#anyway thanks again for asking imo 💖

[libratxt]

it’s that time of year again… 🎄🎅🎉🎊 no. the highlights of your 2023 media consumption of course! just like last year, i want to know your top 5 films, books, tv shows, songs/albums, pop culture moments if that’s your thing, and as a bonus: any favourite personal moment/achievement in the last year? new to you, new in release, either works! can’t wait to see your response and wishing you a happy new year! 😁🩷

yay!! i was so excited to receive this in my inbox again this year 💖 overall i feel like i consumed less media than last year? but here's a roundup of some of my favorite things this year:

movies

so most of the movies i really really enjoyed this year didn't actually come out this year lol but i really enjoyed:

skinamarink - i love horror and while this one might be too much of a slowburn for people, it really filled me with dread so yay!

birdman (or the unexpected virtue of ignorance) - i'd been meaning to get around to this one for a while and finally did! totally worth it. the writing and acting: immaculate!

stop making sense - one thing about me is i will enjoy a music doc. the energy in this is so so wonderful. i love david byrne, i love talking heads. left the theatre in a great mood

saltburn - a controversial pick probably. but i had fun! don't really care for the criticisms that it fails at being class critique. it's about being a little pathetic freak and wanting to crawl into someone else's skin for me.

crash (the cronenberg one) - another one i'd been meaning to get around to for a while. i've seen most of cronenberg's stuff and i deeply deeply enjoyed this one. it's about sex, it's about violence, it's about desire, it's about all the weird things the human body can do. i love cronenberg and this one was perfect to me. mwah!

music

crash (charli xcx) - i know, i'm a little late. i listened to this religiously this year. having seen cronenberg's crash this year also added a little extra flavor. obsessed. love it. several songs are on my spotify on repeat as we speak.

this is why (paramore) - ahh so much fun! i love paramore, love getting a new paramore album. the remix album is great too. i also got to see them this year and had a blast! paramore was the first concert i ever went to so getting to see them again is full circle for meee.

desire, i want to turn into you (caroline polachek) - fun!! i do prefer pang but i had fun!

skylight (pinegrove) - sleepy, twangy indie album. i enjoyed! it was soothing this year.

joy as an act of resistance (idles) - the opposite of a sleepy, twangy album! i'm hoping to catch idles in the new year since they're stopping in town :)

tv

not a great tv year for me tbh

succession - succession my beloved! banger of a final season. it will go down in the annals of my favorite tv shows for the rest of all time. kendall roy you will always be famous.

adventure time - revisiting adventure time for the first time in forever. it's fun, it's sweet, i have a soft spot for it. i'm on its final season but have yet to finished because i'm emotionally attached at this point.

video games

baldur's gate - all i've done with my time lately is play baldur's gate. eat, sleep, breathe baldur's gate. i have not touched my sims in months because i have no space but for baldur's gate on my computer. finally got a ps5 and immediately got baldur's gate so that i can finally play it properly because my mac can only barely run it!!! i'm emotionally attached to my little tiefling cleric. i am already fantasizing about my next playthrough.

top me moment!

lol as for personal successes this year: i got a fellowship with a really well-recognized poetry organization in my city that i have so much love for and that truly does so much good work for our community. i have been slowly working my way through the ranks. i started as a mentee last year, taught some poetry classes for them, and this year helped run their month-long festival, and am now working directly with them to help plan their month-long festival for next year. it feels so aligned with the kind of career i'd like to have in my life. next goal is to hopefully lock-in some kind of permanent position with them once my fellowship is over. hopefully i will have good news about that in next years wrap up! thanks again for asking this, i truly get a kick out of it!!

[kalivasquezart]

Just wanted to say that I absolutely love your au about the Pioneer. Its so well thought out and just overall amazing and oh boy dont even get me started on your art— absolutely beautiful💖💕

I also am working on an au based off of Artis pups and when I found you I was like 🫢🫵 Very similar ideas 👀👀👀Also Hunter as Pioneer’s mentor is SUCH A COOL CONCEPT— Like like cause Hunters my favorite scug and the fact that you included him in your au and as Marbles’ mentor is just *squeals* but it also makes a lot of sense considering he comes a little bit after Arti and is one of the few scugs who can encounter pups in their campaign. I also wanted to ask if its okay with you if I use that idea/concept in my own au 👉👈

I was also thinking about Pioneer’s brother— Ik you said that you hc him as being dead, like officially, but I thought it would be interesting if he was still alive. I personally was inspired to let him live in my au simply because of some official art of Gorum (specifically his endings art especially the food quest one where he has a suspiciously familiar green slugpup). I was thinking something like what happened to Surv and Monk (the one-way pipe considering the fact that he kind of began to drift to the right as he sank) happened to him and Gorum found him. Idk these are just ideas Im using for my own au but thought I would share.

I just realized this is super long sorry HANDNAND I am insane and write too much

ahhhh thank you for the kind words skek YOU FLATTER ME~

[there are rain world spoilers regarding artificer's capaign below, be warned]

while my current headcanon is that the green pup died, i've been thinking very hard about it for the last week or so, and IMO there's a high chance i will retcon that. if the pipe thing is canon to Surv/Monk campaigns then i'm even more eager to adopt that idea. my only real hold-up about the pup was that we clearly see it drown in Arti's dream (the same flashing aura behaviour when you swim underwater), and if he really did drown then the only way to bring him back to life would be through karmic rebirth "last checkpoint save" kind of thing… which feels a bit cheap? a little too simple for me. i'm heavily biased here, because a while ago i read an interesting lore post of someone trying to explain why Arti's pups wouldn't "respawn" if they were killed, while Arti did. in short, the pups were too young to be bound by karma and so when they died, they died for good (reincarnated as a different creature, maybe) - but Artificer being an adult and already having experienced the urges before, was brought back. if i can, i will try to find that post again, and link it here.

ANYWAY yeah, personal AUs don't have to strictly comform to the game's canon, i keep forgetting about that. hell, i've seen people revive scav king or, i dunno, SOS from the dead, and they made it work.

speaking of my AU again, i may also have headcanon'd Arti's mate as a semi-aquatic scug (less freaky than riv tho), and so Bryn/green pup would have inherited some of those genes, making him more likely to survive the drowning. so yeah, i think i like the storytelling potential of keeping the pup alive, althought i'd have to sit down and do a proper brainstorming on what that means… when Arti and Marbles eventually reunite with their long lost other half of the family.

by the way, if you (or anyone else reading this post) wants to use my ideas in their own AU then i'm okay with that! no need to credit or anything. many people come up with similar concepts anyway, it'd be silly to try and police them on it.

[j2zara]

hello janelle zukkacore j2zara, its a long time coming but i would like to be a part of clone enjoyers anonymous bc im v interested in their dynamics and i really like ur drawings of the clones :3

i am however, overwhelmed on where to start learning abt them and i was hoping u could point me to the right direction since i pretty much see u as the president of clone enjoyers thank u so much ily 💖

HI FRIEND WELCOME TO THE CLONE ENJOYERS!!!!! WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU! THIS WAS GETTING WIELDY SO I SPLIT IT INTO TWO PARTS

PART ONE + TWO OF CLONE LORE IS HERE

Part 1 is basics of Clone Lore. Part 2 is me shamlessly reccing my fanfic to understand the context. Tbh I'd start with part 1 first or the doc

I've also compiled Clone Lore into a Google doc: it contains all the information from the first post and this post. I might include elaborations later (i was too exhausted to get fully into LJ3. But i feel bad neglecting it).

Anyway. I'm probably gonna link Clone Primer into my pinned post so that people can come back to it.

And I wanna emphasize. I 100% get how insular this is so if you're confused please feel free to ask!!! I have no problem explaining things. I love to talk. I talk way too much. Ask anyone. b/c like. I feel bad that this is gonna look super intimidating.

SO here's the rest of Clone Primer

PART 3: CLONE PRIMER - ELABORATION ON THE BASICS + WEIRD INSULAR INFO + ME RECAPPING FIC CONCEPT STUFF

[I WOULD SKIP THESE OR COME BACK TO THEM LATER IF YOU WANNA GO INTO THE FICS UNSPOILED BUT IF THE SUMMARY IS SUPPLANTING READING THE FIC GO RIGHT AHEAD]

J2 EDITION (aka ALMOST LORE) - aka "BLUEJAY"

J2's personality originates from I'm Almost Me Again (He's Almost You), and was the first one to be developed

J2 is devoted, sweet, earnest, hard-working, anxious, desperate to prove himself. He can have a slight acidic streak (his favorite way to rebel is smashing Jace's stuff) but is very preoccupied with being useful.

He reads as slightly younger than Jace b/c he's a clone, he basically just started existing yesterday, and I jokingly refer to him as "25 year old green new hire coded jace" (and also as Born Sexy Yesterday Jace) bc rewatching Freshman Year, I was surprised by how young and inexperienced Jace sounded, and I feel like that detail about his character (that imo makes his situation very pitiable) was really lost in translation in Junior Year. Because he is young to the world and kind of naive, he is very easy to impress and exploit

However, he is still clever and good at magic. Simulacra in dnd don't regain spell slots, but J2 was the first clone to figure out that as a sorcerer, he could convert sorcery points into spell slots, extending his utility to Jace and Porter and basically sparing himself from being dispelled.

J2 is initially very anxious about his purpose / survival. As a clone, he knows he has an expiration date and is desperate to make himself invaluable. The sorcery points solution to the spell slots is part of this.

J2's innate talent is part of what caught Porter's eye. He was the first clone to meet Porter, and Porter (and to some degree, Jace too) laud him as basically like. Jace's Precious Last Gift to Porter. He's often seen as remarkable or special, but its ambiguous whether that specialness is about j2 on his own terms or if he is special as a manifestation of jace's talent.

J2 is the one who is the intermediary between Jace, Porter, and the other Clones. He takes on the most responsibility, and interacts the most with Porter. Spending a lot of time with Porter, they two of them became very close

J2 is the one who loves Porter deeply enough to be very committed to The Plan. He thinks Porter is worthy of ascension, godhood, even if it means Porter will eventually leave him.

J2 had a long, deeply committed affair w/ porter that culminated in them sleeping together and J2 taking devil's honey that kinda rewired his brain and fucked him up. J2 was very much in love with Porter until he found out that Porter killed Jace and brought him back to life, but the devils honey tricks him into forgetting that fear.

