Loki in the TVA, then this has to be the best way to do it.

--- Obviously there are going to be spoilers below. ---

He’s close enough to acting in character in the episode that I can make that mental leap and more or less ignore the bits that were a little off. (And by in character I mean a mix of what we saw in the early phases, and how I imagine he would react in such a situation.  Maybe he’s a little more panicked and open with Mobius than earlier Loki might have been, but I can put that down to him feeling like he can trust Mobius and that he doesn’t have to put up a front with him, and also feeling completely out of his depth (and in pain!) having just come from the end of time and immediately having to face this time slipping thing.)

And that is already more than I’d been steeling myself for in this season!  So yay!

Having said that, at this point I’m going to take this as an anomaly, because we haven’t yet seen him interacting with anyone at anything less than 100%, and it’s the downtime where he slips into cringe territory for me in season 1.  And we haven’t seen him really interacting with Sylvie again yet.  So I’m going to reserve my judgement until we get to see what happens after this immediate crisis has been averted.

Also, I am absolutely here for desperate!Loki trying to make people believe him. *chef’s kiss*

This episode had the drive and tension and mystery that I love in the best fics and films.  In a way Season 1 was the set up that allowed us to go straight to the best bits, so I guess I have to give it that at least. 😉

I loved that the reason that Mobius didn’t know Loki in the scene at the end of Season 1 was that it was an earlier version of the TVA!  That was brilliant!  I completely didn’t think about that as an option, and I love how it opens up all sort of nasty(ier!) possibilities about the past of the TVA. I’m keen to see where that goes. The way it was revealed through the cracked floor and how that highlighted that Mobius and Casey really should remember Loki was great.  And I love how it ties back to the question Loki ask Mobius in the first season “how long have you been here?”.

One thing I found interesting is that so much of the promo footage was taken from this first episode.  So I feel a little less certain about what the rest of the season is bringing now.  That of course is assuming that Loki’s time slipping problem was actually resolved as it appears to be. I know there were other shots in the promo scenes with the spaghettification happening, so I’m not 100% convinced that Loki is entirely safe. And if he is, it sure seems like someone else isn’t!

Or everybody���.?

But then again I’m assuming OB is here partly as a way to get around the rules set down in season 1 about how the TVA works.  And the disintegration of the timeline could also mean things that weren’t possible before become possible now.  So perhaps even if Loki’s problem is fixed they’re able to create something that allows them to travel in time with in the TVA.  Lol I really should know how fruitless it is to speculate on what they’ll do, but I can’t help it!  XD

I also like the way the music, the slightly distorted images, and the slow motion contributed to the feeling of everything being off.  I definitely like the tone of this episode better than Season 1, and I hope they continue in this vein.  Even the bit where they could have played up his incompetence for laughs – when Loki struggles out of the back of the car in front of everyone – I felt was toned down, and while an amusing reaction, not particularly degrading or brainless. In fact I didn’t feel I needed to look away to avoid the second hand embarrassment at any point during the episode lol.

I actually found myself more engaged than I expected.  I had wondered if I’d only be mildly interested, but no. There were a couple of moments where I was on the edge of my seat, so I consider that a win.  I mean I understand that interested and not too cringey isn’t exactly a high bar, but it’s not one I was sure would be met.

So yeah, I’m about as happy as I can be about how this season is starting off, and I’m looking forward to seeing next week’s episode.   And all your thoughts too!

Tagging a few folk below:

@sparklegemstone @scintillatingshortgirl19 @iamanartichoke @pinkpondofasgard @projectprotectloki @ladyofthestayingpower

[pandemellia]

This sketch I didn't really like ended up being something I was satisfied with. I know this account's supposed to be for my vent OCs and art, but I just had to do this XD Maybe I'll post more fanart on here occasionally, it all just depends on my mood.

So, this is sort of a happy vent (?) Wordgirl is a show I vaguely remember from childhood, but I never really got into it. I only watched one or two episodes, and then I forgot about it. Last month or so ago, I came across this Tiktok video showing a scene from this show. For anyone who's watched Wordgirl, it was one of the "Rise of Miss Power" episodes where Wordgirl's making fun of Tobey. It was kinda funny, so I looked up out-of-context compilations of this show on Youtube.

And that's when I met my new crush favorite character, Dr. Two-Brains! c: I love this man so much. He's goofy, adorable, and petty asf XD

....it was all fun and games until I realized that I'm simping for a character from a kid's cartoon show and that I'm gonna cringe so hard at this in a few years. But you know what? Most people on the internet are into some crazier shit, so you can't judge. -u- Also, watching episodes with him in it calmed me down a little from the anger and resentment I was feeling toward my ex for being a hoe. I'm having fun, and that's all that matters! >0< This was much-needed lightheartedness.

It's too bad that I was late for the resurgence in the Wordgirl fandom (I was surprised to find out it had one) in early 2022...and that was around the time I was going through agonizing pain from the break and break up. 😬

As for the "blursed" part of this drawing, I've sketched NSFW/suggestive stuff before. But I've never rendered them and posted them in public. To be honest, I've been afraid to draw that type of stuff because I'm not good with anatomy (especially male anatomy), but I might start practicing now to draw more explicit content. c:

[katyspersonal]

Spamton G Spamton

(From this ( x ) ask meme)

Oh boy... It's been 84 years since I got to talk about my other interests that are not Soulsb0rne xD Yes, I AM still waiting for Deltarune to be finished, just accept it </3

First impression: Bwahahaha, he is so funny! What the fuuuuuuuck xD I don't know how I never expected anyone like that from a COMPUTER-themed Chapter, but what the fuuuuck! xDDDD

Impression now: Honestly? This character cannot be OVER-rated. He is objectively good, and no amount of "hurr hurr mainstream :/" will make him cringe. Yes, that includes fanart that is not quite truthful to his real vibe. I just think he is a very good character - a much more sympathetic example of the character in the setting that gets to learn something he (probably) should have never known, and futility of fighting against it than, say, Jevil was. Jevil SIMPLY went mad, Jevil SIMPLY decided that if nothing is real then none are pain and deaths of people around him... Spamton, though? He still clings to the things he used to care about, he shares much more backstory from his former, more naive self, that 'self' is still alive within him, he wants to be 'real' rather than falling for complete insanity... There are just so many layers to him - all for the character whose EVERY fucking quote sounds like a shitpost. I appreciate the dissonance between his serious lore and his shitposty behavior a lot, actually. The classic of Indie games, hands down, one of the best Deltarune characters yet.

