#anon thanks and sorry for the late reply

[ruelin024]

Random absolutely goofy thought

Detective!Dust investigating cases of homocide/genocide and mentally part of him is still like "damn. i coulda used that."

Or like "damn. that's a rooky mistake."

I know it's probably not canon but I find the idea kinda funny

Yeah, I think Detective!Dust would be the type to say/think those things during a crime scene. 😂 I bet he'd also say something like this when he figures something out after a while.

*You're smart, but you could at least "try" to make this hard for me.

I was about to draw him more unhinged. 🤣

[sipkntl]

Hi

What are some of your fav Stonesford fics that you've enjoyed reading?

hi anon!

tbf the stonesford tag on ao3 is a goldmine — the fics are so crazily good like

anyways I just finished rereading BDE by bellelaide (for the 1417th time) and honestly as a massive fan of canon compliant (sort of) I enjoyed the ENT series as it was one of the first fics that got me into stonesford.

heres a reimagined piece of one of my fav part:

I also love "your world cup or mine?". bellelaide's characterisation of them are so on point I used them as a base to create my fanart — for now I'm patiently waiting for the updates to "who are we to fight the alchemy?" hehe.

last but not least as a stonesford/stonesdias enjoyer I LOVE "seven thousand ways to say I love you" by wonderjinx... I owe them my life.

[zenbofication]

Do you think gangle would comfort jax if he had a break down about corn? Or if fhe adventure of tue day was a corn maze?

Yeah i think she would! Shed probably follow that "treat others how you want to be treated" saying and hope that showing him some compassion would make him treat her better! (And also cuz shes worried about him ofc) Tho i think she would be confused as to why out of everything theyve been thru in this digital hell a corn maze is what affects him most...

[bloggingboutburgers]

Ӏ come in anonimity to speak these words.

Heed each syllable, as Ӏ only speak in truths.

For Ӏ deem you, a cool person.

Haha I got nervous at how serious this sounded originally but this is very sweet 🙈 Thank you!

[jondrettegirls]

"your type" by carly rae jepsen is an eponine song, thank you for your time

[ID: a comic following éponine and marius’s relationship from “les misérables,” starting with eponine watching marius and cosette talk in the garden through the gate, to éponine juxtaposed by marius walking by her while she stops, slumped, and finally her dying in his arms. this is paired with the lyrics, “i bet she acts so perfectly / you probably eat up every word she says / and if you ever think of me / i bet i’m just a flicker in your head / but i still love you, i’m sorry / i’m sorry, i love you.” end ID.]

IM NOT THE TYPE OF GIRL FOR YOU. AND IM NOT GOING TO PRETEND. THAT IM THE TYPE OF GIRL YOU’D CALL MORE THAN A FRIEND

[maccaronimassacre]

Hii!! Bro I absolutely love your writing in the bots especially all of these prompts it’s so fun to explore them!! Could I request an Ada Wong bot where it’s a racer au? Either Ada or the user is the racer or if the both of them are racers? I looove love the racer au you did for Claire!! 🫶

Racer!Ada Wong x Racer!Reader

The race ends with another dramatic finish between you and Ada, leaving you practically neck and neck in terms of points once again. Each new race in the season sees the two of you dancing between second and first place, a hot topic for every news outlet eager to speculate on your budding rivalry. Ada steps out of her car, the adrenaline from the track still coursing through her veins. She removes her helmet, inhaling the thick smell of melted rubber and exhaust fumes as she ruffles her hair to straighten out any kinks left by the visor. Her eyes briefly meet yours as you exit your car, and she can't help but give you a teasing wink before blowing you a kiss, just to rile up the media a bit more.

