#been writing a lot tho! my backlog is looking nice

[quinn-pop]

aww yay a tag!!! thanks void!! :>

what am i looking forward to in 2024?

well…a lot of things!

• more love live stuff! superstar s3! nijigasaki! the next yohane game that honestly really confuses me and unfortunately i don’t think i’ll be able to afford at release but hopefully it does really well so we’ll be able to get more ll games in future…it’ll be my fifth year in the fandom so i’m excited :D

• definitely hoping another kirby game will be announced!!! i’ve replayed tfl and rtdldx so much but it would be nice to have new levels and stuff you know? tfl is probably my choice for best kirby game all things considered so i’m Really excited to see what they do next

• on that note: spending another year active in this fandom ?? i love it here a lot and i’m excited to see what everyone else makes this year ^^ I could ramble abt it forever but im rlly so happy to be here

• also hopefully doing more writing! mostly fic writing but who knows? i’d love to have to be apart finished by the end of the year but i’m not gonna force it :’) i may or may not have a lot of half-written wips right now too and there’s definitely a few of them i think i’ll be sharing

• i actually have a lot of personal goals this year too! unfortunately a lot of it is adulting lol but stuff like getting out more and being social and working on my crafts and stuff :) i’ll probably be way busier but so far i’m loving it so i hope you’ll wish me luck <3

my special interests keep being special so. things are gonna be fun

i hope everyone else has a good year and meets all their goals and more!!!

New Reblog Game for the New Year!

What am I looking forward for 2024?

• Sonic Prime s3 *Bonus some Sonadow

• Sonic 3

• Hazbin Hotel series

• Madame Web Marvel

• Live action Avatar the last Airbender series

• Inside Out 2

• New Helluva Boss episodes

• Getting new drawing ideas *Bonus on getting better at editing

• Kung Fu Panda 4

• Murder Drones episodes 7 & 8

• Lackadaisy

• Any news on The Amazing Digital Circus

@sparklijam @dead-dog-dont-eat @drama-glob @lasirenacanta @sonicthehedgehog @zatyrlucy @tranquil-slaughterhouse @son1c @petitprincess1 @pocketscribbs @gloomycherub-mysterious @shadow-von-vamp @cjandxenaxenomorph2 @loveavatarsworld @lagomorphlady

[aviel-the-trans-bucket]

Welcome back madlads, today we’re listening to more of Gerard’s solo music. Today we’ll be doing all the non-album singles, meaning my next post of these will be the first of several posts listing to Frank Iero’s post breakup music.

I’m not too sure what to expect but I’m looking forward to it. Honestly I needed a bit of a break after I finish mcr’s backlog (I write my draft structure in advance lol) it was nice but I got that kinda ache in my chest after finishing a good story. I’m looking forward to getting back into new music and moving forward. (So this one came a while after I did the last post because I got really busy and lost track of time, so let’s try and finish the hiatus music before 2024 together ;u;)

Pinkish: Ok grainy, but the vibe is pretty tasty. This is nice, it reminds me a bit of bullets tbh. I’m not sure I know what to call this vibe but like, I feel. Hell-fucking-o that guitar jumpscared me, but it’s sexy as hell!

Don’t Try: oh this is a liminal vibe. It’s like both poppy but also reminds me of sifi sounds and it’s trippy and I like it. This kind of fucks. Oh I like this. I think this might be a new favorite of his solo stuff. Vaguely kinda reminds me of disenchanted. Yea I vibe with this one really hard.

Into the Cave We Wander: oh this sounds nice. This feels cozy, oh I adore this. This is just such a pleasent sounding lovely time. This gives such a calming yet adventurous vibe, fills me with a sense of pure wonder. Gorgeous 10/10.

Baby You’re a Haunted House: ok this feels reminiscent of the classic emo sound. Ok but like, why am I getting Fountains of Wayne? Like vague vague “Stacey’s Mom” vibes. But it’s pretty good. Might take a few more listens to really hook me, same things happened with “I never told you what I do for a living” but now it’s stuck in my brain.

Getting Down the Germs: oooo nice guitar. Ok this also kinda fucks. Man all his solo music has felt just so retro fr. It’s a very chill vibe, is nice.

Dasher: ok I’m not sure what to expect here. It sounds really pretty tho. Just really relaxing and pretty, I like it a lot. Yea this was beautiful.

