#astralcurses

[ender--slime]

how long are the preorders for the captchalogue bags open? and will they ever return? id LOVE to buy one but i just dont have the budget for it right now and id like to not miss out if possible. theyre SO cool and ive been excited about them for weeks

they close august 20th! if there is demand i will keep them open longer though!

[alvie-pines]

i was wondering who keeps posting all the minecraft diaries onto my dash. man. i never did end up finishing that i should do that sometime. you were the reason i first ever watched it

oh wow! im flattered that i influenced you :3

mcd is a deeply flawed series but it has just enough potential to drive me crazyyy

imo it does decline in quality in season 3, but thats mainly because i disagree with a lot of the creative choices made in that season, both visually and writing-wise.

im honestly a season 1 supremacist, i think it was charming.

also, i will FOREVER be shaking my fist at the sky over what they did to zane in mystreet and mcd s3. he was SUCH a great villain--because despite existing in a fantasy world and having goals such as "being more magically powerful", he is fundamentally a villain who is very real: someone who uses systematic power and privilege to benefit themselves and hurt others. that balance of dramatic fantasy goals with extremely realistic means of achieving them makes for a GREAT villain. not to mention the drama kestin howard brings to the role as his voice actor! it all makes him a really compelling and fun villain. but jess seems to not quite understand what makes her own character so good, and keeps fuckin. declawing him. and in mcd s3 its the worst because she clearly still WANTS him to be a scary villain but she doesnt understand what made him scary in the first place! it wasnt his apathy to the destruction he caused, it was that coupled with how easy it was for him to get away with it, with the sheer amount of privilege he wields as the wealthy son of the lord of o'khasis and the high priest of the region's major religion. take that away (by, oh, i dont know, making the world think he's dead?) and he's all bark, no bite. he's just another small-time sadist going on a rampage across the continent, waiting for a hero to take him down. he no longer looms as a larger-than-life threat. it makes him feel, in comparison to his earlier appearances, like a child throwing a tantrum.

oh boy i didnt mean to . talk that long about zane.

its just, i love him. top tier bastard. deserves to be written by a better author. seriously jess give him to me I UNDERSTAND HIMM

[gnomewithalaptop]

shuffle your favorite playlist and post the first five songs that come up. then copy/paste this ask to your favorite mutuals <3 (no pressure ofc)

Hey Jinx!! Okay so these are all from my all-purpose/road-trip playlist soooo

Bad Reputation by Joan Jett

Rio by Duran Duran

Let Him Dangle by Elvis Costello

Mickey Mouse by Sparks

Choke by I Don't Know How But They Found Me

LISTEN in my defense, I promise they make sense in context and fit thematically if you look at the playlist as a whole (editor's note: the songs did not, in fact, fit thematically into anything besides a vague overgeneralization of the 80s)

[clairelutra]

so your last Inscrutable machine post i found was from 2015 BUT. i figure ur probably still one of the best people i could possibly find to ask. so im trying to like. put the trio into a magical girl setting but i cannot for the LIFE of me figure out any extra things to give them. ray in particular is giving me trouble. idk if youd have any ideas at all but hey i figured no harm in asking

ray is basically PRIME for being the ~dark magical boy~/antihero flip flopping between helping and fighting against the heroines tbh. i don't know if you're making them all villains according to canon or just going for straightforward hero(in)es, but ray would fit SO well into a character archetype like ikuto from shugo chara (iirc anyway, it's been a while), wherever penny and claire are.

[fleshlycolored]

ur new username just makes me think of the flesh cloud

Oh the one that we all must worship? Ya that guys the best

[frosted-plasma]

Adventures in the gc part 2 ft @astralcurses and @sludgecrafter5000

[boxonthenile]

Get to Know Me Tag Game

Tagged by @sparrowsingsstories

Last song: Actively listening to Sicilian Crest by The Mountain Goats. Right before this was The Expanse by Juniper Vale.

Favorite Color: Purple is banger after banger, come on.

Currently Watching: finally poking back into Doctor Who. I need to rewatch Ten, I miss that AHDH alien. I'm also keeping up with the new PJO series.

Last Movie/TV show: PJO, actually.

