#believe me i treasure them

[annaizscribbling]

for the fic writer asks!! 🎀🎉💞🍭🎙🕯 :)

🎀give yourself a compliment about your own writing

Hmm, I'm gonna get weirdly specific, but I think I really like how I portray characters on a downward spiral. Patton in Just Out of Reach, Virgil in Low Battery, even Logan in a Moment with Potential to some extent. I love slowly pulling them apart, and the strange ways I can describe it. It's fun, and forces me to really get in their heads.

🎉how often do you celebrate completing & posting a work? how often do you give yourself the credit/validation that you seek from others when you post? (if you don't, you should!)

Interesting question, usually when I post a chapter, I throw my phone across the room and play a video game to avoid thinking about it. It's a nice way to release it and let my brain relax. I celebrate later by posting about it or responding to comments, because those are quite the reward!

💞what's the most important part of a story for you? the plot, the characters, the worldbuilding, the technical stuff (grammar etc), the figurative language

The characters!!!! It's all about the characters babey. Their goals, their needs, their preconceived notions about themselves, who they are vs what they think they are!!!! What is stopping them from being happy!!! I just Love Characters!!!

🍭why did you start writing

We're going WAY back, okay. So I started writing at a really young age, but only for short periods of time. I wrote a LotR inspired (ripoff) fantasy book at like nine on construction paper, at 13 I wrote a short story about cults, at 14 I wrote a few chapters about a magical trio of friends (still on Wattpad somewhere I think) and then in 2021, started writing fics. Writing has always been an outlet for me, even back then. I'd be filled with so much love for a book, or a story, or multiple ones at once, and I would channel that love into creating something of my own.

🎙️which one of your fics would you like someone to make a pod-fic of?

That would be pretty cool, hadn't thought much about it, but probably Low Battery, for several reasons. It's the most well known, and I think the different settings and long conversations could be interesting as a podfic, but admittedly I haven't listened to many of them, so idk.

🕯️was there a fic that was really hard on you to write, or took you to a place you didn't think it would take you?

I think Low Battery gets this one too. It was my first multi chaptered fic, and the first time I ever completed something longer that 2000 words. Oddly enough, I learned things about myself writing it. Not to delve too deep into the plot, but everyone has issues and everyone is forced to confront them. I think I got to channel so many parts of myself into the sides, and it was sometimes hard to keep going, because of how real it was to me. I don't regret it, and I did adore writing it, but yeah there's a lot of me hidden in there.

[dukeofthomas]

"Angry robin" "violent robin" "misbehaving robin" shut up and accept my alternative; spunky Robin. Determined and head strong, can out-stubborn the Batman, has a strong moral-backbone and does what he thinks is right regardless of what anybody else says, Robin. Jason who was sassy and quippy and made crude jokes with a smile on his face. Jason who hid in Bruce's cape and whispered gossip to him. Jason who, if Bruce refused him something, could keep bothering endlessly until Bruce caved. And also dramatic Jason. If Bruce tells him no, it becomes a whole theatrical show; a monologue, a narration, embellishments, and falling onto the floor in his grief upon the fact his cruel father has denied him once again.

(Jason who has suffered through abuse and homelessness and poverty and starvation, who is the Fight out of Fight or Flight, who's built up defenses and walls and when pushed and triggered responds with the thing that's always protected him; anger. He's sweet and kind and funny, and when he sees a pimp hitting a prostitute he gets furious and responds with violence.)

[benevolenterrancy]

this is a little belated by I saw @dayinthedeath's discussion about who in torchwood is most likely to be spiderman and I needed to join in with this proposal: it's a team effort in united nerdy idiocy

[shima-draws]

Me: UGH AGHFHH HALLOWEEN LAW……..I really want to get him but I think my chances are pretty lo

Me: HOLY SHIT OKAY?????

Me: Okay but I’ve also been getting my ass whooped at Pirate Rumble, everybody’s been using the Nami/Carina unit so maybe I c

Me: Um. Uh. Wow. Can I also get Robin and Koala becau

Me: ??????????