Favorite moment: You remember THE horror we all felt when by following his directions, we walked in the dead end room, and then tried to walk out of it...... only for the layout of the former screen to fucking CHANGE and create another dead end ;-; Also, the creepy smiley faces in the darkness. Fuckin. Fuckin CLASSIC of pixeley indie RPGs. I loved that small moment soooooo much. It is not to belittle his other moments - every single time he interacts with us and Kris is GOLD anyway. xD

Idea for a story: Lol, that's a hard one, let me refresh my memory... Well, I remember I came up with an idea of him and Noelle interacting - as an AU, or maybe parallel turn of events, or maybe 'it could not have happened in the game or else the chapter would not be fun, so just imagine if Deltarune story was NOT a game'... Yeah. I thought she'd find him funny, and that'd be how they'd strike a conversation.. And in that case, instead of Kris putting the (metaphorical) engagement and marriage rings on her, it'd be placing metaphorical princess and queen crowns on her. She'd basically become his secret weapon, convinced that Kris was possessed by an entity (TECHNICALLY true, by the way...) and they needed to extract it for everyone's sake (of course, for Spamton's first of all, hahah). SO yeah, Noelle would arrive as his secret weapon and have battle with the team instead. It also happened before some LORE about Noelle and Spamton got dropped, so when I also learned THAT, I was pleasantly surprised xD I am a prophet for real sfdfdhsd

Unpopular opinion: Hmmm... Well, I think fandom should never forget that he is both very sleazy AND very much of a loser. x) The last time I checked the fandom, I saw him either as a cute babyboy that toooootally simps for Swatch, OR as a super smart badass mastermind. But he is neither! He is a loser and cringe and fail, but at the same time tries his best to be sneaky. Not a nice person, but not an evil mastermind. He is cringe, but not JUST a comic relief - he has a lot going on! Just imagine a trademark card dealer sneaky guy being struck with the knowledge beyond his understanding... That's it. Basically, my unpopular opinion is just that with Spamton, it is a constant fight of the balancing the character! He is simpler than fandom portrays him AND more complicated than fandom portrays him at the same time!

Favorite relationship: Lol, all his relationship SUCK (source: check his lore) and none of this stuff is genuine anymore </3 However, I am a huge sucker for backstory material where he was still a wholesome family with the Addisons. I see them as actual brothers (divisions of the same concept for Darkners), with Spamton being more like adopted one. But, they all were cringe salespeople at some point! The Knight just HAS to always pick the outcast... Like how Joker card is the least used (so we got Jevil), and how natually, spam is the least checked kind of e-mail and advertisement... But he WAS their cringe weird brother at some point, who was failing but tried his best, and they still accepted him!

Favorite headcanon:

My favorite headcanon is that it was acid x) As much as I love the theme of a Darkner turning more toylike upon learning about the sheer HORROR of their existence, there are still other darkners who were not exposed to Chaos that show toy-like features. So yes, he had to be rebuild, I think.

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Thank you for an ask! x) Sorry if anyone here doesn't like Deltarune (and maybe Undertale too). I don't get to talk about this interest all that often, but UTDR is still one of my favourite pieces of fiction, and this character in particular IS one of my all time favs </3

[authoraemoseley]

hey! this is chance & here’s week 2's prompt. when you write or create an oc, do you like to reference elements from your life? if yes, name a few. if no, why not?

Howdy! Thanks for the ask! Sorry for the delay in answering, life tried to eat me again rude.

Short answer:

Oh boy do I! I typically pull inspiration from my personal struggles such as my mental/physical health/disabilities (been chronically ill, am deaf without hearing aids), and other elements.

Long answer (most of which is under a cut):

Oh boy do I!

As I said, I typically pull inspiration from my personal struggles, the biggest ones being my physical/mental health and my disability.

This is a huge change from when I first started writing. I would either go full on self insert mode (which I view as cringe now, but I was learning the ropes and it was helpful to my growth as a writer), or I would be like "omz it's so tacky when authors pull inspiration from themselves, that's so cocky!". I was rather extreme when I was a kid XD

I used to avoid writing about my disability simply because I had:

Never seen it done

Thought that it was what I was "supposed" to write, and that my disability had to be written about in a certain way or no one would read it or allow it to be published

And I wasn't interested in stories that people wanted or expected me to write about deaf/hoh people; we aren't tragedies. Give me a deaf person running around a magical world making friends!

And then I realized I could write it*. It wasn't egotistical to pull inspiration from my life. That's what all creators do, intentionally or not. I'm one of those creators that purposefully pulls inspiration/traits from my life and puts them into my characters.

But, with some caveats:

Does it add to the character? For example, Mark originally was such a pain in the butt that when I went back and read my very first draft of the story (back in high school), I had to stop because Mark was just that hateable.** He was angry, self centered which stemmed from his anger, and I just couldn't relate to this guy. The problem is, House of Moons without Mark as the main character, isn't House of Moons at all. So for years, I put the story on hold, and just kind of hoped that one day it would come to me.

When I found out that I could write about my disability my way, I realized Mark needed my hearing loss.

When I was Mark's age, I was furious with the world for a number of reasons. And one of them was because of how horribly the world treated me as a disabled person. Sometimes I was mocked or excluded because I wasn't able to hear. Sometimes it was because the world treated me as special, just because I couldn't hear.

Anything good I did was "Oh wow! You're hearing impaired and you did that? That's so brave!". While in hindsight I know those comments probably came from a good place, it still hurt, and it still hurts to feel as if my accomplishments are intrinsically tied to my ability to hear.

Getting that from everywhere but your family is exhausting. Over time, infuriating. Once I gave Mark his hearing loss (which is the exact same kind of hearing loss I have), his anger made sense. It also gave me a starting point to explore more reasons why he was so angry. So Mark is now angry at his parents for never being around. The magical community for simultaneously fawning over and ostracizing him and his family for something he can't help. His neighborhood and (at first) school for treating him as something breakable because of his hearing loss.

Mark isn't angry at himself for being born with a hearing loss which gradually (for whatever reason) got worse over time. He's angered by how he's treated due to that hearing loss, and a lot of other things too.