Spicy/Savory/Sweet: these actually compliment each other really well in every configuration, why would you ask me to choose? I will not. (It's sweet, I'm exmormon)

Relationship Status: engaged to @happyleech , in an eternal will they/ won't they with @sjscoyote . Yes, my wife-to-be knows about it.

Current Obsession: I'm kinda between hyperfixations rn? Other than the constant low level hum of W359. Trigun was my most recent and I still fucking love it, but it's not obsession levels.

Last Google Search: ravelry. Wanted to see about knitted belts. Didn't like any of them.

Tagging @happyleech @sjscoyote @astralcurses @imlovedavestrider @exmo-with-a-god-complex

[negativepeanuthoarder]

Wip tag game!

I was tagged by @astralcurses :3

RULES: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! and then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

Supercell

Twitchcon angst

Devotion

What

Without saying goodbye

for writers I’ll tag the first two off the top of my head so @wolfboypunzo and @dnapsnfsapnap :D

[astralcurses]

Do you like Astral?

idk if thats a character or a show or game or something so im gonna say no ! my url is astralcurses because i USED to be known as random8jinx but went through a rebrand and so its astral as in relating to stars and curses as an homage to jinx and cuz im a SUCKER for themes and sticking to my aesthetic

[just-cosmere-fan]

Trope Game

Thank you @orionsangel86 for tagging me!

Rules: How much do these tropes affect your decision to click on a fic?

-10 -> very dissuaded

0 - don't care either way

10 -> very enticed

nope -> if it's a hard no and you'd never click on a fic with that tag or or you ever have the tag blocked or you'd insta click out of the fic if it wasn't tagged

Bonus points for explaining the rating and whether it's conditional.

Age Gap: -4

as long as the characters involved are two immortals, or an immortal and an adult human it's fine, otherwise a hard pass

Codependency: -1

I prefer my ships to be healthy

Enemies to lovers: 8

really love this trope, nothing else to add

Enemies with benefits: 7

Fuck yeah, hate fucking

Fake dating/relationship: 4

it can be pretty good when written well but if it involves miscommunication it just gets annoying

Found family: 7

I especially love it when it's a running theme

Friends to lovers: 5

depends on the context

Friends with benefits: 0

I'm indifferent unless the people involved start developing feelings towards each other

Hurt/comfort: 10

hell yes shatter my heart and then piece it back together

Love triangle: -7

hit it til it dies

Mistaken/hidden identity: 0

no strong feelings about it

Monster fu... relationship: 7

👀👀 . Moorishflower's Wine-dark Sea is entirely to be blamed for this

Obsession, possesiveness, etc.: -3

again, I prefer healthy relationships

Opposites (lke grumpy x sunshine, etc): 9

yes, definitely, absolutely

Poly: -2

nothing against polyamory, I just don't like to share

Pregnancy: -1

as long as it's well-written and in-character it's fine

Second chance: 3

meh

Sex to feelings: 4

can be fun, def better than friends with benefits

Slowburn: 7

only if the pacing is good, but some of my favorite ships involve this trope

Soulmates: -3

not my cup of tea unless I'm in the right mood, though I've read some pretty good fics with it

Tagging: @windsweptinred @shayberri789 @academicblorbo @painter-akane @trevoristhemandarin @virgo-dream @astralcurses no pressure, just ignore it if you don't want to participate!

[gnomewithalaptop]

Tagged by @magicalcreeks to make a poll of some of my favorite women characters <3 thanks this was fun

Going ahead and tagging @astralcurses @vaguelydefinedshapes @franollie @ladybirdbeewrites @the-real-couchrat @toothpastecanyon + anyone else who wants to participate <3

[fleshlycolored]

hiiiiiii i kissa u on the forehead

Thank you much appreciation

[frosted-plasma]

ft @astralcurses

[lesbiansandco]

@astralcurses TAUUUU

Reblog if you've made at least one friend because of a fandom.

[gnomewithalaptop]

I got tagged by @ladybirdbeewrites to make my top five characters fight to the death and OOF narrowing it down to just five was hard

Tagging @astralcurses @vaguelydefinedshapes and @toothpastecanyon (only if you want to) <3

[fleshlycolored]

I drew Asters oc Raine a while back but im posting it now since Pookie posted the fic :333

@astralcurses