A Hazy Shade of Winter: ok I’m not sure what to expect here either since I’ve heard this is also a cover. The vibes are something? I don’t know what tho. Haunting intro and it blows your tits clean off! Oh this is what I’ve been fucking craving! Ok this is one of the ones I think I like the sound of the most. This is good as hell!

Happy Together: mmm another cover. Oh shit man, now this fucks. God I love his voice so much. A banger cover, his voice has lived in my brain for years and paid not a cent on the god damn power bill 😔

Here Comes the End: ok vibes much. This kinda slaps shit. Looking back, yea this makes sense this was released in 2020. It vibes but damn that was 3 years ago and both feels like it’s only been 1 but also a full decade.

Well this was nice, a lot of good songs. Sorry if I missed any important ones, I’m just going by the Wikipedia page. My top 5 of the bunch would have to be…

1: A Hazy Shade of Winter

2: Don’t Try

3: Into The Cave We Wander

4: Dasher

5: Baby You’re a Haunted House

So I’m finally done with Gerard’s solo stuff after a long gap between posts of me being busy and then burnt out. I’m hoping to learn more about my music taste by doing this tbh, since Frank’s is next I’m kinda hoping to be surprised a bit. So far I’ve learned Gerard’s vocals are but one aspect that makes mcr music tickle my brain. The constant threat of having my tits blown clean off by a guitar seems to be a secondary factor. Well next up we’ll be doing stomachaches.

[whispersxwhimpers]

i'm not sure, but we'll figure it out!

thank you <3 and awww omg i love that?? i absolutely adore cats, i don't have any right now (i've got 3 dogs) but i'd love to get one in the future. do you have any photos of xiao? she sounds adorable T^T

agreed, they're both very pretty!! and hmm... i would say the ones i listed in my other message, garchomp, alolan ninetails, and houndoom ^^ what are some more of your favorites? you said a few in the last message, im curious !!

oh gods... i wanna ask who your favorite is, but i'm kinda scared because i'm not finished yet 😭 i'm just starting the first episode of season seven as i write this, so like... do you know WHAT season they died in? i do recommend watching it tho!! it's really good, this is literally the only anime i've watched that's been able to keep me invested TT

oohhhh i love genshin a lot!!! i used to play among us whenever i was younger with a few of my friends, i've never played apex or fall guys but they both look really fun ^^

i haven't played kingdom hearts or tekken, but omg jackbox-- i haven't played that in so long??? i forgot it even existed 😭 and omg life is strange, i used to watch people play the first one (i think it was the first one??) like there was no tomorrow kafkwjfks it's such a good game!!

helluva boss is awesome, it's definitely one of my favorite shows. i wouldn't say you're an alien, just a little behind maybe !! but that's alright!

SNIFFING CRAYONS 😭😭 I ACTUALLY LAUGHED OMG i can promise you i don't do that!! i would say everything is listed is pretty much it? but i'm interested in a lot of stuff, you name it and i've probably had something to do with it at some point in time 😭

ooh, i prefer rapping over singing (i can't sing either omfg TT) but doing that while you clean is actually so valid--

– 🩶

Hahaha, that would mean I get to find out who you are! The mystery would be revealed! 🤣

Awww!!! I love dogs haha, what kind of dogs do you have??

This is Xiao! 🥰 she likes to lay on my pillow with me, lol

Very nice choices! Hmmm, some others that are my favorite are Lucario, Gardevoir, Mew, Psyduck, Cubone, I could go on and on 😂 love many, many Pokémon, but mostly Gen 1-4

It's very, very recent haha don't worry, you have ways to go

Raiden Shogun/Ei can step on me. Anytime, anyplace. 😂💕 she's definitely my favorite Archon

Fall Guys is super fun to play with friends 😂 I call it the Jellybean Olympic Games cos you're basically a jelly bean just running through obstacles

The first LIS ripped my heart out! I definitely chose Chloe though 🥺💕

Hahaha no way, I have a backlog of so many movies and shows I have to watch 😂 like I haven't seen Star Wars. I promised someone I was gonna watch it with them haha 🥰

Lmao you sure?? Not even curious a little bit?? 😂 jkjk!

Haha, nice! Who are your favorite artists??

