#anyways if you can't telll

[chirpsythismorning]

Fun fact: In the original pitch for Stranger Things, El had a little brother.

After being rejected by almost 20 studios for the Montauk pilot, the Duffers were finally green-lit by Netflix. It was at this time that they began casting and then writing the first season officially, which included reworking a lot of that first episode.

This led to the removal of the brother reference, and with it, removing any sort of arc El could have had about her apparent brother.

But the thing about this moment, is that it might not have been scrapped entirely...

Going into the final season, no one can explain why or how El recognized Will back in 1x02. And while there are plenty of things on the show that are left unexplained, with a small portion likely left that way with the intention to uncover it later, what sets this moment apart from the rest is that there are very few possibilities here.

Because for starters, the story presents El's ability to see people in the void in s1 as requiring either a picture of that person for reference, or having met that person before.

But when El see's this picture of Will, she's never met him before. Or maybe she has, but we wouldn't know because they never showed us. They could have just not done this scene at all, given that it's clearly a copy/paste/edit of something scrapped from the pitch. Or they could have even still included it, but explained it.

One explanation could be that the lab had shown El a picture of Will before, similar to what they did with the Russian agent they wanted to spy on. But then that begs to question, why would the lab show El a picture of Will? Why would they want to see what he was doing? That alone is incriminating in and of itself, implying that Will is more connected to the lab than we realize.

The only other, and frankly most likely explanation, would be that El stumbled across Will at some point on her journey between escaping the lab and Will going missing. This is actually something that happens in The Other Side comic, which explores all the things Will may have experienced during his time in the Upside Down.

Though it’s worth noting the comics aren’t technically canon, and I highly doubt they would outright spoil everything in relation to Will’s time there, years before it was intended to be revealed. But still, let's humor this for a moment given that I do think Will's time in the UD is going to be very relevant in s5, which means it's highly likely they will finally address how exactly El saw him.

Basically, in the comic, Will see’s El walking through the woods, almost apparition like, glowing as she passes by, while also sporting the Benny’s burgers shirt. This means they would have crossed passed within a short span of time, between when El escaped Benny’s when the agents arrived, but before she was found by the boys.

Though it’s worth noting that we’re seeing this all from Will’s perspective. This means from the UD, Will was capable of seeing El on the other side, despite them being on different sides. And not only that, but she also looks back at him.

What confuses me about this, is that it doesn’t make sense for El to be in the woods, only to randomly decide to pop in to the void for a moment. She was trying to escape the lab and everything that came with it. I doubt she had any desire to lurk back there for some reason, not until someone encouraged her to. Not to mention, it would make no sense for her to go there and see Will if she wasn't even looking for him in the first place. And so this would mean Will and El could see each other, with Will being in the UD, and El being on the other side.

While it does seem pretty far off, given that you would think Will and El wouldn't be able to see each other from different sides, it is true in the story that El not only recognizes Will, but knows that he is in danger. She mentions that he is hiding specifically.

Which means she has likely seen him within the last 24 hours regardless.

This, in combination with Will being able to respond to El in the void at the end of the season in Castle Byers, when no one else outside of Terry and flayed-Billy have been able to, seems to imply that there is indeed something special about Will that makes him capable of communicating with El from the UD. Not only that, but El also seems to have an ability to be in this constant knowing state of how Will is doing, without even checking again to confirm. She's just certain of it. And she seems terrified about it.

Going forward, El never uses a picture of Will to find him. She never did. And more often than not, they don’t show us what she see’s either, not until the very end. And that’s the moment they reveal that he was able to communicate with her.

Again, there was really no reason to have El recognize Will. If anything it complicates things. But the fact that they chose to introduce this concept, with a scene from the original pitch that was related to El’s younger brother, with her pointing at his name cryptically, startling Benny, only to revamp it and have El not say anything at all while pointing at the picture of Will, startling Mike… It just really makes you stop and think.

Which brings me to the other aspect of this that might have people doubting, which is that El’s brother was originally younger than her.

We know Will is not younger than El, so how could this apply to him?

Well, it might be helpful to consider that in the original script, El was actually 10 years old, while the boys were always 12. Meaning that for some reason, they decided to age her up to the age of the boys, aka the same age as Will…

Ever since @erikiara80 shared this brother discovery with me, I have been sort of reeling. It then led to other little discoveries of changes they made between Montauk and Stranger Things.