The lie he told himself on devil's honey is "I want this. I want everything. Porter deserves everything". It basically rewires his brain to convince himself that he wants whatever happens to him, whether it be good or bad. Even if Porter got back together with jace, he would want that too, because Porter deserves everything, right? Everything he wants. Me and Jace. Just jace. Even if J2 becomes a literal or emotional sacrifice for the betterment orf porter or the cause. Whatever it is, i will be happy

Right after this happens, jace calls porter and agrees to enfold back into the Plan, but is not going to get back together w/ Porter. J2's fate is ambiguous, but emotionally, Porter has pretty much cast him aside with the hope that he will get back together with Jace. Also, b/c Jace is back in the picture, his status as the Last Precious Gift from Jace is in jeopardy and he becomes about as disposable as the other clones (however, usually when we clonepost, J2 is still top of the pecking order just below Jace)

POST-ALMOST: as far as Clone Lore goes - J2 tends to live in this state where he doesn't just worship Porter, but what we call the "Starbreaker Pantheon". He reveres the jaceporter relationship b/c he finds it to be profound and meaningful even if it's not always Good. Jace also occupies a spot in his devotion as like. This figure he is deeply envious of and could never measure up to, but also as someone he knows must be worthy of respect b/c that's who Porter wants, right? He wants what Jaceporter has b/c he sees Porter's love for Jace as like, something true and intimate and something he's only ever gotten a sliver of, treated as a replacement. He wants to be Jace, but he also wants Porter to be happy, so if Porter is happy with Jace he can find a way to worship Jace, too.

I ALMOST FORGOT TO MENTION: in Almost, Porter gave J2 the nickname "Bluejay". This is b/c J2's favorite color is blue, which makes him distinct from Jace. He is a very cozy boy who loves cardigans and sweaters and blue nail polish. Yes. Blue Jay is two words. We're gonna breeze past that. J2 fell in love with his new nickname, desperate to see it as a way for Porter to finally recognize him as different from Jace. If you see the clone enjoyers refer to J2 as Bluejay, this is why.

J3 EDITION (aka some Biggest Lie Lore etc)

J2's personality was developed in Almost, and I'd say J3's personality was crystalized in Biggest Lie, but technically J3's personality started as a joke. I said offhand one time in reply to another mutual that in my head, Porter was 100% noncommittally flirting with J3 the entire time he was having this very deep and torrid love affair with J2, and J3 sort of. Became the our beloved little slut as a result of that

J3 is flirtatious, thrillseeking, playful, manipulative, charming, easily bored, fatalistic / borderline parasuicidal, and deeply alientated from his sense of personhood. J2 spent a long time wishing to be loved by Porter on his own terms, as his own person, before finally succumbing. However, J3 is happy (well, convinced himself he happy) to be treated as Jace's cypher.

J3 is often treated as the Most Disposable of the clones. J2 is the intermediary and the Precious Gift. J3 is usually left with grunt work, and anything dangerous is usually foisted upon him to spare J2. He is the one who goes with Porter to cast enlarge-reduce in the woods, and he is the one that used to be spellcaster support for Porter if they ever needed to go anywhere dangerous.

J3 being treated as disposable is why he has no sense of identity or a sense of self preservation, unlike J2. Porter never spends time outside of necessity (until they start screwing. we'll get to that), so nobody has ever really bothered to get to know J3 besides the other clones. J2 is the one that Porter treasures, so J3 views himself as the shield for j3, the disposable one, the one who is likely first to die.

Because of this, he is a thrillseeker, desperate to cram as much living into his short half-life as possible (this includes trying to fuck anyone and everyone in elmville). The experiences do not have to be positive, he wants everything as long as its exciting.

During Almost, J3 and Porter were casually flirting. J3 would die before admitting it, but spending time with Porter was his favorite part of the day. Post Almost, when Jace got folded back into the plan but was not back together with porter, that's when Porter started hooking up with J3. With J3 perfectly willing to let Porter project all his want for jace and frustration at jace onto him because hey, he's getting the porter hookup and not jace, right?

J3 always threads this tenuous line of actively seeking out experiences while also passively being the recipient of other people's fantasies. unlike J2, he embraces being a jace cypher for Porter because that's how he gets porter at his most heightened. J3 often refuses to articulate what he wants, instead letting people do whatever they want to him. He is terrified of being seen as needy, terrified of being rejected for who he is.

At his best he is charismatic and charming, but at his worst he can be dramatic, whiny, desperate for enrichment, actively manipulative and cruel. His best quality and greatest flaw that he inherited from jace and took to the extreme is that he is generous and egoless; as much as he desires to be the center of attention, as much as he can push and push, at the end of the day, he gives people exactly what they need from him at his own expense

J3 rejects the intimacy with Porter that J2 seeks out and can never really achieve because he always falls short of being Jace. J3 convinces himself that he got the best deal out of anyone b/c he doesn't have to deal with the mess of attachment and heartbreak. However, deep down he is deeply jealous of J2 and Jace.

Post-Biggest Lie: Jace and Porter get back together in IYWD, in which Porter drops the clones, including J3. However, in cloneposting, sometimes the clones still have like a weird undefined thing with Porter and Jace for the sake of us having a fun time and fucking around.

BONUS LORE: Not technically canon to Biggest Lie, but J3 is closest to J4 out of everyone in Jaceporter + the clones dynamic. Because J2 is the precious favorite, J3 n J4 developed a weird allyship because they were the matching spares. They are kinda primed to be each other's biggest supporters and biggest weaknesses tbh. J3 provides J4 a spot of actual levity and pleasure in a half-life she otherwise considers to be miserable. J4 recognizes J3's personhood, gives voice to injustices he faces, and likes him for who he is and not who he pretends to me. They are best friends. They flirt. Sometimes they're in love, but like. we'll get to that

J4 EDITION - (aka Electra / Ellie)

J4 doesn't have as much of a... hefty source for characterization. i really hesitate to call things i write a primary source b/c i don't like to claim ownership over the clones it feels weird and wrong for something that is supposed to be fun and is already fanfiction. But i will say the things i write are. Substantial sources if you want clone context bc they're hefty projects lol.

J4 does not have a Porter-centric fic. This may change in the future but, the reason for this is b/c she is the only clone that hates Porter so subjecting her to that is. A much more convoluted task. Closest thing she has is Stay / Leave which is j3/j4 which we sometimes call LJ3 (and the two fics written by iaus!!!! which are fan fucking tastic!)

J4's personality is the result of. Looking at J2 n J3 and going. Ok what is the third point in a data set. If J2 worships Porter, the antithesis is someone who hates Porter, right? (and J3 is a middle ground)

J4 is marginally more loose in her characterization, but I would say she is... Rageful, bitter, driven, rebellious, ruthless, and steadfast in her beliefs, whether they are good or bad. She feels trapped by her circumstances, unlike J2 who has learned to love his gilded cage, and J3 who has accepted his fate and is basically trying to fuck hard until he dies in an explosion. She is determined to carve out her own path and define her own personhood, what we jokingly refer to as her "escaping the narrative"

Unlike J3 who has no problem being a cypher for jace and has completely neglected his own personhood, and J2 who desperately tried to get porter to recognize him for the person he was before succumbing and submitting, willing to be whatever The Plan and Porter needed of him, occupying this weird middle ground, J4 wants nothing to do with jace. She is determined to be her own person. She is disgusted by the limitations placed on her by being "of jace"

You're probably wondering why J4 is a girl. This was a me-headcanon that became fairly mass accepted, but I have joked that J4 is the only clone to achieve transgenderism. I do use she/her pronouns predominantly for J4, but it's mainly out of habit, i also am not super precious about it, nor do i really care what anyone else does with her. I don't necessarily see being a binary trans girl as the only way to interpret her character, but J4 being a girl it is the common way she is perceived at this point this deep into clone lore. As someone who also has a lot of gender feelings, i do see the need to define oneself and create your own identity to be very transgender tho, so i do think it's fitting

More of a fandom joke thing, J4 loves knives. We love when she gets stabby. There are also a lot of jokes abt her stealing jace's credit cards, his SSN, fantasizing abt setting his house on fire

She is preoccupied with the ways in which she might be similar to Porter because she views him as the embodiment of everything she hates, but she is the clone most like him. She is afraid of her own capacity for rage, her instincts for violence, for control, to own, to take, to posses, to dominate. She wants to fight to liberate, for what's right, but she worries her fight is just to be the person holding the boot at someone's throat rather than the person under the boot.

She worries her impotence and rebellion makes her unpalatable and unlovable. Because she can't really make any meaningful change in their circumstances, wouldn't it just be easier to submit? She worries she's denying herself pleasure for nothing. Even if she doesn't have a choice, wouldn't it easier to be submit and be happy, rather than fight and be miserable?

We also joke about Bad Timeline J4, who is equally as cruel and ruthless, but is devoted to Porter. There's no real content abt her, but its just a make believe scenario where she did finally stop fighting and agree to love Porter, in which she is the one most possessive of him, determined to be his attack dog right hand.

As articulated brilliantly by bambi, Jace, j3, and j2 are pretty archetypal charisma casters in that they are charming and make themselves easy to love. J4 wields her personality like a sledgehammer, but that is charisma, too. Her presence is always felt

She was originally very prideful. Determined to be different. Determined to be the one to make it out. Her pride covers up for a deep self hatred, especially as the expiration date of the clones ticks nearer and nearer, and she views herself to be a failure.

Her only soft spots are for the other clones, but especially J3. She pities J2, essentially viewing him as brainwashed into accepting their lot on life, but because of that pity, she does harbor some kindness and tenderness for him because of that. But J3? J4 bets on losing dogs, and she loves her losing dog so much and she would never admit it, but everyone can see it. If it wasn't for him, she probably would have ditched this whole situation.

This is an Esme Special aka @neerdowellnarrator, but J4 b/c she wants to make a point about not being Jase does choose her own name. J4's chosen name is Electra b/c of the greek myth comparisons and her basically Escaping A The Cycle. She goes by "Ellie" for short. J3 sometimes calls her El / Elle. We still refer to her as J4 sometimes for clarity's sake. Whatever stage she is in when it comes to even having a name is very dependent on whoever is depicting her anyway.

PART 4: Wait, so are J3 and J4... In love?

Yeah. it's like a whole Thing. This is a pretty recent development. I'll save it for the doc. To be elaborated on soon, I promise. It's called LJ3, i have a whole tag for it if it grips you.

PART 5: ADDITIONAL SILLY CLONE ENJOYERISMS (with links)

J2Porter Vegas Wedding Roleplay Weekend: a Jess Special! Based on this post! Elaborated on here! Jess aka @hauntedwizardmoment has more thoughts here! But I have a whole tag dedicated to it. Gist is that even after Jace n Porter get back together, Porter still devotes special days to the clones to give them Porter Time, and J2's day is an entire weekend where they booked a hotel in Bastion City. And during that time, they're basically roleplaying "What if we got spontaneous hitched in vegas" where Porter books out the honeymoon sweet, and J2 wears a tacky wedding dress, and the whole weekend is just devoted to treating J2. I'm not kidding, if i think too hard abt j2porter vegas roleplay weekend, I might cry.

