#art with silly random fic for context

[lemissingmask]

[ID: Sketch of Redemption era Hardison and Eliot with Hardison driving the food truck and Eliot a little way behind him in front of the curtain to the back. Hardison is leaning over towards Eliot but looking to the road. Eliot had his left hand pressed to his left ribs, his thumb digging in on that side and his hair is wet and dishevelled. He has blood coming from his forehead, nose and lip. End ID]

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Art prompt fill for: Broken Ribs

Ficlet below the cut

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Their mark was exactly the kind of guy who really angered Eliot.

One of a depressingly high number of business owners who cut corners to save money, risked the health of his employees by not bothering to invest in proper protective equipment or safety measures. And, in doing so, had enough money to ensure that none of this ever came back to bite him.

He hired lawyers to dismantle any legal arguments, he blackmailed employees, he bribed officials. Basically all the things an bad bad guy could do to make sure he didn't suffer the consequences of his negligent actions.

After Eliot went undercover in one of the mark's warehouses and Hardison got access to the internal network, they found that most of the wealth that facilitated all of this came from betting massive amounts of money on cage fights between intentionally poorly matched fighters.

The mark found unsuspecting amateurs and pitted them against members of his own professional security, who would draw the fight out just long enough to make it convincing, earning themself a fraction of the pay out.

It was brutal, but it offered an impossibly perfect way to bankrupt the guy.

Their con had centred around positioning Eliot as an untrained fighter, and getting the mark to put him in a fight. Eliot would win, and the mark would lose a lot of money.

Even more money than usual thanks to some carefully applied legal pressure from Harry.

And, while Eliot was in the fight, Parker would break into the mark’s office and get all the documents needed to use as evidence for his breaches of safety standards, blackmail, and bribery.

Straightforward and the sort of thing they’d done in one variation or another hundreds of times before.

Except this time, someone had discovered that Eliot could fight. The crew didn’t know how, but by the time they’d found out, Eliot had already been deliberately hit by a car and left to die in the freezing downpour that had started earlier that day.

The hit and run had knocked Eliot out for no more than a few seconds, and by the time Hardison got to him in the food truck, he was on his feet, glaring at the approaching familiar vehicle, one arm around his torso.

Broken ribs.

Hardison had come to recognise the particular way Eliot held himself when his ribs were broken.

There was also blood tracking down one side of his face, from a cut on his forehead, which probably looked much worse than it was thanks to the rain. The split lip, bruises and bloody nose were so usual on Eliot that Hardison barely took note of them.

It was the ribs that worried him as the hitter joined him in the truck, growling at him to “Go!” when he didn’t immediately start driving, completely failing to comprehend the fact that the delay was caused by a very reasonable concern for his damn safety.

“You know you don’t hafta do this, man,” Hardison said even as he drove as fast as the truck would go towards the fight venue.

“We changing the plan?” Harry asked over the comms, the buzz of voices in the background. He was already in position at the fight.

“No, we’re not changin’ the plan,” Eliot shot back, grunting in pain as Hardison made a turn that forced the hitter to grab the dash for support.

“Didn’t you just get hit by a car?” Harry sounded concerned, which really was the only normal, reasonable reaction to someone being hit by a car.

Parker scoffed, but in the echo that told of the vent she was in, Hardison heard the concern she was either hiding or had yet to identify, “Eliot gets hit by cars all the time.”

Harry still didn't sound convinced, “Okay…so, you’re still fighting this guy? Because he looks pretty big.”

“Yeah, I’m still fightin’ ‘im.”

Hardison gave Eliot a sideways glance, taking note of the posture, the pain in his features.

Definitely more than one rib broken. Left side.

“Just try not to take any hits to the ribs, yeah?” Hardison returned his attention to the road, taking the penultimate junction in their route to the club, “‘Cus I’m telling you now, E. If you go getting a lung punctured and collapsed, I am not about to stick a tube into your chest. That’s nasty!”

“You watch too much TV,” Eliot muttered, nudging Hardison lightly with his nearest elbow.

That contact, albeit brief, said a hell of a lot more than any of the growled words Eliot had offered so far.

It was a reassurance. A promise that Eliot wasn’t being reckless. That he knew he could still win this fight and he could do it without getting himself killed.

“You don’t watch enough,” Hardison argued as the significance of the gesture sank in, and with it a salve to his anxiety.

“Yeah, well,” Eliot replied with an entirely false irritation, “Maybe if you get us to this fight on time, I’ll watch that damn vampire show you keep talkin’ about.”

Hardison threw him a sideways smile, “Promise?”

“What?”

“Promise to watch if we get there on time?” Hardison purposefully slowed the truck, prompting Eliot to growl and nudge him again.

“Fine! Now go!”

Hardison broke into a grin and sped the truck up again, already plotting how to orchestrate enforced recovery time for Eliot, aided by some very addictive classic television.

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[mysteriouslybluepirate]

Question for Creatives

If younger you were scrolling through AO3, Twitter, Pinterest, etc., and saw what you create, would you like it?

Please share to get a wider span of responses!

[lindseybots]

Welcome to The Wind’s Track AU!

A lot of people have been stopping by to check this AU out, so I thought now was a good time to make a pinned post for this.

What is this AU?

This is a Legend of Zelda AU in which Link, the Hero of Winds from Wind Waker and Phantom Hourglass (nicknamed Wind in this AU), sticks around New Hyrule as a spirit after his life has reached its conclusion.

During his wanderings as a spirit one day, he went to check on his old pal Niko to find that Niko had taken in a baby named Link (nicknamed Spirit in this AU) whom he found washed ashore. This baby will eventually grow up to be the Hero of Spirits from Spirit Tracks. Wind is surprised at the matching name and almost identical appearance, but even more surprising than all of that is that this kid has the ability to see and hear him.

Basically, the ghost of the Hero of Winds helps raise the Hero of Spirits.

Don’t know where to start with exploring the AU? Try this, or try exploring some of the tags!

Important Links / Tags

Tags:

#The Wind’s Track AU

#The Wind’s Track

# WT AU

#WT Fanart

#WT Comic

#WT reference sheet

#Lindseybot answers

#WT Wind

#WT Spirit

(if you want to type these in manually, do it lowercased. Tumblr sometimes gets weird with the tags if you capitalize them.)

Links:

WT AU Collaborative Spotify Playlist (A Spotify playlist for the AU made with y’all’s help.)

Some WT AU Questions and Answers (under the break)

Q: Is this associated with Linked Universe?