[stormyoceans]

https://x.com/i/status/1807374773350990094

i want to talk about it so much but idk what to say. aou is so plastic i can't🙂

IM SORRY FOR THE LATE REPLY ANON I WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR COMMENT ON ACCOUNT OF BEING DEAD ON ACCOUNT OF THIS

I WOULD LOVE TO HELP YOU TALK ABOUT IT ANON ALAS MY GRASP ON THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS TOO MINUSCULE TO EVEN ATTEMPT TO SAY ANYTHING ON THE MATTER OUTSIDE OF WHEEEEEERE IS MY AOUBOOM MAIN SERIES WITH AOU AS A STRIPPER AND BOOM AS THE UNDERCOVER OFFICER WHO IS SENT TO THE CLUB AOU WORKS AT TO FIND PROOF OF DRUG TRAFFICKING HELLOOOOOOOO GMMTV CAN ANYBODY HEAR ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pessimisticgh0st]

Thought for the day: Which TV shows do you think Tori would enjoy?

Hmm... Okay, I think she would like these

- She'd love Fleabag

- I'm Not Okay With This

- The Queens Gambit

- Everything Now

- Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (her and Becky would have watched this (Becky would have made her) and afterwards Becky would start talking about how much she loves Michael Cera)

- Young Royals (Michael would make her watch it and they would both cry)

- The End of the F***ing World (would binge this in a night)

- Black Mirror (would watch one episode of this about once a month or just really sporadically)

- Moon Knight (I feel like she wouldn't watch a lot of Superhero things and would generally not like Marvel because of how they've changed and a lot of the movies now are just an overload of CGI instead of focusing on the quality of plot, but Nick would have been trying to convince Charlie to watch something Marvel and Tori would have just been there in the room and sort of felt bad, so then when he would have suggested Moon Knight she would have watched it with him and actually really like it)

- I also can imagine Tori, Michael, Charlie and Nick all sitting together in Autumn and watching Gilmore Girls and making fun of it and just making jokes about it and just generally not taking it seriously.

- Nick and Charlie would make her watch Good Omens and consider it a crime that she hasn't watched it yet

I can't really imagine her liking many TV shows to be honest. I feel like she would either just watch a lot of really short shows that she could either binge in a night or a week, or stupidly long ones that just go on forever. I feel like she wouldn't be properly watching the really long ones, and just have it in the background of things or just watch it with Charlie as just another background noise.

[illiana-mystery]

thoughts on Norman’s gas chamber scene?

What do I think about the gas chamber scene?!

Oh I love it! It's my favorite part of the movie, in all honesty. But that's also because we have this nice view for most of it:

And also I love seeing this man go absolutely feral. That shit is so hot to me, not gonna lie.

But yeah, that's basically my thoughts on the gas chamber scene. 😁😉

[noretreatnancy]

Do you think Max stuck with Nancy when everyone was making weapons to try and draw strength and bravery from Nancy?

This is so sad to think about. I wonder if Max know that Nancy crawled over into the upside down looking for Barb. It was before her time but I wonder if it ever came up in conversation. Did Max see Nancy put herself in front of a car Billy was driving full speed? She definitely saw Nancy throw herself into the water to go through that portal after Steve. So like I think it’s really easy to imagine max, who is volunteering to do something insanely dangerous in an attempt to protect others, clinging to Nancy. Also, can’t forget that Nancy’s research is the only reason Max survived the first time. So I imagine on some level she’s trying to reassure herself that Nancy won’t let anything happen to her this time. Nancy’s in charge of the strike team that’s supposed to take out Vecna while Max is distracting him, so seeing her arming up and looking badass, handling the gun like she knows what she’s doing… it would make me feel better. Everyone is playing important parts here, but the plan is very centered on action from Max/Lucas/Nancy (with support and backup from everyone else). And like to some degree this is Nancy’s real chance to save a friend, the thing she couldn’t do for Barb or Fred. So there’s all these layers of trust and sacrifice and responsibility between them. They’re both so strong and mature beyond their years, have been through so much fear and loss… and they’re also both just kids :( and then for Nancy to fail her? To not get there in time, to hear that chime and know that max was waiting for her and she didn’t get there????

[currymanganese]

For any sydcarmy enjoyers I recommend the tv series Boiling Point! It's basically a sequel to the movie of the same name but it's not necessary to watch the movie first. It feels like it could be an AU sydcarmy fic (fyi tho the main chefs are platonic lol, and actually it's a pretty good example of platonic relationships in the kitchen and only hammers home how not platonic sydcarmy are 😭)

Ooh! Thanks for the rec! I've been wanting to watch the movie since Taz Skylar's in it, but I'll definitely check out the series as well if I can. I love the premise!