Mark sharing my hearing loss adds to his character. Now I love writing him, he's relatable and even though he's angry and can be a jerk, there's a reason behind it and the possibility for growth.

Can I make this trait the character's own?

While I make sure the trait I'm giving the character makes sense, if it doesn't actually help make the character the character, then I nix the idea.

For example (moving the spotlight from Mark for a moment here), Harris and his siblings have PTSD. I have PTSD. Harris and his family have PTSD for very different reasons than I do. If I were to take away the PTSD from any of those characters their story would literally make no sense. They all lived through an unspeakable trauma. For them to not have some sort of physical or psychological scarring makes no sense and is a disservice to the reader.

But how Harris deals with his trauma is different than how his sister and older brother deal with it. They all have PTSD, they all have a shared trauma, but they all cope differently.

And because their PTSD comes from a different place than mine, their coping strategies are different too***. And because in real life, people with shared traumas will still have different coping styles. So how Harris deals with his PTSD (physically hiding often times), is different than how Acida, his sister does (building a blanket fort or stress baking). And of course, their older brother Fanggore copes by making sure his siblings are accounted for and then reads a book.

So typically, I use some part of myself to give myself a starting point in helping flesh out the characters. But I make sure that it's relevant to the character and actually makes sense for them to have that positive or negative trait.

While I focused on my struggles, I do like slipping in positive traits too! I have one character that's very into music and writes lyrics (which I do), another who has my zany sense of humor (I work hard to make sure each character has a unique sense of humor, rather than just everyone being snarky).

Overall, I'm one of those people that really draws inspiration from my personal experiences. I use it more as a starting point and then let my imagination make something new from it.

Thanks for the ask! :D

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*Cannot tell you how mind-blowing it was to realize that not only was I completely capable of writing about my disability in stories that I would want to read, but also that people would be interested in reading it. Still blows my mind some days.

**I will note here that autocorrect was overly enthusiastic and corrected "hateable" to "hittable" and I'm quite sure everyone felt that way. I also had to stop reading what I wrote cause I was good enough of a writer to know when writing was bad (and at the time it was) but I was also not strong enough of a writer at the time to fix what needed fixing.

***If I were to give Harris and his siblings my exact kind of PTSD (the cause and how I react) that would also make no sense...it really, really wouldn't. That would be silly! /derogatory

[anotherghoul666]

I want to know the answer to so many of those questions for the ao3 wrapped. I'll settle for these though: 3, 9 and 28

Buddy, please, you could ask all of them and I'd jump for joy and answer every single one. Engagement is author food and I hunger like nobody's business XD If you want to know the answer to anything else, please send them over. Never hesitate to engage with me. I'd wager most authors would also love the engagement but I don't want to speak for everyone, so maybe check in first, but I LOVE it. I don't find it cringe, I don't find spam likes or reblogs annoying, I love asks, do your worst!

3. What work are you most proud of (regardless of kudos/hits)?

This Could All Be Yours! Because this beast was an ORDEAL to make. I actually pushed through and produced something that I can legit enjoy now that I've stepped away from it. So much shit happened while I was actively writing the stripper!AU. I wrote it through an insane work rush where I'd do 10 days in a row no breaks spent between my two jobs because of the stupid holiday season, have a day off to recover, then get shoved back in it again. I wrote it through a covid outbreak in my residents at job 1 from which we were not properly protected. I wrote it under the threat and stress of maybe catching covid again, maybe giving covid to my partner, maybe ruining the holidays for everybody cause both our families have immunocompromised members so we had to isolate preventively besides going to work. I wrote it through a good ol' bout of the Spicy Sad. I somehow managed to write Rain to a satisfying standard where I love how I wrote him now but while I was doing it? Holy shit did this cryptid stump me and made want to pull my hair out xD Every scene with him did not flow while I wrote, it was slow and painful and like pulling teeth. Many people have had me in their DMs complaining about why is our water boy so fucking hard to write XD And in the end it worked out so good and I love himmmmm but my god, I had another Rain fic planned right after this and NOPE XD I need a Rain break, I can't put myself through that again so soon hahaha. I can write him well but he's the ghoul I struggle with the most. So yeah. Through all that shit, I wrote almost 20k of what I find to be a very well build verse I'm excited to go back inside of, and I'm proud I managed to get it out in these circumstances!

9. Favorite pairing you wrote for this year?

Besides the obvious answer of polyghouls because I ship them all as a poly unit, my favorite dynamic is Swiss/Dew. These two together are magic. They're a fucking forest fire. They are so much fun to write, they're natural, they flow so well, they're painless, and I can push shit with them. Swiss is my go-to sadist, Dew is my go-to masochist (even if I 100% plan to make them switch, because all my ghouls are switches, and Dew has a mean sadistic streak too). I'm a fervent follower of the Hurt Dew 2k22 agenda and I shall pursue some version of Hurt Dew 2k23 too, honestly. It's just, right on target for what I love to write the most, these two. The banter, the back and forth, the meanness, the issues, the humiliation and shame sweet spot, the pain and shared delight, that manic electric energy they get into, on a backdrop of so much love and care and trust. They're the pair I realistically see pushing their kink the furthest in terms of edge play and real heavy shit that teeters lines and limits and I love that vibe. I cannot wait to write more of their brand of tender violence. I want to see see how much I can push with these two in the future, how far I'll take them in terms of the more niche or "extreme" kinks and edge play. That's the kind of exploration that really gets my experimentalist kinkster mind going!

28. Favorite work you wrote this year?

Drought or Euphoria probably. It's the most self-indulgent work I wrote for sure, in terms of saying fuck it, this will not be for everybody, but it's what gets me off, and I will write something I'd get off to if I found it in the wild. Turns out, more people than I had expected have suddenly found themselves with an sudden new interest for leather boots hahaha. Yall are welcome for the sexual awakening btw ;) But yeah. Most of the key elements in this fic are self indulgent. It's me pressing my own buttons. The gratuitous descriptions of Swiss and his salt and pepper facial hair that makes me weak in the knees. The whole "consensually twisting someone's arm and tricking them to make them do what you want" dynamic Swiss enacts on Dew. The descriptions of the smell and taste of leather, that's for me to have the scent in my nose and the taste in my mouth while I write. The boot worship. The obedience. The devotion. The humiliation. The shameless projection of my own oral fixation and enthusiasm for blow jobs on Dew, which is now something I've kept on his character for good and will write more of. The monstrous tongue which is me displaying my inner monster fucker. The denial ending. This shit is like, my own kryptonite. I will happily write for kinks that aren't my favs or aren't even kinks I have, for requests or exploration's sake. But oooh boy, when I get to just make an entire fic to be a collection of *my* shit, it's pure fun and it goes to the top of the favorite list real fast hahaha.

