#are there no other traumatized ex-religious people in this fandom

[bookinit02]

well. maybe eddie pov is my place to shine actually

[estelraca]

2, 4, and 8 for the love fandom asks?

2. A headcanon that you weren't sure about at first but have come to like: Ohhhhh this is a hard one because I tend to get. Very attached to my own headcanons very quickly? Like, once I decide on something, my brain "yes, good, this is true". Like, the idea that Marvelous is from a species with a healing factor, and a distinct wandering culture, and he has only vague recollections of it that sometimes heal and sometimes fester? I will go to my grave certain that's true.

Or Onodera Yuusuke having lost his sibling along with his parents (depending on if I'm feeling like playing with a genderfluid Yuusuke or not may be the older or younger who died). That one's stuck around.

For stuff outside toku, I'm legitimately having to reread canon to have a chance of figuring out how many of Asmodeus' issues with religion and God are Actually There and how much are my ex-Catholic religious trauma leaking through...

Also Lang is a werewolf in Ace Attorney. He just is. So's Tyrell Badd. I have had to stop myself when writing gift fics and go "wait, no, this is not Actually True".

For headcanons I picked up from other people, see above for the genderfluid Onodera. I also quite like Ikki from Revice being trans.

4. I feel like I am Bad At This because I cannot think of many ships that I don't really go there for? I am usually pretty open to ships! My Kingohger potential shipping polycule is Ridiculous. In toku especially I tend to open up my shipping horizons. Like, I did not ship Shotaro and Phillip during the majority of the show; I liked their friendship. But after the anime, I'm pretty open to the foursome of Shotaro/Phillip/Akiko/Terui. Which I guess still isn't Shotaro and Phillip! I understand why people ship them; they've got a great rapport, they're the two-in-one Kamen Rider, Shotaro mourned dysfunctionally for a year. They just don't really do it for me on their own.

8. I hope more people will come to appreciate all of toku! It's such a fun genre, and we could always use more talented people in it. Come think about hope and joy and the power of friendship with us, while never neglecting the trauma inherent in being human and mortal and living in an imperfect world and a vast dangerous universe!

But more than anything... I hope more people will read the Dominion of the Fallen books and come be fannish over them with me. It's such a tiny little fandom. It deserves so much more love. There's so much potential! Fusion crossovers would be amazing! Come read about traumatized Fallen angels and the horrors of colonialism with me! Ship the stabby murdery Fallen angel and his sweet cinnamon roll husband with me!

[mettasing]

⚠️ !FOLLOWING VENT WARNING! ⚠️

i still remember that "psychologist". essentially, i tried to tell her just one thing, but she was ignoring me, saying shit like dayum maybe some art therapy (because SHE is "artsy") maybe religion (because SHE is religious) maybe socialization (because SHE is lonely, and my explanations included me comfortable being asocial, not ostracized), maybe you need to move to fucking st. petersburg to find "your people" (because... you get the point). or clumsily trying to sell her own graphomania (i read it before i've got to talk, i thought her artistic and professional skills didn't link together) and "artsiness" to me. essentially, it was like i was unreasonable (got physically sick and nauseous from this conversation even though there was no conflict, i've just realised i probably wasn't being heard so i left). like i had some ffvi cast before me with "touch grass" and "love yourself" type of advices, but instead of human beings who have grown from their fears and sorrows and were gonna fight for their and everyone's better lives, it was a sheltered philistine who was more akin to ms. fleming from heathers. so later i've heard from my friend (who was actually interacting with her basically everyday) that she thought i had some major depression and anxiety disorder but she was AFRAID to suggest that i needed professional help. so she preferred to drag me around for a couple of weeks, while i was uncertain and vulnerable for trusting my problems to someone outside of my circle, thinking i was just dramatic. and my fears and doubts in her were cemented.