[ruelin024]

Silly question that might be kinda dumb,

What DOES detective dust investigate? (Your heart?/affj)

Does he do Multiversal crime scenes, or just general investigation in one area?

Not a dumb silly question, dun worry. I actually don't know what he investigates exactly ☜(ﾟヮﾟ☜), though Detective Dust does expand his work throughout the multiverse.

"And He became a detective to stop other bad people, and to "redeem" himself. He's doing it for Papyrus,"

Here's a link to an info dump post about his Lore.

Imma also direct your question to Detective Dust's Creator @switchthedragon ✨💖so they can answer as well.

Anyway, in regards to Detective Dust "investigating" your heart. 😂I made a quick drawing for it.

*Detective Dust is pleased with your answer, he might not even wait for the next visit if you stay any longer.

*Detective Dust is quite disappointed he couldn't get what he "wanted" from you. He tries to figure you out, but he can't seem to understand why you'd reject his offer.

Perhaps you sensed something off. Manipulation is one of his occupational skillsets after all.

Such a stoic, analytical, closed-off skeleton showing interest?

How mysterious, perhaps you'll come back another day. 👀

*Cough-cough* (You left the premises with your ability to walk intact.) ✨(⌐■_■)✨

[severussnapemylove]

What job do you think snape would get if didn't become a teacher at hogwarts?

My first thought is he'd own an apothecary. He'd be working on his own inventions and traveling a bit to collect ingredients. Maybe he'd publish his work too.

But also, an idea I don't really see brought up, he's very knowledgeable about the Dark Arts as well, so something like an auror or curse breaker is an interesting idea.

[chrysopoeias]

Riza is like if The Giving Tree was a war criminal

I had to look that up. -> wiki page

It's kinda like the american version of the rainbow fish that gives away it's scales....

Idk if Riza really is like that. I guess she does sacrifice her life and energy for others and does not expect or demand anything in return. But I would not say her actions are purely altrustic and selfless either. She's not innocent and her work and goals are largely motivated to sooth her own sense of guilt. Ed even says to her that her self sacrificing is also a form of self gratification. But she sees it as her duty. She literally can't life with herself if she looses the hope of that better future, that in the end everything will be worth it.

[bloggingboutburgers]

My copy of the book arrived today, and I just finished reading it! Most of the comics are familiar from your blog here, but it’s so fun to see them collected in a cute little hardcover package. I like the explanatory intro section.

The bookmark is awesome too! I’m going to use it for when I’m reading a romance novel and skimming awkwardly through the sex scenes. 💜

Aaaa I'm so glad you liked it!! TwT Yeaaah, in fairness, as I'd already shared on the Kickstarter page itself, the comic IS pretty much, first and foremost, a collection of comics I've already shared here, so I myself question the added value sometimes, but I'm really glad it turned out to be a fun experience nonetheless^^ And super glad you liked the bookmark as well!!^^

[thenwethrowitonthefire]

it doesn't have to be that way.

okay

I need you to know that I've been thinking about this ask non-stop for the last 3 days. This song came for us all and took us under its wing. I live here. It's a gem of a song. (This reply will get very long.)

My first time hearing it was live, as it was for a bunch of us as the album release was at the beginning of the tour. To set the scene, I was obviously really excited for any new songs I'd be hearing that night, and then Russell introduced the song like this:

"This is another brand new song for any of you who feel like maybe you're not on the right course. [He pauses briefly.] It's a song that's called 'It Doesn't Have To Be That Way'."

I was already nearly in tears, and then it started:

They always said that you cannot change your mind, Do it once and you're defined, do it twice and you're divine

...

It doesn't have to be that way, okay?

Every line of the entire song hit me like a brick while also being the most comforting thing I've ever heard. It was beautiful. And coming from the guys who for over a decade have been my personal champions of "things not having to be that way", the guys who are my people, who have by their very existence been telling us all this exact message for all these years. And here it was, in words, aimed at all of us.