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Getting to Know Your BL Mutuals - Tag

rules: answer the questions and @ some people. include the tag ‘g2ky BL mutuals 2022’ on your post so we can find everyone’s answer.

tagged by @dummerjan thank you very much lovely! <3

Considering I started watching BLs this year in spring, I haven't seen much yet, so this will be probably short (and I will probably also include older stuff because I have no idea what came out this year and what is older) xD

What have been BLs that took you by surprise this year? KinnPorsche of course, because I knew it was big and fucking good when I joined, but I didn't expect the quality and dedication and absolutely fricking stunning camera work and THE SHEER TALENT of all actors. It blew my mind.

Big dragon surprisingly. I expected silly sexy little show, not crying like a crocodile. I was hit by so many emotions and like, it is so painful to see the characters struggling, but ALSO so fricking good! I love pain, obviously.

Choco Milk Shake. Not what I expected. Like at all. But so heartwarming and heartbreaking at the same time. And looks extremely comfy somehow.

Shipper. I know I know, technically not a BL, but BL nontheless. What can I say? It has incredibly good acting and one of the weirdest fucking plots I ever saw, but it is so SO GOOD. Had me laughing, cringing, crying, in despair and elated. And sad again. Also anything with First in it, sign me in. What have been BLs that you felt a bit disappointed with this year? Hate to say it, but Cutie Pie, to a degree. Heh, it's probably because I hate the power dynamics there, not gonna lie for first few episodes I was debating if I should continue, because the constant supervision and so called 'protectiveness' from Yi and Lian was making me gag. I live for wild Kuea and cutie Diao, though, they are my loves <3 I agree with you @dummerjan, that last episode or two of Eclipse had some problems in terms of unsolved issues and ridiculous plot shortcuts, that could be handled much better. Still I love the Eclipse with all my heart and though I wasn't happy with how they solved it, it is still amazingly good acting wise, relationships wise and social commentary wise. Very impressed.

*sighs deeply*

And then there's Love in the Air. I wanted to like it. I didn't. Look, I don't doubt that there is some very good emotional stuff plot for Sky later on, I have seen bits of Peat's amazing portrayal, but the camera work, editing and rusty plot had a very very unsatisfying effect on me. When I saw the same fucking scene for the third time in three episodes I just couldn't. Acting was quite good, though, I loved the friendship between Rain and Sky and I very much applaud Peat for portraying Sky. What irks me, I guess, is that they seemed to rely on sex scenes to keep people watching (which worked of course). Not gonna lie, they were good and compared to rest of the scenes had some decent sound (you can hear everything, compared to dialog on the street). Also they had the most natural looking acting in them. But for me, it's painfully little to make me forget about everything else. What has been your favorite BL this year? I cannot pick one. Seriously. Favourites for vastly different reasons: KinnPorsche is leading, hands down. The Eclipse, just...ahh <3 love of my life Not me, cause holy shit this show is incredible (!!!) Old fashion cupcake, I just love seeing older adults finding their other halves and dragging themselves to work while being brokenhearted xD very relatable Favorite BL couples (not just of 2022) Do you really need to ask? VegasPete OF COURSE, my fucked up psychotic cupcakes! AkkAyan, the most healthy couple of all years, to be honest SeanWhite, never expected to love main couple more. Yok my beloved... I'm not putting him into a couple, cause daamn that man has chemistry with everyone and I'm happy with any pairing (still haven't watched the last eps of Not me, but sensing angst, so looking very disrespectfully at you Dan) If you had to suggest a BL for someone what would it be? For mushy comforting feelings and lovers of food, it would be Old fashion cupcake <3 Also good for young adults starting or working their first jobs and also older people stuck in their comfort zones who want to try new things. It's about the little things. It's about finding joy in life in all ages. But then also Not me, because I feel like it encompasses problems of today and I seriously have feeling like I could and should be more active and kind and fight for other peoples rights, while watching it. It is kinda sad and comforting at the same time. And I feel like we need it in these hard and frankly shitty times. We need to realize, that we should fight for what is right and not just sit and ignore the wrongs around us. What's your non-BL favorite this year? Hands down Koisenu futari. I cried guys. I cried. And also adopted cabbage as a mascot of aroaces. Tagging: @theflagscene @foolofafuckingtook @cynicalsinister @vegasandhishedgehog @la-fourmi and anyone who wants to join! :))

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I FORGOT TO DO THIS

whoops!!! I actually love being tagged in these things, even though my complete lack of response made it probably look otherwise XD That'd be my ADHD ass saving it as a draft and never looking back.

This is.... going to say a painful amount about me if you know these characters, but luckily I'm not sure anyone will lol-

You have no idea how much making this poll hurt. /pos This is the post that outs me as a DSMP fan, someone who likes Dazai, and an Omori fan all in one go. Send help. /j

I'm too socially anxious to tag people so sorry for breaking the chain, buuuut I'm also going to open this up to absolutely anyone who sees this from my blog and wants to do it! Here's your excuse, you don't need to be tagged now, run free and tell me your favorite characters.

Also, I thought this was "which character fits your vibe most" rather than "which was everyone's favorite" at first so all I could think about was how if you know very specific things about me your answer changes drastically.

5 Favourite Characters Poll (Tag Game)

I was tag by: @star-mum

Rules: make a poll with five of your all time favourite characters and then tag five people to do the same. See which character is everyone's favourite.

Thanks you so much for the tag

Tags <3: @meeks-beas @practically-an-x-man @outer-space-face @trashworldblog @mydearlybeloathed

[leserattevirginie]

When True Night Falls by C.S. Friedman

Genre: Sci-Fantasy Star Rating: 4,25 ⭐️

Plot: ⬜️ Plot holes big enough for a herd of elephants ⬜️ I think I’ve read this before. (Unoriginal to the max.) ⬜️ No plot, just vibes ✅ Enjoyable but not super memorable. ⬜️ You have my undivided attention. ⬜️ Mind = Blown

Characters: ⬜️ Mary Sue is in the house! ⬜️ These are cardboard cut-outs. ⬜️ Good main cast, but the rest is forgettable at best. ⬜️ Generally well written. ✅ Complex ⬜️ What do you mean characters? These feel like real people!

