#but I am no expert and write mostly for fun lol

[lazywriter-artist]

Is mosh and fret the names they were born with or did they just call themselves that

Oo good question Anon!

Mosh and Fret are infact not the names they were ‘Born with’, both being chaos marines they get the honor of haveing 3 separate names, two sets of which they don’t remember to various degrees.

The first come from their time pre-space marine but they didn’t really remember those anyway if they even had any, they don’t remember much pre space marine nowadays.

Then their ‘second names’ comes from their time as pre-CHAOS marines, which is Armaros & Sorn they probably started using around their time as eerrrgghh I wanna say initiates to maybe Neophytes? If not maybe as late as scouts, which I mean these names are really starting to fade from their memories as it is anyway. It’s been so long since they’ve heard them the duo likely wouldn’t realize you’d be referring to them.

Then of course there is Mosh and Fret, monickers they took on ever since their turning to chaos and finding of the path of the noise marines. Far as they’re concerned these are their true names and they had non other before them.

I think Mosh has kind of let go of his previous life pre-Chaos much easier and quicker then his brother as he really doesn’t remember much at all and doesn’t care to. Fret has a bit closer clinging to these memories tho and likes to sometimes think of, even if they’re growing distant and foggy in these times, some of his fonder memories of he and his brothers pre-chaos. Though he doesn’t really share this much with anyone, his own personally little guilty pleasure.

[is-this-fascism]

what are the classifications of yuri?

Please refer to this comprehensive list:

https://dynasty-scans.com/tags

[breoasis]

now i wanna know about YOUR ocs!! especially the one in your last drawing i am very intrigued

omg where to start…. first of all i have to say that i don’t really read any books, at least not narrative (and it shows), so i struggle when putting my thoughts into words, even more in english, so i hope i can explain the whole thing properly and not make a very long post at the same time lol

As a brief summary, the story revolves around Elías (white haired anime protagonist) and his day-to-day life in the city. He would live a mostly normal life if it wasn’t for a series of problems or difficulties he’s been already having for some years: memory loss, mixed up memories, sleepwalking, recurring dreams and nightmares, waking up in places that aren’t his room... He has no clue what’s wrong with him, nor what is happening to him, so he has to shape his whole life around whatever is going on and hope that everything goes okay somehow. Basically, the story is about his struggles (and murder too, there’s death and murder, i’ll get into more detail another day).

The city (the main setting) is loosely based in the city of Vigo (Galiza) during the 1920s aprox. I’m very far from an expert on that time period so don’t expect everything to be 100% accurate, i’m just going on pure vibes and the fact that there’s lots of pictures of Vigo from that time that i can use as reference.

About the characters, these are the main four (from left to right: Elías, Loreto, Gavriel and Iria). Hope the little chibis do them justice lol it’s the best picture that i have rn of those three together.

Elías, or Eli for short, is the main character, he works in the fishing harbour and lives in a cheap hotel room in the city. I already talked about him so that’s all the introduction he gets now.

Gavriel (Gavi) is just some guy who was lucky to be adopted into a rich family, so he does literally nothing the whole day and has everything given to him by Loreto (older sister), who spoils him like a little toddler because he’s the only family she has. He and Eli become friends as the story progresses and i guess he’s the second most important character in the plot, after Elías of course.

Loreto is Gavi’s older sister as i already mentioned, succesful businesswoman tm who’s fed up with everyone and everything.

And then Iria, she’s the only one out these four who doesn’t live in the city, as she lives with her family in a manor in the countryside, not too far from the city but not close enough. She actually isn’t part of the “present time” in the story either. Eli used to work for her family before moving to the city and they haven’t seen each other since.

Anyways i hope this is good enough of an answer 🙏 I will write a longer and more detailed post another time maybe perhaps.. A little fun fact: the only reason Eli has white hair is because that's the only trait left from when i originally designed him in 2012 (wow) and i can't get rid of it, so he will be the anime protagonist tm forever..... if he were to be a new character he would definitely not have white hair

[sydneylikesgd]

Geometry Dash Awards Nominees 2024

Heyo, doing something a little different for the Geometry Dash Awards. I’m going to go through all the nominations and my thoughts on the levels I find interesting. No number ratings or anything cause who cares

Best Auto Level

Okay, it’s Interstice, like, no contest. Outside of GD, I do motion graphics, and I am just a huge fan of these sorts of animation videos. Color choice is wonderful, great compositions, everything moves in such a satisfying way–it’s perfect, the other nominations don’t even come close.

Best Beginner Classic

Back On Dash is definitely a really great level–I love AudieoVisual levels, but this one feels a lot less unique than his other levels, and it’s not surprising given that this was made for the NCS event levels. Still, pretty great, but I’m gonna have to give this one to Cosmic Dolphin

The song is such a classic, and it takes rainbow blocks and makes something really great with them. I’m a sucker for star/constellation themes, and this level certainly checks that box. But like, it’s just a really fun, cute level. It uses 2.2 features in a really tasteful way.

Another one of the nominations for this category is Rage Quit, which I suspect is going to be the winner and that’s going to be very controversial. There’s nothing I can really say about Rage Quit that hasn’t already been said, so I’m going to stay out of that discourse. Anyway, yeah, Cosmic Dolphin wins this category for me.

Best Intermediate Classic

I’m going to fucking kill myself if BUSSIN wins. I’m not going to go into detail as to why I hate that level, as I’ve already written a little bit about that. Anyway, CARASPACE is gorgeous, it’s absolutely the winner here. Back to back space/constellation themed levels, but look, they’re just pretty. This level has a lot of unique ideas and it executes them really really well. Also, fine, yeah, the rainbows are pretty.

There are some other solid picks in here, though. getHappier is honestly really good, but it’s a bit slow and doesn’t really capture me. I don’t hate it though, there’s for sure a lot to enjoy about it, just not really for me.

Subwoofer Lullaby is an interesting one to me. I might write a full review on this level at some point, because there’s something so curious about a really well-executed Minecraft-themed level made in GD, which is a game with a very powerful level editor, but it wasn’t really intended to do a lot of the stuff people are doing, while Minecraft’s custom content tools have intentional design and are generally pretty good, even if there are a lot of issues lol. There’s a lot to chew on here.

Still, CARASPACE takes it for me, it’s fantastic in so many ways.

Best Advanced Classic

Honestly I don’t have a lot to say about this category. Next Cab Soon and MAGISTRO are both really solid, I’m just not crazy about them personally. WANNACRY is pretty cool, but has a lot of stuff I dislike, and I have a mostly negative view of Citadel and Astralith.

All of the other ones are alright, but nothing to write home about, except for I See Stars. And, to be honest, I don’t have a whole lot to write about for this level. It’s really great compositionally, and color choice and pulses are really well done. The final part with a cube on a glowing glossy field of spikes is just gorgeous. Great level, I See Stars wins best advanced classic for me, no contest.

Best Expert Classic

commatose, commatose, it’s fucking commatose, commatose is the best GD level I’ve ever played in my god damn life and nothing is ever going to top it. I don’t think I’m going to write a whole lot about it here, because I’m planning on writing a full review on it once I beat it.

I will say though, glass beach saved my life. I was in a really dark place when I listened to the first glass beach album for the first time, and it was able to reach out to me when nothing else could. It was an honest depiction of the world for trans people at the time, and it’s only gotten more resonant as the years go by. It’s honestly very uplifting, listen to the first glass beach album it’s so fucking good.

So I was thrilled for glass beach’s second album, plastic death. Initially, it didn’t really speak to me in the same way tfgba did, but over time it’s grown a lot on me. commatose is a beautiful song in every sense of the word, and this level is such a perfect love letter to it.

And, yeah, if it wasn’t obvious, none of the other levels in this category come remotely close to commatose. Out of This World is pretty interesting, but like, god damn commatose is so fucking gooooooood

Best Extreme Classic

I honestly don’t really have much of an opinion on this one. I’ve never really enjoyed extremes, because they’re just too hard to make playing it feel worth it. Mostly the only extremes I like are absolute classics like Bloodbath.

However, DISSONANCE is honestly really great. It’s such a colorful and different experience–I can’t speak much to its gameplay, but visually it’s a whole lot of sparkly digital fun. Good level, ImMaxX1 is a great creator all around.