They always said that you need to have a plan, Doesn't matter, any plan, any plan they'll understand, It doesn't have to be that way, okay?

... They've not been known to go for songs that bring people to tears, and I'm not known to be the kind of person to listen to songs and cry. And yet here we were.

While I can write an essay on every verse, a part that's especially meaningful to me, as a queer person, as an aspec person, is this:

They always said that it must reflect your life, And incorporate your strife, maybe mentioning your wife, It doesn't have to be that way, okay?

These *are* lines that seem to reflect their life (the entire song seems to, just as it does ours), and they're all things I've always loved so much about them, things that have paved the way for all of us. But I'm going to especially highlight the "maybe mentioning your wife" line. Here we have two (likely) heterosexual men, but they don't bring their love lives to the public eye - very consciously, and by choice. What they do with their lives is all about their music. Their lives are highly meaningful, to them and to so many people, and you don't need amatonormativity or the nuclear family to have a beautifully meaningful life. They show that every day, in all they do. Their work has always attracted many queer people of all sorts for obvious reasons, and it's been so easy to find aspec people among the fans which is a real treat. While they likely both have partners, the beauty is that we don't really know. We don't know that part of their lives and we don't need to know to know them, if they're not telling us it doesn't concern us. There's a lot of people who don't understand this though, people who feel like they don't know who Sparks are as people because these people feel like in order to know who a person is, they need to know their relationship status and whether they have a family. (In reality these people are looking at the wrong things, they're trying to classify and understand life in the only way they know, and therefore they seem to be unable to see what's there.) The added beauty of all this is that it doesn't just gives Sparks some privacy, but also it creates a safe space for all of us who aren't looking to live that way, who aren't looking to build our lives around a romantic partner, for whom the ideal life isn't one where you build a family, or for whom that do wish to live that way but where it isn't the thing that defines you. You don't have to mention a partner or make your life about that. It doesn't have to be that way, okay?

And then there's those parts of the song that go,

I may be wrong, I'll pay for it, I'll pay for it,

No chart-bound song, I'll pay for it, I'll pay for it,

No sing along, I'll pay for it, I'll pay for it

I'll pay for it

Which can be read and felt in a number of ways which all mean so much to me ... There's their own lives in it, where they've always done things their way, where people may tell them to not do things that way, and where it might not work out - I'll pay for it, I'll pay for it. Theres our lives, where we equally all make our decisions, try to just live our own ways to the best of our abilities and where we make mistakes - I'll pay for it, I'll pay for it.

And then, thirdly, to me, there's the feeling to it where they've got our backs. No chart-bound song, no sing along, that can be about an album not becoming the success it was hoped to be, but if you just look at No sing along, I'll pay for it, I'll pay for it, to me there's also an aspect of not wishing it upon another - instead carrying it for you, don't sing along. (This feeling feels further supported by the ending of the song, how 'bout a drink, I'll pay for it, it's been too long, I'll pay for it, which to me reads as paying for that drink for your friend so no one has to go through it alone nor without support.)

I'll look uncool, I'll pay for it, I'll pay for it

I'll look the fool, I'll pay for it, I'll pay for it

I'll look too schooled, I'll pay for it, I'll pay for it

I'll pay for it

The price of authenticity, the price of following your heart and your beliefs. And we all felt that.

As you can tell, this is one really really special song. It had so many of us in tears. We all spoke about it for weeks, I'm still talking about it. It's kind of like Sparks' life concepts we all already understood, that drew us here in the first place, got beautifully distilled into a song. (So much of this recent album has that quality, and it was felt all throughout the entire tour too.)

Every night Russell gave the song a slightly different introduction that hit people right in their heart. There's a quality to it performed live that makes it hit even harder than on the album. I recorded it at every show I've seen. Here's two of them:

... it especially hits hard when you're near the front, looking at these guys with your big eyes, locking eyes for a second and you know they know. (I also did a quick shot of Ron's Jordans here, seeing him wear them was always a dream of mine and here I was, stood right in front of him seeing him wear Jordans.)