A: No. While Linked Universe is a wonderful AU, the Wind’s Track is its own, separate AU. The events of Linked Universe DO NOT and NEVER WILL HAPPEN in the “canon” of this AU. If you would like to see a little more of my thoughts on that, please view this post.

Q: Can I post fanart, fanfics, etc. of this AU?

A: Absolutely! If you do, all I ask is that you credit me for the AU. (Also, please tag me so I can see it. 🤭) While on the subject, feel free to check out the tag #WT reference sheet if you’d like to see references of the characters within the context of the AU.

Q: Is there an official fic for this AU?

A: Unfortunately, no. I am not a confident writer. I have an Ao3 account (Lindseybot), but I never post fics on it. I, instead, use it to subscribe, leave kudos, leave comments, etc. I occasionally post little comics of the AU here on Tumblr, however.

Q: Will there be a full comic then?

A: As of now, I do not have any plans to do that. Not only is this AU still very early in development, but that would take a LONG time. With my current schedule being the way it is, it just wouldn't be feasible. Still, never say never. You never know what the future may hold. As of now, I plan to just occasionally post mini comics and art pieces that take place at any random point in the timeline of the AU.

Q: Can I use your art as an icon, banner, etc.

A: Sure!! I’m honored that you like my art enough to want to use it for that! Please just make sure to credit me!

Q: Can I send you asks? / Can I send you a lot of asks? / Can I send you suggestions?

A: PLEASE DO! Hearing from y'all makes me very happy. Anons are welcome too! If you decide to ask anonymously, I will give you an anon name. If you ask about a character’s shoes or something (as a silly example) I might dub you "Shoe Anon." Whether or not you use the name is up to you, but if you want to send another ask later and make it known to me that you are the same anon as from a previous ask you can be like: "Hey! It's Shoe Anon again! I have another question!"

Q: Why does Wind look young? Did he die young?

A: Nope! Don’t let his looks fool you. He may look no older than during the days of his adventures, but he actually lived a long, happy life. His adventures were the most impactful part of his life. As such, his appearance as a spirit is simply a reflection of that.

Q: What ships are in this AU?

A: ST Zelda x ST Link. If you want to see more of my thoughts on that, check out this post.

Q: What games will this AU cover content from?

A: This AU will contain spoilers for the following games:

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

Other games within the Legend of Zelda series are subject to be mentioned, but they are a lot less likely.

Q: The Spotify Playlist collaborator link isn’t working, but I want to be a collaborator. What do I do?

A: Not to worry! Spotify’s collaborator link always expires after seven days. We are forced to put up with that feature. Send me an ask about it. I’ll renew the link! :)

Q: I want to add a song to the playlist, but I don’t want anyone to know I was the one who added it. Is there still a way for me to add it?

A: That’s perfectly fine! Send me the song name and artist name through an anon ask. I’ll add it for you!

[prettyoddfever]

why are you so against ryden

I'm literally only pointing out why specific examples of "Ryden proof" don't work, or were misinterpreted by people who don't know much about the band. If me being pro-reality means that you consider me anti-Ryden then, uh… you might want to examine that more.

As long as we're on this topic, I'm going to expand on an older post here and go off on a tangent:

I actually loved the Ryden part of the fandom in the pre-split days! Ryden felt like a fandom-wide inside joke that united so many fans and sparked so much creativity (sometimes it reminded me of inventing bs symbolism in english & art classes lol). I didn’t read the slash, but it’s not like those kids stayed exclusively over in their communities… they were everywhere. A lot of my favorite accounts were massive Ryden fans & fic authors. but even the most die-hard shippers in 2006 & 2007 would scoff if new fans asked if they were ever being serious with their comments. It was all just entertaining wish fulfillment done to amuse themselves. They would act like it was a legit alternate reality and write long funny primers & posts like “look guys, they are in love. this is facts… here I go with my proof," but when it came down to whether or not they actually thought it was real… no, of course not. The fanfic authors were the first to laugh and say they weren’t hurting anyone because nobody actually believed Ryden was real and everyone was on the same page. They argued that every single band had a slash community and it just came with the fame. Some fans genuinely wanted Ryden to be real, while others thought it was entertaining how you could cherry-pick events & isolate them from any context to make Ryden look plausible. And both groups were taking matters into their own hands by trying to tie enough pictures & random dots together to make it look like a happy alternate reality that satisfied everyone. It was funny.

The majority of the pre-split fandom understood that Ryden wasn’t real, so people were on the same page when they shared their “proof.��� It was like an inside joke. For example, I’ll argue that unicorns could be real because I know that the person I’m talking to is aware of reality. I can get as creative as I want and just have fun because we’re both on the same page… and the other person will be like “well yes of course they’re obviously real.” It looks like we agree. But that does not mean that we truly believe it lol... we're just bored & entertaining ourselves. Someone else who is unsure whether or not unicorns actually exist might read our convo and conclude that we are certain unicorns are real and have proof! But I never intended for my silly convo with my friend to be taken that seriously.

For me, Ryden was more about the fandom. It was just fun to see a picture or new moment and wait to see if anyone else spotted the same potential too. The slash accounts across different sites/forums would even make fun of themselves for how far they would go to make everything fit Ryden. At times it felt like an affectionate joke about the band and the fandom. 

I’d say the Ryden craze first took over with the huge surge of new fans during the summer 2006 tour (around the time Brendon & Ryan started fully going for the mic sharing each night). This was back when the band still read the forums and different fan sites and were trying to get a sense of what their fans were saying (such a bad idea lol). I was never totally clear on where the guys stood on Ryden in 2006 but it seemed like they were in on the joke… but it was so confusing at the same time. Like one minute they’d complain about the disgusting “pornfiction” in an interview and the next minute they’d be hamming it up for meet & greet pictures. Bden would practically hump Ryan’s leg during a show and then Ryan would suggestively run his hand up Bden’s thigh during a meet & greet exactly when he knew fans were watching… and then they’d both act like they didn’t get why fans ever came up with stories about them. I’m not saying their actions meant they were asking for something btw. I’m just saying that it’s equally true that the guys would claim they weren’t huge on Ryden and that they intentionally fueled the fire to get fans to laugh/scream at the right time. The band was super aware that the Ryden fans were a huge part of the fandom who drove a lot of the hype online… so it seemed like in late 2006 the guys were just trying to connect with a fanbase they were being quickly distanced from as they got more & more famous. Then in 2008 the guys intentionally added extra Ryden elements to their stage routine because they knew what a lot of fans still wanted to see.

