#author directed asks

[harukadrawsthings]

Looking back at all the stuff ash went tho

Does he...remember all his deaths.

If so,did he tell goh or his mother...

Or a threapist-

I believe he both remembers and forgot about times he nearly died due to his altruism combined with recklessness 😆. Ash has travelled so much since he begun his career as a competitive Pokémon Trainer that his stories would be enough to write a collection of books!

And he wouldn't tell Goh about every single moment he happens to remember, he knows his husband can get agitated about that. The same goes about telling his mother!

[anto-pops]

what are your thoughts on sub sylus (if any, ofc), or just sylus being in a more sub role in general?

I SAY HELL YES !!! HE WOULD EAT IT UP !!!!

He’s already displayed a slightly more submissive side in some of his cards, or at the very least he’s shown the illusion of submission. He’s definitely not opposed to letting MC climb on top of him and set the pace (even if he does end up switching roles halfway through). He’s too strong to ever fully surrender to anyone else’s will, but considering how royally whipped he is by MC, I think he’d indulge her desires if she ever wanted to ‘put him in his place’. She barely got the question out to ask him when his birthday was before he was cutting her off with the answer LMAO

She’s the one who had the kinky ass fantasy about smacking him with a riding crop after all (No Defense Zone my beloved) and I think he’d get a kick out of letting her have her way in that regard. She’s the one person he trusts implicitly. She owns half his soul and vice versa, so I firmly believe if he was ever to let his guard down and hand control over to anyone, it would be MC 🙌🏻

[free-luigi-mangione]

Damn you’re delusional. The second a luigi supporter is accepting and is aware he committed the crime, you libtards are quick to say we’re licking boots and not real supporters. Luigi would hate you guys. Alright, I’ll see you in the future when he isn’t with us or when he gets convicted, sadly.

you anon i need you to both hold your horses and hold your vicious tongue. i'll spell this out for you since you have worse reading comprehension than the average person on the piss poor reading comprehension website.

even if Luigi himself says he did it, he deserves a fair trial. he deserves to be presumed innocent. because both of these are rights afforded to him by the constitution of his country. and because even if he did in fact do it, he hasn't said that and he has pleaded not guilty, the prosecution has to actually prove he is guilty beyond any reasonable doubt. and from what we know of the evidence there's plenty of reasonable doubt. moreover Luigi has nowhere not for a single second tried to kill himself. if he had indeed done it and he wanted to kill himself, he had to have had plenty of time before he got arrested – five whole days in fact. he has never shown himself to want to be a martyr or a symbol of a resistance movement that the people of his country can't even organize properly/very effectively. if he did want to make himself a symbol or a martyr like the way you want him to be, he could have simply given himself up to the authorities after the deed was done. he could have confessed everything to the cops, then or at the time of his arrest or anytime in between or even in the future. but that hasn't happened and that won't happen. Luigi and his legal team are fighting the charges and will continue fighting the charges until it ends with him being killed by the death penalty (extremely unlikely at NY), or rotting in prison because of LWOP, or getting acquitted due to a number of reasons. moreover he does not want to die and has clearly shown that he in fact wants to live, and it doesn't matter if he did it or not. he should be able to live. his right to life should not be taken away from him. it is the most fundamental of all human rights. death penalties are the most barbaric tools still kept alive in the modern society to enforce organised violence from the people in power. Luigi also deserves the right to live properly, not just survive somehow in LWOP. because like people like you think, he did it but you support him for it. so clearly you should also be wanting him to be free and to be able to live the life that he wants to live?? but of course not. y'all are dumb that way. also making Luigi a martyr or a symbol of a revolution that will probably never happen (at least not in a country like USA where there has never been a successful revolution in history because the majority population does not know how to organise at all) is absolutely useless. Luigi would lose his life for nothing. the dumbass population which would benefit from his alleged actions (and are already benefitting now) does not really care whether he lives or dies. and most importantly, like i said, he doesn't even want to die, he's never wanted to die. even in prison, he's written in a letter that the lorax is such a fundamental story that it “will be so critical to read to my kids”. the quoted part is me directly quoting that letter word by word by the way. so like how dare you want to take away his life all while saying you support him?? if you truly wanted to support him you'd understand that the letter of the law doesn't matter for his case even if he did it, only the spirit of the law matters and anybody on the jury should judge his case only by their hearts and not their heads. and since you seem to be the sort to think that the letter of the law is an absolutely fundamental aspect and nothing else can come out of it, you seem to be the libtard to me, the sort of person who'd say well he murdered a man and i can never justify it so he should die, an eye for an eye. let me tell you anon, an eye for an eye only works until everybody is blind. and everybody would soon become blind if an eye for an eye is actually followed everywhere in real life. also because you seem to be too dumb to understand a lot of things about how the law actually works, i'd request you to find out what is jury nullification and exactly how it works, you of all people need to learn that lesson because you seem to not at all understand the concept of laws without morals being useless.

