#books got me so obsessed I’m drawing backgrounds

[nicomoru]

fanart of a fanfic based off of fanart based on a book

[pcrtifacts]

Fandom creators tag game

1. What sort of content do you create, and what is the thing you’ve made that you’re most proud of?

I write stories. Strictly fanfic only; I don’t think I’m quite brave enough to try writing my own stuff. I’m trying to learn how to draw, but I’m a bit too much of a perfectionist so it’s slow going. I’m quite proud of my first CW Supergirl fanfic, make this place your home. I didn’t think people would like it so much.

2. What fandom(s) do you create for?

I’ve only posted things for CW Supergirl, and it’s just the one story plus a oneshot series for Supercorptober. But I’ve tried my hand at a couple other fandoms, namely Assassin’s Creed and Marvel’s X-23. But those aren’t fully fleshed out, more like writing exercises.

3. What is your current favourite ship (or brotp if you prefer), and how controversial is it?

Supercorp. Not sure if it’s controversial? Doesn’t feel like it.

4. For your answer to question 3, are they canon?

THEY ARE CANON IN MY HEART. Seriously though, they’re not explicitly canon on the TV series itself, but I know they were confirmed in the Batwoman comic by the writer.

5. What was your first fandom, and how old were you?

I know it’s controversial now, but the first fandom I really got obsessed with was Harry Potter. I grew up with those books, so since I was around 10, I guess? I’m not quite brave enough to get into fanfic writing for that fandom though, both because of the controversy and because the people over there can be kind of mean from what I’ve seen in comments. I’m sure it’s not everyone, but the Supercorp fandom has been so nice and I think I’m a bit spoiled.

6. What is your most unhinged fandom creation to date?

I haven’t written a lot, but maybe it’s the Spice Girls oneshot for my Supercorptober series? Or maybe the vigilante prompt for the same series, the one where Kara’s an office lunch thief. Idk.

7. Do you remember what started you off creating fandom content, and if so, what was it?

I first started watching Supergirl when it first started, but I fell out of it after S2. Then I got back into it during the lockdowns in 2020, smack in the middle of the big rift, and that was that.

8. Do you let people you know in real life see your fandom creations?

Nope. No one in real life knows.

9. How do you feel about fanworks of fanworks? Has anyone ever made something based on a thing you made?

I love it! I’ve received two pieces of fanworks, both from @thatonebirdwrites, who also tagged me in this game! I wish I could return the favor, but again, I’m not quite confident enough for that. Maybe in the future.

10. What feeling do you most often try to evoke with your creations?

I find that in canon stories, there’s a lot of handwaving over little details in a way that requires a lot of suspension of disbelief. Like in CW’s Supergirl, there’s a lot of vague science and plotholes that drive me crazy. I’m a scientist, so I like trying to infuse my work with realism, and I like making things make sense, if that makes sense lol. I think that goes for both character motivations and for things in the world I write. I usually end up with lots of background information that never makes into the story, but I feel like it makes the story stronger when I find the opportunity to weave it in. Tl;dr, I try to make the world and the characters feel real and grounded.

11. Has someone ever paid your work a compliment (in any form) that has stuck with you, and what was it?

In the same vein as the previous question, a few people have said they enjoy my worldbuilding and storytelling, so that’s lovely.

12. What’s your favourite thing someone else has made that you’ve seen in the last 24 hours (and link it if you can find it again!)

In the last 24 hours? I think it might be an older Supercorp art piece with Kara and Lena snuggled up together with a cat. It was reblogged by @fazedlight under #vintage supercorp, which is awesome because I wasn’t on tumblr at the time a lot of fan stuff was circulating.

13. Give a small sneak preview of something you’re working on right now (eg a couple of sentences of fic from a WIP, a gif set theme, a small piece of a larger picture, whatever you feel happy to share)

Little fluff scene from make this place your home:

“Ahem.”

Kara’s eyes opened when Lena jerked away. Jess was standing in the doorway, an amused, uncomfortable smile on her face. “Miss Luthor, the Danvers are here.”

“Right.” Lena straightened up, discreetly wiping at her mouth with the back of her hand. “We just need five minutes, then you can let them in.”

“Of course.”

Jess shut the door behind her, and Lena stood, clearing out the debris from lunch, and Kara started to help. “Are you upset that Jess saw us?”

Lena chuckled. “Not upset, no. A little embarrassed, maybe; kissing isn’t exactly a workplace activity, after all.”

Kara’s brow furrowed “Should we not do it here, then?” she asked, trying to get a firm grasp on what things were and were not allowed in terms of physical affection. For all that humans enjoyed it, it seemed there were a lot of rules surrounding what was and wasn’t appropriate in different places.

“No, no.” Lena smiled. “It’s fine. Besides, I think Jess will knock from now on.”

“Okay.”

Excerpt from an in-progress medieval omegaverse Supercorp AU:

“Might I cut in for the next dance?”

Lena turned. The clumsy blonde alpha from Krypton was standing there, a hopeful smile on her face. Edge turned as well, chest puffing up at the younger alpha as he exuded dominating pheromones. The Kryptonian straightened but remained perfectly civil. The music had ended, and Lena gladly took the opportunity to step away from the scowling Morgan Edge. “Certainly, my lord.” She cut her eyes back to Edge. “Duke Edge.”

Ignoring his grunted reply, she let the Kryptonian alpha take her hand, and oh, that felt nice. Lena’s hand just fit into the alpha’s warm, not-at-all-clammy one. Lena’s brow furrowed. That, combined with the blonde’s fairly pretty features and her refreshing scent, had Lena’s omega perking its head up.

It was annoying.

She allowed the Kryptonian to lead her back to the dance floor as the musicians started. “Lord Zor-El, is it?”

“Kara, please.” The alpha – Kara – settled her hand on her waist, leading them into an easy waltz. “It’s a pleasure to meet you, Lady Luthor.”

14. Have you ever seen/read anything made by the person who tagged you? If so, what was it and what was your favourite thing about it? (pick a favourite if there are several)

Yes! I’ve just caught up on the Shared Moments series by @thatonebirdwrites! It’s a Korrasami rewrite of The Legend of Korra, and the worldbuilding and lore is absolutely world-class; the changes they made to canon are so imaginative and so well thought out. It’s in progress, and I can’t wait to read more.

15. Do you leave comments on fandom works, and if so how would you describe your comment style?

I try, but I’m not very good at doing it consistently. It’s hypocritical, I know, considering how much I appreciate every comment I receive. But I’m trying to do better.

16. How many works in progress do you currently have? Will you finish them all?

I only have one fic that’s currently being posted, but I’ve got another Supercorp fic in the works (see sneak peek above). I have other ideas waiting, but those are probably the main ones. I’m definitely finishing make this place your home, and I do hope to finish my other ideas. There just never seems to be enough time.

17. what’s the longest it’s ever taken you to finish a fandom project?

I haven’t finished any! Not unless Supercorptober counts, and I finished that in the requisite month, by some kind of miracle. Make this place your home has been going for over a year and I really hope to have it done before it reaches two.

18. Describe the thing you made most recently in a way that is technically true, but also completely misleading. Link the thing if it’s published!

I’m gonna pass on this one, not sure I understand how to answer :/

19. Do you ever engage with fanworks for a fandom you’re not in? Which one(s) and how did you get into it?

I guess not? I find it hard to read fanfics if I don’t know the background, let alone write for it.

20. Recommend a fan work from your fandom to your followers

Not sure I have any followers lol. I think one of my favorite fics is The Science Guild by dreiser, which is one of the inspirations I had for a more science-y Kara. It went dormant for a few years but it miraculously updated a couple of weeks ago. But I also want to recommend Confession by TheBirdWrites, which is an absolutely fantastic. I’m still catching up on the sequel fic, Unraveling Realities, and it’s still ongoing, but it’s so good.

