#c yaps

[c-goldthorn]

im deeply obsessed w that lil nose nudge thing callum turner does before he kisses someone

[flyrobinflyy]

once i have a damian focused fic idea that doesn’t fizzle out within a few pages nobody will be safe from the dog related info dumping that will occur within

[c-goldthorn]

oh gosh i really wish we’d had this ballet years ago but yk what, i’m so happy we have it now. i cant wait for the livestream. thank u B for your answer and review!! i’m so glad to hear all of it (idk how much you’re into ballet but regardless, really great to hear another perspective/opinion)

im not gonna step up onto my soapbox but i’ll just say im so glad this ballet has come about, that these were the creatives involved, and i really hope to see the ballet mounted on more stages, especially the world known companies that wheeldon usually works with

(and yes, a wlw ballet next pls)

omg!! pls how was Oscar?? so jealous, i hope it was amazing <3

Omg okay, the official B irregularcollapse Oscar review: it was fucking incredible.

This is a queer ballet. Not a homoerotic ballet, or a ballet with queer sensibilities. It isn’t undertone or allusion or subtext. It’s queer down to its core, and it’s unbelievable.

The plot is a loose adaptation of Wilde’s life in the years leading to his arrest and conviction, and his time incarcerated in Reading Gaol. Act I is framed by his short story The Nightingale and the Rose; Act II is framed by The Picture of Dorian Gray. The choreographer draws parallels between Wilde and the Nightingale, and Wilde and Dorian, to highlight/explore different stages of his life.

It was more classical in style than I was expecting, but I think the choice works incredibly well in situating the ballet within a canon of classical ballet romances; in the Q&A I attended afterwards, Artistic Director David Hallberg spoke about his career as a dancer and only ever playing across from a woman, having to sell a lie every night he took to the stage. Oscar is consciously a romance in the balletic tradition of romances, and they don’t shy away from everything signified by putting a gay romance on stage in an artform which has been significantly queer in community but blatantly heterosexual in performance.

It’s just as blatant, if not even more so, in its queerness, refusing to let the audience forget what kind of story they’re experiencing. There’s open-mouthed kissing, on stage, in the ballet! There’s a gay orgy, on stage, in the ballet! There’s sex with a drag queen (in silhouette), on stage, in the ballet!

There’s all the artistry as well, of course. The score is fucking brilliant, it goes without saying. Joby Talbot is a master as always. The choreo is gorgeous, it also goes without saying. Christopher Wheeldon, we owe you everything. The costuming made me want to cry, the level of detail—Wilde’s handwriting incorporated into the costumes of his characters; tree branches on costumes in the second act, as a reference to The Ballad of Reading Gaol; green carnations, of course.

I honestly may try to go again this week, because I can’t stop thinking about it. It feels so monumental, so important. It’s been a long time coming, and I’m so thankful to have seen it. And hey, you can too come November, no matter where you are!

Thanks so much for asking about it, it means the world to me ♥️

[the-multiple-prism]

people are allowed to love being aro, ace, apl, or similar even if their orientation is caused by a disorder, by the way

[starmocha]

Growing up Vietnamese means that child me was forced to be ok that our origin myth is literally a dragon marrying a woman/fairy/goddess and then divorcing and splitting custody of their 100 kids (lol what)

What I'm trying to say is I've been brain rotting about dragon!Sylus for the past week and it's getting bad and I will only be ok once I write a dragon AU that has a lot of

Overprotective Sylus

Berserk Sylus that can only be calmed by MC

MATES FOR LIFE MORE SOULMATES SHIT

"I belong to you and you to me."

"I would let the world burn for you."

Egg laying 🙂

More dad Sylus because it makes me sob and yearn so badly pls send help

Even more grossly in love with you Sylus because I plan on contributing to this genre until I die 🫡

Really just lowkey need more Sylus worshipping MC like the goddess that she is type of content

"My queen" is going to make a comeback fr fr

I also lowkey want to write MC as a literal goddess and Sylus is just a lowly human who worships at her altar the altar is my hips but this something for another day maybe

"You've sealed your fate the moment you have harmed her."

