#and canon innacuracies

[orcelito]

Ok there r some pretty big things I wanna fix with the first chapter of ITNL, but I don't rly have the brain for that. Putting it on the backburner.

Might fuck around with chapter 2 tho. Just maybe.

[crispy-critter]

hey guys remember the time zelda became a magical girl

closeups under the cut :>

[god-damnit-vinne]

hi here's redesigns nobody asked for

@quazikam i have a personal law where i'm required to tag you in anything shuichi saihara related on my blog

[kachimera]

Me: ok i know this fic will diverge from canon a bit but im pretty curious abt it

Fic: *contradicts canon and some hcs of mine*

Me: hey >:(

[doubleedgemode]

A.B.A's chains-A Guilty Gear analysis

I heard that in the spanish version A.B.A's title of "lovingly latched on homunculus" is translated as "homúnculo encadenado por el amor "(homunculus chained by love) which aside from being a fair translation serves to highlight A.B.A's recurring chain motif, either of real or metaphorical chains.

Out of the way, of course, we have Paracelsus's old chain though of course that's more a motif to him and his story! But in a lesser way you could argue its hers too as it is she who holds the chain.

And of course we have to mention her arcade mode quote of (from memory, sorry for innacuracies) "the shackles of affection are still shackles" which, yes! This is too related moreso to Paracelsus! but its her realization. And a pivotal scene for both.

Lastly, this is more my speculation but you know the gg Isuka xbox cover where her gloves say "Alice"? Part of me wants to believe it's an Alice in Chains reference because.. you know. Guilty Gear.

Whatever, this all plus the hypocrisy she has exhibited about Frasco and Paracelsus make for a really interesting leitmotif. Not as big as the key, frankenstein or even blood ones, but a subtle, present one, imo. A chain motif. Both as the chainer and the chained.

I say hypocrisy because well, she saw Frasco/Flask as her trap (fun fact, the name is prob a reference to Paracelsian lore of homunculi having to spend their early stages in a flask or else they'd die) and she desperatedly wanted freedom, she knows so well how is it to lack autonomy but when she obsessed over Paracelsus she was doing that to him. Hell, while the XX endings aren't canon afaik, we see her bad ending. Just like how other characters in the game make a heel turn or die (I'm oversimplyfying it but you get it) the ending where she keeps human Paracelsus chained (that one ending is... Something) even more crassly than before. She's not the victim here, it's him, but if we follow the metaphorical chaining thing then she has also chained herself very strongly.

As we see in Strive, either always or at some point she realized her doings were wrong... Yet kept on doing them. She's indeed chained to (her unhealthy idea of) love (and her other obsessive mindsets).

Of course, Paracelsus is not innocent, either. This is an A.B.A centric post but of course I have to mention him!! As we see in Strive and, regardless if it was due to his demon nature or simply willingly being a bad guy he was also metaphorically chained before knowing A.B.A... chained to his thirst of destruction and recklessness. And we know he tried to manipulate A.B.A even if he fails and starts to legitimately care about her.

Both of them are chained. Chained not as a good term but as a detrimental one. Chained to eachother, yes, but also to themselves, to their own chains, shackles of obsessions. With A.B.A especially, we know for sure she has managed to escape previous chainings but she keeps getting into them. And that's scary, almost.

But this is Guilty Gear and there's hope and freedom (ha.) so Strive has this beautiful conclusion (or rather new beginning!) to their story, and, while we have seen Paracelsus improve before, maybe A.B.A's won't be linear. But she legitimately, against all odds, WANTS the situation to be better, and both have gotten a better understanding of the other and like Paracelsus said, they can make it right, now. Now what they have with eachother is less chaining and more bonding and dissolving of a healthier kind as partners, be it as lovers, friends or whatever.

The chains are broken now, it's a new beginning.

[dokidokitsuna]

im really endeared by your concepts for re_rise, i was unsatisfied by return of the mammilians and you’ve put together a really sound story! about to say what i’ve taken from it, so sorry if there’s some innacuracy…

my favorite part off the bat is switching the splatoon for deep cut. imo they’ve been the unquestionable good guys for way too long. plus accidentally working against an oblivious/aimless squidbeak splatoon who’s goal is just to get their gramps back, when youve been investigating grizzco and alterna all game is just a refreshing and well contrasting take on a story. it feels like acknowledgment for the previous campaigns story flaws (being it’s in-general non seriousness!!!)