I know it’s not great to be a dead end for a tag game, but I don’t really have any mutuals because I’m too shy to follow people, let alone tag them. I did have fun answering this though :)

[mdverse]

md's fun silly little top 10(ish) arts of the 2023!*

*pretend there's a fun cute doodled banner here (i was going to make one earlier and then i forgor)

doing a lil recap of my top 10 15 (it was supposed to be 10 and i could not narrow it down oops) best(? this is subjective as fuck i guess it's more like my personal faves) drawings of the year! *the crowd cheers* (it’s me I’m the crowd)

15: paradise by the dashboard light! i hate to rank her so low bc i spent ages on her but it seems i don't love the result that much anymore so :/ a for effort for me tho this was ambitious

14: cheer girl loml <33 not my best art technically by far but i went way out of my comfort zone for the background and the art style (for no good reason really) (i just wanted to do a comic book thing bc superhero vibes or whatever) (it did not come out the way i was hoping it would bc i think i got too frustrated) and we simply must acknowledge that. atog did things to me that i cannot explain

13: barbie meme brittana! not my best britt but truly sooo fun to work on. there's nothing quite like finding a fun rendering process and then never using it again (i don't even remember how i coloured this but i like it)

12: cowboy barbie brittana <3 they look good, they're about to kiss, cute outfits, pretty sunset, probably went overboard with the rim lighting, what's not to love? a banger, i think

11: i say a little prayer! i think the background is. questionable at best. but this is still really fun! i think i got possessed when i got to the uniforms bc goddamn they look good

10: klaine?? on this blog???? almost unheard of lmao i truly did not think i would like this one as much as i did. i'd consider ranking it higher if i wasn't constantly Unwell over brittana but again, i'm biased, and no one here should be surprised about that

9: pre-wedding kiss my beloved! with how insane i've been over this kiss it could perhaps be higher. i am gnawing on my desk as we speak i'm not even sitting at a desk rn

8: rutherchang x black swan!! ohhh u guys i don't talk about this one enough i think it's so pretty i don't even remember how i did the colours for it but rhgfdkngd?? love her, love pushing the glee x bts agenda, if any of u gifmakers are interested in making a mike chang x black swan lyric gifset i will love u forever

7: colour wheel challenge! busted my whole tiddies and ass for this one fellas. labour of love etc etc i think staring at the bright colours for so long made my eyesight worse and i'm ok with that

6: mistletoe brittana <33 easily the best instalment of this series by a long shot! recency bias (and also just. regular bias) made me rank her much higher originally but technically she is not the most intricate piece so she must sit down here

5: prom queen kurt! dare i say a girlslay on my behalf? i think i dare. every time i see it i think i should do more glosters (glee posters) and then i don't. i could tho they would be really cool (source: dude trust me)

4: churro kiss redraw!!! genuinely Not Sane over this! never have been, never will be! redraws are like crack to me and so is this kiss

3: furtana!! i neglected them for far too long this year but if neglecting them results in art like this i may have to do it again

2: heart kiss <3 if we're being really honest and vulnerable in the chat tonight i think this is technically my best of the brittana kiss screencap redraw things i've done this year? which i did not see coming but i guess practice means refining the process etc etc so. it makes sense ig. mwah to them <3

1: black or white gcv animation <3 it's not what i would call my best drawing (bc it's, yknow, not just one drawing) but it is what i would call the product of a very obsessive thought and some frantic art sessions. objectively it's the coolest thing i've done this year so it deserves the top spot. i'm proud of it i hope to glanimate more next year. also this isn't art but it's a relevant post that i still stand by months later

[yarameijer]

Hey! So I know I’ve written once before but I’m really interested to know: what is your literary background? When did you start writing, and do you see yourself having a career in writing anytime soon?

Also… is the IE love coming from childhood nostalgia, or is it just me 🤓

Hello hello! I started writing in 2015, I'd just turned fifteen at the time, I think? I'd only recently started reading fanfiction and was pretty obsessed with Inazuma Eleven GO, and honestly I was kinda disappointed in the stories I found on FFN (basically 75% of it was romance one-shots, and barely anything on my favorite characters or anything that was longer than 5K) so my solution to that was to, uh, start writing things myself?

Mind you, I had zero writing experience, I was very bad at English, and I knew next to nothing about writing in general, so my first story was pretty bad. Very quickly abandoned it and started on Stand, which was probably where I first really discovered my love of writing. Ended up getting advice from a few other writers on FFN and through, I guess sheer stubbornness, I improved? Especially in Stand you can see how much I improve throughout the chapters. At that point I'd read quite a lot of fanfiction in other fandoms, discovered a love for time travel stories, and found myself heavily disappointed that there were no Inazuma Eleven time travel stories.

So I, once again, decided that the obvious solution was to write one myself, and that's how Accidental Reverse was born.

So yeah, that's about it! No literary background beyond fanfiction writing whatsoever. If it comes to stories, though, it's a bit different - I've always had a very active imagination and apparently could spend hours by myself playing with my toys and making up whole stories as a kid (in hindsight, I realize they were quite dramatic so that at least hasn't changed). I also have suffered from motion sickness my entire life, and we went on vacation every year by car, so ever since I was small (think 6-7) whenever I had to spend a whole day in the car I couldn't read or draw and instead started fantasizing about cartoons or movies I watched and making up stories for said cartoons. Sound familiar? XD

As for a career in writing, no clue. I'm kinda bad at writing original stories, don't have the patience for introducing a setup for a world or unknown characters, but I've got some ideas for a book series that I'd like to write but probably won't for the next decade. Who knows, maybe someday I will.

This turned out a whole lot longer than I expected, whoops. As always, I can't keep things short. Sorry for the info dump XD

Also yes, IE love is nostalgia but also just because the show is so ridiculous and fun. The plot, no other sports anime has such ridiculous plot lines and I love it. It's so chaotic and fun.

[corellianhounds]

Top 5 characters (any media: books, TV shows, movies, anything)

SO I’m chronically unable to pick favorites of anything unless I narrow down the category but I did my best 😭

These are based on an array of characters from different mediums that I can talk about at length who—

I enjoy as a character

Are well written in a well-written story

Influenced me as a writer/artist

Occupy a lot of brain space 😆

In order from when I experienced them (below the cut because it got ridiculously long):

1. Calvin and Hobbes. Package deal. Calvin and Hobbes cartoons were how I got into reading as a kid and were a formative part of my childhood and influenced me as a storyteller in how I write, read, and draw.

2. Inigo Montoya from The Princess Bride, both book and movie. What I love about Inigo as a person IS his drive for revenge and desire for justice for his father’s murder, and what I love about his character within both the book and the movie is that his story is a subplot— We don’t know if Inigo will survive the story, much less achieve his goal. The audience knows it’s a fairytale; we know Westley and Buttercup will survive and live happily ever after. Inigo Montoya does not have that guarantee.

Additionally, I love a satisfying revenge narrative. Inigo gets exactly what he wants and there’s never this wishy-washy “oh if I kill him than I’m no better than he is” nonsense that drives me INSANE when I see it in other media

3. Nightcrawler from X-Men. The X-Men movies got me into superheroes and then at about 12 I started getting into comics, but since I didn’t have access to a whole lot of them, what I would do was scour Wikipedia taking notes and reading about all of the characters and storylines I thought were interesting 😆 I was obsessed with X-Men and that was my first foray into the idea of fandom, collecting art and printing it out to put in a binder with fanfic on notebook paper and sketches on printer paper lolol. I liked Nightcrawler because depending on the story he was either a tragic character, a comedic character, or both. He’s got a fantastic design and I loved the swashbuckling rogue archetype already, as well as the circus background and acrobatic fighting style. Definitely influential. Did I have a crush on his character? Mind your own business

4. Loki from the phase 1 MCU. I did a lot of reading/writing because of his character based on the first Thor and Avengers movies. I thought he was incredibly compelling, and there’s one fanfic author whose work I really admired and is etched into my brain.

5. Din Djarin from The Mandalorian. By episode 1 you already have a good sense of who this guy is, despite the fact he is shrouded in mystery, and I LOVE characters like that. Characters whose past aren’t fully explained are great because that tension and mystery keeps audiences wondering and coming back to them, AND it gives writers the freedom to explore and add in what’s needed as the story goes along without being constrained by a past that’s already been clearly defined.

Additionally, episode 3 has one of the best narratives arcs of anything in Star Wars in my opinion, and is one of my personal favorites in storytelling in general. From the intro we know what the first act is going to be. Karga, not knowing what the target is, in a recording saying “I don’t know if [the Client] wants to eat it or hang it on his wall.” Mando’s next line being “It’s not a toy.” The whole return to the city, the audience knowing what kind of wretched hive of scum and villainy it is. Din’s uncertainty even as he gives a child to known enemies for payment. Him asking what they’re going to do with it and not receiving an answer, but a threat.

Taking payment and the title card immediately appearing to say “THE SIN.”

The rest of the episode proceeding and us FEELING the weight of guilt in Mando’s silence, the way he’s trying to justify his choice despite the fact he knows it was wrong. The war within himself between wanting to see a helpless child safe and knowing he’s the type of person who could and should see it done— who shouldn’t have been why the child’s safety was compromised in the first place— and his desire to reclaim something culturally, religiously, and practically important to a persecuted people he has pledged a faithful life and allegiance to. How the two things he cares about most come into direct conflict because to prioritize one means sacrificing the other.

