#and im having the most fun i can while also having the worst time physically

[spacejammie-eimmajecaps]

The first three scenes of chapter 30 are basically done, two more to go

[blue-jisungs]

hi hi hi!!! is it possible to request for long distance relationship with piwon? and thank you for your contributions within the p1ece community with all of these masterpieces you've made 🫡

[ 💌 ] long distance relationship w piwon

# author’s note ... ahhh sorry it took so long:(( TYSM FOR RQING THO N FOR UR NICE WORDS HEHE!!! i got a bunch of piwon reqs and u dont even know how excited i am to write them mwhaahahah <333

┆彡 KEEHO [ 기호 ]

i feel like he’d be the strongest soldier amongst them all

because he’s just so chronically online LMFAO 

no but even if you don’t text everyday (which happens, given his busy schedules), there’s always a way that keeho will reach out 

sends you reels on insta, sends you tiktok’s he found or he filmed, you can see his bereal, you can see what he’s listening to on airbuds … like he makes sure you know he’s safe n sound (i hope that makes sense?!) 

and he clings to every notification from you as well!!! 

like oh, you just hit another milestone on duolingo?? he’s texting you asap !!!

also the type to spam you with photos of things that remind him of you:(((( 

he loooves to face time you but more often than not the call always ends up interrupted by one of the boys 😭😭😭

┆彡 INTAK [ 인탁 ]

he’s so loverboy im actually gonna cry 

he was not build for this please save him from this misery 😿😿😿 

cannot survive without calling you at LEAST twice a day. like for real. 

will spam you with i love yous and i miss yous so so much because he just wants to be sure that you know his feelings for you are unchanged:(

facetiming is a must as well, he’ll often do that at the end of his (or yours if you’re in diff time zone) day so you can talk before going to sleep:( 

won’t admit but loves when you fall asleep on ft:( like at least he can adore your sleepy face like he does when he’s with you:(

deffo buys everything that he thinks you’d like so when you reunite he has BAGS of gifts:(

(can you tell i love him so dearly.)

┆彡 THEO [ 테오 ]

he’s so:< 

checks up on you everyday!!!!! tracks your lil icon on find my and calls you sometimes like “oh i saw you’re in your fav cafe, what are you getting?” 

i believe he’s a romantic okay? so you two deffo have those apps for couples that like ,, you can draw something and it’ll pop up on his screen 

or locket! :( like he loves getting notifs n he deffo stares at the silly selfies you take:(((( 

he also sends flowers for you, sometimes no matter the occasion <\\3 may or may not send a bottle of his cologne because he just knows you’ll feel less lonely if you can smell his perfume🥹🥹🥹

he’s sooo nostalgic❤️‍🩹 will scroll through your pics and videos… watch them all the time… m smile so fondly at the screen (while others make fun of him >:T) 

has bought tickets to your place impulsively… at least three times 

(and obv used them ?! like hellour he won’t waste the money now that he bought them !!! )

┆彡 JIUNG [ 지웅 ]

please end his suffering pt2 

he is physically sick when you’re not around !!! (his tummy hurts… well, his heart too…) 

spams you all day everyday – he saw a cute cat? sent. cool clothes? sent and asking for advice. a dead frog on the street? sent with caption ‘me when you’re 372028193 km away’ 

selfies too!!! you’ll get soooo many selcas bc he just knows you miss his face (and worry not, you send yours in return!! he kicks his legs like a teenage girl whenever he sees them~~) 

facetimes you (or you him) even when doing the most mundane things ever… you could be studying in silence and he’ll be playing on his switch, none of you talking because you’re locked in… but he steals glances at the screen and your face,,, mentally counting down days when you’re gonna meet again 🥹

literally thinks about you sm that he can’t help but mention you whenever he can:( “omg yn would love that!” “oooo this is yn’s favorite snack!!” “i need to take a pic for yn!!!” 

atp his friends scheme how to get him to you ASAP!!!

┆彡 SHOTA [ 翔太 ]

i feel like he’d handle it the worst actually:( but only bc he’s just such a lover boy, he needs you close:( 

keeho or other members will often send you pictures of sulking shota once you hang up on face time <\3 

will spam you even with single kaomojis so you’re an expert with those, professional translator if you will

definitely spams you with lots of content too, like pics of plushies, his short blogs, food pics 

requires food pics in return (secretly makes sure you do eat this way) 

when he’s feeling like a little tease, he’ll send lots of pics with keeho when they’re hugging and caption them with something sassy 😭 

deffo tracks you on find my when he’s bored but deep down he just checks up on you and makes sure you’re safe 

┆彡 JONGSEOB [ 종섭 ]

you’re literally vlogging to each other 😭😭😭 voice memos or insta stories just for him !! 

and you bet your ass he’ll reply to every single one 

loves face timing you when he’s writing new songs… you’re his muse (but it’s not like he’ll say it out loud) 

definitely looks at your pictures with a whipped smile (and got caught sooo many times but they don’t tease him that much since he’s just so in love it hurts

another one to use every app possible to keep in touch w you HOWEVER he’s not very cheesy,,, so expect him to doodle theo with a big butt in return to your hearts and flowers 

sending memes and reels is his love language, will send lots with the caption “us when i get back” :(( 

masterlist <3

taglist. @primoppang ,, @laylasbunbunny ,, @slytherinshua ,, @planetkiimchi ,, @weird-bookworm ,,

@mon2sunjinsuver ,, @litepowee

[anthillz]

hey im back again.. would you also be up for doing romantic hcs about the bellham/suspicious man too? this part isn't exactly tied to the request, but i imagine whoever he dates to be super weird too considering he says he has deviant tastes. like he could be walking around smelling like straight ethanol and his spouse would just be like

//Desc: TW: Suggestive content (pretty lukewarm don’t worry) Scurrying back for more love to give to these kooks? Sure thing, would do the same thing. Especially with Bellham, I realized I really like writing for him, the guy is such a character. Writing for outlandishly eldritch-ass characters always hits so close to home, like the man would be tucking you in bed at night, kissing your forehead and in the next moment he’s going “Wrong. Bedbug Infestation.” Bellham, the man you are. Thanks for requesting as always! \\

⋆｡𖦹 🪢 Bellham/Suspicious Man Romantic Headcanons 🧪 ⋆｡𖦹

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Bellham, while he wallows in the thought of others struggling in their own minds’ captivity, he’s quite a hedonist himself. Living for his — and his beloveds’ wayward pleasures and tendencies is a must. He’s also prone to worship his admired lover, to cherish them with his eyes’ field, to make them know their worth and superiority. He will quite literally feed you grapes doused in honey. If you were a jewel, he would wear you everywhere, no doubt.

His headless henchmen will also start to serve you, like a secondary master, jumping at your feet like loyal underlings. They are quite sweet and Bellham ( kind of on a “Mi casa es tu casa” basis ) doesn’t even bat an eye, perhaps he’ll click his tongue in dissatisfaction when the henchmen would get a little too pushy on serving you. He would also pull little pranks on them to entertain you, jingling their bell heads while they run around to get it back, all in vain.

If his darling is willing to do so, he will tell them endlessly about his unquenchable interest about Enas. All his observations and fixation materialize in you getting interested in the matter aswell, leading to many unorthodox conversations.

Bellham has been all around the globe, a well travelled man who would love to share all of his observations about this mad, idiosyncratic world. A lot of travels and escapades come into place, where Bellham will be an eager tour guide.

Despite having a rather unnerving look to him, you can spread him on bread for all you know, he’s a sweetheart is what he is. To you at least. Speaking of hands, if his beloved appriciates physical affection, he is more than happy to give it to them. He does have quite the number of hands on him, hugs from those paws are top-notch. Not to mention he can just yoink you right away with the hand under his torso. “OHH. Precious. You Must Know. That I am. All Hand No. Bite. Heheheh.”

Bellham is inclined to enjoy a little ruthless, cruel fun from time to time, but only to entertain his dear lover, of course! He would trap helpless little bugs with his thread and laugh as they would scuffle, toss and turn around in the red weft. “Caught In A Skirmish. Aren’t YOU? Your Worst. FEAR. Doomed Upon YOU. Captivity.” “Oh, Bellham you’re just so wise!”