Best Beginner Platformer

So, platformer levels, huh. I have a lot to say about even the simple existence of platformer levels, but I’ll avoid getting into that now, or else this post would be at least twice as long. Though, a significant portion of my opinion on platformer levels is fueled by the common use of pixel blocks. They’re just ugly as fuck, man. I don’t doubt my opinion on pixel blocks is colored by my experience doing pixel art and 3D models for Minecraft, but like, knowing that doesn’t make pixel blocks in GD less ugly lmao.

And yeah, pixel blocks aren’t exclusive to platformer levels, obviously, but creators seem to use them a lot more. So that’s why Last Fate sucks. Okay, but, yeah, Automata is pretty good. Not crazy about any of these, but Automata wins. Geometry Club is a pretty cool concept, and looks pretty nice, but talking about that level opens up the door to the GD-as-a-game-engine discussion, and that would also probably double or triple the length of this post.

Best Intermediate Platformer

There are some pretty solid levels in here; I mean, half of them are pixel blocks, so they get immediately disqualified (sorry AbstractDark), so the three main contenders for me were 3Depth, The Backrooms, and Pseudo Zone.

The Backrooms is probably my least favorite of the three–it’s pretty cool, but I’ve never been a fan of the direction that the internet took the backrooms concept. It morphed from an uncanny but entirely unhostile environment to a bit of a horror playground. Creatures are just a negative addition no matter how you slice it. I like the idea of the environment itself being the threat–it’s not that some scary monster is gonna kill you, it’s that you’re stuck in this endless, monotonous labyrinth with no hope of escape. The isolation is the terror. Ironically, the addition of monsters humanizes the environment.

So, yeah, cool level I guess, just not crazy about the theming personally. So we’re left with 3Depth and Pseudo Zone. As much as I really admire the concept and execution of 3Depth, it’s ultimately not a GD level. I don’t think making a game on top of regular GD makes a level bad, but it makes a level not a GD level. It’s really cool, but it’s your own concept. And that’s hopefully all I’m going to say about the GD-as-a-game-engine discussion in this post.

In the end, I think Pseudo Zone is the better level. There’s nothing obviously super crazy about it, it’s just really solid. Great concepts and visuals, and it’s just overall fun to play.

Best Advanced Platformer

It’s Flipswap Factory. I don’t have to go into more detail; Coaster Mountain is pretty solid, I mean, it’s made by Serponge after all, but Flipswap Factory is simply a masterpiece in level design. I’m not crazy about most of the visuals, it’s on thin fucking ice with the pixel blocks, but the gameplay concepts are so perfect I can look past that.

The flipping panels function flawlessly, and are just a great extension of normal platformer gameplay. It’s just great.

Best Expert Platformer

Do not talk about Otu, do not talk about Otu, do not talk about Otu…

Honestly, I’m not crazy about any of these levels, but the one I find the most interesting is Orbdancer. I’m not fond of a lot of the UI/menu stuff, but it’s so visually compelling that I’m willing to overlook that. The abstract bright neon aesthetic is wonderful, using orbs/pads so heavily is somehow a very unique concept while also being wholly GD.

Orbdancer isn’t my favorite level by any stretch of the definition, but it’s compelling enough to me that it wins the top spot out of this selection.

Best Extreme Platformer

Look, I am just anti-voting for Throat of the World. It’s so ugly, genuinely awful use of pixel blocks. Not fond of the gameplay either, and it’s astonishing to me that it got a mythic rating, but the rate standards debate is way beyond the scope of this post, which is why I’ve been totally ignoring the in-game ratings up until this point. It’s just so wild that a level I dislike this much would get the highest possible rating.

So, uh, Terminal Heaven wins, I guess. Nothing against Kebnekaise, but I just prefer Terminal Heaven a bit more. G4lvatron levels are all pretty solid.

Best Streamer

This is a level review blog, so I don’t have a whole lot to say about some of these additional categories, but I’ll write about them for completionists’ sake. I’m voting AudieoVisual on this one; I love his building streams. Not much else to say about that one.

Best YouTuber

This one is pretty tough. I’ll get into this a bit more with the next category, but Colon makes some banger videos. He’s a great writer, and the research he’s done for a lot of his videos is absurd.

Best Video

This is absolutely the most difficult decision I’ve made while voting for these awards. Doggie’s Codependence video is kinda out from the start, because, I mean, at the end of the day it’s a video about beating a level that uses primarily gameplay VOD footage. It’s fine, but there’s a limit to how good those videos can be.

My least favorite from here is probably twd’s GD video essay–it’s really well-written, but there’s kind of a lack of substance there. Yeah, I have a lot of nostalgia too, and it was fun to take a look back at things, but these last 4 are just built different.

I mentioned before, Colon makes great videos, and The Secrets of Fake Geometry Dash is no exception. It’s just like, such an absurd series of events, it’s hard to imagine him making a bad video about this topic. It’s great and was enthralling all the way through.

But Sdslayer’s video, How Well Do GD Youtubers Know The ROBTOP LEVELS?, is just as good as Colon’s video in an entirely different way. The concept is really good, and again, it’s hard to imagine this video turning out poorly; game show-esque stuff is always really fun, and it was executed really well here. There’s plenty of fun extra stuff too, like the GD-inspired visuals and bonus stats at the end.

Now, I can’t ignore Spu7Nix’s BTS video of WHAT. I’m such a sucker for flashy visuals; as I’ve said before, I do motion graphics, and I looovee Spu7Nix’s graphics here. The narrative is told excellently, you can genuinely feel the pull of the downward spiral that Spu7Nix went through when making WHAT. It does a great job of explaining what into the level, absolutely in part to the great visuals. The video takes you to the point where it feels like you could make the level too. There’s so much going for this video, but I’ll stop here for brevity.

Okay. Now we’re at How I Made Geometry Dash In Minecraft by CraftyMasterman. This video is fantastic, and I feel so conflicted about placing this one. While I love Colon and Sdslayer’s videos, it was definitely between this and Spu7Nix’s. Crafty is really cool and makes great videos, and if you talked to me personally you would not be able to ignore my love for Minecraft. But. This isn’t really a GD video. This is a Minecraft video. And because of that, I’m choosing to vote for Spu7Nix’s video. Don’t get me wrong, there’s so much about this video that’s great–it honestly mirrors the BTS video of WHAT in many ways. It explains the creation of the project really well, and this is probably the coolest redstone creation I’ve ever seen, but I’ve gotta give it to Spu7Nix.

Honestly, great job to everybody who was nominated for this category, as well as the many great GD video creators who weren’t nominated. It’s so wonderful seeing all this individual passion, creativity, and skill put into making such entertaining and visually captivating videos, which is a part of the reason why it was so frustrating seeing GD10 being included in the nominations last year, but that is absolutely a topic for another day.

Anyway, yeah, amazing videos all around, but I’ll extend a tiny additional bit of praise to Spu7Nix. Phew, that category was a doozy.

Best Classic Creator

There’s so much to write about with this category, but in the interest of not having a repeat of the last category, I’ll keep it brief. Not really a fan of Grax or Subwoofer; kira9999, Glubfubers, and Aimbotter2123 are all really solid; Knots is great, just not for me; ImMaxX1 is a really great creator, but I’m sorry–AudieoVisual is in here and I love his levels, so he kinda wins by default.

Best Platformer Creator

This category is honestly pretty weird, because it’s sort of split in two. There’s good platformer creators in the traditional sense: striving for great visuals and gameplay, but there’s also good programmers. CreatorCreepy and MoistenedEgg are absolutely in the latter, and I’m not discounting that, but levels with good programming just don’t interest me at all from a gameplay perspective. Like, guys, please, just make your own game; it’ll be way easier and you won’t be fighting against the editor designed to make 2D platforming levels.

Out of the rest of the bunch, it’s zejoant no contest for me. Overall, I’ve never been a fan of platformer levels at a conceptual level, but zejoant is genuinely doing great stuff with platformer mode. Good job, zejoant.

Best Classic Player/Best Platformer Player

This category has always been kinda weird to me, like I get the idea is to showcase and honor the dedication and contributions of top players, but it kind of ends up turning into a popularity contest.

For classic, I mean, it’s Zoink, of course it’s Zoink, he’s just the best GD player currently and there’s not really any arguing that.