[flyhigh-flyboy]

📌BULLETIN BOARD

Hello there! I'm Pilot, a member of the Reliable Excavation Demolition (RED) team. Administration allowed me to have this blog to supposedly ‘connect with the public’ and to ‘build up reputation’

I'll take this opportunity to socialize and to entertain questions ... although I'm sure this is a ploy from the Admins to pry answers off of me and to peer into my personal life--

... But I'm also genuinely curious what people think of me or want to know about me! Still, I'm watching you Admins- Oh, and before you send your letters...

📄Let's set some RULES

No NSFW or inappropriate content. I’m not that kind of man... :(

Please be patient! I'll try my best to answer what you send me!

No spamming. I don’t have a very big mailbox...

Always be polite and respectful! This one speaks for itself... I hope-

#️⃣ For easier navigation, look out for these TAGS

[#anxiously socializing] = answering your letters or interacting with other blogs/posts [#ramblings of a pilot] = standalone posts [#admin intervention] = posts answered by Admin

📁 And relevant files for INFORMATION

Administration screens your letters first before sending it over to my mailbox ... which is a little suspicious, if you ask me. If your letter goes unanswered, it may have been denied by them or I refused to answer.

Depending on what you send, the Admins also have the right to answer letters for me as well- which is DOUBLE suspicious and unfair, but I can't fight them on it...

Repetitive questions are inevitable, so if your question had already been asked, it may be ignored I'm very sorry. But overall, ask me anything! As long as you're not a government agent-

[incomingalbatross]

I am going to have to chew on what you're saying about religion and relationship in Christian fantasy because I tend to shy away strongly from stories that make God a fictional character. One of the things I often cite as liking about A Canticle for Liebowitz is that it never tries to tell you what God is thinking or doing - it doesn't insert him into the text as a fictional character. Which is kind of exactly the opposite of what you and OP are praising in Narnia. And maybe there's a difference between something set in the Real World and something designed as Fantasy. But anyway I need to chew on this...

okay YES that's extremely valid! I can agree with that too - which suggests my opinion is either more complicated or more fickle than I realized. xP

I think... I think I want it acknowledged that God is a person. BUT making God a character is dicey, as you say. C. S. Lewis pulled it off I think, but... would I dare, personally?? Hngh.

I think it may, perhaps, be more about worldbuilding than narrative presence. As you say, with things set in the real world (or its speculative future), if it's Christian fiction we know Christ is there. We don't need to SEE him, and religious experiences should probably be depicted with caution and restraint.

But if you're writing a fantasy world that's supposed to exist in Christian cosmology (is that the right word? within a universe/multiverse created by God, I guess I mean - again, like Narnia), where the characters have religion - THEN I think what I'm really asking for is that God be at the center of that religion in a way that makes him recognizably Someone and not Something. At least if the character is motivated/sustained by their religion.

Because the more you're trying to depict your fantasy characters having realistic spiritual lives/experiences, the more I think the Force Of Goodness or Creator or Light or what have you that they lean on probably needs to be a Person?