Of course, if it’s to his beloveds’ heart ( and because he’s a freak ) he will use his threads on you. Even non-suggestively, Bellham will enjoy tying a knot on your finger to express a form of deep companionship and dependence. If it’s on the other way around however… he knows his way around kinbaku and ropes.

With everything in mind, he isn’t perfect unfortunately. Bellham is terrible at texting. Just don’t expect him to get any better. He capitalizes every single word and puts a period right after, it’s a pain to read it. If he even manages to stumble upon GIFS, brace yourself to get the most cheesy, eye sore of a GIF ( probably one of those disgusting, glittery “Good Morning, Have a Great Day” ones ). You can see he’s trying his best.

With all his deviant tastes, Bellham is still quite old fashoined when it comes to love. He would leave flowers at your door all of the time, so don’t be afraid when his henchmen turn up at your door and summon the most breathtaking bouquet of flowers.

Whether their partner likes it or not, and no matter how hard it is to say this, he does smell funky. But not in a way a human being, or any living organism would define smelling “funky” should smell. It’s more of a chemical smell that pricks your nose awhile, you won’t get sick though. Only lovesick if that counts!

It does take some time to get accustomed to all of Bellhams’ antics, but if you do, the next step is to try to outweird him. He does enjoy his partner opening for his deviancies, and don’t think you can’t surprise the old fellow.

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PS: I’ve temporarily closed requests, hopefully not for long, but a good amount of asks have accumulated, so until I finish all of these, it shall be closed ouuuuuuuuuu👻👻👻 Also I got hooked on the game Thronglets from Black Mirror, so those rascals eat up my time too lmaooo

[the-unexplained-council]

I have been tortured by this fic idea for weeks so im shoving upon your soul. So basically-- its a platonic like 'teen + Gricko (or the krew in general)' and like. Reader was taken as a child to perform in the circus that he rescued Hootsie from. So its like... he meets them and he realizes what happened and so he rescues them and Hootsie. And its just all the found family.

I apologize in advance for how jumbled and messy this ask is. But like, the idea of parental krew with a teen reader who's never really had parental or familial relationship before makes me so happy.

Anywho-- Your writing is wonderful and makes me so happy and stim so so much!!! Much (platonic) love frendo!! :D

YESSS i was thinking of making some platonic kid and Krew or teen and Krew stuff!! I feel like Kremy and the teen would butt heads at first because carnie kid that has known nothing but conning (cuz that’s what carnivals are to some degree) and then the master of the art just wouldn’t get along at first because Kremy doesn’t have the patience when the teen is refusing to be ordered around. It would take a while for them to warm up to each other, and when they do they’d be sizing people up from behind the tent like “think we should try ‘em?” “Yea” “yea 😈” “yea😈😈” and insert evil little giggles.

The teen and Gideon would be like a 7/10 chance it would be a really wholesome “lemme teach ya the ropes kid” type relationship.. unless the teen is like a really testing person then Gideon would be the “how about I teach you how to fight.. with my fist in your face” and the two bickering and at each other because Gideon is 100% a 16 y/o boy at heart because I said so. But then they’d respect each other after some stupid contest or something and then they’ll both be like “😈gonna punch that stupid tree” “do it big guy I’ve got your back” or something stupid just for fun as a bonding experience or smth. Twig would probably be the exact same instead she’d try to bite your face or some shit.

The teen and Gricko would be like the relationship between Gricko and Will from the campaign, if you haven’t gotten that far ahead basically Gricko will try to be “cool” to “appeal to the masses” to get your approval of him because he’s funny. “What’s up my… skibidi sigma rizzlord” (he actually talks like this to Will im being deadass/srs) and do the arm crossed 45° turn. Then he’ll learn he.. literally doesn’t need to do that please stop doing that by the Gods- he’s your dad, boogie woogie woofie!!/ref he’ll be giving you gifts unprompted and treat you like his kid right off the bat even if you don’t want him to, you’re stuck with him, he’s the dad now

Frost would respect you, like genuinely respect you right off the bat. You’re scared of the new environment? He gets it, he’s giving you some peace with the offer to help you any time. You’re angry all the time? That’s fair, he understands to a degree and he’ll let you take your anger out on him (even if it’s attempted physical, kids’ not gonna land a blow) but he will respect you. He’ll observe and listen to you the most immediately, be the most open minded. He’ll take it easy and test the boundaries occasionally to test the swampy waters, he’s there for you but also firm in expressing that he deserves respect too like how he gives it. I feel like no matter the onset of the teen Frost would be accepted the fastest. Then they’d talk shit about everyone behind everyone because Frost is the wine aunt that talk shit about everyone because I SAID SO. “I hear Gideon say he ate Kremy’s leftovers and blamed you” “Fuckin bitch.. -_-“

Torbek.. :( I love you Torbek.. the guy would be scared of an angry teenager, hiding behind anything he can like a thin trunked pine or a light pole—comically thin or small things from his frame. His worst nightmare.. is unsurprisingly emotional teenagers. I mean.. why wouldn’t it be? Even if the teen is really soft spoken Torbek is scared of the probability of the kid snapping from emotional pressure. He’d love to try and make friends though, offering things and including them in his drawings, stuff like that! And if the teen says something mean he’d say that, but then not really change anything?? Eventually the both would warm up to each other but like.. idk I just imagine it being comically funny to watch.

And then obviously the teen and Hootsie are best buds, no other option, everyone loves Hootsie T. Cutesie Grimgin and that’s a fact.

I’m so happy you like my writing!!! /gen I plan to write more im just a busy college student 😔 I shall prevail, and I shall feed this fandom of my heart and soul with a lil bit of my blood and tears mixed in it if it’s the last thing I do

[dreamsy990]

(video essayist voice) kingdom hearts is-

so, kh1. its been. a little while since i played. so forgive me if the game isnt exactly fresh in my mind. theres maybe gonna be errors so please bear with me im trying my best.

this is probably the kh game i have the least thoughts on, which feels weird considering its the first game in the series, but i just dont have a lot of strong opinions on it. its a pretty solid game!

starting where i normally do, the gameplay is probably the worst aspect of the game. they really thought platforming would be a fun thing in this game, but its just. not. the physics are so bad oh my god. if i ever have to jump in kh1 again itll be too soon. the difficulty is also a little bit all over the place. i played on standard (like i do with pretty much every game) and i would randomly jump from breezing through the game to trying a hundred times to fight one boss. most of the time its not the fun kind of difficult, just frustrating. the only time i can remember the difficulty being fun is the last riku fight in hollow bastion. i wish more of the game was the fun kind of hard. strangely enough, i know a lot of people struggled with the riku race and fight in the tutorial, but honestly those were easy for me? i got the fight first try, and the race second. idk, get on my level nerds i guess?

the worlds here are hit or miss. some of them (mostly the original ones, hollow bastion and traverse town specifically) are just amazing and i love them. others are. uh. lets say getting rid of the tarzan world was the best thing to come out of copyright law. also, this game is the only one where i skipped an entire world (sorry atlantica, you fucking suck). so theres that. the disney worlds are probably my least favorite aspect of the game

the story is alright! i dont have much to say about it other than i think that its mostly pretty good when i know whats going on, although both me AND one of my friends were so confused at the ending that we had to go call someone else to ask what the fuck happened and honestly i still dont really know? what the fuck is a kingdom hearts you ask? the world may never know.

this game and 2 are the only ones where maleficent is good. i miss when she was like a fun villain. she was just super into the housing market and i love that. what the fuck is she even doing in ddd? getting into bitcoin????

rikus great, i dont think i need to say that. hes such a freak and i love him. soras pretty good, shoutout to haley joel osman for doing a great job for being uh. 12??? at the time???????? hes great. i know a lot of people really like ansem sod but i just dont get the appeal? he never did anything for me. like hes fine i just didnt care about him whatsoever and anyone who says hes a better villain than like. xemnas. is wrong.

0/10 where is axel. ok but seriously uhhhhhh i give it a 7.7/10. its a solid, enjoyable game! not my favorite, but thats not to say i dislike it at all.