[writingwithcolor]

Tragedy Exploitation and Characters of Colour

hi! i've browsed your blog for a while now and it's been really helpful to me, so first off, thank you. i was wondering about something tho, i recently saw your response to a person explaining their story idea that revolved around two lovers, where one was cursed to kill the other and the other was always resurrected only for it to repeat, and i believe the characters were POC. in your response you seemed quite upset that such a plot was happening to POC characters specifically and it confused me because it sort of read as if you were mad that a bad thing was happening to a POC character in a story, which i genuinely didn't understand (i really don't want to sound rude, i'm being sincere), because it came off as advocating for only good and happy and nice things to be reserved for POC characters and if an author dared write something bad or traumatic happening to a POC character it's immediately 'poor narrative', and i personally don't agree with that take, because i feel like that reduces a POC character to just being POC instead of a person, which I feel like hurts POC rep in fiction, because being upset someone wrote something bad happening to a POC character makes it all about just that character being POC instead of just a regular person something bad has happened to in the story that just happens to be a person of color at the same time. my god this has gotten long, i got very interested in hearing more about this because i personally didn't quite understand and it sounded wrong to me, your original response. if you do reply to this, thank you, i hope i didn't sound rude, i do genuinely want to learn, because even tho i typed all this out i still feel like i'm wrong about this & missed the point somewhere

Disclaimer: please do not pile onto the ask about a Black woman murdered by her lover, as the asker has realized the issues with the ask. We are presently addressing the attitude of “why can’t bad things happen to PoC?” in this comment, with the name retracted, because it’s an attitude that crops up every once and awhile.

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You have missed our extensive backlog of posts about double standards re: PoC and white characters, wherein we describe, at length, how we are uncomfortable that PoC characters get extra bad stuff that’s treated as “organic” because our history is full of suffering, when white characters often don’t get that same thing.

like White Authors and Topics to Avoid/Tread Carefully

and Writing About PoC Trials and Tribulations

We ask that people question why they decide to automatically make someone suffering a violent constant-death-loop be a person of colour, especially multiply marginalized (Black, woman, LGBTQ+). Because there are already too many stories of characters of colour (especially multiply marginalized) suffering needlessly and oftentimes worse than the white characters for the sake of a plot.

You completely misread the heart of the reply, which was “why are you forcing Black women to suffer the worst fate imaginable (murder) in one of the most emotionally heartbreaking way imaginable (at the hands of your lover) multiple times in order to “earn her happy ending”? this is tragedy exploitation and is making a mockery of trauma”

PoC already have enough stories about us traumatized by circumstance. And while we can suffer, narratively, part of systemic racism is only telling stories of PoC when we are suffering as the sole marker of the plot. Especially when characters of colour are suffering disproportionately to lighter skinned characters.

You also missed the part where Marika said that even if it were white characters, they would be uncomfortable because constantly pulling out murder as a curse is lazy writing.

All we ask is: why did the asker decide that a woman of colour must suffer to the point of repeated murder before she can be happy? Why does she have to forgive the person who did it to her? Because that is a logic born of passive racism that tells people: women of colour, especially darker skinned/Black women, can “handle anything”. And that is a lie.

~Mod Lesya

Echoing Lesya, I’m puzzled as to how you came to the conclusion that “If an author dared to write something bad or traumatic happening to a POC character, it’s immediately a poor narrative” when I explicitly said I thought this was cheap theatrics and tragedy exploitation even if both characters were white, particularly as the ask had given me no conception of the author’s motivation in using the curse as a dramatic device. In Japanese, we jokingly use the word 中二病 (Chuunibyo) or “8th grade disease” to describe edgelord phases for teens. This is a 中二病 plot device. It’s perfectly fine for niche angst addicts on ao3, but not something I would be able to take seriously in a more substantive work aimed at a larger audience. I think it is also telling that even the original asker has commented that they independent of our answer concluded this was a poor plot choice.

Finally, with respect to your question of the usage of negative tropes like the ones mentioned in this ask (Misogynoir and Bury Your Gays), I am concerned that you do not understand the motive for this blog. Our purpose is to provide instruction to those who wish to use diversity in their writing in an inclusive manner in ways that resonate with marginalized populations. We are not proposing a ban on tropes. They are tools, but like all tools, they have appropriate forms of use. Do you honestly think that many BIPOC individuals would be happy to read a story with this kind of tragedy exploitation? And how would you, as an author, factor in their impressions when writing your own works?