i always felt deep cut always had the potential to be a bunch of very cool and laid back mentors. they just seemed experienced in what they do, and working alongside them sounds VERY cool for a 14 or so year old cephalokid. (additionally, thered be a break in formula by not making the new kid an agent, rather a personal member of deep cuts heist squad. WAY cooler!!!) always felt their dialogue and personalities are pretty exaggerated when they’re on-air, so seeing what they’re like without an audience sounds more than interesting. if that’s the route you go, itd be another way to set them apart from the previous idol bands, who are always their authentic entertainer-type selves when cameras are on. in that case, what would they be like? what things would they feel like talking about? how different would they really act? all things you can answer if you want. but that was my love letter! thanks for writing up such cool concepts, and making such amazing designs. i even made little analyses on them for the color choice… this is long enough already though. tldr thank you!!! 🩷

Okay so first: thanks so much for this; I love it when people analyze my work (you gotta explain the color choice thing to me sometime, because that has me really curious) ^^

So I totally agree with you about the idea of the player character not being an agent for once…even though I still technically call them Neo/New Agent 3. ^^; I just couldn’t think of my own thing to call them; I feel like such a huge break away from the series’ convention is something that should be determined by the canon…and probably will be soon if my predictions about Splatoon 4 turn out to be correct. ;)

I guess it would be cute if Deep Cut gave them a funky nickname instead, like ‘Shark-bait’ or something. Although that would work better if they all had nicknames for each other; like true alter-egos for their bandit work…I would like that~.

Anyway, as for the main question: tbh I didn’t really put much thought into how Deep Cut’s personalities might change…but that’s mostly because I felt a ton of added depth would be inevitable, by the simple act of elevating them from roadblocks to actual characters you can interact with. ^^; So this is basically what I would do:

-Shiver kinda has a ‘2 Cool 4 Skool’ girlboss thing going on (I think?? Tbh for a series as campy as Splatoon, her characterization is really weak…) so I think her alter-ego should have a more grounded, ‘wise mentor’ persona. Like, she can still trash-talk you and keep that ruthless attitude that she has, but here we’d supplement that with real teaching moments and positive affirmation to show why people should really be drawn to her.

-Meanwhile, Frye has this hyper-cute yet ‘rough-and-tumble’ personality, so I think her alter-ego should be more laid-back and relaxed. This way she can keep her positive demeanor; she’ll just express it in a different way, maybe showing the audience more of her mature and sensitive side. 

-Last but not least, Big Man is characterized as a typical airhead, with hints of a responsible ‘parent friend’ (eugh) underneath…so I would let him be more serious as a bandit, maybe even a little edgy. Of course, seeing as he’s a giant manta ray with an (owo) face, ‘edgy’ is probably still gonna come off as comedic for him, but I think that’s fine as long as he has actual moments of gravity to ground them. I want him to feel like a real ‘senpai’ for the player character, not just a funny mascot…y’know, occasionally commanding the respect that you’d think a ‘parent friend’ would have.

[snobgoblin]

@sounddrive @stickystickyduck

OK I'm so sorry in advance if this seems like A Lot but you did ask and I would have felt bad just not answering. spoilers for just The Game In General

ok so. the painting. this will really only make sense when coupled with my other theory which is a massive spoiler btw so don't read that if you still have things you want to theorize about x

I am so sorry for making you read this please know you 100% do not have to I'm only writing this because you asked

that said this theory will be building on that so tread with caution

FIRST OF ALL. Nadia states that the goat is meant to represent Lucio. he commissioned this painting. and then when she says "my husband was burned" the camera pans to the dove. and the purple dress and proximity to Lucio makes me think this must be Nadia

now you may be like "why is Nadia a dove. Nadia is always an owl" but please remember that this is Lucios perspective and canonically he sent the original painter to the dungeons for pointing out doves should not have breasts. this painting reeks of innacuracy and has Lucio written all over who can't take a hint about people and is terrible with magic so how can we possibly trust him to accurately assign them animals? I would get into the symbolism of Nadia being associated with Temperance from Lucios perspective but I doubt he knows the meanings of the cards so I'll leave it alone for now (but there is a lot there)

with this said. I believe that Muriel is the wolf because of all the black and also the association with wolves in Lucios eyes. he even made Muriel wear a costume with two wolves fighting each other portrayed on the corset, Lucio definitely associates Muriel with wolves

and then, Asra. next to Muriel, as Lucio knows they are friends. this cheetah appears to be wearing a white low cut shirt, with his heart exposed. this is important symbolism for Asra that they point out in the art book

all this leads me to believe that Asra is portrayed, incorrectly, as a cheetah in this painting, just as Nadia is incorrectly a dove, Muriel is somewhat correctly a wolf (the Kokhuri are associated with them after all and there's also Inanna to consider) and just like Lucio is incorrectly portrayed as a goat

[copafeelcopperfield]

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[maze-of-my-design]

7 8 12 15 for sumi!!!!