[icarewhatyouthink]

a collection of various blurry thoughts that i had thought i’d posted but it turns out i didn’t:

a lot of these headcanons, start out as jokes between my friends and i late at night and then i gø intø my little corner and keep thinking so just keep that in mind as you read

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due to how little experience with the world blurry has, i imagine he has a lower pain tolerance than tyler and also tends to react more to pain or illness. a minor scrape might be fine for tyler and he can just keep gøing like nøthing happened, blurry will experience the same thing and to him it is much worse, therefore he will react as if it was worse. he has no experience with anything worse, sø tø him this is like the worst pain he’s ever felt. he tries hiding it but he sucks at it and is much more genuine when reacting to pain because of how relatively young he is.

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blurry is incredibly clingy, both physically and emotionally. i mean just look at how many photos from blurryface era have him literally holding onto spooky. he doesnt like being left alone, which usually results in his thoughts spiraling uncontrollably, so having someone there to either prevent it or stop it when it does start helps.

hes got a mix of that and a fear of abandonment as well, maybe one of the only things he’d have in common with clancy seeing as he also doesn’t enjoy being alone.

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ok and this is the one i was making this whole post abøut to begin with (its also the one im most scared of people seeing but yeah)

blurryface, being an entity created from things such as insecurities, anxieties, doubts, and øther mental illness-related things, is prone to experiencing the symptoms of these things as it is vital for him to experience these things to fulfill his role. insecurities and anxieties do not act rationally, and unfortunately that means blurry needs to also operate irrationally.

one way to achieve this is to alter his perception of the world around him by making it a lot scarier than it actually is in order for him to perceive more things as threats and to act accordingly. in the timh mv, it is implied that blurry experiences some form of hallucinations, where he sees people staring at him and their eyes and mouths morphing.

i don’t think this is the only thing he experiences. i imagine he experiences a number of hallucinations (mostly visual but also auditory and some other), as well as some form of delusions. the vast majority of these things scare him deeply while others are just obnoxious, and cause him to lash out at people, argue with them, and isolate himself from others. he would be the type to refuse help and refuse to even talk about the things he’s experiencing or to admit sømething is wrong, given this is all he knows and all he has ever known. these things cause him genuine distress, it’s not fun.

they worsen or improve based on blurry’s own mental state. the worse he’s doing, the more likely he is to experience sømething or to experience more things, and the more likely he is to react badly and continue to worsen things for himself. being able to see through øthers’ eyes helps, as does having a place (such as an empty mindscape) where he can shut out the world completely to avoid things.

what doesn’t help is that for him, the likelihood of these things being real is more probable to him, considering that he himself isn’t human and experiences the world differently than humans do.

over time he has learnt methods to try to mitigate the hallucinations and delusions’ effects, but it’s difficult because of his reluctance to talk about them or accept any help from øthers, or to admit sømething is happening or affecting him in the first place. his identity is so attached to how he acts and how others perceive him, and these things don’t help him maintain that. that or he thinks he can handle it on his øwn, or that what he is experiencing is real.

normally these are strictly restricted to blurry, but if he’s particularly stressed then his host can experience them as well, but likely not to the same degree.

full list below cut:

sø full list øf hallucinations and delusions:

visual hallucinations:

- floating glowing eyes in his periphery/edges øf his vision that are watching him/løøking at him

- peoples’ eyes getting larger

- shadow people that follow him from room tø room, usually appear in corners

- seeing himself but with nø face, replaced by dripping void with the nine dots

- his hands staining things

- his hands dripping paint

- his face blurring in mirrors or photos

- seeing dogs in the distance

- seeing rabbits darting arøund

- dogs eating rabbits in the distance/dogs holding rabbits in their mouths

- the bishops appearing in corners (sometimes øne, sometimes multiple, rarely all nine) (they follow him too)

- peøple appearing as skeletons før split seconds between blinks

- peøple having nø face

- peøple having his markings/staining

auditory hallucinations:

- hearing whispers in his ears that he can’t understand what’s being said

- peøple calling his name (sometimes whispers, sometimes regular volume)

- hearing birds

- hearing a piano in the distance

øthers:

- smelling rotting flesh/decay

delusions:

- writing sømething døwn, doing sømething, ør saying sømething that he didn’t

- peøple løøking at him and judging him

- peøple wanting tø hurt him (ør having plans tø)

- tyler ør josh wanting tø hurt him (ør having plans tø)

- everyøne is dead ør he is dead

- he is rotting from the inside out

- everyøne hears or sees what he thinks

- he can’t gø outside ør gø certain places because it will kill him ør hurt him badly

- he can’t touch the floor ør touch a certain thing and if he døes he will die ør get hurt badly

- he is staining things ør peøple

- he isn’t real

as you can see i have too much time on my hands and too many brain cells bumping against one another and thinking about this creature

[meat-wentz]

some other things i have learned this year:

legitimately yeah if you want someone in your life just reach out to them. it’s scary yeah but often the reason it’s scary is just a fear of rejection and the worst that can happen is someone saying no i don’t want to be in your life and that’s okay you’ll just find a way forward, but more often than not that person is probably glad you reached out and happy to disrupt the routine of their life to fold you into it, the hurt of rejection does not outweigh the happiness of acceptance so always know it’s better to try than to not.

if you’re someone that deals with physical discomfort, find ways to incorporate comfort into your life, rather than resolving to live with that discomfort. i know there are many things that can’t be resolved, but there are things that can, and finding those things and fixing them is soooo helpful for just finding a way to live more peacefully with yourself. i spoke in my previous list post that my skin gets rather irritated and upset and makes my life just generally worse when im not attentive to it, so finding a nice gentle routine to calm it and switching out the fit and fabric of my clothes, both genuinely helped me just live in my skin more peacefully. same with my digestion, like im lactose intolerant and was like well why do i feel so bloated/bad/ill all the time, and ive now actually committed to cutting dairy from my day-to-day and have found foods that make my gut happy while not sacrificing on taste or fullness. i now eat way more and am happy to do so rather than procrastinating eating bc it made me so physically miserable to do.

practice makes perfect but perfection isn’t the end goal. i decided to practice my penmanship this year, because i’ve been unhappy with my writing for a long time and well it’s still not perfect but it’s so fun even with the hand cramps and the ink stains and it does aid in me writing more and enjoying the practice of it, slowing down, taking my time, and being proud of what ive done. it’s also a mutable practice, as most practices are, you find your style, you try out new things, you look for real world examples, you study how others do it, it changes, and so do you, there isn’t a final product, you just keep doing it because you found the way it made you happy and interested and diligent.

when you’re too tired to hang out in person, talk on the phone. i have phone calls with a couple of friends multiple times a week, just to talk about our days, what’s going on in our lives, after work im often too tired to go out, but i do have the energy to call up a friend and yap for awhile. it’s just a nice way to save up your energy when you need to while also tending to your relationships, having a laugh, and feeling warm and fuzzy when you hang up. besides that, it gets you off of that damn screen and the doom scroll waiting to happen.

accept the scary thing, welcome it, it’s just nerves. i’ve passed up on so many opportunities bc i was scared, and i regret doing so, this year was a really big year of embracing the scary thing and my life being better for it. i’d rather accept loss having at least tried than accept loss as an inevitability without even having tried. there is still time.

do more things alone. dont wait to see that movie bc you can’t find a friend to go with you, just see the movie. you’re in the dark, nobody cares, and you’ll be glad to have done it. go eat alone, nobody cares, you’ll be well fed and happy you went. learn to be with yourself for a little bit, doing a thing you want to do, rather than waiting for other people to make it valid or make you feel not alone, being alone is good sometimes, and learning to be better at it is a good skill.

on the other hand, do things you don’t want to do with someone else!! a friend and i often get together on the weekends and just run errands and do chores together, it makes the thing fun and passes the time well and warmly, go do your shopping with each other or go to the pharmacy, or run to the gas station or whatever the fuck you have to do!!!

say when you need help. people will be there to help you. no matter how scared or humiliated or sad or alone you may feel, when you ask for help, someone who loves you will be there to help you.

tell people what you like about them. i don’t think they hear it enough.

