#but idc I can do this and i will be hyping myself up in the mirror

[dan-crimes]

POV me trying to act like a normal human in order to give my OCs traits that normal people have (it isn't working and I'm overdoing it)

[wolpatinga]

i wish i had a kim kitsuragi

[femslashfeb]

HELLO ALL

TLDR

No reblogging from the blog this year - posting prompts tomorrow the 31st

For the past few years I've very much struggled with reblogging everyone's activity in the tag. So this year I will not be doing so.

(OR maybe I will? I just don't want to commit)

Even if I knew how to make a bot that reblogs - a lot of people still use the unique tag to tag outside challenges. So I've always had to hand submit. However it became too stressful for me and for the past few years I ended up avoiding it until later weeks or even months.

If you noticed I didn't finish reblogging last year so- I've just given up on that.

Honestly I've struggled a lot with depression for the last 7 years or so. It's been harder and harder to find my way back to tumblr. It doesn't help that my phone can barely handle the amount of apps it already has.

My main account @puff-pink hardly ever updates because of my big sad. And I don't know if I'll ever get back on the horse in the same way I did before.

Some of you know me as an artist, and tho I still churn out subpar art for my day-job I've struggled a lot to make art for myself during my depression. Partially because one year I overworked my hand - and still deal in continual wrist aches. Even the weeks I don't pick up a drawing tool.

I intended this challenge for myself and maybe the small fandoms I was in at the time. But it took off among writers and creators of all types across all fandoms.

One year I even tried to tally the most popular fandoms but there were honestly too many to keep track of- and I stopped after the first three pages of submissions.

I don't claim to have invented the concept of FemSlash February. Before I started the prompts I swear I had heard the phrase somewhere. Tho not sure where. Perhaps it had been amongst my friends on Skype. Back when I had online friends and Skype(I'm still not sold on Discord🤷‍♀️).

However that January I thought it would be fun to partake in a challenge of some kind. But scouring tumblr and the general internet. I could only find half hearted efforts on fanfiction sites from years past.

I'm so proud of all my Sapphic creators on here that have partaken every year. Even if I've never shown favoritism or awarded anyone. I do notice those that actually complete the challenge AND those that keep coming back each year(looking at you H20 writer(I don't remember your username but there's a mermaid writer that's a writing machine)). I truly am proud of you especially in my shriveled state of creativity. Thank you for your efforts. For your hype. And for your love of women of all kinds across all the universes.

Each year I'm surprised to find even more categories I never thought to include. From mood boards, to doll photography, to ofc the classic art and writing. May your pencils forever be in union with your sister mediums.

On that note. There is a strict NO AI GENERATED ART or writing this year.

Not that I could physically stop anyone who does use AI. But I do not want that sort of thing associated with this challenge. It's become scarily good in 2023 to the point it can't always be identified. So I simply ask for the honor system when it comes to AI generated creations.

That being said. If you've made it to the end of this post:

Prompts will be posted tomorrow.

I usually prefer to give yall more of a buffer, but I've been busy. Both with Big Sad, rescuing some feral cats, my own life, errands, chores and work.

If you're still here- here is a preview of the first three days.

FEB 1 - black

FEB 2 - spring

FEB 3 - cake

The 14th as usual will be some sort of Valentine romance type theme(haven't decided specifically yet) and as always there will be a Rest Day.

Expect some repeat prompts. In the past I tried to avoid them but idc anymore.

It's also a Leap Year this year so expect one extra prompt to throw off the symmetry of what's normally 28 days.

Thanks for coming back this year. And thank you to those that still check on this blog.

❤️🧡🤍💜🩷

Keep loving girls

-PuffPink

[neutrallyobsessed]

i understand that you ship kayworth (while i dont ship it myself, im not gonna be all "dhuh!!! no thats not allowed!!!" bc i gen Dont Care) but im curious as to how you can call wrightworth a tap water ship??? it has a lot of toxic yaoi potential, yes, but its up to people whether or not they wanna write about it??? theres plenty of toxic nrmt fics out there!! i for one just wanna write about middle aged gay people who are in love. id really like to know whats so bad about nrmt

(anoned bc i feel like ill get blocked instantly by someone when i admit that idc about fictional ships being illegal or whatever)

Something beautiful happend when i posted that and it was someone liking that post and then going to the linked post where i sorta review the ship in more depth and liked that as well.

But anyways i love my silly food/drink related metaphors so i'll expand the thought:

Tap water is a heavily filtered drink that when it's ready for consuption it is absolutely basic and unremarkable, completely ordinary, nothing to hype about. And I could be fine with it if it wasn't flooding the damn place. The Ace Attorney house had their faucet broken for over 20 years now and either people love it like that (thus see no reason to fix it) or have left because duhh living in a flooded house is super annoying, specially when people insist things are fine or call you terrible names because you're not thrilled bout living in a flooded house and would rather fix the thing plus drink/eat something else without tap water...

But you know, I do enjoy swimming. And I gotta say, swimming water like from the pool or beach isn't exactly good to consume but ey, at least it has some fucking flavor to it xPPP.

Tap water isn't bad but it's also not the greatest thing ever. It's not that there's something bad about it but being fucking everywhere is quite the problem, specially when not everyone knows how or likes to swim. Not everyone likes or wants to live on a boat inside a house. And not every tap water fan is like this, but a concerning amount enjoy and celebrate when people drown.

You know that narumitsu shippers have bullied so many people out of the fandom including other narumitsu shippers because say they didn't hate narumayo (or didn't hate it enough)?