(the ask game in question times 3)

[incredible excitement] YA HOO!!!!

7- SUMIRE/VIOLET REDESIGNS MY BELOVEDS god y'all don't know how i love em. As much as i love the canon outfit they SHOULD'VE given her a redesign, small as it may be. Love it when people give her different hairstyles too, shout-out to the short hair sumis out there i love every single one of em. I'm not a part of em personally but i believe in their beliefs.

Also extra shout-out to that one Transmasc Sumire post I think about it always and i love that for him. in love tbh.

7.5 i need more positivity after last post - When people see her past the "hello senpai uwu im so cutesey and shy" personality and treat her issues like they do, say, Akechi's for example. She's an interesting character guys they couldve done so much with her, she isn't just the Badly Interwoven Royal Marketable Plushie guys plea

8- Probably the inverse of the 7.5 point AND when they make her just "akeshu's child" or "akeshu's thirdwheel" or just. make her revolve around them, yknow? ESPECIALLY when it's Royal Trio stuff. She would be mildly concerned about their Doomed Yaoi Swag, of course, but it wouldn't be her sole character trait. Also, when they make her into this permanent doormat-type, fragile little girl. Please, Sumire literally asks Makoto to teach her how to physically clock a bitch in the Theives Den, she's the first one who rushes into battle during Maruki's palace before The Revelation (AND she's verbally told to slow down by AKECHI), she kills three shadows SINGLEHANDEDLY during the intro to the game WHILE LANDING BACKFLIPS. ON HEELS. Sumire is by no means weak or shy in battle and she would be willing to knock a man unconscious if need be.

12 (except it's multiple bc i love her) - She'd be a featherman fan. Maybe not a fanatic, but she'd enjoy the show greatly! She'd also like Disney movies (though not the company itself because Fuck Disney) and taught herself how to pirate TV shows and films so that she could enjoy them in her spare time. Lastly i think she'd enjoy sewing, while Kasumi would have enjoyed embroidering. Two sisters fixing and embelishing clothes, two parts of a whole, you feel me?

12.5 - She's 16 during Royal. Listen, i know she's a first year, but it is stated IN GAME that "the girl who died [Kasumi] was 15" and Sumire is brainwahsed by Maruki on the twins' birthday (according to the wiki) so she would be 16 instead of 15 and that innacuracy drives me a little nuts i think. However we know that fandom wikis aren't the end all be all of characetr info so correct me if i'm wrong

15- I guess i enjoy shu/sumi and sumi/taba* sometimes – their stuff can be rly cute tbh – but i think we were robbed of a bond between Akechi and Sumire. They're the only two theives who arent really members of the theives (Sumire being openly against their methods since they'd make society over-rely on them, Akechi being Akechi), They're both people who pretended to be someboy they weren't because of a single man who thought himself holy, they reunited with eachother at their realest moment (Akechi being Crow, Sumire awakening to who she really is). Akechi would have the opportunity to open himself up at his own pace with her instead of traumadumping to strategically get closer to chosen people, Sumire would get to be more walls-down and feel bad instead of just pretending to be ok. Sumire would learn to be more blunt with others and Akechi would get to be less defensive and mellow down. They're both more honest with eachother than with other people. do you see the vision?

Now i wouldn't say i ship them, moreso i see a Warriors Bond between them where saying friends is too simple but neither would want to kiss eachother on the mouth like That by any means (That is a Gay Man and a Lesbian your honor). They're two ppl who have their worst moments near eachother for an hour and then proceed to cuddle on the couch watching featherman to calm down.

(also because a full on romantic ship would be a little weird considering their ages and all)

*typing the ships like that so that they don't show up on search

[the-silent-orchestra]

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[boggsart]

Hello everyone, long post ahead so beware

First of all, sorry for not being active, like...at all, i've been working my ass off, tryna finish all of my school projects, plus i've been overall just very busy in my so called "free time", so i haven't been able to create anything exciting.

This probably won't excite a lot of people, but i'm showing it anyway, cuz i've worked pretty hard on it, so here we go.

So for one of my classes, we were assigned to create our very own recipe books, and mine of course had to be sw themed. The task was to create a minimum of 8 pages (meaning 8 recipes) and design the pages to our liking. I choose cocktails, cuz these recipes barely have any text, so it wouldn't take the reader's attention away from the illustrations

Originally my recipe book was supposed to have 12 recipes: 4 jedi, 4 sith, and 4 clone battalions. As you can probably already tell, i haven't had the time to finish the sith pages (nor draw the missing glasses lmao), so Maul's just sitting there all alone lmao (if i would've had the time, the 3 remaining pages would've had Vader, Sidious and Dooku). I also haven't had the time to finish the last clone battalion page, that would've had Cody, Waxer and Boil.

