#daydreamingofdragons

[msfcatlover]

@fandomwandererer

im still like mid s3 in tma but im practically spoiled all the way to somewhere else, tell me more about the archivist tim story. is the not them even relevant if tim is already marked by the stranger? if it is who end up a not!them? tim would need a spider mark right? wonder what that is

*vibrating in place* ARCHIVIST!TIM STOKER, MY BELOVED!

You have no idea how much I love this AU. You have no idea how long I could talk about it. No, really. It took so many edits to keep this response reasonable.

(This is from my notes document on this AU, and does not include the lengthy conversation that originally spawned it. My adoration of Archivist!Tim cannot be overstated.)

Okay, okay. A couple things to establish. First: I cannot take full credit for this AU. @daydreamingofdragons & I came up with it together while bouncing ideas off eachother, and it spiraled (ha) out of control. This is just as much their monster as it is mine.

Second: Tim Stoker’s trauma is not defined by being from the Stranger. His tie to the Stranger hugely shapes his character, but not the Stranger itself. Tim’s trauma is defined by the feeling that he had multiple chances to save his brother and didn’t; that Tim watched Danny die, too close not to feel like Tim should’ve done something, and even though Tim consciously tries to argue with himself that there was nothing he could’ve done, Tim can never silence the part of him which says Tim’s actions (or lack thereof) indirectly killed his little brother. You don’t need the Stranger for that.

(a few post-s3 spoilers below cut, as well as other answers.)

Third: The purpose of the Archivist is to collect “marks” (scars/traumas) from each of the Entities. The Archivist is chosen for their potential to collect those marks, and how easy they seem like they’ll make it (translation: how much work Elias has to put in himself.) To make a viable Archivist candidate, you need to ask what mark/s they already have when they first arrive at the Institute, how Elias might manipulate them, and how much manipulation it would take for them to start putting “finding answers” above “personal safety.” (So Jon Sims is an exceptionally good candidate because he’s driven by a desperate need to understand, he has trouble trusting others, his self-worth was already garbage by the time he got to the Magnus Institute, a consequence of both being a tendency to do absolutely everything himself, and he walked in already marked by arguably the hardest Entity to manipulate into doing anything.)

While the Web would be needed eventually, it's not needed as a foundation. Any mark will do, though if anyone at the Institute is still marked by the Web, you need to give your chosen Archivist a mark just as (if not more) rare & dangerous to make them the more tempting prospect.

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So, Tim is not marked by the Stranger; we actually had him marked by the End (full statement outlined,) and to compensate for how not Eye-aligned Tim is (canon!Tim wants answers about what happened to Danny, but beyond that curiosity is very much not one of Tim's defining character traits; he's not driven for want of knowledge the way Jon & Sasha are, he's driven by love for those closest to him & a need to find a guilty party who can be blamed & punished for any suffering they endure) we had each one of his assistants be marked by a different Entity. After all, if Tim doesn't care about answers or mysteries that don't affect people he cares about, the answer is to tie those mysteries to the personal struggles of those people he cares about.

Jon kept his Web mark (still Mr. Spider, and Jon was definitely the backup in case anything happened to Tim, but the End was always going to be the biggest risk to get a mark from, which makes it just too tempting even with Tim's temper & disposition taken into account.)

Sasha was marked by the Dark (the first time Tim uses his powers is to protect her from it, eventually leading Tim to directly help Basira & co with the lowercase-r ritual the People's Church performed in s2.)

Martin was marked by the Stranger (and also is the only assistant Tim didn't choose; Martin was Gertrude's last assistant, while Jon & Sasha were on a list of "pre-approved" potential assistants Elias gave Tim.)

(and yes, we fully figured out how Sasha & Martin were both impacted, and how it would tie into the plot & their respective arcs. Especially Martin & Jon's tragic enemies-to-friends-to-lovers story in this version.)