For platformer, I literally haven’t heard of any of these people, so I’ll just pick AyumiRenko because hehe funny pink robot. Which, sidenote, cool idea representing classic players with cubes and platformer players with robots. I don’t know who on the GD Awards production team came up with that idea, but it’s really cool honestly.

Final Thoughts

It’s really wonderful seeing how talented the GD community is. This year was the first one where 2.2 content was up for nomination, and it’s been really interesting to see the whole community evolving. I’ve written a bit about this, but at first it seemed like 2.2 wasn’t all that groundbreaking for creators. The 2.1 editor is honestly powerful enough–once you get to the point where you’re just making regular art with the principles of design, I mean, additional tools are going to help, but our building skill and creativity as a community is already extremely high.

Those things grow over time, and now we’ve had time to see them grow with 2.2. And, yeah, people have made some great stuff. As critical or pessimistic I can be about specific levels and certain parts of the community as a whole, it’s still a treat to look back on all the great things artists have done with GD.

I’m sure we’re going to see even more of that at the 2025 Geometry Dash Awards, and I can’t wait. Thanks for reading.

[pardonmydelays]

Hi so i only recently got into hamilton and really liked lmm in it but ive been seeing a lot of pjo fans talking about not wanting him as hermes and you are a lmm expert so i wondered if you knew why people are hating on him for being casted in pjo?

first of all, i am actually flattered that you called me an expert (i am literally not but i do know a lot, i observe, i go through lmm tag every day, i get mad when i see people talk shit about him, basically i'm super loud about my love for this guy so there's that some call it dedication, i call it obsession lol).

there are a lot of reasons actually but all of them are just so silly to me. for example, some people say he is a bad actor (if hamilton is not enough for you, please go watch his dark materials, he is excellent and i will fight). others say he can't sing (he can, he may not have the most incredible vocals ever, not like most broadway stars and i know a lot of people compare him with the best singers out there, but it doesn't mean he can't sing, also, he is much better now than he used to be years ago, for example i'd recommend listening to vivo soundtrack, especially keep the beat or one more song, i mean EXCUSE ME BUT MY MAN CAN SING). another reason: some people say he is annoying because he puts raps everywhere. ok, and? he is a great rapper, i'll say more: he is also a freestyle rapper, very talented indeed (i recommend checking literally any freestyle love supreme video on youtube or you can just go through my fls tag here. making up rhymes on the spot? pretty insane if you ask me). there is also a group of people who think he is cringe, his rhymes are cringe, some of his songs are not good, etc etc (i bet those people can write better songs). i think he is one of the greatest composers of our generation and i will, of course, fight (haters, please shut the fuck up about the scuttlebutt, this song was supposed to be annoying, you just don't get it apparently? same with my own drum actually. can we just stop pretending that he is talentless because of those songs you guys literally have no taste and you hate fun and also shut tf up). oh, and also, people these days very often say he is everywhere and it's annoying (this is literally his job but whatever). and my all-time favourite: some people are mad that he was playing hamilton because they think he didn't deserve it (he literally wrote the whole thing but ok). one more thing: i have never read pjo, i literally just started reading it only because of lin, so i know nothing about hermes, but personally i really hope he will sing/rap, just because i want to see them all suffer.

there were also other controversial stuff (with in the heights, hamilton and puerto rico) but we are not going to discuss it on my blog, sorry (mostly because i have my own opinion about it and i know i will get a lot of hate for speaking my mind). one thing i can say is that nobody's perfect, we all make mistakes sometimes and i will always fight for him, no matter what.

[dieasthedevilwp]

What are some things you do that help your writing? Like how do you come up with consistent characters and create a storyline and stuff because yours are all so good and specific and idk how you do it lol

first of all, thank you so so much. i am very pleased that you find my characters consistent and good 😛

second of all, don't take my advice as professional expert advice because i don't know what i'm talking about mostly. i do things the way that my brain tells me to and it might not work for everyone.

thirdly, i first come up with characters when watching/rewatching a show/movie—except for juni; she was created solely because i saw her in hounddog and needed to make an oc out of her—and kind of work up storylines for them. all the stuff i'll list in this are things i do after i create an oc :)

without further ado, here are some of the things i do when creating a character and story:

notebook. get yourself a freaking notebook and write down anything and everything that you feel might be even a little bit worthy of being contained in the magical notebook. lines you like in shows and movies, metaphors that stick out to you, lyrics you love, complex thoughts you have, moments in your life that feel brilliantly real and human. anything you want. for example, i watched a complete unknown, got home, and wrote "for now, track mud on somebody's carpet" in my notebook just because i absolutely loved that send-off on johnny cash's letter in the movie. it doesn't have to be complicated or special. just anything you notice and like that might inspire you while writing and spark new ideas.

notes app. i have been using my notes app like a psychopath since 2020 when i needed somewhere to write my obsessive thoughts about characters i loved and, as embarrassing as it is, things that were happening in the minecraft roleplay server i was far too invested in. i have a separate note dedicated to each of my books and i write all sorts of things in it. i write down things my characters like and dislike, lines i think i want them to say sometime in the book, important moments that need to happen in the book, details that i might easily forget, traits each character has, etc. i also take notes on the characters (not ocs) in the media i'm writing the fic about. i have notes about daryl dixon, bucky barnes, matt murdock, tony stark, and steve rogers, and i plan to keep adding more. it helps me keep already-established characters in character, which is kind of hard 😭

plan before you write. for marvel, i rewatch the movie i'm about to write and take notes on what i want my character to be doing and where i want my character to be in certain scenes, what my character's motivation is for the choices they make in important moments, things i want established in certain scenes, and most importantly, the growth i want my character to have gone through by the end of the movie. for tv shows, if i don't feel like rewatching the whole thing before starting writing, i reread wikipedia pages sometimes lol. mostly that hasn't been a problem though because i remember way too much about the walking dead and that's pretty much the main show i write about. anyway, the point is that it's easier if you don't just make it up as you go because if you do, it won't feel like your character has a story. it might just feel like your character is there for the sake of being there.

pinterest. pinterest is my lord and savior and i bow down to it. make pinterest boards for your ocs. save quotes that remind you of them, aesthetic images, outfits they might where, or whatever you want. it's so much fun and helps you individualize your characters.

that's pretty much all i can think of off the top of my head right now but if you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask them 🫡🫡

[lilacthebooklover]

20 Questions for Fic Writers

@snarky-wallflower Thanks for the tag! This was a lot of fun :)

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

67 currently, but I have deleted a few old ones lol

2. What’s your total word count?

Now, when I tell you I went overboard on this question, I went overboard. My private, unposted, solely-written-by-me fics' total word count is 227,868. My total word count for fics I've collaborated with @charismabee on is 477,549, and my total word count on AO3 is 389,530. However, quite a few of my AO3 fics are collabs with Red, so if you take away everything like Wilting Flowers and Owl House but Kindergarten, you're left with 225,235 words written solely by me. So, if you total up 225,235 + 227,868 + 477,549, then you get a grand total of 930,652 words! Then, of course, there's the whole matter of my old fics on regular Word and not Docs, which would probably add up to at least another 50,000 total considering we're talking about my ASOUE and DT17 phases, as well as all of the private Viva Pinata and miscellaneous musical stuff lurking in there, and we've got that weird writing app on my tablet that I used a lot a couple of years ago whenever my phone got confiscated, but I cannot be bothered to search through all of that right now. So, it mostly rounds up to around 1,000,000 words. Fanfiction may or may not be taking over my life. (Gosh I love maths <3)

3. What fandoms?

I've written mostly for the Kindergarten 1 and 2 fandom, my total fics on AO3 for it totaling 38. However, I have written a heck of a lot of OMORI as well, and dabble in the Owl House, DHMIS, a few webseries on YT as well as the Hatchetverse sometimes, too!