Personal Enjoyment: ⬜️ DNF ⬜️ Somebody free me from this hell (but also no, I won’t DNF) ⬜️ WTF did I just read??? ⬜️ I don’t like it, but I also don’t hate it. ⬜️ It’s a good book but I just never want to pick it back up. ⬜️ No strong feelings either way. ⬜️ Enjoyable read ✅ What a page turner! This is fun! ⬜️ I think I’m in love ⬜️ (new) all time favourite

World Building: ⬜️ This takes place in our world. ⬜️ Worldbuilding what worldbuilding? ⬜️ This feels like a TV set. ⬜️ Not super deep, but present. ✅ Detailed, believable. ⬜️ You bet every single ant has its own 100 page backstory!

Pacing: ⬜️ drags/is rushed in all the wrong places ⬜️ Inconsistent ⬜️ something undefinable feels off ⬜️ I don’t love it it but it fits the book perfectly. ✅ Good/no complaints ⬜️ Amazing! Could not put this down!

Writing: ⬜️ This is painful ⬜️ I’m cringing ⬜️ Not great, but not bad either. ⬜️ Neutral (Didn’t really notice.) ✅ Elegant but not overly flowery. ⬜️ So beautiful I actually stopped and noticed it. ⬜️ I’m not sure if this is just a bad translation. ⬜️ I’m not confident enough in my language skills for this language to comment on the quality of the writing.

I think this is the first series where my favourtite part is just the world itself! I certainly haven't ever enjoyed reading about fantasy-christianity before xD

Somehow this continues to be one of the gayest fantasy series I've ever read, even if it is all unintentional (how?!?!) subtext.

One burning Question I have left: does the author just hate all her female characters? Last book, Ciani was amazing, but the majority of the time the readers get to spend with her she had the personality of a wet towel. (Yes for plot reasons, and maybe only because Damien just started to see her that way, but still.) Then she regains her personality and we never see her again. This book, pretty much all named women who had more than half a page of "Screen Time" died. Jenseny was a surprise for me because I usually don't enjoy the random overpowered child who is there to further the plot, but I really liked her. And then she died. (With style, and very heroically, but still.) Which leads me to Hesseth. Justice for Hesseth, she was way too cool to go so soon! Badass explorer Rasya? Dead to make Damien and the new Patriarch sad. Even the Matrias were all burned at the stake (or worse). I think the only one who survived is the one that Gerald brings along as a snack. I can only hope that she gets the opposite character arc, and starts out as sad, scared vampire food only to become an interesting character later? Oh, and I suppose Narilka - whose great deeds amount to *checks notes* not being brutally murdered despite being pretty - is still around somewhere, hopefully living her best life.

oof this came out as more of a rant than I had anticipated 😅

I'll end this on a positive note and say that I absolutely LOVED seeing how Damien and Gerald are starting to influence each other in their actions, their little moments throughout the book were a delight. Especially that one time when they looked at a random valley and went "You know what would improve this place by 200%? HORSES." Gotta love that Gerald is pretty much evil incarnate and yet somehow such a horsegirl at the same time xD.

Oh, and the Unnamed One made me laugh. I know he probably shouldn't but here we are xD There's just something about Gerald (understandably) panicking at the end of the book, and the Big Evil Entity probably wouldn't even have noticed anything was amiss for years if it weren't for Calesta. (And even then there's that one stray thought that insists that Gerald has been doing a great job overall xD)

Oh well, that's all from me until I get the 3rd book.

[the-dream-team]

Hi Dylan! I'd love to hear your answers for 7 for WKWC, 14 or 15 (your choice) for LHTP, and 11 for Snowflakes :)

Billie!!!!! hi :)

7: Where did the title come from? (wkwc)

Who Knows, Who Cares is actually the title of a song by the band, Local Natives!

And every chapter title is a different lyric from the song! The whole song is basically a thesis statement for the fic, and it's a bop B)

14: Is there anything you wanted readers to learn from reading this fic? (lhtp)

The whole story is really about how grief expresses itself in different people, so I hope that resonated to an extent. But the most important takeaway (I was aiming for) was that there's always hope and light amongst the pain and darkness <3

11: What do you like best about this fic? (s)

The fact that you included Snowflakes in here warms my heart :')

Since I wrote this fic when I was like 14, I think it's easy to cringe at the buckwild characterizations and overall bad writing... but I love the absurdity of this fic and how determined my younger self was to tell a unique and bizarre story that was technically still canon compliant xD Oh, also I love the fact that I led everyone to believe that it was a fluffy comedy and then pulled the rug out at the last minute to make it as angsty as possible because I lived for the drama ( ˘ ͜ʖ ˘)

