#askcat5

[natcat5]

Hello natcat5, I just wanted to say I have read your story Waver on ao3 and I really really really love it! I was so engrossed the whole time trying to piece things together!!

Damian's shock in chapter 2 was so gripping, and it made it so clear why he took the car after that Bruce left. Jason has had enough and will take matters into his own hands!! Big brother Jay is always the best!! Dick's outburst after ensuring Damian left was so heartbreaking :(

Excited for how the story unfolds :) BTW, it is alright if you do not respond!! Have a nice day/night!

Oh wow, thank you so much!

I said in the Chapter 2 note that Chapter 3 would be up in a month if it was the same length as Chapter 1....and it so very much is not. Chapter 3 is shaping up to be double the length of Chapter 1. So like...launch date TBD 😂 I don't want to make a promise I can't keep, but there is a strong likelihood of it being up by the 1st week of April.

In the meantime, here's the first scene as it currently stands! Still drafting so some of the wording may change by the time it's up on AO3

There is immortality in photographs.

Like a head mounted above hearth. Skinned-fur spread across floor. Cresting antlers crowned against wall. Preservation through capture and dismemberment.

Gotham, immortalized.

Jagged spires grinning impishly against grey-shroud sky. Streetlights and lit windows surrounded by long-limbed shadows. Darkness defied by pinpricks of light, light defined by unyielding darkness. A hideous and beautiful smear of smog and scourge, saved as a snapshotted moment. City sliced down to a rectangle, hard borders where there should be horizon.

And there-- shadows, personified. Edge of cape blurring into the smog, pointed cowl blending with the spires. The Bat; a smudge of living darkness against the roofs that are his hunting grounds. Frozen in motion, caught forever in this moment.

And behind him, a splash of colour.

False colour. In the way that the brightness of tigers is an illusion, orange and white blending perfectly into the greens and browns of jungle. The Robin reds and greens and yellows are bright and eye-catching except when they are not, except when some trick of pattern blends the colours perfectly with Gotham gloom. In this moment, the pattern is both. Edges of cape disappearing, but the body bright; the promised light to Batman’s smear of shadow.

Robin, pictured and preserved, frozen in the motion of vaulting through the air with staff. A featherless bird in flight.

This is a dream.

This is a dream-- because he’s never taken a photo of himself as Robin. There is no scrapbook shrine to his tenure the way there is for his predecessors.

This is a dream-- because the photo shifts. Robin vaulting to Robin running. Low on the roof, melding deeper into shadow, moonlight catching on the glint of a half-drawn sword.

This is dream.

There is immortality in photographs. Moments frozen, a piece of what is loved captured forever. The shifting Robins do not compromise the immortalization of Gotham, because the snapshot of the city remains unchanged. A photo of his greatest love: Gotham, with Batman and Robin.

It doesn’t matter who’s in the mask so long as there’s Batman and Robin.

It doesn’t matter who’s cut out of the narrative. It doesn’t matter, so long as there’s someone to fill the space.

It doesn’t matter.

It has to not matter.

It has to be okay.

Because when the dream ends, Tim knows he has to go.

It’s okay.

It has to be okay.

It’s okay that I’m gone, because Batman and Robin will still be here.

It’s okay.

It’s okay. Yes, it’s okay.

…but what if you could stay?

[natcat5]

It’s called 麻辣, which means something like “numbing spicy” — the same kind of 麻 that describes the feeling in your leg when it goes to sleep. The little balls are cute but you have to eat carefully to avoid them, which apparently westerners aren’t good at. Anyway, 麻辣 is differentiated from regular 辣 because it’s a different kind of spicy.

Skill issue, I understand 😭

[natcat5]

Saw ur tags and just wanted to say vyvanse gang 🤜🤛

hell yeah!

[natcat5]

Trick or treat!!

Treat!!!

AHAHAHAHAH just kidding!! I tricked you!!!

It's not a treat! It's a cat!

[natcat5]

I just want to let you know I read your whole Children’s Crusade series after you linked it to that one JC post, and it’s really amazing! It does a great job filling in some of the gaps from canon and then taking it to new places. I’m really interested to see where you’re going with XuanLi, because poor a-Xuan is so… himself and Yanli is just amazing and I need him to realise that immediately.

ahhhh! thanks so much! I also really hope to update the fic...one day. eventually. hopefully.

but thanks again! it's really great to hear 😄

[natcat5]

From the official IWTV podcast, if you use promo code interviewpod when signing up for amc+, you get 30 days free. I did and it worked.

🤩 amazing!!!!