why do i know about her projecting instead of giving actual advice? why do i call her "philistine"? it's because i know how she tried to help people (who actually needed it, so much more than me) and failed miserably because she wasn't able to see outside of her own figurine. she was a guidance chancellor and a college supervisor who didn't do her job, travelling around the country when she should have been working; she was safe because she was friends with her respected colleague, and she never knew her students' whereabouts. tbh, she never conversed with them properly. they didn't respect her because they were assertive and she was too meek and pathetic for them, she didn't respect them because they were commonfolk beneath her level unable to understand her artistic soul. with a few fatal exceptions. she was "sad" and "disappointed" that an suicidal autistic person with unprocessed traumas who grew up in poverty and depravity didn't wanted to "see the world, meet new people and make art" in the middle of a fucking episode (under her supposed care!). she was convincing my friend to return to their ex even though they were (and still are) traumatized and physically unwell from this relationship, on top of their own problems. because their ex is a "rare, unique, creative" person. after she learned the truth (it was a whole fucking shitshow, a final act that erupted and then lasted half a year and i even got my part in it), she proceeded to say TO MY FRIENDS' FACE that she still "liked" their ex. it's not a teacher's business to make friends with students, but i think her loneliness got the best of her. she chose two ostracized people in her group, and at first it was seen as a good thing. it's good to have a figure of authority who can understand you and protect you amidst the bullying. but in this case, because of what i stated earlier, it wasn't the truth. she just wanted some younger people to adore her, look at her collection (it's really impressive, though) or read her... novels. whole other topic. i don't like trashing onto somebody's art like it's 2015-2017 "fandom trash" fairy mary sue era, i've got out of there and learned. but she basically became that dismissive adult once it was clear that no one was impressed by her artistic journey, even those who were supposed to understand her. also, for the "philistine" comment. it's no secret that liberal arts/art history and criticism people are different from artists. they understand the basis, the elements, the skeleton, the guts of an art piece. they can explain it. but to assemble it? the puzzle pieces will be visible on the skin. it won't be pretty. maybe it's me who's projecting here as a music theory major who will go hyperventilating and sweating everytime they need to stop analysing and start playing (something something growing up with corporal punishment and emotional abuse teehee🤭🤭 i don't like to use this word for me plus i'm just not a composer). like she knows her art history, she's passionate, she drops literature references left and right in her work, she uses fucking philosophy books' passages as epigraphs even though they look completely out of place in her b-list science fiction novel... but there's no live thought. she doesn't want people to criticise her for it. it may be fair but not when you call yourself a writer and make your work a part of your personality. no, she just wants adoration and admiration, and you are out of picture when you fail to provide her with it.

looks like i've just gnawed onto somebody. just a human. but, uh. yes. JUST a human. i got myself into a lengthy explanation of someone i consider a face of pop-psychology. not my first encounter with a therapist, but a very telling one. it's a person who's comfortable with the idea of helping, even though the only help they can provide is just "talk and feel". they won't care and will be afraid, dismissive, rude, condescending if someone who's outside of their (oh, how i dread these words) comfort zone steps into their office. suddenly, there are boundaries. you are the problem again. you are "too much" again. they can opt out of helping you, not even bothering to explain themselves and hinting at your fault and "difficulty" in their decision. "we're all human", until you say you're alienated from society and physically can't consider someone's worth and feelings until told, and ruin the fun. "we're all have lows in our lives", until you say you're worthless piece of shit and you starved today again because you hope you'll gradually disappear that way and won't cause troubles and grief to your loved ones, and spoil the milk. "we're all capable and talented and valuable in our own way", until you ask what's so valuable about a high-school drop-out disappointment who didn't even peak there and won't be able to afford higher education money-, time- and health-wise because they blew up academically being unwell and unchecked and now they're even worse – and shatter the magic. now you're just arguing, now you're trying to be special. you haven't even talked about your debilitating fears and anxiety, your inability to groom yourself, your manic episodes leaving you shattered and isolated, your paranoid delusions locking you inside your room and head. you're already a "narcissist" because you haven't started immediately to lick their boot for gracing you with answer. your mommy didn't love you, you daddy have been beating you. you are incapable of understanding, loving (whisper) and be loved by other people, because you're so hypocritical, broken, full of yourself and straight up not nice. now, please disappear forever.

[monstersinthecosmos]

Isn't it implied that Armand was sexually abused even before Marius when he was basically a child sex trafficking victim? Kind of don't even want RJ to touch that backstory at all at this point tbh

Oh yes, I would say it's not even "implied" as much as very clearly part of his backstory. He's kidnapped and trafficked and winds up with Marius because Marius purchases him.

I will say when I talked about this yesterday I said "Especially because Armand's experience of it doesn't fit neatly into RJ's whole 'rape makes you tougher' trope since Armand doesn't ask the reader to think of it as rape." which!!!!!! I will fine tune here and say I meant his experiences with Marius are the rape he doesn't try to sell us as rape. Please don't get me started on TVA meta and Armand's reliability as a narrator since we are in AMC land today on this post. He's clear about what happens to him when he's trafficked, and when Marius first "rescues" him he's so traumatized that he's nonverbal.

So it absolutely does not make him tougher; it makes him traumatized and vulnerable. I think even his respite of living with Marius is undone when he gets to the cult and re-embraces his fervent religious beliefs. It makes me wonder if he's overcorrecting and seeing his time with Marius as sin. He doesn't recover from this for like 300 years!

But that kinda leans into like a lot of the casual readers' ambiguity about who & what Marius is, also about Anne's intentions writing it/the branding contamination of her erotica career. I would even argue that a lot of casual readers don't even make it this far into the series, anyway. This is probably the most divisive book in the series because some people read it as fun vampire erotica that's just packed to the rafters with sexy & extremely common kink tropes, other people go WAIT WHAT THE FUCK? lol.