No one can stop a writer from pursuing the narratives they wish to pursue, but the opinions a writer is primarily concerned with says a lot about who a writer believes their work is for. Let us say I were to write a story with a gratuitous depiction of sexual assault purely for the shock value, despite never having experienced sexual assault myself? How might survivors of sexual assault regard both me and my work? Now imagine BIPOC individuals whose main experience with representation in media is seeing characters look like them die from the kinds of violence that are common for them to experience, and it should become clear that an author who adopts these approaches, at a bare minimum, is being exceptionally tactless. A writer who finds no issue with tragedy exploitation involving BIPOC characters is likely not a writer who cares about what the BIPOC members of their audience think, or, even worse, does not even factor BIPOC perspectives into their writing.

- Marika

[neil-neil-orange-peel]

Heyooooo Sorry for the anon but I really love your blog and I've been following for a while now Rik is ♥ I was wondering tho of like which your favorite ships are in TYO?? ( ◜‿◝ )♡ It's something I've always wanted to ask you hehe but was always suuuuper nervous~~ ( ꈍᴗꈍ)

Hi, anon!

Aw thank you! Rik is indeed ❤️. My favourite TYO ships? Well, probably unsurprisingly, Rivyan is my favourite.

I'll put a read more thing here because I took this an opportunity to go on about ships and waffled. 😂 To summarise: I'm perfectly happy and actually encourage scumbags to ship whoever they want in TYO. I've never been involved in a shipping war and I think they're dumb and that we should just let people ship in peace. These are the basics of my personal preferences, regarding the main six, but I will consume pretty much all TYO content irregardless:

Rivyan - Main Main

CoolPye - Main

PoetPye - Secondary

PunkPye - Secondary

Mivyan - Not for me but yes to BrOTP

CoolPoet - Not for me

I think Rick and Vyv have the best chemistry out of the characters and actually I've been planning to write a post about why I think this is, so look out for that if you're interested in my rambles. Their relationship would fit perfectly into the disgusting, grotty, angry world that is TYO. They're also my favourite two young ones so that's definitely a big factor for me as well. There's a lot more I could (and will soon in another post) say about Rivyan. I have thoughts™.

I also ship CoolPye - I think it's the most chill of the six main ships (probably because it's the only one without Rick or Vyvyan 😂) and me and others have found, in fics, a bit of background CoolPye provides a nice contrast to the more emotionally charged and chaotic Rivyan. It feels oddly... Domestic? I mean, there was the whole thing where the house was compared to a family unit and Mike and Neil were the parents so they're already the traditional "couple" in that respect. Though, that’s just a rough metaphor because neither of them are suitable caregivers for or even need to be caregivers for Rick and Vyvyan. 😂

The other ships are a little newer and aren't my usual forte. I've seen posts from the bastard squad (they were basically the predecessors of the scumbags and appear to have shipped Rivyan and CoolPye, coining at least the latter's name) where they discussed the possibility of Mivyan, based on Mike and Vyv's more friendly relationship. In the backlog of ao3 or FF.net, I believe I also once read a TYO book of one shots including some PoetPye. However, both of these examples go against the general bastard squad trend. Mivyan, PoetPye, PunkPye and CoolPoet are largely scumbag era developments (fandom talk is actually very serious, you know 😂). The names of the last three are scumbag creations anyway.

Personally? I like PoetPye; I've written an awful fic for it. I've mentioned before that I think a lot of Rick's hatred for Neil stems from Neil standing for a few similar things to him - vegetarianism, peace, equality, love, all that - with the difference being that his beliefs appear more genuine than Rick's and this threatens Rick. There's also the factor of Neil and Rick seemingly coming from the better off backgrounds out of the four (better off than Vyvyan, at least, presumably also than Mike, based on his little speech in Summer Holiday) and I'm sure this also annoys Rick because he wants to fit in with the working class (even though he definitely doesn't) and Neil isn't working class so therefore, in his mind, deserves his vitriol. I mean, Neil's also a stupid bloody hippie while Rick is an anarchist so there's that division too. 😂

Neil is the one Rick hates the most... Yet, this means Rick is the one who generally pays Neil the most attention. I think a PoetPye relationship that evolved out of Rick dealing with his own insecurities and prejudices and becoming not only more secure in himself and his left-wing beliefs but perhaps a little calmer and less performative would be rewarding to read/write in a fic. Likewise, Neil might become happier and less focused his own misfortunes. Just happier vibes, y'know? But it would take character growth for it to become possible - more character growth, in my opinion, than it would take for Rivyan to occur. Although, to be fair, this is fanon so we needn't worry about whichever ship is more "realistic"... None of them are canon anyway. 😂

PunkPye also feels sweet to me. Vyvyan exploring his softer side with Neil and defending him against Rick could be cute. PunkPye feels like a more private ship to me - both of them not completely sure what's developing between them but just going with it, not seeing it as anyone else's business. Plus, punk and hippie subcultures in many respects are opposites in the "alternative" spectrum so I like the idea of them being together despite that rift too.