[lovelystarship]

so as you all might've noticed... i'm so normal

[deus-ex-mona]

my five surviving braincells when something remotely good happens:

[mechazushi]

Kaiju Number 8 Incorrect Quotes <take 6>

*depressed Iharu sitting on a bench* *Aoi and Haruichi come over and sit on either side of him* *Few minutes of silence later* Haruichi: Wah nee nah nu nee nu nee nu Wah nee nah nu nee nu nee nu- Aoi: *Starts thumping out the beat on the wall behind them* Iharu: . . . Iharu: SHE'S GOT A SMILE THAT SEEMS TO ME, REMINDS ME OF CHILDHOOD MEMORIES-!

[wundrousarts]

Hey, Owl House fans that are looking for other media to get into now that the show has ended: check out the Nevermoor series by Jessica Townsend!

The series is about a young girl named Morrigan Crow, who is whisked away to the magical city of Nevermoor the night she is supposed to die. Once there, she has to navigate her new home in the whimsical Hotel Deucalion, her education at the prestigious Wundrous Society, and the truth about the mysterious and powerful legacy she belongs to.

The series is categorized as middle grade/~YA, so it's similar in how it can appeal to an all-ages audience. Like The Owl House, it balances lighter moments with darker, more sinister revelations (and they're just getting started!). The author is queer herself and openly expresses her thoughts against + directly confronts bigotry and hatred while also being just an all-around wonderful person.

It contains some classic tropes such as a magical school, found family, and corrupt authority figures, all in unique and fresh ways. There is a diverse cast of characters, including a sapphic couple where one of them works at a magical library (sound familar...? 😉). There are several multi-dimensional antagonists, and they all work to challenge Morrigan and the story in their own unique ways. Also: there's a giant talking cat! Love that.

The series has an interesting magic system + worldbuilding, with tons of lore and history to dig your hands into and theorize if that's what you like. The character development is so fun and interesting as Morrigan and her friends grow up and find their place in the world. The world is so fleshed out that you can easily pick a minor side character or a location that's briefly mentioned, and extrapolate on how and where they fit into the story and themes as a whole.

There are three books out already, out of nine planned books. The fourth book Silverborn comes out in October, so there's plenty of time to get caught up until then! I highly recommend giving it a try.

[unfortunatelyilikebnha]

Replaying the beginning of the Inazuma archon quest and actually what happens to people’s visions after they die? Not the “they fade out” part, I know that, but are there like, customs for disposing with dead people’s visions? Is that something they have to put into their will? Is there a market for masterless visions? We saw during the crux clash that there was a fair bit of interest in kazuha’s friend’s masterless vision, and I know the majority of teyvat’s population are not vision bearers, but, as we saw from the number of visions inlaid in the statue, there are enough of them to be significant, so statistically since vision bearers are not immortal there are probably enough dead vision holders to supply a fair amount of masterless visions. Therefore since masterless visions exist and people seem to have an interest in them there probably have to be some kind of rules about what happens to visions when the vision bearers die so as to prevent chaos and I’m sooo curious as to what those are like. I wonder if it differs by nation or if there’s a set of rules for everyone or if it’s up to individual choice…

[parakeetpark]

Uh oh. Essay in readmore time

What's so frustrating is that for almost all of my life I didn't know I had adhd, and only found it out 5ish years ago

During ALL of my studies i was intensely freaked out and even when i got a grip on some of my mental health shit at uni, importantly I was still unaware of the adhd. And only had some professional tell me about their suspicion about it AFTER I could have received any support in my schooling.

And I have been working damn hard over the last half a decade to learn about myself and the way I work, and be kind to myself and open minded, and learnt from many many different people with adhd how they function - especially through advice on here bc much of Google is shit, and learnt what does and doesn't work for my personally.

I slowly unravelled and found myself. To a point where I'm actually functional and content in myself.

So now i find myself in the most intense, stressful period of my life since then. Grieving and finally understanding what people meant when they spoke about grieving a very close loved one. How nothing feels real even.

And I've found myself so extremely wired from having to do a very vast array of tasks all crammed into a short space of time with a close deadline - exactly the same conditions as during my studies.......... where nothing ever helped.