Yes, everyone and their grandmas want to write middle age gay people in love, it's been the case since the 70s, it's been done, I do not frecuent these kind of places but when I do wander around, variety is nowhere to be seen.

Please and again, if those gumworth fics where Phoenix is depicted as a demented yandere stalker with a Gumshoe that comes to Miles rescue do exist link them to me, it might be gay but its a boss/secretary with age gap where the young one is the boss ship with hyperbolic canon compliance and that's AWESOME!!!! because it'd be veeeery sad to know that nrmt shippers were lying yet again so they can paint their "competion" in a bad light, riiiiiight?

Let's be honest, being blocked is the best case scenario, I get the feeling that you do know how absolutely wrenched and horrible some fans of this mid-ass weak bland ship can be and that the worst case scenario is being harrassed to hell and back because you didn't hate me enough. Or maybe nature is healing but idk cause I am blocked by half the fandom lol, anyways lovely talking to you, take care ♡.

Also it was nrmt shippers who called their own ship water first, described it as high quality mountain water which is the wrong part, cause there's nothing prestine or scarce about nrmt, it's just plain regular old water you can get everywhere, I just corrected and expanded on the idea~~

[So tap water is nrmt, liking to swim is to like being in the aa fandom, knowing how to swim is knowing how to curate your own fandom experience, pool and beach water is toxic yaoi nrmt and/or based superior mtnr which I'm aware it exist but like I close my eyes and don't breathe under water, ocasionally it gets in my mouth and when it's toxic is pretty epic, it has flavor, but it's usually the normal and boring tap water which is I block every tag possible but not everyone tags their shit so yeah lol]

[my-mt-heart]

tldr here - it was very short qa, only 30 mins no questions. norman and melissa hung out and took selfies and signed stuff with as many people as possible before security wrapped it up. neither stopped when the came out the back to their cars.

what do you want to know? you don't have to post this / you can repost it under a cut for spoilers, idc.

pros: most scene time in the first ep is of carol, who's dry wit i missed but is totally back. i like the new character, avi. beautiful scenery, love that it's supposed to be maine. the crowd cheered for carol / melissa, there wasn't like favoritism towards norman / daryl in terms of reactions. fans of all ages / genders / etc.

cons: same character development. she meets someone, she puts on a facade. i was so frustrated carol didn't just tell the truth. i didn't watch the first season out of spite but daryl's scenes.....i really felt like i was watching, like, harry potter and the walking dead. it just felt wrong.

neutral (imo-not significant but feels a little stale / like they didn't try atp): focusing on carol's loss of sophia, call backs to The Barn scene, there's a cherokee rose that symbolizes "hope."

from the qa: norman really hyped up the finale but that could just be to get people to watch. teased "bickering like an old married couple." zabel teased the photos of mel and norm shooting in paris and norman was like, "there's pictures of it on the internet" they know. when they asked melissa what she said on the radio she did an adorable bit about "i want my socks back" or something. she also implied that she's been apart of crafting where the character goes and what's important. dalton ross is very cringe, he needs everyone to know he was the guy to be at the height of the comic-con days (but he wasn't that was hardwick lol). there was a well known rick cosplayer there and people were trying to sneak photos, i think they thought he was andy fr.

plot spoilers: tldr carol befriends a guy, avi, for his plane and convinces him to fly her to france by the end of the first episode to find her daughter sophia, who was in paris with her father ed when the world ended (avi calls her out on this and everyone laughs). she plays on the loss of his son, which melissa says is "awful." i'm not positive bc i didn't watch but i think avi's place is where daryl made the radio call from to cArol but i can't be sure i could be making that up.

it was cool but also gave me this deep bit of sadness? like maybe i'm too old for this and need to move on. it was a little disorganized - they kept removing reserved seating so people kept rushing for closer seats, which left me in the middle of the front section with empty seats in either side of me? it was weird.

Thanks for the writeup! I'm really happy Melissa was so well-received. She deserves that.

Carol falling back on old habits makes me nervous because of how quickly some viewers like to demonize her (female characters are always judged more harshly than men for their flaws). I know she's desperate to get to Daryl, I love that he's her emotional drive, and I trust Melissa's performance will be nuanced, but I'll judge the writing when I get to see the scene for myself.

What is Daryl's arc in 201?

I feel like there is actually a lot of healing left to do as far as Sophia goes, so I'm glad Melissa wanted to explore that. I hope the callbacks/flashbacks with Sophia as well as with Daryl really will help Carol grow as a character. I'm confident in Melissa's storytelling abilities. She's very intuitive. Zabel on the other hand tends to put gimmicks before substance and that doesn't mesh well. If people are saying they can feel Melissa's influence in the episode, that's a good sign. AMC should keep leaning into her vision for Carol/Caryl.

[narhinafan]

Listen ik hate is a very strong word but I must say this…I HATEEEEE sarada uchiha like she pmo, idc what ppl say, her writing is horrible and just loooking at her character makes me annoyed like I TRY so hard to stay neutral or even like her but I just CAN’T! I’m so sick of Naruto YouTubers hypering her up like that girl don’t even get the hype for the things she CAN do but the things she can POTENTIALLY do. Like I must say when I first seen sarada in Boruto Anime, I thought she was gonna be chill and cool for me but as time goes I just don’t like her🤷‍♀️ even her ship with boruto is soooo annoying too like that girls is so obsessive over that boy just like her own mother but cranked up like 10x worse like WHAT DO YOU MEANNNN YOU GOT THE SAME JACKET BRAND WHERE BORUTO GET HIS JUST TO HELP WITH YOUR COMPLICATED FEELINGS ABOUT HIM. And don’t get me started with her inconsiderate self like ughh like she denies abt having feelings for boruto but the way this girl is acting out for him like DO YOU LIKE HIM OR NOT?! Either way she has to back away bc if she do then she betrays sumire which will ruin her character overall so I don’t think she will end up with boruto and should focus on her hokage career POINT BLANK PERIOD!