[natcat5]

please explain this! = #i really wonder where the kid who wrote that poem is now#has someone told them about their impact

I think this twitter post is the source of fame? but I first saw the poem on tumblr. couldn't find that tumblr post though sorry

In digging to find this info for you, I answered my own question! Nael HAS been told about his impact!

https://wtop.com/lifestyle/2018/03/6-year-olds-tiger-poem-takes-twitter-by-storm/

[natcat5]

heya i just finished wandavision last night and plan on watching fatws and loki next, do i need to follow any particular order? wandavision was a masterpiece btw, glad your posts convinced me to watch it

I'm also glad my posts convinced you to watch it! unfortunately im a filthy casual right now, and only watch marvel stuff that really scratches personal itches (i.e. storylines i liked in the comics) so I have not watched either fatws OR Loki. It is to my understanding however that they do not need to be watched in any particular order

[natcat5]

Hi! I'm one of your new readers in ao3 and you can prolly guess who I am from the comments 😂

But I just wanna let you know that your mdzs pmmm au is crushingly the best fic I've ever read and I'm regretting that I didn't pace myself because it lives for free in my head and heart now. I am totally rereading it again. I'm very shy but at this point I just wanna yell to someone/s about it. Thank you for the gold 😭

Thank you so much!!!! honestly it is always so so so welcome and great to hear that someone enjoyed that au as much as I enjoyed writing it. I'm so happy that you liked it so much. thanks for all your comments!!! they mean the world 😊

[natcat5]

Just lie to those nosy bastards, do both jobs and drop one when you need to, you don't owe your employers Jack shit

that is definitely the plan, lmao. itll just be a little tough since they’re in different cities. but if i can swing it that is absolutely my intention. 

[natcat5]

omg wait what was the postcanon fic where lwj marries into the jiang?? that sounds amazing

Utterly inevitable by sami!

[natcat5]

pretty sure gpoy stood for 'gratuitous picture of yourself'

i had resigned myself to assuming there was no acronym and it was just a big joke. the idea that it actually stood for something has me shaking. terrifying.

[natcat5]

So, um, could I get the name of your Madoka AU Untamed fic? For science?

it’s tragically not posted yet! im, unfortunately, really into it, like putting so much effort into it, like spending all hours thinking about it and then spending more hours writing it. so im not posting it until the whole thing is finished so I can really go to town on editing. im halfway through chapter 4 of 5. it’ll be the next thing i post on ao3, so feel free to subscribe to me there, and then unsubscribe as soon as I post it if you want

here’s a sneakpeek

Lan Zhan stands on top of a nearby car, face like a glacier. Watching.

“Oh…” Wen Ning wilts a moment, and then squares his shoulders. “The witch got away…you could catch up to it, if you left now.”

Lan Zhan doesn’t move. “I have business here.”

Wen Ning’s hands twitch at his sides. But then he exhales, low and slow. “…Do you want to fight? I don’t want to, right now. You can see it’s not a good time for that, can’t you? It won’t be over fast, if you think I’d be easy to beat. I may not look it, but I’ve defended my territory before.”

Wuxian looks back and forth between Lan Zhan and Wen Ning, all the hair on his body standing on end. He feels...he feels like he’s walked in on two predators squaring off. Worse, he feels like he’s the prey that they’re quarrelling over!

“Who’s fighting?” Wuxian interjects loudly. “Just what’s going on here? Who says anyone’s fighting?”

“He’s the one that hurt Kyuubei,” Wen Ning says evenly. “Kyuubei is dear to me.”

And now Wuxian feels…strangely at odds. He’s known Wen Ning since the start of the school year. Sees him as practically a little brother. And this... stuffed animal thing is definitely hurt, and was definitely calling for help. And all signs point to Lan Zhan being the one who was attacking.

So…Wuxian should like…hate or be mad or scared of Lan Zhan or something, right? Since he hurt this adorable thing that’s dear to Wen Ning.

But Wuxian doesn’t feel angry or scared. He’s just…confused. He’s just…standing at some sort of edge, staring at some sort of puzzle missing too many pieces. Wuxian looks at Lan Zhan, some sort of impulse compelling him to search his face for answers. But there’s nothing there but cold, immovable marble.

“A fight may be inevitable, if you’ve moved here for good,” Wen Ning continues. “But now isn’t a good time. I think we can agree on that.”

Lan Zhan’s nostrils flare. He lifts his chin.

And turns away.

Wuxian sees the tail end of an expression, a flash of pain across Lan Zhan’s face, and then he only sees Lan Zhan’s back. And then, nothing at all, as Lan Zhan melts into the shadows and out of sight.

[natcat5]

hey! you reblogged smth and added "#this reminds of the demon baby ayuan fic" WHICH FIC PLEASE?

i am. searching but please understand. i have over 400 untamed fanfics bookmarked.

[natcat5]

You're reading Murderbot? I am *delighted.* I hope you enjoy it; I adored Murderbot, but I can construct a theoretical person who wouldn't.

yeah! Im signed up to TOR and they’ve had one murderbot book available for free download per day, since the author has a novel releasing. so I get to read the third book tomorrow! I never read scifi, because anything that even looks like science makes my eyes glaze over, but this is so character driven and interesting that I really like it!

it reminds me of the temeraire series, actually, even though they’re completely different. the whole starting with one character revealing that a species thought to not be ‘persons’ are in fact ‘persons’ and spiralling out from there is what’s similar. 

[natcat5]

im a scorpio & sparkling water tastes like poison and sadness

one of the few good ones