It’s important to understand that the Montauk bible and the original script precedes what we ended up with in the final product, with it finally changing and evolving months, maybe even a year since that original vision. Even casting occurred before writing started for the first season. We know this because casting announcements were made in June and August of 2015, with writing not starting until August going into early 2016, simultaneously while they were filming.

And believe it or not, what I've discovered is that a lot of the changes they made between their original plans and what we see in the final product, have to do with not only Willel, but also Byler.

If you've read the original script for Montauk, you'll know that Mike's crush on Jennifer Hayes was focused on right from the jump, along with the birthmark on his face being focused on, which was the main cause of the bullying he experienced.

This has actually been talked about recently, and some of the claims people make do fit with what I am genuinely starting to consider here, which is that the initial plan for what makes Mike an outcast shifted.

I think when they completed casting, and started actually deep diving into what they wanted this world to look like, both from a short-term and long-term standpoint, they were presented with some pretty interesting discoveries, arguably already hiding in their initial plans without realizing it.

And this is where it sort of becomes a 'chicken or the egg' situation. Because which one came first? Byler or Willel?

I can't say for certain, because obviously this is all just speculation. But in the case that Willel came first, I think Byler would come very naturally after that.

The Duffers themselves are twins. Then they hire Noah, who is a twin. Then they're thinking and planning for El's past and how her family all fits into this, and they're thinking... wait a damn minute... We could totally Star Wars this bitch!

And then when they think it couldn't get any better, they uncover another layer that they hadn't planned or really considered in their initial plans.

While Will was always going to have sexual identity issues according to the Montauk bible, meaning that the writing process for him likely involved sitting down imagining scenarios that encapsulated this arc for Will from the beginning, they were simultaneously now finding very interesting aspects of Mike's character that made it hard not to at least consider the possiblity that Mike is not exactly straight.

Just think about it. The Byers and Wheelers are basically polar opposites on the spectrum of what a family looks like. While Will's discovery and acceptance of his queerness is interesting to explore because he comes from a low-income, single-mom household, all while having been bullied for years based on his perceived queerness, he also has a mother and brother constantly reinforcing that they will accept him no matter what. They've been sort of hitting us over the head with it for years, and so it wouldn't be very satisfying for his entire arc to merely lead up to something we've known all along. It's pretty much a given at this point.

On the other side of the spectrum, Mike comes from a more upper-middle class family at the end of a cul-de-sac, more aligned with what a nuclear family looks like. Mike's family is also presented as being more conservative, and while Karen does give that very queer-coded speech to Mike in s1 (I'm convinced they only wrote this after deciding to explore queer-coding more heavily with Mike), it also comes with comments from Ted and even still Karen that hint that they are probably not as open-minded and accepting as Will's family is to him. Which means Mike's arc would be a lot more about acceptance around him from his loved ones who we have been led to believe might not be as accepting of his queerness in contrast to Will.

And so as they're putting this story together, and they're being presented with something very interesting. Two similar experiences that play out in different ways because of the characters circumstances.

Will goes missing, and his twin sister with a buzzcut pops up and has the ability to help them find Will.

This leads to several moments where El is being compared to as not only a boy, but Will as well.

Now suddenly, their initial plans to have Mike's arc be about having a girl be interested in him and to hopefully have his first kiss and feel like less of a loser, starts to look a lot like what the experience a queer kid in his position might encounter growing up in the environment that he did.

And if you don't want to take my word for it, just hear the Duffer's themselves hinting at what they initially planned for Mike and the fact that it changed.

The changes don't stop there.

Believe it or not, 'It was a seven', did not exist in the initial pitch. When the boys went outside bickering over Nancy, they leave right after that.

Another thing that changed from the first script, was Scott Clarke's introduction:

And so you might be thinking, who cares? What does that have to do with anything?

Well, it's interesting because the line we end up with on the show is arguably one of the most on the nose Twelvegate proofs to date. Mind you, this is from the first episode:

Why chuck the original version, which was arguably more interesting and fascinating in terms of it hinting at the mysteriousness surrounding this story, only to replace it with him listing off tips about their upcoming test?