Jace put the Clones are in the Torment Nexus: based on a post made by Jess again. Makes me laugh my ass off. If we say the clones are never escaping the torment nexus, this is why

J2Jace Blue Lingerie Gift: Sometimes J2 deserves the niceys, so Jace gives him a treat. NSFT warning lol. The post is a Jess Special / Bambi @iaus / @innskeep Special. I drew J2 something inspired by the getup once.

J2 is goodboy modest tradcath jace / J3 is college casual hookup clubbing era jace / j4 is grunge jace: Just headcanons for the different Jace's style of dress. They're all different eras or common headcanons within the fandom b/c Jace fashions eras. J2 is a bit modest, he likes cardigans and sweaters and for things to be comfortable and oversized (but to be fair, he's not AS modest as goodboy jace. Goodboy ex tradcath jace is the jace backstory for IYWD btw. He's the child of one sol worshiping parent and one galicaean worshiping parent and he is NOT ok). J3 wears a lot of form fitting clubbing outfits and hotpants and shit, Jace's wild child era. J4 wears clothes from grunge jace era which i think is a Jess Special again? Like. Old band tees and flannels and lots of black.

J4 is constantly name dropping obscure alt bands that play tuesday night in the parking lot of the black pit and only watches experimental indie horror movies and foreign war films shot from the perspective of pigeon (said w so much love, that concept fucks)

J2 Amy Dunne / J3 Cool Girl / J4 Gone Girl Amy / Jaceprime Amazing Amy Thesis: An elaboration on Jess's Cool Girl Jace Thesis on which she wrote an awesome fic about.

The Clones are Dykes: This one is old as fuck. I made a joke ages ago abt Dyke!Jace b/c I think Dykefag!Jace / Zara is a cute ship. So if Jace is a dyke, then the clones must also be Dykes. I drew art of them once. Digging up the dyke clones posts would be a trip and they're not really indicative of their current personalities, but if you see us joking about. J2 escaping to another timeline where he is a dyke and in a committed relationship with Zara or Lucilla, that is where that comes from

"Born to Love Porter Cliffbreaker, forced to do weird menial tasks for Jaceprime": another old ass thing i said as a joke before the clones had personalities. But it does have a lot to do with j4's preoccupation w/ free will. And Jace also being remade to love porter. Life is hard when you're born to love someone and you're forced to grade papers instead! It ain't much but it's a half-life! At the same time, me positing the clones all had potential to fall in love with Porter is kinda what brought us here, so.

There's a whole host of greek myth and hadestown references we're always dragging out. Cassankarna is Persephades, Jaceporter is Orphydice. Jaceporter is Persephades, J2 is Eurydice. Jaceporter is Persephades, LJ3 is Orphydice. J2 is Iphigenia, J3 is Helen, J4 is Electra / Cassandra. J2 is also Psyche.

Putting the Clones in Game changer: A comedy au in which the Clones are improv comedians on Dropout.tv. But also it's about LJ3 being a little in love and unable to escape the narrative. Esme made Elliego n J3go which i love (aka bingo cards). Loosely based on the last time i drew Jaceporter on game changer as well

Anyway! Thank you for coming on this long winded journey of Clone Primer! If i have any other thoughts I'll add it to the doc.

[captainnait]

(Decided to reuploded this post because literally no one saw it. . . Oh well. Might as well tag @whocaresifwearecrazy since they could be interested in this idk)

Something that literally no one asked for - a TTwM compilation!!

I enjoyed gathering all the questions for this one. I'm not sure if I found *all* of them, but. . . Yeah. Some clips (4 out of 13) aren't mine, so I left the source in the description.

Also I wrote a little analysis/commentary thingy for all of these, which you can read down below. It's mostly just me rambling about Bob and Milan and how stupid these two are, so don't take it too seriously. I just— I just need to get this off my chest, okay 😭 also sorry for the broken english in some of these. I was half-awake when writing lol

Anyway, would really appreciate if you watch this compilation. I might do some others in the future idk. Enjoy 💖💥

As for commentary, here it is ✨

"Ode to a Garbage Can": I put this one first in the compilation, because (imo) it shows Bob's and Milan's overall dynamic perfectly - Bob tries to be as positive and supportive of Milan as he can (although with a mild success), while Milan. . . Well, he's just being himself - extremely forward and harsh, but, in the end, not minding Bob's attitude, and even engaging in a playful back-and-forth with him. It's simple, it's nice and it's going to be a repeating pattern.

. . . Aaand it's probably the most analytical I'm going to get here. Probably.

Anyway, can't say much else about this one. They're silly

"A Crappy Question": Bob here sounds so genuinely guilty 😭. And the fact that he immediately tries to make up by helping Milan with his classes— it's pretty wholesome. . . Milan slapping the living shit out of him in the end isn't tho lol

"Get Your Finger Out of Your Nose": Milan calling out Bob on literally anything is also the main point of a lot of these. And, tbh, if I worked as a janitor somewhere, where mfs like any of ydkj hosts work, I wouldn't be so happy either bruh

Anyhow, the gross out humor in the end is nothing unusual for this game. But damn, the way Milan said "chucklehead" at the end. . . He loves that idiot I'm sorry 💥💥💥

"Urinal Chips and Dip": Bob being an idiot and getting what he deserves will NEVER not be funny to me

"Wait a minute, is this a trick question? 😠" "For you? Yes 🙄" I can't with them—

Also Milan helping Bob out a bit at the end was surprisingly nice. . . And uncommon too

"Swapping Spit": Milan calling Bob "host boy" at the start caught me off guard completely when I first heard it. And yet, somehow, he gets even more wild with the nicknames later on in the other questions lol

"Moron? Hey! >:[" Bob sounds so hurt here 😭 i like to imagine that before that he wasn't catching any insults from Milan at all up until this point. He's clueless like that

"Ugh, Milan! Why do you say things like that?" "To make you blush" Okay that's just straight up flirting—

Also Bob doesn't sound so opposed to that huh. . . Interesting. I wonder when this is going to come up again—

"Things Nobody Wants To Lick": OKAY FUCK I'M SORRY THIS ONE IS JUST INSANE. MILAN JUST CASUALLY RIPS HIS SHIRT AND SAY TO "LICK UNDERNEATH HIS SWEATY ARMPIT"? AND NOT ONLY BOB IS IMPRESSED WITH MILAN'S BODY (as he says himself), HE ALSO ISN'T OPPOSED TO HIS REQUEST IN THE END (even though it wasn't even addressed to him btw)? AND EVEN ADVICES TO SAY "THANK YOU!" AFTER THE PROCESS?? HELLO?? WHY SO 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂? WHY NO ONE TALKS ABOUT IT—

Ahem. Anyway, "Bob-friend" is such a great nickname, 10/10, amazing job, Milan.

Bob's "MILAN! WHAT? 😨😳" is literally my favorite thing ever

"Please? Look, begging is not gonna help, my friend" yup, I figured

(I'm not even going to comment on the last few lines lol this is already too much)

"Seven Minutes in the Broom Closet": And just when you think it can't get gayer than the last one. . . This title. What the fuck are they doing in the closet—

Bob mistaking alliteration with liter is just so him

"Haha, you said pee :D" this man literally has a mind/humor of a toddler

And yeah, Milan leaving Bob confused with his words/sayings is. Everything

"I'm Not Your Chew Toy": I'm pretty sure this is the shortest question in this category in terms of dialogue

I love that this one highlights just how patient can Bob be with Milan's rather snappy attitude (which, to be fair, is pretty reasonable for him to have)

"Gift Ideas from the Bathroom": This one. This is my favorite question in the whole game probably. . .

Milan calling Bob "Robert" (which continues running joke of Milan calling Bob different nicknames). Milan sharing his collection with Bob, who seems to be not only interested in it, but also wants to implement it in the question. Bob being a clumsy ass moron and dropping the jar, with Milan following with his (almost) catchphrase "I'm not cleaning that". Milan sharing his culture with Bob and feeding him a homemade soup, with Bob being absolutely joyful and excited to learn new things from his favorite person (while also being taken care of by said person). Milan's little "jerk" at the end, that sounds just a bit too soft to sound like an actual insult, and more like an affectionate pet name. I love this. This is amazing. If this isn't not one of the most wholesome moments in ydkj series, idk what is tbh

"Little Red Outhouse": "Hey Milan, how you doing? Good to see ya 😁" "It's a pleasure for you to see me 😇" "Yeah, i— Uh what? 🤨" This is one of my favorite exchanges between them. Milan has such a way with words sometimes idk. . .

Not much to say about this one, except the fact, that Milan washes Bob's microphone in the toilet bowl, becomes much more disgusting when you know, that in one of the questions Bob smooches his microphone. You're welcome 😇

"It Happens to the Best of Us": Crying Milan is the last thing I expected from this game, but here we are ig. As much as I feel sad for him, I can't deny that his crying voice is incredibly stupid (/pos)

"It was a horribly sad incident which took place today" I like how even when he's distraught he still tries to flex his english skills. What a king

The way Bob instantly goes "yes sir" right after Milan tells him to shut up is just. . . 😭 no comments

"Don't Forget to Wipe": Ah yes, the one where Milan blackmails Bob. Anyway

"Hm, would you like to know" THE WAY HE SOUNDS HERE I— 💥💥

Also the way Milan interrogates Bob here is just so funny to me. He's like an annoyed and slightly disappointed owner that find out his dog made a mess in the living room again. . . Weird comparison, but oh well (I've been writing this commentary for way to long)

"There's a Swosh™ on My Tush": I love this one. Mf just plays basketball in the middle of his work day and that's it. No disgusting twist, just basketball

. . . Well, except the last few seconds, where Bob straight up drools on Milan's shoes. . . Like a dog—

Okay, nah, that's it, that enough of these guys for me today istg

[charlottesbookclub]

I just read ur alistair x reader piece where hes worried about the reader not eating breakfast and like bro im honest to god fucking swooning. The way u wrote him was SO cute and endearing but it also felt so real. A lot of x reader stuff can be a bit ooc or extreme vibes imo but it just felt so laidback and like just realistic and nice to read. Ty for writing and sharing it! Id be so interested to read more alistair pieces if u have anymore u plan on writing and sharing!