No worries I share your hate originally back when it was just he movie was ok with Sarada. Though I didn't like how she was in Gaiden I didn't judge her based on that alone. However between that and how she is in next gen I came to hate her character she is too much likely Sakura and her writing is bad like you said. Its the same with the manga I just found myself disliking her more and more till I started hating her.

Yeah her focusing on her dream of being Hokage is the only way to salvage her character. Her writing has been so bad, but if she steps away for Sumire's sake it would show her growing and being less selfish and finally learning after everything that happened. A little self realisation of how she has been and using that to motivate her to become the Hokage she wants to be would lessen the bad writing and make recovery for her character possible.

If Sarada does have any feelings for Boruto I don't think anything should come about it. Instead it should be Sarada letting go or realising while she cares about Boruto its not a romantic sense and using that to reelevate and understand herself better fixing the problems with her character.

[electratheart]

my mini essay about how much i love haikyu bc i need to express it pls

oh gosh idk what’s come over me but i could not be happier honestly.

after watching the dumpster battle move in theaters last month, i feel like ive been thrown into a full fledged haikyu phase that i missed out on both in 2020 (but it’s fine i heard it was also horrid at times during this, but lowkey looked fun LOL) and when i watched it for the first time in 2021 (ik im a little late to the game… don’t remind me)

when i watched it for the first time, i obviously loved it. but it’s hitting so much harder now—how im both reading the manga from volume 1 to rewatching the series (loosely) side by side. and i rarely rewatch anime’s unless it’s casual random ep (i.e ohshc or hxh for me hehe)

something about it this time means so much more. haikyu gets me so excited, hyped, happy, and so emotional. i don’t even play volleyball, but i do love the sport! yet it makes me feel like i can fly too 😭😭 i wish i was able to witness this series during its first release (i would’ve been in middle school!!) and i feel like it would hit so hard to grow up with them and the series 🥹 but it’s okay—timing is everything. even 3 years is a while already too.

but i’m so glad to have haikyu rekindle this spirit of excitement and motivation in my life right now. the story. the characters. how they all grow and develop and improve. and the themes about teamwork, believing in yourself, passions, hard work, everything in between just reminds me and teaches me so much in my own life too. i could go on and on but this is only a mini essay after all haha. i just love it so much.

thank u furudate for creating such a masterpiece. this piece of work changed the world and so many lives. even mine. and ik this might sound corny but idc. i really do love haikyu and what it means to me. everything about it, it makes me want to live that way too—to go after my dreams and believe in myself and cultivate my passions and work hard and find a community and live my life the way i want. so simple but powerful at the same time.

it makes me sad that the manga is over and we’ll only be getting another movie (literally robbing us…. i’m still manifesting for a new season idc idc i’m in denial) but i know haikyu is always there for me whenever i need it. and look, i can rewatch it, reread it over and over again. bc the spirit of haikyu goes on forever always!! we keep on flying higher!!!

[stars-n-spice]

Aka my attempt to post something Silly Squad (Bad Batch x Baddies Batch) related - be it headcanons, one shots/fics, or art - every Saturday! Just cuz Silly Squad Saturday has a nice ring to it

That and I want to try and motivate myself to do more with these guys because I post about like,, 10% of the collective lore I have about them while the rest of the 90% stays up in my brain. 

So welcome back to another Silly Squad Saturday! 

This week we have: Jayce War PFPs

Look, I'm still on a bit of an Arcane fixation right now (idc if people say the hype/fandom is dying), so I thought it would be funny to make a chart showcasing how I feel like they'd side in the Jayce PFP war of months past. That was, by far, some of the funniest shit I've seen a fandom do and that was even before I started watching the show. I kept seeing these pfps popping up and every time I'd see some different, creative variant of it, it would take me out.

I finished watching Arcane for the first time like two months after the whole of Season Two was out so I missed my chance to participate in the war but know I would've had a check mark. I've been a Jayce defender since I started watching the show.

Anyways! The chart:

More details under the cut!

✅

Hunter definitely sees it as Jayce making a difficult, but necessary decision and therefore is on his side - he's ironically seeing the bigger picture here

Viram would trust Jayce's character and be aware of something bigger happening that the audience wasn't aware of - she's be like "Just trust me, I think he finally knows what he's doing now!"

❌

Tech is not for him because he probably hasn't liked Jayce all that much anyway because he thinks he strayed too far from being a science man to a politician (he will later apologize about the things he said regarding Jayce by the end of things)

Crosshair is not for him because he likes to argue with Hunter - but also he is upset about Jayce not keeping his promise to Viktor and feels like Jayce betrayed him

Khea is mad about Warwick and Isha so she's got beef with Jayce

❔

Echo wants the full picture - he's leaning a little more to the 'X' side of things, but he wants to give Jayce the benefit of the doubt. That and he can tell that Jayce is struggling with some form of PTSD so he knows that something is up and there's more to what we're seeing

Jung isn't really sure what to think of it, but he's leaning a little more to a checkmark - he's thinking Jayce knows what he's doing, but he's also upset about the outcome and what happens with Isha