Well, I think it's the irony of it all. Here Mr. Clarke is practically telling us where to look to figure stuff out for ourselves what is going on, with all the kids filing out and ignoring him...

I relate to Scott a litttle too much in this shot here, any time I try to drop Willel evidence.

And the changes go on, as they obviously would.

Things like Terry Ives not even being El's mom, but actually a man who more so aligns with the characterization of Murray.

And one very interesting one I almost overlooked was in Hopper's introduction, where instead of a kids drawing done by who we assume to be Sarah, we actually see a picture on the wall of him and his wife and daughter... Interesting that they decided to switch it something that is a lot less definitive in presenting what Hopper's past looked like...

If you've made it this far, congratulations.

If you still think I'm out of my mind, just remember that El was going to have a brother in the original script, but they scrapped the scene and gave a near identical one to introduce her connection to Will instead 😘

[jacobbaeluvr]

11:03pm (f)

genre: fluff

pairing: (ateez) jeong yunho x gn!reader

summary: yunho realises he loves you because of how you care for his members and him ofc

warnings: nothing, just yunho's being so whipped for you 🦶🏻, uses of babe, wooyoung cursing (just a couple)

notes: this an apology fic for yall cause my wooyoung fic is still in my drafts 😔 i'm sorry i'm just out of ideas and this is like pretty short (i'm not sorry). this is ass wtf but anyways i can't bake so just pretend ok lol

word count: 328 words

nets: @pirateeznet

warning pt2: this fic is not real! it's all fake so if you're uncomfortable pls block me

as the elevator door opened, you can hear music in the practice room meaning the boys are preparing for their concert. walking down the hallway with heavy plastic bags of food, you tried to be as quiet as possible but failing as the plastics makes a bunch of noise but luckily the music is loud enough for the boys to not hear.

knocking on the door, yeosang opened the door and greeted you with shocked expression then gave you a smile.

“y/n's here guys.”

you smiled and showed them the bags of food, wooyoung and san helped you carry the bags as the other boys thanked you and started tellling (screaming) at how they were planning to get food after practice.

yunho came up to you and gave you a big hug along with a kiss on your hair, his shirt slightly damp from how he was sweating.

“thank you babe.” he kissed your cheek before sitting down on the floor to help the others to distribute the food.

as the boys quietly eating, you remembered something. getting up, you went to your bag to take out a box cookies you baked earlier.

“here, i baked this this morning.” wooyoung and san started fighting at who gets the box as seonghwa shook his head and took the box from you, opening it and giving each one of the cookies.

their eyes widened and they praised how your cookies are so delicious.

“oh my god, y/n! you need to tell me how you make this cookies what the fuck, they're so good what the hell” wooyoung said while hongjoong scolded him for cursing. you laughed and told him the recipe while he writes them in his notes and promised that he'll try to do it and make (force) you try it.

not knowing that yunho's looking at you while you're talking to his members, mingi bump his arm.

“you're in love.” mingi laughed and pointed at how yunho is smiling like an idiot.

he is indeed in love with you.

masterlist <3

[maochira]

Hi Mao dear! Can you write a scenerio with kurona, Jin and sendo who have lost their favorite plushy so they can't sleep now and now ask reader to be their plushy? Hope it made sense

Have a nice day <3

THAT'S SO CUTE

Tags: gn!reader, established relationship, fluff

Ranze Kurona

-he has a collection of various shark plushies (most are from Ikea) and he has a very specific favourite one that he carries around whenever possible (usually hidden in a bag)

-tonight he's staying at your place, and usually, he always has his favourite plushie with him, but he forgot it today

-he only notices it right before you want to go to sleep, so it's way too late to go back to his place for him to get it

-Kurona tries to brush it off, but he's very upset about not having his plushie

-he doesn't want to ruin the mood, though, so he asks if you can be his plushie instead

-you're a little surprised by his question because you expected to cuddle with him anyway. You obviously answer his question with yes

Jin Kiyora

-he never really cared for plushies (except for when he was a child) until he started dating you. You gave him a cat plushie for your one-month anniversary and Kiyora has been very attached to it ever since

-unfortunately, that plushie disappeared and no matter where he looks for it, Kiyora can't find it again

-you decided to help him on his search, but after looking everywhere in his room, Kiyora says it's time to give up