[evelili]

I just finished your Magnum Opus, and it was super great. I especially loved the Pinkie chapter (which surprised me because she’s my least favorite character!). Anyway, do you have any mlp fic recommendations?

oh boy do i have a list for you, strap in!

if you read my magnum opus writeup, you may have seen i mentioned three authors that dragged me back into mlp. if you're interested in sciset (and what's probably the most popular eqg fic on the entire site), Long Road to Friendship by Albi is a longfic that started after the first eqg movie and is a rlly lighthearted read. i don't normally care for OCs but gosh if i dont accept Albi's version of trixie's parents as canon in my heart haha. if you're interested in pony adventure fic, i also rlly liked Sunset of Time, another rlly well done longfic ive carried in my brain since i first read it xd

the second author, Monochromatic, aka the raritwi authority aka someone who has a GREAT taste in editors, has written three of the most formative longfic ive ever read: The Enchanted Library, its sequel The Enchanted Kingdom, and Crimson Lips which i unfortunately can no longer link since she's taken it down, but i believe you can still buy physically through PFP if you wanted to take a gamble on it (it would be a very good gamble). apart from her longfic though i also adore some of her shorter works, including but not limited to The Choices We Make, a really interesting Pinkie study that's definitely shaped how i view her, Your Own Worst Enemy, which is just. peak rarity content, and Injuring Eternity, which while being one of her older works still has certain passages that wreck me emotionally on sight.

and the third author responsible for my magnum opus is the one and only Aragon, who i can not only recommend for his fics but ALSO for his blog posts and comics (see the comic index on his profile for links to all of them, as well as this amazing blogpost about his neighbour that is just peak comedy). he's also the writer responsible for the banger longfic Crime and Funishment which absolutely defined my writing aspirations for a few years and is the definition of comedy if you looked it up in my heart, as well as In Hindsight, yet another banger rarity fic, and Love Is In Doom which is just bloody, silly, stupid fun (and has sunset shimmer in it)

and then if we want to talk fics i love written by other authors, Sleepless Knights by r5h has my favourite brand of scitwi written right into the margins, Administrative Angel by horizon has one of the most amazing endings to an opening chapter ive ever read AND an amazing celestia, The Best Night Ever by Capn_Chryssalid is a fandom classic with a groundhog day twist on the gala episode from s1, Side by Side by Krickis is a feel-good rarijack oneshot w a focus on lgbt (specifically trans) themes, Wax Earplugs by Reedhoarse has a dysfunctional mess of an adagio dazzle that i adore, Merge Request by FanOfMostEverything has all the scitwi/midnight shenanigans you could ask for wrapped up in the relatable content of github hell, Guppy Love by PaulAsaran is a rarijack longfic with an incredibly realistic setting and an interpretation of mermaids that i love so much, Doused Flame by heartlessons has me handshaking on the "sopping wet pathetic relatable guy" flash sentry interpretation that won me over recently, 80 Days 'Til the World's Farthest Shore by Cynewulf feels like reading a professionally published short story (and i mean that in the best of ways, it's enthralling), and finally if you'll allow me to be self-centred a bit i also am very proud of my two oneshots Heartstrings and Something About Midnights if you wanted to check em out too xd

oops long post!! im not sorry for it, i hope you can find something in here that catches your fancy (or even all of it haha), there's soooo many incredible fics in the fandom it floors me every day that i can read all these incredible works for free!!!

[majorasnightmare]

✨Let's talk about OCs!✨How would you describe your OC's personality/aesthetic? What's your favourite thing about them? Tell us a fun fact(s) about your OC or their creation

❤️Send this to at least 3 people to spread some OC appreciation!❤️

HI HIII i saw you post this about naadja 💜💜💜 im going to send this to the wonderful gay ppl in my tumblr activity YAY

obviously its dirgeposting time. in part cuz i dont have the energy today to unearth anyone else from my brain!

I am the WORST person to describe aesthetics because Im not a very visual person (im MUCH more literary) but if im going to try id say hes basically like if a rogue was a caster (which is also coincidentally what I do for all my warlocks lmao). He tends to gravitate towards high collars into open v necklines, that rogue penchant for sensible-but-form-hugging leathers but the caster influence takes those sharp leather jackets+armor and pushes it into a longer coat with a sharply tailored waist, and a sensibly fantastical amount of belts+storage. leg pouches elevate most any fantasy armor design ESPECIALLY for casters, theyre like garters to me. color scheme wise his is blue and black, tho i play around with accent colors like metallics. its really just entirely vibes

personality wise i tend to describe him as a very simple person with fun complicated reactions. hes stuck with a loaded backstory full of trauma, when he only has like strong opinions about three things MAX when not in a Plot™️. his habits and physical behaviors are loosely inspired by the weird shit wolves do when they like you, hes a weird little freak who barely shys away from Dark Urgin On Main, and if your trying to predict what he'll do using his various miscellaneous likes and dislikes, you only really have to think about three things: will he get to kill people? will someone hes close to have a strong opinion about this situation? does he actually have to engage with another person in a meaningful fashion or can he sit there and think about minthara covered in gore on ketherics throne and then give you a thumbs up to leave the interaction? this is literally the criteria i use when picking his dialogue options. hes very good at appearing complicated but the inner machinations of his mind are a gore powered fuck machine with very consistent reactions. makes answering stuff like this a BREEZE

if i had to pick a FAVORITE thing about dirge, its how blatantly weird he is, constantly. he was ironically better at passing for a normie BEFORE the lobotomy, despite being MORE fucked up. he rarely even tries to be Totally Normal, and while the weirdness is a sliding scale based on how likely it is to cause problems, he IS of the opinion that everyone hes with regularly will just kinda have to get used to it. so hes just saying odd shit, off the cuff, to everyone, constantly, and isnt invested even a little in hiding the cannibalism. its so fuckin great i adore it

fun fact! i only figured out pre lobotomy dirge and act 3 dirge were having symptoms of specifically OCD when i had a bad OCD spiral myself and ended up going through similar thought loops. up until then i was looking at his reactions to stress and trauma and considering any number of other anxiety disorders (with OCs i tend to let them breathe and react first, and diagnose retroactively). and then i remembered OCD can cause psychosis symptoms and ive literally had hallucinations because of it LMAOO. making some weird freaky little guy and thinking to myself "theres no fuckin WAY ive projected somethin onto THIS GUY" and then he has the same Vague Undefined Shrimp Color Crazy ive nebulously experienced for two decades before someone sat my ass down with a diagnosis like oh GODDAMMIT

an in character fun fact is that while he absolutely LOATHES baldurs gate proper, he really likes the chionthar river

he has picrews also 👇

[owmylasagna-blog]

14, 15, 16, 17, 18 >:3

Okay let’s do it.

14. that one thing you see in fics all the time

Making Edd the primary narrator/pov. And I get it, Edd’s voice can be really fun to write and lends itself to a range of styles while also delving into how he thinks which is interesting. But it’s often favored over other characters and over the other Eds which I think is just a symptom of Edd being a fan favorite. I also totally get that a lot of fans relate really heavily to Edd too, which fair, but then we miss out on exploring motivations and perspectives of the other titular characters!

15. that one thing you see in fanart all the time

Gotta agree with @doubledyke on this one: giving the Eds real hair rather than line hair in adult designs. I’d honestly say I see a 50/50 split on this, with myself being guilty towards team hair most of the time. Or insisting on making either Eddy or Edd blonde - I personally don’t see it, maybe unless Eddy got some frosted tips 💅 And I know I’m supposed to be “choosing violence” but I do enjoy when people integrate their HCs when it comes to accessories (piercings, nail polish) or smaller physical features (like dimples or beauty marks or scars).

16. you can't understand why so many people like this thing (characterization, trope, headcanon, etc)

Eh I think many of the M/M ships still have super entrenched top/bottom or dom/sub tropes. Kevedd was the worst perpetrator of this but eddeddy hasn’t always been that much better. People really want Edd to be submissive 👀 have you seen the show?? And maybe it’s just me but I can’t think of a single real relationship where those lines are drawn so solidly… so not something I find realistic nor do I think it’s substantiated at all by what we know the character dynamics to really be like - a lot more push and pull, more complexity, more flexibility!