THE SHOT OF THE GEAR SHIFT WHEN HIS HAND HALTS MIDAIR. SO MUCH SAID IN SO LITTLE.

AND THEN HE GOES BACK!!! HE GOES BACK AND HE SAVES THE BABY!!! LITERALLY SINGLE-HANDEDLY TAKING OUT A STORMTROOPER SAFEHOUSE BECAUSE HE HAS A WEAPON IN ONE HAND AND A BABY IN THE OTHER!!!!!

He knew they had nefarious reasons for wanting a child captured. Why else would you throw out a cradle?

And to top it all off they REALLY tighten the noose around his neck all the way up to the climax because as far as we know, he really DOESN’T have a way out of this. The Mandalorians coming to his aid IS a surprise but it’s not contrived and it WORKS and it’s a satisfying end because we’ve truly seen this guy give it his all and despite the fact he was the best Mandalorian he could be, his best was not enough and the audience really doesn’t know how he’s going to get out of it in the end (<- establishing the main theme of the show). Tension, raising the stakes, meaningful themes that aren’t spoon-fed to the audience, and a successful marriage of the emotional climax to the physical one.

AND THAT WAS JUST ONE EPISODE!!!

The scripts and ideas in Season 1 were so solid and done so well. I don’t know how they accidentally created one of the greatest characters of all time with so few lines of dialogue but they DID and I’ve been thinking about him for four years straight.

[thetoaddaddy]

🖥 — favorite platform besides tumblr?🎄 — favorite holiday(s)? 🎶 — favorite song at the moment? 📕 — favorite book/series? 🎁 — what have you accomplished in the rpc that you’re proud of? 🎉 — what are some of your favorite things to do with your irl friends?

🖥️: I guess youtube? I’m the type that likes to have some kind of talking in the background when in general (I dislike complete silence) so i like really long form deep dives or gaming videos to watch, draw or fall asleep to. I don’t spend a lot of time on other social platforms. Mostly cuz they all blow ass now.

🎄: Christmas. Mostly because I like drinking with my friends and family, watching the cheesy movies as we wrap gifts, baking yummy treats, eating my mother’s good af spinach dip and seeing people’s reactions when they open the silly gifts I get them. I like Halloween too. Im def the has decorations up in September type, I have some gothic things that live permanently in my room, and the sick candy deals the day after halloween is just mwah. Last year i pulled out the speaker to tempt kids to my house cuz they kept walking by mine despite the fact i had decorations galore in the windows and the lights were on. I look forward to doing it again and dressing up my kitties!

🎶: it boy by bbno$.

📕: The House of Leaves. You gotta have a really good attention span and pay attention to the tine details at first. But after that its a neat experience that really plays with the format of what a book is and what goes on a page.

🎁: i guess i have some renown now? Like people reach out to me to rp in the same sorta shy tone i take when i talk to these titans of the community and its like… y’all know im a nobody right? Im just some freak with an old man obsession willing to do pretty much anything.

🎉 : Going into the city to the mega mall we got. Or just sitting on the couch and playing games or mocking a movie.

[koqabear]

hello hello WHERE HAS THAT ALIEN SOOBIN TENTACLE PORN FIC ALL MY LIFE???????

as a fiend for all things terrestrial and lover of monster fucking i just lost my mind over how mind numbingly good that was

and i mean all of it, like the world building is on top and how i love the power dynamics when mc got into the kingdom, and am i deranged for thinking the scene w mc tied down to a chair was so hot?

oh imma get into soobin like HSJKDODJSJWI ur descriptions on his alien physique and powers was so so good like the image i have of him in my mind is killing me, if i have the skill to draw i'd fill up a whole book w him

AND THE SMUT GODDAMN!!!!!! how mc didn't moan when soobin choked her is beyond me but omfg that got me all fucked up i was starting to feel like im in heat too 😭

like im banging my head on the wall how u manage to build up all the tension from mc being level headed and leader-like to her throwing herself on tyun and hyuka and then still trying to brat out soobin to ultimately get her mind broke.

ALSO THE FACT THEY WATCHED AAAA im making myself ctfu cuz i kept imagining them in their minds w mini spongebobs panicking and burning files while trying to not make eye contact 💀

love how soobin also slowly got softer like he's this tall almighty couldn't-look-into-his-eyes intimidating being back at the palace and now he's a cuddly smug lil shit w mc just cuz they mated 🥹

which btw im also curious as to how he's able to form a bond by injecting his blood (?) into her, which is completely fine by me if u wanna leave that up for Interpretation! im just so interested in this universe, like bullets don't affect soobin? his species instilling fear after mc figured out what he is? could soobin just kill the mc and sever the bond or could he not? like how good of a pussy do u need to have to tame this beast?

u don't have to answer all that im getting obsessed w this fic and the world and i need to stop this is getting so long im sorry 🥲

anw i love ur writing and ur one of my fav writers, that was such a good good read and it's definitely my top favorites now, honestly every fic u put out has impeccable background and again i adore how u write relationships and dynamics so naturally and deep and the whole experience is just so immersive

k ending this here before i add another 10 paragraphs... 🚶‍♀️

hahaha thank you!!! this sudden resurgence of interest for what the body wants was completely unexpected but wholeheartedly welcomed! this fic was the first lengthy, detailed one that i published on here, so it’s such a compliment to hear that you enjoyed it ! <3 and omg, you’re making him wanna draw him now… pause… i think i will after this. 

i honestly was a little worried that both the mc’s and soobin’s change was too sudden 😭 i still feel like i could’ve executed it better, maybe? or maybe i’m just overthinking things, idk. but seriously, that smut was genuinely one of the most insane one i’ve ever written?? i didn’t realize that i’d forever be cementing soobin to a life of nonhuman!aus after that— sorry soobin i simply do not make the rules. 

i answer your questions under the cut!! i also go overboard with it aksbsksn

-[blood bonds? how tf does that work?]

ok. so! in the universe that WTBW is set in, Soobin’s species (that i am too lazy to go check the name of) are seen as absolute indestructible units by both other aliens/monsters and humans. Why is that? Because of their blood! it’s used as a weapon against other nonhumans because it’s toxic and deadly— thus, the reputation of the lilac blood gave the creatures the image of being insanely dangerous. 

as a matter of fact, there are operation sites that breed and harness blood from Soobin’s species because it’s such a sought after (and illegal. insanely illegal.) weapon! and that’s the reason why humans— more specifically, the mc and her crew— are so terrified of the Hexen species, (yes i did look up the name just now.) and more importantly, their blood— because it’s known to be used as a lethal weapon. 

Now, onto the main question; blood bonds, what the hell is up with that? lilac blood is lethal to every species but the one it came from— in other words, it doesn’t harm the hexen species. so, when they give each other / inject their blood into each other (i know, it sounds a little gross) it’s basically their way of bonding/mating— it represents them uniting and becoming one, and is a promise to remain together as long as they’re alive; yeah, they bond for life! 

-[do bullets affect soobin? how strong is he?]

long story short, yes— however, they don’t affect him as much as they would a normal human, or another nonhuman that isn’t as strong as his species. would they penetrate his skin? yes, but it would be a surface wound at most; his species has evolved to be extremely strong because they carry lilac blood and are able to receive it, so their body should be strong enough to handle it, and also, they have like six other limbs to attend to— it takes quite a bit of mental and physical strength to be able to develop and strengthen everything properly, if that makes sense.

could the mc’s crew have taken him down? yeah, a headshot is a headshot and soobin would’ve been a goner askdlh,, but his threats were enough to bring them to their senses bc yk.. he has tentacles that can move at the blink of an eye and he would’ve most likely taken one of them down before getting killed. he’s not invincible, but you do have to put a little extra effort in harming/killing him.