Emerie is very much in the middle and isn't sure what to think about Jayce's choice - she can tell there's something more but is also upset about Isha, and also Viktor, really - but she doesn't want to choose sides until she sees the big picture

🏳️‍🌈

Phee doesn't really care about the whole situation and how it played out - I think she'd be shocked about Jayce's choice but would understand it. In the end, I think she'd just want them to make up and be together (she understands that level of yearning)

Tay'kaa, #2 Jayvik truther (after bbno$, of course) - he's with Jayce, but he just thinks the Jayvik versions of the pfps are hilarious

🔀

Wrecker wouldn't really be on Jayce's side, but he'd love to have just some random variation of the Jayce pfp - he and Omega are definitely trying to outdo each other on who has the most "creative" one at a time

Omega would probably be a maybe because she understands it was a tough decision Jayce had to make and there's clearly more going on that hasn't been shown, but having a variation of the pfp is just too funny an opportunity to pass up and she'd have a field day honing her graphic design skills coming up with all kinds of variations of the Jayce pfp

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[sellaspeaks]

Not that individual accolades are ever the priority or goal when you’re at UConn, but i can only imagine how special it would be not just for Azzi but Geno too if (when) Azzi gets All-American for the first time next season and potentially (hopefully) even NPOY. I just think about how for Geno, his main goal has always been to get the best out of the players that come through the program and so to be able to see that happen for Azzi after everything she’s gone through will probably be even doubly meaningful for them.

Anyway, i’m getting a little ahead of myself, but just as someone who fell in love with college basketball/women’s basketball because of Azzi, I really hope she finally gets to live out her full potential on the college stage next season. 🙏

woah ntm i love individual accolades!! sorry 😭😭

real talk tho i tho when ppl do great individually they should absolutely be celebrated idc if it’s the uconn way or not EYE am gonna be hyping them up prolly more than is socially acceptable 🤷‍♀️ like if azzi gets npoy be ready to be sooo sick of me 💕

you’re so valid tho like despite everything that azzi’s done i do still feel like she hasn’t gotten to have a dominant season that highlights her as the amazing player that she is and i wanna see be an all-american soooo bad

you’re so me tho like my agendas next season are literally azzi and sarah all-americans and azzi npoy and nothing for the homophobic leprechaun

[bitbrumal]

BLOG REOPENING

hewwo hewwo fellas & fuckos. winks with both eyes. i'm possibly going to slide in around here throughout the holiday season bc the writing itch be itching, so i'll provide an update on the muse list & the dynamics / threads i'd like to keep ( if y'all are also down ) from before my break.

if you would like this post if you're ( still / again / whatever ) interested in writing with me, i'd really appreciate it ! it'd let me know where to get started again ❤ i'm mainly looking for threads over meme replies, although the threads don't have to be lengthy or involved per se. inbox things just aren't doing it for me.

MUSES

UNDER RECONSIDERATION : KHIONIYA / TSARITSA ( open to all )

I wanna keep her, but I've gotta rewrite her. I've been going on pure wishfulfilment MommyTM vibes, but we need a bit more canon accuracy lmfao. Goddess/Archon of Love, yes, but I ought not ignore that she has become like a reversed tarot card :joy:

SCRAPPED : ALHAITHAM

I should be feeling this criminally autistic nerd, but I'm not. Maybe I will some day. I'm leaving him be for right now.

SCRAPPED : CAPITANO

't isn't happening. i'm not... doing what i wanna be doing with him & i also don't care so fwhoop that one's going.

ADDED : WRIOTHESLEY

No-one's surprised. Daddy came home with the milk the moment I called for him, & uh. As soon as I actually fucking play the Fontaine quests I'm sure I'll pick him up. ( I accidentally spoilered myself on his tragicTM backstory & on god this man is a king. ) ( If I fall sideways into neuvilette instead nobody laugh at me. )

KEPT : DOTTORE ( semi-selectively open to all - he's picky & that limits my options ) REGRATOR ( for select fatui threads unless smth Happens ) TARTAGLIA ( open to all ) KAEYA ( open to all ) DILUC ( open to all )

THREADS & DYNAMICS

Obviously I understand if we're not on the same page about carrying on where we left off, no hard feelings. We can start over, pick something new, slap new muses together, or do nothing it all. Issal GucciTM.

LIKE I NEVER LEFT LOL :

I'd love to pick back up where I left off with @galactia, on any & all muses, their dynamics, & also threads c:

The same goes for @bunnyshot, although I see you haven't been online in ages! Regardless, if we're ever on the timeline at the same time again you know I am down to clown. This includes your other muses.

@torrentide HOMIE. HOMIE. HOMIE. HOME BREWSKI. i am down for everything from before & more, idc what.

If @greedbent is still down to clown, I'd love to carry on with what we were brainstorming in the DMs.

Same to you, @howthesleeplesswander!! I see you writing in another fandom on the dash atm, so I get it if you're not in the vibes for what we were brainstorming in the DMs, but I'm still hype to write with you if the mood strikes you. Lmk if you're down :thumbsup: ❤

@xiielians You know idek wtf you're doing right now bc much as the dramatic chinese gaylords captivate me, I haven't indulged in the fandom + I'm waiting patiently on that novel of yours with eyes peeled—but if you wanna play with anything ( whether I know the fandom/char or not ), I'm sure I'll be game!!

@ncrthlandbank I'd love to continue what we were doing with vlad & alyos ❤ if you're down! The thread where regrator terrorizes vlad is one of my alltime faves & still lives rent-free in my head :weary: it's the only time i did him any type of justice & your no-longer-non-playable-characters are awesome.

