#chain reply

[wutheringmights]

@shoot-i-messed-up lol thanks I try my best so we'll have to see how the dang thing turns out (whenever I get around to finally writing it).

It is extremely topical and I know that because over the past 2ish years alone about 5 academic/journalistic books have come out that I want to read for research purposes that I haven't gotten around to to buying yet.

The romantasy bit is half a joke, half a genuine idea. On one hand, it's definitely a bad idea for me, someone who doesn't like the genre, to write for it. On the other, the genre is so prone to disguising conservative propaganda under the veneer of female empowerment that to challenge it would be so thematically cohesive lmao

NEW UPDATE YAYYYYYYYY

at this rate you might break 1 million words.... i'm impressed and EXTREMELY in awe of your ability to stick to just one single project. what an immense undertaking!!!!

do you ever write other things non-ctb related to give yourself a change of pace/palette cleanser? or is there no time for that? there's probably no time for that. given how huge each chapter is, the rate at which you update scares me <3

I once swore that if this fic hits 1 million words, I was gonna forsake society and become a sheep herder. I really, really do not want it to be that length, but brevity is not in my genes and its increasingly obvious that I am meant to suffer.

Honestly, I've only been able to stick with CTB this long because a) I am genuinely interested in what I am writing in terms of content matter (like my interest in LOZ stuffs wanes and waxes but I love writing about Very Complicated People), and b) everyone has made it really obvious that they want me to continue.

Like I started this fic under the assumption I would probably only get a few comments and I would drop it once I was bored. But, nope. I did not get bored and people really like it. So I'm still here, chipping away at the plot year after year.

I'm not writing anything besides CTB right now. I definitely have to devote all my time to CTB if I ever hope to finish it. But I do have a writing project I am kinda working on simultaneously.

It's a piece of original fiction I want to write when CTB is done that will also be about someone who did something bad and is now trying to get better. But this time, I want to explore the mentality of right wing women-- or more specifically, how women can rationalize supporting an agenda that actively hurts other women and is counterintuitive to they, a woman, having power. So whenever I need a CTB break, I hop back into researching things like trad wives, white supremacy, protonatalism, and the like.

I'm nowhere near ready to actually write it, but it at last gives me a bit of an emotional/creative break from CTB.

[mirensiart]

this pun was so bad I had to go anon

chain: I wouldn’t chain you with these puns if I didn’t think they were interarresting! :D

Key: please. Just throw me in jail.

this pun was so good I had to draw it, anon ;)

Edit: lol I wrote would instead of wouldn't anon, not only do I take months to reply but I also read it wrong LMAO ANON I'M SO SORRY PLEASE FORGIVE ME JFBDKD

Edit 2: I corrected it :)

[forestfrolickingfairy787]

How the chain signs of emails.

Why did half my day literally go to replying and typing emails??

Anyways, gave me this idea bahaha.

Warriors:

He seeps it short, sweet and sharp. No kind regards, no best wishes or any formalities. He's too busy to type up any polite sign offs.

just

'As per my previous email.'

Won't start by saying, hello hope you're doing well or any of that stuff. Jumps straight into it.

-Link. (Please note I work Monday to Friday 9-5, and will only reply during these business hours)

Wild:

Thumbs up, probably doesn't use an email account tbh, and is more responsive via whatsapp. Maybe a 'thanks,' but no kind regards. Accidentally makes typos or might send a chain mail to the whole office unintentionally. One word replies are definitely his thing.

Time:

Yea I can see him being formal and polite. Probs,

'Thanks and kind regards, Link.'

Sounds a bit intimidating when you read his emails because he uses full stops to end his paragraph. No exclamation marks. If he's unsure might just send a '?' in response which could spiral someone if they don't know him or what he's like in person, and sounds curt. Email replies are a must during off business hours. He has boundaries between personal and work life yknow.

Twilight:

So kind and heartfelt!! <3 Might add a smiley face, uses:

'Dear recipient, hope you are keeping well.

Warm regards, Link.' :) if he's in a good mood that day.

Sky

Honestly delayed replies, but he's tired and sometimes you gotta follow up with him a couple of times before he gets back to you. Everyones kinda just used to it now. Standard polite. Probably starts with:

'Apologies for my delayed response....'

Much appreciated and best wishes, Link' A typo or two is a possibility. He needs an email reply to let people know he might take his time, but he hasn't gotten around to it yet. He will, eventually. If he doesn't ditch the job.

Legend:

Has the urge to sign off with:

'Unkind regards,' or 'Lukewarm regards,'

but he's got enough basic etiquette not to send it. Except for that one time he did to his boss and got called in. Anyway, now he just goes with the:

-'Thanks.'

Hyrule:

He's got a personal sign off in a green, calligraphy coloured sign off that says:

'Yours sincerely, Link. I will aim to get back to you at my earliest convenience, and apologies in advance for the delay.' Very friendly! You know sending a few follow ups won't annoy him.

Sorry, I'm tired of writing emails now. I don't think Wind or Four would use them but feel free to suggest in the comments hehe.