Literally I just want berserk Sylus decimating the world for one woman is that too much to ask 🥺

Powerful man who rules over others and is feared and revered 🤝 the one woman who rules his heart and can bring him down to his knees

did I mention more soft Sylus It heals my soul in a godly way ��

idk if this seed will sprout into anything since I only have the ✨️vibe✨️ for it and not an actual plot lol 🫠 ok bye back to the other 38299272793 wips that I am a slave to

[joejhang]

kevin day queen of exy BUT ALSO queen of fumbling bad bitches

[c-goldthorn]

stop i'll cry. i also wanna say for me, beta reading TAS (and anything of sam's) is such a joy and such a great practice/learning experience for me given the career path im currently heading down irl. working w sam on TAS has given me so much more confidence in my editing/reading abilities and i really do love working so closely with another writer on their work.

if ppl are curious:

im not necessarily copyediting in the strictest definition since im not fact checking most of sam's time period related details since ik he's super into all that and getting everything period accurate. i mostly look at sentence structure/word choice and variation/ease of reading, and make suggestions to help keep the flow. i don't always explain my reasons (i should, its good practice for me to say why something works better one way vs another) but i often do, and its fun to talk about vibes of specific words, grammar patterns, and im a nerd about puncuation (as sam knows very well oops).

when sam says im blunt, part of it is that we are good friends already and he knows my edits come from a place of love (the fact that i dmed him bc i was a fan of the first 2 chapters of TAS and now im beta-ing the fic is insane to me). part of it is that when you edit writing (including your own) you have to detach emotional ties to the story to some degree, because you might have to kill your darlings. edits to writing are never personal, at least from my perspective, because it's all about serving the story, rather than the writer themselves (if that makes sense?).

beta-ing takes me time but i love doing it so much, and im so so honoured that sam trusts me with his work <3

genuine question because i’m not a writer - is there a reason you have someone edit your writing rather than just putting it through an online grammar/spelling checker? sorry if this is a dumb question i’m just curious

omg not dumb at all!! it's def up to personal preference (i've never had someone beta my fics prior to this fandom), but for me, yesss absolutely there is a reason. i'd say i catch most of the actual grammar/spelling errors myself before sending my fics to c, just using google doc's built in checker, but for one, i'm dyslexic, so there's always stuff i miss lol.

and two, i love how blunt and honest c is when she's reading my stuff — i know she won't hesitate to tell me if something doesn't make sense, or if it could be worded better, or should just be cut, etc. i guarantee if i put out my fics unbeta'd vs beta'd side by side, there'd be such noticeable differences; i've learned so so much from her these past couple of months, both in terms of practical things and also just how to have a better 'voice' in writing, i guess? her mind is incredible and beautiful :')

for me, it's just very helpful to have someone who will look at what i write objectively and will be honest with me and not sugarcoat things when helping me improve my writing. i find that's how i grow best, but that's also smth that (i think) requires a good level of trust and understanding, so i'm also v lucky to have c as both a friend And a beta reader <3

and also, on the less technical side of things, just getting feedback in a doc in the form of comments is so fun and helpful and motivating too, i always look forward to this from both ali and c, i owe them both my life fr bc i mean it when i say TAS would not be where it is without them :')) <3 it's rly fun to see what's going on in their heads as they read, to see what things could be elaborated on or what things fall flat, and i'm so so grateful. ali and c appreciation post fr

that's long winded but those are my reasons for not just doing it all myself! i could, and i did for like a decade, but i was very scared of criticism for a long time and it made me a bit stagnant i think, but now i look forward it and i genuinely get nervous putting stuff out without c or ali getting their hands it first LOL <3

[maskedbutsilly]

and its getting worse.

[please click for better quality !! it looks like shit from afar but i swear it aint]

hi hi! finally got around making this comic :D had so much fun making this (LIE. five suicide attempts were made.) this took 14 hours so im not making a comic anytime soon 😁😁

tho i have soo many ideas :) so stick around my dudes

reblogs are very VERY appreciated! thankms!

vvv oo u wanna see the original sketches so badd vvv

[c-goldthorn]

suddenly i wish i was a duffle bag

[c-goldthorn]

oh gosh @carnevol thanks 🥰 i’m working on finishing up hmbtr!! should be completed in the next few weeks 🤞

Day 26: Give your fanfic writers a boost and share your favourite MOTA AU

There are so many talented people in this fandom, I wish I could just list everyone, but I know I'd miss people if I tried. I love you guys for making my days better with your beautiful writing! ❤️

@slowsweetlove has already mentioned some of the best writers in the fandom in this rec post. I also want to add @hogans-heroes @middlingmay @trashbag-baby666 @caustinen @skyyguy @joeyalohadream and @rangerelizabeth 💕 All of you lovely people have posted stories that gave me a lot of joy.