hello my dear! 💖

I literally cannot thank you enough for sending this ask!!!!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰 this is such a huge huge huge compliment and I'm and literally truly so happy and thrilled that you enjoyed it so much!!!!! ☺️💕☺️💕

I also get very in my head about whether or not I'm portraying characters accurately (esp. ones that don't have a lot of book/screen time) so this was super reassuring to hear and def makes me feel more confident about continuing to write for him!! ☺️🥰

in terms of future alistair plans, I have a lot lol 😅😅 right now I'm working on a long-form project for him called "king of all birds" that follows his story from learning his brother is going to be executed up through his transformation and probably a little after that too. that one doesn't have a pairing though; I'm using it more as a character study and also because I've always wanted to explore his backstory. the twilight guide gave us so much about him, and yet so little at the same time, since we never see that story actually explored. so now I guess I'm just doing it myself lmao 😅

but I also have ideas for 2-3 more one-shots that would exist in the same universe/timeline as "like real people do," and those would be alistair x reader. they aren't written yet, but I do have at least one of the plots fully fleshed-out, so now I just need to actually sit down and write lmao

I'm also super open to taking requests for him if you have something specific you'd like to see! I'm happy to do headcanon lists and other more miscellaneous stuff as well, since I can often get through those faster than things where I need to construct a plot lmao, but they can also serve as nice ways to explore a character further before I write a longer piece 💕💕

I also want to shout-out @frodoshaggins (I hope it's okay if I tag you here, if not, just let me know and I'll remove it! ☺️☺️) because it's their incredible work that inspired me to start writing for alistair myself!! I would highly recommend their stuff if you're looking for more alistair content!! 🥰🥰

anyway, I just want to say such a sincere thank you again for this ask!! I'm genuinely so flattered and touched that you liked my writing and I'm always excited to meet other alistair fans!! 🥰💕🥰💕 I hope your day is absolutely fantastic!! ☺️💖☺️💖

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🤍💖📖 - bc i love to hear ur opinions 🥺🥺

AH fkdh thank you 🥺

🤍: Which character is not as morally bad as everyone else seems to think?

📣 NOAH PUCKERMAN 📣 oh my god okay look. I get it. I GET IT. Terrible actor, yeah, I understand if you can't stomach Puck for that reason, but imo that doesn't impact Puck's morality as a character. But he's canonically a terrible guy too!! You might say. And I would agree that he has done some very shitty things in canon. I'm not excusing them! I don't think the shitty things he's done are okay. But I do think that he is someone who has a lot of mental health struggles, his father abandoned him and only comes around to ask for money, he has literally been sexually abused by countless grown women as a teenager (because it's not a joke!! it's not funny that he has sex with grown women!!), like... it doesn't make his behaviour okay, but what I see is a boy who needs HELP. And we see GOOD in him too! We see how much he cares about Lauren, how he tries to be a good father to Beth, even things like picking Glee over football in season 1 when even Finn couldn't bring himself to do that. I think he's troubled, but I think that at his core, he's not morally a bad person. I think that if he got help, he could grow and learn that the things he's done are wrong and why they're wrong and not do them again.

💖: What is your biggest unpopular opinion about the series?

Um. See the above question? LMAO. No but really it kinda depends on what fandom space I'm in. Like in Klaine spaces my most unpopular opinion is [REDACTED] but nobody would bat an eye at that in some other spaces. I think maybe not liking Quinn? I feel like everybody loves Quinn or at least enjoys her but I kinda just don't? I don't HATE her but I'm just like ehhhh whatever I don't care you know? Sorry to literally everybody I guess.

📖: If you had to remove one book from the series, which would you choose?

I'm not sure if this should refer to an episode or a season, but I'm bad at remembering all of the episodes anyway so I'm going to pick a season and it's going to be season 6. It's short so we're losing the least, and there are a few things I like to forget exist from that season so if it could actually not exist that might be ideal

[andvys]

Hiiiii 💖

I saw you answer a question about how you feel about stancy (and literally same) and I wanted to ask about your thoughts on ronance (romantically).

Cause in theory I love them but in reality when I think about Robin and Nancy together romantically it kinda weirds me out given Steve and Nancy’s history and the fact the Steve and Robin are literally best friends

Honestly even Robin and Nancy being friends after how Stancy’s relationship ended weirds me out. Because IMO Nancy did cheat. So if my best friend got cheated on but after some time wanted to remain friends with that ex partner I still wouldn’t let that slide. Like the name of the person that cheated on by best friend is permanently in red and underlined (T. Swift - Look what you made me do - always right) in my books.

Anyways it’s so bizarre overall and if ronance were to happen that would feel like such a betrayal for Steve

Idk what do u think?

heyyy!

Oh, I totally get where you're coming from. I love all the fanarts of ronance, and I would actually love if they went down the route of Nancy having a little realization moment of "uh oh. maybe I'm not as into men as I thought I was. maybe that's the reason why my last relationship failed, why my current relationship is crumbling a little." (realizing it thanks to Robin and her attraction towards her.)

Steve forgave Nancy for what happened and I don't think he'd mind Robin and Nancy being friends, I think even Steve could be friends with Nancy again (after finally letting go of the past). They were both very young when they started dating, so it's easier to forgive certain mistakes I guess?

But yeah, if my best friend got cheated on by someone they were very in love with, I'd never befriend the person that caused my friend so much pain and heartbreak, I'd also feel like I'd be betraying and failing my best friend.

[stay-midnight]

hi hi hehe

. . .

LMAO the divine amusement ask took me a hot second cause again, its growing hotter every second but anyways hehe

dude i could just imagine reader waking up in jeongin's arms, still fucked out and so, so sore-not even able to think straight while jeongin would wake up with a smirk, he didn't ever bother pulling out even after breeding the reader for hours (his dick no matter how big can't even keep all the cum from leaking out 😭, and the jeongin illusions were just as rough as the real one for sure.)

i'd like to think that the effects of the omega emulation hasn't worn off yet so reader would still somehow be clingy and needy for jeongin, who's cooing and going off on how his omega still needs more and while another breeding session ensues he'd be a lot more nicer??? still really needy with his movements but i could see him internally glowing cause reader's just so cute being all over him hehe 😊

i thought of hyunjin being the one reader would take in cause while seungmin and jeongin rivalry is great- (did not forget about that whole ceo vs sugar daddy and would also like to talk about that heck-) just looking at hyunjin would set jeongin off, seungmin comes across as someone who wouldn't really be the dom type (that's some bs though, cause we all know 😏😏😏)so yeah. If hyunjin comes back to the cabin with a whole ass mob with torches and pitchforks? It'll either go down in 2 ways-

Its either Jeongin massacres them all, so back to dark-angst-lighthearted or fox magic saves the day and reader talks to jeongin about hyunjin's suspicions 🤧🤧🤧 No matter what happens it'll definitely be significant for reader and jeongin's development

Hmm, if its 2 members x reader for journey through the cosmos then the other human imo should be chan! would it turn out to be poly though? i'd imagine both chan and reader helping hyunjin develop his personality-reader helping hyunjin have fun and enjoy life while chan teaches hyunjin things that can't just be learned through hyunjin's programmed knowledge (social cues and all that or smthnn)

the smut dynamics too- i feel like it'd be fun for hyunjin to explore the bodies of his 2 humans- the thought of sub reader, sub chan and dom android hyunjin is 🤐🤐🤐 hyunjin making both cum at the same time-fucking reader while his vibrating fingers thrust in chan's hole, or maybe chan riding hyunjin while reader rides hyunjins face 🤧🤧🤧 (his long mechanical tongue just-)

King Felix making his royal wardrobe maker make reader the finest lingerie, then tying up the reader in his signature chains as he has his way with them, tying reader up in different positions as his deep voice echo in the reader's head 😩 Felix can't help himself just seeing his most loyal subject all pretty and in chains for him drives him crazy, definitely taking his time in worshipping and complimenting reader's body 💞

Also also! What was the thought out plot for Emperor Jeongin? While you won't be continuing it since it's already similar to royals-emperor jeongin is hot okay 👉👈 could imagine him catching reader at the party and smut ensues hehe (cause i'd definitely kneel before emperor jeongin 👀)

part 2 to this ask again cause divine amusement y'know y'know and thank you for replying to these asks 💖 and just to mention that i didn't think the divine amusement ask would get so long but it is what it is 😭😃

anonnieeeee hello again for the midnight fic talks!

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Divine Amusement's plot thickens (cuz it was not in the first place 😭)

rip reader's ass we salute his sacrifice 🫡, anyways, Jeongin really has that thing for breeding reader and like I would be surprised that the bed they had sex in (or couch) wouldn't smell like cum or be stained with it 😭 and like reader would be probably used to the daily exercise but god does he feel even more drained than from gathering woods in the forest

Jeongin's jolly side would finally be brought out cuz like reader pays attention to him not a certain long hair blonde who just decided to get between him and reader 🤧 ALSO I FEEL LIKE WHEN JEONGIN HAS HIS TAILS OUT CUZ YK HES A NINE TAILED FOX READER WOULD DEFO DIVE INTO THOSE HUGE ASS FURS

yuh its Hyunjin's turn, (Jeongin just loves rivalry between other members so much, possessive jeongin is like on top [maknae on top] hehe) OH YEAH I remember like taking a trip down memory lane and i found out the whole ceo seung vs sugar daddy jeongin was like a favorite of many like sometimes i get requests about it even though my req is closed aw (seungmin is like the definition of "beta in the streets, alpha in the sheets) MOB yeah that word i forgot that word 😭, in a way hyunjin kinda got attached to reader in short while and noticed the jeongin is not really human das why he out here bringing a whole town— I feel like Jeongin would hurt a few that gets too close and cocky like break a few bones and reader has to stop him from ensuing a massacre so reader and hyunjin has talk about the situation — though albeit that Hyunjin would push forward then Jeongin would have to shoo them away with some mind control! But ofc, it doesn't go off unnoticed by some so definitely it would have a affect on the current war and some military would like to get themselves weapons (A certain nine tailed powerful fox fits that description).

Yuh, Chan'll be a good fit but like I can see a scene where even Hyunjin is confused that Chan was the one who came out of the pod cuz something about incorrect information and then the two humans were suppose to like repopulate by making babies 😭😭😭it be kinda funny in my head. Definitely those !and I feel like Hyunjin would tell stories to the reader and Chan about Earth cuz they were in fact absent and asleep at the time of destruction!