Then we have CoolPoet and Mivyan. CoolPoet is pretty much the least popular ship here; I don't think I've met anyone yet who ships it? I think this is largely because Rick and Mike don't interact much (possibly the least of them all) and so there's not much to build on. I also think it has the potential to be unhealthy since Rick is such a suck up to Mike (more so than Vyvyan and Neil, as at least Vyvyan gets on with him and Neil is more interested in any of them just paying him attention than Mike in particular). I could see CoolPoet being quite one-sided, with Rick losing himself a little in trying to impress Mike and not getting much back in return. To be fair, a dark fic about this would be interesting and it could be a learning curve for them both and end positively (maybe with other ships). I just don't think it would work well as a light and happy ship.

If CoolPoet is your cup of tea though, awesome! If you have headcanons and art/fic, I'll probably reblog it because I love TYO content. I'm not anti-CoolPoet. In fact, the idea of that dark fic is becoming more and more intriguing to me by the minute...

Then we have Mivyan. Whilst I get why people like it and I acknowledge that Vyvyan and Mike do have the most positive relationship out of a house of bastards who are horrible to each other... I've come to realise that, for me, I prefer Mivyan as a BrOTP. I think there's a power imbalance between Mike and Vyv that is hard to balance out properly in a romantic context. It works for their friendship: Vyvyan respects and looks up to Mike and equally Mike seems to view Vyvyan as a bit of a protégé. They'd probably work well as bothers.

Yet, with the context of Mike being the only person Vyvyan is ever subordinate to, I think there is a risk of their power imbalance becoming unhealthy should they enter a romantic relationship. Partners are supposed to be equal, right? For me, the ship feels a little weird because I think it might kinda stray into parent/child vibe territory, with Vyvyan becoming too emotionally dependent on Mike or becoming a bit of a guard dog and Mike - and this is partly due to him being the least developed of the four characters - appearing to be an unbreakable rock of stability who still has the same authority over Vyvyan as he does the other two. Of course, there are relationships like this in real life that fiction is free to reflect and far be it from me to police in anyway what people choose to create in fandom... It's simply that I don't think I could fix this power imbalance problem I see in Mivyan without straying too far from who the characters are if I tried to make a go of a healthy Mivyan.

Buuut, as with CoolPoet, you like Mivyan? You create Mivyan content? Brilliant! I will likely consume and praise at some point, I’m sure. After all, before I'd properly developed my opinion on it I did write a Mivyan prompt and I don't have any negative feelings towards my doing that. To be honest, if someone in the future sent me a Mivyan prompt for whatever reason, I'd likely still write it because I think it's fun every now and then to break away from my Rivyan/CoolPye default and explore. You're just not going to see me gushing about Mivyan, coming up with headcanons for it or writing fic for it off my own volition. It's just not my jam.

Thank you if you've bothered to read all of this nonsense. 😂 To the anon, thanks for the ask and please feel free to DM me anytime if wanna talk TYO. I promise I don't bite!

[77marvelimagines]

Beneath The Mask

Behind The Mask

Thor Odinson and Female!Reader

Prompt(s): HI! I am absolutely in loooove with your imagines!! I was wondering if you could do one where like the asguardian royal family has always had like a network of people assigned to protect them, and the reader gets assigned thor. so they’ve grown up together and she’s always kept stuff in and her secrets and then one day they’re just kinda hanging and she spills the beans? and ya know he’s like “danngggg. i’m here for you tho” and it’s fluffy? Sorry! I know this is long

Note(s): Hello!! Thank you for your kind words, and for the lovely prompt! <3 I always love writing about Asgard and the royal family. Sorry this got put on backlog for so long- college is a needy, needy child. Also, sorry it got long. I had a lot of fun thinking up their background and relationship. I hope you do enjoy tho! <3

Warning(s): None.

Word Count: 1711.