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Hahhaa, well, that escalated quickly XDD  After drawing the “I won’t say I’m in love” sketch, I couldn’t get this idea out of my head XD This AU kinda has some changes compared to the actual Disney Hercules story, so here a list of things I thought of while drawing: -Ofc, Kim would be Hercules, but I couldn't see Ron taking over the Meg role and just making him Pegasus is boring (I also don't like KiGo, so yeah). So instead I made "Hercules" both Ron and Kim. My idea is that Kim is the actual child of Zeus and Hera (James and Ann) and Ron either is another god's kid or sth like a godly spirit. Instead of Herc making his legend, there already are prophecies of a hero defeating the titans. Being ancient times, ofc you'd think they boy is the actual threat. So, in the kidnapping scene, Pain and Panic (2 of Drakken's Henchmen) just take both babies, cos they don't know which one is the supposed hero, but still make Kim drink the most of the juice stuff. The parent's who adopt the two are Ron's parents from the show. With the prophecy being a know thing, the parents try to "train" Ron aka just implanting the idea that he is a chosen hero even though Kim is the one with powers. So, the movie would be a mix of Herc's actual journey and constant misunderstandings cos Kim does all the work while Ron thinks it's all his doing. - I also like to imagine in all the years they talk to Zeus' statue, Ron actually doesn't understand that James doesn't even talk to him but to Kim. It fit his character too, cos he's the type to babble on and on and not catch that he's not the focus at all. - As for abilities, Kim is basically the same as in the series, just with super strength. Think the ep where she gets Higo's powers. Ron himself ain't a pushover tho, cos he still is a divine deity. I'd say it's pretty much like in the show too. Super speed, endurance and resiliance with a good dose of dumb luck. - I toned down Phil's role cos both Kim and Ron already encourage each other. Still, Phil would be played by Mr. Barkin. Just imagining him giving in to training them and it cuts to him in full war gear and saying "Ok, listen up people". It just makes me chuckle. - The one to push Kim out of the falling pillars way would be Ron. (I couldn't see Shego do it) So Kim does go to hell and takes back Ron's soul and the end is basically the same, where she says she's going to stay on earth with Ron. And when the depart from Olympus, it would pan to James and Ann and he'd go "well, Roland could have stayed here too, he did show an act of a true hero" - Now for a bit more complicated stuff, Shego and Drakken. Since I'd love "misunderstanding" to be a running joke in this AU, Drakken, for one, doesn't understand til after "I won't say I'm in love" that the threat actually isn't Ron but Kim. The other thing he doesn't get is that Shego is his "assistant" by choice. Drakken thinks that, like in the movie, he saved Shego's old lover and took her soul for it. In actuality, Shego saved her previous partner's ass but he dumped her anyways, so she cursed him with Drakken's help. I'd like to think Dr. D presented her the contract and was busy monologuing while Shego edited the contract to her liking. First of, her old partner wouldn't be saved, but cursed, and that she had "hell priviledge", so, even though she's a living being, she could go in and out of hell as she pleases. - Cerberus would be a three headed Commodore Puddles. - I like to think that Shego still has her green glow attack thingy, just with limitations. My idea's that she got hit with hellfire at some point, before she even met Drakken, and she can now use it but only for a limited amout of time before it burns her. Her powers were also the reason Drakken tried to recruit her. - Back to the part about misunderstandings. The idea for this AU actually started because of me doodling fanart of Shego with her singing "I won't say I'm in love". The way it would play out is that Drakken sends her on a date with Ron to find his weakness (even though she knows he's not the problem). Ofc she cringes through the day and it's super awkward and in the end Ron kinda turns her down, which, ofc, makes her mad. Thankfully, before anything happens, Mr. Barkin shows up, just like Phil does, and they leave. Shego is super frustrated as she sits on a bench and she mindlessly picks flowers off a bush. She asks herself why tf she even does stupid stuff like that when she picks a blue flower. Cue "I won't say I'm in love". Now, I'd find it hilarious when the muses join in, thinking Shego is singing about Ron, when rly she is thinking about something (or someone?) else. (kinda ambiguous if she just does it for villanous life or for Drakken). But the whole sequence would be her bumping into Ron statues, the muses all swooning, when Shego acutally flinches away cos she got embarrased as she got a  glimps of a hades wall painting or sth - After that stuff, they have an argument and Shego finally makes see that Ron doesn't need to have a weakness, cos he IS the weakness. Mr. Barkin doesn't see them cos it's not relevant for the plot. The rest kinda plays out like in the movie. Ron is the one Drakken has hostage and he makes a deal with Kim. Ron and Kim would be sore at each other cos Ron was enjoying all the glory for the work KIM did and Kim felt underappreciated. So, even though Ron tries to stop her, Kim goes and gets beaten up. Mr. Barkin still gives the pep talk like Phil did, but Kim and Ron manage to defeat the titan with team work (they did BOTH have Mr.Barkin's training after all). Yeah, then Ron gets crushed, Kim gets her powers back and yadda, yadda - Oh, and last thing, gods actually have names and titles. So, Zeus' name is James but he has the title of Zeus. Drakken's name is Drew and his title is Hades, but being the petty dude he is, he went with sth original. The Dr. is him just flexing tho. Phew, that was a lot, but I had a lot of time to think while designing these AU versions. If I think of more, I'll add on to it.

[chaos-bringer-13]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-

*runs out of breath, inhales*

AAAAAAAAART!!!

The scars. Omc. The fangs. The messy hair. Ahhhhhhhhdbdbfjdifjrb

Also please don't think that rambling about random plots and ideas is cringe, this is tumblr, we're all like this here! Rambling and listening to other people rambling are my favourite activities :D

And oh yes, Danny as the Ancient of Balance! I love your idea of him showing two sides, and let's mix it up, let it be not obvious "scary death, nice life", make Danny being able to show two sides of anything. Make it something poetical (because I'm feeling dramatic today), something like "Fear of unavoidable end, need to bow before the power that defeats anyone - death. Danger and confusion and pain that is brought by a power that appears from nothing and refuses to be defeated - life" on one side and "Calmness of eternal sleep, contentment of arriving to the final destination, safety you only feel in embrace of death. Happiness overflowing you upon seeing a flower blooming in a crack of stone, care of a living creature that chose you to be its friend, unconditional love of a child seeing the world for the first time in their life" on the other. That's just what Danny's auras feel like at their strongest ofc, normally he just lightly channels some calmness and that's it. I feel like there should be one scene when some entity acts specifically to destroy balance, and it enrages Danny even though he can't process why (because of course he's oblivious enough to not know that he's the ancient of balance), and that's when we get to see him use his aura to the extreme.

Big Scary Entity vs just some guy™ Danny XD

Danny: I'm not mad, just disappointed.

Very powerful entity (barely remembers what happened because of Danny's aura, is feeling confused and guilty): *sobbing* I'm sorry :(

JL: How did you do that??

Danny: Dunno, Midwestern politeness and channelling my therapist sister. Therapy is one hell of a thing, am I right? :D

Entity: *sobbing intensifies*

I like the idea that in this AU all Danny's friends and siblings at some point did some favours to people in DC, especially JL, and what they did was incredibly important for these people but not too hard for Danny's fam. And every time they asked for something in return, and every time it was something absolutely unexpected and easy. (They would do the same without getting anything in return, they just decided to use the opportunity)

Tucker, after giving JL information that let them prevent a literal destruction of Earth: Hey, can this one guy, Danny, sometimes hang out in your Watchtower? You don't even have to give him access to Zeta tubes, just don't attack him or anything when he appears.

Jazz, after freeing half of JL from mind control and kicking the ass of that one entity that tried to conquer the world: *stares at Batman with all her 37 eyes*

Batman: *stares back*

Jazz (read his mind and totally knows that he's Bruce Wayne): So, you know Bruce Wayne, right?