REBOOT :

Here go all of my moots with who i never fully settled anything ( dynamic / muse / thread-wise ), but was vaguely interacting with on the dash here & there... I am down to clown with all of you, I'd love to start something be it serious or silly. Whether you wanna continue vaguely doing things here & there or you wanna plot something out, idgaf I am so down to clown i am . the whole circus. vamos lmao.

[goldensunset]

What do you think of Kairi, Xion, Naminé, and Aqua? Just general feelings, nothing too detailed if you don't want to-

like as a team, or individually?

as a team: oh how i WISH we could see it in canon. even if it were to end up borderline tokenism-y like with marvel. i would love to see the girl power squad idc i think they should hype each other up their color schemes together would be so pretty

kairi: my dearly beloved. yes the writers need to treat her better but so do the fans. she does have clearly defined character motivations and it’s weird to act like she doesn’t just bc they’re not ones that people like. she just wants stability and a home after having lost her memories and crash-landed somewhere as a toddler. she’s afraid of change but will do anything to stay with her friends in the midst of a fast-moving world because she’s lost them too many times. she’s a bit out of touch with them and sometimes clearly doesn’t know the right thing to do or say. i hope kh4 treats her kindly and gently and gives her more agency without trying to flatten her into a hashtag strong independent woman. i have high hopes for my little strawberry and wild daydreams about what i would love to see as her precise role in coming games. wrote some stuff in the tags here. i swear i thought i had more pre-written essays to draw on than that i know there’s so much i’m leaving out but i think i got the main points

xion: truly i will never be able to get over her story and especially her theme. what an incredibly well composed piece of music. honestly she and her theme were like a major factor as to me getting into this series. i’m very happy she’s alive after all that. i said a lot about her here already recently so i won’t burn myself out going into detail again. even that i feel like is a minor weak attempt at fully conveying my emotions regarding her. oh and a few more thoughts here

naminé: tbh thinking about chain of memories reduces me to a puddle but like in a bittersweet way as opposed to the pure bitterness of days. like sora’s interactions with her… their relationship even if it was brief and based on an illusion…the writing and animation and voice acting was legit so good man. i’m a wreck. nami is so beautiful and strong and horribly horribly sad but she gets overlooked… the thing is that even if she has people who love her she’s still nobody’s first choice. she doesn’t have her own place to go. she’s still lonely…

aqua: MAN she’s so interesting.. the way she’s carrying on eraqus’ legacy in both good and bad ways… the way she was corrupted after wandering a distorted world alone for a decade… the way she’s headstrong and determined and fights so hard yet can hardly make a difference as her world falls down around her… the way she’s incredibly strong and proud yet you see her once-firm core begin to shake as time passes on… not entirely related but i hope we get to see her (and the other two) (and kairi as her student!) visit the ruins of scala ad caelum bc they’re the last ones carrying on that legacy

[generalsmemories]

hi hello!

ngl I'm not the one to send asks here, but I thought I might! (I did send a request/two of them for the 1k event - in which I think I forgot to congratulate for the event as well which has been eating me alive so CONGRATS here lol)

in such a short amount of time you became one of my favorite creators, I truly love your work (I even have the fucking notifications on for your blog - call me crazy idc), whenever I get the memo you posted I immediately go read, it makes my day/week. I love you approach to making JY/IL (especially JY ofc) true to their characters, I appreciate it greatly (ngl you spoiled me there for reading content from any other writers).

as you probs noticed I prefer commenting on your posts rather than sending asks (feels less "confrontational" and more like an audience member cheering you on enthusiastically - hope it doesn't bother you, my screaming on your posts)

forgot where I was heading with all this so to wrap it up, I love love loveee your work and attitude towards it all, how maturely you write your content (f.e. I am not a fan of angst, but your angst is solved and done in such a realistic 'normal' way, it is just beautiful), it is a breath of fresh air to read. moreover I can fully relate to your unhinged side about JY - I'm very much the same, it is nice to get hyped about seeing/hearing him in any aspect (I'm totally normal about HCQ lore, I totally don't know every single possible lore detail there is to know about HCQ... yeah.. totally..) and seeing someone else also be hyped about it makes me feel good :D

also any fluff or something loving (most of your work) with Jing Yuan actually warms my heart and feeds my delusions. thought I'd let you know, because I've been pondering on sending you an ask or not, I see many people sending them so I might as well give it a try.. hah, to let you know how much I enjoy what you do ☺

ps. anxiety was choking me as I wrote all this worrying if it is too long or annoying, had to keep reminding myself authors/writers need feedback and deserve positive praise

Hi hi!!

I do see your comments and occasional reblogs of my works, and I can't tell you enough how much it makes my day to hear some of my readers thoughts about it! As you said in your last lil paragraph but a lot of us writers do really enjoy getting feedback in terms of just commenting or just keyboard smashes on our works! HSR has been the fandom whose given me most engagement on any work and tbh it's been doing wonders on my overall approach and motivatoin to write for it! (I've previously stated in a lot of other sideblogs that I usually just post and dip, but HSR fandom has really made me connect more to my readers and just post random snippets and thoughts without second guessing so that's also a huge plus-)

even though i only write jing yuan content lmfao- i'm super thankful that you enjoy my works so much, and thank you for taking the extra time to send me an ask even if it did seem intimidating - i appreciate it a lot! (sometimes words can't express enough, but i have been reading this a few times throughout my work days to have a bit of a motivation boost hehe)

i hope i can keep you entertained with my writing though in the near future as well though buddy!