4. Top 5 fics by kudos

1. World's Okayest Uncle at 799. My latest WIP, written for the Hatchetfield Universe and based around the concept of Paul Matthews becoming the accidental uncle of every kid in town. Each chapter focuses on a different child (the three so far about Alice, Richie and Pete respectively), and once all of them have been sufficiently adopted, I've been considering adding some slice-of-life stuff, exploring the changed character dynamics, and looking into parts of canon that would change in the AU as well. 2. Hollow at 455, a Hunter-centric one-shot for the Owl House set immediately after season 2 finished. It was written in the post King's Tide craze of awesome Human Realm content, so it got quite a lot of hits at the time. It focuses on Hunter dealing with the aftermath of Belos seemingly having died, and himself having being thrown into a completely new, unfamiliar world as an unfamiliar God took over his own :) 3. Flapjacks at 279, another Hunter-centric piece because TOH fans can't get enough of him lol (I am very much one of those fans). I began writing it back when Thanks to Them was first released, then got the motivation to finish it after I saw Watching and Dreaming. It focuses on Hunter returning to the Human Realm after the Collector's defeat, as well as Camila's thoughts on being a parent of who knows' how many kids at this point. Hunter finally gets the chance to mourn, and finds out what a flapjack actually is. 4. Gravesfield Historical Society, at 275. In which it's only natural that the Boiling Isles' leading Human Expert decides to do some research, and Gus does his very best to ignore the images plaguing him from looking into Belos' mind. Vee looks for some closure, Hunter is very protective over his little siblings, and Gus just wants to have a fun day at the museum. Things... Don't go to plan. 5. Fading, at 215. Yet another TOH work (I was around when the fandom was active as heck), one of the shortest pieces I've ever written at only 722 words. It's from Flapjack's POV during that scene in Thanks for Them. You know the one. I made lots of people cry, and sacrificed the birb.

5. Do you respond to comments?

Of course!! I thoroughly appreciate every comment I receive; they really make my day. Being part of an active fandom with the Uncle Paul AU has sort of taken me by storm so my inbox is pretty clogged at the moment, but I promise that I have read and smiled over and will reply to the comments all of my lovely readers have left behind! It means so much that someone's not only taken the time to read what I've written, but that they liked it enough to leave a comment behind. Even just keysmashes or "<33"s are really lovely to see, so thank you to the wonderful commentors out there! You guys are awesome :D

6. What’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Ooh, now this is a tough one! Pretty much 95% of what I write is angst, with a good 70% being Hurt No Comfort. Still, I think the angstiest ending I've ever written would have to be that of either "Enough", in which 13 y/o me decided it was a good idea to follow the perspective of kindergartener Theodore Huxley as his brother pushed him to his death, or "Wilted", in which 13 y/o me decided it was a good idea to follow the perspective of suicidal kindergartener Lily as she gave up on finding the one person who cared about her and committed suicide as a result of being bullied. Wilted should probably win out considering the implications of what would happen to Billy as a result, and bc the ending subsequently led to Nugget's death too, but Ted's train of thought in Enough is so gosh darn sad.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Definitely "McDonald's". That's the fluffiest thing I've ever written, no doubt about it. Not a smidgen of angst, just a bunch of kids with colourful eyes and pointy ears walking into a fast food restaurant and discovering what chicken nuggets are. It literally ends with the promise of more cute adventures to come, so I'd say this one's a no-brainer loll

8. Do you get hate on fics?

I've only ever received hate once, on a little Gravity Falls AU I made entitled "Puppet Strings and Stage Curtains". I got some pretty nasty criticism on it and, as a kid who was still very anxious about posting stuff online, it really impacted me at the time. I'm still a little nervous even now to open up my inbox because I think I might have gotten another comment like that shfjdhhgkjh. I wound up abandoning the fic because my motivation was completely destroyed, and I couldn't even look at the thing without feeling ashamed. However, I haven't received any hate since, which is great! There's just no reason for it, really; if you like something, leaving a comment is wonderful, and it makes the author happy! If you don't, just don't read the fic. Leaving a hurtful comment isn't going to make anyone happy, and can be really damaging to writers. Shoutout to @weedkillercentral, who, without fail, leaves the bizzarest comments known to man on almost every work I post.

9. Do you write smut?

Nope! I am a ✨minor✨ (@snarky-wallflower dw I too am a nerdy prude, sex jokes are Ew). Still, I do enjoy writing romance from time to time! Some ships are straight-up hard not to enjoy reading/writing for :))

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Funny story, actually. I used to have Wattpad and, as much as I hated using it, a friend of mine liked the site so I used it to support her. I wound up posting some of my own stuff on there at one point. I will never be able to get over the fact that when you searched up my username online, the images used to show a picture of Sharkbomb Glomgold. How do I know this? Because small me got bored and looked up my username, and accidentally found a mirror site to Wattpad with some of my stuff on. It credited my username and everything, but I panicked about it because as far as I was aware, I had no control over whether I could take it down or what else could be put on it. So, I deleted everything on my account, and just like that, the fics on the mirror site vanished. So no, I've never had anything outright stolen-- at least, I hope I haven't-- but that was a Not Fun experience for little me a few years ago

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

No, I'm not famous enough for that lol. I did have an offer for someone to make a podfic of smth I wrote a few years ago, but they never got around to it. Still, if anyone ever wants to translate one of my fics, I'd love it if you did! Please just let me know and acknowledge me as the OG author; having a work translated sounds awesome.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yes! Many thanks yet again to the amazing @charismabee, my dear co-author and the Kel shirt to my Maverick cosplay wig. The amount of hours I've spent writing with her is actually insane, as well as the times we've just messaged brainstorming AUs or having far too strong feelings about the show Elena of Avalor. We've done joint Whumptobers and Febuwhumps, fics that are combinations of the nichest stories and characters, a lot of redemption arcs for 5-year-olds... If you like my stuff, I thoroughly encourage you to go give her work a read at TheFearIsRed on AO3! :D

If anyone else ever wants to try collaborating on something, I think I'd be willing to give it a try! There are loads of talented authors on here, and co-writing is a lot of fun <3

14. What’s your all-time favorite ship?

Hmm... Well, Paulkins is an obvious one (remember that one post about "hatchetfield fans when normal man and his barista crush show up for 5 seconds"? yeah that's me). They have a level of mutual trust and understanding that's just really nice to explore, they both have issues galore but will support each other no matter what, half infected Paul content is golden and as an avid Uncle Paul truther, Emma finding out about his many children is just too funny a concept to me. They act like teenagers when they see each other, they're both down bad, she knows he doesn't like the Christmas advert jingles, he thinks she's funny,,, they're so <3

Another strong contender is Pearla (Penny x Carla), from the K2 fandom. @goldmoth82 was the one who got me into writing about them with their absolutely incredible stuff (art, fics, you name it!). They're just a traumatised android and a thieving arsonist, what more could you want?

Gold rush (Kel x Mikhael) is another of my favourites though, mostly because it's so funny. Mikhael has declared them rivals, and Kel could not care less. Mikhael challenges him to races, and Kel beats him easily. Mikhael insults him often, but Kel doesn't retaliate. Mikhael wants to be independent and special, to stand out from everyone else. Kel wants to be appreciated as more than just Hero's brother, to be liked and acknowledged as himself. Mikhael would vehemently deny his feelings until Daphne and Bowen tied them up together and forced him to confess. Rivals are just lovers in disguise, everyone. One-sided gold rush is even funnier, because they're technically one-sided rivals. Kel was Mikhael's homosexual awakening. Mikhael looks so dumb and flamboyant because he's trying to impress him. Mikhael claims he hates him and that his bright red face is from anger after Kel effortlessly beats him time and time again. I love them.

But I think out of everything, Wrightworth would have to take my top pic for favourite ship. Gay lawyers who would die for each other for the win.

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you will?

Ohh gosh. There are quite a few, but I'd probably say this year's Whumptober. My mental health went schwoop this October and I only got up to day 11 despite my plans. I still intend to finish the collab one with Red when I have time again (exams suck), and I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to get around to completing it. At least there's always next year! :"]

16. What are your writing strengths?

Definitely characterisation. I have a lot of fun getting into characters' heads and making studies on them in different scenes or just overall, and have a lot of fun bouncing different personalities off of each other. Once I know a character, I know the character, and writing their POV is as simple as breathing lol. I'd also say that I'm pretty good at tension building and breaking, as well as Hurt No Comfort (you need some good old angst, I'm your gal).

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Action scenes, for one, though I've been improving on them since I started the TOH Kindergarten AU! I'd also say that I struggle with slower-paced, filler sort of stuff. I might like to build up to an event, but chapters that don't have plot relevance just sort of stump me lol, even when they're necessary :)

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language?