-when you insist on continuing to look for it, Kiyora says it's okay because he wants you to be his plushie to cuddle with instead

-his words get you flustered immediately, but you'd never decline something like this

-he ends up finding the plushie again 3 days later (his younger brother stole and hid it to mess with him)

Shuto Sendou

-Sendou still has his favourite childhood plushie and he usually can't sleep without it, but he's too embarrassed to telll you about it. He always hides it when you visit him

-but now you're on vacation together and he decided it's time to tell you about it. You have plushies as well so he knows you're not going to judge him for it

-but when he unpacks his stuff in the hotel room, he realizes he forgot the plushie at home and now he's devastated and upset

-he tries to hide his bad mood, but you notice something about your boyfriend is off, so you ask what's wrong

-without explaining the situation, Sendou asks if you can be his plushie during your vacation. Then he realizes he should have given you more contest so now he's embarrassed and a flustered mess

-even before he explains why he asked that, you say yes to his question. You planned to cuddle every night anyway so you were surprised why he would ask that in the first place

[the-white-soul]

*Full relief washes over Flowey, relaxing his face and posture. He hops off Noelle’s shoulder (lets say its right before Clover came in at that point) and replants himself in the ground now that the earth is available again.*

So… *Flowey smiles, flashing his teeth.* does this mean you'll let me be your friend at least?

Anyway, I'll find something good for ‘Dess!” She won’t be able to handle it. I think its funny she’d be willing to withstand such horrible stuff over simply tellling Kara the truth. So stupid… Do you think I should make Noelle let me have free bounds with non-lethal violence against her? Or put her in a little mental predicament?

(Frisk) "I have a good idea. Hey Noelle can you go over there? *Points at Clover not knowing it is Clover* I'm pretty sure someone is coming. You see that kid?"

(Noelle) "Yes, I see him. Most of him. Honestly, it could be a prince and I wouldn't tell. *Walks to Clover starting the scene with them*"

(Frisk) " Now that she's out of here I'll tell you my plan. We separate Kara and Noelle. We can play the game of how long until Noelle cries over missing Kara. Guarantee she'll fold in 10 minutes. I don't get love. Physical I mean. Obviously, I get people who have good relationships like me. Platonic I mean but how could a person look at someone else and by looks think, 'I'm going to die for you.' Even as most relationships go though, this one is going too far. I feel like we're one argument away from her crying and confessing who she is. What's wrong with her? She can't live without someone like Kara? Girl, so many people and monsters could be with you. I don't understand. We need them to harden especially if we want to get them emotionally ready to kill, Jack! Also, if they do refuse for any reason we can just force them into separate rooms. How about that?"

[nekomanager]

SINCE ITS TETSUREIII SZN!!!! I AM HEREEE WITHHHH TEH A LITTOL Q/A EHEHEH

WHERE DID ALL THIS BEGINNN FROMMM !!! TEH FRIST PAGE OF TETSUREIII STORYYY <33

TELLL MEEEEEEEE EVERYTHINGGG!!!!!!!!

For how it all began:

It was love at first sight for the both of us. Like you see a person and you just fit like missing puzzle pieces. We talked like it wasn't our first time seeing each other. The crowd just faded and it seemed like it's just the two of us. We knew we would never forget that moment but we have to part ways. Days or months passed maybe even a year and it became just a distant memory. Maybe something I drew an inspiration from for my story, until we met again at a different circumstance. This time it's no longer a one time thing and he won't allow it to be a one-time thing either. We just picked up where we left off and we both knew that this was it. It might be an ordinary story for some but it was serendipitous for us, knowing that all the heartaches, loneliness and solitude we endured are what led us to each other. Finally, we're at the right place and right time with the right person.