On the other hand! In LotR characters are very clearly receiving graces and devoted to the good and soldiering on in virtue without Eru ever being so much as mentioned, so you can clearly write deeply spiritual Christian fiction without religion in it. And I have seen SW fanfic interpreting the Light Side in a very Christian way and loved that, while being stuck with "the Light Side of the Force" as about as impersonal a label as you can find. So maybe I'm just making things up here. I don't know.

I DO feel strongly about portraying the Trinity as Persons and not Functions, because it seems to me that religion is rather hollow if there isn't Someone you can love at the center of it all. But I also agree that portraying religion or spiritual life does NOT need God to be a "character" as such.

[neunhofferart]

Howdy, Heidi! You said that some fans picked up things that were done on accident… Were there more scenes like that? Also, were there scenes that you guys made on purpose but fans didn’t pick up / were aware of them? In shipping terms (hihi) and in general terms. Thanks!

I think in every type of media you will inevitably see versions of 'authorial' intent vs audience interpretation that overlap and differ from each other in many ways. (Authorial intent in quotes because in collaborative mediums like film and animation every single person on the pipeline who touches the work probably has a slightly different personal interpretation they're contributing to the final work, even under someone like a showrunner or a director).

Humans are smart and it's in our nature to look for connections and find explainations to questions, so most of the time if someone is putting something down, someone is going to pick it up, so to speak, and a lot of things ARE on purpose.

But this same phenomenon can also lead to us seeing connections in places that even the 'authors' might not have originally thought of while creating the work, and I think that can be pretty neat actually! I don't necessarily think reading alternate interpretations of works is wrong-- it can be very healthy to explore multiple reads of a narrative or a character/character dynamic. On Chaos Theory there were definitely times when we were like 'fans are probably gonna ship this even if it's not the text' haha. Sometimes fans latch onto headcanons you really have no control over. Sometimes things were animated slightly differently from how they were conceived (which is also a natural part of things).

But yes, sometimes I have seen a few other things that were interpreted in slightly different ways from how they were directed or written verbally, but I'm personally of the opinion that it's more fun to leave some things visual and open to a little interpretation rather than beating the words over the audience's head and having the characters constantly announcing 'I'm feeling this because of this!' And going 'this is the only way to interpret the show and the characters and if you don't you're wrong!'

It's usually not a huge deal. I think even as we were working sometimes I'd make connections to myself that weren't necessarily spelled out to us and go 'oh, this is a throughline for this character actually!'

Like for example- if I remember correctly, the original direction behind how Kenji reacted to Ben's apparent death was that it was supposed to the first time he'd ever seen someone he really KNEW seemingly die right front of him, and being unable to do anything about it deeply affected him. Ben is a very important turning point in his character development regardless of which way you read it.

And I think this is actually something that just continued to stack onto his character throughout both shows whenever any of his friends lives are seriously in danger. In Camp when he's still unable to do anything but comfort Sammy while she's poisoned, to deciding it's too dangerous not to trade Wu's laptop for Brooklynn, to eventually throwing himself between the spinosaurus his dad is about to kill Darius with and choosing his friends over his own father and being willing to die with/for them... and then in Chaos Theory it kind of reboots all over again with Brooklynn dying and then his dad dying right in front of him, and his complex of not wanting to be useless and trying to do whatever he can at the expense of even himself to keep the loved ones he has left safe is kicked into overdrive.

I think there are a lot of things like that where the intent is not always verbally spelled out, but the more important thing is that it's still (hopefully) making you feel something.