17. there should be more of this type of fic/art

Im shipping trash so selfishly I need more eddeddy

But for real, I’d love more fan exploration of the Kankers or Nazz. It’s unfortunate that the show keeps their characters fairly shallow but that also means there is a lot of room to create work that delves more into their lives, personalities, interests, etc. I’m gonna out myself for writing a bad fic ages ago where Nazz and the Kankers sort of strike up the start of a friendship because they never interact in canon. Truly maybe one of the few pieces of eene fan content that passed the Bechdel that wasn’t Nazzarie (I don’t hate nazzarie, but yknow)

18. it's absolutely criminal that the fandom has been sleeping on...

already did it… But also I feel like the folks I follow now are way better about this, but making Edd WEIRD or UNLIKABLE! He’s into BRAIN SURGERY and SOCKS! He can be really RUDE and BITCHY! Or the Bible note that he is prone to crushes gets glossed over A LOT. Like let him be strange and have really awkward crushes and write bad poetry and also obsess over special interests that are low key disturbing or gross (:

[hypotheticalobjectshow]

rating all of my hyperfixations/special interests that i can remember cause im bored :3 (from oldest to newest) (this is a very long one)

cats: 10/10 has been with me since i can remember and became a normal thing im very fond of now :3 i have a huge collection of cat themed stuff

frozen: 4/10 this lasted for WAAAAY too long. from 2013 till 2018 (a HUGE chunk of my childhood), i didnt care abt anything else besides some other hyperfixations

pocoyo: 8/10 lasted a while but i honestly do not remember anything about it. js know i was obsessed for a little while?? might have been before frozen idk

tangled: 7/10 nice movie and it didnt last too long!!

sing: 4/10 dont remember anything. liked the porcupine girl i think

vocaloid: 10/10 same thing as cats, very fond of it despite not listening to it as much as i used to :3 2017 till 2023, includes all of the WORST years of my life but i like it too much to deduct points

nyan cat: 9/10 based

mlp dark stories: 4/10 iconic but i was like. WAY too young to watch stuff like this. thankfully didnt ever see smile :33 didnt understand most of what i saw tbh, sometimes a vid appears on my fyp and im just like 😦

fnaf: 4/10 physically cringe remembering this,,,,,, brazilian reference but the glmm "a animatronic" (the animatronic translating) marked my life for some reason. its actually really bad LMFAO

undertale: 8/10 i only watched one playthrough for the neutral route, it was from a youtuber i liked :33 stronger than you and that one underverse sans christmas vid galore

gacha: 6/10 good times!! it was nice projecting into those protags that also got bullied but became happy and had friends later, i always hoped it ended the same for me back in rhe day (i guess it kinda did :3) this went from 2017 till 2021 (some of the worst years of my life) so i deducted points

danganrompa: 3/10 still love fangames (drdt and p:eg specifically) but the base game sucked ngl,,,, cool concept tho

harry potter: 0/10 fuck jk rowling

the promised neverland: 6/10 oh god this was INTENSE. i have a painting of tpn in my room to this day and looking at it brings back WAY too many memories, manga was way better im glad old me thought so too :3 emma was my lesbian awakening for some reason??? looking back it was probably anna from frozen but i was too young to understand anything

asoue: 8/10 forgot most of it but its a really good series!! books are quite different from the show i think

crk: 8/10 the golden ages,,,,, didnt last long, comes back periodically but its too tiring to play with the god awful meta so it always fades rly quickly

kny: 5/10 i dont like it anymore but it was nice??? i have a shinobu plushie rotting in my closet

saiki k: 8/10 still like it :3 watching it 4 times was kinda overkill tho

she-ha: 3/10 i dislike it now but still had alot of fun!! thats what matters

rhythm games (mainly pjsk): 7/10 i got some issues with my hands that cause alot of pain when i play it recently so i stopped playing them but im still kinda fond of it, the absolute joy of doing a fc will never be forgotten :3 also some of the worst years of my life tho. tbf 2018-2023 was AWFUL but its too many years i cant keep deducting points LMFAO

my own pjsk au: 4/10 cool concept but BADLY written. good lord its so badly executed i might rewrite it out of spite.. I WROTE IT DIRECTLY ON AO3.

b99: 8/10 that was a fun show!! one of the only series ive ever rewatched but it was just once unlike saiki k :3

heathers: 8/10 my introduction to musicals!! shout out to my girl luiza for telling me to stop procrastinating and watch it, spammed her with "heather heather heather and someone" vids at the time

rtc: 7/10 honestly the cast recording sucks so i grew out of it fast, constance my beloved

hatchetverse: 9/10 ily starkid!! met my dearest oomfie emy-needssleep when it started and made her get into it, making a friend who shares my interest in musicals is AMAZING tysm emy!!

ii: 8/10 my introduction to the osc!! really glad it happened even if im not big in the fandom anymore

c2bc: 4/10 oh god. colethegeek didnt build his female characters at all and its kind of a hard watch but the hyperfixation rose tinted glasses didnt let me see any flaws until cole got cancelled and it died,,,, lead the way boyfriend! (shoutout to incense for being atleast decent and to yearbook for having a cool design!!)

gravity falls: 10/10 still here :3 i miss august last year 💔💔 also saw some old fandom stuff in 2016 but i liked cartoon network more than disney channel so i never actually touched it despite being really curious about it until BoB released

epic: 8/10 thanks emy!!

hos: 10/10 still here!! do i even need to explain this? yall watched me descend into hyperfix into special interest live

theres more but i cant remember so yeah :3

I still find it so funny how the first ask you sent was like. hi I like this comic! I like snail shell :3 and then it just escalated from there

so many of these are so real. I love tangled…

[shreddeddescent]

(Daisy Chain Guy)

You say it was 'engineered precisely' and yet one of the four still ended up with chronic pain that wasn't compensated for in any way by the fitness/strength/healing boost at all. Man, Stockman fucked up royally on that front, heh.

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Would normal human trans man testostorone even work on Raph and start making him feel better in the slightest, or would the biology just not work?

i mean i said carefully. and its just. like thats something he was born with. i didnt say he missed basic things like the fact people can be disabled sometimes. im still not sure if they were all mutated at the same time or if maybe their ages are like when they were mutated, maybe he got it super careful the first time and less good when he did the twins? not sure, dont wanna write myself in a corner. but also like...... you know you cant always CONTROL how a person turns out. its very eugenics-y to try. which is why shredder DID. you know? plus that adds to just..... shredder being such an asshole to donnie about him making it all up. 'i didnt waste any resources you are simply lazy'. but hes wrong. he couldnt actually control that part of him. but i also think donnie is able to put up with a lot more of his pain than would be reasonable in a human. if that makes sense.

pfffffft thats a good question but the thing is like. in human standards raph doesnt come off like a girl. theres a reason it took so long for his dad to notice. a reason casey had no fucking clue till he said it to her. like in "human" gender terms raphs voice is no higher than his brothers, i think you can obviously see hes got no extra curves on him. turtles have no body hair nor facial hair, they dont do human periods. human dysphoria isnt something he really has, outside of only being 5 feet tall. and testosterone doesnt help with that.

it is really only in a turtley sense that he gives off any female sex characteristics. and i have a hard time believing it might help with his egg problem? thats not to say yokai dont have their own gender affirming care for that kind of thing, but like. raph IS half human. so i dont know.

but its really a case of like... the turtles really SEEM the same as each other. like ive got jennika and venus roaming around as two actual girl turtles. while venus is small thats not because shes female its her own body issues. i dont think her voice is higher than the boys, shes obviously also got no curves, shes scrawny as hell. and with jennika, shes trans too. shes said people dont always see her as a girl but its mainly a gender performance problem cuz shes butch and she likes being butch. she could try to come off more feminine which would help yokai assume she was a girl, but she'd rather be herself. and not all yokai are assholes, they are simply staying around the worst ones.

the turtles REALLY all seem like the same physical gender unless you know where to look. which humans dont, but yokai do, if that makes any sense. theyre all freaks no matter what, its mainly just.... raph taking all those little things to heart because of the *gesturing vaguely towards shredder* *gesturing vaguely to leo making fun of him as a way to cope* you know? to them gender is so much more LEARNED than anything else. so i dont know how much anything would actually help him.

what really matters is just having people validate that he IS a man. he does actually look JUST like kirby, who seems like the most masculine a turtle can look to them all. hes just too self loathing to be able to look past it all. trauma, you know.