I know there are some major canonical (let's not talk about the anatomical ones lmao) innacuracies, the whole thing is a mess and everything is unfinished (the book doesn't even have a table of contents, let alone a cover lmao) but the work that i've had to put into this, to have it be 80% finished by the due date (while i've had other classes and projects too) is insane.

So i hope at least one person will appreciate this lmao

[targaryen-realness]

Witchling Chapter 5

Title: Witchling

Pairing: Osferth x Druidess!Reader

Warnings: Canon depiction of violence, mention of slavery, wounds and scars, magic, historical innacuracy (sorry medieval Scotland is not my specialty), talk about faith and christianity. The reader is fem but there is no physical description except for the fact she is a scot from the Highlands. Spoilers for season 3 of the Last Kingdom.

For this chapter: Blood, nudity, very detailed witchcraft ritual, pain and fainting

Summary: As they are riding away from Winchester, Osferth and Lord Uhtred’s group come across a mysterious woman. She needs help but the power within her is obvious. Captivated, Osferth hopes she will stay, but as Uhtred asks her to travel with them, he cannot help but wonder what is going on in his lord’s head.

Notes: I’m sorry for the delay. I have no excuse except being sad lmao. I hope you will enjoy this chapter ! The plot thickens haha 

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You could see as soon as you saw Uhtred the next morning that the lord was sick. When you saw him throw up the content of his stomach on the ground as you were riding, you knew you were going to have to act soon. On your way to the forest the other night you collected plenty of herbs that you were now preparing the best way you could from the back of your horse. You had boiled several, crushed others, and with your limited time and means you had succeeded in preparing some remedies. That’s how you rode closer to Uhtred’s horse, your hands holding several beverages. 

“You look terrible”

“Put one of the leaves under your tongue, the nausea will stop. But there’s not a lot I can do on top of a moving horse.”

“Put one of the leaves under your tongue, the nausea will stop. But there’s not a lot I can do on top of a moving horse.”

“Put one of the leaves under your tongue, the nausea will stop. But there’s not a lot I can do on top of a moving horse.”

He took the open bag with a shaking hand, not even strong enough to hold it. You got your horse as close as you could from his and grabbed his chin. 

“Open your mouth.” Your tone left no place for questions and as he did as you told, you placed the leaf in his mouth. 

“It does not taste good but in general the more it taste fool, the more efficient it is”

He nodded his head and you hold back your horse, letting him gain the leading position of the group once again. 

“Is he that bad?”

You turned your head around to see Finan and Osferth. Since the night you snapped at him, Finan had started to talk to you again, things were slowly going back to normal. 

“He is not good, that’s all I can say. He is weak and probably has fever. There’s not so much I can do as long as we are moving. 

-Should we not stop and rest? I am tired of the sight of my horse’s head, his hears in particular. 

-We need shelter and fire, boy. There’s no shelter here.

-We keep going, for a short time at least”

Uhtred’s voice was not more than a weak sound, and the whistling wind almost masked it. But no more than a couple of seconds after, you saw him sliding off his horse, hitting the ground. You jumped off your horse and almost run to him. 

“Uhtred? Do you hear me? 

-What’s happening? Is it his wound? 

-He is burning with fever. I need to look at his wound right now. If his blood is poisoned, then the fever will take him. 

-No. She has me.”

I made you cringe. You did not think it was magic this time, or at least not only magic. A bad wound that stayed uncared for could kill even the biggest warrior. 

“Jesus, he looks the color of a Scotsman’s arse. 

-Hey!

-Sorry.”

Finally, Uhtred was put on a cart, you sitting near him. You made him drink a lot of water, and chew on a couple of different herbs. The cut of his wound looked bad. You could see a yellowish liquid ooze off it, and the only thing you could do was put an ointment on it, wrap it in a clean cloth and pray to the gods that he would get better. 

“Finan!” He looked at you, his eyes wandering on his lord, still unconscious.

“Is he going to get better? 

-I hope so. But he is fighting two evils. His wound was looking bad, and she was not helping. 

-There is nothing we can do against her. 

-There is. I mean, at least I think it could help.”

You took your pendant from around your neck, and you almost felt naked without it. You hated this feeling. You knew the pendant was just a symbole, but it was an important one for you. It carried your energy, a part of the power it had store for a decade now. You put it in Finan’s hand. 

“Force it around her neck, she needs to have it on her. Make sure she does not throw it away.”

