#anon fray

[traffic-series-after-life]

ranchers are probably the most peaceful option, yeah. start them off . . . calmer, if not necessarily calm. save the divorce quartet and the secret soulmates for later

~fray

sl Cleo: divorce quartet???

dl Pearl: i told you there was drama..lets just head to the ranch

[sleepless-in-starbucks]

h-hewwo?? ówò

nice try but i know how this one goes *drowns you in a cave*

[witchlingcirce]

What do you think will happen to Clace in TWP?

I am a really adamant supporter of the fact that none of the tmi cast will die. And I WILL continue to support that notion!!!

In all honesty?? I don’t really know!! I got an ask once saying that they thought that Janus’s actions would be blamed on Jace, which would be a parallel to how he was treated in city of ashes.

I see a lot of Clary getting kidnapped theories, but I also kind of like the idea that Janus can never get to clary. Like he will never be that close to her again- he had his Clary and it messed up.

But, I’m sure whatever it is may be likely to get solved in black volume of the dead. TWP has too many plots and too many villains in so little time 😫

[fisherrprince]

Okay so okay so hmmm. The "shadow" of the Dark Knight is meant to be some representation of a part of one's soul, specifically the darker emotions and reflections of oneself, so would Alisaie's be Alphinaud since they're twins? Someone she constantly compares herself to and finds herself Lacking In Relation To Him (In her own mind, he is smarter, he is kinder, he is more rational, he Knows What To Do More Than Her), which would force her to slowly learn that You Are Good Enough As You Are Alie-

grabs you slowly pulls you towards my wip folder looks around. it looks like wol. it looks like the wol the strongest the best the winner until they confront it and it changes shape into just alisaie, just herself she’s competing with. the wol pushes her to be better, she pushes herself to be more. the wol is what she wants in a teacher. herself is what she needs to confront

[blindmagdalena]

genuine question, was antony singling out the racist comments to like or was he just clicking like on every comment without reading them? not excusing his behavior i just wonder if that was intentional or a really bad mistake.

well, he didn’t like the comment asking why he was liking racist comments. he also doesn’t have a history of spam liking his comment section afaik. now, if it was an honest mistake, he needs to address that directly instead of just limiting comments and acting like he didn’t (intentionally or not) contribute to the public mocking of a black woman.

edit: the racist comments have been removed. he definitely does read the comments, though.

[rewritingcanon]

It irks me that people wanted Harry to put Remus' name on his son Babes, that man was avoidant as fuck throughout Harry's whole life. He wasn't even going to tell him that he knew his dead parents or that he was their friend (I'm talking about book!Remus, so I'm not considering that scene of them in PoA real). And after that, he never tried to be present in Harry's life, which I understand since he suffered a lot of hardships from being a werewolf but still!!! The closest Harry and Remus ever became was in book 7 after Harry called his bullshit and didn't fall into Remus' manipulation (the "It's what your father would've want, Harry"). Please, imagine being scolded by a 17 yo for leaving your pregnant wife and unborn child...burn I get why people hate Harry's name choosing, but Albus makes more sense and also Ginny would love an antique name so she would be 100% on board with that. And I hate the Severus too but well I support Harry's rights and wrongs (even if it's more the author's fault than his own). Side note: The name is bad but every other alternative I've encountered is WORSE.

yeah i was thinking this but i wasn’t gonna be the one to say it 😭 i think people overestimate how close those two were thanks to fanon. like yes harry definitely loved him but nothing bro did warranted getting a child named after him.

and i agree, i think the second son being named after dumbledore makes sense for harry but sliding snape into that had to be just honest to god fan service LMAO

[fraternum-momentum]

Welcome back, blueberry girl!! 💙🩵💖

-🦤

New flavors dropped, can you give them kisses too?

[thecrackshipdiaries]

Katherine McNamara and Leighton Meester

Requested: Anon

[ask-torne-and-frayed]

Do you like pineapple on pizza?

Agree to disagree.

[sincericida]

the term babygirl has been ruined by SNL, I’m calling cute 40-50 year old men mamacitas now.

HAHAHASJKJKS This term "babygirl" is not applicable to anybody. It requires a specific appearance and a state of mind. Andrew, for example, is a big babygirl, even at 40:

You have the guts to say it’s not? *-*

Update: anon agrees

[fountainpenguin]

What's your fav [or one of your favorite] scenes in Frayed Knots and/or Origin of the Pixies?