We're friends first, because I came off a little detached he knew it would take time but he was patient. Started with sending funny memes and reels until he gauged what I liked. Scheduled phone calls bc I dont do well in chats until it became a habit for us to call each other at that specific time and day. We talked about anything that we could expand, our theories, our day, rant abt officemates. He debated with me for fun throwing what ifs scenarios. Then he began being more physically present. Going to my office to pick me up. Taking me out on a friendly date. He wasn't flirty at first until he smoothly transitioned being INTJ x ENTP friendship to lovers bc the chemistry and the hidden tension can't be denied anyway. He made me feel secured to be with him. Like I'm free. Free to fall, to love and to be myself.

below the cut is how I ended up simping for him teheee

I was really into Oikawa. He's my first love which I learned to get over just now bc I miss Kuroo in a way I don't miss Oikawa. (Why does this sound so real?) Ngl, it's Kuroo I found to be most attractive but he seemed so unattainable for me that I did a pass. At first, I just love writing for him because a mutual loves him very much and my readers always fangirl for him in my fics and all the requests I'm getting are for Kuroo Kuroo Kuroo even if I even voluntarily write for Oikawa. Lol. I was like okaaay. Until I asked for match ups and ask games and I ended up getting him over and over again too. Tell me about it. Haha. Then I posted some selfship stuff abt Oikawa and I got nothing. I posted that I got Kuroo for an ask game and everyone just idk interacted and I was like uhmm what? Even my moots from other fandom are into the tetsurei agenda. What are these people seeing that I'm not seeing? Like yeah he's handsome and he wears suit and tie which I love but...anyway lol just lol hahaha. (Gosh, I sounded so in denial on this) It's funny that we even work in the same field. A follower even pointed it out. Tbh I still can't understand where they are coming from. As time passed by, I enjoyed our ship more than anything else. He's all I can think to write about. TBH IDK! Hahaha! This made me reread all my kuroo fics and wondered howww? I reread the oldest one back in Dec 2020. It didn't do things for me then but it gave me the feels now. I even forgot what it was but the way I wrote for him never changed. I realized that in all the Y/Ns I wrote for all the characters, I've been writing myself whenever it's with Kuroo. I just realized it now. Maybe that's why it's easier for ppl to associate him with me too bc it shows. I still dk! But whatever I love him. I'd love to have a Kuroo just for me.

I think I'm oblivious like real life oblivious. Oh well. (Good luck to all the intj simps out there: I'm talkin for Rin, Tsukki, Akaashi, Geto, Niko) We're dense af and in denial. Good luck.

[tiodolma]

Hello. I shall thank you for answering my ask. Regarding of the ask, look. I can't disagree with you on the Merlin and Morgana comparison because I haven't really focused on that. Same with the political stuff. However, I can't blame Merlin for keeping secrets from Arthur when the magic ban was still there, when Uther was alive and king and when Arthur was being manipulated by Agravaine (hence why he couldn't tell Arthur about the shade Lancelot thing). And even when Arthur was being an ass half the show (I wouldn't trust him either). I know that Merlin messed up really bad many times but still. He was also manipulated, like Morgana. And as you said, he wasn't allowed to have connections that could help him and trust issues can really affect a person.

But let me ask you something about BBC Merlin.

I want your opinion on certain characters. Here:

Arthur

Gwen

The Knights (collectively or individually)

Lancelot (he is a knight but I separated him for personal reason)

Killgarah

Gaius

And by opinion, I mean: the potential they could have if they stayed longer in the show, their relationship with Merlin, if some of them had a potential to change something in Camelot... you name it.

Also, an opinion on the Lancelot du Lac episode...

An opinion on Merthur, their relationship , not so much political stuff(Personally, I'm not really a big fan of it, and the whole "two sides of the same coin" doesn't really sound romantic because Merlin was willing to commit treason for a guy who saved his life and barely knew him (Lancelot). Personally, I am more of Merlin/Lancelot and you are more of Merlin/Morgana. But I won't really hate anyone who ships Merthur).

the potential they could have if they stayed longer in the show, their relationship with Merlin, if some of them had a potential to change something in Camelot… you name it.

Merlin: should have had a magic reveal, should have become an advisor for a short while then disappear from the story permanently while everybody moved on.

Arthur: should have conquered more lands. CONQUERED LANDS OKAY. He becomes a full fledged king even without merlin in the picture anymore. He's supposed to come into his own as a big political entity who can survive on his own. Arthurian stories are a british imperialistic fantasy, keep it that way. make him go to wars and assimilate more countries. dude's supposed to be an emperor. then he sits back and watch all his knights go on adventures and then when they come back they tell him things.