Batman: Hm.

Jazz: Can you ask him to fund that one little coffee shop? Danny was upset that they have to close, it's his favourite place.

Dan, after completely destroying a powerful entity that tried to destroy the world, without even a hello: A bunch of idiots tried to kidnap and sacrifice my brother to himself, and he prohibited me to kill them. Can you put them in jail, preferably forever?

Sam, after fixing a very important ecological issue: What I want in return? I did it for fre- actually, can I get Martian Manhunter's autograph? Danny's a fan, and he's too shy to ever ask himself.

Dani, after confusing and terrifying an alien fleet to the point of them just leaving and deciding to never return to Earth: Jazz said I can ask Batman to ask something from Bruce Wayne, so can Brucie punch Vlad Masters in the face with as many cameras filming it as possible? I need that on the internet from all angles.

Danny is completely oblivious. He's very happy about Bruce Wayne helping small businesses and punching Vlad (Vlad's apparently annoying enough to make even famous himbo Brucie mad, nice). He saw the cultists get arrested on TV, decided that it's a good thing and haven't thought about that since. He's not sure how Sam got that autograph but surely it's possible to just randomly meet a JLeaguer with enough luck, and Sam is brave enough to actually ask for an autograph in such situation. Tucker's thing is the only one Danny knows about, and he only knows that Tucker helped the JL somehow, no knowledge about how big that help was.

"Must be Gary" should become Danny's reaction to everything. Just him going "Must be Gary/Leslie/Charlie/etc" without a second thought every time he sees something that was totally started by him. Absolutely love the idea of Danny offhandedly mentioning that something would be good, and the entire ghost government machine following to ensure that it happens.

If Danny ever realizes, he should freak out about it. He should mentally go over everything he said in the last few years and people's reactions and go "DID YOU REALLY USE THAT TO RULE THE GHOST ZONE". And whoever of ghosts is near just calmly retorts: "I mean, it worked great?"

I've seen a lot of people writing Danny as a space ancient and Dan and Dani as ghosts with moon and sun cores, being sort of parts, versions of Danny and therefore weaker. Now, consider: Dan and Dani are both powerful ghosts with really cool cores and stuff but Danny is just some guy™

Dan, who came from an alternate timeline and is kind of from the future but also not, is Clockwork's apprentice and will eventually become an ancient of time. He probably only agreed to have some lessons with Clockwork to understand better what happened to him, but he enjoys his apprenticeship now.

Dani, with her love of travelling, loves seeing all the different places the world offers to her, and that includes space and different planets and maybe even parallel universes, and she accidentally ends up being an apprentice of the space ancient. For now she's probably a baby ancient of freedom or something like that, but she might become an ancient of space in the future.

We can also have something like Dan having a core of destruction or Dani being the Speed Force if you want it to be dcxdp, or any headcanon of yours about their cool powers.

And then there's Danny. And yeah, everyone knows that he's super powerful, but also he's just some guy.

It can go different routes. Does everyone know that Danny is just Danny? Or do they think that with siblings (well, technically a clone and an alternate version, but whatever) so powerful, he must be even stronger? Is Danny actually something terrifyingly eldritch and ancient and strong, almost a god, but he just doesn't know himself? Or is he just really some guy?

Now, because it's obvious that I have a dcxdp brainrot, have a regular "JL summons/meets a powerful ghost" but its Dan and Dani, and they keep mentioning their original/brother who won a fight against them at some point. The JL is very concerned about Dan and Dani's godlike powers, and they can't imagine what Danny is like. And then they meet him (in his human form), and it's just a young adult in casual clothes, very friendly and helpful, with no evident powers. Imagine the confusion. Imagine Dan and Dani, radiating power, in their eldritch ghost forms, admitting that fighting Danny for real is the dumbest thing to do and not even they would succeed... And then there's Danny is jeans and silly t-shirt, waving shyly.

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Asks pt.4 Utena

(I think this is all the same person going through my Utena tag, which is why it gets its own post)

..fair enough, haha. Weird things happen... silly things happen....

Oh I like that explanation for the uniform, lol. It was bugging me that everyone kept saying “but it’s the boys’ uniform!” when all the boys were wearing something else... but I guess it being a weird summer uniform just makes it fucking hilarious that everyone recognizes it from that one time in the 80s when Ohtori developed a booty short boys’ uniform and nobody ever wore it xD

Yeah, I think the Onion Prince’s deal is less that he’s actively good and more that he’s not a good vessel for a duel? He’s not as likely to lash out, he’s just... a bit pathetic.

god yeah though the comedy episodes are nuts. I think the first few were just a little jarring in that I didn’t expect them, but then once I learnt to roll with the absurdity it became fantastic. It also helps that I became steadily more invested in Nanami over the course of the show....

I will never understand how people can wear shoes without socks. It’s. So weird to me. How do your feet not feel terrible all day?

I mean, that’s also entirely possible. I think my default assumption was that all of Ohtori was pretty darn rich (except Utena the scholarship student), the Kiryuus were just extra rich, but I don’t think that was ever actually confirmed it was just the vibe I got.

Nanami is so fascinating. I think that a lot of the depth to her arc is wound up in the fact that she started out as comic relief and never fully shed that aspect-- I almost want to apologise for overthinking things but I don’t know if that’s possible with this show-- because it feels like this sort of comment on how women’s problems are often overlooked or treated as comedic? Little girls in pain are cringe, especially ones who have less palatable ways of dealing with trauma-- like lashing out. I’m really intrigued by Nanami.

...weren’t we talking about languages when Latin came up? Obviously Rome is in Italy, but when you’re talking about language, “latin” languages are Spanish based and “romance” languages are Latin based. Aren’t they?

“Betrayal is practically the only arrow in that man’s quiver and the other arrow is controlling his sister” YEP. THAT’S IT THAT’S THE CHARACTER.

And yeah, I agree with you on that; Akio is like the stain left behind by Dios, a sort of nega-splinter.

Oh man I remember in high school my sib who was (and is) a big Tezuka fan was telling me about how early Disney was a big influence on him... I wish I remembered more details about that stuff, I should ask them. But I mean, What’s Opera, Doc has a very specific art style, you know? The background paintings are nuts even by the standards of early-WB and I love it.

...oof. Fuck. Yep. Didn’t really think of that. Nanami’s lucky in some ways, huh.