Thanks for the Ask!

One of my favorite Origin chapters is Chapter 42, "The Unicorn Years." Sanderson is finally an adult and it shows in how he sticks up for himself and calls H.P. out on his procrastination habits. He's no longer the suck-up he used to be, and their duality is great:

I lay across my desk, hands grasping the far side. That's what I was doing when Sanderson pinged in. "How much have you written, sir?" he asked primly. He didn't try to suggest he'd been pushy and overbearing this morning, but the milkshake in his hand was a peace offering. That was obvious enough. "Um…" I looked down. "I have 'Hawkins, I like how you made square motions instead of pretty elf swirls' and 'Wilcox, if eggs didn't suck, you'd be an egg.' Um. It's a first draft." I think he muffled a snort. "And mine, sir?" "Oh… yeah. I forgot you were getting one too. I'll start it later." He shook the vanilla milkshake a bit, and I finally swiped it from his hand. "Compliments aren't my thing, Sanderson. And truthful critiques on Day 1 might shatter them. I'll get into the flow one of these days, but breaking the ice is hard. What did you tell them?" "Boss, I'm going to stop you right there because that would be plagiarism." He hovered behind my shoulder, sipping from his straw… then grabbed the papers from my desk and pinged away. Okay, wow. I flopped back in my chair, kicking up my legs. Knowing him like I did, there wasn't a doubt in my mind he was presenting those to Hawkins and Wilcox right now, articulate or not. Sanderson's a person who gets things done stupid early and then sits on his buns all week waiting for new instructions. I may struggle with procrastination, but at least I do useful stuff during said procrastination time. Who's more successful each day, I ask you. But, I got my preening circle after lunch on Friday. The instant they all left, I pinged to my office and scribbled my reports. It pleased me like nothing else to thrust those into Sanderson's hands when I saw him in the hall. "Here. Shove these in your uptight pouch and do a backflip, punk." "How many words?" he asked, scanning them. "400 apiece." "I wrote 800." He broke a smile when I yanked the reports back and smacked them at his head. Stupid punk kid.

^ This is quintessential Sanderson (to me)...

In "Unicorn Years," Sanderson finally recognizes his role as alpha retinue drone (i.e. that it's a legit high-ranking role in Fae society and his co-workers respect and report to him- it's not a fake title H.P. made up because of his separation anxiety).

That moment H.P. tells Sanderson the reason Hawkins and Wilcox are nervous is because they want to impress Sanderson, not him... That's /chef's kiss.

In the next chapter ("Letters and Numbers"), Sanderson cuts a deal with H.P. that he's willing to give up his alpha drone status as long as he gets to keep his music. I really like how I showed how Sanderson values his job, appreciates the status, and is good at this job all in one chapter before he throws it into the void. Love that for him.

Chapter 34 of Knots is a favorite. I really like the migration arcs, especially the recent one in the mid-30 chapters. I love when Anti-Cosmo mingles with other Anti-Fairies and speaks in Vatajasa. I love him asking his relatives for interspecies love life advice- It's such a contrast to H.P., who was tossed out of his family just for being born with freckles.

I like when he asks his nana about her Fairy ex-husband and she straight-up tells him that if he's into fairy wings, he's better off finding an Anti-Fairy willing to dress in costume. Such a slap in the face and it fuels him with stubborn rage.

I love how Anti-Cosmo flits around migration blatantly explaining to the reader all the convoluted reasons why he's totally not cheating on his betrothed. He's such a mess.

I love Prince Eastkal demanding that his anti-fairy counterpart be brought to meet him and Anti-Cosmo just stands there in shock at how rude and inappropriate it is to show up and expect Anti-Eastkal can drop everything to meet with him. It's not a big moment, but those hints of culture and Anti-Cosmo experiencing things that H.P. wouldn't think about in Origin are my favorites.

I like the conflict between Anti-Cosmo and Jorgen when Anti-Cosmo absolutely refuses to admit that he saved Prince Eastkal's life several chapters ago. I like Jorgen's dawning realization that Anti-Cosmo got arrested for being over the border... Jorgen's starting to put the pieces together.