-[could soobin just kill the mc to break the bond?]

here’s the fun part hehe— so lilac blood, when used on humans, doesn’t kill them. Instead, it acts as an aphrodisiac. originally, lilac blood was only used as a weapon against non-humans; in other words, before space exploration evolved into what it is in that universe. Because of that, the hexen species didn’t evolve to combat against humans— which means the deadly aspect is taken away from the whole injection of it all. on soobin’s planet, everyone is already strictly against interacting with humans— the hatred doesn’t run as intense as other planets however, which is why soobin is so indifferent when he encounters the mc without her pin— so really, none of them knew what would happen if you injected your blood into them. 

soobin simply thought it would work as usual; what he didn’t account for, however, was the fact that humans don’t die from it— which means that they’re able to sustain it, and now… soobin’s body and mind thinks he’s just bonded with another of his kind!

as previously mentioned, the hexen species bonds for life— meaning that, if soobin tried to kill the mc, his body would go haywire and immediately think that his mate— his other half— is dead. a life without your mate can be seriously detrimental to both one’s physical and mental health, so soobin wouldn’t have lasted long without the mc; he would’ve been immediately weakened, and the crew would’ve taken that chance to take him down— if they somehow chose to keep him alive, he quickly would’ve died after anyway. (that’s dark sorry.)

ahhhh im so mad i never really included any of this in the original fic, but thank you so much for leaving me such a kind review and allowing me to ramble about this story!! i hope this answered your questions hehe, thank you again!  

[prickly-problematic-programmer]

X people you’d like to get to know better

(it originally said 9 but i’m not tagging that many people. i’ll decide how many people i’m tagging when i get there lmfao)

thank you @gothmothinc for the tag!! i am pretty sure you already know 90% of these things!!!

Last song - oh this is embarrassing actually. uh. Online Game Addicts Sprechchor ft. Hatsune Miku by Satsuki ga Tenkomori. just discovered this song this morning actually it goes real hard you should listen to it.

Favorite Color - orange!! a warm varient of it preferably, but in truth anything but that neon traffic cone orange. green has also been growing on me recently though.

Currently Watching - heartstopper with moth! but in general i watch gab smolder streams in the background while doing most things that i require background noise for.

Currently Reading - i’m currently listening to the audio book of The Cat That Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa. for anyone that’s read it, i think you know how funny it is for me to be listening to this specific book while drawing/doing other things and also playing the audiobook at 1.3x speed, but i’m very much enjoying my time with it regardless!

Sweet/spicy/savory - sweets are definitely my go to for snacks, but i also love savory food. the thing is that i also like some spicy food but Cannot Handle Most Of It

Relationship status - much to the joy of everyone who was reading this real life slowburn- i’m very happily and unmistakably taken by the most amazing partner 🧡

Current obsession - the problem is actually that i’m in-between obsessions at the moment ^^’ is staying on top of assignments an obsession?? but no really the two games i probably think about the most right now are project sekai and everhood but nothing’s given me Proper Brainrot in the past little bit.

Last thing i googled - the date of the play date anticipation jam back in 2020 since that was the game jam i did during the last week of unus annus and i wanted to make sure i was remembering that correctly when i made my unus annus post!

Currently working on - :( too many things. we’ve got 1) capstone game (a cozy space flight simulation game coming to computers near you sometime next may!!!) 2) capstone programming project that i can’t talk about online 3) alphabet superset that i’m trudging my way through 4) a podcast for my podcasting class! moth is working with me on that one ^^ 5) my novel! she’s taken the back burner but she’s still there. rotating. in the back of my mind. the robots \o/

ok woo we’re at the end!!! sorry i’m only tagging one person @funfaerie i’m tagging you!! feel free to do this if you want!

also uh. anyone that sees this can do it! just say i tagged you! it’s just 12:38 am and i’m tired and didn’t proofread this so we’re not risking anyone seeing this that don’t have to lmfao

[eriadu-in-the-wildwood]

Fooooor the recent writer's questions:

6 (AD&VD), 12 but both for smut and general, 18 (SbS), 26, 34, 50!

6. What’s one fact about the universe of A Dark & Verdant Door that you didn’t get a chance to mention in the fic itself?

I didn’t really get a chance to explore Yaz’s world beyond Sheffield, or the world the Warden is from, since those were beyond the scope of that story. Things that would be fun to think about/write about would be the politics of Yaz’s world, what was up with her early military training, maybe some sort of new conflict arising from the history that I threw hints at with the ruins around the town. And the Warden, well there’s not much DW canon to draw from on the Doctor’s place of origin, so that would just be me pulling a world of shapeshifters out of a hat and making up a bunch of stuff about it. Which sounds FUN.

12. Are there any tropes you used to dislike but have grown on you? (smut and general)

For a DW-specific general trope, I’d say I’ve never really liked fobwatch fics, and yet I find myself playing with the concept in something I’m working on currently. (Sort-of. Because it’s also an AU. And very hard to describe.)

Smut-wise, hm, that’s actually a difficult question, I tend to stay not-interested in the few things I’m not interested in… I’ll say roleplay scenarios in general might be growing on me a bit.

18. If you wrote a sequel to Star by Star, what would it involve?

Oh you got me with this one, because I have a pretty robust outline just sitting here in my google docs folder… It involves the growing conflict between the Alliance and Gallifrey, money problems, more of Theo’s secrets, and an increasingly complicated quest gallivanting across the galaxies to find Theo a new cybernetic heart.

26. Would you rather write a fic that had no dialogue or one that was only dialogue?

If I had to choose, I’d go with no dialogue, because you can pry action and description from my cold, dead hands! I think I could still get my point across writing something like that. Hmm… that one’s going into the “concepts that interest me” file…

34. What aspects of your writing are inspired by/taken from your real life?

Any time you find me waxing poetic about art or throwing art-related terms into a story, that’s because of my background in fine arts. The way plants creep into every story is mostly cause I think they’re neat, but also because of childhood summers spent building forts out of branches and my current obsession with gardening. Other weird ideas come from reading approximately 1 zillion books and mixing and matching bits and pieces of them with stuff I’m interested in!

50. Answer any question of your choice, or talk about anything you want to talk about!

I’ll answer "49. What are you currently working on? Share a few lines if you’re up for it!"

One of the many projects I've been juggling lately is an western-fantasy AU that I’m going to have a hell of a time tagging if I ever get it done. I’ll throw in a little bit to try and get the vibes across:

“I know what you are.”

Does she, now? How can that be possible?

Deep shadows under Grace’s eyes betray her exhaustion, but her gaze is pointed, dangerous. “I should have seen it last night. But the Oncoming Storm only appears under the light of the full moon. Why are you still here?”

She’s sharp; not that Yaz isn’t, but Yaz is young. Not experienced in the way Grace is.

“I don’t know,” they say. “I seem to be stuck.” 

Grace paces to the end of the porch, boots thumping against the boards. She leans on the rail and looks out over the street. “I’m sorry.” She glances back, then to the street again. Rain dampens her shirtsleeves, droplets hang in the threads of her poncho. “I think we might have tethered you here, somehow, when we summoned you.”

Thanks for the asks!

[galacticlamps]

I was tagged by @terryfphanatics​ (thanks! sorry I took forever - I started answering these & didn’t finish and just remembered it was in my drafts)

What book are you currently reading?

The Two Towers! which upsets me bc I’ve been at it since August (technically - I wasn’t ‘at it’ in, uh, October, November, December, January, or February, for lack of time - but I’m back at it now, and I even convinced myself to start over from the beginning so I didn’t forget anything)

What's your favourite movie you saw in a cinema this year?

sorry but the last time I went to a movie theater was probably in 2017, 2018 at the latest, so... yeah I’ve got nothing

What do you usually wear?

jeans, boots, at this point in the winter usually some combination of flannels, sweaters and/or sweatshirts. (I’ve been really cold lately)

How tall are you?

5′6″ ish

What's your star sign?

capricorn

Do you share your birthday with a celebrity or historical event?

I do, yeah

Do you go by your name or a nickname?

mostly nicknames, I have quite a few at this point. I’ve yet to pick one to use on here, I should probably do that soon, I’ve been meaning to for years now

Did you grow up to be what you wanted to be as a child?

I don’t recall ever wanting to be anything in particular as a child, honestly, but I can say that so far I’ve pretty much stuck to the career path that first caught my interest in high school, if that counts

Are you in a relationship? Who is your crush if not?

nope! and it’s been a very long time since I’ve had a serious crush either, which I’m honestly grateful for. I wouldn’t want to be in a relationship at this exact point in my life anyway, so I’m just gonna keep vaguely admiring every funny girl who’s kind to me for the time being without actually developing feelings for her. I hope It seems to be going well so far mostly

What's something you're good at versus something you're bad at?

(I’m trying to think of two that relate to each other)

I am very good at drawing objects and not at all good at drawing people! technical plans are something I’ve dealt with extensively both academically & professionally, but in the more general sense I’ve always been an ‘I can’t draw’ person. tbh I should find some of those artists who complain about backgrounds and just do all their architecture etc for them

Dogs or cats?

nothing against dogs but cats for sure, always cats

What's something you'd like to create content for?

not to sound like a jerk, but I work in the arts industry & really hate the place ‘content creation’ has come to occupy in everyone’s vocabulary, even though I totally realize that in a context like this it’s probably just trying to be a vague enough term to be inclusive of the many different things people can create. I like writing the fanfic that I do, so without switching subjects, I would like to get better at drawing people because sometimes I have ideas that would be better expressed as images or even short comics

What's something you're currently obsessed with?