That gives Tim 4 different rabbits to chase down. By the time he's started to clear up even one of them, chances are other avatars would start to poke their noses into the archives' business. And then Tim's temper, need to protect those he deems to be his own, and need for retribution on any who would harm them would keep Tim locked solidly into the Archivist's role. He's not going to try to leave as long as they're still at risk, and he's always going to jump in front of that bus rather than throw any of his people under it. And once Tim figures out what's happening, he's far more likely to try to get ahead of things by taking the fight to the other avatars rather than try to slide beneath their notice the way Jon mostly did.

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The NotThem isn't actually that relevant, though we did play a bit with the idea of NotBasira. Instead, @daydreamingofdragons came up with a new creature who does the opposite: it steals identities by rendering people unrecognizable. Not like it replaces them or completely changes their appearance, but it's the cross-section of the fear of mistaking a stranger for someone you care about & the fear of being rejected by loved ones. This person claiming to be your brother is obviously not your brother---sure, at a distance you might mistake them for your brother, maybe they could even fool someone who doesn't know your brother that well, but you can very clearly see all the little differences that show this cannot possibly be your brother. Especially if you have a picture to compare. It's not your brother, you know it's not your brother, why is this complete stranger insisting that they're your brother? Why do they know so many things about your brother, why are they wearing his clothes, how did they get the lucky charm he never takes off? What did they DO to him?!?

(It is, in fact, your brother. He knows why you're acting like this, he can't recognize himself in the mirror, but it doesn't make your complete rejection of his identity hurt any less.)

I can't remember if we actually discussed this, but I've been calling it the "Innominate." Which is an adjective meaning "something anonymous or unnamed," but sounds like a word that could easily be a verb meaning "to un-name something, to render anonymous," and also works as a proper noun just fine.

It goes after Jon in mid-to-late s2. This leads to everyone needing to figure out whether or not they still trust Jon ("trust & love as an active choice," you're such a good theme and I love you so, so much,) Georgie joining the Institute to investigate Jon's "disappearance" (they reconnected after Jon did the follow-up on Melanie's statement in s1,) and Tim needing to save Jon from Daisy after they find Gertrude's body (s2 finale, rather than s1; but once the police are there, there is one person in this verse who is obviously skittish, out of place, and doesn't want to show identification to the cops, and it's not the Archivist. Tim's being nothing but coolly polite & helpful, because he's worried about his people and wants to get these cops out of his archives as soon as humanly possible.)

The antagonist for s1 is the Spiral rather than the Corruption, and after Michael (& co) invades the Archives, Tim ends up going to Hill Top Road for a guiding thread so he can rescue his friends. He hates it, but Tim recognizes the pattern, has no pre-existing hangups about the Web, and there's an original statement in there about a woman getting lost in the tunnels and following a thread of spider silk all the way to the trap door in the archives. With the help of the thread anchored in Tim's chest, he's able to trick a different Spiral ally into the heart of the Distortion and safely recover Sasha, Martin, & Jon from the chaotic, twisting halls. With the changed heart (and the loss of Michael's obsession) the Distortion retreats for a while.

[serendipitousoracle]

Go and get the meat man; he might bring me back to life.

@daydreamingofdragons

[darthfruitbasket]

daydreamingofdragons started following you

I think we’ve a mutual follower/friend in @meridok and you seem like an all-around ok person, so ... why not? Welcome aboard this mess, buckle up.

[ao3feed-ineffablehusbandz]

saw division grow together

by DaydreamingofDragons

Drabble collection using the Good Omens Celebration themed prompts from tumblr. Any warnings will be posted in chapter notes.

Day 1: beginnings are complicated things to nail down

Day 2: a study in contrasts

Words: 200, Chapters: 2/31, Language: English

Fandoms: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens)

Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)

Additional Tags: Fluff, Drabble Collection, Rating May Change, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Other Additional Tags to Be Added

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/23985055

[ihaveallthesefeelsokay]

tumblr crushes challenge: where you post your own favorite blogs to spread positivity and get your amazing blogger-friends some more followers!