I appreciate how Anti-Cosmo stands up for his culture and his friends but he's also just blatantly sexist because that's how he was raised in Anti-Fairy World.

The parallel of Anti-Cosmo calling out racial inequality H.P. is oblivious to while H.P. calls out gender inequality that A.C. overlooks really emphasizes that both societies are flawed and you can compare and contrast the cultures... I like the worldbuilding a lot.

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I really like the scene at the end of Knots Chapter 35 where Anti-Cosmo visits H.P. to get a letter of recommendation for school :)

I like how Sanderson comes to the door all groggy and it's not even because he was sleeping, it's because he was carving soap sculptures.

I like Sanderson pausing before knocking on the wooden door to ask Anti-Cosmo if that will give him a migraine and Anti-Cosmo being surprised that Sanderson thought about that.

In Origin, H.P. regularly diminishes Sanderson's abilities in an attempt to deny connection and/or excuse his own neglect towards Sanderson. Anti-Cosmo gives Sanderson all the dues he's owed (and will continue to do so for the rest of the story).

In the 130 Prompts, Sanderson's relationship with A.C. is very complicated... so I like slipping in these foreshadowing clues so that when everything breaks loose later, you can see these hints of why Sanderson starts to waver in his loyalty and why Anti-Cosmo tolerates him.

I also like Sanderson's comment that if H.P. is "too busy to find out what Sanderson wants, he's too busy to be mad that Sanderson made his own decisions." Even sleepy, Sanderson is better at handling things than he's normally allowed to be- he is the alpha drone in the retinue, after all.

I love how Anti-Cosmo notices that H.P. went out of his way to design hotel rooms for Anti-Fairy visitors even though Anti-Fairies are banned from visiting. It foreshadows H.P.'s upcoming neutrality and we start leaning into the reasons why H.P. and Anti-Cosmo are future allies and friends- because H.P. (for all his horrendous cultural blunders) will still make the effort to cater to others' needs).

I love the entire concept of A.C. asking H.P. for a letter of rec even though they barely know each other. All those side mentions of babysitting from earlier chapters came back to pay off.

I love the breakfast scene, especially H.P. talking about Iris:

"If she was after money, she wouldn't have turned me down when I tried to court her. I'm very desirable. By the way, her toxic trait is that she roots for the Centipedes in saucerbee and their roster totally sucks. Other than that, she's pretty dazzled." "You're interested in courting her?" I asked, pulling back. "Oh. I thought you were a…" The Head Pixie turned to look at me again, stone-faced. "Be very careful in considering how you want to end that sentence, Anti-Cosmo."

H.P.'s choppy cadence (with all his random casual words) is my favorite to write. I also think it's hilarious that he's still pining after Iris but doesn't even ask A.C. to put in a good word for him to her (in return for the letter of rec). Instead, he just wants A.C. to help Iris network. It's the little things... He cares.

I love how A.C. is so smart and yet so oblivious. He spends the story thinkin the Pixie race is dying out. Absolute shock to him when he finds out their population is reproducing exponentially. My dude, how did you screw this one up. No one can be more wrong than you.

H.P. tells him to his face "I don't experience attraction" and A.C. twists that in his mind to mean "He's embarrassed to admit he likes someone." It's one of those little things that Anti-Wanda gets and A.C. doesn't. I love the A.W.-H.P. dynamic so much.

I really like the bit where Anti-Cosmo asks H.P. for interspecies romantic advice and H.P. turns a circle, clearly looking for something, leaves, then comes back with nothing. Just... dipped.

Literally everything about the A.C.-H.P. dynamic is comedy gold to me. There are a few specific instances where Anti-Cosmo gets to take shots at H.P. and embarrass him, but it's usually H.P. being snarky towards A.C. and it cracks me up. Look at them:

"Show affection someplace nice and she'll want to keep coming back. Don't be weird and kiss at the grocery store or in an old shed or you'll be stuck circling back around to it. And if you want something long-term to come out of this, then you'd better build a yidreamu. Traditionally it's the partner with the smaller lift who builds it, so…" He stopped then, surveying my crown. "… Yikes. Start clipping coupons, maybe." I reached up to graze my black crown with my fingertips, my face flushing dark with cold. I did have a pathetic lift, barely two finger widths above my head, but did he really have to say it? "Th-thank you for the advice… That's all I need to know, really."