Obsessing over 60s who is my baseline so I don’t think that counts - but it’s been almost a month since I watched Holding Achilles & there have only been hours when I didn’t think of it, not entire days

What's something you were excited about that turned out to be disappointing this year?

Ngl, (& not to be a total downer, but) the last 12 months-ish have been an extremely busy/hectic/unpredictable year for me, with both the good & the bad stuff coming out of left field most of the time. So while there were certainly more than enough disappointments, for the most part, they weren’t the kinds of things you could be excited about beforehand (relatives dying, people fighting, strained relationships, illnesses, work stuff in a perpetual state of flux - or as I’ve taken to calling it: death disease & dubious employment). I suppose there were a lot of events I wanted to make it to that I didn’t, due to the aforementioned junk, and I certainly imagined myself getting to read more books & write more fics than I did, but that doesn’t feel like a good specific answer.

What's a hidden talent of yours?

I suppose that depends who you ask? There are lots of work or work-adjacent skills I could name that would be news to people on here, but those are such prominent parts of my life otherwise that they definitely don’t feel ‘hidden.’ But I guess even among people who expect me to be handy/crafty, more overtly artistic things tend to surprise them - like I’ve had people forget that I was the one who painted something, for instance, because that’s not the kind of skill most associate with me. (and I am very good with color & pigment tbh)

Are you religious?

nah. I’m not like, a committed atheist or anything either, I just grew up catholic & don’t go in for that anymore, nor do I have any desire to go seek out another faith

What's something you wish to have at this moment?

time uh, let’s say a haircut

tagging people kinda seems rude after taking multiple months to come up with so many kind of non-answers oops, but if anyone would like to copy the questions, either as an opportunity to do a little q&a or an excuse to tag/ask your friends, be my guest

[runfast-runfar]

Daily things ~holiday edition~

12/29/22

✨ dog sat for a quick night for my favorite boy Finn!! So so happy I got to see him!

✨ I ended up getting the new switch OLED and it’s amazinggg!!! The differences are minor but they make the biggest difference!!

✨ haven’t been running in a month now which makes me so so sad and frustrated but I try to go out and walk in the neighborhood to get the light exercise still. I am doing the peloton daily now which is amazingggg!! But missing my runs and the fresh air with working out so so much. Hopefully my back will get figured out soon and can be resolved easily!! 🤞

✨ I am obsessed with platforms shoes now lol!!! I have platform converse, and then I also got my first pair of Nike airforce 1s 😭

In love with both!!

And then I just bought myself a pair of Oxford platform Doc Marten’s 😅 This year I spent SO much money…. So I need to go back to saving!! Lots to save for this year! My brother and I are moving early next year (YAY!!!) and that needs lots of saving, I have a Disneyland trip over the summer with a friend, going to NYC next year during the winter, spending money for Taylor swift concert next year, etc! Plus just saving in general! :)

✨ the biggest thing I bought myself for a holiday treat was a quest 2 VR system!!!!! That is getting delivered today!!!!! I am SO freaking excited!!!!! I have really gotten into gaming since being essentially on bed rest and it helps pass the time… but it’s also become a genuine hobby! I am loving Pokémon violet and then I got Pokémon shield and have been playing the two. And then I wanted the virtual reality system bc getting to be fully immersed in the games is amazing and escaping entirely to a new world… I need that right now lol

✨ I bought thea a new hammock since her old one broke way earlier this year. She got upgraded to a double decker lol

✨ on an iced coffee kick and not complaining about it!! I am trying to make coffee at home versus buying Starbucks to save money, and one of my New Year’s resolutions is to only get Starbucks twice a week! And then make coffee every other day! And these iced coffee nespresso pods are making that easy to happen lol!

✨ spending some time doodling my own little cute anime-esque characters; meet Kipper haha

✨ the day after Christmas I came down with the flu and so I’ve been in bed most of the day for the past two days now. But tbh I’ve needed the rest, I’m just bummed I feel shitty during it. But at least today I’m feeling better than yesterday!

✨ I’m going to a friends beach house tomorrow for the weekend in celebration of New Years. I’m chugging DayQuil like it’s water (haha jk.. sorta) and hopefully I only feel better as each day comes! 🤞

✨ ordered myself some sushi for lunch since my throat isn’t on fire like it was yesterday, thank god!! And then all I’ve done today is play the switch, draw, have the show Wednesday on in the background (last episode is playing now… sooo that’s seven hours later lol 😅) and began reading my new book “Remarkably Bright Creatures” which is so good so far but I can tell it’s going to be a sad one 💔

✨ Well, I hope you’re all doing good, that you had a nice holiday and the new year is good to you!!!

[shiftinginferno]

ok i usually hate/don’t do these kinds of things cuz most questions are not applicable but F it doing this w Heathcliff. bc brainrot

💌 — N/A already. Mayyybe “technically” me bc of this one scene I scripted?

🪽 — Book (Wuthering Heights). Bruh I never know why I get drawn to ppl whom I become obsessed w/hyperfixed on. Prolly bc moody & mean mentally ill BPD sx4 ESI grown man and thus babygirl. & emotionally reserved/traumatized & violent & hot&sexy idk man all i know is i’m gna gobble him up

💄 — N/A but even if it were I’m not telling you that.

🥂 — I’m Lockwood (but like a “me” version, not completely canon so background changed; for example, American) so I meet him bc I travel to N. England on business & decide to rent Thrushcross Grange for a while. It progresses bc 1) Nelly tells me his whole life story so I learn all this sh abt him (even tho I’d still remember everyth I know in this reality) & 2) we visit each other multiple times in the span of abt a month or so (BEFORE first s3x happens) & have extreme sxl tension. He’s totally all sxlly pent up & he thinks I look a bit like Cathy & so he’s romantically reserved still obvi but thinks he can j F that away ig. But I’m all. basically how I feel abt him in this reality. needy & desperate & emotionally drawn to him & all that idk this feels personal why do u wanna know sm.

🤍 — What. Um ig mostly cuddling and effing. And hanging out so the “spending time” one too?

💍 — 1) Fine Dining, Digbar 2) Tonight (Act I), West Side Story 3) Misirlou, Dick Dale ver. 4) Inferno Op.5, Rona Castrioti 5) Unchained Melody 6) My Angel Put the Devil in Me, from Doctor Who 7) En Sólo un Segundo, Amaral 8) Sweetest Chill, S&tB 9) Ram Ranch, Grant MacDonald

🌹 — Erm ig that he can have a life still, after Cathy, & he doesn’t j have to live in misery waiting for death? & that he’s capable of being loved even how he is even w everyone else hating him? Other way around: N/A can’t think of anyth + don’t care

🦢 — What does this even mean. I have lots of events scripted that take place moreso in the “future” in my DR (several months after my arrival) but it’s kinda complicated considering some lore/mythology I made up for the DR. Is that what u want?? It’s in my Wuthering Heights DR post on my shiftsta.

👠 — Idk anything long as I’m w him ig … but one of my fav scripted events is prolly timetraveling w him to the 90s & taking him to see Pulp Fiction in theaters … I’d also like to take him modern clothes shopping to see what he’d choose. Those wouldn’t be at night tho but all I got.

🗒️ — Heathcliff, I have several drawings I’ve done of him & they can be seen on here. I tagged them so j search on my account if u wanna see ig…

💋 — Bruh literally anything, everything, meeting him, interacting w him in any way, but MOST excited? Prolly rhe beginning month(s), the gay extreme sxl tension. I have some fire scenarios scripted, trust… 2nd part of question: “And why?” Srsly am I in school rn why do I have to write an entire dissertation with my reasons why. But ig the reason is it’s thrilling & more emotionally exciting.

🍒 — No

🍷 — Isn’t this kinda similar to previous questions. Okay i guess erm doing it. And hanging out in general.

🪞 — I’m not doing that, also N/A what wld I even put. Ig those paintings ppl have done thruout the yrs of Princess Tamara and the Demon of Lermontov’s “Demon.” I’m a monstrous nonhuman being (w cloaking ability) in my DR so the general outline of the poem feels fitting. I like the idea that he may feel everyone else sees him as a monster (bc they literally tell him that to his face) but I reveal myself to him & he sees that I literally am one. And I’M the singular living person willing to love him. & in my clawed grasp, cocooned in my wings, he feels more like the meek human he is & less like a wicked devil. Anyway haven’t read the poem but would like to, it always really called to me. But I wanna get a physical copy first.