So my conclusion was that it was all in good fun (except making suggestive comments to the band irl was horrible… people were even saying some seriously gross stuff to Zack about the boys and taking it waaaaay too far). During the lull of 2007, and even into 2008, there seemed to be a whole section of the fandom that was more invested in their fanfic communities than the irl band (they’d often come onto other boards & communities to ask for facts or details for their fanfics and watching the replies they got was like watching a really bad game of telephone haha so I’m guessing those plots diverged from reality pretty quickly). New fans were also being introduced to the band through fanfiction and seemed more intent on just spotting Ryden moments and learning the fanfic version of history rather than any real-life history. So by late 2008 there was definitely a small crowd who was taking Ryden more seriously and also understood less about the band. But I wasn't always sure if their tone was totally serious or not, because the joking posts had often been written in a serious tone too.

Side note on that: when I started this account in 2020 I hadn't thought about P!ATD much while I had been sick for years. I was just trying to throw myself back into the mindset of 2006 and rediscover a time when my world had been awesome & I was healthy. So when I saw all the sun/moon theories that had formed after I'd left the fandom I was like YES omg this is amazing. I lived for that kind of stuff. But then it was confusing how the same people who were currently posting all of the “ryden was real” stuff were the same ones who would quickly point out that another one of my Ryden posts wasn’t what really happened or that a photo manip that I considered fun was actually fake…  I mean, obviously??? I didn’t get why there was any difference between everything. It took me a few months to get a read on the current fandom and realize that things weren't being done in the same joking spirit. I started struggling to explain why I was posting Ryden-ish stuff if I didn’t necessarily believe what I was saying (and again I’m having a hard time explaining here because it never felt like the fandom was making up crap we didn’t stand behind back then! we were serious that we believed it was a darn good connection/theory or photoshop job haha). Ryden used to be like this shared alternate lens to view events through that felt like teamwork to create. We would intentionally pretend like years of full context didn't exist and create our own parallel narrative that could coexist with reality in our minds. But now it feels like people are sharing "Ryden proof" for real as though the piles of creative nonsense are an actual recap of historic events... and you need to pick some kind of "side" to believe? Idk, it's weird. I dropped any remaining nostalgia connected with Ryden content and ended up shifting the tone & focus of my account to organizing actual facts, media, and info about events I remember.

I don't think it's ok that moments in the band's history are often distorted or erased in order to pass off certain examples of “Ryden proof” as real now. It would be a shame for ridiculous Ryden stories to be prioritized as key info about the band while normal info about band members & events gets ignored now (ex: turning Northern Downpour into some kind of Ryden thing totally erases what Ryan wanted to do with the song). A lot of people have told me that they don’t care what actually happened because they prefer their ideas anyways. And that’s fine, as long as you’re aware that what you’re choosing doesn't track with reality. (Also, I always felt like knowing the real events or original photos from a manip gave me more appreciation for how creative people were… but I suppose that’s because Ryden was more about the fandom for me).

SIDE TANGENT: I drifted away from the fandom after summer 2009 when I got sick, so I don’t know specifically what happened over the next couple years to get so many fans who were impressively uninformed about the band yet super intense about Ryden at the same time... but I'm also not surprised I guess. Some knowledge about the band absolutely faded to the background in the last half of 2006 as the overwhelming amount of newer fans invented their own answers and were more interested in freaking out over cute guys than actually taking the time to learn about the band. The knowledge wasn't lost, it was just drowned out for a while in the midst of their enthusiastic chatter. It felt like a waste of time to correct them too because they were absolutely everywhere and they weren't really harming anyone by screaming things like Ryan took his mom as a date to the VMAs lol. Maybe there was a surge of younger fans by 2010-2011 who didn't have the context to know what they were looking at too, and were very enthusiastic about Ryden? I don't know. This is all purely speculation on my part.

I actually don't care whether anyone thinks Ryden was real or not... that's definitely not my focus and I'm not trying to convince anyone of a "side" either. You can conclude whatever you want. My focus in my posts is simply to provide context for some of the inaccurate stories & examples that are currently being passed around as though they're actual history. I don't expect anyone to care. But at least the info is still available for any younger fans who might be interested in the real-life band.

[benjineedssleep]

(fanfic) silly things in my 100k+ word wip that i really fucking love

i talk about this fic out of context a lot to avoid spoilers since it's not posted anywhere yet but... i really wanted to share a couple of things that might be a little too in context. anyways! lol-- the list is under the cut. proceed with caution if you plan on reading it when it's done :3

p.s. it's a sambastian fic but has a ton of other fun stuff. there's somethin' for everyone in there. (if you care at all, here's an intro to it.)

as annoying as it is to write, reoccurring items/motifs are so fun. like yes, i can and will be referencing a joke from ten chapters ago. and yes, that character sebastian knew? yeah, well, haley knew her too because they all grew up together and went to the same high school. it's just fun and a way i world build in a space that's already pretty developed.

speaking of the motifs, my favorite has to do with touch; the boundary between something explicitly platonic and romantic. pretty much every character toes the line but there are certain things, like hand holding, that just really take the cake for me. see it's not just hand holding. it's guiding. to go from holding a wrist to a few fingers to a palm and to then intertwine. it's fuckin' fantastic. even more so because it's such a small detail you can miss.

haley and vincent are two of my favorite characters to write. they have very specific voices and mannerisms and trying to keep it consistent and in character is such a fun challenge.

on that note, haley and sebastian are my favorite dynamic to write (other than sambastian obviously lol, the fic is theirs after all). they're both catty and their love-hate relationship is my favorite thing ever. i recently wrote a part where haley comes to him for advice and half the conversation they're arguing/dragging each other for absolutely no reason. and what makes it even funnier is they continue the conversation all the while this is occurring.

sam is full of shitty jokes and even though i only throw them in there a handful of times, i adore how cheesy he is. he just thinks he's so funny and, despite everyone's grumbling, they can't help but agree.

robin and sebastian's relationship is also fantastic. a lot of what i wrote with them is early on and needs to be heavily revised, but generally speaking, they're both flawed characters who fucked up their relationship with each other and being able to explore that in a healthy way makes me cry. it's just so good. everyone needs a robin.