I was tagged by @warlockwriter, who is definitely on this list!  I put off doing this because I know I’ll leave people off because my memory is futzing out on me lately.  So if you’re not here and you think you should be?  You’re here in spirit.

@archangelsanonymous, @disizletzi, @zomberflie, @nobodys-baby-now, @idabbleincrazy, @reallyscj, @aria-lerendeair, @muckitymuckart, @daydreamingofdragons, and even though they aren’t around anymore, @rulemaker.

I know I forgot people so please don’t hate me I love all my mutuals.

[adrawatcher]

@daydreamingofdragons !!!

coming to the 1.5 update to stardew valley:

-banana trees -moveable beds -desert/beach farm -splitscreen co-op (on console and pc) -new late-game content -ginger root -new monsters -new weapons -new chests and artisan machinery -new furniture ETA: for everyone asking, this update should be coming to all platforms (switch, ps4, pc, mobile, etc). mobile probably won’t have splitscreen co-op but is expected to have most everything else.

[hixystix]

I was tagged by both @littlethingwithfeathers and @shadowfromthestarlight to list five positive things about myself in an effort to get more uplifting and positive things on Tumblr. These types of memes are usually a challenge for me, so we’ll see what I can come up with!

1.  I like that I’m usually cheerful and good when dealing with people.  I’ve got a “customer service voice” but I’m never aware of affecting it.  I just genuinely want to be pleasant to others if they have to deal with me.

2.  On the whole, I’m a pretty neat and clean person (dusting and ironing excepted).  I think my former roommates like @hawthorneox and people who have stayed with me like @archangelsanonymous will vouch for that.  That being said, I’m the messy one in my family.

3.  I’m good with cats.  Even when I don’t want to be.  I have a secret beacon that calls them to me when they need help and I can’t say no.  In the past seven years, I’ve fostered/rescued over fifteen cats and kittens.  All but three went on to new homes.  Two are still with me; one passed on.

4.  I’m good at making a budget.  I’m not good at sticking to it, but I’m good at making it.

5.  I love to be learning.  I’m addicted to reading non-fiction these days, from many different genres, because I just can’t get enough.  I’m a firm believer in self-education - with the internet and libraries at your disposal, there’s almost nothing you can’t teach yourself!

I tag: @key--lime--pie, @daydreamingofdragons, @moonlitfox, @garish-gorebage-girl, and @moonfighter1985!

[meanderfall]

A-Z meme

Tagged by @daydreamingofdragons, thank you! ^_^

A (age): 19

B (biggest fears): Being alone, being unimportant

C (current time): 9:21 pm

D (drink you last had): Raspberry flavored wine (’twas very mild and thus the only wine I’ve ever enjoyed drinking so far)

E (every day starts with): Trying to remember what is reality and what isn’t

F (favorite song): atm, probably Saturn by Sleeping at Last

G (ghosts, are they real?): Sure

H (hometown): I live in the vicinity of Montreal (though not really, I’m like an hour drive away from downtown)

I (in love with): No-one irl. (lmao pretty sure im deathly afraid of actually falling in love so that’s probably not gonna happen for a while)

J (jealous of): Nobody, I don’t think. In general, I’m jealous of people who are capable of being a functioning adult in society because man. It is not going well for me right now.

K (killed someone): Nope.

L (last time you cried): Last week, 1) because of the movie I was watching (Moana) and 2) because of the general stress of my life atm and her struggles hit me deep

M (middle name): Hélène 

N (number of siblings): 4

O (one wish): A job please.

P (person you called/texted last): My older brother

Q (questions you are always asked): “How’s the job search going?” (the answer usually being poorly, which is probably my own fault bc i am an Anxious Mess)

R (reasons to smile): Friends

S (song you last sang): Son by Sleeping at Last

T (time you woke up): I woke up at like 2 am today and then went back to bed at like 4 or 5 am, and then woke up again at like 11.