[lsunstreakerl]

hi lsunstreakerl can u say some mean stuff to me 😏🤤🤭 daddy needs another boost 💦

why do you only ever use the anon button for evil

however, since the opportunity is here: just a quick reminder to be considerate <3 every couple months I feel like I have to put out a little "hi! I am a person and not a content machine!" and I guess we have again reached that point so hiiiiiii I am a person and not a content machine. please remember that :) thanks :))

[wonder-worker]

"...With full power to administer [the crown prince's] possessions within the principality of Wales, the duchy of Cornwall, the counties of Chester and Flint and elsewhere, to grant licences for ecclesiastical elections, to receive fealties, to present to churches and other benefices, to dispose of custodies of lands and marriages of heirs, to grant pardons, to appoint and remove stewards, sheriffs, bailiffs, reeves, chamberlains, escheators and other ministers and officers and to grant letters patent, provided that no office shall be granted for life or for a term of years but during pleasure of the said prince only."

^ The powers granted to Elizabeth Woodville during her queenship as a councillor for Edward V

[ginnala]

It's so easy to believe Alicia is Gone on her Lloyd. I mean, why wouldn't she be? Just look at him: he's clever and incredibly competent, to the point where she's correct in thinking that he can turn her kingdom into an empire, as one does. And even on the personal level, he's so good for her! He's her shining savior, he's her favorite boytoy, he's the *only* person she can experience a sense of unbreakable trust with—something she craves but can never achieve with anyone else. Lloyd is, quite possibly, the most valuable person in her existence, where is she going to find another like that? That's right, she isn't. Better to keep the one she *does* have and hope he wouldn't escape to the prairies the moment her attention isn't on him.

And for Lloyd? As soon as he steps out of the palace, she's gone from his mind. He doesn't need her, he doesn't miss her, he doesn't seem to think of her at all. He values her A Lot less than he does the Fronteras—I don't think he's attached to her as much as to any member of his newfound family. Would he carry her letter in his breast pocket? I doubt that. Sure, she's hot, but he won't take that shot. The only time he thinks of her is when she needs saving or he needs something from her (as a ruler of his country). Her entire lifestyle is antithetic to his. Be it his will, he probably wouldn't be back at all.

...She's noticed.

And her solution is to catch him and to bind him so that he couldn't escape. Because he's not going to stay out of his own volition.

Aren't they off to a good start?

[solivagantingrebel]

The commenting situation in this fandom is really fucking atrocious, huh.

[harukadrawsthings]

probably not some of your usual asks but every once in a while my intrest in pokemon flares up again before dying back down to a regular flame. as that flame flares up I always end up coming back to reread this specific comic + fanfic series but this time there's a specific comic i ALWAYS come back to but I can't actually find it this time, so if you could name it you'll he a huge help 😭

the only part I remember from it is Destiny in a forest (maybe cerise park? probably a regular forest) turning around and running up to Goh obviously upset and i think crying, specifically calling him "papa" instead of "pa"

an alternative memory I have is a much younger Destiny (or maybe she was older idk man my memory is too bad for this) running up to Ash calling him "daddy" instead of "dad" as she normally does, hugging him.

as you can probably tell and see my memory is absolute dog water so a little help would be much MUCH appreciated, thanks 🫡

+im pretty sure a few of the links on your pinned page of soulmates of light don't work, instead of taking me to the comic it takes me to the default website version of your profile, but this might actually be a me problem between me and my phone that I do NOT update so this might not be worth checking out lmao but I'd appreciate it anyway

here's a list of the ones I'm aware don't work + I didn't go through any of the asks/waves, so maybe 1 or two from them don't work? not sure tbh

-Adoption comic strip (Part 2)

-Nose boop comic strip

-Bedtime story comic

-Childhood memories comic strip

-Evolution thoughts illustration

(this is super long I know im sorry 😭)

Hello there and thank you very much for the feedback! I want to continue the on-going story once I have more time, I've been very busy and tired lately.

Judging from your descriptions (which don't 100% match, so I go for approximate results), you might be referring to either the comic of Destiny meeting Abra for the first time, or an old semi-canonic Valentine's comic. It's a matter of checking!

I'll see during the week if the links you've sent me are working correctly. I notice that tumblr is a bit glitchy when it comes about programming links to other posts, so I appreciate you tell me when there's problems opening them!