abby is the most omniscient character in the whole story because she's not only friends with sam and sebastian (getting both sides of their stories) but also with haley (the town gossiper). the way the two girls kinda orbit everyone else while having their own shit going on is just a blast to write. they don't exist just to fuel the plot, they're their own characters. but also, watching them lose patience and start forcing their friends together like barbies while playing house is REALLY fucking amusing SDFUIHSDFH

internal battles are just SO juicy. most of sebastian's issues are internal and self inflicted. he's just in his head too much and does dumbass shit to try and cope with whatever he's feeling (that he doesn't want to, even if it isn't inherently bad) at any given moment. the main plot and catalyst for the story's problems is literally him not wanting to accept that having feelings for people is okay!!! he's so stupid!!! i love him!!! (he's also me sometimes... i fear...)

i'm not typically a massive fan of ocs in written fan fiction (i for some reason eat art/comics up though???) but i cannot help myself by throwing in random and irrelevant characters. there are two market-esque things in winter year 1 and all the vendors the characters talk to have names and personalities. all of them were made up on the spot and will (likely) never reappear, but i don't care. they add depth to something otherwise limited to a handful of canon characters. i haven't tried out any expansion mods for sdv but i totally get why people like them so much and write those new npcs into fics. the options increase like... sevenfold XD

speaking of ocs, i basically make irrelevant canon npcs into ocs in this fic. welwick the fortune teller? i made them non-binary and they genuinely have thousands of words dedicated to them and are referenced multiple times throughout the entire fic.

SPEAKING OF QUEER FOLKS-- anyone i add is some flavor of queer. i don't give a single fuck. there's an nblm relationship and there's a trans masc character and there will be many more random inclusions because i said so.

super minor detail that i technically haven't had the opportunity to add yet but background ships? characters who literally don't have audible interaction? i'll be writing that in. haven't decided who's getting blasted with the miku-beam-of-homosexual-pairing yet but i'm leaning toward harvey and elliot. and both of them have their own lines in the fic already. so they're real... (and i love them...)

sebastian opening up as the fic progresses, letting people into his life, letting people love him unconditionally... A U G H-- it's fucking fanTASTIC bro. i already have an idea of the exact way i'm going to end the fic and it has to do with this exact concept and the way it's physically represented in his collection of 'cherished items'. more than just abby and your mama care about you now my love =((( /pos

okay. i think i'm good. i can seriously go on forever just like with my headcanons. i just love writing so much. i LOVE IT SO MUCH-- also, before i go, take a shot every time i said something was fun to do. you'll be drunk as hell by the time you get back down here, trust XDD

[gaybroons]

Talk Hockey To Me

( @ghostgeno's tag game)

The thing that got you hooked on hockey

Started reading “hey now, you're an all star (get your game on, go play)” by @buckyismybicycle while it was ongoing because even though I was 1) completely uninterested in hockey and 2) also uninterested in Stucky as a ship, this specific author’s works have always been phenomenal and with each new chapter email I started getting more and more intrigued until I eventually gave in and started reading it (literally so worth it everyone should read it). In the end notes of each chapter, HR (the author) would add some fun facts and extra context for the hockey related stuff (considering it’s a whole hockey AU) that made me go “huh that sounds fun” more than once but I was still not super into the hockey thing.

Until. 

I reached the chapter with a beautifully written match and I was like???? Is hockey like this irl?????????? This sounds so good?????????? Cue YouTube hacking into my brain and suggesting me hockey compilations which included the infamous Lick. I saw this random man just being a menace to everyone and decided he is now the love of my life.  (i usually omit the stucky fic part bc ppl have opinions about marvel that i do not want to hear lol. so if i told you abt this before without the full context i'm sorry!!)

Your first ever fandom friend

@hard4softthings !!!! Love is stored in the ao3 comment section uwu 

The jersey you would most like to own

I can’t pick one so I’m just gonna list in descending order: Marchand home jersey (with a C !!!!!!!!😤) ,  Pasternak (also home. Sorry it’s just nicer than the away version) , Quinn Hughes (the pride one because I’m obsessed with the design it’s so pretty) 

YOUR player (you only get ONE so choose wisely)

The rat king himself 🖤💛🖤💛🖤 can u tell I have a favorite 

A pairing that deserves more fic

Sid/Ovi ‼️ tuukks/pasta and Brady/Quinn too, there’s just so much potential for them. 

Your favourite on-ice moment

Picking is difficult so you’re just gonna get a bunch <3.

Bertuzzi stealing cousin’s stick and trying to break it

Marchy kidnapping The Child

pigeon

dancing with the stars

tuukks Exhibiting homicidal tendencies (rightfully so)

flower wanting to feel included

whole team under arrest

Brady Tkachuk: why is there a fucking animal loose on the ice he’s going to give me rabies

marchy waving to a booing crowd

marchy blowing kisses to a booing crowd

flower asserting his dominance tripping TWO first round picks

Quinn Hughes seeing a fight break out and says ✨no✨

Marner spinning like a ballerina

+ link someone else's art/fic/etc that you love & think everyone should check out

ART: 

this ADORABLE mcdrai art by @saviorified

MattMcDrai art by @adelphenium , obsessed with the blushing and the HAIR plz it’s so cute.  

Awfully pretty sid and geno art by @ceanspam

Captaincy transfer by @adelphenium I’m so weak for rat marchy, and ALSO bergy’s eyes <33333 i’m so <33333

the kiss of life by @stillfertile

FICS: 

The “All Caps” series by @makeit-takeit rewired my brain I’ve reread it countless times i think i can recite it by heart. 

“hard to be soft, tough to be tender” The Hanahaki fic by @hardforsoftthings I love love love the emotional progression AND denial in both of these fics (also, horny. Thank u) 

speaking of which, in less emotionally charged and more horny fics, the “spit cup” and “scratch that itch” non-traditional omegaverse doulogy by @ whitchbhitch (i do not know their tumblr)

+ link something you made & are proud of & want people to see

I’m honestly really proud of my flowertalbo fic, “Inevitably you will burn (as all living things do)” it’s really short (646 words) but I think I did a good job on it :>

Also, I find myself coming back to this one McDrai crack fic, “Oh Puck No!” idk what possessed me to write it but I had fun with it and i still find it silly and enjoyable lol

no pressure tags: @lindholmline @darkangel0410 @gilliebee @owchar1ie and anyone else who wanna do this!!!

[squirrelno2]

Last Line Challenge

Rules: in a new post, show the last line you wrote (or drew) and tag as many people as there are words (or as many as you feel like).

thanks for the tag, @mwolf0epsilon! finding the last thing I wrote was the hard part because it's been like a week and a couple days ago I went on a rereading spree trying to inspire myself, which means a lot of random fics said they'd been opened recently but had nothing new in them. anyway.