I'm not completely buying that the team on this show actually read the whole series, or at least not as deeply as fandom nerds have 😂, and like I think everyone has to remember that Tumblr & fandoming are echochambers and people outside in the regular world tend not to be this sensitive to these topics. Especially when it comes to topics that are more familiar in queer spaces. So it wouldn't surprise me if the Venice era was read uncritically. I almost wanna say maybe even read as Anne intended but what the fuck has this show told us about what Anne intended? LOL.

But there's a lot of ambiguity in TVA with Marius's intentions again don't let me waste Marius meta on an AMC post and the thing people often romanticize about him is that he rescued Armand. And like I just wonder if the show, seeing how they're handling Claudia, would lean into the like Ricean precocious child trope and try to play it off that Armand is asking for it or enjoying it.

And much like the way they're portraying Lestat, I think it's worth noting that Marius's actons often come from grounded places, and the harm he does is not always intentional. Personally I don't think the show has framed Lestat as particularly sympathetic, although they've given us some clues about why he's like this. I think fandom is really extrapolating on that stuff and woobifying him LOL so just. WHEW WOULD THEY DO THAT TO MARIUS? HAHA. fucken yiiikes.

I am *eating popcorn gif* waiting to see if the completely rampant Lestat apologism will extend to Marius bc it's hilarious to me that he has been demonized by fandom along with his fans but yet Domestic Abuser Lestat is just sad about his ex uwu louis is so mean 2 him

So anyway yeah idk man. I'm not thrilled with what the show is saying about teenagers and sexual assault so I definitely have some concerns about Armand. But I also feel like it would be such a cop out to age him up, because him being turned at 17 and looking like that is so important to his character. All of this stuff is important to his character. Like idk I don't want them to shy away from these topics but I just hope like, if there's meaningful feedback from Season 1 maybe they write it more sensitively and with more nuance going forward.

I hate to say it but we can only hope that the show continues on its path of making it the fuck up and maybe none of this will make it to the screen anyway. hopes & prayers. please leave my son out of this adshjgkadg

[well-shit-im-a-morosexual-now]

Aurora, Rapunzel, Peter Pan

Akdhsis I genuinely had no idea what the hell you were talking about??? I had to go refresh my blog and I have no recollection what so ever abt reblogging that set of asks specially considering i try to only reblog fandom related things😂😂😂

Aurora: story of your first kiss

Ugh I was like 15? There was this guy who I'd been dating & we broke up but like not really? As in we were officially broken up but we still acted the same way as we did when we were dating... Anyway we were having a seminar in a different branch of our school, and they had a party/dinner afterwards. We were talking and he said something like "Do I get a hug goodbye?" And I said "yeah, sure" "how about a goodnight kiss?" "Yeah" "wait seriously?" "Yeah man" so we ended up kissing in the kindergarten section, separated from our principle & teachers ,having dinner, by an extremely thin wall...

Ik the ask was basically about the first kiss but lemme tell you about my first kiss with a girl 'cause...well...listen...lil 16yr old me is happily dating my (male) best friend (we had a real enemies to friends to strangers to best friends to lovers storyline that started when we were 11 & ended by circling back to enemies at 19...it was great) and rn as far as im concerned im a straight cis girl (HA.) So I'm at the party of my super religious friend with all her super religious intensely scary family and a handful of my friends (including my (female) best friend & her ex) - & look obviously I have nothing against anyone being really religious but when I say 'super religious' in this context I mean the "hate the sin love the sinner, I love you but if you're gay you're going to hell" kind (& yes this is something I'll get to find out first hand a couple years in the future...it was great). So me & my (female) best friend have at this point being talking about what it would be like to kiss a girl and we decide this! This party is definitely the time for that (we were idiots). We were both dating guys at the time and after okaying it with them we head out to find a secluded place,,, but obviously the whole place was packed and the only empty spot we could find was the birthday girl's bedroom. So we sneak in and that's when we realise something that we technically already knew. The walls of her bedroom were covered in pictures of Jesus. And look I couldn't scratch my ass in front of my batman plushie okay? Hell I still can't change if my cats are staring at me...so the idea that a prominent religious figure was gonna watch me kiss a GIRL was terrifying (pls note that where I live being lgbtq+ is nowhere near normalised & is still technically illegal & unlike my brother I wasn't raised watching shows/cartoons that normalised it either so as far as 16yr old me was concerned what I was doing was very taboo and I was definitely going to hell for sinning in front of Jesus - and no it did not matter that I wasn't christian) BUT we were determined to see this through. Which is when we encountered our other two problems; 1. Her room was halfway below ground level and had these huge windows that peaked out above ground and all someone outside had to do was look down at their feet to see us. 2. Her room didn't lock. BUT we were determined god damnit! So this is what we did; I pressed my back against the door to keep it shut and she stood in front of me so that (being taller) hopefully anyone who looked down through the window would only see her. We closed our eyes and asked Jesus if he could turn away for just a quick sec, pls sir this won't take long at all. So after we kissed (twice) it sort of went like this:

Her: huh, that wasn't anything special, I mean it wasn't bad but it wasn't like kissing a boy?