He looked at your face and the pendant back and forth a couple of times but ended up nodding. The screech that Skade let out as Finan and Sihtric forced the necklace around her neck made you smile. until you saw Uhtred jerk in his sleep. You could see the matching pendant you had made for him a while back, slipped out of his coat. You did not know why, but the absence of the weight of your own around your neck made your eyes water. You took Uhtred’s necklace in your hand and started praying. May the all powerful Lug help you in this battle, May his wisdom, and the one of the other gods help you through this trial. You sang for a bit, your voice too quite to be heard by anyone but Osferth, Finan and Sihtric. 

“He looks better already.

-I still think he looks like ash. 

-Let the magic do his thing, Finan.”

You returned to your horse after a while, your head still full of prayers. 

“What do you want to do next? 

-I cannot wait any longer. When we stop for the night, I will call for the gods, and pray they give me an answer.”

With that, you were left in silence, the reassuring presence of Osferth next to you. It had not been as awkward as you thought to wake up the next morning after what happened in the forest. Your lips were still tingly from the kisses you shared, and the first thing you had wanted when you opened your eyes was to do just that again. Of course you did not. You smiled at him, and you ate breakfast together in a weirdly comfortable silence. He held your hand after that, only holding the tip of your fingers, as if your palm touching would be too intimate. He even helped you climb on your horse. 

“What will you need?”, his voice was quiet, almost a whisper. 

You were taking a fur out of your bag with the intention of giving to Uhtred when he came to see you. He was standing tall, his torso covered by a leather protection, covered in fur himself to be protected from the cold.

“Some salt, a fire, and a knife.”, you answered simply. 

You did not know how to act when it came to magic. He told you it was not a problem for him, or at least that he did not see you as evil. You could not help yourself but doubt. You were going to do something that you used to do often, amongst your people, but you still were in enemy territory. You needed to remind yourself of it often, especially these past few days, as your heart seemed to fondle under the affection of the saxons here. People you were wary of, but still liked. 

“I will wait for the night to fall, and I just need to be left alone. I don’t know how long it will take but it needs to be done.”

He approached you, his hand, almost shyly, caressed your cheek. You leaned into his warm touch, smiling. 

“Osferth?

-Hm?

-Kiss me”

And he did, his lips were cold but gods, you loved this feeling. You grabbed his tunic and brought him closer to you. He moaned against your mouth and you felt it in your core. His voice, the way he whimpered, it did things to you. You loved it. 

“Y/n!”

You let Osferth go, and turned around to see Finan. He was smiling like a demon, as his eyes traveled from you to Osferth face. 

“What do you want? 

-Uhtred is awake and better.”

You nodded and before going you looked at the man behind you. His face was red an you knew it was not only from the cold. 

“Don’t let him give you a hard time okay?

-You’re asking something impossible”

You laughed before leaving his side, walking past Finan who was still smiling like a mad man. Uhtred was looking better indeed. Some color had returned to his cheeks and he was not laying down anymore. 

“How are you feeling? 

-Better, I think.”

He was not looking at you, his eyes lost in the distance. 

“Your wound was quite bad, I am going to put some more ointment on it after cleaning it better.”

You put another fur on him and asked him to lay down. As you were cleaning the blood and lymph, you noticed his expression. 

“Is it painfull? 

-No.

-Did something happen?”

He looked at you, took a deep breath and confessed:

“I saw something? 

-Something? 

-A ghost.”

You hummed and applied a new coat of the green paste on the clean flesh. 

“Someone I knew. Someone I fought with. 

-Who was it? 

-Leofric.”

You knew that name as Osferth had mentioned this man a couple of times. He was his uncle, a brave man from what you knew. 

“Osferth’s uncle? 

-Yes. 

-What did he tell you?”

The lord gulped and you knew it was not from the pressure you were putting on his injury. 

“That I was making a mistake. That my place was not amongst the danes, but with the saxons. That I was making his nephew a traitor.”

You put his furs back on, making sure he was warm. 

“Can I give you my opinion?”

You tossed a piece of wood back in the fire and returned by his side. 

“Go ahead. 

-I don’t think it was a ghost. You had a really high fever, those visions you had, I am not saying they are not real. Sometimes, the mind is trying to make you understand some hidden message. 

-Are you saying I am losing my mind. 

-Not at all. But maybe, you do not wish to leave your life as a saxon behind as much as you think you do. From what I understood. You are a child of two people. Forever, you will be tormented with this identity. It is your burden.”

You touched his forehead to see if his fever was returning. He did not answer you, but by seeing the look in his eyes, you could tell he had much to think. 

“I am going to prepare you something to eat, please drink a lot of water. I am performing the ritual tonight. Soon you will be rid of her.”

You turned around and ceased your blade. 