...that could be super cute, actually? Wakaba is a person with no artifice, which could be really good for Juri. Someone who puts her whole heart into things.

[moontheoretist]

Ms Marvel EP 1 <3

Introduction? Splendid! 10/10, No. 100/10. The music, the little video Kamala made, the whole “I am an aspiring YouTuber”? She is doing it like a pro, and of course algorithm is a bitch and doesn’t make her instantly famous.

Driving lesson. OMG. OMG. I laughed. I am sorry Kamala, but I laughed so hard. That is like a splendid bad luck to hit INSTRUCTOR’S car xD

Is Kamala autistic or has ADHD? Because doodling during class? So relatable. It helps you focus! And is super nice for bored brain.

Oh yeah, the gossiping older women. Marriage, the most important thing in woman’s life. Hobbies? Nope. Hobbies baaad. Like goddammit.

Zuzu is better than Siri. Please make more.

One: I didn’t know Kamala has an older brother. Two: It is so true that sons can do everything, but daughters? Oh no, we parent must protecc, because strangers attacc. Protect your sons too, damn. Or give equality.

Aamir! I love you for supporting Kamala, but EXCUSE YOU I am 28, and I have TONS of plushies in my room! They’re nice!

I love how they used the town and the gizmos in Kamala room to show her and Bruno texting. That was so clever!

If anybody is cringe in this series, it’s Kamala’s parents xD Why the Hulk?

I feel so much for Kamala feeling that everybody treats her hobbies as something for kids, too childish which she should abandon. I am not Pakistani. I am slavic, and in my country? Everything cool. Games, Cosplay, Anime and Manga, is treated like something childish and not something we should be interested in. They don’t get it. They, meaning all the adults older than me in my parents age group, are acting as if they had no hobbies, only work and future, work and future, and alcoholic libations and weddings. Nothing more beyond that, so Kamala’s pain is so relatable. She just wants her family to accept her as she is, but they don’t want to.

So... Kamala got her powers from some stuff they got from a family member in this universe? Did that person who sent it KNEW about this? And what was that whole “you know what happens to people like that” as if there was some weird family history related to Nani?

Tony T.T

Bruno landed the role of a guy in a chair / tech sidekick :D

But I must say there was a split moment when Kamala’s eyes changed color to red even before she put the bracelet on, so it may be that the bracelet just unlocks and supports the already existing powers Kamala had? Though I still prefer her original powers. She is an Inhuman which can embiggen herself, but of course Marvel won’t introduce Inhumans, because it would be too much work to add Terrigen Myst and stuff even though they already had Inhumans in Agents of SHIELD. (They’re ignoring that show I suppose lol).

Also who is bringing Kamala in for what?! Who are those guys?! SHIELD? SWORD? NYPD? WHO ARE YOU?

[goodvibesprompttime]

I need to post something, and this is more of an animatic idea than a prompt, but, ya know---

The Masochism Tango.

Dream and Technoblade dancing together, Dream is singing, and they’re both killing/attacking people as they dance.

Dream kills Tommy while Techno is distracting(getting a rose, in reference to the song), showing Techno had no idea what actually happened to Tommy.

At the end, Techno and Dream become silhouettes and green strings latch onto Techno’s pink soul-heart from Dream’s fingers, but the strings, in the final frame, are snipped/broken - either by Techno, or just on their own. 

Yall, I dunno---

(Specifics of my idea below)

Beginning

On top of the obsidian grid, Dream offers Techno his hand, and Techno accepts, and they go into the dance, TNT rains below them before the first transition

“Let our love be a flame, not an ember”

Behind them, in the background, is Niki at the L’manburg tree. Techno spins Dream and slightly dips him at the flame. Dream snaps his fingers and the tree lights up at the “ember”.

“Say its me that you want to dismember”

Techno and Dream dance off screen, and Niki falls to her knees.

“Blacken my eye, set fire to my tie, as we dance to the masochism tango.”

They dance into Quackity - who Dream punches, and Techno lights the tie of on fire. And Quackity screams, running off, the two are followed to the next scene.

“At your command, before you here I stand, my heart is in my hand.”[cringes] “It is here that I must be”

George and Sapnap attack them, they dodge, and Dream stabs his hand into Sapnap’s chest and rips out his heart. Dream and Techno cringe, Dream throws away the heart and they dance away as George panics over Sapnap.

“My heart intrigues, just hear those savage beats, and go put on your cleats, and come and trample me~”

Techno kicks little chibi voodoo dolls of the Eggpire. He and Dream step on them, and continue off.

“Your heart is as heart as stone or mahogany, that’s why I’m in such exquisite agony, my soul is on fire, it’s a flame with desire, which is why I perspire when we tango.”

Techno and Dream are switched back and forth from their regular selves to their prison selves, spinning in circles together.

“You caught my nose, in your left cassonet, love, I can feel the pain yet, love, every time I hear drums,”

Techno taking out his crossbow and shooting it at Tubbo with an upset expression, being comforted by Dream cupping his cheek.

“And I envy the rose, that you held in your teeth, love, with the thorns underneath, love, sticking into your gums.”

Techno looks out of frame, grabbing a rose that’s also out of frame, and Dream is looking his way, killing Tommy at the same time.

“Your eyes cast a spell that bewitches,”

Dream kicks Wilbur down, turning him into Ghostbur

“Though last time I needed twenty stitches.”

Dream steps on Ghostbur’s head, killing him.

“To sew up the gash, that you left with your lash, as we dance to the masochism tango.”

Techno steps over Ghostbur, turned Wilbur, and they go out of frame while Wilbur’s eyes open.

“Bash in my brain, and make me scream in pain, and kick me once again, and say we’ll never part.”

Techno and Dream are dodging Sam’s attacks, and then Techno grabs Sam’s axe and snaps it in half with just his hand.

“I know too well, I’m underneath your spell, so darling if you smell, something burning, it’s my heart. *hic* scuse me.”

Techno kicks Sam away, and twirls Dream so Dream’s back is towards his chest. *Hic* scuse me - little bit of XD magic comes out of Dream’s mouth. 

“Take your cigarette from its holder, and burn your initials in my shoulder. Fracture my spin, and swear that your mine.”

This is when the silhouettes first show up(Dream’s strings on Techno’s soul heart)

“As we dance to the masochism tango.”

Second silhouette(the strings breaking/being snipped)