Me: fuckkfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckf-

Rapunzel: 5 things from your bucket list

Okay so I'm stupid af and my bucket list was on my old phone (the one i had when I was around 14) and I never bothered to make a backup and that phone obviously doesn't work now & I never really bothered to make one after that so... I'm just gonna list things I wanna do as they randomly pop in to my head;

I wanna learn to rollerskate!

start a rescue for stray cats (we have a prominent one for dogs here but nothing as big for cats) or even just get into rescuing and fostering animals

finish every project I took on but never got around to doing

work up the courage to get a binder

Become a millionaire so I can do things like travelling the world or eating food from around it

Learn to do a hand stand or the splits?

Peter Pan- something from your childhood you still love

Okay so there's this life sized medical skeleton? I used to be dead scared to go into the storage room where he was kept when I was a child except one day when I went in there to cry because people hardly went into it and ended up fixing him up while tearfully ranting about whatever problems I had (who knows I was like 10) I ended up naming him and he sorta became my security blanket? Like I'd go into this room and rant at this plastic skeleton whenever I was scared or angry or sad. (I also used him to traumatize my brother but that's another story). He's still there but at 22 I dont really go and talk to him anymore & I'm also almost his height so he doesn't seem as wise and all powerful as he used to...and I miss those weird yet simple interactions

Thanks for the ask! I literally was not expecting it😂

[thisweekingundamwing]

TWIGW April 15-21

Good morning lovely fandom!

Here’s your round up for this week!  If you submitted something we missed, drop us a line, we’ll get it corrected! 

And if you find something you like, remember to leave the creator some love!

XOXO,

Mod CB

Fanfiction:

A Little Piece of Gundam Wing

The archive is being ported to AO3! Check it out!

AerisEithne

The Snow Queen

Days after the incident that nearly sparked a new war, Relena returns to the Sanc Kingdom to contemplate her future. She can’t help but wonder which path the perfect soldier will choose… and whether their destinies will continue to collide.

Pairings: 1xR

Warnings: Gundam Wing (Frozen Teardrop), Preventers

@anaranesindanarie

Tout pour toi mon amour

A collection of Dorothy and Relena oneshots for @maevemauvaise

Pairings: DxR

Warnings: none

Death Unspeaking (Chapters 19 and 20!!)

What happens when a Gundam Pilot is mute? Will the other Pilots look down at him because of it? Will he overcome the odds or will the odds overcome him?

Pairings: 2x3

Warnings: Graphic Descriptions of Violence, Underage, Mute!Duo Gundams, Eventual Canon Divergence, Mobile Suits, Fighting, Eventual Yaoi, AU, Sign Language, just pure awesomeness, Blowing Shit Up, blowing ships up, Circus

a_river_of_stars

Post Nihil

Much of Trowa’s past is lost to him, but he can’t help feeling drawn to the pale boy who’s been haunting his dreams. When the boy turns out to be real, Trowa follows him into space. But something’s not right. A deep sense of sadness has taken hold of Quatre, and Trowa makes it his mission to free him from it. Unfortunately, Quatre seems to think he deserves to be miserable.A love story told as a series of codas, all taking place between Episodes 35-49. This is my first fic for this fandom, so please be kind. I'm new to this site.

Pairings: 3x4

Warnings: Temporary Amnesia, Troquat, Quattro - Freeform, 3x4 - Freeform, 4x3 - Freeform, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Guilt, Teens Acting Like Teens, Atypical Treatment of Amnesia, Probably ooc, Canon Compliant

@claraxbarton

Of All People

After his relationship with Zechs ends, Trowa meets Duo - a vaguely familiar, handsome stranger who promises to help him forget his ex.  Giftfic for @kangofu-cb

Pairings: 2x3, 4x5, past 3x6

Warnings: AU, academic au, nice and fluffy, no really, happy endings and fun times, and SMUT

@claraxbarton , @kangofu-cb

Bad Company

"The only hell and the only paradise are the ones we build ourselves." - Unknown Years after the wars, Preventers has decided to tackle one of the most powerful and oldest of all the Terran crime syndicates. Embedded dangerously deep in an undercover operation targeting the violent and bloodthirsty Sinaloa Cartel, Trowa Barton is pushed beyond even his flexible morals - and when his new "partner" arrives in the very unexpected and unwelcome form of Duo Maxwell, the one person he'd been trying to protect at all costs, both men must deal with the realization that preserving peace for humanity is turning into a bloodsport.What follows is race against time to uncover the evidence they need to bring Sinaloa, and its beautiful but deadly leaders, down - all while keeping each other alive in the process

Pairings: 2x3

Warnings: Post-Canon, Undercover Missions, Undercover as a Couple, Implied/Referenced Torture, Implied Sexual Content, Implied/Referenced Drug Use, Human Trafficking, Gang Violence, Canon Typical Violence, Explicit Sexual Content, Moral Dilemmas

@duointherain

The Dance Politic

A star-struck Heero finally confesses to Duo, who is now the mayor of L2.