(omg i love sub chan, im sorry dom chan lovers ive always been a sub chan enthusiast i betrayed yall) Smut would be wilding with android hyunjin like— I can definitely see Hyunjin being a bit confused though like he doesnt exactly know how to dirty talk but god the pleasuring! And yes definitely that 😭 that would be so fucking hot, size queen bang chan would struggle a bit cuz ofc he pick the biggest setting as hyunjin's d (changing sizes cock goes wild) and the tongue fucking just 😍👌 And like there would be a part where reader and chan are on their knees both sucking hyunjin off and the synthetic cum just splashes cuz god Android Hyunjin would release liters for both 🤐.

Definitely King Felix would literally praise reader's body and at the same time call him his toy and possession! I can see Felix fucking reader in his royal apparel complete with crown and all 🤧 but the best part would definitely be him eating out reader like his finest dine

The plot I had in mind was something like reader disguising himself into the party plainly out of curiosity and he hears the a lot of royalty would be there (he takes it as somehow a chance to finally get out of a boring duty life and maybe runaway with a princess or so he thought before he got caught by emperor jeongin— made into his slut and bent over in the aftermath in the royal bedroom) (same emperor jeongin has a powerful grip on me)

😭 i mean i enjoy reading this quite a bit hmm ill answer a part of the ask tonight then the other part tomorrow ( i really have to adjust my schedule 😭 cuz i try to atleast get 8 hours of sleep a day 💀)

[sungbeam]

*clears throat & puts on my mic* why hello my fellow fiery elmo BEAM SOHN!!!

my favourite fic of yours:

two months - if the reason ain’t obvious enough 🤪 patiently waiting for you to read the house tour in ✨detail✨ (inserts the meme i sent you on dc)

best ship you’ve written for:

ain’t no romeo - everything abt hyunjae’s relationship with yn in this was so cute i was giggling throughout the whole fic like 🥹🥹🥹 they are the funniest and sweetest duo imo

a fic i haven’t read from you but i will soon!!:

剪刀石头布 - ofc i love my junjun so i’ll def get to this one day!! and your svt fics that you take pride in ofc 💕

what i like most abt your writing:

ummm literally everything???? gurl you’re my 妹妹 and yet this 姐姐 literally looks up to you like???? the way you’re able to convey your stories in your own unique ways/the way you describe the flow of the plot/your word of choice is just 🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻

a fic im excited for you updating/posting:

liu series - obviously duh. and we know which season im most excited abt 😌😌😌

crimes of passion - hey alexa play passion fruit but change it to “oooh gimme that crimes of passion!!!”

a fic of yours i reread:

gurl ive reread so many of your fics from time to time but the most recent one would be party people!!

if i've ever shared/talked about your fic to someone else:

all the time??? lol ive pretty much dumped your fics to so many of my moots at this point like “YOU HAVE TO READ THIS ISTG”

a fic I didn't expect to like so much:

simple gifts - hear me out. this was literally the very first chanhee fic i read since coming back at the start of the year and i was???? BRUH THIS IS PURE PERFECTION LIKE LITERALLY FROM THE START TILL THE END 🫠 and it has then marked a special place for chanhee in my heart (i know i dont talk abt him often but i swear he’s there)

a question i have about one/more on your fics:

well not specifically for a fic but rather a general question. when will you bless your jie with more sangyeon content 🥰 (lmao i joke but then at the same time not really 🤡)

anyways, me decides to be nice today cs its a happy friday so yes i wuv you forever my boo i hope this made your day 😘💕

*gives u an immense side eye*....... but thank you jie for your ask skfndknfjd :')))) you've always been one of the most supportive people ever of my writing and you're always so enthusiastic abt it all and i appreciate it so much 💖

pls i didn't realize u would like two months that much when i wrote it 😭😭 i felt so off my game writing that, i didn't know if any of the stuff would hit, but ig it did skfnkenfkf HELP WAIT I didn't know u liked hj and yn in ain't no romeo so much !!!! that's so cool for me to hear :'))

thank you again and again and again for hyping me up all the time too 😔💖 i love hearing ur thoughts abt the fic, as always, and i just trust ur judgment a lot :') and i hope u like 剪刀石头布 !! that one was soooo much fun to write, and there was so few xiaohenyang fics at that time 😔😔😔

OMG WAIT i didn't know u read simple gifts 😭😭😭 she holds such a special place in my heart omg i didn't KNOW U READ IT AHHHHHHHY it's one of my favorite things on this blog and im so warm, tytyty<333 (u have to be patient w the sangyeon content õ_ó)

anyways, i love you thank you 爱你多多 💖

[nebulouscoffee]

for the emoji ask: 💖, ✅ + 🧠 (i'm picking kira nerys)

Thank you for the ask! <3

💖 What made you start writing?

In general? Tbh I can't remember a time when I wasn't writing, I was that weird lil kid who had to come up with names + personalities + storylines for everything lol! Fanfic specifically, I started in September 2021- I'd just finished a DS9 rewatch, and my three biggest brain worms were 1. ahh there's no way Sisko would abandon Jake forever right??? ('Don't Mind Us'), 2. ahh we totally could've had S7 with Jadzia and Ezri both!!! ('Who We Are'), and 3. ahh garashir endgame garashir endgame on Cardassia!!! ('Home'). Venn diagram all that with some irl stuff I was trying to process- plus there being some god-tier (and I mean god-tier) garashir fic in the tag at the time, which really inspired me- and I just thought, "yeah why not try sorting out your Thoughts by writing about the space fam? It's not like you're ever gonna post it, right?" ... anyway,

✅ What's something that appears in your fics over and over and over again, even if you don't mean to?

Ooh... I guess Bashir trying to cure the Jem'Hadar of their dependency on Ketracel-white does show up in my fics a lot! Idk there's just something very compelling to me about someone (particularly a character of colour) genetically engineered for "perfection" who's now constantly policed and stuck being the "model" augment just finally going screw it and helping liberate a race of genetically engineered enemy soldiers- both medically, and helping them regain their agency and reclaim their culture and stuff. I also just simply think it's something Julian would do :)

🧠 Pick a character, and I'll tell you my favorite headcanon for them.

Thanks for picking the LOML! I don't know if there's a favourite (I think about her way too much for that lol), but one that's possibly more unique is, I definitely read Kira as someone with unexamined and internalised caste biases? Given that the Bajorans canonically set aside the D'jarra system less than 50 years prior, I've never quite bought that casteism (something so deeply baked into a society) could be completely gone from Bajor- I mean caste-conscious cultures insidiously segregate people at every level from educational institutions to dining areas; even the way newspapers report lower caste casualties is shockingly different to upper caste ones! Personally I headcanon that the Resistance was probably caste-blind for the most part, but that doesn't mean Kira (whose caste seems to be mid-hierarchy) wasn't both deprived of certain privileges, and allowed certain others she wasn't even aware of- and this in turn informs some of the beliefs she expresses on the show (for example, she couldn't see the Jem'Hadar boy from 'The Abandoned' as capable of transcending his purpose in life, etc). It's a fascinating and totally understandable character flaw imo, and one that Nana Visitor always tackled with such sincerity and empathy- I adore how much Kira grows in this regard <3

[lovelyelbowleech]

HELLO hair anon here with a twofer ask!!! i came to talk about how much i love your newest chapter and saw you’re talking about languages in atla and got REALLY excited bc that’s a pet passion of mine!!! ajdjsjd so here we go with part one >:)

holy fuck ZUKO. ZUKO AHHHHHHH. i can’t even be mad at him for what he did because What The Fuck but also hhhhhhh. i don’t even have words. SUPER not feeling whatever the fuck wei is plotting. like supeerrrrrrrr not feeling it. i honestly don’t even know what to say bc i’m really anxious about what’s going to happen next LMAO. like it definitely wasn’t as bad as i was fearing when i read the chapter description but like holy shit. i am VERY anxiously awaiting the next chapter lol. but again thank you so much for this—i always love the way you write all the characters but i REALLY loved the way you wrote sokka this chapter. he needs way more (consensual) hugs than he’s getting. 😭 he needs to reunite with katara soon!! and so does zuko with iroh although haha Fuck that one has a lot of things that can go wrong with it!!! To Say The Least!!! anyways i’m rambling as always akdksk thank you so much for sharing this chapter with us; i always love your writing and am so super excited for the next one 💖💖💖

and hehe okay LANGUAGES. so i have a whole theory (not really but kind of lol) and language on atla and it comes from the following things We Know To Be True from the show(s), comics, and novels (thank you fc yee):

- they’re very clearly not speaking english. i specify english because it was the language both shows were written and originally recorded in. there’s lots of evidence to support this and i don’t need to go into all of them but as a few faves: the writing system, the ba sing se/na sing se joke, and momo’s name joke

- they all understand each other. this doesn’t mean they’re speaking the same language, necessarily, but everyone in the shows who have spoken have understood each other. importantly, this includes the part in legend of korra when wan meets the first air nomads and even though those cultures had (as far as we know) never had contact before then they still speak to each other and understand each other clearly.

- BUT there’s still linguistic change and variety!!! there’s an almost offhand comment in the first chapter of rise of kyoshi where jianzhu thinks about the fact that a remote province in the northern(?) earth kingdom had become so isolated in the wake of kuruk’s death that they had almost developed their own dialect. which is HUGE imo because i’m a nerd lol.

but ANYWAYS from these we can extrapolate that:

- it’s possible that each nation/region/however it would be divided speaks its own language. however there’s no evidence for this that i can think of for that. it’s not impossible though! more on that in a sec.

- it seems most likely they’re speaking a universal language of some sort, which is evidenced by the fact that there’s never any difficulty communicating between characters (even between characters from cultures who have never had contact before). however there’s still variation in this hypothetical universal language, which makes sense as it’s a living language. however the fact that over the x many thousands of years this language has been around it hasn’t evolved much (as far as we can tell) into different dialects is…. interesting, but it’s a fantasy show and therefore i’m willing to cut them some slack akdksk (also it’s canonically a smaller world than ours so it makes sense there would be at least a little bit less linguistic and geographic variety). the origins of such a universal language is also something that would be very fascinating to know because traditional modes of language formation would probably have not all been at play in order to develop one (1) universal language that managed to stay the same for untold millennia

- it’s Also possible they’re all speaking different languages but something (presumably a spirit or something along those lines lol) allows them to understand each other. which there’s not really any evidence supporting but there’s also no evidence against, so…?

given all this, my theory is this: some spirit keeps the people in the atlaverse able to communicate, whether it be via a (relatively) unchanging universal language or acting as a translator for every person in the world all the time lol. personally i think it could potentially be raava; my only evidence for this thought is the fact that she’s the spirit of balance (and i could see there being an argument made in-universe for all the nations being able to speak the same tongue being a very important form of keeping balance; hell there’s regularly arguments for that in our world, and semi-regular attempts to rectify it [sometimes via conlang lol]), and the throwaway line i mentioned where the avatar’s lack of an active presence in the world was causing that one province to almost develop their own dialect. however it could be anything or anyone! or i could be missing vital information! (Please other people let me know if i’m missing vital information lol.) or the creators could retcon something and prove all of this extrapolation on my end pointless! and if anyone has any other theories i’d love to hear them :)

anyways sorry for the essay in your inbox 😬 i hope it isn’t too much and i’m sorry if it is!! i hope you’re having a good day and thank you once again :) 💖

Glad the chapter was not as horrifying as you anticipated (although of course there is another half to go!) And as my poor beta reader has been busy, the document was still there on the shared google-doc.. so it has now grown another POV and extra 3k... and possibly another, even more unpleasant interlude - so there is that to look forward to as well 😂)

I love all this! The idea of a spirit making people understand each other's language (like a spirity babel fish 😂) would make for a fascinating fic - it would be a really fun theory to explore. Either in discovering that was the case and they are all actually speaking different languages and dialects - or if it just suddenly stopped doing what it was doing and the impact that would have on pretty much everything! 