Shoutout to @carnevol too, who's not a writer, but whose gifsets always hit me right in the heart.

[kkolg]

Abyss - Scraton

[sundewhasaudhd]

I saw this Tumblr post:

And I knew instantly what I needed to do

I’ll make this but with c!TNT duo in all my AU’s one day. But for now, just have this

[c-goldthorn]

unfortunately i agree and i feel like i jinxed it back in early august (late july? idr) when i said how lovely the mota fandom is bc shit literally went downhill the next day🧍‍♀️ seen sm questionable behaviour from mota ppl lately to the point of having to block. which. i never do.

so! don’t be a fucking cunt, be respectful, and tw/cw your shit pls. if u wouldn’t say smth off anon don’t say it on anon

have there always been arsehats dm-ing MOTA fic writers or are the writers just sharing it now? perhaps because the fandom has slowed down readers are getting antsy for more content?

either way, not cool. respect your fic and content creators who provide you with MOTA goodness for FREE in their spare time...

yeah i have noticed an upwards trend of cunty behavior(negative)

anyone gets mean anons send em my way I'll bite them lmao I don't play with that shit

[indigo-flowers09]

Here have some mama roba doodles for me to rant under :]

big fat RANT under the cut. just wanted an excuse to post it by posting doodles

its about why i haven’t been posting as much and a bit about the c!overtale comic ( >vo) ~*

So. i have not been posting as much as i used to. and i definitely have not been updating c!overtale as much as i want to.

I get that as i get further and further into the school year i’m gonna have more work and it gonna get harder, but i’m still making good grades so i just haven’t had as much time or energy to work on c!overtale or digital art as i want.

First off, i’ve been drawing traditionally a lot more. i don’t post it often because it just doesn’t do as well on here compared to digital art. it’s what’s accessible to me at school and just. easier. right now.

i’m not the only person who gets into a cycle of (good at digital > bad at digital > good at traditional > bad at traditional > good at digital) right??? i’m just in a bad at digital swing right now

Second, C!overtale. I’ve REALLY been wanting to talk about it. just another reason i haven’t been posting as much.

so far, of what i haven’t posted, i have 2 pages completely finished, five more inked, and at LEAST 30 to 40 more thumbnailed. i’m planning on having the next update be seven pages total, and i’ve been working on them little by little for over a month now.

this is really taking a lot longer than i wanted but i know the quality of work i’m capable of producing and i want to achieve it. i don’t want to half ass something i’m so passionate about just for the likes or to satisfy my social anxiety telling me people already forgot about it.

Expect that update by the end of the month. i’m gonna try to wrap it up over thanksgiving break. i really am sorry it’s taking so long, i’ve been working on that and school and, shivers, self care ewww like healthier habits and all the doodling in the world. i doodle when life gets uncontrollably political. i hate politics.

if you actually read all the way through this, thank you and why????? have some more mama roba for your inconvenience. she’s giving clover a bubble bath :3

Also im working on a drawing that’s shaping up to be pretty good. hope y’all like yuri 😼

[anonymouscheeses]

I just want them to be absolutely head over heels with eachother. No one sided simping in my hazbin hotel!

[tubzthelilbeeboy]

I'm SO glad ppl aren't being pussies abt c!beeduo anymore like oh my God it's about TIME. THEY KISS. THEY ARE GAY. THEY ARE MARRIED ROMANTICALLY. THEY ARE IN LOVE!!!!

I GIGGLE HAPPILY WHEN I SEE ART OF THEM SNUGGLING OR KISSING OR BEING OLD AND GAY! JUST LIKE HOW GOD INTENDED IT TO BE.

(Don't ship the CC's tho I better not see that shit like it's 2021 😭)