Lancelot: should have lived on and provided Merlin with the political backing that Merlin desperately needed

The Knights: More Adventures and wacky shenanigans

Guinevere: needs to cheat on arthur with lancelot.. COZ WHAT EVEN IS THE POINT OF ALL THIS

Kilgharrah: he roams free, and does what merlin tellls him to do

Gaius: needed to die because he is too conservative and is the enemy of progress

ON THE STATE OF MAGIC (you didnt ask for ths but i assume you expected something)

With how the story went, I dont know how merlin could have brought back magic as a whole tbh. He had killed all the major leaders of the sects or they had died protecting him and his secrets. There's no justice to be had even if he brings back some of the freedoms. To whom will magic be free anyway? Just for a selected group of druids loyal to him? How about the high priestesses? The sidhe? The ones who's specialty is black magic? Gaius taught him to oversee everybody without ever being in communication or dialogue with them. Merlin will just be a tyrant over all them and different sects will still rebel.

Morgana: she and merlin will realize that theyve been idiots all along and just agree to disagree. she and arthur reconcile and she brings him to avalon coz merlin is imprisoned somewhere forever as part of his penance.

.......

LANCELOT DU LAC EPISODE (s4x09)?

...i mean lancelot shouldn't have died so early in the first place

...arthur is no good

...the only winner is morgana coz her abducting lancelot for her schemes is part of thomas malory lore. and also yayy for necromancy!

....i've mentioned this before but it still makes no sense how morgana knew about the guinevere/lancelot sidestory

OPINION ON ME...RTH...UR?

...ok most of the posts on the anti-merthur and merthur-critical and arthur-critical and merlin-critical tumblr tags are mine. i have been pretty vocal and public about my disdain for the whole dynamic especially when i shipped it for a short while. There's a lot of wrong about it. pls just check those out first. thanks.

............

i cannot talk about the bbc merlin dynamics without politics tho. that's impossible because bbc merlin is a heavily political and idealogical character. politics is part of merlin's character framework.

personally in meta like this i steer away from mentioning "romance." The only thing "romantic" about the show is the idealization of "light" "dark" and "good" "evil" to the point of glorifying certain forms of extremism and demonizing others. It's so black and white it is almost christianity-coded (and well, quite faithful to the source materials).

[dreamsarelikedragonflies]

Which of your fics...

(eeeeeee!) I was tagged by @nikibogwater for this one, and I’m super grateful for that, because boy oh boy do I have things to say. Without further ado...

...did you think would get a bigger reaction/audience than it got: 

Well, I have to say I thought Uneven Days would be getting a lot of attention, seeing as, yknow, Douxie dying at the end of Wizards would have been one hell of a turn. But, the more I think about that one, the more I realize it’s really pretty dark and downright painful to read even for me, so I can understand why it wasn’t bigger. At the same time, I still regard it as one of my better heavy-angst pieces because of how I was able to make it concise but impactful.

...is your funniest: 

Hmm! I think that I tend to keep a balance of humor, fluff, and angst in my writing (and personally, I think that’s what makes it so appealing to me to keep writing) but Witch Hazel was by far one of the more fluffy and just all around funnier ones. I mean, really, a stinky moppet!Douxie who is overjoyed to be running simple errands for his master, sassy Zoe who doesn’t know what to think of this tall, cute, albeit dorky guy, immediately followed up by a time skip to the future where Zoe is soft about sweet Douxie and the roles are sort of reversed. It’s just so stinking cute (pun fully intended.)

...is your darkest/angstiest: 

Well, previously mentioned Uneven Days probably has to take the cake on that one, simply because of how dark it is. Originally, Fundamental Experiences was going to be a lot heavier. I had actually considered having him accidentally kill his father, and had touched on going more in-depth on the abuse suffered. But...I have an idea to incorporate a quite uncomfortable moment where he sees his father for the last time into that series somewhere...

...is your absolute favorite: 

Why on Earth would you make me choose?!?!? Not to mention, my perception of good or not is heavily influenced by reactions and comments, lol. If I had to pin down ONE, I would maybe say that at the moment, chapter 8, “Did You Know” of Saudade is my favorite. In fact, that whole work is my baby. I really enjoyed making them hurt over the course of 25k words, and then of course, writing out my own pining and yearning into these characters I’ve grown to love so much, well, that was cathartic. I think it’s what finally pushed me over the edge of getting over a semi-recent breakup and a heartache for a crush that was never going to go anywhere(the crush in question once sang me all eight and a half minutes of American Pie by Don McLean at work and my obsession with McLean songs took off from there). I self-project an unhealthy amount, but it leaves my writing astonishingly real.