Long interesting theories in my inbox are never too much, they are a treat 😁

[tittylover26]

hey i read your tags and was just about to reply. I am a literature major and i don't mind reading long reports but also if you don't wanna share for privacy reasons that's completely understandable too <3 i hope the presentation goes well, all the best 💖

LMAO sorry, I was scrolling down and Idk how tf I deleted it, I just noticed now that you mentioned it. And don't worry, more than privacy issues, it's because of the language. The report is in spanish and since I'm majoring in veterinary medicine, it's full of words and terms that may not be too familiar.

Anyways, to summarize, I was given three diseases that cause necrosis and I had to follow up a number of cases of said diseases:

-Cutaneous vasculitis in dogs and cats (specifically speaking of vasculitis that develops in the pinna (the visible portion of the outer ear): pinnal vasculitis).

-Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis virus or EHNV, an infectious disease that affects fish (it appears to affect only rainbow trouts and redfin perchs in the cases that have appeared near my country. In other parts of the world it can affect a large variety of other fish) and causes necrosis in the liver, spleen and haematopoietic tissue of the kidneys.

-Necrotizing fasciitis involving severe systemic toxicity (necrotizing fasciitis type II or streptococcal necrotizing fasciitis), which is a very rare but lethal bacterial infection that affects the skin and soft tissues.

For the first one, I had to treat 5 patients with different stages of necrosis (some had to get part of their ears removed (partial pinnectomy) to prevent the necrotic tissue to affect other areas), and write down the treatment I gave for 2 months and give a report on the outcome. Fortunately, the 5 doggies are now okay, even if part of their ears had to be amputated.

For the second one, I had to go to a fish farm where they had similar cases to EHNV a few years ago, to talk to the person in charge of those cases and collect data of, again, treatment and the results of it

Finally, for the third one, I had to do a thorough investigation on cases about necrotizing fasciitis since, fortunately, imo, is a very uncommon disease. Most of the cases could end up in death but recently, the mortality rate has decreased a lil bit since the diagnosis it's more efficient now. Surgery to remove the necrotic soft tissue is also more advanced (at least, where I am from and currently live, such surgeries where nothing more than a fool's dream to perform them in animals) and we're more accurate with the antibiotics we prescribe.

That's about it, a whole ass book if you ask me, but pretty important since we have to add this information to our (my classmates and mine's) medical knowledge and experience. This is the result of a whole semester's work 💀 and it was kinda cool seeing and visiting a fish farm for the first time.

Hope you have fun reading all this lol, if you have any question, feel free to ask me and thanks for reading until the end 💕

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1, 8 & 11 for the writer asks 🐈

THANK YOU 💕💖

this is about The Way Home which is my destiel fic that everyone should read imo

1- Start to finish, how long did it take to plan and write? Did you take breaks during the process?

I had pinpoint May 2nd 2021 as a starting date, as in when I wrote down the first notes about the story. and I posted the last chapter on ao3 on Feburary 26th 2024 so.... almost three years!! this is just like my master thesis except I'm actually more proud of this story somehow

I did take breaks, that's the main reason I write so slow. summer 2022 was the first break, I know I barely worked on it. and then it went through periods depending on my free time.. but basically everytime i was on days off/unemployed that's when the writing was going. let's bless my winter 2023-2024 unemployment era for getting the fic out there finally!!

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8- Did you cut something out of the outline or an early draft? What was it and why did you decide to cut it?

yeh.... i work with both outlines & drafts, and let me tell you there are times the first draft is smth else entirely 😭 chap 1 stayed pretty solid and just got polished with each draft, but chap 3-4 is nothing alike and well, chap 5 simply barely existed in the first draft as i knew it was gonna change. the ending would have be SO different it wasn't even worth getting into it in rough details

little break down of things that got cut:

most of what was cut is jokes & little scenes of Cas at Jody's... big rip ngl!!! i had notes of a whole thing of when Cas basically brought Meg into Jody's uninvited, like "here's my demon bestie :)" and Meg getting stuck at the doormat (in parallel to chap 4 wink wink).

again at Jody's: they used to play board games..... but it wasn't fitting with Cas's development anymore, and also didn't quite fit with the place I wanted the women to have in the story. Claire got a bit too close to the destiel drama when I wanted her OUT like what does she care she has daddy issues to work on!!! big disservice to every character involved so. they can play board games post-chap 5 :)

the side characters also lost a Meg/Claire (& Alex & Patience) convo in the car in chap 4 (a bi to lesbian communication with Meg mentioning Bela that was SO cute) but turned out they were both too in their own head for this to happen

destiel wise I don't think anything was cut, except a moment where Dean was sharing pictures of Amara in chap 3........ everything to me. you also had the awkward "ahah fuck there's my ex on this pic ignore that 👍" moment that i love. again, the characters weren't there yet so bye bye. we still got exes in that scene anyway <3

voilà!!! besides that it was details here and there, or well maybe i forgot smth major honestly sometimes i don't even remember which lines actually make the finale cut. there's a throwaway canon trans dean line somewhere i could NOT tell you 1/ if it's actually still there 2/ in what shape it would be i rewrote it like ten times

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11- What was the most challenging aspect of writing it?

bringing the plot home!!!! i am NOT used to write actual plot and tho it is a pretty simple one, well, there are dynamics at play to make it interesting that is not my usual thing. making it all click into place with a good ending when it's 55k was quite challenging, i've never written anything that long before!

i'm gonna cheat and say two things: getting the characters right and do them all justice. i wanted to have all three: cas is actually cas / get dean (that boy is self-aware!!) / women are respected 🙏

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this was quite long but i hope it was interesting!! i love talking about my fic so at least i had fun, thank you for the questions 💖💕

now eveyone stream THE WAY HOME, there's a little cardd with more info and little fun things 😊

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HELLO ARII!! I stumbled upon your work a while ago and I just couldn’t help myself from binging all your fics, little notes, etc. The way you write for all the characters (ESPECIALLY SUGURU) Is so canon and dear to me!!! I’m very shy so I never usually comment or send anything, but your work and account is genuinely one of my (if not THE) favourite on this app 💞💞 Everytime you post something new I giggle and kick my feet 😓 I’d also love to know your thoughts abt inumaki and yuuta!!! They’re my top characters along with suguru and I feel like they’re kind of similar to him?? As in the way they’re so attentive and protective towards their s/o. They’re also very underrated 😞 I genuinely just want to say that I love your work so much!! I’ve been stalking your page for a while and the way you’re so kind and thoughtful is sooo admirable 💖 I’d love to become shrimp anon if there’s not one already 🦐!! I’m sending you a lots of cheek smooches!!

ANON!!!!! SHRIMPNON EVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!

ohhhhh this ask is so sweet and kind, thank you so much!!!! it always means so much to get asks from my shy lurkers 🥹🥹🥹 and!!! you’re so cute!!!!! thank you!!!!!!! i’m so happy you like my fics and silly rambles….. and my sugu!!!! he loves you lots <3

YUUTA AND INUMAKI….. i like them a lot!!!! yuuta more so than inumaki, though i like him as well 🥺 i like how he’s so cute and kind while also being a troll, lmao. and i agree with you!!! yuuta is really similar to suguru imo, their devotion + dependency on others especially!!!! yuuta vs geto is one of my favorite jjk fights and i think it just . reveals so much about them and their values, yk? yuuta doesn’t care about morality/righteousness as much as geto does, he only really cares about Love. and i think geto does too, but he still chose to live a righteous life…… which ironically enough is what makes him a ”villain” as opposed to yuuta and his ”heroism.” i hope that makes sense!! 😭 they… make me a little insane. the light novel describes them as being ”too sincere,” which i think is a perfect explanation!!!!

but!!!! in regards to what you said!!!!!! i definitely agree that all three of them would treat their s/o similarly :3 they’re all very intent on protecting/nurturing you, i think. inumaki might not be as frighteningly devoted as the other two, but that probably makes him a little less intense LMAO. i think they would cherish you a lot!!!!

anyway 🥹🥹 tysm again anon!!! that really means a lot!!!!! of course you can be my 🦐 anon hehe, i adore that emoji <3333 i’m picking you up and putting you in the saltiest, tastiest of seas <3333333

[butterflyintochains]

Best With Three: Part Two

Gabriella ''Ella'' Lemieux is a 23 year old tennis star from Montreal. A devoted cat mom, lover of the hard courts, and tennis history nerd to her atoms. Best friends with just about everyone, she courts no controversy. Beloved and admired for her elegance on court, as well as her charity work off court. One of the icons of the young Canadian King Cup Team. With her besties, Leylah and Bianca, at her side, she's unstoppable.

That is, however, until a wild Christmas in Vancouver while visiting family out west before going to Australia. When she meets two local hockey stars.

TW: some sexism, social media au, press being stupid, and allusion to cheating.

part one

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@/WTA_updates:

With Gabriella falling in the round of 16 to her good friend Coco Gauff, will we see her go to Toronto for the NHL All Star week? Both of her boys will be there for the weekend, so, will she go as well? 1/3

@/WTA_updates: In her post match presser, Gabriella was asked about her next event, Gabriella said this: ''Doha and Dubai, I was considering Romania, but Danny and I thought I should rest. We've been at this since last thanksgiving, so, the 1000 events.'' She sure knows her body, good coach, Mr Nestor! 2/3 @/WTA_updates: Last one! When asked about her plans for the next two weeks, Gabriella had a wry smile to herself, and said: ''Toronto, I'm desperate to meet my guys again, so we can hang out and figure out where to go from here.'' That was the last english question she took before the french portion of her presser. 3/3

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Gabriella.Lemieux

liked by: leylahannietennis, felixaliassime, denis.shapovalov, and 15k others.