Pairings: 1x2, 5xR

Warnings: none

Foopy, kirallie

Knights of Avalon

Multi-series crossover fic

The Galaxy is a weird, wonderful and dangerous place. There is far more to history than anyone remembers.

Warnings: Very AU, Stargate pushed up to movie in '04, sentient weapons, many dates have been played with to fit

Ginnybag

Past Tense

'Milliardo.... I'll be waiting on the other side....'A quarter of a century after the fight at MOII, the Epyon System follows the last command given by its maker, returning him to where he will, once again, be needed. But 25 years is a long time and the world he left behind is not the one he wakes in, and fighting to be more than the ghost that he has become to his friends and family may be one battle Treize Khushrenada really cannot win.

Pairings: 6x13, 3xUne, 5xMariemaia, 4xR, 2xDorothy

Warnings: Other Children, Past Relationship(s, )Past Zechs/Noin, Past Treize/Une, Hints of Treize/Dorothy, Newtypes, POLITICS!, Sanc, Past Heero/Relena, Past Treize/OFC, Past Treize/OMC, Dysfunctional Family, Family Issues, Parents & Children, Discussions of Politics/War/Abuse/Sex, References to Drugs, Romefeller Foundation, Mentions of Past Nastiness, ZERO System, Canon - to a point

Wild Roses: Cold Comfort

December AC 191: Six months after creation, Treize's new Wing is rapidly gathering a reputation as the best of the best. A routine patrol in space cements Zechs's status as an Ace and leaves Treize injured, revealing the depths of his religious beliefs.As the 10th Anniversary of the Fall of Sanc combines with the fallout, Leia begins to doubt her husband, Lady Une summons the Zodiac to form, and Noin earns her wings. On Christmas Eve, Treize marks his 21st with a mission he did not expect, culminating in professional triumph and personal revelation for both men.

Pairings: Zechs Merquise/Original Male Character(s), Zechs/Otto, Treize Khushrenada/Lady Une, Leia Barton/Treize Khushrenada, Zechs/Otto/OMC

Warnings: Graphic Descriptions of Violence, Nuclear-powered suits, The Duchess of Richmond's Ball, Medical Euthanasia

lithle

Salt

Three months after the events of Like Oxygen, Duo shows up on Wufei's doorstep. As familiar, dangerous patterns assert themselves, Wufei's left wondering if there is, or could be, anything between them beyond self-destructive desire. Sequel to Like Oxygen

Pairings: 5x2

Warnings: Unhealthy Relationships, Post War Trauma, Suicidal Thoughts, no EW, Post-Warm Explicit Language, Sex, Bad Decisions, POV Chang Wufei, everyone is broken, But Maybe Trying to Get Better?

Lthanz

Life is War

Multi-series crossover fic

Sequel to 'Life is Fringe'. Five years later, Max, Chloe, and Kevin have settled into their new lives. However, they soon find themselves caught up in a power-struggle between two powerful men competing to control the fate of the world. Loyalties will be tested but a greater threat looms in the darkness, ready to strike.

Characters: Maxine "Max" Caulfield/Chloe Price, Kate Marsh/Original Character(s), Maxine "Max" Caulfield, Chloe Price (Life Is Strange), Kate Marsh, Olivia Dunham, Treize Khushrenada, Natasi Daala, Lucrezia Noin, Lady Une

Warnings: Science Fiction & Fantasy, War, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Original Character(s), Post-Canon, Crossover, Multiple Crossovers, Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, pricefield

Luvsanime02

To Be Kind

A @gwcocktailfriday submission

Cathy knows that this isn't going to work anymore.

Pairings: Cathy x OMC

Warnings: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Mild Sexual Content, Mild Language, Mild Angst, Cocktail Friday

Maldoror

The Source of All Things

Center, a planet where magic and technology blend. Or more accurately, fight tooth and nail. A planet of Sources, holes in our boring dimension letting through arcane power, chaos and pseudo-deities. In this hot-house of myths and very real dangers, Trowa and Quatre find a mysterious man at the end of a shamanic voyage. Portents suggest this Heero Yuy is crucial to Center’s survival. He’s important enough to have some interesting enemies after him, at any rate: a devious killer and thief called ‘Shinigami’, and a very irate Dragon. Beyond them looms an even greater threat. Indeed, the greatest of them all.