[noahtally-famous]

td 2023 s2 ep1 spoilers below the cut

(okay so I have not finished s1 but I know the general gist of what happens through mutuals posts and just the td tag lmaoo. maybe later I will actually sit down and watch the whole thing, but that time is not now.)

moving onto my thoughts of s2...

AHHHHHHHH idk how else to explain it but I absolutely LOVED the episode, and honestly I have a feeling I'll love this season, simply bc everyone is so great!!

heck even ripper and chase were tolerable, like, there weren't any fart jokes or anything, it was great!

MKULIA SWEEP???? HELL FREAKING YEAH idc if it's a friendship/alliance, I'm living in my world where they're toxic yuri

Caleb getting some much-needed character development??? I'm SO here for it, and the stuff mentioned during the episode def fits the kinda vibe I have going for him, so that's even better!! (potential caleb & emma friendship??? they can bond over kittens and of caleb being emotionally mature)

also his reactions to the team choosing was gold, I can't wait to see what A-Game he's gonna bring. I'm hoping he doesn't become a version of justin--I just want him to want to be a useful teammate and person for his team/friends/competitors and want to win as well. no overly crazy 'tda justin' villanry pls?? (I mean, I won't be averse to it if it does end up happening, but it'd be cool if things changed up this time around)

CHEMMA BROKE UP THANK FRICKING GOD, our prayers have been answered!! please please PLEASE have them stay broken up

raj & wayne on the same team again!! I was not expecting that tbh, but I'm curious to see where this goes

rajbow is so adorable, like bowie not even letting chris finish before he immediately picks raj first for his team is so 🥹

ngl chase is still a dumbass but now that chemma is out of the way, I mean it affectionately, I can't bring myself to hate any of the characters and that trend isn't going to stop here. that moment when he ran at granny hatchet and bowie was like "I don't believe it, I think he's gonna make it" like that scene was insane

damien is amazing as always, no words need to be said. manifesting a final two involving him

NICHELLE. FUCKING NICHELLE. GOD I CANNOT ARTICULATE HOW MUCH I ADORE HER HERE!! saving the best for last goddammit, I love her so so so so much, omfg the way she slayed the challenge, pls I'm so hyped for her character development this season, I can't wait for the other contestants to eat their words abt her

axel trying to 'be nice' ("i'm a work in progress" yes you are but you're doing amazing) but acting like an ass to ripper is something I live for. "I'm not following you, we're running in the same direction!" LMAOOOO

the fact that priya doesn't hold any resentment toward her parents still irks me, but I still love her character and I'm excited to see what's in store for her

GRANNY HATCHET SLAYED, 'NUFF SAID

I'm still hoping for some axelle content, but I'm more than happy with the mkulia servings we got

I'm lowkey interested in scary girl's change of character. I feel like this wont be the last we see of her--will she be like an amy and swim back to the island to enact revenge? or will she be like ezekiel and live on the island in secret? or will she be a secret third thing? I sure as heck don't know but I can't wait to find out!! her parting words def seem ominous enough to imply something

speaking of, scary girl's change of character and when she talked abt how she became "normal" everyone's reactions were sending me lmaooo

bowie going "you're never right" to chase but is the one to choose chase on his team, like yes dude frrr that frenemy whiplash was wack lmaoo I love it

same with bowie choosing julia, like yes we love to see two manipulative competitive strategists banding together

on a different note, I wonder what will come of bowie and emma's friendship from s1 and how that broke apart. maybe they could rekindle it in s2? hmmm

zee and their suitcase of sodas 😭

"she's an animal" OKAY MK TONE IT DOWN (pls don't, actually pls continue doing it) YOU'RE NOT HELPING MY MKULIA CASE HERE

millie being priya's first pick >>>

"what strategy? you just stop and run, it's not rocket surgery" 😭 I used to dislike ripper, but if he continues on like this, that opinion will def change. it's only been the first episode and I already don't dislike him anymore so-

MORE MKULIA P L E A S E IM HOPING

chris is still 'tdi chris' aka the b e s t chris imo, and I'm here for it!! also chef and chris's dynamic is still spot-on

in conclusion, im so very excited for what this season will bring!! in case you didn't realize, I LOVED the first episode!

[thepiinkpages]

.ೃ࿐I read this in 6 hours... I have a problem. .ೃ࿐

Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars

Genre: MM Romance, Romance, Adult, College

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LISTEN. I did not want to read this as fast as I did and honestly I didn't pick up on the hype at first. Maybe it was the sleep deprivement but I felt like it was being written by a teenager on Wattpad AT FIRST. After getting a much needed 7 hours of sleep, I got back to it and it did get a lot better.

And let me just say this before I say anything else. Landon King for the WINNN. IDC IDC IDC

The playlist for this book is IMMACULATE. Best one yet.

This book also takes the cake for my most highlighted book yet (on kindle that is.)

Brandon is not what I thought he was. I thought of him as a well mannered, sweet boy but BOY was I WRONG. Turns out he tricked me just as much as everyone else. If i'm being honest, I thought he was spineless at first but after advancing in the book I realized there was a reason why. After realizing i'd been bamboozled once again, I realized that there was more to him that meets the eyes. I found it especially heart felt when Brandon was freaking out because Nikolai started to ignore him. I believe he described it as falling into a dark abyss or a dark place? Point is, he was depressed and miserable so he put the things he would've texted instead of growing a pair and actually sending them. Usually I wait until the end to put my quotes but this is the first and only exception because I love angst;

⋆𐙚₊˚⊹ "...Why did you come into my life if you were going to leave? Why did you make me addicted to you if you didn't plan to stay? if I say I'm sorry will you come back? You were never a booty call. I don't even do those. And I'm the fucking toy, not you. I don't even like running anymore. You ruined it like everything else. Fucking Bastard. Fuck you. I'm messed up Nikolai. Extremely so. You should be glad to have dodged a bullet. I hate myself. Why don't you hate me, too? Oh right. You do now. Finally. Congrats on the wake-up call. Better late than never...."⋆𐙚₊˚⊹

Isn't that beautiful. Beautiful angst!