[moonshynecybin]

Marc’s fucking vale again to spy on Alex and Franky and when he finds out vale immediately begins complex hijinks to keep Marc away from them, telling himself it’s because franky should get to have something he wants without a Marquez sabotaging it, because Marc knows how to ruin a good thing and what is vale to do except take him to a fancy dinner in bologna instead of the seafood diner marc casually suggests which is a convenient two minutes from franky’s apartment. Why should they go to the beach vale knows the boys visit after a sweltering morning at the ranch when he can take Marc out on the yacht for three uninterrupted days

actually coming down on vale’s abandonment complex in a marquez sense being triggered once again in this scenario… does he think alex is gonna take franky away from him. does he think alex is gonna break franky’s heart. does he feel weird bc he knows he has NO ability to let alex into his family bc of his relationship/past w marc and alex kinda doesn’t want that anyway and he always thought franky’s partner would be part of HIS family as well… does he love franky enough to try and play nice after genuinely years of them dating on the polite downlow (catching glimpses of franky checking his phone and taking deliberate care to put it face down on the table…) and does marc’s bullheaded ass then SHOW UP because he’s been having all the same questions about the alex and franky relationship that vale has, but also lacks any sort of tact preservation or good sense to let this happen without him. even if showing up at the ranch hurts him so bad it feels like knives in his belly and at one point he has to excuse himself to go have a panic attack in the communal showers….

[someones-here-for-sure]

:3

[eldarianduelist]

This art between us, Y.C.A.M. .

Happy 104

[kyanite-shards]

[aroaceleovaldez]

Something something Jason feeling like he doesn't quite fit as "Greek" or "Roman" as a metaphor for bisexuality, particularly the semi-canonical bi-coding in his half of experiences during the Cupid scene and how Favonius and Cupid speak to him in parallel to the scenes confirming Nico is gay.

Something something the camps as metaphors for traditionally acceptable forms of relationships and Nico living as a rogue outside of them, rejecting expectation (ergo in himself representing a metaphor of queer identity and living outside of boxes and defined/usually hetero-allonormative/binary ideas of what love/relationships should look like) versus Jason struggling with the expectation to conform to a label and even discussing with Nico both of them remaining at CHB together.

Something something the inverse of Jason shifting away from the camps after he breaks up with Piper, feeling lost and unable to find a place between the camps as he begins to explore his queer identity properly for the first time versus Nico only remaining at CHB because he has entered a relationship. In this essay I will-

[stealingyourbones]

I’m so tired with people continuing to tag me in posts with tags in the posts implying I’m attempting to gatekeep dpxdc.

I’m just asking folks to read some wikis or maybe watch a DC tv show to get more ideas because the content in DC is so expansive. I’ve been trying to push this since July of 2022.

I’m writing it like this so people just understand. I just want to show folks the cool thing I enjoy and That theres so much more content to play with when you either do (or don’t idk at this point bro) choose to look more into the greater fandoms of the Crossover.

You can write whatever you want, I would just think it would be cool to see the looking into cool DC stuff by the community.

I’m not gatekeeping or trying to prevent people from writing fanfic. I read all forms of dpxdc fics at every level of fanon to canon to AUs to Ghost AUs.

I’m just trying to push a cool thing I like to show other people the cool thing I like?

[whetstonefires]

for the record your mom's first cousin isn't your aunt, she's your first cousin once removed. her kids are your second cousins.

your aunts are your parents' sisters, or the wives of your parents' siblings.

english doesn't make much distinction between the paternal and maternal relations and is weirdly inconsistent about how relations-by-marriage work, but it's got a nice precise numerical coordinate system for the consanguinity of cousins. it's all based on nearest shared ancestor; very scientific; you can tell genealogists got involved.

unfortunately as a result hardly anybody understands how to apply it.

[wutheringmights]

@rabidogbite I am 100% okay with blaming this on you lol

Is ao3 down??? Are you FUCKING KIDDING ME???

[skymagpie]

"Trick or Treat!"

Calypso has prepared her completely safe to eat mystery candy, but they do want a trick though (and it better be good)

[mirensiart]

How do Chain and Key cope with period stuff?

sorry if someone already asked this

transferring her period cramps onto him

[crimeronan]

HELLO. WHEN DID THIS BECOME A THING. ALONGSIDE NESTED REPLIES...??

tumblr baby. please don't do this. don't TELL me there's a reply there. don't tease me. i don't even know who the blocked user is!! i can't even go unblock them for 2 seconds to learn The Secrets!!! i just have to live with this!! the emptiness!! the silence!! the knowledge of what my unrelenting haterism has wrought!!

why would you do this to me :(((

[child-of-the-vast]

(On new years eve, some time around midnight, there is a ring on Orions door, quickly followed by frantic knocking.)

~ @rainy-sk1es

Orion opens the door, looking quite out of it. He wasn’t asleep, but certainly not all there.

“Rainy?” He mumbles confused. “Are you alright?”

[luimagines]

What type of bikes vehicles would fit the chain more in your Prospective?

Ok, I had a similar ask like this two days ago (I think already) So I'll put them down here. It's gonna be long because Imma add pictures.

Keep in mind, I know nothing of motorcycles. I gotta give this disclaimer every time. XD

Time = Retro (BMW R 18)

Twilight = Harley Davidson (Road Glide)

Warrior = Scrambler

Sky = Cruiser

Hyrule = Off Road Dirt Bike

Legend = Muscle (BMW R18, like Time, different year)

Wild = Honda Unicorn

Four = Hiboy DK 1

Wind = side car/vespa