Pairings: 3x4, 2x5, eventual 1x2x5

Warnings:  alternative universe, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Plot Twists, fairly graphic depiction of sex, Mild description of self-harm, Mathematical Magic, weird science, crones - Freeform, Magic and Technology brawling and eventually screwing, Eventual Threesome, Kinda, Insanity of arcane origin, The universe is a pile of marbles and other dubious allegories

Two Halves

The two kingdoms of Sanq and Lin were at war for years; a conflagration involving magic, armies and political murder. The conflict left both nations devastated and strewn with refugees. The king of Sanq finds his infant son, lost at birth, among the death and the ruin, a miracle he barely dared to hope for. But there isn't just one boy, there are two, clinging together like two halves of a whole that cannot be separated. Decades later, the truth behind that second child’s existence will put a hole in the world, or possibly save it.

Pairings: 1x2

Warnings: Fantasy AU, medieval setting with magic, starts with our heroes as children, Cousin Incest, sort of, eventually, being royalty this is in fact the norm and rather expected of them, Canon-Typical Violence

Neutral

La última impresión

Pienso en todo esto mientras espero que Duo Maxwell haga su aparición anual. Cuatro años han pasado desde que abandonamos nuestras vidas militares y él, desde el término de los conflictos armados, cada año aparece en la misma fecha, sin importar en qué parte del mundo esté yo instalado.

Pairings: 1x2

Warnings: Creator chose not to use archive warnings

@remsyk-blog

Souls for the Bayou for @maevemauvaise and written for @fandomtrumpshate

For Trowa Barton, exploring the bayou is the ultimate adventure. Drawn to its borders since before he could walk, he spent his childhood learning its paths and uncovering its secrets.  But a chance encounter sets him on a path that spans across time, challenging everything he thought he knew, plunging him deeper into its mysteries than he ever thought possible.

Pairings: 2x3

Warnings: Supernatural - Freeform, Fae & Fairies, Fae Magic, Bayou, Cajun, Childhood Friends, Childhood Memories, Mystery, Slow Burn, Technically Speaking, Young Love, Use of accents, Original Character(s), Other Additional Tags to Be Added, I don't want to give it all away at once, Fandom Trumps Hate

Martini Time

Trowa is not the first pick for Relena's protection detail, nor is he even second or third, but his presence is requested at this particular party, involving a very particular dress code.

Pairings: 3xR, implied 2xR, implied future 2x3xR

Warnings: Cocktail Friday, 1950s Theme, Another stupid charity party, dressing up, Comments on Trowa's hair, Unwanted attention, Sharing

SkullQueenLorita

Wrong Number

Duo, as Quatre's self appointed wing-man and in an attempt to reduce some of Quatre's innocence, gives Quatre the number to a sex hotline. Quatre reluctantly agrees to it. Unfortunately for Quatre, Duo got distracted and gave him the wrong number. But maybe that's a good thing.

Pairings: 4xOFC, 2xOFC

Warnings: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Wrong Number AU thingy, Quatre is a cinnamon roll, Duo is Quatre's self appointed wingman, Duo shouldn't be Quatre's wingman, Duo was trying to help but messed up, Quatre is weak against freckles, but that's later, Heero has a gilfriend, Duo doesn't believe she's real though, Booy is he proven wrong later, Quatre swears, and gets mildly flirted with, Texting, group chats, Quatre has a tattoo, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Drunk Texting, Drunk flirting

tb_ll57

Properties of Zero

Four years after the war, Zechs is an embittered relic wrapped up in his own suffering. A chance meeting with Quatre Winner may lead to something more, if Zechs is willing to try. If ZERO will let him.

Pairings: 4x6 (main) with multiple background pairings

Warnings: Post-Endless Waltz, Artificial Intelligence, Psychic Bond, Psychic Violence, OZ wins the war, Everybody Lives, Politics, Rough Sex, Dubious Consent, Drug Use, Drug Addiction, Enemies to Lovers, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Zechs is not a great person, But kind of wants to be, Quatre is not that innocent, ZERO is not your friend, ZERO may not be your enemy either, Resistance

white_fox

Life Is A Highway

On an impulsive plan to travel from California to New York City to propose to his longtime girlfriend, Heero Yuy did not plan to pick up a hitchhiker in nowhere Texas. Faced with some setbacks and a growing attraction to his passenger, Heero goes through more challenges than he planned on facing.

Pairings: 1x2, 1xR

Warnings: light slash, Fluff, Road Trips, Dubious Morality

Snippets:

@fadedsepiascribbles

WIP Wednesday - Awkward Une

@lifeaftermeteor

LAM!verse - Snippet featuring Wufei and Sally discussing future opportunities

@remsyk-blog

Dreamscape

Photo Edits/Manipulations

@gundamwing-ellesmith

What if Gundam Wing was real? - Chang Wufei’s office ft. Sally

Headcanons / Meta / Discussions:

@lifeaftermeteor

L5′s origins and history

@robo-rad

Pet headcanons

Multiple Contributors

White Fang meta discussion

Fanart:

@anaranesindanarie

Pilots as pixies

@constantscribbles

Relena meme

@duointherain

Duo

His Excellency, Mayor of the Confederate Second LaGrange States, Duo Maxwell

@drkstars-art

Quatre stickers

@elfbingo

Duo VS Wufei a commission for @lifeaftermeteor 

@forksplitdoorknob-blog

Gundam desktop wallpapers

@napalmarts

Post-war Duo and Heero

@noelleian

Meilan Long

@shigerugal

Gundam Titans

@zibelinbelt

Gundam Wing PDF cover

Calendar Events:

Cocktail Friday

https://gwcocktailfriday.tumblr.com/

A new prompt every Monday!