“But for that I need just a little something”

You had prepared a broth with the help of Osferth and as you were going to return to the lord’s side, he told you to stay here. He smiled and took the plate from your hand and left. You spent your remaining time sculpting little pieces of wood into ogham putting special care into them. Soon the sky was black and you were making your way to the forest. You passed by Skade and Finan was waiting for you there like you had asked. You had not asked Sihtric’s help, being a believer of the gods himself you had preferred not to involve him too much. 

“Do you really need it? 

-Yes. Just hold her down, I’ll take the blood”

To your surprise she had not fought back. She looked surprised at first but soon a wolfish grin took place on her pretty face. She then said something in a language you could not understand as you were cutting her palm open, collecting the fresh liquid into a bowl. You left without a word but not before taking a good look at her face. She did not think it would work, but you knew you would succeed. Tonight, you would have the answers you were looking for. You were feeling the heavy gaze of the one you were leaving behind as you walked away. In your hands, two bowls filled with blood. The cursed one, and the witch. 

You had already located a perfect spot. It was in the middle of a circle of grass where trees seemed to line up around. What took you the most time was to light up the fires. Four at equal distance from one another all around you, a final one in the center. You placed the two bowls in front of you and started taking off the clothes that covered your upper body and started. You plunged your pointer finger in the blood of Uthred first and drew symbols on your skin. It was mechanical, natural, like a second nature. You found comfort in this, in practicing your craft, in feeling the buzzing course of magic in your veins. You did the same with Skade’s blood. It was darker, thicker, and left a burning sensation on your skin. The fire seemed to burn brighter and get warmer with each word you whispered. Your hands thrown in the air, you were facing the sky. Your eyes were open but it was not the black arch of the night that you were seeing. No it was other. You were seeing something far away, something that no one could see at this very moment. 

“Lugh Samildanach, my lord”

You sang, your body moving to a silent rhythm. You sang until your throat was raw, until you mouth was dry, until your knees were bleeding from sinking in the earth. But where you were, there was no pain. You felt the burn before you saw it. Something in your back, like your skin was being branded with a red_hot iron. But once again you did not flinch. Not as your lord, his magnificence so close to you, was whispering things in your ear. 

You did not know when you fainted. You woke up under the sun. The fires were long gone and the cold had settled in your skin. You remembered what happened as you slowly raised from the grass. Your mind was foggy, every muscle in your body sores as if you had been trampled by horses. But you still had a smile on your face. You rinsed the blood on your arms and chest with the water you had brought and drunk the rest like you were severely dehydrated. You put your clothes back on, wincing when the fabric touched your upper back. You probably hurt yourself when you fell. You will ask someone to check it out back at the camp. You noted that you were surrounded by fog, the forest taking a strange blue hew. Before leaving you retrieved the two bowls. They were both empty, even though you knew they were almost full yesterday. You left without wondering about it too much, you knew better than to question the gods. You arrived at the camp to see everyone around a fire. You must look bad, because you saw the look on Finan’s face. Osferth stood up immediately and ran toward you. You almost collapsed in his arms, tired. 

“Are you hurt? What happened? 

-I have it.” you whispered, smiling at him. 

“What? 

-The answer. I have it.”

You closed your eyes and felt yourself falling. 

[bijouxcarys]

Not a request but a question...

What are your thoughts on inaccuracies in either "major or minor" characters for the sake of the plot in fan fiction?

For example: Instead of Mary, Freddie has a different girlfriend, or he figures out his sexuality much earlier, or that Miami had cancer or smth like that 😭💀

Will you ever write something like that?

Great question; I always love talking about my thoughts on fanfiction, and analysing things such as this. Throughout my 10 years of reading and writing it, I've picked up a lot of patterns and examples of when things are done well or poorly.

Creative innacuracies are difficult to do successfully and effectively. When reading a fanfiction, you already have a pre-concieved notion of what to expect and what you're getting into, so if a writer chooses to alter a canonical event/trait, they have to make sure that it's relevent, and that it aligns with the story. It needs to contribute to the overall plot, otherwise its value is extremely low and can actually be a distraction to the rest of the fanfiction.

I've seen lots of stories where Freddie was never with a female and he's strictly gay. This could go off in different directions here, where some fans believe he was bisexual, and some believe he was exclusively gay. I, myself, think he was bisexual, based off of his own words. So, I wouldn't have an issue with a fanfiction writer creating a female OC for Freddie to be with at some point in their timeline. Mary, however, is an important part of Freddie's story and how he became who he was, so switching out Mary for an entirely different person would be a risky move that the author would have to navigate in a way that contributes to Freddie's evolution as a character and a person.