[ajokeformur-ray]

I have celiac too possibly (we at least know I can't tolerate gluten and if it gets in my system my joints hurt, I'm fatigued, mood issues, etc.) They now say 1 in 100 people are being diagnosed (used to be 1 in 10000 i believe?). And even the number i have could be old

I feel so much better off gluten that I don't necessarily mind, but I also would change it if I could. I crave foods I cant eat. My joints still hurt at times without gluten, but I cant confirm its related. I've been invited to so many places and then get told "oh sorry" because the people "forgot" and all I could eat was ice. My own boyfriend, ex now, told me it was too high maintenance. I would absolutely change it.

The thing i miss most is food. Auntie Anne's pretzels are one of them. I've made good alternative cinnamon rolls and baked goods so im ok there. But never a good enough pretzel

Oh, nonnie🫂

That sounds like coeliacs disease to me too (or at the VERY least, gluten sensitivity). If I get it in my system, which is admittedly rare for me because I’m borderline paranoid about my food because I know what’s gonna happen to me if I’m complacent and I’d like to avoid that at absolutely ALL costs, then it’s a special kind of hell. I could literally develop cancer just from having gluten in my system one (1) time. It’s terrifying.

I understand, being diagnosed with coeliacs disease freed me from the worst physical pain I’ve ever felt, but it also made my life so much harder. Even feeling better on a gluten-free diet, this disease has so many complications and I have to have blood tests every six months to make sure I’m as healthy as I can be for someone with an autoimmune disease, and most days I don’t even think about it because I’m so used to it. But this morning I woke up angry and upset and grieving, so I needed to vent about it; which is why I made that post.

I feel like the social isolation and exclusion isn’t something people think about when they invite people with coeliacs disease or other food allergies out to eat; we don’t WANT to live like this but we have to, and it’s very lonely and expensive and painful. I’m so sorry you’ve had those experiences. I’ve had people do similar or they’ve offered to accommodate for me and buy gluten free food, and then complain while I’m eating it how expensive it is and it’s such a “bother” and it just ruins everything and makes me feel guilty so now I tend to just turn down social invitations because I’d have more fun at home on my own. I’m so sorry your ex-boyfriend told you it was high maintenance?!!! What an ass!!! You deserved better, I’m so sorry nonnie🫂

Your Auntie’s pretzels sound amazing!! My grandmother makes amazing sausage rolls which I loved as a child and I’ll forever mourn I can’t have them anymore. I miss food. I mourn all the foods I’ll never get to try.💔

[shingetsu-online]

THIS.

rant under cut

i'm 13 and still live with my parents. my mom is ok morally/very nice but strict occasionally and i feel like she's the only person i can really trust in my immediate family. my dad is an asshole imo. cannot be all to me without yelling / making fun of me. always wanting to know what im doing all the time and constantly threats me, saying he's either going to hospitalize me again, take away my devices [most of the times my tablet, my only way to text people INCLUDING my mom since i can't have a phone], or both. hes also incredibly republican blah blah blah. my younger sister kinda hates me mainly because i'm clingy but i can respect that. my grandpa [maternal] is the person i can talk to about my issues with my dad because he isn't biased, opposed to my mom, who is, but atleast she understands that my dad does a lot of stupid shit.

around when the quarantine started, my period started for the first time [i'm a ftm trans guy pre everything] and that was when i started to form social skills [around 9/10 years old] so it messed me up mentally going through all of that at the same time. i started going behind my parents' backs on discord, twitter, and now tumblr just so i can avoid getting yelled at while connecting with people who have similar interests as i do. starting a few years ago[2020-2021 ish] , my mom started to block all unrequested apps/websites on all of my devices, as well as adding parental controls on all of my devices [except my 3ds]. she's very aware about me being trans/ace, and supports me but is kind of confused. on the other hand, i have not told my dad because i'm genuinely afraid of him/what he's going to do/how he's going to react due to him abusing me physically when i was around 3. he doesn't remember anything about it, but i remember [most of] what happened. we also live in [south] florida, the state with the worst trans laws currently [19th november 2023] in the united states of america. i'm planning on cutting all contact with my dad as soon as i move out.

[julietasgf]

I have many ideas for the latam au, but I will answer that later or tomorrow because TODAY IS MARCH 15 JULI.

IT'S THE IDES OF MARCH. THE PERFECT TIME TO TELL YOU ABOUT RAFFLES - and to betray Caesar- 😈

I've been debating with myself whether I should try to summarize it or would it be more useful to send you a post that explained the plot but I have a terrible physical and psychological need to talk about Raffles when asked, so I'm sorry you'll have to endure verbal vomit about these books but before I lose my mind about the cricket boys, I'll lose my mind about your ocs ~

🥰 Vienna!!! My love!!! She sounds so interesting. I really wanted to know more about the journalist, so appreciated getting to know some of her background. Oh buddy, you can feel her frustration, as she tries to escape the dramatic world of racing only to end up stuffed to the bottom jsjsjs literal in a rabbit hole but she won't be able to complain about the lack of gossip

Oh and I read about Rodri. Im fine :)))) I haven't suffered any emotional damage that will leave sequels for life *I'm going to cry next to Ale for the rest of my days*

I only knew him for a couple of days but DAMN I didn't expect to lose him like that, Rodri didn't deserve to leave 😭😭😭😭 (not complaining tho, I actually love the angst and the idea of Ale spending the rest of his days affected by the love he lost AFTER THEY RECONCILIATED 👌 it's BRILLIANT AND TRAGIC)

And I appreciate that you told me what happened between them... I can only say that oh boi I need to hug Ale, at the end of the road he took the worst part although he had a good part of the blame in the argument doesn't take away that his lifetime trauma will not be taken away by anyone and oh poor Rodri, he also had his part of the blame but I can't imagine how much it must have hurt at the moment to realize that Ale wanted him in his shadow although yes it was very dramatic on his part to crash, f1 guys can't fight like normal boyfriends, they have to destroy their cars and put their lives at risk 😭

About the 2000s guys: IM GIGGLIN to the fact that THE STORIES ARE CONNECTING, EVEN IF IT'S SUCH A SMALL DETAIL AS ANDREA END UP ON ALE'S TEAM!!!!

🙏🙏🙏🙏 Andrea is an easy going it kid, vibe of be the sun, charming, friendly but full of pressure (and guilt) to be somebody because of his parents' sacrifice to support him in his career? THATS MY KIND OF GUY, he is my babygirl now. Im protecting him, I WILL FIGHT FOR HIM AND HIS HAPINESS

Also me: but Kimi kinda slay you know?

I LOVE THE MYSTERY, I LOVE THAT HE HAS A HORRIBLE RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS PARENTS -I know that sounds bad JSJSJJS BUT I MEAN THE CONCEPT-, I LOVE THAT HE IS FULL OF SECRETS AND THAT HE IS SUCH A PERFECT CONTRAST FOR ANDREA.

Btw although I'm really worried about Kimi's fate because you mentioned "he doesn't mind risking his life" and because he has substance addiction issues *panics* 😊

ABOUT DUNE 💖💖💖💖💖

I HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK EITHER FOR THE SAME REASONS. I SIMPLY BELIEVE DUNE MUST BE READ ON PAPER 🥺, it's worthy of that honor and other than that I read too much pdf already because of college. I need a break when I read something for fun even though I spoiled some things hehehehe

I LOVED THE FIRST MOVIE TOO. A lot of people say it's boring but I thought it was amazing, I can rewatch it a million times and never get tired of it because it's a visual and sound delight 😔🙏

Every day I confirm more and more that one of these days I must read and watch GOT, (I only saw the house of dragon; rhaelicent my beloved) jsjsjsjsjs but I guess you mean the wonderful political plot, and if that's it I agree that it's one of the best done and most interesting aspects that Dune has

Part 2 did not disappoint, Chani my girlfriend, I will treat her right 🥺💜, I really liked that we finally got to meet her, and that while she is Paul's love interest, she is her own person with her own ideals that she is true to. While it broke my heart to see her leave so disappointed, I was so glad that she was able to go her own way ah

OH BOI PAUL. 😭 I have a huge love- hate on him. I guess you've also seen these "my twink boyfriend turns bad" memes where people compare him to Anakin and Coriolanus; and while I see the similarities I think out of the three, Paul is the only one I'm a more willing to defend than the other two. The boy was born without much autonomy over his destiny - and body - and genuinely fought against the idea of being the messiah for the fremen because he was well aware that this was a bene g. project, and that he had no right to intentionally feed the lie any further. And his visions, they were terrifying and you could see the fear Paul felt for them: he really didn't want to unleash a war and was so willing to listen to Chani and fight by her side BUT WELL :)))) WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED AND YES I THINK THAT WAS THE WORST PART.