Submissions should be posted Fridays between 3 and 5pm EST, and tagged with @gwcocktailfriday, and are included in the This Week roundup on Sundays.

Interview with a Creator by @remsyk-blog @interview-with-a-creator

Remsyk has created an online interview for fandom creators to fill out and then she features one each week so that everyone in the fandom can learn a bit about each other.

If you haven’t filled out her interview, go! do! now!

This week’s featured creator is @ellewritesfiction check her interview out here!

Discord Meet Up!

@lifeaftermeteor has organized our next fandom-wide Discord Meet

You can join the channel at any time (it is permanently open), but “official” events will start around 0900 EST both April 28 and April 29 and run until…well, whenever!  Fans are encouraged to pop in and out of the channel as their schedule and time zone allows.  

More information can be found here

Diamonds in Stars Challenge

@terrablaze514 has posed an OT5 challenge to the fandom!

Hello Gundam Fans! April is the month of Gundanium and the warriors who use them. It is also the month where Art and Creativity is celebrated. 

Those who are interested will write an OT5 (friendly, platonic or romantic). A diamond has five points, just like a star. This challenge is just for fun; writers are free to choose which trope, type, rating, genre, etc. to work with. If you want to write a poem about Gundam Wing (pertaining to the five pilots, gundams or other major characters) that’s a bonus! So send your shooting star here (or post on AO3). Make sure you tag it as #diamondsinstars or #gwdis. Entries are due on April 30th. Have fun! 

30 Day Gundam Wing Challenge

Daily questions about Gundam Wing. Please tag your participation posts with @gundamwing30daychallenge for them to be recognized.

Challenge questions and more information can be found here

Pick and choose which questions you wish to answer (or tackle them all!). The point of this challenge is to stimulate fandom participation and to promote conversation and interaction between all fans!

[teenyplantkid]

Would you answer all 30 of the real questions, please?

that’s not a tall order or anything x’D

1. What do you like and dislike about the way you were brought up?

I wish that my parents had given me more freedom over my self; mind and body. That I had been allowed more creativity. I am thankful, however, how they encouraged my reading and pursuit of knowledge; even if it lead to uncomfy conversations on their part. I love the fact that I grew up in nature. I never saw a real city until I was 18. While I wish I had been socialized more, I am thankful for grwing up in a rural area.

2. What do you believe are the 5 biggest issues we face as humans now? 

Climate change, gentrification, not wanting to face when we are the issue and working to resolve our behaviors and actions, greed, and ignoring childhood wounds.

3. If you could write a novel what would it be about? 

It would be sapphic. I don’t know if it would be cottagecore, or if it would be murder (think Tommy and Tuppence, but they’re GAY <3).

4.  What are your beliefs regarding the universe and the nature of life and death?

I believe we are all connected, we all share parts of one soul. I do believe in the Judaeo-Christian God, but I do not accept all teachings of the Bible to be, pardon the pun, gospel. I do believe in life after death, I believe in spirits, demons, and angels. Am I ready to die? Absolutely not. I have a fear of life after death (due to my Southern Christian parents, and their teachings of fire and brimstone to those who are not cis hets). But I know that someday, I will welcome it, like an old friend.

 5. Talk about the best dream you’ve ever had. 

I was a Hobbit who lived in Mirkwood, and I was basically Radagast. I was a forest swamp witch. It was amazing.

 6. Do you want children? Why or why not? 

I long for children so desperately. All I’ve ever wanted to be was a mother (even if I said otherwise, I said otherwise in fear). I, however, have polycistic ovarian syndrome, and I used to have cancer in my uterus (potentially still do??? unsure - haven’t had a check up in a hot minute...>.>). So, I know that not only will getting pregnant be difficult, but keeping the baby to term, and it being born healthy is... complicated. I wish to have at least one child naturally. If I still desire children afterwards, I will adopt. However, I only have 9 more years before my uterus will be removed.

 7. What are your views on gender equality? 

??? how is this a question. There is a gap between genders; but also, people need to realize  that there isn’t just “man” or just “woman”. Gender is a spectrum, and as such that complicates the gender inequality issue even more. However, cis men do have the upper hand with how society has been structured to favor them. 