...is your least favorite: 

Yeesh. Well, I wrote Not Just Happenstance for a “The Dragon Prince” AU thing in a contest-type of thing that was going for a while, and it just felt so rushed and cringey. And this work is what led me to realize I really don’t like writing heavily canon-divergent AUs where just about everything is changed. AUs in general are not my cup of tea, but recently I’ve found a few I really vibe with, but I’m only going to write ones with minor changes. I’m down with reading a few here and there, however.

...was the easiest to write:

Hmm. I think mostly because of it’s simplicity and short-and-sweet style, A Friendship of A Thousand Lifetimes. It was one of my earlier pieces posted, back when I thought I’d get away with uploading under 1k pieces to that series. It came pretty naturally to me, and it was actually a little inspired by HTTYD in the trap aspect.

...was the hardest to write: 

There’s a couple of answers to this question. Emotionally speaking, Uneven Days killed me. I had to take crying breaks to write it. And when I finished it, I wasn’t even relieved, I just felt...numb. But logistically speaking, I’ve done wayyyyy too much research on dancing in the 12th century for one of my WIP Zouxie week fics, lol, for it to only be a super minor aspect. I did a lot of research on that one for acceptable words to use, what clothing would have looked like, and so on, and then I only used a tiny bit of that info in the work. I really struggled to pair it own, too, and it’s almost deserving of it’s own mini-series. If you want the sequel to it, you’ll have to comment requesting it when it goes up Nov. 2nd!

...has your favorite line/exchange/paragraph (share it):

I have a couple answers to this one. In regards to fluff:

“Well,” he starts, running a thumb down her cheek and to her jaw. “Twice in nine hundred years is nothing. I was thinking I’d like to make up for some lost time.”

“I wouldn’t mind that at all,” Zoe answers. She meets his lips with a grin.

I mean, that one is just so freaking flirty and adorable, it makes me feel all AHHHHH on the inside. If not for knowing it’s better unwritten (and that I just,,, I mean,, I would write a scene with them making out but I just don’t know if I should yknow. if you think I should, well, by all means leave a comment here and consider it done) I would have delved into that more lol. I am soft for that sort of super sappy flirting. Saudade, Chapter 8.

In terms of humor? I LOVED writing that email interaction/skype call into my Saudade chapters. I just thought it was so freaking funny and fun to write, not to mention there’s so many lines that are gold in there, I can’t just pick one.

But in regards to the angst and pain??

Archibald feels numb and senseless to even the warmth of the sun on his fur. It doesn’t matter anymore. Nothing does. Everything has been taken away from him. Archie feels like a celestial body that had orbited a star all it’s life, only to have it suddenly wrenched away from him. He’s now purposeless. Directionless. The gravity is gone and there is nothing to keep him securely in place. 

This one is from Uneven Days again, and whoooo boy does it hurt. I think I managed to capture Archie’s own perception of himself in regards to Douxie. Without Doux, Archie doesn’t know who he is anymore. And that in itself is a powerful thing.

...have you re-read the most:

I’m not sure. Just for perspective, I reread my fics nearly every time someone comments so I can get a feeling for it again, lol. Though, I have only reread Uneven Days twice. Once to edit, and once after posting and that is all. But I think I’ve reread chap 8 of Saudade over two dozen times. I worked so hard to get that one just right. It wasn’t difficult, it was just that I seriously wanted it to be perfect.

...would you recommend to someone reading your work for the first time: 

Start with Saudade! It will always be the best place to start, and actually, if you read along with my series updates, they weave together quite well. If you really wanted, you could read A Wizard’s Beginnings first simply because of the chronological order, but it’s not necessary.