(the one I ended up with is about 3-5 layers of au - it's Shiny/Ven the kid who Dogma adopts in my fic series, but as an adult having time travelled to swtor, but also THIS isn't even my canon for that it's an au where she's kind of forced into becoming a Sith??? why don't you work on anything that people have context for and want to see completed, I ask myself every day) Preamble over here's some lines!

She sounded so much like Ven’s father it hurt. Ven thought about the things she’d done, long before the Sith got their hands on her, and turned her face away. It was a good thing Nalyan and Dorne had each other. They were both too good for her.

noooo idea who I know who's been doing stuff recently and also dear god if i took this game literally that's a lot of people but. @what-point-is-there hiii i know you've been doing art can I convince you to share a wip (no pressure i'm being silly) and for anyone else who wants to share a wip do it! I will vouch for you and say i personally tagged you. with like my mind or something i don't know.

[bitegore]

I've misplaced the original spec for the thing, but I think it was roughly "thoughtful, emotional prose written by people who haven't read anything but fanfiction..." So (accounting for the fact that a lot of your stuff on here is Art or brief comments on other people's posts or random personal reflections and that is the nature of the medium):

Thoughtful: yes, of course. Aside from Decepticon religion etc and Stunticon interactions (which are clearly properly thought through) there is all the stuff you write about charity and religion and people being people and making the world a kinder place in really practical ways. I'm also still using your stuff on confidence in a couple of contexts, and it helps people.

Emotional: clearly, but perhaps not in the slightly twee way the OP implies. You're passionate about things and you wear (some representation of; this is social media) your heart on your sleeve about the important stuff. You also present a lot of emotion about the silly stuff (violet mints and sleep patterns, to name but two).

Having read only fanfic: not seeing it (though maybe, I'm not sure what I'm presenting here is not doing fanfic a disservice). Quite apart from the fact that I'm pretty sure I've seen you talk about non-fanfic you've read, your fic and the way you talk about it draws on a much wider range of conventions and structures than most of the fanfic I've read. (Disclaimer - that may be selection bias on my part, as I've only really ever been into TF fandom, but there are certainly lots of brilliant writers therein and the thing that distinguishes you among them in my head is the range of structural approaches and angles.) It feels as if you're in dialogue with a very wide range of other authors.

...I actually forgot that non-fiction still counts as reading, if you'd believe that lmao. My whole "thing" (inasmuch as I really have a "thing") is parodying whatever I've read for my homework last. That tracks haha.

Thank you! This was a really thorough answer and very much food for thought :D

[sunstone-smiles]

For the color ask game

🩵TEAL💚

🩷MAUVE🩷

🩷BLUSH🩷

🩷FUCHSIA💜

💜LAVENDER💜

💛SAFFRON🧡

❤️CRIMSON❤️

💚CHARTREUSE💚

❤️BURGUNDY🤎

THIS IS SO MANY OH MY GOODNESS, but thank you!!!

(I’m also stealing part of the way you formatted your response to my ask, Lol)

Teal = We have a lot in common

Yessss! Especially the love for Fire Emblem 💕

Mauve = You are really talented

STOOOP! No you! I’m going to uno reverse card the statement right back at you. You know I love your fics, and I know this isn’t your art blog, but your art is amazing and so pretty to see (And I’m realizing as I type this that I haven’t followed your art blog??? Shame on me! I’m doing it right after I post this).

I’m combining these next ones together BECAUSE I’M INTERNALLY SOBBING FROM ALL THE COMPLEMENTS:

Blush = Seeing you on my dash makes my day a little better Fuchsia= Your blog content is gold. Lavender = You inspire me  Saffron = I love your ideas Burgundy = I get excited when I see posts from you

AAAAAAH! You are so sweet! I’m so glad my posts (even when some are silly or random ramblings) are something to look forward to! And on the context of “Lavender,” literally one of my goals / aspirations for writing in general is so inspire others so that makes me so happy 💕

Crimson = We should collaborate on something!

Yes!!! Absolutely!!! (I saw your response to my ask, so I’ll be sending a DM after this!)

Chartreuse = You’re my homie

Mine too! I love seeing your name come up in my notes on almost everything I post. Plus, I love your content too 💕 

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Thank you for this! ❤️

Original ask game: Send a color

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context thingy

soooo uh yeah this is the dumb d2 sideblog of @ruinouslore (so dont be freaked out if i respond to your comment as ruinouslore lol)

mostly going to post random stuff like mini lore/logic rants, sh*tposts, my d2 characters, some fanart, and possibly writings.

im currently working on a….fanfic ig. Of just my own destiny characters. So a lot of what I post might relate to that in some way. I appreciate interaction in any way but I apologize if I don’t respond fhhfhdjd social anxiety and responding paranoia weee

more info below!!

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Funzy Facts

I actually love Warframe to death gameplay and lore wise. But Destiny world-building tickles my imagination so much that it’s burrowed into my brain permanently. I’m actually a very casual solo (*cough* lonely) player.

hunter main, only one character, never used another class before out of laziness o-|-<

arc for life (only used stasis briefly for beyond light)

I will melee briggs to death (and other things ofc). im a boss crotch beater (the only thing I see when I melee 💀)

sunshot and liars handshake my beloveds ✨

I made a clan called Cowabubga Doggie Doors and I’m the only member 🥲 (you uh, want to join? 👉👈)

I only bought season of the deep cuz fishing. i freaking love fishing in video games.

storywise, im not that invested into the lore. But i love all the side obscure lore and how the world of destiny generally works. just so you know, I'm not at all up to date on all the major lore and theories going on sjkfhkjshfs

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Tag Key (to be linked up nicely later)

#art —> self explanatory

#lore/logic rambles —> me rambling about lore and the logic behind it (if there is logic 😒)

#bald —> click and see, coward /j

#sl headcannons —> headcannons on the destiny lore, in the context of my fan fic “SL” (just an alias, full story title is secret for now djhfhdhd)

#silly —> misc silly things

#in game stuff —> screenshots and game clips :3

(more to be added)

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[mezzmerizd]

idk if it really needs context but i really like science-y / science and researched based fics,, aaaaaaaand well, i'd imagine Netherborn aren't really researched or even known in the Overworld (besides ofc the classics - piglin, blaze, ghasts etc etc). :3