Ever since Thor Odinson had learned to walk, (y/n) had been by his side. Her job hadn’t started until sometime between adolescence and childhood, but it had always been an overshadowing fact nonetheless. She was to be there for him, in every way possible, whether it be mentally, emotionally, or physically. (y/n) was his bodyguard, his protection. Should she fail, even in the slightest, it could mean his demise. And it was made clear, very clear, that that should never happen.

She began training at the equivalence of the age of six. By age ten, two years before Thor’s own training would begin, (much to his jealousy) she was a master with the sword and two other types of weapons. Age fourteen, as masterful as the guards roaming the castle halls. When she and Thor turned eighteen, she was considered stronger than some of Asgard’s strongest warriors.

(y/n) made sure that the fact was known far and wide. No one was to mess with Thor Odinson. Not under her watch.

She was a warrior. An assassin. The trainer to Prince Loki’s own bodyguard, who was the equivalence of four years younger to both herself and Prince Thor. (y/n) was stoic, serious, and respectable. She was knowledgeable, because she had to be, and knew much about health and magic. The practice may have been looked down upon by warriors, as she’d discovered long before Prince Loki had, but she was good at it anyway.

She was good at anything and everything. Because she needed to be.

But beneath all that, the hard shell and the gruff attitude, (y/n) was a kind soul. She was gentle and knew just the right things to say to the right person at the right time. She liked birds and books and learning, liked laughing and having friends. Few knew her soft side, which was how she liked it. She’d grown up playing in the gardens with Thor, and at some point Loki and his own bodyguard, before starting her training for real. Of course she still talked and hung out with him- the two of them were encouraged to rely on each other, to be comfortable with one another, for they’d be stuck together until either her own or his demise (and if she had any say in it, for Asgard’s sake, it would be hers).

But the point still stood that she had emotions, and sometimes it was just so hard to not yell in frustration, or laugh at something that Fandral the Dashing had just blurted out loud right in front of the Allmother. It was hard to be someone she was not, behind her mask, when she worried about the family she barely saw and the education she had (forcibly) given up. And try as she might to hide it, the people who really knew her always could tell when something was plaguing her mind.

Prince Thor happened to be one of those people.

His hand on her shoulder startled her away from the magic book she had splayed over her leg. Thor had less than a second to back away from the knife pointed at his throat.

“Whoa, (y/n)! Easy now,” he laughed, “it’s just me. Didn’t you hear me open your door?” (y/n) shook her head. Her and Thor’s rooms were separated by a single door, which usually creaked due to its age and use. Somehow, between the worrying of her thoughts and the re-read paragraph on the page, she’d neglected to listen. Thor shot her an apologetic smile as he extended a hand.

“Come to the tower roof with me. The stars are bright tonight and I want to see them.”

(y/n) raised an eyebrow, though closed her book anyway. “Since when do you like to look at the stars?”

Thor shrugged. “Sometimes it’s nice to. Come on!” He waved his arm, which was still outstretched. (y/n) took it, skepticism etched into her entire being, but Thor just grinned and dragged her along.

Together, the two of them snuck through the castle to the far north end. There was a tower there, old and abandoned. It was still structurally intact and sound, so there was no need to worry. It once belonged to the old royal magic department, which had since been disbanded. Dusty books and expired ingredients littered the small room at the top of the stairs, making any type of walking through the space difficult. After years of sneaking off, however, (y/n) and Thor wandered expertly through the mess to the window, where they hefted themselves onto the roof.

Thor was right. The stars really were bright. They twinkled without a care in the world, like the Norns had just adorned them to the night sky not even hours ago. The nebulae accented the inky blackness between with landscapes of color, lighting up the sky into something nearly indescribable. (y/n) sighed. She wished she could explore the universe to the cosmos end and back. Alas, she had a duty here, after all.

A nudge to her elbow startled her again. This time, (y/n) refrained from pulling out the knife hidden in her boot. Thor was undisturbed, however, instead gaze patient as he turned and stared at the stars above.

“You’ve been worried about something lately.”

“How would you know?” (y/n) said, knowing full well that Thor knew her like the back of his hand. The prince chuckled as he easily turned to sit, arms folded over his knees.

“Where do I start? With the targets you missed during archery practice today or the fact that Tiki almost won your sparring match?”

“He did no such thing!” (y/n) scoffed. She pointedly ignored the warm creep of blush on her neck. “I was distracted by the commotion that the stable hands were creating, that’s all. Tiki is getting better though. Loki has a good bodyguard.”