 8. How do you feel about cultural appropriation?

If something is done out of ignorance, and it continues once there has been dialogue and education, then it is wrong. I am white. My “heritage” is that of Celtic, Welsh, Norse, French, and Native American (my great-great grandmothers, so VERY minimal... just call me Elizabeth Warren lol) origins. I try to “connect” with my ancestors the best that I can, while still acknowledging that I AM white, so I am very careful about trying to not over step my bounds. (for instance, I will not ever partake in tribal rituals, tribal and native magick is off limits [although their knowledge of herbs and what not is appreciated], etc etc.)

 9. Where are the 3 places you most want to travel to and why? 

I wish to go to all the National Parks in the U.S., specifically Denali, as I am from Alaska, and that is one of the names given to me when I was born. I would also love to travel to Wales and Ireland, as that is where my family was from before they immigrated to the U.S. (fun fact; my family were probably witches, and they left the New England area during the Salem Witch Trials)

10. What are some things you wish you’d been taught as a child that you weren’t? 

Comprehensive, no shamed, sex education. Gender equality. Other religions. Spirituality. How to discover and express myself. 

 11. Talk about some of the biggest mistakes you’ve ever made? 

Allowing myself to give parts of me to those who mistreated them, time and time again. (This goes for sexual/romantic relationships, as well as friends and family.) Allowing fear to take a hold of me, when what I should have done is shout to the rooftops what was actually going on. 

12. Do you feel you are in control of your destiny or do you believe fate controls the course of your life? 

We are given the freedom to make our own choices, however, we must allow the consequences - negative and positive - to take their course, and do their thang. This, of course, does not take into account the economic-social struggles some people are born into, that is not ones fault, nor is that the cards life has dealt; that is a consequence of a flawed system that damages everyone except those who are rich.

 13. Do you believe is ghosts/ spirits? If so why do you think they exist? 

??? Why wouldn’t they. They appear in every religion, and even to those who aren’t religious.

14. Do you think there are any other forms of intelligent life in the universe? 

Yes. I’m not that self-absorbed to think otherwise lol

 15. What do you think constitutes a truly healthy relationship?

The desire to learn. Learn about one another. Learn how to communicate with them. How to love them. How to please them. Learn what sets them off. Learn what makes them happy. If you don’t want to learn, if you don’t want to sacrifice - you have no business being in a relationship. They have to want to learn, too. Also... learn when to step away. 

 16. How would you like to live your life? 

COTTAGECORE STONED FOREST WITCH WHO TEACHES HISTORY AT THE LOCAL COLLEGE that is all

17. Talk about a time someone treated you badly. 

I have been raped and molested by several people. That’s all I need to say.

18. Talk about a time you treated someone else badly. 

I have cheated on one of my exes. I knew for a month before I did (we were long distance), that I no longer loved him. Then, I was able to be with the person that I did love, and I cheated. I broke up with him a week later, and never told him the true reason. I still feel like shit over it. 

 19. What is something you can’t do that you really wish you could? 

live without anxiety LMAO

 20. What are your initial thoughts when somebody tells you they’re religious?

“oh boy”

 21. Were you more of the victim or the bully as a child? 

Victim - but I was annoying as hell so I kinda get it.

 22. How have you changed since you were a child and how have you stayed the same? 

I age regress (usually involuntarily) due to childhood trauma, but I have grown so much that I can’t even describe to you... I am not the same person that I was as a child. Thank god for that. 

 23. Are you the kind of person who has a large group of friends or are you someone who has just a few people they’re close to? 

I have a LOT of acquaintances. I care for a lot of people, but I only truly share myself with my 6 close friends.

 24. What qualities have you got from your parents? 

My anger, stubbornness, and desire for a pretty space I get from my mother. (Also my body type and physical health issues + childhood wounds.) From my father I get my personality, conflict-avoidance, anarchist-tendencies, and love of nature (and mental health issues). 

 25. What is one thing you wish somebody would say to you right now? 

I wish my boyfriend would say “let’s watch HP or LOTR and have sex” (you asked, anon)

 26. Describe your ideal partner? 

Someone who loves me where I am at, and wishes to see me grow; and doesn’t get upset if that growth doesn’t happen in the time or manner in which they would prefer. 

 27. Describe yourself as a person? 

Kooky, spastic, traumatized, jokster, stoner, witch, fandom lover, animal lover, weirdo who is bi as HELL.

28. What things don’t you do right now that you feel like you morally should?

I need to stop consuming animal products... I say as I am eating animal products.

 29. What is your star sign and how accurate do you think it is in describing you?

My sun sign is Aquarius, moon sign is Cancer, with a Capricorn rising... and yes. It is painfully accurate.

 30. What sort of terms are you on with your exes?

hahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahhaha

i only talk to like one guy that i dated, and we were never official (although BRO did i love him and invest in him). everyone else is either blocked or unfriended. there is a reason why i broke up with them.