I was shook when Nikolai licked his "white frosting" that was on Brandon and then thrusted it into Brandon's mouth... SOMEONE CALL EMS. In my defense, I've read BL mangas before but I had never read one. It was new imagining this. Sometimes I felt like smoke was coming out of my ears because of how errotic some of the scenes where *TEEHEE* On top of this, the full thrust no prep had me cringing. Poor Brandon.

Nikolai is one crazy mofo. He truly did need to be medicated and I'm glad towards the end he was properly medicated because the shit that was happening in his mind was concerning. Unlike Landon and Killian, Nikolai (in my opinion) wouldn't manipulate someone just for the hell of it. I'm glad Brandon and Niklaus found something in each other that calmed the raging storm inside. Ya'll he literally took his medication because he was scared he would go into a stage of rage again that would hurt Brandon.... *insert squeal here*

Can we talk about the out of nowhere 'cide attempt? I did NOT see that coming. I was on the edge of my seat as I read that. I still do not get why Landon was shit on for being emotionless and not loving his twin in the previous book when he was the only one who noticed something had been wrong with Brandon... twin telepathy or whatever

ALSO. Let's discuss about Levi (Brandon's father) getting hit after hit after hit? First he get's a 'psycho' son, then his daughter get's a 'psycho' boyfriend (Killian) THEN his son starts dating his daughter's boyfriends cousin that is said to be worse than him...Damn.

On another note, my eyebrows were unknowingly furrowed this entire book in concentration. BEFORE I GET TO IT. There's a line in here that is in Russian that, for the life of me, I could NOT find the translation. Like I searched all over the internet for it and I couldn't find it until I got to the end of book... the translation was 'I can't live without you.' .ೃ࿐

.ೃ࿐HERE'S SOME QUOTES:

𐙚₊˚⊹"...'Why the hell would you lick me? Are you a dog?'... 'WOOF'"𐙚₊˚⊹

𐙚₊˚⊹ "...I can't help rereading his texts. They're gone from raging to pleading to raging again. He calls me twenty times a day like a damn stalker..." 𐙚₊˚⊹

𐙚₊˚⊹ "How dare he be so unaffected when I've barely been able to breath properly since he's been gone? I crunched more pills than I have in my entire life just to bring myself down from the high. So that I could see him without being weirded out about the fact that I could hurt him..."𐙚₊˚⊹

𐙚₊˚⊹ "...'They were only physical. They meant nothing.' ...'And I do?'...'Baby you mean fucking everything'..." 𐙚₊˚⊹

This book really got me in a talking mood. WOOF. Read this book if you like angst TEEHEE.

I've also decided to read Eli's book even though the troupe isn't my type.

[itisnotdefended]

he he ha ha i don't feel like a person in my relationship (:

all of this talk about what he needs. about how i rebuild trust with him. steps to make the relationship work again.

but what about what i want. what are my needs? let's try to figure it out! YIPEE BITCH

i need to express my queerness

i need to be able to feel free to express my emotions

i need someone to match my energy

i need to feel seen - what does this mean and how do i know it's happened?

i need to feel desired

i need to be understood

i need to be able to tease and be teased

i need to yap and be yapped at (i need a partner who is articulate and values language/communication)

i need good sex?? man...

what i've been feeling:

dampened - a lot of times i will bring up something or a person or an activity and there's no enthusiasm. there's no excitement. there hasn't been for years. i always feel like the most excited one, the one who has to be hype. the hype is rarely reciprocated. generally, he doesn't lift the energy between us and it makes me feel like i have to.

unheard and not understood - i'll bring up my emotions or how i feel and instead of asking questions or having some curiosity, it's defensiveness or a shut down. i don't bring up my emotions until they explode now. knowing i have to possibly deal with him taking how i feel personally makes me not want to communicate how i feel at all.

undesirable, non-sexual - the unheard feeling makes me feel unloved. without the love, i can't feel desired in a meaningful way. in a practical way, i feel like my needs aren't tended to. if i have to explain where my fucking clit is ONE MORE TIME AFTER 9 YEARS I WILL VOMIT. my labia DON'T need to be sucked on like an arby's sandwich. these are all things that porn can teach you and that's coming from someone who starkly advocates AGAINST porn educating people. the minute someone wanted to talk to me and matched my energy, it was like sparks flew between us and THAT is concerning.

held back - i feel like i can't explore. i want to explore myself, different careers, different places. i can't do that.

literally annoyed a lot - i try to say something to encourage banter and it's met with taking my comment seriously. i try a joke and it's also taken seriously. i say stuff heavily implying something and the implication is repeated back to me explicitly like i didn't know what was being said. half my words are misinterpreted or repeated in a different way. "i want to get better at dirty talk. could you send me things?" NO. FUCKING. NO. DO SOME WORK. IDC. you want to get better at dirty talk? literally okay, put in the effort man idk what to tell you. when i wanted to give better head, i got your personal feedback but i also found videos, text explanations, i LITERALLY ASKED STRANGERS ON THE INTERNET. smh my damn head. it feels like i'm helping an 18yr old with their first girlfriend and i might as well be.