Quick disclaimer that:

1. this is mostly rambles 2. these are my personal headcanons 3. this doesn't rlly follow the actual order hermits joined Hermitcraft - i just like being silly :3c Tango and Impulse are the only two of their kind who've settled in the Overworld as far as their connections reach. (There were tons of stories about so called "traitors" fleeing the nether to hopefully live a better life in the other dimension, but most of them get shoved under the rug to not encourage others following their footsteps. And, of course, after getting out none of them came back to tell the tale - they might be living their best lives or they might've gotten too close to a creeper and,,, well.) Hermitcraft is already a wild mix of misfits so Tango and Impulse fit in perfectly. Smth smth Xisuma is a lovely, welcoming guy for new, lost faces who simply need a home and some guidance. ANYWAY. THIS ISN'T ABOUT THAT. Them being netherborn caused some curiosity from everyone- especially those who didn't particularly like the hostile environment of the nether and therefore were a little skeptical of just what kind of people Xisuma allowed in. With some keeping their distance, others presented their friendly natures right away. :] I'd imagine especially all of science trio have at least been somewhat intrigued by those two at some point, even if they moved on with their other kinds of experiments and simply quieted their curiosity to their fellow hermits' benefit. Zedaph is the only one who still asks some more fundamentally curious questions about his husbands' biology, habits or home. He's also the closest to the two by far in comparison to Doc and Cub, so he has the privilege of gaining some more netherborn knowledge here and there :3c

ANYWAY AFTER TONS OF YAPPING ERM,, the actual art is more of an AU if yk, the info about netherborn - of two different species even!!! - just lingering around some random server got out to scientists who cared less about morals and more about results. smth smth i won't get too deep into it but fair to say a fic about it would have the mature tag at minimum :]c

Uh oh!! He seems a little mad- and a little chained up???

self-indulgent little AU (?) thing!! :33 not much rime or reason why i made this, besides maybe anatomy & expression practice??

[fernlessbastard]

Suppose it's high time I made one of those

Hello, I'm [insert some shortened version of "fernless bastard"], I use he/him

I have accidentally become an internet father figure for like half of the tntblr, but honesly, I'm perfectly fine with it (I'm ok with being called "dad", if you want to do so)

I'm just a ND artist here on Tumblr sharing my hyperfixation(s). Tnt duo currently owns my life, and it doesn't seem to be slowing down (2024 edit: yeah, still balls deep in this hell/lh), but I sometimes do some other stuff too (not a lot tho--). Can't keep a consistent schedule, don't worry if I disappear for longer periods of time, I'm just a little silly like that

If you wanna commission me:

Also, LINK TO TNTBLR COMMUNITY THAT I KINDA ACCIDENTALLY MADE!!!! You're more than invited to join :]

I also run @tntblr-community-official so follow it to have all the community updates in one place

Anyway, I also have Twitter, Instagram and AO3 so feel free to check them out

Asks are very welcome, and even encouraged, and although I might not answer immediately, I'll get to it eventually, pinky promise

btw as a bonus I made a post explaining the context for the iconic tntduo kissing image for the newer folk (some crucial tntduo fandom lore and context for what you might see in the earlier content of the two)

Tags:

#fernless bastard - my art

#ferns spicy art - my more raunchy pieces (some are tagged as mature content) - MINORS DNI.

#fern writing - some snippets of my writing, as well as links to my fics

(old tag) #losing face quackbur - my fic on ao3 - “Losing Face”, feel free to check it out!

#ferns faves - self explanatory

(old tag) #fern - more personal stuff, a general tag

#fernless rants & #fern rambles - both positive and negative rants and random thoughts

(old tag) #tw quackbur shipping - a joke tag i sometimes tag my quackbur posts with

#support art - I try to tag all drawings I reblog as this

#support writing  - I try to tag all pieces of writing / fic links I reblog as this

#support animation - I try to tag all animations/animatics I reblog as this

#support music - I try to tag all music I reblog as this

(Old tag) #thank youu - I tend to respond to reblogs that say something, so, idk, yeah

Some great people you should check out! 

(aka the tumblr users I’ve accidentally adopted + my bitch)

@octobre-ackedia my beloathed<3 unhinged ramblings

@eggicup she does art and writing!

@ace-of-tnt also does great writing!

@quacktities my beloved son with major brainrot /pos

@your-best-emo best boy *pat pat*

@pebblebrain-by-lovejoy my sweet boy who does art and writing!

@pupperish another chaotic child /affectionate

@tntduocore my baby who also has major brainrot

@tnt-my-duo another delightful, brainrotted person whom I adore

@lookineedsleep does art and I’m so proud

now, these two arent adopted, but

@brrxmbll my fren who does very pog art!! :DD

@peachtub my other fren who does very pog art!!! :DD

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What's your fannish ID? notmadderred on AO3 (and @not-madder-red on Tumblr). It comes from Madder Red, an amazing character from the Bedlam comic -- the name has stuck with me for a variety of reasons.

What types of fanworks do you create? For this fandom, I create fics. I've been doing more art recently, so maybe I'll branch outward in that direction for here, too. We'll see. But writing is what I really do, so... hey! It works, and fanfiction has been a great way to practice voice and pacing in narratives. Plus, I get to write the stories I've always wanted to read.

What are your favourite types of fanworks, when you're not creating? Art and fics -- I'm always so impressed by what other people can do. What do you like in particular about this fandom? To be honest, I don't know too much about the fandom here. But from what I see, everyone is super supportive! Plus, there's all the LGBT+ support which I love to see, especially since I wasn't expecting it when I first got into Marvel. People are just so wonderful and ugh. I love nice people, what can I say. I do tend to lean toward Fratt in fics (so... so many Fratt fics), but I also love fics with Dex (who became a hyperfixation after I read a fake headline that said he'd be canonically gay in the show ummmm) and the other Defenders (team bonding? those ships? hell's yeah). Basically, everything here is great.

Do you like participating in fan events? Yeah! It's fun to make stuff for other people especially, but it also keeps me invested in the fandom. I love these characters and the people here, so whenever I'm not too busy and in a good mental state, I like doing them!

What about your creating process? I can't write and listen to music at the same time, and it's devastating. I basically have to mute everything around me and hit the grind, no multitasking whatsoever. Usually I write fanfiction when I'm about to sleep, heh. Random prompts are also good (the vaguer the better, as I've found, which is... interesting). 