❤️‍🩹 — Like body odor, I’d imagine. Or I guess if post-bath, perhaps like a mix of nothing and soap. Do you think? 🤨

💭 — What ? What like, u mean in my DR? I don’t rly know anyone else in that country/area close enough to tell them abt it, plus it’s not exactly a time pd where I wanna be telling ppl abt that, plus the other ppl living at the Heights & Grange wld prolly catch on at some point, what’s the point. Ig “properly” the first ppl… my family maybe when I travel back to America w him??

Finished omg I only did it cuz it seemed not as mentally taxing as other question lists I’ve seen 🙌

⪩⪨﹐ᴅʀ ꜱ/ᴏ ᴀꜱᴋ ɢᴀᴍᴇ ⁞ ˎˊ˗

shifting ask game focused on you and your dr s/o reblog for asks ↻ ‧₊˚.

💌 — who confessed first and how did it happen?

🪽 — what is your s/o from? (made-up, media, book, movie etc…) and why did you feel drawn to them?

💄 — what are petnames you have for eachother?

🥂 — how did you two met and how did you relationship progress?

🤍 — what are your love languages VS. your s/o’s? How do you show theirs and how do they show yours?

💍 — what are some songs that makes you think of them?

🌹 — what is something you have taught your s/o (or will teach) and what is something they have taught you?

🦢 — what do you see in the future for you and your s/o?

👠 — what is your ideal date night with your s/o?

🗒 — who is your s/o and what are some photos you really like of them?

💋 — what are you most excited to experience with your s/o and why?

🍒 — do you have any inside jokes with your s/o or funny scenarios?

🍷 — what do your s/o and you like to do together?

🪞 — what are some photos that depict your relationship with your s/o?

❤️‍🩹 — what does your s/o smell like?

💭 — who was the first person you told after getting with your s/o?

divider credits : [ Cherries & Bust ] [ Lace & Bows ]

[ducktracy]

What inspired you to be an artist?

OOOOOH this is a weighted question, which i like, so i shall provide a weighted answer! this is really long so for that i apologize

i know it’s a bit of a cliché to say “i’ve been drawing ever since i could pick up a pencil”, but it’s a cliché that’s true because i’ve been drawing ever since i could pick up a pencil! it’s always just been something i’ve known and done. i just knew ever since a very young age i wanted to draw for the rest of my life no matter what the medium—i wanted to be a children’s book illustrator because i adored looking through different books and staring at the illustrations, i knew i wanted to draw cartoons all day because i watched too much TV as a kid (which paid off because i work in TV animation now) and knew i wanted to make or help make characters come alive on a screen, etc etc etc.

it was always just something i KNEW i needed to do and did constantly, i remember my old kindergarten teacher submitting my name in a county wide art competition and i got second place when i was like… 7 years old! THAT’S BRAGGADOCIOS OF ME I REALIZE HAHAHAHA i’m not trying to be a braggart but essentially just trying to illustrate the point that it’s been something i’ve been involved with for a long time and has always been an association

i joined social media at way too young and impressionable of an age, but in the very long run it was beneficial because here i am now. discovering other people could see my drawings and i could draw whatever they wanted really incentivized me to draw more and a LOT, and it just ended up something i’d always be doing. there was a point in time where i’d be drawing 10+ fully rendered drawings (this was in MS Paint so “rendered” is used very liberally) a day for months and months and months on end, and of course having the attention span of a flea means i spent much of my school time doodling and drawing rather than anything super productive

BUT because i don’t want this to be an “it all started when i was born” story, i will say that i always knew i wanted to work in animation as i got older and taught myself how to animate, but never really got serious about considering becoming a professional and thinking about the industry until about 3-4 years ago. getting into Camp Lazlo was incredibly enlightening, i adored (and still do) the wide cast of characters and how distinct all of their personalities are, how music and the backgrounds and certain acting decisions all affect the atmosphere… it was to the point where i was writing essays in high school about how when i die after a lucrative career in cartooning, Joe Murray will be the person i meet in the afterlife and reflect upon my life because he inspired me most and is how i got to where i am. (i feel the need to add that this was based on a writing prompt for my literature class and not something i came up with completely on a whim and i swear i am not as creepy as this sounds)

and of course CL led me to revive/make my own cast of characters, and wanting to study how to make them move nicely or seek inspiration from the classics that i could pour into my characters i turned to Looney Tunes (Tuesday will mark 3 years since i got into it!) since i had heard good things about it… my characters completely got sidetracked because i became positively enraptured at how cartoons could move and sound and look this way, woah, you can track the culture of the period depending on when the shirt was made, wow, they made LT cartoons in black and white, woah, Daffy used to be crazy and likable, dang, i never knew Porky could be so funny and charming, etc etc etc. my Lazlo obsession is what sparked my interest but LT is what really put my nose to the grindstone and made me want to learn about absolutely everything the medium has to offer

this is getting long so i’ll try to begin to wrap it up here, but i always knew i wanted to work in animation and never knew what i wanted to do. i only decided that i wanted to become a storyboard artist not even a month before i got asked to freelance on SpongeBob. this wasn’t even two years ago! but i positively adore storyboarding.

cartoons dominate every aspect of my life, and i know that’s a very “touch grass” inducing statement (and not one i wholly disagree with either) but this personal relationship i’ve had with my art has manifested itself in the form of cartooning. i love cartoons because they’re so personal. this is going to sound ridiculous so bear with me, it’s just an artistic philosophy and i know it sounds silly. but when i draw, i have a very very very personal relationship with the characters i draw, and it’s not something you can really force. i try to get into the minds of my subjects—how do they conduct themselves, what are they thinking, how do they think, how do they talk, how are they responding to me. sometimes it takes a little for them to warm up. gotta break the ice first. but it’s a very communicative process, i like to try and talk to my subjects and communicate with them THROUGH my drawings and talk back and forth to get the best results. and this is one reason why i love storyboarding so much, because my entire job revolves around getting in the heads of these characters. characters like SpongeBob or Daffy or Porky or whoever are very important to me because, again, as ridiculous as this sounds, it’s like i know them!

maybe this is a very lonely thing to say (even though i don’t consider myself a lonely person by any means) but my art is guaranteed company. i have a lot of reasons for why i draw. sometimes it boils down to something as simple as “it’s my job” or “i like it” or is something more complex like “i want to bring others the same happiness and solace art and cartoons and illustration have brung me over the years” or “i want to communicate with these characters because they’re begging to communicate with ME and i can’t just sit here idly and tune out that urge.”

i like to experiment. i have a reputation as “the vintage artist”, and it’s one i’m very happy with! drawing with more traditional and vintage sensibilities in mind isn’t really me trying to pull a “look what i can do” so much as it is just something i feel i HAVE to do, those sensibilities speak to me and the nostalgia and warmth and sincerity of it all impacts me so much i want to share that same warmth with others. but i like to break out of that, too, and try to. one piece i’ll do in a more comic book style, the next one will be painted. one will be more flat with bold colors, the next i’d like to emulate a pencil look.

i try to switch it up and experiment as much as i can (though to be honest i could stand to be more self indulgent, i have many more “experimental” ideas that i don’t act on enough for completely arbitrary reasons and need to break out of that—“if i don’t, who will?” has a tendency to sound self centered but it’s a motto that’s boosted my confidence time and time again) and never settle for just okay. i have a tendency to obsess and can often burn myself out because i operate at a very “all or nothing” attitude and will needlessly fret over very inconsequential details (I WILL NOT BE SMITED IF I DRAW TWO SPONGEBOBS IN A ROW!) but i think that consciousness has allowed me to do a lot of problem solving and thinking i wouldn’t have been able to do otherwise, so as much of a pain as it is, i’m grateful.

I AM SO SORRY THIS IS INCREDIBLY LONG. i promise i’m not trying to sound egotistical or self important in the slightest, i know this is a needlessly elaborate response and has a lot of heightened language that sounds pompous and attention seeking but i truly truly truly truly promise that’s not at all my intent. i just have so much to SAY and it’s something i haven’t thought about much before, so i appreciate you giving me an attitude to blab! TL;DR it’s what i know, and it’s what i enjoy, especially knowing someone else can enjoy it too.