“Aye, though I’ve seen you fight and win battles in less time in the feast hall of all places, and you know how loud and rowdy it is in there.” Thor finally turned to level her with a pinning gaze. He looked like the cat who caught the mouse. “It’d do both you and I well if you’d spill.”

(y/n) pressed her lips together and sighed through her nose. She crouched down to sit beside her prince and, with fists clenched, finally began to pick through her baggage.

“I wanted to laugh so badly when Fandral said that to your mother. He was mortified and she looked ready to strangle some sense into him. Thor, I’m just.. so tired of hiding my emotions. My instructors always told me that I couldn’t have weaknesses, couldn’t be flawed, because it meant that something bad could happen to you. And I get that, I do! But…” She scowled and turned her gaze down to the training yards. “Do you know how much I would give to go to school like my younger sister?”

“Atla?” Thor asked, surprised. “How is she doing?”

“Well, though she’s trying to skip her classes. Skipping class, Thor! I don’t even have classes to skip, and I’d die for the opportunity! I… I’ve been this role for so long. Sometimes I’m afraid I don’t even know myself as a person because I don’t think I’ve had the chance to grow. I mean… do I even like fighting?”

Thor chuckled as he recalled a few memories from their younger days. (y/n) had always beat him in wrestling matches. The only reason she was never yelled at for it was because it was supposed to be her job, though she used to boast take pride in her victories. She didn’t anymore.

(y/n) continued on, oblivious to Thor’s silence. “I’ve been fighting all my life, Thor, I mean seriously, do I even enjoy it? What about education? I loved classes, I loved learning, and now I don’t even have that as an option anymore! Everything I know now is self-taught. My training took priority over everything past basics. I don’t even know anybody outside the royal family anymore. Do I even have friends?”

“You have me,” Thor offered. He sounded hopeful, his shoulder pushed gently up against hers. (y/n) suppressed a grin.

“I know, Thor. I… I’m just worried about myself, is all.”

The prince hummed as he considered her words. He scooted closer a moment later, his arm wrapped firmly around (y/n)’s shoulders. Her breath was soft in his ear, the pulse of her heartbeat steady. Just like her, Thor thought. In all his life, he’d never known her to hesitate.

“Perhaps I can ask Father for some time between my next few adventures. We can spend some time with your family, maybe Loki and Tiki will take you to the library. You’re a very strong person, (y/n), in head and spirit. I shouldn’t be rushing headlong into things without thinking of you first. It’d be nice to take some time and actually rest in a bed instead of dirt, too.”

They both laughed at the memory of their last trip. For days (y/n) had slept on dirt, since in his haste Thor hadn’t packed his sleeping roll. She’d made him take hers, despite his complaints, and in the end they played hot potato with who slept on it. The Warriors Three and Sif started making bets on who would get the sleeping roll on what night. Volstagg won most of them.

Thor looked over and took pride in that he’d been the first to make his kindred-sister smile for the first time all day. Not even Tiki and his dumb jokes could crack her shell. The stars overhead caught his attention again, causing him to tear his gaze away before (y/n) could catch him. She probably already had though, since she was good like that. He squeezed her shoulders tight and laid their heads together.

“Besides,” he said, “beneath that mask of yours, you always have me right beside you. We’ll figure this out, (y/n).”

It took a moment, but (y/n) eventually replied. “I know, Thor.” Despite the doubts that crowded her thoughts, she knew that like an absolute certainty.

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Transitional Period

Okay so I feel really lame writing this but I think it's also important. I keep apologizing for not being super active on this blog anymore, and there's a number of reasons I haven't. Most of it has been health related but anyway. I started this blog because I hated my other blog and wanted to do something new with a fandom I'd been in for a long time (10+ years), so after talking with Katie ( @shiranuigenma ), I decided to create this Naruto blog. But it wasn't intended to be just a Naruto blog, but that's how it kind of ended up since that's what I was into when I made it.

The fact that I've kept this a 98% Naruto blog is awesome because my attention span and energy allotted for a fandom is around 3-4 months. After that I usually get bored or burnt out and have to find something else. Making friends and participating in things like Kakashi Week, and just doing art and writing fanfics, has helped me to maintain interest in this blog for a lot longer than I thought I would. So thank you!! You guys are awesome!!!