THE NERVE HE HAD TO SAY HE WAS MARRYING THE PRINCESS IN FRONT OF CHANI (and I think he had told her he loved her before, right?, UGHHHH WHAT MAKE IT WORSE)

The good news is that I have heard that most likely we will have a third part that will tie together all the loose threads that were left. I hope Chani ends well and that maybe she kicks Paul's ass <3

Now it's time.

The time has come *thunder my fingers* let's talk about Cricket AND CRIME!!!!

You should know that before my TBOSAS - Sejanus fever, my blog and my fics and my everything, was dedicated to Sherlock Holmes (the books please, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE BOOKS BECAUSE MY DETECTIVE HAS BEEN TREATED VERY BADLY BY THE ADAPTATIONS), and it was thanks to Sherlock Holmes that I discovered my cricket boys:

AJ Raffles and Bunny Manders!!!!

Pd: Here I leave another post saying why you should read these books

The connection between them and Holmes is that Arthur Conan Doyle's brother-in-law, Ernest Hornung, was inspired by Holmes and Watson when he make Raffles and Bunny and these stories also share a very close temporality (end of 19 century) to the one existing in Holmes stories

But let's begin:

The plot follows the association of Bunny Manders (Bunny is not his name, it's a nickname) with the infamous Arthur J. Raffles, the amateur cracksman.

Bunny and Raffles attended school together, but their paths diverged when Raffles (who is older than Bunny) graduates, until the two meet again years later and end up becoming partners in crime (and maybe they are partners not just in a particular type of crime, laws against homosexuality were a thing at the time...👀)

AJ Raffles is a famous cricketer. He is charming, handsome, and brilliant. He has a reputation for being rich and moving among exclusive high society circles but it's all a facade, because in reality he's broke, doesn't earn a penny playing cricket and can flaunt his luxurious lifestyle because he's a jewel thief. He steals from wealthy people in the exclusive circles he moves in.

And the story narrated by Bunny who has an anxious, nervous, fragile and intense personality. Who is an aspiring journalist and occasional poet, tells us about what he calls his "fall from virtue." (Although as someone who has already read the books, I can tell you that it is Bunny's recounting of the most important person in his life: Raffles)

Bunny is an unreliable narrator <3 I should clarify tha. It's fascinating to see how fickle his memory of Raffles (who we know only through his eyes). There are 3 books made up of short stories:

1. The Amateur Cracksman

2. The Black Mask

3. A Thief in the Night

All by E. W Hornung

You can read them on a page called Raffles redux, on Project Gunterbeng or there is a project called Letters from Bunny where they will send the stories to your email

WARNING: THEY WERE WRITTEM IN THE 1890s BY A BRITISH AUTHOR, I think that pretty much sums up the flaws and criticisms of the text although it is an interesting study of the dynamics of the social classes in London at the turn of the century and a glimpse into the criminal world of the time.

Ah yes, the reunion of Bunny and Raffles. The first story in the saga takes place on March 15 and is called:

The Ides of March

🤭

HELLOOO AND HAPPY IDES OF MARCH!!!! (1 day later tho, but still 😭)

(and also, can't wait to hear your ideas for the latam au, bc I'm this 🤏 close to asking you if I can write something abt it bc it's driving me CRAZY)

KSLSKLKS noooo don't say you're sorry, first bc I love hearing when ppl are passionate abt something, second bc I LOVE anything related to sports, and knowing now it's also related to crime and sherlock holmes made me even more interested!!! (but before let me answer abt my silly little guys)

poor vienna, all she wanted was to get out from the formula 1 world somehow because she knows abt how the drama is insufferable, and now she's deeper than ever, you can almost hear her screaming into the void and trying to explode her mom with her mind 😭 BUT at least she starts getting interested because it's really bizarre how the cycle never ends and just keeps going on and on

I'M SORRY ABT RODRI 😭😭😭 but welcome to the "mourning over rodrigo" club, founded by alejandro himself!! rodrigo deserved much better, even though his death was mostly a terrible accident. he was such a young driver with such a bright future ahead... and plus, he just reconciliated with alejandro, he missed him so much. things were fine. they were, really. also, it's worth saying that after this, alejandro spent the rest of his career as a team principal trying to reinforce the security for drivers and proposing changes to make it safer. each time a crash happened on the racetrack, that man was on the verge of fainting. and the worse is that... he could only think abt how things could've been different. maybe if alejandro was more mature, or if he listened to rodrigo, or if he tried to talk to him much before that crash... would it still happen? it's all so tragic (and that's why I made it that way ☝️

ale definitely got the worst, that man got a trauma for LIFE. racing was his passion, before rodrigo died he didn't intend to stop any soon, but after his death, he couldn't get inside a car without panicking. and things just weren't the same anymore, you know? he tried to go out in dates with other people, but he couldn't move on, he felt too guilty, he felt too bad about it ("trends change, rumors fly through new skies, but I'm right where you left me"). rodrigo was so hurt atp, because he believed alejandro wanted him alongside him, not below him; alejandro was treating him more like a decoration than anything and it HURT. but yeah, these two guys should've gone to therapy instead of risking their lives, racing boyfriends really are the worst 😭

(it's so funny what you said abt f1 guys not fighting like normal boyfriends and instead crashing their cars bc this actually happened a couple of times in real lifeKSLSKLSKLKLKS)

YESSSS THE STORIES ARE CONNECTED!!! :D that's also how vienna have it easy to be able to talk to these guys, because everyone kind of knows everyone somehow

ANDREA IS SO SWEET 😭😭😭 he's a sunshine, rlly. like, I always say that rodrigo is the devil, but tbf him and alejandro are kind of made for each other (nobody else would be able to stand them). but andrea is such a sweet guy who was unlucky to be teammates with kimi, from all people. he got a heart of gold, just wants to help and to not disappoint his parents after everything (he doesn't know they are already so proud of him, like, their son is a FORMULA 1 DRIVER, this is already so awesome!!!)

I love kimi so muchKSLSKLSK his whole character is just so fun, even though he's a prick. and yesssss in almost every single aspect, he's a foul to andrea!!! but at the same time, they have a lot in common (ahem, being so insecure about themselves and failing people around them, feeling alone while being surrounded of people, and, ofc, their unconditional love for racing and how it's their life).

(since you asked, and also because I can't keep my mouth shut... I particularly find kimi's fate to be more cruel than rodrigo's. he didn't die on the racetrack. atp of the story, kimi and andrea had a better relationship, and andrea knew more abt his secrets and some of kimi's reasons. kimi had just won this year's championship. he was supposed to be celebrating with the team, after all, they all worked so hard for it. but andrea notices kimi isn't around. he's worried, he knows kimi, he knows abt kimi's deal with his parents. he decided to go to kimi's hotel room. he found kimi so high, so drunk. andrea helped kimi clean up and they had an emotional talk, even though kimi was not sober. andrea promised he would help kimi, that kimi wouldn't need to go back to his parents again. he put kimi to sleep and left the hotel. the next day, andrea woke up with countless calls on his cellphone. kimi eriksen had died from an overdose on his hotel room during the night.)

BUT OKAY, LET'S TALK ABT DUNE, MY BELOVED:

YESSSSS dune is that book to be full of post-its and highlights, I CAN'T read that book on digital 😭 KLSKLSKLS ans yeaaaah absolutely, when you read too much pdf for college, it's just authomatic your brain will associate it with studying, while reading physical books become more associated with fun (plus, this is more personal now, but I love scribbling on my books, can't do that on digital)

yesssss I get why people say it's boring (it's rlly slow), but the worldbuilding is just so nice + it's gorgeous visually + LETO ATREIDES IS IN IT OKAY IT'S ENOUGH FOR ME. idc if it's boring, I would watch it 100 times for that man.