Yet. In the last thirty minutes I've unwound because I instinctively KNEW what to do. I found myself following all the things i taught myself about my adhd, and now I'm like 70% more chill???? Huh?????? Noticed suddenly that I've been using my ADHD self knowledge for the past few weeks and coped remarkably well because of it.

It's shocking because imagine what i could have done if I had ANY help with my adhd EVER in my life from the adults who were supposed to notice in my entire childhood. Like HUHHHHHH, I am shocked. Imagine how I'm here as an adult using 5 years of learning adhd related advice and stuff I learnt through self awareness .... and feeling better.

SHOCKING!!!!

PS - long ass tags that immediately ramble away from my initial post and go into something positive and that made me feel fluffy inside. You've been warned

[bumblingbabooshka]

Processing some things

Also the fact that he's crouching with his hands on his knees is so cute to me for some reason?? He does this in another episode too - the one where Chakotay finds a symbol on an unknown planet...it's just so adorable to me. He could just lean down but no. Also of course his fingers are spread again - GOTTA utilize the whole hand whenever you do ANYTHING (if you're Tuvok)

[aoitakumi8148]

...Born of death, hiding just beneath the flesh ~ desolate, this heart yearns for a reprieve...

𝓦𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓓𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓦𝓮𝓮𝓹, 𝓘𝓽 𝓜𝓮𝓪𝓷𝓼 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓓𝓸 𝓝𝓸𝓽 𝓦𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓣�� 𝓓𝓲𝓮.

[v.1-v.6] Some gaps left to fill in ✏/✏ ❛The truest three-letter-word... for 𝓟❜ ﴾summary﴿.

The nature of Ergo x Ego is not fully comprehended by humans. ✒ The Creator knows that the memories of the Dead can be regained through puppets... ✒ But their separate awakened individuality is a mystery to him: 𝟙.𝟙 Sometimes, a certain amount of irritation with puppets... 𝟙.𝟚 & the Master’s estrangement from them can be heard in the intonation. 𝟙.𝟛 ‘Just a puppet’ x ‘useless puppet’ x the ‘greatest puppet’ x etc. ↬ clearly indicate: ☑ The Creator has this *conditional boundary in his mind from the outset. 𝒫.𝒮. ‘Humans-puppets’ ↬ ‘Carlo-my puppet that almost looks like Carlo’. ☑ He is driven by a few irresistible, genuine, even unconscious urges: 𝟙.𝟛.𝟙 To convey his unspoken fatherly feelings. 𝟙.𝟛.𝟚 To ‘eliminate the inconsistencies’. 𝒫.𝒮. A matter not so much of obedience... 𝟙.𝟛.𝟛 To bring his puppet closer to humanity. 𝒫.𝒮. As of emotions x their ‘truthful manifestation’ by the creations [...]. This whole idea of returning Carlo has always been critical. The fervent mind is clouded by it, the die is cast... And the man’s ‹fatal trinity key› to understanding is hidden beneath his fixation.

The Creator is in no condition to admit the ‘family reunion’ is a misleading utopia: 𝟚.𝟙 The fellow is positively a lifeform with something individual inside... 𝟚.𝟚 But he cannot be the exact reflection of what he is de-facto not. 𝟚.𝟛 To say nothing of the Carlo’s grievances x the KOP situation... It is not the gone flesh & blood’s smile. There is a moment when the Achilles Heel/the ‹intoxicating› pursuit of phantoms overcome the Genius, but...

Geppetto grows to love 𝓟 as well. ✒ Some especial innocence x relaxation take over when he is with the Ergo-eyed child. ✒ ‘Carlo’s organ beats long before 𝓟’s, but 𝓟’s Ꮼ starts pounding anew, dissimilarly. ✒ ‘True Ending’ is principally dedicated to the boy & his Ego: 𝟛.𝟙 There is no objective point to zoom in on Carlo when ‘RB: TALHEA’ exists. 𝟛.𝟚 Geppetto already apologizes to the gone child once in it. 𝒫.𝒮. I do not see a valid reason for him to: ✒ Redo this act and, on top of that ☑ rephrase the apology, change the tone, express other emotions. 𝟛.𝟛 The *contrast of Geppetto’s countenance ↬ ‘RO𝓟’ & ‘RB: TALHEA’ ↫ is also symbolic. ☐

What is 𝓟's Ego? Where are its roots? Currently, I depict it as... «the ‹conflict› of the Carlo's Ergo and the environment from which the 𝓟uppet's independent notion about human feelings-interactions-habits-etc. is absorbed, his systematic ways to ‹deal› with them are formed».