When talking about canonical inaccuracies, it gets into AU territory. Personally, I am not a fan of Alternate Universe fiction. I'm pretty realistic about everything I write, minus the obvious shipping of Brian with my OC Maria, and Robert with Elena in a universe where his wife doesn't exist. Where the point is romance, innacuracies such as what I just mentioned can work and do work fairly frequently. The point of fanfiction is to add onto what is already there, or change certain aspects based off of the arena of work that it stems from.

RPF (Real Person Fanfiction) is a slippery slope, since you're essentially manipulating another person's actual life in order to live out a fictionalised scenario/fantasy through literature. Canonical inaccuracies are fine, as long as they make sense and contribute to the entire story and aren't randomised throughout.

Where I personally draw the line with these innacuracies, however, is when an author plays about with a real person's sexuality. I support the idea of people being able to write about whatever they want, as long as they're fully aware of what they're doing and the distinction between their fictional scenarios and what is the truth. However, I personally choose to avoid fanfictions in which the author has chosen to present a character through a sexuality they aren't.

For example: I have an issue with Jimbert (Robert Plant/Jimmy Page) fanfictions. It has nothing to do with the concept of homosexuality, but everything to do with the aversion of how the actual people choose to live. Same goes for Maylor fanfiction (Brian May/Roger Taylor). These are straight men, and I personally think that if you're going to write one of these people being romantically/sexually involved with an OC, at least make sure you're respecting their real-life sexuality. You're already writing about them in their private lives, the least one can do is that.

Ultimately, it's an author's decision how they want to manipulate a factual timeline to align with their fictional scenarios. It's personal preference. I don't think I would ever stray too far from fact in my own writing; I like to stick to the actual timeline of events, as closely as possible, down to the date, as well as adhere strongly to every real person's traits and personalities.

Subjectivity is a large part of fanfiction writing, and it's one of the things that makes it such a beautiful artform. And as a reader, what you choose to injest is up to you.

Sorry if this was a really long response, I just love talking about fanfiction!

Thank you for the ask <3

[mallorykeen]

Sapphic Summer Riordanverse 2021

Valkyrie

rating: teen

category: f/f

graphic depictions of violence

relationships: gunilla/mallory keen

characters: gunilla (magnus chase), mallory keen

additional tags: flirting, fighting

Day One: Fighting

Is This Seat Taken?

rating: teen

category: f/f

no archive warnings apply

relationships: rachel elizabeth dare/reyna avila ramirez/arellano

characters: rachel elizabeth dare, reyna avila ramirez/arellano, hylla ramirez/arellano

additional tags: alternate universe - college/university, fluff

Day Two: College AU

Here Come the Brides

rating: teen

category: f/f

no archive warnings apply

relationships: hemithea / emmie/josephine / jo

characters: hemithea / emmie, josephine / jo

additional tags: weddings, fluff, pre-canon

Day Three: Milestones

i'll carry you home (no, you're not alone)

rating: teen

category: f/f

no archive warnings apply

relationships: gunilla/mallory keen

characters: gunilla (magnus chase), mallory keen, jotnar (norse religion and lore)

additional tags: injuries, swearing, they're dating your honour, pre-canon, gunilla has lightning powers now because i said so

Day Four: Patching Each Other Up

Twisted Ankle

rating: teen

category: f/f

no archive warnings apply

relationships: jasmine "jaz" anderson/sadie kane

characters: jasmine "jaz" anderson, sadie kane

additional tags: alternate universe - historical, historical innacuracy, fluff, injury, princess!sadie, alternate universe - ancient egypt, sharing a bed

Day Five: Different Time AU

leaves from the vine (falling so slow)

rating: mature

category: f/f

graphic depictions of violence, major character death

relationships: silena beauregard/clarisse la rue

characters: silena beauregard, clarisse la rue

additional tags: angst, book 5: the last olympian (percy jackson), songfic, for the record i did cry while writing this

Day Six: Last Kiss

Cottagecore

rating: general audiences

category: f/f

no archive warnings apply

relationships: billie ng/drew tanaka

characters: billie ng, drew tanaka

additional tags: songfic, moving in together, fluff

Day Seven: Nature

[our-flag-means-death-ao3feed]

A Town Called Revenge

by downstar

When he was a young man, Stede Bonnet traveled to the town of Revenge with his father to learn the family business. There, he met a young Edward Teach and the two had a whirlwind romance.

But then, Stede went home and promises to return or to write were broken, leaving Ed heartbroken and alone. He vowed to push the likes of Stede’s family out of Revenge, and fought to preserve the town’s independence.

Stede remembers their parting very differently. Now, twenty-five years later, he’s embarking on a new chapter of his life and is excited to return to the frontier of his youth.

He has no idea what's in store for him.