[imashoe69420]

Those Eyes: Rise! Leo x OC

Author’s notes:

This is a story I’ve been envisioning for a few months now and I wanna share it. I hope you guys like it :) some notes though:

-the OC’s name is Lala.

-She’s black with an Afro that covers her eyes.

-This is a black person writing a black person so Ik what I’m talking about, I promise.

-I will draw her at one point to give a better idea of what she looks like (^^)

Warning: Mild Language

• • •

Lala’s P.O.V.

I take a long, deep breath, overlooking the city I grew up in.

New York City.

The Big Apple.

So popular yet so infamous.

I truly do love my city. I do. But so much has happened to me—by me—here that now I can hardly stand living in it. All I need is an escape away from everything and everyone: the Foot and their plans to bring back the Shredder, mutants running all over the place, Baron Draxum who’s just decided to work with them suddenly, all of it.

Although they’ve always looked out for me, I can’t subscribe to their lifestyle; their obsession with this “Shredder”. Everything was fine until then.

I stare down at my calloused hands and sigh again.

I don’t want to be a part of this anymore.

Suddenly, I hear something. It’s faint and quick —almost undetectable, but I know someone or something is there. Raising to my feet slowly, I peer over my shoulder and see paper ninjas and other foot recruits staring straight back at me.

“I’m not going back yet.” I say sternly. “Why can’t I spend a few hours by myself for once?”

The soldiers all look at each other for a second before one pipes up, “The Lieutenant wants to see you. He thinks you’re ready for the ritual.”

I shrug. “Cassandra wants it more. Give it to her.”

The soldiers again look at each other in confusion. Of course they didn’t know her name. No one knows anyone’s name except for mine. That’s always pissed me off. They hire new recruits and leave it at that. No names, no origins, no nothing. Just bored people trying to be involved in things they don’t understand.

“I said no.”

With that, I leap off the roof and sprint away. The soldiers quickly follow behind me, but I make my way into Chinatown where it’s not as busy this time of night, but tourists are still there eating and talking about the beauty and history New York holds. If only they knew the half of it.

I nonchalantly take a blue hoodie with the word “Cabbage” written on it in fancy Cantonese characters and slip it on as I only have a grey sports bra and black baggy sweatpants on.

“Hey!” A man yells, “You pay! No take!”

“Shit,” I swear under my breath and book it down the strip and into an alley where I camp out until I think he’s gone.

But once again, I hear the familiar rustling. I look up to see the paper soldiers rain down and corner me.

“Leave me alone!” I shout and put my fists up as I left my Yari (Japanese spear) at my apartment. “You’re all crazy! Get the hell away from me!”

Just as the paper soldiers leap toward me, they turn back into the confetti they once were. I fall and land on my rear in surprise.

I knew I was The Chosen.

This idea is quickly scrapped when I see the true culprit. I can’t make him out at first until he takes a couple steps toward me and offers a hand.

It’s a mutant.

*Third Person*

*An Hour Earlier*

“Leo, stop messing around and start distracting.” Raph facepalmed as his brother took a selfie with the flame-headed foot soldiers in the background.

The turtles had seen the two in a museum looking around seemingly with intent to steal another piece of the Shedder’s armor.

“Relax,” Leo dragged out the “a”, “I got this.”

He dropped down through the open skylight and landed awkwardly enough to trip and fall into a statue. The statue teetered until it fell as well, shattering into a million pieces.

“That’s good enough, I guess.” Donnie said, earning a snicker from Mikey.

The flame-heads spun around, the shorter one piping up, “It’s the turtles! We have to make this quick.”

The other flame-head nodded and faced Leo as his companion speedily and intricately folded three pieces of paper to form paper soldiers before running in the direction of the armor piece.

“Looks like I’m on the knight shift. Get it? Knight shift.” The blue clad turtle hinted at the knight statues as he chuckled to himself.

Ignoring his comments, the paper soldiers and flame-head rushed him. Leo swung his Ōdachi at the soldier to his immediate left and it fizzled into a familiar paper confetti. One of the paper soldiers landed a kick against his plastron. Leo slid back only to charge at the remaining two, them also being sliced into confetti.

The flame-head interlocked his fingers and raised them above his head in an attempt to pound the turtle into the ground. Leo dodged the attack and kicked the soldier in the jaw, forcing the flame-head to stagger backwards, but it’s mere seconds before the foot soldier hit the turtle with a devastating blow to the chest. Leo is shot back into wooden boxes full of ancient artifacts.

When he looked around for something to keep the flame-head distracted, Leo got a bright idea for a diversion and a pun. While the flame-head ran at him, Leo stood up behind a tall wooden box.

“Alright, I think it’s about time we—” he kicked the box containing a mummy toward his foe, “—wrap this up!”

Both the mummy and flame-head fell to the ground, the open box trapping them both inside.

Leo, again, snickered to himself, “Nailed it.”

“Leo!” Raph piped up in his ear piece. “He’s getting away!”

The turtle soon saw the shorter foot soldier running across the glass ceiling, something dark yet reflective cradled underneath his arm.

He made his way up and out of the museum, closely following behind the thief.

“Oh, no you don’t!” Mikey shouted as he and his other brothers caught up with Leo. He flung his Kusari-Fundō at the enemy, catching him as he attempted to cross another building. The armor piece fell into the alleyway below.

“I got it!” Leo announced before landing in the alleyway a little less awkwardly. He picked up the armor piece that looked like part of a crown or helmet. The blue clad turtle shrugged and began to make his way back to the rooftop until he heard someone yell.

“You’re all crazy! Get the hell away from me!” A woman’s voice rang into the night.

Leo soon spotted a dark skinned girl surrounded by paper soldiers. He glanced back at the rooftop to see if his brothers had also heard the commotion, but they were nowhere in sight.

The turtle soon charged for the soldiers and shredded the soldiers before they could acknowledge his presence.

He placed the blunt end of his sword against his shoulder and turned towards the girl with an outstretched hand. “Never fear, Leon’s here.” He quipped, but is soon shut up when the girl lifted her Afro from in front of her eyes and stares at him.

“Thank you.” She said, her voice barely above a whisper.

Leo was instantly taken aback by her visage. Her face adorned light freckles and a beauty mark above her left eyebrow. Her skin was clear—not a single bump or blemish. But what captivated Leo was her eyes. They were a light chocolatey brown, but they contained so much depth. Leo could feel how she felt and see things the way she did. He felt her fear and anxiety from the attack, but also the graciousness of being saved. He felt like he really knew her and that made his heart thump in his chest.

She was cute.

After what felt like hours, he broke from the spell he was under and retreated to the rooftops.

Shit, how long was I staring at her? He thought to himself as he regrouped with his brothers. It couldn’t have been that long, no way. She was staring back at me so it wasn’t that weird… was it?

“Earth to Leo,” Mikey waved a hand in front of his older brother’s face. “Are you good? What happened down there?”

Leo shook his head and masked with a mischievous grin. “Only saved a girl from some paper soldiers while you guys fooled around with Forehead Flambé. You know. Hero stuff.”

His brothers rolled their eyes before they began their journey back home. But that girl stayed in Leo’s mind.

Who was that?

Why were The Foot after her?

Why had her looks stuck him like that?

Most importantly, what was the probability in seeing her again?

• • •

I hope you guys liked this first chapter! Let me know if you want this to continue because I have a lot planned for this fanfic!

Stay safe and in good health!

-ℍ𝕒𝕟𝟟𝕒🫶🏾

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oh hello! :]

Last song I listened to: Never Love an Anchor by the Crane Wives

I've been working on a comic for this song using some ocs lately so as a result, I’ve been listening to this song 24/7 <3 somehow don’t know all the words yet lmao

Currently watching: Digimon Adventure: (2020)

I grew up with Digimon Adventure. I have vivid memories of being so engaged with the show (Sora & Biyomon were always my favorite), more than the Pokemon anime ever made me. So when the 2020 reboot dubbed and released over here, I immediately began to watch it. I was a bit disappointed to see how much they changed the plot, and some of the new dub voices are... eh. But honestly it’s such a treat. The updated characterizations are delightful & the ost is great! I’m just holding on to hope that my favorite background characters from the og adventure 01 are still gonna show T-T

Currently reading: Wings of Fire: Moon Rising

I’m re-reading this series so that I know what they're talking about when I get to the last two books that I haven’t read yet. Don’t really have any strong opinions abt this one & I’ll probably drop the series again once I’m able to go to the library.