U (underwear color): Purple

V (vacation destination): ???? Meh, there’s no place in particular I really want to go. Maybe Japan?

W (worst habit): Procrastination and avoidance (I also did not forget to change this, but this is definitely my biggest and worst habit as well, so)

X (any x-rays?): I don’t think so.

Y (your favorite food?): Rice

Z (zodiac): Capricorn, which would fit if it weren’t for all the talk of being a hard worker and goal-orientated

I’ll tag @cloudsaysthings, @anthcny-stark, @aroacedrienne, and @theaussiedragon

[ao3feed-crowley]

saw division grow together

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2xxUnUE

by DaydreamingofDragons

Drabble collection using the Good Omens Celebration themed prompts from tumblr. Any warnings will be posted in chapter notes.

Day 1: beginnings are complicated things to nail down

Day 2: a study in contrasts

Words: 200, Chapters: 2/31, Language: English

Fandoms: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens)

Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)

Additional Tags: Fluff, Drabble Collection, Rating May Change, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Other Additional Tags to Be Added

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2xxUnUE

[msfcatlover]

@daydreamingofdragons said: “go write!”

Anon asked:  “Wriiiiiite!! Even if it's just a little bit. Just something~ you'll feel better after”

Thank you! I am. Closing tumblr now. See you all tomarrow. Or... or maybe at 10 tonight, but I’m going!

[serendipitousoracle]

Saria, my Nemesis pursuant in Fallen London, will soon be off to the Iron Republic, and when Saria returns she shall be clung to most dearly by @daydreamingofdragons’ darling Melyn. daydreamingofdragons was the one to then draw the Iron Republic tea Saria brings back escaping while Melyn does said clinging :P No running back crying to Saria when she spots the tea watching her from a crack in the floorboards!

[ao3feed-goodomens]

saw division grow together

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2xxUnUE

by DaydreamingofDragons

Drabble collection using the Good Omens Celebration themed prompts from tumblr. Any warnings will be posted in chapter notes.

Day 1: beginnings are complicated things to nail down

Day 2: a study in contrasts

Words: 200, Chapters: 2/31, Language: English

Fandoms: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens)

Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)

Additional Tags: Fluff, Drabble Collection, Rating May Change, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Other Additional Tags to Be Added

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2xxUnUE

[homsantoft]

@daydreamingofdragons said: I was about to tag your main blog in this before I thought to check who I was reblogging from *facepalm*

Look... if my brand is Imperial Radch Trilogy Humour then I’m satisfied with that. Anyway, I’m completely endeared, thank you.

Also, this imperial radch post fell out of my queue on my reblog blog & I was like OH MAN HILARIOUS GOTTA REBLOG THAT, and: ok. Ok self.

[ihaveallthesefeelsokay]

hides-in-the-shadows replied to your post “daydreamingofdragons: So, I’ve been messing around with gif...”

I wish i knew where I could watch this

http://ihaveallthesefeelsokay.tumblr.com/post/93343811298/the-agency-season-1

[hixystix]

I was tagged by @motleymoose to share my home/lock screen (you got both), the last song I listened to, and my last selfie (which is a few months old cause I don't take many). I just realized I haven't changed my lock screen since New Year's. Perhaps I should get on that... So people should play! @hawthorneox, @archangelsanonymous, @daydreamingofdragons, @laenij, @reallyscj, @casandsip, @aria-lerendeair, and @ariaofdoom!

[malomaximus]

You have a plum tree?

Pfffff I didn’t actually expect anybody to ask me about my plum tree, but YES! I do have one.

We got it... maybe 6 years ago and it was a stumpy, runty looking thing that we honestly thought we’d killed, but then one spring it just EXPLODED and suddenly produced WAY more plums than we could even hope to eat.

So it’s kind of become a challenge every year to do something with at least most of them, leading to some very... experimental plum sauces once we’ve exhausted our taste for plum cake and plum tart and plum crumble and literally everything else plum because it’s STILL GOING 8l