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This story is very much based on the Hollywood western, with modern sensibilities. I will not be dealing with racism, sexism and homophobia except subtextually (to the same degree the show does). Historical innacuracies and anachronisms abound! Violence level will be comparable to the show, as well.

Words: 1730, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Stede Bonnet, Evelyn Higgins, Israel Hands, Lucius Spriggs, Oluwande Boodhari, Jim Jimenez, Our Flag Means Death Ensemble

Relationships: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet, Stede Bonnet & Lucius Spriggs, Oluwande Boodhari/Jim Jimenez

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Western, Enemies to Lovers, Heartbreak, Canon-Typical Violence, Canon-Typical Historical Inaccuracy (Our Flag Means Death), Western, Jenkensian levels of historical inaccuracy, Cowboys, Gunslingers, Eventual Romance, Angst and Romance, Action/Adventure, Action & Romance, POV Multiple

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/45775291

[woodohwanedandproud]

@bookwormbynight I can't believe this shit. I've had this thought independently before. Is this a common belief in the fandom that we just never talk about. What is happening. Light definitely wanted to at least take like a finger or something off the body after it was in the ground.

@tealmoth #hope this is ok to rb because I’VE HAD THE SAME FUCKING THOUGHT #the lil timeskip after L’s death was so insane to me because like there’s no way Light wasn’t presiding over everything like a fucking hawk #which is typical for him but. you know. #the hypothetical graverobbing would only come after fighting urges to steal that thang before the burial. #and i’ve seen it analyzed before how L’s death is the closest Light has ever been to one of his victims #before that it was always through a tv screen through the news through a window etc etc #but to actually HOLD his victim?? to see the moment it all happens in agonizing minutiae?? #i fully believe that it could have activated an even worse part of his brain and tapped into the trophy-keeping serial killer instinct

@kiyomitakada #prev. your mind #god youre RIGHT #im thinking now. raye penber was probably the closest before L #but even that was through the subway door #and he sent naomi off deliberately #but L. #he catches L in his arms. #cool i am going to be thinking about this for a very long time jesus christ #also because he wasnt actually the one who killed L; that was rem #but he is the one who holds him at the end

@sword-dad-fukuzawa #in terms of disastrous relationships. lemony snicket and beatrice…yeah #i will love you as kudzu loves trees (consumptive. parasitic. all encompassing. devastating) #I will love you as an airplane loves to fall from a clear blue sky (tragedy against a backdrop of surreal beauty. panic and inevitability) #I will love you […] as justice loves to sit and watch while everything goes wrong (lawlight inherently) #crying. yeah. 100%. you get it #lawlight as the masochist's inherent love of disaster and ruin. the god's love for falling. the abjection of it all. the fascination with #one's undoing. #love as a sick and sweet attachment to what will unmoor you from the world. #dichotomies unto dichotomies unto dichotomies #lawlight loving each other incomprehensibly; tragically; devastatingly #like binary stars…one dies and the orbit of the other destabilizes and then the whole system implodes. lawlight. yes. #having a lot of feelings right now #one more: lawlight as the boat that loves the breeze untying the bowline from the pier

@kiyomitakada #THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING FOR #as a crow loves a murder #ruin ruin ruin all the way down

@selfspinninglies #yeah. light wanted to vivisect his ass so bad #<- every day [exaggeration] i fight the urge to write lawlight vivisection because medical innacuracy + nobody gets me with that. so #it lives in my head a little #a vivisection of me done by god for all to see- gets shot #<- honestly that lyric is one of the main reasons its on my lawlight playlist #wow i went on a horrible side tangent. anyway a vivisection is essentially a dissection but the thing youre cutting is alive #smiles #if light did graverob and do it without anyone knowing somehow i think he would dissect L. probably not but like. imagine #sews him up like its all normal and keeps something #urgh i need to shut up what the hell. im so normal

@just-a-living-meat-thing #ugh lawlight you fantastic awful dumpster fire of a ship #even though I know you never could’ve worked in canon (except perhaps as a toxic one sided obsession) #in my heart you are married and divorced x3

@applestorms ok not to turn this into a fic rec'ing post, but if anyone happens to want the high key dead dove edition for light being a fucking freak about L's corpse… there's this one. ft. light stealing L's body before the funeral and saving it in his special little corpse-saving apartment. PLEASE watch the tags if you don't like graphic nasty shit though

moonlarked 1. I absolutely agree with you. we’ve all had this idea before 2. Please read this fic

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(also kind of x)

you see it is very simple. lemony snicket figured it out already. light loves L the way a corpse loves a vulture and L loves light the way an iceberg loves a ship (and the passengers love the lifeboat, and the lifeboat loves the teeth of the sperm whale, and the sperm whale loves the flavor of naval uniforms)