Current obsession: FNAF, Pokemon, Digimon

oough fnaf. Easily my biggest hyperfixation ever. with the release of the ruin dlc, it has come back strong once again. I’ve been revisiting my silly little aus. I’ve been drawing these goobers again. honestly thriving

Pokemon is always one that just. stays. in my brain. quietly watching. waiting. right now, I’m soft resetting in Ultra Moon for a shiny litten to start with. this game has a 2 minute unskippable cutscene every soft reset. While I am a bit jealous that para-cubed got her shiny starter before I did, I am not going to stop now. I’m well over 1000 soft resets. I’m in too deep.

Digimon :] ive got silly little aus for this one too. honestly making digimon aus for anything is so easy. free serotonin. but ive got little ocs as well that are very dear to me :]

Tagging: @penny-lanes-things​ as well as anyone who might see this <3 (if you want lol)

7 People You’d Like to Know Better

Thank you @skyrim-forever ! I pass the torch to: @john-liberal @theauthor27 @dynamite124 @kynarreth @rock-pikmin-is-funny @serbiadisturbia @gemsweater72

Last song listened to: Be my Everything (English Version). It’s a solo song from one of the members of a K-pop group named Purple Kiss, and it’s fantastic! Great vocals, even though I do prefer the other song from the single more.

Currently Watching: Nashville (2013) and the new season of The Dragon Prince. I only have one episode of Nashville left and it’s the finale, so that’s pretty sad. I’m three episodes into season 5 of Dragon Prince and really liking it! I’m glad the animation has improved since the beginning.

Currently Reading: Nothing now. I just finished Dear Mothman by Robin Gow and loved it though! It is written for young teens, but it’s a really great queer narrative and is written through some very nice free verse poetry.

Current Obession: It’s mainly Skyrim (liked it so much I made a Tumblr blog for it, after all), but since I talk a lot about that, I’ll also mention Hollow Knight. I’m playing it right now and it’s very hard, but very good! I like how little handholding it does.

[starbornvalkyrie]

ACOSF USA BOOK TOUR NOTES

Hey y’all! I just attended the LiveTalks Los Angeles event with Sarah J Maas and Eva Chen!! I took lots of notes so I wanted to share them with you all! They’re a little incoherent on the page, so it might seem a crazy, they jumped topics a lot. Feel free to chat with me about what she talked about! But first.

MY RULES:

NO SHIP OR CHARACTER SLANDERING. I know that we all may have different opinions. I will not offer my opinions here, this is purely informational for those of you who did not have the opportunity to attend this event.

PLEASE NO ARGUING IN MY COMMENTS OR ASK BOX WITH ME OR ANYONE ELSE WHO COMMENTS

Acknowledge that I am not perfect and may not have written down everything perfectly. I did my best while still trying to enjoy the event.

I AM NOT SARAH J MAAS AND CANNOT INTERPRET WHAT SHE MEANS

I’m tagging this with #acosf spoilers and #acosfspoilers just in case.

If you understand and can abide by these rules, keep reading below the cut, and enjoy!

SJM said it was weird doing this event from her living room where you might be able to hear her dog in the background or her son trying to get into the room.

ACOSF started as a passion project while she was writing ACOWAR! It was never anything she thought she was going to publish. (more on this later)

About reading and writing growing up

in middle school, she read a lot of fantasy

in high school, she didn’t read as much, but wrote A LOT. it became her fixation, almost an obsession.

in college, she only really wrote on vacations (she had a very healthy social life hehehe) but her junior year is when she found her balance between schoolwork, writing, and socializing.

there was no plan B for her!! it was always to be an author. if it didn’t happen right away, she was going to find a job that would get her by until plan A could come to be.

her favorite author growing up was Garth Nix. She longed for books about badass women. She got to meet him and write a blurb to be on one of his books! She cries when she meets her favorite authors.

Talk about character names!

her character names come from everywhere and nowhere

sometimes she’ll just hear a name in her head and think “that’s it!” (Rhys, for example)

she needs to know the name to write the character

if the name doesn’t immediately come to her, she spends a lot of her time on baby name websites and makes lists until it clicks

sometimes the names just... connect. sometimes she doesn’t mean for them to.

it will always be uncommon. never “Frank” lol

Writing about Nesta!

on a “surface level” she loves writing when Nesta comes out to fight. for example, her favorite scene in this aspect to write was the bog scene. As soon as she got to it, it flowed out of her. The final product was almost identical to the first draft. She wrote it in one session, from the terror & tread to the “who am i?” to when she emerged--she went YES. MAJOR Mic Drop moment for her.

going deeper: definitely her overall journey was one of the favorites she’s ever written. From the dark place she’s in at the beginning to the very end. 

Writing about Nesta meant so much to her because of her own mental health. She channeled a lot of her own feelings and went on the journey with Nesta.

it was a lot of “how do you face mental health in a fantasy world without therapy and medication”

it was easy to get into Nesta’s mind but emotionally intense.

ACOSF’S BIG MESSAGE: LEARNING TO LOVE YOURSELF AND OTHERS. YOU ARE WORTH OF LOVE.

YES there is a book planned for Elain!

As soon as Nesta and Elain came onto the page again in ACOMAF, she knew they’d get their own journey.

Nesta grabbed her by the throat in book 1

She was originally contracted for only the first three books but realized there was more she wanted to explore. Essentially the “what comes next” after ACOWAR in this new world with out the wall.

FUN FACT: while editing ACOMAF/writing ACOWAR, she drunkenly told her editor at the time, “hey guess what happens next?”, and it turned into a two hour conversation about everything she wants to happen for Nesta, Elain, Mor, Azriel, etc. TWO WEEKS LATER, she gets a call saying they want to buy the stories!! Obviously, she said yes.

This allowed her to start planting the Easter eggs for these stories in ACOWAR. She knew she did not want Nesta to be sympathetic at the beginning of the book! But she did not want people to hate her.

She always has one eye on the horizon for future books.

If she could visit one court for a day, which and why?

She LOVES the season Autumn, it’s her favorite. “BUT EVERYONE IN THE AUTUMN COURT IS AN ASSHOLE”. She would want to visit the Autumn Court when no one is there so she can enjoy the beauty of Autumn.

But also she would want to go to the Summer Court because she has a thing for Tarquin but only if it’s not gross and humid.

She would ALSO want to go to the Day Court for Helion and all his libraries.

ESSENTIALLY she would want to go everywhere but Spring because Tamlin sucks and is an asshole lmao.

BEAST FORMS

SJM’s beast form would be something totally not cool or majestic like a sea otter.

Nesta’s beast form would be something terrifying and beautiful like a snow leopard/dragon hybrid, a griffin, or a sphinx. **WANTS SOMEONE TO DRAW THIS**

FUN QUESTIONS

Nesta’s favorite smutty book would be JR Ward’s Black Dagger Brotherhood series. She reads these books for the distraction, of course, but also for the comfort they gave her that everything turns out okay for the characters.

Nesta’s Starbucks order: cappuccino- something simple, nothing with too much sugar or whipped cream. Elain’s would be a Frappe- something delicious and sweet. SJM’s is a flat white, iced or not, but never after 2PM.

SJM usually listens to classical music and movie scores while she writes, but she’s gotten used to write in silence so that she can listen for her son’s shenanigans with Josh.

“Stay Together for the Kids” by Blink 182 semi-inspired the scene when Nesta and Cassian go back to her family’s cottage. She can hardly explain why.

WRITING ADVICE

Write what you love, not what you think you should be writing.

Give yourself permission to suck. Her first drafts are shit and are usually accompanied with an email that says “I know I need to fix this, this and that” lol.

WRITE THE DAMN THING. Vomit on the page!

YOU CAN’T FIX A BLANK PAGE.

Her least favorite part about the publishing process is the first pass of copy edits, those last minute checks and balances. But once it’s off to the printer, it’s not her problem anymore.

She’s every publisher’s worst nightmare because she sends it off to the printer at the LAST possible minute.

For reference: Throne of Glass was finished almost... a year and a half? ...before it hit shelves, but ACOSF was finished this past fall.

MAIN CHARACTER TALK

All of her heroines have a piece of her.

SJM’s personality is a hybrid of Bryce and Nesta.

Feyre and Nesta got most of her in terms of learning to be empowered.

She has to have a connection to them in order to write them. It’s an out of body, method acting experience.

MISCELLANEOUS

She said “CC2 is a year from now.”

She started writing ACOTAR in 2008 before she published TOG.

She loves the story and dynamic of Elizabeth and Darcy from Pride and Prejudice. Cassian is Elizabeth. Nesta is Darcy.

And that’s all I have, folks! Thank you for reading, I hope you got something out of this!