Gabriella.Lemieux: Not quite home, but I'm back in Canada!! No sign of Elias and Quinn yet, but, I'm doing well back in my home country. Happy to be back here, re-adjusting to winter is weird. Can't wait to finally find the boys again, and get this entire thing sorted out at last.

replies:

denis.shapovalov: God, I miss Toronto sometimes. 😥

leylahannietennis: Hope you get the progress you deserve, angel!

Gabriella.Lemieux: Me too, sunny.

biancaandreescu: Awesome to see you again, sister! Stay over as long as you need!

Gabriella.Lemieux: Happy to be home at last. And, to see you again, BiBi. 💖🍁

felixalissime: What do you think you're gonna do, Ella?

Gabriella.Lemieux: Honestly? I'm not entirely sure.

_eliaspettersson: We're coming over in a couple of days, sit tight.

_quinnhughes: We'll not be long, promise. Gabriella.Lemieux: Thanks.

cocogauff: Sorry again for beating you, angel. 😥

Gabriella.Lemieux: Stop apologising, cookie, only one of us could've won that match anyway!

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@/HockeyDad:

So, about Whistlergate, am I the only one who finds it gross and inappropriate that one girl is courting multiple guys? I'm seeing all this weird shit about how cute they'd all be together, and... I honestly think it's a bad example to the kids? This girl should have to pick one, or piss off imo.

@/BruinsFan33: Amen to that, brother! This chick should just decide which one she wants, and get on with her tennis. It'd be more normal that way. @/MapleFam: Not some boomers preaching about 'normal' and 'bad examples' in the year 2024, smh.

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Gabriella.Lemieux

liked by: _eliaspettersson, _quinnhughes, leylahannietennis, and 5k others.

Gabriella.Lemieux: So debrief time. Contrary to some people in twitter, I did not have to 'choose one of them'. I choose both of them, Quinn, Elias, and I are committed to making this whole thing work, they are truly the best guys I've ever met. We've got a little group chat set up for when I'm in the Middle East soon. I'm probably going to be moving to Vancouver soon-ish. Which means: Atticus, Arwen, Daenerys, and Legolas will be moving with me!

replies:

_eliaspettersson: Happy to have you both at last!

_quinnhughes: I've not stopped smiling since we got back from lunch, holy shit.

canucks: Welcome to the family Ella! 💚🤍💙

Gabriella.Lemieux: All Together, All In! 💙🤍💚

bboeser: Who are Atticus, Arwen, Daenerys, and Legolas?

_eliaspettersson: Ella's cats, they are the cutest ever! _quinnhughes: And, they're going to be living with us at some point!

MapleFam: Girlie defo saw those tweets...

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BelieveInBlue: Challengers is out in april, but I think this movie is better y'know?

wta: Absolutely! canucks: we'd watch this movie too.

tdemko30: Can't wait to finally meet you, Ella!

Gabriella.Lemieux: I've heard so much about you guys, I feel like I already know you all!

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_eliaspettersson

liked by: Gabriella.Lemieux, _quinnhughes, bboeser, and 75k others.

_eliaspettersson: Me, my man, and our lady at the all star game. I'd say we're looking pretty good, wouldn't you?

replies:

_quinnhughes: For once, I agree, though it may just be the beautiful tennis player we're dating.

Gabriella.Lemieux: Nah, we're serving, honey. Trust me, I serve for a living.

BelieveInBlue: Petey really said 'here's me, my bf, and our gf. we're sexy, deal with it.' And, he's right!

tdemko30: So cool to finally meet you, Ella!

bboeser: Yeah, you're just the coolest person. j.tmiller9: I have a new daughter!! Gabriella.Lemieux: Aww, thanks! So cool meeting you guys too.

MapleFam: Take care of her, boys, she's part of our found family.

leylahannietennis: Good to see you happy, angel! Treat her right, boys!

_eliaspettersson: We will, promise. _quinnhughes: She's in four good hands, Leylah.

Gabriella.Lemieux: Those pics are defo going in my racquet bag for this year! 💖

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_quinnhughes

liked by: Gabriella.Lemieux, _eliaspettersson, bboeser, and 60k others.

_quinnhughes: The best weekend of my life, bar none. Finally did something about a longtime crush I've had, found the coolest girlfriend ever. And, had a whole week with my guys! What else could I want?

replies:

_eliaspettersson: More time with our girlfriend? Can't believe she's leaving for Qatar already. 😥

Gabriella.Lemieux: I'll not be gone long, boys, promise. 💖💖💖 _quinnhughes: Go win that trophy, Ella!!

MapleFam: Wait... Quinn and Elias already liked each other? And, Gabriella is the final piece they needed? That's it, love story of all time.

_quinnhughes: Yeah, it's kinda embarrassing actually...

bboeser: Gonna miss Ella already, feels like part of our family is leaving.

leylahannietennis: See you in Doha, Ella!!

_quinnhughes: Hope the tournament treats our girlfriend right, she's due a win. _eliaspettersson: Could not agree more, Huggy.

Gabriella.Lemieux: Crying on the plane rn, I miss you guys so much, and it's only been a few hours since I left!

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@/WTA_updates:

Gabriella is finally in town for the Qatar Open! She looks tired, a bit overcome with emotion as she trains with her coach, Daniel Nestor. Toronto has clearly opened her heart up, and she must miss her boyfriends a lot. With the all star weekend over, Quinn and Elias are back in Vancouver. Quite literally half a world apart. 1/2

@/WTA_updates: She appears to have added some patches to her racquet bag as well. A Canucks patch, and those of the Swedish and American flags alongside her Canadian flag. Very sweet. 2/2

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Gabriella.Lemieux

liked by: leylahannietennis, _eliaspettersson, _quinnhughes, and 60k others.

Gabriella.Lemieux: Ready to get to work in Doha! I miss my boys dearly already, is this normal? But, I'm soldiering through. Ready to get back to work, and bring this title home to Montreal.

replies:

leylahannietennis: Glad to have you back, angel!

danielnestor1: We've got Kudermetova first, let's get this title!

Gabriella.Lemieux: 🙏

felixaliassime: Hope those two are treating you well so far, angel.

Gabriella.Lemieux: They are, promise.

denis.shapovalov: Lookin' good so far, angel!

Gabriella.Lemieux: Danny told me that stretch would be good for my back. It was. 10/10 would recommend.

cocogauff: How's life with two boyfriends, Ella?

Gabriella.Lemieux: It's pretty cool so far, Coco. 💕

_eliaspettersson: Miss you so much, alskling 💖

_quinnhughes: So do I, flower 💙 Gabriella.Lemieux: I miss you guys too, both of you.💖💖

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@/WTA:

The biggest win of her career so far! Gabriella Lemieux claims an emphatic and emotional 7-5, 6-3 victory in the first round over Veronika Kudermetova in Doha. Fighting jetlag and jeers from the local crowd on the way. 🍁

@/MapleFam: Ella said in her post match interview: ''The Middle East has its customs, and I am not here to upend anything. I'm with two men who care for me, and who I care deeply for. That's all.'' @/BelieveInBlue: And, when asked about her love life, Ella said: ''Well, last monogamous relationship I was in, he cheated on me. So, I think I'd rather be with two men who care for me, than one who hates me.'' Preach!

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Gabriella.Lemieux

liked by: leylahannietennis, _eliaspettersson, _quinnhughes, and 50k others.

Gabriella.Lemieux: Quarter finals bound!! Leylah and I are so excited to possibly play a semi final against each other! Can't wait to face Nastia tomorrow evening, should be a fun match either way.

replies:

_quinnhughes: Go and get this title, Ella!! Petey and I watched your highlights on the plane, you're incredible!

_eliaspettersson: I totally didn't cry at the team logo on your bag (lies). Gabriella.Lemieux: Keep on winning as well, boys! I'm watching your highlights too!

MapleFam: Ugh, their little relationship is so cute! Watching each other's highlights and supporting each other. #loveisreal

bboeser: No sets dropped, keep it up, Ella!

danielnestor1: So proud to be your coach, angel.

taylor_fritz: I am so confused about how this whole relationship works, but so happy for you, Ella.

Gabriella.Lemieux: Me = tennis player and their wag. Them = hockey power couple and my habs. cocogauff: That clears it up, lol 🤣

j.tmiller9: Keep it going, Ella! Scottie and Scarly are rooting for their new aunt!

Gabriella.Lemieux: Give the girls and baby Owen a huge hug from me, JT!

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@/WTA:

And, the dream run ends. Pavlyuchenkova beats Lemieux 7-5, 6-4 in the quarter finals. A warm hug between the ladies at the net, though. The women of our tour have been regularly voicing support for Gabriella's new relationship this week. Nastia even saying: ''Ella is a grown woman who can make her own choices, if she loves two men, who are we to judge her for it?'' Pavlyuchenkova will face Rybakina in the final four.

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The Whistler Trio gc 💙🤍💚

Caldersson: Hey, Ella, chin up, you played so well. HuggyBear: We're proud of you, quarters is such a good result with the jetlag you've had. AngelElla: I know, it just sucks. AngelElla: I was doing so well, and it all messed up on me. Caldersson: Maybe Dubai will be better? You're used to the time zone now, so you'll do better. HuggyBear: We're with you, Ella. AngelElla: And, I'm with you, boys. I just wanna win one of these so badly. HuggyBear: We know, and you will. Caldersson: You'll be back in NA soon, too.

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Gabriella.Lemieux

liked by: leylahannietennis, _quinnhughes, _eliaspettersson, and 30k others.

Gabriella.Lemieux: Salam, Dubai! Training with Danny already. Went on an evening run as soon as we got here. BTW, the Burj Khalifa is absolutely insane! A building a mile high? Sofia, I am so sorry they matched us up tomorrow!

replies:

sofia.kenin: Not our fault, Ella. Let's give them a good show!

Gabriella.Lemieux: Let's do this 🎾🎾

felixaliassime: ikr? The Burj constantly takes my breath away, it's so damn big!

biancaandreescu: Hope I'll be back in the saddle soon, I miss our breakfasts. 😥

_quinnhughes: _eliaspettersson, our girlfriend is so pretty, dude, oh my God! 🥵

_eliaspettersson: I know! How is one woman allowed to be so pretty? And, talented at her sport? Unfair, tbh. 😍

denis.shapovalov: Ella!! Your boyfriends are thirsting on main!

Gabriella.Lemieux: That's fine, DJ. As long as it's over me or each other, I'm happy.