I enjoy learning languages, and have been teaching myself Spanish for the past couple of years or so. However, writing them is a whole separate thing entirely. If I had a translator, I'd be all good! I just get a little worried when I write any language that isn't Spanish because google translate is unreliable as heck, so I typically tend to avoid it. Luckily, none of my fandoms really require it- but if that Franziska & Miles brainrot doesn't go away soon, I might be in a bit of a pickle trying to write German dialogue hshjhgfk

19. First fandom you wrote for?

A Series of Unfortunate Events (the Netflix show). It was the first fandom I got really, properly into, diving in headfirst at the age of about 12 and finding a lot of awesome content. The obsession I had with VFDBaudelaireFile13's Violet Snicket AU "Misery Loves Company" a few years ago was wild. My writing back then was very jolty, and I wrote in chapters that only lasted a few paragraphs with big, bold titles that often had at least two exclamation marks at the end. Still, ASOUE is one of my favourite shows to this day, and I don't regret a thing from my time binge-reading everything I could find for it (except that one lemons fic I accidentally came across when starved for content), nor any of the silly little unposted AUs I wrote on Word.

20. Top 3 fics I've ever written:

I puzzled over this question for ages, but found it impossible to choose just one! Ignore that I'm cheating a little here, and take three instead <3

1. An unposted collaborative work with @charismabee/TheFearIsRed that we called MPT. It was the first big fic I ever wrote, and it was probably what really got me into writing as a hobby. I got to spend time at random intervals writing about and whumping my favourite characters with someone I'm very close with, making up the plot as we went along. I remember coming up with the initial idea on a swingset, and spending hours colour-coding every segment of those 50,000 words based on each mention of a character as well as who wrote what. MPT is messy, and a tad repetitive in places, and while finished, I don't believe it's something I'll ever post. But it holds a special place in my heart, and it's a lot of fun looking back on my writing from a couple years ago compared to now 2. Not sure if this fully counts, but an untitled Omori WIP I've got going atm is definitely up there. It's Hero-centric with huge emphasis on his trauma, following the course of the year the events of the game occur in. I've had a blast writing his thoughts and time at college, and I'm geberally just really proud of it thus far. Hopefully, it'll be done by January in time for his birthday! :) 3. Now this one is a posted work– Magical Girls: Omori!, another collab with Red. We came up with the idea, binge-watched season one of Glitter Force on Netflix, and ran with the plot. We've planned out all of season 1 with ideas for season 2, incorporated a plethora of great characters, and been able to mess around with a fun fantasy high school full of our favourites. It's always wonderful to write, and I really like how it's been going!

Thank you again to @snarky-wallflower for the tag! You're amazing <3

As for people I know, I've tagged the vast majority of you already sjhkffg oops.

@charismabee @goldmoth82 @weltato @inprisonforsparkling hey there jpr the au mastermind, fanartist of the century, paul whump bestie and king of michie. you guys are some of my favourite writers out there, i'd love to see what you answer with for this (no pressure ofc!) <33

[prpfz]

🌺Hey, 24f looking for some new fandomless rps, semi-lit to novella. Prefer partners to be atleast 20, and I exclusively write over Discord. I love OOC and all the fun stuff, pinterest boards, playlists, etc. I do work full time but aim for at least daily replies but don’t have any real preference for how often you get your reply back. I have a couple different characters that work for a bunch of eras and plotlines. I write men and women, I do m/f, m/m and f/f pairings. But I do prefer the female role for m/f pairings. Also am down for side characters and pairings that differ from the main. For settings, I like writing modern and historical! I mostly stay away from sci-fi, but can def do a pseudo-fantasy medieval vibe. 

Plots, I’m super open! Here’s a couple ideas, -Detective(ish) stories! A pair of detectives working together, a journalist and the main focus of their writing (criminal, hero-officer, local person of intrigue), criminal and their s/o whose not involved and possibly on the opposition, sexworker and the officer who have a certain relationship. Super open on how we want to take this! Small town with a southern gothic vibe, maybe 80/90s big city, whatever n whenever! Would love the buildup of very interconnected characters and something even bigger than everyone initially thought. 

-Artists! I think the idea of an up n coming younger artist getting into the private gallery ran by their own icons is a cool idea. The gallerist has stopped painting and maybe there’s a specific reason, they both grow closer and learn more. Am open to other plots, I think ballet or dance could be an interesting thing for a character to be involved in, or maybe we have a composer/musician on our hands. Maybe a plotline that gives less-creepy Phantom of the Opera vibes LOL! First idea was intended for modern-day, but would love to explore an 19th/20th century arts movement/era too!

-Academic Rivals! Could be a since-birth thing, but I also do like the premise happening to the characters as their older. College or even higher education level, or hell just give me two people who are both considered prodigies/experts in their field. Maybe their both working against eachother for a grant, or maybe they get paired together for a massive project. I love enemies to lovers, or two strangers accidentally becoming deeply n wildly codependent, only focused on their project

Or even if you just think our writing vibes are compatible and you have an idea you’ve been sitting on, bring it! I’d love to hear and discuss <3

Leave a like and I’ll reach out, thanks for reading!

give a like and anon will get back to you

[skrunksthatwunk]

HI IT'S SQUISHY fic ask game time:

F: Share a snippet from one of your favorite dialogue scenes you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.

I: Do you have a guilty pleasure in fic (reading or writing)?

R: Are there any writers (fanfic or otherwise) you consider an influence?

X: A character you enjoy making suffer.

:3

YAHOO HI SQUISHY TY FOR THE ASK >:33

ok uhhhh uh uh

F: i think if i had to choose anything, it'd probably be the cat petting circle scene from and who do you think i'll be (without you)?, because i am. really really bad at juggling more than like 3 characters in a scene and this has FIVE and it's still really fun to read, at least for me. it's dynamic, though admittedly the attention still mostly falls on kuwabara and yusuke (sorry keiko </3 i wish you were more prominent in this one but alas) everyone carries some weight. i'm also not great at understanding (and thus writing) anger, so yusuke's bubbling frustration through the scene is like.. kinda cool to me. (a/n: eikichi is kuwabara's cat lol)

i'm also including another two from this same fic bc i think they're neat as well :)

(i'll put a transcript of the screenshots at the end under the read more)

honestly, i love writing yusuke's dialogue no matter what he's saying, so this fic's got a few moments i'm very fond of, but didn't include. anyway it's the only good thing i've ever written (<- exaggerating, but it's probably my favorite fic i've written, and maybe favorite prose piece)

i also remember enjoying some of the dialogue between sagawa and majima in tough love for loveless things, and i assume i liked a lot of the stuff for i long for you and your expert hands, but i... haven't revisited that one in a long time (idk why but i'm a little afraid to?? i haven't forgotten it though), so i couldn't point to anything specific really ^ ^'

I: hm... i think i overindulge in characters just talking about nothing, at least when it comes to my writing. if i like them, i like hearing them talk about nothing, and it tends to bloat scenes and drag on, i figure. i also tend to gravitate towards really specific intensely described points of imagery that barely come up again and totally break the flow of the scene (oops). in terms of guilty pleasures in reading, uh...? i'm kind of a sucker for werewolf stuff because i got that dog in me. im drawing a blank ig sorry <3 OH i've always been hopelessly fond of whump / hurt/comfort / sickfic STUFF. legit since i was a child. i like it when they're out of it i like it when they're woozy. and anything with dumb hijinks and/or slapstick is good to me. comedy's hard and i like seeing idiots be idiots. and really introspective/inner monologue heavy pieces are mmmmwah for writing and reading

R: oh man. whatever i'm currently reading often ends up influencing my writing in noticeable (to me) ways. one time i was writing smth for my fiction writing class and i typed out a sentence that felt at once like smth dr seuss would write (you'll never guess what unit my children's lit class was on) and a line from lolita (because that's what i was reading at the time). it's a mashup that worked weirdly well. ANYWAY to actually answer the question, the little prince ruined me as a kid, and a lot of the way i express sadness and emptiness is channeling saint-exupery there. currently, arkady martine and andzrej sapkowski have been influencing my scenery descriptions in particular, because that's what i was most recently reading, but earlier this year i remember cormac mccarthy's the road finding its way under my pen a lot. for really flowery stuff (i don't think you see it much in my fics, but it's not Never), i think of alfred tennyson's maud quite often. this is not a conclusive list im just empty brained :P

X: ohhohohohohhh. god help me but i love making all of them suffer. to love something is to vivi/dissect it. currently kuwabara is the one i'm putting through the most though (<- channeling personal issues into this orange guy), but majima and kiryu were always lots of fun to break down >:). perhaps that's the real answer to the guilty pleasure section

[SCREENSHOT 1]:

“Hey, why’s she goin’ to Kurama and you and not me?” Yusuke complained, pouting at Keiko.