I like how we had that previous chapter where Anti-Lance called H.P. out for being "a creep" towards the much younger Anti-Cosmo- which is very justified! But also, they just hang out like this:

"Back in the Spring of the Silver Silk, I placed a curse on you that prevents flowers from lasting more than one night under your roof. I believe we confirmed said curse was still active this past migration. Did you find the counter-spell?" "No. I just started keeping commelinas in my house because they die in like, one day anyway, so it's not a waste. I'm giving them a home." "Why do you bother replacing them?" The older pixie looked at me, caught off guard despite his practised pixie patience. I could tell. "Because it means I win. Here." He took one of the blue flowers from the vase and handed it to me. "For you." [...] "Your attention to detail is impeccable," I remarked, twirling the commelina in my hand. "Thanks. I'm imprisoned by obsessive compulsions, severe hyperfixations, and crippling executive dysfunction."

H.P. is so stubborn. He's so shocked that Anti-Cosmo would even ask him why he bothered. He's so blinded to his own quirks. It's great.

I like how H.P. straps Anti-Cosmo in a bungee cord harness and lets him steer his cloudship, but in the far future, Anti-Cosmo never lets Foop drive his cloudship. It's just a fun, dynamic chapter all around.

My writing style has improved a lot since I started this 'fic, but I still like Chapter 2. I really like how it opens with Anti-Cosmo being dragged down the hall by his foot and forced to commit emergency marsupial pouch-slicing rescue procedures.

I love starting longfics off with that reminder that you're in for something weird, so if you can't tolerate this splash of weirdness upfront, the rest of the 'fic won't be to your tastes either. Frayed Knots really throws you in and I like it for that.

[traffic-series-after-life]

how many of the new folks do you think will react poorly to dl?

~fray

sl Cleo: why would we react poorly?

dl Pearl: well the gimmick in Double Life is that everyones health bar is connected to someone elses. The person is called your "soulmate". And in the case of many the relationship formed turned romantic. And also there was lots of drama and its just a mess here.

sl Gem: now im worried

[angeart]

Nooo, I no kick, I send snacks :3

Also Elegy mentions 👀

-🎀

ooooh i like snacks 🥰

yes elegy mentions! baby progress! everyone is doing ✨great✨ yay!

[jekyll-doodles]

If there are multiple universities that mean there are multiple scp035, but there is only one Alagadda so like how does that exactly work? Do the scp035s need to fight in hunger games mod to go to Alagadda?

Given the water issue im dealing with rn and the "universities" instead of universes,

all i can imagine right now is scp 035 with a host, in a graduation cap and gown, stealing several diplomas.

[sleepless-in-starbucks]

youll never be bioluminescent

im getting fucking hatecrimed

[blindmagdalena]

haiiii, uhm this is my first ask, im a lil nervy teehee :]c uhm anyway, i'm just wonderin' how you'd think homelander would react to a supe who's like superman (like. just a carbon copy) ((which includes the frost breath, literal super sonic speeds, the whole "representing hope" motif, etc, etc)) and just the lengths he'd go to either eliminate or "befriend" them im sorry if this ask is UNREADABLE, (^ ^") but i just want my No. 1 Homelander Writer to put in their two cents <33 - krypton anon

hello, krypton anon! don't be nervous. Homelander bites, but i don't.

Homelander really can't handle competition at any level. Soldier Boy scared him shitless because the guy was an absolute legend to him, a myth. the most powerful supe of his time that HL never had a chance to directly compare against. he was afraid of anyone who might rival his power, and wanted them gone immediately.

safe to say it would be the same for a superman type who, in his eyes, is knocking HIM off. he would do everything in his power to paint them as a villain.

i can perfectly imagine a scenario where he has a showdown with them Herogasm style, and he loses to them, but they spare him. he'd be fucking furious. his ego thoroughly busted. he wouldn't be able to stomach meeting his match/superior, which is probably where the smear campaign would begin.

honestly i would be incredibly interested to read about Homelander being bested by someone who won't let him misbehave, but also has no interest in killing him. it'd be wild to see how he responds to gentle parenting from a stronger demigod. 😂