BelieveInBlue: Ella really said; 'go ahead, boys, thirst over me and each other all you want'. ✨ Iconic ✨

MapleFam: I know, right? The Whistler Trio are becoming my ot3 really quick.

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@/WTA:

Second round for Lemieux! The Canadian beats her good friend in the first round 6-3, 7-6(7/2) in straight sets, and faces a rematch with Kudermetova. In her post match interview, Lemieux was asked about her plans to move to Vancouver: ''Yeah, that's in the plans for some point this year, my boyfriends live there, so we all would prefer to live together. It's gonna be hard, but I love the city, so, I'm excited.''

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Gabriella.Lemieux

liked by: _eliaspettersson, _quinn hughes, leylahannietennis, and 10k others.

Gabriella.Lemieux: Quarters bound in Dubai! All credit to Donna for the match, cannot wait to face Marketa. Taking some well earned r&r tonight. Longest match in my career so far. The body is feeling it, but, onward and upward. 🍁

replies:

felixaliassime: Allez, Ella!

leylahannietennis: Epic match today, angel!

taylor_fritz: Was glued to my screen, holy hell! 💪

moorrgs: Can attest, was literally right next to him. 😊 Gabriella.Lemieux: Thank you for the tea, Morgan 💙

denis.shapovalov: You are insane, Ella!

MapleFam: Love how Ella credited Danny in her post match presser, she loves him so much. 🥰

Gabriella.Lemieux: He's an amazing coach, and I'd be so lost without him.

_eliaspettersson: So excited for a match I'll get five minutes of!

_quinn hughes: Me too! GabriellaLemieux: Do not make me cry again, please.

dakotajoshua8: BTW, Huggy and Petey won't shut tf up about you, Gabriella!

_eliaspettersson: Can you honestly blame us, JoDak? _quinnhughes: We are two very lucky dudes, so...

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@/WTA:

Semi Finals booked in fashion in Dubai! Gabriella Lemieux had to use all her weapons to take down Marketa Vondrousova: 2-6, 7-6, 6-2. Another epic three setter. Lemieux is to face Jasmine Paolini in the final four. When asked about recovery she said with a laugh: ''Dinner, ice bath, text my boyfriends, and sleep.'' The Cinderella run continues for the young Canadian.

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The Whistler Trio gc 💙💚🤍

AngelElla: Well... that was something, my legs won't stop shaking! I'm actually in a semi final! HuggyBear: Go and get this, babe! Caldersson: The entire team are rooting for you, darling! AngelElla: I think this might just be the one, guys, all I've worked for since 2021. Caldersson: Keep your head in the present, but go fucking get that trophy! HuggyBear: We're gonna need more trophy shelves in the house, huh? AngelElla: Hopefully, yes. AngelElla: How do you feel about my cats moving in? I can't give them up. Caldersson: Your cats are our cats, Ella. HuggyBear: Yeah, Atticus, Arwen, Daenerys, and Legolas are gonna be so welcome in our house. AngelElla: Phew! Good, I'm glad.

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Gabriella.Lemieux

liked by: leylahannietennis, _eliaspettersson, _quinnhughes, and 60k others.

Gabriella.Lemieux: I'm lost for words, but I'll do my best! Finals bound at long last! All the love in the world to Jasmine, the Italian Pocket Rocket herself! She fought like hell last night, and we gave our all to the match. I look forward to more of us in the future, love you, Jas! danielnestor1, thank you for everything so far!

replies:

leylahannietennis: You deserve this so much, angel!

GabriellaLemieux: Love you, sunny!

_eliaspettersson: Wish we could be there to see you, darling!

Gabriella.Lemieux: You are, in spirit, sweetheart. 🥰 _quinnhughes: We love you, babe 💕 Gabriella.Lemieux: I love you both too, honey. 💖💖💖

jasmine_paolini: Wasn't my day, you earned this, Ella. Go and win it now!

danielnestor1: So proud of you already, Ella.

BelieveInBlue: How iconic would it be if a poly woman won her first career title in the Middle East of all places?

MapleFam: Ella is truly groundbreaking, isn't she? BelieveInBlue: Right? Winning your first title in such a restrictive place?

denis.shapovalov: Keep 'er goin', sister!

mirjambjorklund: That's our girl, Ella!

tdemko30: The boys still won't shut up about you, but this time I understand why.

Gabriella.Lemieux: Give Dawson and Delilah my love, Thatch.

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@/WTA:

And, out they come for the finals in Dubai! Some nerves from both Lemieux and Kalinskaya, but that's to be expected. A young final, we are so here for this! Lemieux won the toss, and elected to receive. Kalinskaya to serve to open the match up. Good luck to both! 1/7

@/WTA: A scratchy set from both players, but Kalinskaya wins the big points to take a 1-0 set lead 6-4 in the first. Lemieux is thumbing over the Canucks logo on her bag during sit down, exchanging looks with Nestor. 2/7 @/WTA: Oof! Big final service game from Lemieux to level this final to one set all 7-5 in the second. She's striding back to her seat, twirling her racquet in her hand all the way. Kalinskaya goes for a bathroom break. 3/7 @/WTA: And, we are all square at 5-all in the third set! Tiebreak possibly? Kalinskaya is serving to force the issue, let's see 👀 4/7 @/WTA: A break to 30 gives Lemieux the service game for her first career title, can she do it? Or, will Kalinskaya break right back? 5/7 @/WTA: With an ace out wide, Gabriella Lemieux has won the Dubai Tennis Championships! 4-6, 7-5, 7-5. A warm embrace at the net, and she bursts into tears holding her coach's hand. Not a dry eye in her box. 6/7 @/WTA: After thanking her opponent, Lemieux also thanks her coach, family, and Team Canada friends. Pausing for thought, she ends her speech with: ''Quinn, Elias, both of you, I love you so much. Thank you for taking a chance on this relationship.''💖 7/7

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Gabriella.Lemieux

liked by: danielnestor1, leylahannietennis, _eliaspettersson, _quinnhughes, and 70k others.

Gabriella.Lemieux: First title at long last! So happy to have finally reached this milestone. Danny, I love you, let's keep this going! Felix, Denis, Bianca, and Leylah - you are the best friends a girl could ever ask for. Mama, papa - thank you for putting up with me all these years! Anna - here's to more epics like that one! Finally, my boyfriends - I love you both so much, and will see you soon... hopefully. I just cannot believe this is real right now. 💖🍁🎾

replies:

leylahannietennis: So proud of you, angel! No one deserved that trophy like you did this week!

Gabriella.Lemieux: Love you too, sunny!

felixaliassime: That final was lit 🔥

Gabriella.Lemieux: Hope the next one is easier! My legs are shaking still.

denis.shapovalov: Edge of my seat type stuff, Miri barely spoke for the whole time!

mirjambjorklund: That's my doubs partner, babes, I have a right to be nervous! Gabriella.Lemieux: Thanks for the info, Miri and DJ.

danielnestor1: Love you, kiddo. 💖💖

Gabriella.Lemieux: Love you too, Danny 💕

biancaandreescu: We're all titlists now! All five of us!

Gabriella.Lemieux: All for one, one for all, BiBi!

_eliaspettersson: So proud of you, darling! 💙

_quinnhughes: So am I, babe! 💚 Gabriella.Lemieux: I love you both so much! 🤍

canucks: So happy to congratulate you on your first career title, Gabriella! - PA & JR

bboeser: That's our managers: Patrik Allvin and Jim Rutherford, btw. You've met Tocchet already. Gabriella.Lemieux: Thanks for the help, Boes! And, thank you, Mr Allvin and Mr Rutherford!

Gabriella.Lemieux: I'll get to everyone else in the morning, I'm going to bed. 😴😴

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@/WTA_updates:

Ran into Gabriella and her team in the airport this afternoon! She is so nice and friendly! Got an autograph, no pics bc she looked so tired and ready to get back to Montreal. Literally the nicest person ever, and Daniel was so fatherly with her too!

@/Canada_Family: I know! I met them at the United Cup, and Ella is so sweet to everyone! Francois and Veronique should be very proud of their little girl. Gave me a wrist band, and one of her cute tennis cardigans. @/BelieveInBlue: Future number one material right there. Once Iga takes her eyes off the ball, ofc. @/MapleFam: I'm so proud to be Canadian when I see her and the rest! She's just so classy, like Steffi Graf was, but with the warmth of Monica Seles. Defo gonna be the first Canadian number one someday. @/WhistlerTrio: And, like, she's navigated the whole Whistlergate thing so well too. She, Elias, and Quinn are so right for each other. can't wait for them to move in together.

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Here's part two! Finally figured out the linking function, so part one is linked in the header! I'm obviously fiddling around with tournament winners, so no hate to anyone (except a certain Romanian who Ella replaced in Dubai, but no one likes SC anyway, right?) She, Elias, and Quinn are a throuple here, and love each other very much already.

Anyway, enjoy!

[answermywearyquery]

10. most recent movie you saw in theaters? 21. favorite animated film? 40. a film you think everyone should see at least once <3

Hi! ✨ Thank you so-so much for asking! 💖😊

10. most recent movie you saw in theaters? Technically Dune: Part Two, which fucks severely, I'm a firm believe it's gonna be the big sci-fi sensation of my generation/the decade, but speaking of sci-fi sensations, we pulled a home-theater event at the dorm facility where I live, with an enormous screen and proper sound system, so if we count that, then the Star Wars OG Trilogy, and I think I only just saw 2 and 3 for the first time, and that was awesome too! (Han and Leia invented love, but watching movies for 6 hours non-stop is actually quiet exhausting.)

21. favorite animated film? First and foremost, Hungarian classic, Macskafogó (1986) (Cat City), but I have to admit, it only works in Hungarian, it loses so-so much in the dubbed version (and I also think some of it's cultural references are very Easter Europe, so that's that too). It's about a world where cats want to eliminate mice, so in a last ditch effort the mice spy agency want to design a superweapon, and they ask retired-agent Nick Grabowsky to get the plans back to the HQ. It's a satire, it's an homage, it's brimming with snide social commentary, it's literally everything to me. (Close second is Kung Fu Panda, which to this day is the best movie imo to convey such a simplistic but important message.)

40. film you think everyone should see at least once? Pride (2014). It not only tells an important and interesting (and true) story of how in the 1980s UK queer activists stood up for the striking miners, but it's also an amazing story of solidarity, of forgiveness, of socialist ideas, and has a very poignant message about what it means to stand up against oppressors even if in the end you don't really win. How standing up is valuable on it's on, how letting your voice heard is already a win.

Anyways. Thank you so much for the ask again! I hope you have a nice day! (Questions are from this ask-meme.)