Kuwabara piped up. “Maybe it’s ‘cuz they have manners, unlike some of us.”

“Or patience,” Botan offered.

Yusuke stuck out his leg and prodded Kuwabara’s arm. “Yeah, and how’re your manners workin’ out for ya? You still look like someone’s been playin’ tic-tac-toe on your hands or did she become a saint overnight?”

“Shut up, Urameshi.”

Keiko spoke up from her spot on the floor. “Aw, I think she’s just sweet. Right?” She put her chin on her folded arms and gently rubbed at Eikichi’s cheek. With a warm smile, Keiko turned her head into her arms further, squishing her face, openly endeared. “Even if she bites sometimes.”

“Finally, someone gets it,” Kuwabara moaned. “Keiko, tell Urameshi that for me, will ya?”

Yusuke didn’t buy it. “If she was sweet she’d be sweet to me, too.”

“Benevolence is nearly always conditional,” Kurama said, leaning over to rub Eikichi’s ears. “Perhaps she senses your standoffishness and simply chooses not to engage with someone who does not seem to want her.” Kurama’s brilliant green eyes swept back to Yusuke for emphasis. “You two may have that in common.”

“Wh—?!” Yusuke spluttered a bit, before settling on, “Watch it, fox boy.”

“Aw,” Botan giggled, “Yusuke, it’s alright, you know. Some of us just have an animal-like charm. Meow meow!” She hooked her hands like paws.

“Right, and I’m saying Eikichi’s not so charming. I mean, she’s been ignoring you, too, Botan, whaddyou think?”

“Oh, she’s just lovely! Simply adorable,” Botan cooed.

“Heheh, looks like you’re outnumbered, Urameshi!”

[SCREENSHOT 2]:

Rocking his chair back lazily, Yusuke noticed Kuwabara’s scratch-laced hands and whistled. “Damn, Kuwabara. It’s kinda beating you up, huh? That cat o’ yours. You look like you just fought me, only smaller.”

“For the last time, Urameshi, Eikichi’s a she! Quit it with the it crap or I’ll knock you into next Sunday brunch.” He jabbed his chopsticks at Yusuke pointedly. “And I don’t think you could get any smaller.”

“Yeah, yeah, whatever. She’s beating the shit outta you. But what’s with that? I thought kittens were s’posed to be all cute n’ cuddly.” Yusuke swirled his drink thoughtfully before taking a swig.

“You’ve never had a kitten, have you, Urameshi?” Kuwabara deadpanned. He had the right to do that now that he was a cat-rearing expert, as if he hadn't learned it very recently himself.

“No. ’M not really crazy about animals. Neither's my mom.” Under his breath, Yusuke added, “Knowing her, that’s probably for the best.”

“Wh—? How?!” 

Yusuke shrugged.

Kuwabara huffed. “Ugh, she’s teething right now, okay? And I haven’t got her a scratching post yet. She’ll grow out of it, you’ll see.”

“Whatever you say, man. Just try not to lose any limbs waiting for her to get manners, arright? Don’t wanna make our fights even more one-sided. That’d just be sad.”

“Yeah, right, Urameshi.” Kuwabara puffed out his chest. “Eikichi could take two o’ my limbs and I’d still wipe the street with ya.”

“Hey, try beating me with four limbs first, tough guy.”

The conversation devolved into threats and bickering from there, culminating in little more than wrinkled uniforms and mussed hair-dos, and one final exchange.

“You haven’t even met her, Urameshi, so how could you know what she’s like?”

“‘Cuz you’re carryin’ the proof right there, stupid! Look, don’t take it so personal. I just don’t feel like spending all day roughhousing with someone that far beneath my weight class, even if she is the precious little angel you say she is."

[SCREENSHOT 3]:

Yusuke lounged on the floor, Eikichi sitting on his chest and staring down at him.

“What’re you starin’ at, Stinkass?”

Kuwabara scoffed loudly, fluffing out the pillow Yusuke would use.

Yusuke smirked at him. “Oh, I’m sorry, your highness, I left my manners at home.” He cleared his throat. “What are you staring at, Her Royal Majesty the Queen Stinkass?”

“Man, why'dya only pick mean pet names to give ‘er?” It came out a bit harsher than he meant.

“What?” Yusuke began to sit up, but stopped when he remembered Eikichi’s place on him. He dropped back down and shut his eyes lazily. “These aren’t pet names, they’re, like, insults. That I don’t mean.”

“So ‘Stinkass’ is your idea of an affectionate nickname?”

“Gee, you don’t have to make it sound so damn girly. I’m just callin’ her that ‘cause I like her.”

“Ooh~ so you like her, huh?” Kuwabara sat up on his knees and—once Eikichi got the hint and clambered off—smacked Yusuke’s face with his pillow, holding it over his face. “Whatever happened to not bein’ mushy, tough guy?”

Yusuke wrenched the pillow from his grip and lazily swung it at him, not bothering to get up. “Hey, you told me she doesn’t judge about that sorta thing, right? And I’m learnin’ there’s benefits to bein’ mushy, like kicking ass better.” He shifted to crack his back, then sighed, relaxing into the floor. “I’m just sticking to my way, and sometimes that means calling her Kuwabara’s Favorite Little Shitblaster or whatever.”

[mochami-mochi]

my attempt at an intro post

you can call me mocha! pronouns: she/her

my obsessions include: svt, txt, project sekai, love live (mostly aqours), fruits basket, the owl house, brooklyn 99 and angel beats — there’s probably more tho lol

my hobbies: crying over my studies, playing games (fps, rhythm, cozy), listening to music, writing, drawing, baking

my current favourite songs: envy baby, queen, god-ish, CRAZY, beyond the way

fun useless facts about me:

i’m the top listener for guilty kiss (including kowareyasuki and nameless love song)

i can ap most hard and some expert songs in project sekai

my fav emojis include: 🫶💪🤨⁉️🫵

a sneak peak to who i am:

i am the breed of writer that either writes 200 words over the span of three days or 2000 words in an hour, there is no in between.

♡ my ao3

♡ my spotify

[profbastard]

Heyo! Hope you're doing well! Love all your AUs since I saw them on Instagram. I recently found that I can ask you anything on Tumblr (bc I'm new to Tumblr and a noob LOL XD) I want to ask you something if you have the time (It's alright if you don't). Where do you get your ideas for AUs and the inspiration to continue them? All of your ideas are amazing and I want to write more as a fellow writer. I recently wrote my first fanfic about a Mario and Luigi wholesome and comforting moment (it's mostly a Mario Movie aftermath fanfiction, but even if you don't like the film, I also did it for wholesome Mario and Luigi bro moments and angst too so there's that at least), but it's hard coming up with ideas for more stories. I also wanted to ask this out of curiosity because like I said, you have awesome AUs and I want to know how you come up with them. Hope you have a good day/night, and keep up the good work! Best wishes from a fellow writer and Mario and Luigi fan! (Especially Luigi ;) )

Well well well, I recognize you from Instagram! Welcome to the tumblr! This was so lovely to read, you’re really so kind :’) your support and thoughtful comments always make me so happy and inspire me in-turn <3

NOW- My ideas for my AUs all boil down to my brain asking myself hypothetical questions surrounding something already present in a Mario game and RUNNING WITH IT. I’m very detail-oriented, so that gets me naturally asking questions about things the writers probably didn’t think anyone would stop to question.

Sometimes hypothetical questions don’t allow you to dig that deep, but other times it leads you down a rabbit hole of branching tunnels to other questions. And in answering those questions, you’ve got the start of a good premise for a story (as long as there’s emotional weight and stakes to it).

I find the inspiration to keep building on my AUs from that need to satisfy that basic curiosity I have about these piles of questions I’ve collected. I could go into detail about how I came up with each AU if that’s helpful, but honestly, it’s gonna be different for every person what ideas they think are fun to explore!