...are you most proud of: 

Saudade will always be my magnum opus of fics that I’ve written for ToA. It has everything in it and more. But really? A Sinking Memory is by far the best piece I’ve written for ToA. If you haven’t already, please go read this. There is so much I could go into detail about the ways I tied that whole work together. And in fact, I plan to make a post talking about that because so help me Powers that Be, I am not letting it go under-appreciated. (because holy shit the symbolism and raw fucking emotion in there is WILD)

Tagging(with no pressure, but I’d love to hear from you!): @alovesongshewrote, @constantconfusion14, @feather-dancer and @sammyheroes. Thanks so much for the tag again, much love!!!

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I have a question about your Lego Movie Replacement AU (if you’re still doing that)

How does Lucy & Emmet figure out about Rex being an Alternate Emmet or do they just believe his story?

thank you for this question cuz i really wanted to rewrite this AU a bit 🤣 they didn't believe his story immediately

so, long story short..ish, and kinda messy explanation.. when Rex came back from his timeline, it kinda happened like that in the comic, but the continuation in that comic, they didn't believe him and think he's crazy or som sh1t, but after reasoning with them, and like, telling everything that he knows about when he was Emmet, but he can't get through to them cuz the Emmet copy just also knows what he also knows. this makes Rex start to just panic and pass out

so, he was brought to the hospital, he was like, out for 3 days

when he wakes up, the other visited him, they still don't believe his stories cuz like, almost everything he tellls them are like, the most obvious stuffs, like, about the kragle, how emmet was the special, the apocalypse happening, them being taken, that whole jiz.

and Rex wasnt thinking straight at the moment, he was in the verge of panicking anyways so yeah but they decided mostly Emmet...and Unikitty to just befirend him

he hesitantly agrees, but he still agreed

tho, Rex was planning something tho... he plans to get Emmet out of the picture whenever they're alone. of course, he was hesitant on the first times, but when they were alone, like, maybe they're alone in the alley or somthin, (idk when, still thinkin about it lol) Rex kinda like, ambushes Emmet(?) they were like, fighting and sh1t, kind of like in the undar scene in the movie.

Emmet was building mech and stuff to defend himelf cuz he doesnt want to fight him, Rex just using his fist. but as they were fighting, Rex was telling Emmet everything at the same time, how he was the OG Emmet, how he suffered for 4 years under the dryer, how he's the reason he suffered there and no one rescued him, all that jazz, up to the point where Rex just stopped fighting and just started to cry, he was just so hurt.

Emmet goes to comfort him, he doesn't say a word but he just went up to Rex and hug him. Rex hesitantly hugged back, he just needed a hug so badly. He started apologizing to him that he tried to kill him.

and then Lucy and the others came to the scene and just sees them hugging. (and oh yeah, the other were just watching them fight, they were about to intervene but Unikitty stopped them cuz of what Rex's saying, so yeah, i guess that's how they found out Rex really is Emmet)

Emmet then brings Rex back home to rest, and Rex did, he instantly fell asleep, trying to murder your perfect past copy and having an outburst after that is exhausting. Emmet and Lucy just talks about it while Rex was asleep

then the next day, Rex wakes up seing them like nothing happened, yada yada everything is forgiven cuz it was all just a misunderstanding, a very confusing misunderstanding, they now properly talked about it and stuff

and before the whole fight thing, Rex just believes that i dunno, that Emmet is an alien or som sh1t and brainwashed them to believing that he's the real Emmet, so he's very angry at him and just acts like everything's fine and dandy until they're all alone and then he now tries to kill the "impostor" but nah, he really is just a normal Emmet but minus the whole undar trauma

aanndddd, that's what my brain has for now

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Hi there! I just wanted to say that I love your fics! I mean I love As the clock strikes midnight because it's just so good!! I love the way you write and I'm not gonna lie, I love their interactions and how they just openly talk about stuff, that's the good shit that I'm missing in a lot of fics honestly T-T Anyway, I just wanted to stop by and telll you that I really love you and your writing and can't wait for the next chapter ♥

Ahhh thank you so much! 💕💕💕

Honestly, speaking from experience: you can't have a good first time session without discussing everything beforehand. Let alone a BDSM scene. LET ALONE A THREEWAY.

I'm very bothered by the lack of discussion in many fics as well! One thing is having a partner who knows you and your boundaries well, another is when you're with someone new or trying things you've never done before with them. Spontaneous sex seems hot until you end up with unwanted surprises!

Negotiations might not be the sexiest thing ever, but I try to be as real with my writings as I am with my headcanons.