(pls read got, it's so worth it, even though I think we as a fandom collectively accepted we'll never get the ending 🙏)

((and also NO WAY YOU LIKE RHAELICENT TOO, THESE ARE MY GIRLS 😭 you know that when I prefer the adaptation rather than the original work it's bc they did something right, and when it's related to alicent and rhaenyra, I like the tv show sooooo much better actually, they gave so much more depht to their relationship which is basically non-existent in the book))

save me chani.... chani save me.... and yes!!!! I remember that everyone was so excited during the first dune bc of zendaya, but when it actually premiered, there was like 10 minutes of her in the whole movieKLSKSLSKL but I'm so glad we got to know her bc she's such an interesting character!!! and it's just like you said, she's actually her own character, and it's just really refreshing seeing this and seeing how they decided to wrap up her arc (specially in a science fiction franchise)

PAUL WAS SOMETHING ELSE. from the three, he's actually the one I genuinely like as a person; imo, I feel like he tried to resist until the very end, that was not what he wanted. he only gave in when he felt like there was no other choice, specially after the whole thing with the harkonnens..... that's what hurts the most regarding paul, I actually LIKED him. anakin and coriolanus, we knew who these guys were, we knew their end, we knew what was going to happen. but paul? we could have this hope that things would be different, that he could choose or change things. but... yeah, things end the way they do and I felt betrayed over a characterkslsklsk 😭

NAHHHHHHH HE WAS SO WRONG FOR THAT, SRSLY, I was so happy chani left at the end of the movie because she deserves so much better 😭 (I know things in the book are different, but in this case I'm willing to block my ears and go LALALALALA to pretend that only the movie exists)

and yessssss!!! from what I've searched, the first book ends exactly where the movie ended, but the little change of chani leaving can actually make such a big change on the story, and I'm really interested to know where this will lead (and plus, there's the whole thing with paul's little sister, which is also another loose end I'm excited to know more abt).

but now: CRICKET!!!!

buddie, I've seen some of your reblogs abt raffles and bunny, and I was like "oh, this reminds me of sherlock holmes a bit, the aesthetic and all" (even tho I've never read sherlock holmes, I could recognize the close temporality) and I kept wondering if the stories were connected, like some thrillers' I've read, that are on the same universe but with different characters, sometimes with the same detective, so I thought this was the case.

I'm kinda shocked to discover that its setting is about cricketLSKSLSKSLKS I WOULD'VE NEVER EXPECT THIS, AND I LOVE IT

(also, I've read the post, it won me at "it will KILL YOU" and "the incredible adventures of two broke idiots", specially because I myself am a broke idiot, so I related)

I like the concept of this so much???? first because, again, SPORTS, second because it's also mixed with crimes and aaaaaa it sounds so cool 😭 raffles sounds like a demon, I already love him (every generation have their own saltburn /jk). bunny sounds relatable (cries in crippling anxiety language) and the fact that not only he's an unreliable narrator, but we also only know raffles from his pov is really interesting, idk, there's something fascinating abt never rlly knowing a character bc you only know them from a sole point of view...

tysm for telling me abt it and also for telling me where to read it, I'm already writing down to read it ✍️ (I just can promise to read it soon bc I have a pile of books which are here for MONTHS and just today I came back to reading again 😭 BUT I'll definitely read it, the mix of crimes and sports got me hooked + the gay undertones too ofc, but tbf there's nothing gayer than sports)

(also the fact that their reunion is on the IDES OF MARCH, why do I get a feeling that this is not going to end very well for one of them? 🤠)

[savethepinecones]

4, 13 (bakugo), 10

ooh thisll be fun

4: do you have a notp in your fandom? are they a popular otp?

oh boy im about to get absolutely destroyed but tododeku. i dont read established relationships much and i prefer lots of drama but the vibe i get from tododeku is theyd get together without much hassle so i just have no interest

13: unpopular opinion about bakugou?

ohhhh boy. i dont think theres anything i can say about him that hasnt been said before. the fandom has analyzed him to hell and back and honestly i think theyve got a pretty good grasp on his character at this point so i dont think any of my headcanons would really qualify here....

i think the biggest thing would be that i think he gets too much focus in the fandom. yeah hes the foil for the mc and hes had probably the most character growth out of everyone but there are other characters yall can obsess over smh.

also i think hes much more up front about how he feels than hes portrayed as a lot of the time. the shit he keeps to himself is either stuff hes still figuring out or stuff he feels guilty about but even in the case of the latter it comes up sooner rather than later (deku vs kacchan 2 for example). once he knows how he thinks/feels he doesnt really hide it. i think a lot of the time in fics he tends to keep things pent up or is sometimes a bit tsundere but honestly i think hes much more straightforward than that. hes not afraid of consequences because he very much believes he can overcome anything with enough effort so hes going to say what he thinks and deal with the results as they come up.

ngl though most of the fic i read is shippy stuff so this may not apply in non-romantic scenarios

10: most disliked arc? why?

the pre-ua arc. mostly because the only characters we see are all might deku and bakugou and im more invested in the dynamics of the class as a whole.

early bakugou is The Worst and while i think showing that is important in order to establish how he grows as the series goes on, its not something that i especially care to rewatch. i think looking back on cringey middle school times is always difficult for me irl or otherwise so its not really a complaint about bakugou specifically but yeah.

as for all might i frankly disagree with a lot of his views on being a hero and this is when most of them are established. every time i watch this i just want to argue with him lol

and with deku tbh im just not super a fan of him??? i think part of it is because a lot of his behavior thats emphasized in canon is stuff that i personally struggle with (his tendency to worry about others to the point that he completely neglects himself for one) and while overall i think this is something the series discourages i also want to shake him and scream at him every time he does this stuff. please value yourself small green child. (also all might encourages the self sacrificing stuff and sees it as a sign of being a True Hero and this is an excellent example of what i was talking about in the previous paragraph.)

also its always kinda bothered me that the initial couple episodes are all deku trying to become a hero without a quirk but a) hes not actually doing anything to get closer to his goal (unless you count the analysis of other heroes) like he knows he wouldnt be able to rely on a quirk but hes not even trying to figure out any more obtainable alternatives hes just saying "i want to do this thing" and then not putting any effort in until all might offers to train him. meanwhile characters who are equally committed to the same goal (bakugou and todoroki for example, although todorokis situation is complicated what with endeavor being The Worst and all) are training themselves physically in addition to strengthening their quirks. i would consider deku to be more on par with characters like kirishima who didnt commit to the hero thing until their last year of junior high but that just doesnt match up with the emphasis by both deku himself and the narrative that he has always really wanted to become a hero.

also the whole "i want to become a hero even though i dont have a quirk" thing gets resolved by him just. getting a quirk?? idk i feel like bnha toys with the idea of addressing quirkless discrimination but always just handwaves it away. like oh this character wants to do something that historically has never been achieved by someone with his disability. the resolution is that he no longer has the disability.

also in the case of touya it talks about his experience having a quirk thats incompatible with his body and how that affects him and shapes him but then it just gets kinda pushed aside by endeavors influence on the situation and instead of talking about how touya was affected by a bad home life and struggling with disability and being unable to accept his limits, it just becomes "endeavor was bad at dealing with the situation and then touya became a villain" idk it just keeps skirting around this stuff that i think is important from both a world building perspective and also applicable to actual things that irl people deal with but ultimately it just dismisses it as unimportant. like objectively saying "hey the mc is considered disabled and then in chapter three is magically no longer disabled" is a dick move. yes he struggles with adjusting but like?? the emphasis was on the disability and then it immediately just removed that factor and moved on to a New Problem (oh no the quirk is Too Awesome) (because he didnt bother to do any sort of training or anything to reach his goal until all might was in the picture)

i went on a big tangent but tldr a lot of the problems i have with bnha are especially emphasized in the first five episodes or so and because of that and my lack of interest in the characters with the most screen time (sorry deku stans) i just cant stand the "training to get into ua" arc

thanks for sending the ask! i had a lot of fun talking about this and also spent way too much time on it lol