[shylyobscene]

so embarrassing but the comment i wanted to leave was so long that i couldnt fit it into the replies so i had to reblog it and put it under a readmore instead lol

if anyone who follows me sees this on their feed, i have two things to say

1) PLEASE READ EVASIVE MANEUVERS

2) i am so sorry for the massive wall of text you are about to see. it’s essentially a really long love letter.

as someone whose favorite way of engaging with fandom is through reader inserts (lol), i am personally not bothered by any discrepancies between myself and reader inserts.

i’ve been reading /reader fanfiction for more than a decade across soooo many different fandoms, reading about so many reader inserts who are nothing like me and i still ended up loving those stories. i see reader insert characters as more of an au version of “myself.” like everything they do will not necessarily be a 1:1 to what i’d do, which is okay because i’m imagining a scenario where i got dropped into a different universe and i’m fucking my favorite character. like the imaginary lived experiences will ultimately change “my” personality, so even if it’s totally ooc for “me,” it’s fine. like idc, i’ll still enjoy it personally! i do not think there is anything wrong with a lil bit of suspension of disbelief in order to maintain the integrity of the fic/to tell the story you want to tell.

florescence is genuinely my favorite fic from you. i would have never ever believed that you struggled to write that fic if you did not mention it in this post because i thought it was perfect. genuinely it was everything i’ve ever wanted in a story. it’s just so soft and sweet and romantic and i did not ever feel like it was inaccessible at all even if there were things that didnt match me exactly. i still felt like i was THERE. it was beautiful, it was believable, and it made me cry. i still think about it constantly and there is something genuinely incredible about the way you bring all of these characters to life. i will never be able to thank you enough for letting me pretty much re-experience gotg through your stories, over and over and over again.

i do not care if the reader is not exactly like me, and im a diehard reader insert fan. they could be completely different from me and imo i’d still consider them good. i just want my favorite authors to run me through a scenario where i get to sleep with my favs.

i would also like to say that the concept behind ur expansion of evasive maneuvers is SO. UP MY ALLEY. I AM SOO SO SO EXCITED. TRUE enemies to lovers??? we get to FIGHT him before we make out? i love it so much i could throw up. i think about being a bounty for rocket like all the time and was also thinking of drafting up a story where it happens just cause i dont think i could ever get enough of the concept. so, with that said, i am so unbelievably thrilled that you are going to put more of it out in the world. i fucking love evasive maneuvers. i am so hyped for this fic i could scream about it.

anyway all of this may be a biased opinion as someone who fully intends on eventually writing a reader insert longfic with a reader who has a decently involved backstory and an entire character arc 😂 but i also am a believer in writing whatever the heck u want. i also have a tendency to write strong personalities into my reader inserts, but also u wrote me a sweet comment once also telling me it didn’t bother u and that it was ok and that it’s necessary sometimes to tell the story u want to. so it stands to reason that we, your readers, would also love literally anything you write even if it’s not entirely “accessible.”

anyway you could probably serve your fics to me on a dog bowl floor and tell me i have to do a trick to earn the right to it, and i’d still bark and roll over before chowing the hell down, face-first. LOVE your fics. big fan. please write as many reader inserts with strong personalities and specific backstories as you can, as much as you want. i will read them. i will love them.

birdie will be the evasive maneuvers “prequel”, which i am hoping to start posting this summer. [summary below]

whenever i write a longer piece, i tend to shy away from reader-inserts because i like to give ‘em some personality and i feel like that’s not the point of reader-inserts.

imo a “good” reader-insert is relatable enough that even if their behavior is idealized or catastrophized, you can think, yeah, at my best/worst, i might do/say that. but the longer and more complex the narrative is, the harder it is to do that. storyteller-reader in florescence❀ tells rocket a story about her parents that’s supposed to be true and like. figuring out how to write that in a more-or-less accessible way was fuckin hard lol (and i’m sure it still didn’t resonate for some people).

on the other hand, writing a relatable OC feels way easier. i can offer up specific backstories (and give ‘em a goddamn name) that people can identify with but not have to identify as, if that makes sense.

that said, i think i could write a reasonable reader-insert for this. if that's what you want. she'll be stubborn and stand-offish at first (though i think most people would be in her situation) and while she's a softie underneath it, she definitely gives rocket hell at first. it's okay, he deserves it.

birdie. (an evasive maneuvers expansion) 18+ only MDNI | f!reader x rocket | 8-12 chapters | word count: pending.

xandar is saved. the power stone rests safely in the hands of the nova corps, and our favorite heroes-for-hire get their records expunged before going their separate ways. unfortunately, one furry little motherfucker just can't seem to keep his claws out of trouble. in a rare gesture of good will, the nova corp give him a get-outta-jail-free card (not that he needs one):

all he has to do is escort a bratty little princess safely and discreetly to her new home, halfway across the universe.

should be a piece of cake. what's the difference between a bodyguard and a bounty-hunter, anyway?

CONTEXT/WARNINGS: mcu-based canon-divergent post-vol1. angst, betrayal, and the agony of falling in love. a little darker than my usual fare - true enemies-to-lovers. bondage (duh), gunplay, toys, dom/sub vibes, and a smartass f!lead. more warnings to come.

*** this is a little darker than some people's tastes (and cicatrix, which i'll still be posting, is kinda dark too) so i am hoping to release it in tandem with Love is Blind: Andromeda which is gonna be the sugariest fluffy-smut with fluffy-feelings ever (as a palate-cleanser).

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