I can also say I get a lot of little bits of inspiration from non-Mario related fictional works. So if you’re feeling dry on ideas, pick up a new game or book or podcast! I’ve gotten outside inspiration from Venom, Re-Animator, The Mist, and Captain Underpants. So it can really be anything hahaha

I also had never thought of myself as a writer before, but I suppose I am a little bit! My friends that write full-blown fan fiction are beyond impressive to me, so you’re doing something I’ve never even tried (except like, a small Gravity Falls fan fiction I wrote in highschool in English class, lol).

I hope this is at least borderline cohesive and provides a unique perspective; but boy, I am not an expert in any of this, so be WARNED. I wish you the best of luck in your creative endeavors and hope you keep having a ton of fun 😁

[mangoisms]

hi so i remembered that you’re also a psych major and i was wondering if i could perhaps maybe get your opinion on a project?? if not that’s completely okay! i just would like a second opinion on the connection since the assignment is to connect psychology concepts to media, and i wanted to connect one to batman lol

so my connection was basically that batman is kind of a representation of the humanistic psychological approach because of his no killing rule? i felt that i could connect it because (this is only as far as i know, the thing is im not SUPER well versed in the comics lol) since he refuses to kill, he just sends them to arkham. and if i remember correctly he believes in rehabilitation for his rogues, and some of them have actually been able to change their ways, so it’s him cleaning up the streets with his belief that there is potential for good that is innate to all humans, which fits humanism really well if that makes sense lol idk 😭😭

but yeah if you don’t mind i’d really appreciate a second opinion but if not that’s totally okay!

omg of course!!! i’m honored to help… tho i do have to admit i had to look up what humanistic psychology is HAHA. wiki says a relation to maslow? who i am familiar with… and the field is in response to behaviorism and psychoanalytic theory, two fields i am also very familiar with, so i thinkkkkk i know what’s going on here but this might inform my response so just a heads up <3 and i mean of course definitely take Anything i say with a grain of salt LOLLL (and under the cut just so this isn’t too long on the dash)

i definitely think you can make something of it!!! i am also admittedly not that much of an expert with him, mostly by proxy, but i do think it is fair to say a true version of batman is supposed to believe in rehabilitation/in second chances. i also—totally unsolicited advice you don’t have to take but i was thinking about this while i was writing— have a couple other thoughts….

i think you could bring in maslow here as well with his hierarchy of needs and apply to gotham as well? without getting too sociological, it can be pretty safely said, discounting people like the joker who do Bad Things just because it’s fun and he’s an asshole, that crime runs rampant because needs aren’t being met? gotham is corrupt, the government doesn’t do its job, people get desperate, they turn to crime, bruce wayne does what he can to alleviate this with his wealth and status and batman can bridge the gap between the people in need and bruce wayne -> tie that back to batman’s innate belief in the goodness of people and giving them second chances, which i also think you can back up with canon evidence because i am 90% it is canon he saw joe chill and forgave him for what he did

but yes!!! i think it sounds super cool and i think there are a couple different ways to connect psych with batman, which is neat because i’ve never really thought about it like that! well i did once with my stress class and bruce and the amount of stress his body is under and how he hasn’t had a heart attack by now but ANYWAY yeah ^_^ good luck with it!! i hope i could help out a little bit? and if you need any more help/clarification, feel free to pop back in and talk to me! <333

[caesarflickermans]

Tag Game

Tag 9 people you want to get to know better. I was tagged by @hayffiebird Thank you c:

Three ships:

Virgilia/Plutarch. I know, a bit cliche to put my own ship forth here, but I'm noticing how much less of a shipper I've become insofar that I've more lukewarm takes on most ships, but this is one I'm really passionate about. It really (obviously) encompasses a lot of what I personally enjoy in seeing a relationship unfold. Virgilia has her own personal journey that fits well with Plutarch's. They complement each other so well and it's enjoyable to write / think about them :>

David Butt/Julia Montague. Those two are from the BBC series Bodyguard and they are such an interesting couple. There's hatred initially, each of their moments bringing them closer, and the final resolution of their story (the question of being together) never finding an answer. The show has its own problems with the portrayal of Muslim characters, and tbf whenever I rewatch it I only watch the first three episodes, but it has a sort of tension and development that I've really never seen replicated. I'm a sucker for bodyguard stuff, but none ever did it as well as this show, and most of those stories are far too smutty, far too overprotective, far too easily and quickly resolve (and me and @beedelia totally have a Plutarch&V AU based on those two).

This is NOT a ROMANTIC ship (hence the &), but I love PLATONIC stuff so much, so: Ellie Williams&Joel Miller. I really, fully, enjoy their growth together. I love a good parenting platonic not-actually-related situation. Their story is so raw. It's the way that their relationship is painted through struggles. It's the going through everything to keep their dad/their daughter safe. I love their journey and I love both games so much.

This was really hard because, as I said, I've got plenty of ships and I feel rather lukewarm about them. As in, yeah, I enjoyed this, but it doesn't have my mind spinning once I finish it and am done with the show/game. Here's a list of some ships I enjoy, but do not have a lot to say about: F!Commander Shepard/Miranda Lawson (Mass Effect), Cullen Rutherford/F!Inquisitor (Dragon Age), Will Graham/Bedelia Du Maurier (Hannibal), Serena Joy/Mark Tuello (Handmaid's Tale), Blackbeard/Stede Bonnet (Our Flag Means Death), Newt Scamander/Leta Lestrange (Fantastic Beasts). Was this cheating? Maybe, lol.

First ever ship:

I think my first ever ship was Captain Amelia/Dr. Doppler, mostly because I was very gay for Amelia and was excited for any romance interest she got. Like, it should have been me, but this was second best. I didn't write fanfiction about it or anything because I was far too young, but I think this was the first moment where I really shipped something.

First time I engaged with fandom might have been Remus Lupin/Tonks. Though I mostly read stuff rather than wrote anything.

First time I wrote something (in rp) was Haymitch/Effie, though I don't ship them anymore--same as Lupin and Tonks actually lol. Both for different reasons.

Last song: Bottom of the River by Delta Rae. Been listening to this one while writing!

Last movie: Everything Everywhere All At Once. I've had this on my watchlist since release and finally got around to it. Feels like something you should totally watch a second time. It was a brilliant movie.

Currently reading: A secret history. I'm not sure what to think of it yet & I'm halfway through. It's definitely interesting, but it's a very slow read (or maybe me mostly reading it in bed before falling asleep just doesn't read very fast).

Currently watching: Arctic Warrior. It's a German TV show about one (military) expert and one beginner having to survive (and travel through) the arctic parts of Finland. I usually don't enjoy those kind of shows, but I have a soft spot for Otto + watching it as an uncut reaction video from a favourite youtuber of mine is double fun. Actual tv series though, I want to start Succession (thanks Emily, lol) and/or Yellowjackets.

Currently consuming: I ate my salad + slice of bread for the evening :>

Currently craving: Still a bit hungry, so maybe some fruit later. I've got mango and peaches at home :)

Tagging: @beedelia @footnoteinhistory @plvtarch @mrsalanavalentine @rosegardeninwinter @ellanainthetardis @endlessnightlock @tinyfrenchowl @mollywog @districtunrest @bexbaxx @thegoddessprose @jenniferiawrence

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WayV haunted house let's goooo (Part 1) (Part 2)

I saw a post the other day about how WayV videos are the worst to subtitle because of all the different languages they speak, with this video being used as an example, so I am looking forward lol

Dejun is the horror enthusiast I guess

Hendery's Siri is in Cantonese!!!!

Amusing themselves with Hendery's smartwatch

Moth alert

When Hendery was talking about being some sort of expert. The Chinese text over Dejun and Qian Kun's heads are "We're listening" and "You're writing." But the writing is specific to story telling/lying. So it's basically like saying "Yeah, keep lying dude."

Teasing Winwin for being a scaredy cat :3

They talked about how Winwin's hands were in his pockets in an attempt to look cool but they were probably shaking from the fear and the guys were like omg like History (by Exo)

At this point, the guys use Mandarin and Korean interchangeably. This is a bit of a tangent, but I think that comes from them having a very unclear marketing direction. They were created to target the Chinese audience and yet have mostly promoted with the Korean model (and even had shows where they had to fully promote in Korean).

"KORE WA DESTINY DESU" Hendery you absolute weeb (throwback to Hendery freaking out about Shotaro speaking in Japanese)

Sicheng getting mad because Hendery and Kun weren't following behind X'D He gets so aggressive when he's scared.