Do you interact a lot with other fans?  I love everyone! Sometimes I miss things, but I try to interact as much as possible and I'm always happy to try to participate in the fandom.

Is there any particular piece you'd like to showcase for this post? https://archiveofourown.org/works/17383106  My first Fratt fic! It basically showcases the majority experience for what people can expect when getting into my works. ;)

Do you have other fandoms you'd like to talk about? I'm super big into Red vs Blue. The fandom is similarly super supportive of LGBT+ and loves its creative fandom creators. I've always loved the humor of the show (though the first seasons can be oof), but it adheres so closely to the silliness and absurdity of Catch-22 that I couldn't help but fall in love. DD and RvB are the two most lasting hyperfixations I've found for myself, so perhaps that speaks to something as well.

Is there anything else you want to tell us about yourself? Feel free to ask or tell me anything, 'cause I'm game. 

Where can your fanworks be found? https://archiveofourown.org/users/notmadderred/pseuds/notmadderred Thank you, @not-madder-red !

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[chromatic-lamina]

for the character ask, maybe one of ASL? whoever you decide on!

Okay, here goes for Ace Luffy.

favorite thing about them:

Hmm. His voice actor? He looks good in Wano. Definitely buffed up there and that kimono suits him a whole lot. I love his logic. Big Mom doesn’t recognise him in Udon because she’s got amnesia. Luffy thinks it’s because he’s disguised as a samurai. I think the same kind of joke was made at Dressrosa. His art skills and mimicry skills. 😊

Huge things that seem small, like not letting on to that man who was squashed from living in a box that there was no treasure at the top of the mountain, because basically he had sacrificed his life for an empty dream. Literally. Interesting. Given the basic theme of the manga.

least favorite thing about them:

I think my dislike mainly comes from fics rather than anything that consistently exists in canon. This is just my interpretation, but I don’t like that trampling boundaries often gets portrayed as love, and I don’t like the way many fics have him continually referring to people by name rather than using second person singular ‘you’, or other pronouns. In canon, I’m not sure how I feel when he pulls the ‘captain’ card either, but I think I just need to read more and understand context a bit more deeply on that one.

favorite line:

I can only think of the two he always says (Meat and the one about being the King of the Pirates ;-) ). Another person answered this ask and loved his exchange with Shirahoshi, and I thought the line they singled out was nice. Just let me quote it from them (I’m sure it was important to someone else too. I can see why). @minyaii

one piece chapter 615, when shirahoshi and luffy are only going on a walk; shirahoshi asks him, “is this what you call an adventure?”

and luffy laughs and responds, “yeah, if your heart is beating fast, then it’s an adventure!”

brOTP: Luffy and his crew. OTP:

I don’t really ship Luff. He’s pretty young in canon, so around his age is preferred by me if he’s with anyone. ZoLu makes the most sense.

I’ll add this from my Kid post: KidLu: I really like the idea of two egotistical bastards competing with each other until the finish line. When they’re roly-poly balls at Udon from eating too much kibi-dango, I love the absurdity.

And from my Usopp character thing...Lusopp is really sweet. I’ve read some good stuff.

I can see SanLu happening, and I’ve read some good LuNami, particularly if both characters are aged up a bit and it’s a modern day AU.

nOTP: I don’t like Law///Lu. I know a lot of folk do, and there are a heap of good stories out there, but it just doesn’t work for me. The age difference doesn’t work for me, and it’s more so just that Luffy’s really young, not so much the number of years. Other than that, even the crack ships can work. It depends on the writer’s skill.

I’m so-so on any ASL ships. If they meet as adults and not related, and not having grown up together as family I don’t mind it. But, y’know, it’s fanfiction, and there’s some well-written stuff out there, and good artwork.

random headcanon:

I don’t have any for Luffy, but I do love a feral Luffy and feral ASL AU, or even tying into canon. I like dark Luffy occasionally  in fanfics or art, but keep him happy in canon.

unpopular opinion: That Luffy’s selfish. But that’s a given and canon, right? And not all the time. He doesn’t have to be a saint.  The story wouldn’t go anywhere without Luffy rushing into any situation.

Oh, also, I don’t really like fight scenes that much, so even though I’m sure Luffy’s are awesome, I’m usually hoping for them to end a whole lot quicker than they usually do. But I do like the humour that’s woven into them.

song i associate with them:

I don’t have one for Luffy. I liked the song he sang while he raced off through Wano. That was a song, wasn’t it? Feral child and so some kind of slightly askew nursery rhyme or fairy tale would suit him. I was gonna say the darker ones, but I actually just think the silly and soft ones.

favorite picture of them:

I’ll link once I post.

But actually, he’s looking good in canon at the moment, and the colour spreads when he’s in his gangster gear or the trippy dj booth is pretty cool. Also just when he’s vibrantly alive.

Thanks for the ask. Law, Tashigi, Usopp, Zoro, Luffy and Kid are completed!  Marco and Chopper are lined up.

Ask away:

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character asks (one piece only)

[ofieugogyshz]

💌💌💌? :D

send me a 💌 and ill pick a random song off my ship playlist and tell you why i associate it with my ship

Unforgettable - Natalie Cole & Nat King Cole

GOD THIS ONE WAS ALMOST A CONTENDER FOR A FIC TITLE ON OUR LOVE IS HERE TO STAY (which is on its second oldies title; there was like, five contenders). 

I like this version specifically because, it’s a duet song that features the line “That someone so unforgettable / Thinks that I am unforgettable too.” You don’t really get it that well by itself, it loses that nuance I think, when it’s just one of them singing it. Also they have really great harmony and balance??? But them just singing that set of lines, together, really, REALLY emphasizes the togetherness and, just, idk, mirror-ness of the song? Just. The duet version is soooooo soo sososososo much better than the original. 

OKAY, LET’S TRY TO BREAK THE REST OF THIS ONE DOWN

Unforgettable, that's what you are Unforgettable, though near or far

since we’ve spent a lot of our time up until, like, early twenties kind of in a partially ldr, like.... we couldn’t forget the other! we were on each other’s minds a lot!! Esp before we, actually got together as a couple, I suppose.... But we always remembered each other. Even nowadays, if we’re still like, somewhere together, we’re always kind of, thinking of the other when there’s time for our minds to wander, maybe i guess. 