(Okay real quick I'm not quitting lol. I know it sounds like it. But I'm not.) Basically, I was getting so burnt out on Naruto that I was dreading getting on this blog and I didn't want to watch it anymore. That's why I've been MIA. I literally only follow Naruto blogs at the moment. I don't want this to become a trash blog like my last one that I abandoned, so I'm still going to be kind of selective with what I reblog. Anyway. To combat the staleness and burnt out feeling I had, I got into a few other shows with my friends and that's really all I've been watching (RWBY, RvB, and YouTube if you're curious). It sounds dumb but it's really helped me a lot because I'm not so exhausted and wearing myself out trying to be ~the cool singular fandom blog~ that I'm really not meant to be. (Yo, major kudos to those who can do that.)

So anyway, 2018 has been not super unkind, but very tough for me. You grow from challenges, right? But it's also important to not be challenging yourself 24/7 for 6 months straight with little sleep and locking yourself away in your bedroom. I am not Maito Gai. I cannot do that. So here's a few things about my blog that'll carry us into summer 2018 and hopefully allow me to be more active and not so stressed and sad!!!! Esp since I still don't have a job even tho I'm looking!! And I'm getting tired of ppl telling me “Well just get a job??? Just go get hired???” like !!! what do you think I am doing???

Requests are now closed indefinitely. I'm going to finish up the few I have, but after that I'm closing them. They were super fun but I have so many things backlogged that it hasn't been as fun anymore. I send love and thanks to all those who sent in requests while they were open! It was a fun experiment and I got to really test myself by writing for characters I don't normally write for!

Writing commissions are closed indefinitely.  I’ll complete the one I have, but then that’ll be it for now. These too were also fun and challenged me more than anything else I've done. I got to write some very unique and difficult topics and I'm so thankful for those who trusted me enough with their stories to do this. However, the amount of time and mental energy it took was too much and severely underselling myself made it difficult to justify the time I was spending. (I've read writers should charge around 1 – 3 cents a word. I was charging $0.001 cents a word lmao. Whoops. I actually don't mind but it is hard to make a living like that.)

Art commissions are still OPEN! And btw, I do have a ko-fi. I'm thinking about doing something like, one coffee = one bust of your character of choosing? (which is same price as commissions whoops lol.) Idk yet. I won't be doing any writing for ko-fi, though.

I was going to create a side blog for the other fandoms I'm in but side blogs are tedious and annoying to manage so I'm probably just going to start posting stuff here. If you don't want to see it, you can start blacklisting tags now. I'll be tagging things as #rwby, #rvb, #not naruto (that's my catch-all tag for anything, uhh, not Naruto). Expect a lot of Ozpin, Qrow, Church, and Washington because even tho I was inactive here, it does not mean I stopped hoeing around in other fandoms. Oh, also expect an occasional #game grumps because #dan avidan is way cute.

I'm also going to be posting fanart for other fandoms here too. It's been nice to draw stuff other than Nardo. I'll still be doing Naruto stuff (I have a ton of Naruto projects I'm working on) but silly little doodles will probably be from RWBY.

I'm also in this weird kinda scary period in my life with school and career options. I have a degree in English and it's always been assumed I'd be a teacher but I don't want to be?? I realized recently that I love to draw and I'm getting quite good at it (with the help of my sister who is my own real-life youtube tutorial for SAI), so both my sister and I are going back to college for a Studio Art degree. I'm thinking about getting into animation and I'm scared because it's not a secure or “traditional” job??? I'm scared because I'm not settling on a job I don't want or a field I just assumed I'd go into. I'm not good with big changes or going into things when it's uncertain, so I'm like ….. /anxiety increases/ But I'm hoping it'll be good.

Just as an extra bullet point and a reminder, I still really love Kakashi, Iruka and Obito, and all my other guys!! Don't think I forgot about them!!

Sorry this is 10 million years long but it was important to me to write all that. I'm sorry I haven't been able to reblog your art or fics and comment on them. I'm sorry I haven't gotten back to you guys and responded to messages. I'm sorry I'm not as active. I've just been figuring stuff out and hanging out with friends, and watching other things so I don't grow to despise Naruto lol. So. That's about it. I probably forgot something.

Oh, I have 21 plants growing in my windowsill. 2 are decorative and the other 19 are going to go in my garden in the backyard bc they’re herbs and vegetables. And I'm going to cosplay for the first time next month and I might meet the voice actor for kid Obito. So. There's that.