He sure is lol. Qian Kun was like stop destroying the set.

Sicheng's meltdown immediately after they saw the person in the classroom X'D He was like "why is there a person ToT didn't we agree that there wouldn't be other people in here ToT"

Hendery singing the new years 恭喜 song to ward off the bad spirits I guess X'D This was after Qian Kun tried to take the paper from one of the 'sleeping' students and one popped up with the scary mask ToT

And then Hendery started singing the Cantonese version of the Doraemon theme song lol

Qian Kun, Sicheng, and Hendery are so polite lol. Never want to offend the spirits y'know

Opening the door to the room where the scary student is playing the keyboard and Sicheng is like this is too scary TAT and immediately closes the door back

The video was generally a little bit blurry, probably because most of it is quite dark

Sicheng literally said "If I can't see her, she can't see me"

Sicheng being like we should get this done soon, the student will get tired playing for so long X'D

Yangyang and Dejun making fun of Ten for being scared

Qian Kun struggling with the door and being like 'why won't it open!' and Sicheng being like this is an abandoned school put some respect on that name

Hendery and Sicheng playing word chain while walking into the infirmary

Is it just me or is there someone under the bed???

I won't lie, the patient sitting up was pretty freaky X'D all the guys ran out X'D

Sicheng being like "I even apologized in Cantonese ToT"

Hendery washing his hands in the haunted house has "drunk in the escape room and accidentally using the washroom" energy

When the guys got to the washroom, Sicheng was saying in Korean that he thought there'd be something in the last stall (majima) and Qian Kun started singing Dream's My First and Last ToT He is Dream's gege

Hendery wanting to use the Leekbong as a transformation device in the style of Magical Girls. Weeb Hendery strikes yet again.

Hendery wanting to have a dance party with the skeleton and the Leekbong X'D I don't know what song he was singing though

XiaoYangTen telling ghost stories to pass the time, one about their manager who presumably is not dead lol. Then dance battle, and then drawing on the chalkboard.

XiaoYangTen hearing the others scream and Ten just straight up "I don't want to go alone"

So it turns out KunWinDery were being chased by someone and then they ran into the washroom. Kun ran into one of the stalls and the caption here is "I want to calm down" X'D

I don't know if this is Sicheng's natural accent or him putting on an accent but he rolled his R after the 了 XD

Sicheng immediately getting scared after losing rock paper scissors and being the combo breaker X'D

Oh my god Yangyang's zombie impression is freakishly good

I can't believe Ten actually got Xiaojun to trade with him lol. So easily pleased.

Sicheng got blood stains all over his shirt lol.

Yangyang said that Ten will actually fight people

Sicheng pronounced his 了 the same way again :P

Yangyang's actually looking for evidence while Ten's just watching the scary students with the stool as a weapon

Dejun practising boxing after hearing Yangyang's screaming

Ten keeping his head down while approaching the scary student playing on the keyboard lol. Honestly I would do the same. In the words of Sicheng, if you can't see them, they can't see you TAT

It looks like each team is getting different clues, and a different final number, so that changes things

The scary keyboard student played a congratulatory song when Ten and Yangyang got the answer X'D

The last guy was chasing Ten and Yangyang but then they realized that he was waving them over. This text showed up, saying "I really am a good person. I don't understand why you guys are running." XD

Ten asking Sicheng why he sweat so much ToT

Dejun tying his shoelaces in preparation to run the hell away

All the WayVs are so polite even when they're scared out of their pants X'D Dejun knocking on the classroom door after freaking out about seeing people there lol

Dejun talking to himself and hyping himself up as he opens the toilet stall doors. Honestly, that would be the way to go. You have to make as much noise as possible so you don't feel alone lol.

Omg keyboard girl finally snapped X'D Dejun reasoning with her being like "omg what do you mean I'm not translating this right?!"

Keyboard girls' facepalm X'D Dejun is NOT understanding the assignment and he's also frazzled so him understanding is going to be a struggle

Dejun screaming at the rising patient and then immediately returning like "wait, you called?"

The guys planning a zombie surprise from Dejun ToT As if he hasn't gone through enough on his own

The three-person team got last place, but Yangyang was like cut them some slack, Qian Kun did all the work X'D

Qian Kun was like these two kept freaking out!! And then the pointing game began between Sicheng and Hendery. And then Sicheng called Hendery a coward lol. A beautiful friendship indeed.

And then they took photos with the actors :P

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sorry guys nerd time!!!

honeys’s lovely tags asked who rosaline is and BOY do i have feelings abt this lol

rosaline is the primary reason a large body of shakespeare fans/readers/experts perceive the play at large as satirical, rather than genuine. there’s lots of reasons for this interpretation - the age of both romeo and juliet, the speed with which they get engaged, typical ideas which shakespeare has been known to play on….but rosaline is the most important one

when we first meet romeo, his character is introduced as a hopeless, love sick man who is genuinely so caught up in his unrequited feelings his parents are worried for his health. benvolio and mercutio make fun of him, and convince him to come to a party with them (the very capulet ball where he meets juliet for the first time…) . and who is romeo so obsessed with at this point?

not juliet. they’ve never even met by this point. rather, a woman called rosaline who has sworn herself to chastity as a nun. this is all we know about her - as romeo and most of the audience forgets about her entirely the moment juliet enters

that’s right. romeo genuinely said ‘forswear it sight, for i ne’er saw beauty til this night’ literally ABT AN HOUR after he said Rosaline was the most beautiful woman in the world and he’d never love again….

are we seeing the problem? this ties in with the common theme of young love being blind, but personally i’ve always found the play to be pushing into satire because romeo is just tooooooooo insane abt two girls within a short space of time

anyways there’s some rlly cool adaptations out there abt rosaline but i’ve always wanted to create one one day that centred around both girls. i AM aware they’re cousins in the original so i would just….change that

i also wanted it to be canon compliant. which means juliet has to die (mostly so i can kill romeo lol). how do i then give the lesbians a happy ending? VAMPIRES

anyways this is a very long post for an abandoned wip but…if u got this far, let me know which shakespeare retelling you would like to read or write one day :))))))

Let’s do “bee”

Seems accurate to my branding

thanks for the ask! this one took me a while to find. its from a (mostly abandoned lol) wip about Romeo and Juliet, or rather, Juliet and Rosaline. the concept: sapphic romance plus vampires equals the solution to shakespeare's most famous tragedy...

One gentle morning, they’d lain in a heap on the forest floor, grass in their hair and leaves on their clothes and eyes wide as they watched bees float lazily overhead. The scent of summer was humid, like a physical presence in the air, a blanket holding them down. In the heat, Rosaline hadn’t wanted to move. She didn’t want to roll over to meet Juliet’s eyes, or get up to return to town. Instead, her hand reached out of its own accord, tangling in Juliet’s own.

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I am interested in your opinion. Which versions of Johnny are the most affectionate in terms of physical contact, and which are the least?

Asdfg I'm so disappointed in myself when you mentioned Johnny I was like, who, and then it hit me lmao. It's been a long couple of weeks...

Honestly, I appreciate you asking me, lol. I don't consider myself exactly an expert on the Scarecrows although I'm trying to learn cause I do like him a lot it's just been a struggle writing him for me lmao

Anywho, I definitely think overall it will take a long time before most of the Scarecrows to even feel comfortable being physically affectionate with a partner.

Listing under the tag cause my use of paragraphs is astronomical and don't wanna clunk anyone's dash

Most physically affectionate:

- Harley Quinn The Animated Series

- Masters of Fear (definitely shy about it at first, but will absolutely yearn for it once he's used to it)

- Batman the Animated Series (same with MoF)

- Happy Halloween, Scooby Doo (don't know if its favoritism but I just feel like the boomer can be handsy if he wanted)

Least physically affectionate:

Doesn't mean they can't be, i just think they have other forms of affection they use, mostly likely using words or actions instead

- Nolanverse/Murphy (honestly was stuck on him...)

- Arkhamverse (especially mostly Akrham Knight)

- Fear State

- The New Batman Adventures

- Year One

I hope this makes...sense? This is purely based on my personal takeaways from when I read the comics and/or watched the shows/movie/game and sometime has passed but I think I'd come to the same conclusion even if it's fresh in my mind.

Thanks for asking! This was fun to think about lol