Thank you once again! ✨

[amtrak12]

Because I spent all day yesterday outlining a missing conclusion to someone else's fic, I have to say it's a super interesting writing exercise because the questions completely change. Instead of 'what's in character' or 'what story am I wanting to tell', you have to ask 'what lines up with this person's version of the characters' and 'what fits the existing stakes and tone of this story'. And then actually writing the missing chapter will be interesting too because I'll need to match the author's style which is very different from my own (there's virtually no dialogue???) and idk just... Writing fanfic of a fanfic is super interesting to me.

[narrycherries]

Happy Friday!!!

I’m currently working on a lot of things, including some past submissions & ideas you guys sent in! Although I have a good bit of stuff planned, I’d love to have even more!

If you have any ideas for a series or blurb, send them in! This also includes ivy blurb ideas! You can be as detailed as you like or just give me a general idea of what you are interested in reading. I have my notebooks out and I am jotting down ideas & planning things, so help me fill out a few more pages 🫶🏻

thanks in advanced to any submissions and ideas. remember that I may or may not dismiss the idea. please don’t be disappointed if I don’t choose an idea, sometimes I don’t get inspired or motivated, or I feel as though I couldn’t do it justice. love u all & see u soon with updates ! 🍒

what’s coming soon:

> the ivy series update

> patreon exclusive content details & teasers

> a smut blurb I started months ago and debated posting :)

taglist: (for engagement purposes)

@walkingintheheartbreaksatellite @victoriasigaard @ariiscringe @harlowsgirl @lomllover @haniaaa04 @sideboobrry11 @tenaciousperfectionunknown @fangirl509east @fruity-harry @sassamanda77 @lizsogolden @prettygurl-2009 @sincerely-yours-marsbar @mypolicemanharryyy @angelbunny222 @mads3502 @harrysredroom @inlikea-coolway @matildasatellite @imaginexxharry @sassamanda77 @daphnesutton @triski73 @indierockgirrl @adore-you-hs2

[redrosydiaz]

really fucking sick and tired of people who really fucking love the eddie book jumping on people who don't like or are even remotely critical of it's posts and like crusading their opinions around from the top of their high horses and shoving it down our throats.

if you like the book, great! that's awesome! love that for you! i am genuinely glad that you were able to find good in it and enjoy it!!

but not everyone did, and not everyone is going to agree with you. so, instead of going on some grand crusade where you find every single post that includes anything even remotely negative or negative adjacent or even neutrally critical and spending ALL this time and effort trying to provide unwanted rebuttals to every single thing, maybe you should just stay in your lane and find people who DO like the book and chat about it with them.

because i can PROMISE YOU, none of us appreciate it when you come onto our posts and start accusing us of "hating on" the author or "being rude" about her and her work and RIDICULOUS shit like that.

being critical of something and pointing out it's flaws is NOT inherently hating on it. i, frankly, do not know where people got that notion, but it's not fucking true so can we fucking quit assuming it is? and, critiquing something is also NOT the same as saying this is shit and it sucks and the author is a piece of garbage. again, where the fuck that came from is beyond me. you can be critical of something and still enjoy it. as soooo many of you love to point out, it's not perfect, why should it be perfect? so D U H. of course that means criticism can and should arise???

also. hot take (by which i mean ice fucking cold because it's NOT a fucking hot take), but going around toting FALSE facts as part of your "defense" does not make you or your argument look good. you, like the author, should maybe do a basic fact check first. 🙃

tldr, if you like the book, that's genuinely great, but stay in your fucking lane and stop seeking out posts from people who didn't like it to start shit in the notes.

[the-midnight-stage]

SEES Vs the shadow IT after a bad ending where the shadows and fog took over Inaba, is this anything

[fate-defiant]

These four wormed their way into my head last night and would not leave me until I spat something out so here's some assorted headcanons, a comic that I'm not sure I understand the punchline of myself and the youngest inn-bling(ba dum tss) in ten to fifteen years.