The long pause between the words, the never before seen shock, the comprehension. What is far more natural and illustrative in the eyes of the Creator: his puppet's rejection to do something, or its ability to cry? Why would his mind relentlessly insist that it is Carlo's response if the canonical purpose of the ending is doting the i's & crossing the t's? Why would the grown-up 𝓟uppet purse his lips ruefully if he is ‹never recognized› as a real boy by the technician?

In these unknown refined surroundings, the one representing your world has to disappear so that only at death's door, through the portion of further pure suffering ~ he could see, distinguish the you. The price is destined to be fierce...

Several chances to hear the ‹son› word addressed to others, the Dead or the Nameless... & only 𝟙 is the most truthful... because it is yours... Because in this concrete intimate bit, there are no ‹heats of the moment› behind it anymore, no ‹intoxication›, no ‹clouds›. Only you, your Father, and the dying light of the rosiest life you should have had together...

It is impossible to earnestly love a human who, both literally/metaphorically, has not inevitably filled you with the part of the being you would willingly aspire to ‹crack open› your own best self for. It is impossible to cleave to mere nothingness, an absolute illusion. Why live if you do not love, do not feel, do not have faith in anything? Pain... is a precious gift, too.

[shima-draws]

Y'ALL. My One Piece one year anniversary is fast approaching. Actually bonkers that it's been an entire year already

[vellichorsdesire]

giggling crumpling on the floor and throwing up my f/o is so cute. oh my god.

[orchideae]

Look, it's me on this Friday afternoon, size accurate and everything. The carrot is Yelan and the joy in my eyes is the joy I feel at dissecting her and everything that follows.

Okay, listen, I may not have gotten my girl in Lantern Rite (actually, she was in it; please click it and feel my severe suffering), but I got Chenyu Vale crumbs.

Okay, but this lives rent-free in my head. Of course, any reference to/of Yelan is always followed up by the question of whether this is about her, or whether this is in regards to, in this case, the 'Mistress of Yanshang of Teahouse', one of her noted personas. However, I am very highly tempted to consider this quite accurate for her, simply due to the fact that it's consistent with what we know. What this thrills me with the most, is the delight that, indeed, she isn't a fighter (though she is a 'soldier', of sorts) at least not first and foremost and it's not where her strengths lie. She is, however, exceptionally capable at archery, and quite adept at martial arts (limited primarily by her genetic condition that affects her stamina), as we learn through both her voicelines and (primarily) her vision story, but she doesn't resort to the use of either of them until all other options have been utilized. In this, the one-time comparison to a spider in her character teaser was actually rather brilliant (but I like that they only did it once; no motif of it is needed):

A spider doesn't need to be in the center of the web to feel the slightest vibration from each thread. When the trapped prey sees the hunter emerging from the darkness, its fate is already doomed.

/rattles bars of my cage. The psychology of talking people down, of knowing when and how to exert intimidation in just the right ways (with Itto for example, she knew they wouldn't come to blows, because there were others around them; Kuki and Yanfei especially made the inevitability of their intervention very obvious), the psychological pressure on her targets; it makes perfect sense. She's reactive through knowledge, rather than prematurely active. There's flaws in both, but one can (in my opinion) easily argue that there's less in one than the other. But what I like about this is that I get to mull on whether she may actually have become a bit more realistically rational after the loss of her team, and the trauma it brought. And I say this primarily as her weaknesses were very much noted in her vision story that were at cause for the loss of her team, and on top of that, the way that she lives her life now seems incredibly evident of her insisting to have her weaknesses covered.

[stargazerlillian]

Okay, so "Once Upon a Studio" was cute... and I may or may not have felt like crying a few times while watching it...