How the thought of you does things to me

ok look ignoring the idea that maybe out of context (or in context, I don’t know but the other songs these two sing don’t seem to be in any way explicit for their originating time period) this line probably is covert... uhhhh.... well anyways, like. hello i think of my husband and all of a sudden i am overcome with fluster. my lips do this thing where they like, curl up and suddenly my face is hot and i feel like, the adrenaline rush of needing to flee and hide but it also like, feels kinda good because, like, APPARENTLY that’s what liking someone feels like, I GUESS???? yeah. that’s a thing that a thought of him does to me. 

Never before has someone been more Unforgettable in every way

[...]

No, never before has someone been more Ooh unforgettable (unforgettable) In every way (in every way)

honestly I haven’t asked recently and I don’t remember the answer from whenever I probably did ask out of curiosity, but I’m sure that the feelings we get from thinking about the other, be it protection or a desire to just. be around the other and love them unconditionally and give them good things??? like, idk, but MAYBE we haven’t had that happen with a lot of other people in our lives. maybe there wasn’t a chance for someone else to step in, given how young we were, but. he’s always been there for me and I’ve never once forgotten that I like him? or that he was there? like.... he’s always been taking up some part of my mind, even when there’ve been dormant years due to lack of content. I’ve just. always found some way to love him.

That's why darling, it's incredible That someone so unforgettable Thinks that I am unforgettable too

HELLO?????!!!??!!??!?! I’ve always thought he was so amazing and awesome and cool and okay maybe it took awhile to think he was handsome i’ll admit i did not find his key art attractive in any way, but him in the anime...... uh, like... i’ve always thought him incredible and stuff!!! and he thinks the same of me too??? lil me who’s spend so much of their life thinking they’re boring and bland and LITERALLY BEING TAUGHT negative things about themselves that we won’t go into right here, like..... he thinks??? I’m unforgettable too??? ;a; he thinks I’m amazing??? That i’m incredible?? I dunno about cool but he’s always thought I’m adorable and a sweetheart and very kind and caring and it’s just like AAAAAAAAAAA babe where did you find these things because I think you just looked in the mirror. And maybe he doesn’t have the low self-esteem like I do, but it gets to him when he hears me go off about him, or I tell him all that, and it does fluster him deep down but he tries very well to hide it, more than I do. And like??? we both think the world of each other???? ISN’T THAT JUST INCREDIBLE?????????????? and maybe unforgettable doesn’t come to mind, but you could literally swap out any sentiment that we go off about when it comes to the other, and we literally think the same of the other, too. 

Chances Are - Johnny Mathis & Ray Conniff

okay look this is basically a flirt song lbr you look at the lyrics and that’s kinda flirty fdkmkfmd but you know what, it’s true and he should say it. i should say it. we should say it??? anyways you know what this can be our flirt song from when we were young kids i say kids even though we prob woulda been older teens/YA bc i work with that age group and Y’ALL ARE A BUNCHA KIDS

Chances are 'cause I wear a silly grin The moment you come into view

Chances are you think that I'm in love with you

me. that’s just me. i always got get so silly at the sight of him. Because I love him 

Just because my composure sort of slips The moment that your lips meet mine Chances are you think my heart's your Valentine

you know what, he gets this one. because as much suave and coolness he can play as he very easily lbr romances me, i’m sure even he gets a little happy, a little lovestruck, when we kiss. 

Chances are you believe the stars that fill the skies are in my eyes  Guess you feel you'll always be the one and only one for me  Well, chances are your chances are awfully good 

insert flirting/romancing each other scene here. that’s it that’s just it

okay spotify let’s shuffle and get something MORE MODERN, LIKE FROM MY ERA PLZ? no? okay fine well I saw this one while I was turning stuff on so I guess I’ll just have to do it myself.

We Are Magic - Lolirock 

this is just another me song and if i had it when i was a kid this would have instantly become another babby sarah classic. (it was only a few years ago that I watched Lolirock, shortly after s2 was on netflix I suppose? But I remember hearing about it back when it was still in greenlight) regardless, it is instantly a classic even though the french sounds better

You tell me I'm out of sight You give me butterflies I'm hanging on every word you say You always make my day

My heart is like a bass drum When I see you, I skip a beat The way I feel's so awesome 'Cause you keep smiling back at me

You tell me I'm really cute You got me hooked on you

hello yes?? who let you into my head? regardless if he’s complimented me or not, just. A Lance a day keeps the depression at bay. Okay maybe it’s a bit more complicated than that, but seeing him sure does make the day better! ♥ He, just... ugh. I love him so much and seeing him feel that way towards me, thinking of him. He’s so ready to compliment me, regardless if I need it but because he wants to, he feels a need to, because he loves me??? I am hook line and sinker his. I might not have always felt the same at the beginning, and maybe he might have had to fight me on unlearning saying negative things about myself, but... it’s so hard nowadays to think those thoughts because he’s so right, and it’s so rude to say that his words aren’t true. okay that’s a little off-track of where I shoulda went but it kind of goes in line with “hanging on every word” and “you got me hooked on you”, because, like, how can you not listen to the person you love tell you that you’re amazing and awesome? That you mean something and that you have value and worth?

of course i’m listening to everything he says, even if I don’t agree with it, because he’s just. there. listening. smiling at me, loving me, kissing me, giving me all of the love and support and self-confidence that I had lacked in my life. He’s.... just so supportive and ugh I love him.

[xxx-theartofsuicide-xxx]

do you think making a self insert is mary sueish

I stray away from the term Mary Sue if I can because I find it kinda sexist. Just a little. Personally, I just have zero interest in ever reading about someone else's character that has been made up for the sole purpose of shipping them with one of my favs. I just. Don't care. It's boring. Yawn. I don't want to hear their backstory or learn to love them. I want them dead in a ditch to further the plot along with some angst so we can get back to the characters I know and love.

Why would I want to read about BJ and some random ass fantasy bitch when I could read about BJ and his tragic little wife? I wouldn't. Not many would.

The difference between me and folks who think they can shame me(lol jokes on them, I'm shameless) into shipping something else(bigger lol bc that concept is so ridiculous I can't fathom it without smiling at its sheer silliness) is tolerance. I would never tell someone they're a bad person for making their weird, deeply uninteresting self-insert shipping art/fic. Never. It betrays everything I believe.

Edit: for further context on the salt in this post, beetlebabes shippers are often told that we should ship a self-insert OC with BJ instead of Lydia. As if any OC anyone could ever conceptualize could possibly come close to being as interesting as Lyds or encompassing the relationship they already have with each other in canon. The people who suggest this are controlling abusive assholes and the fuckery pisses me off. Hence, salt.