#dei answers

[dalliansss]

Galvorn Prince looks very inch resting! Do please tell us more about that one

Halp @skaelds

The negotiations are among the funniest part of this. The Noldor and the Doriathrim finding common ground is a hilarious thing to write, particularly because the Noldor do not think it impressive for an entire people to be hiding under a Maia’s skirt rather than go out against Morgoth burning like stars.

Understand Maeglin is every inch a pompous, confident Doriathrin prince in this one. Has quite the ego. He knows he’s lovely (by Sindarin standards) and anybody he picks should immediately be his biggest fan because I am Gorgeous and I Chose You, Also Love Me Forever

Maeglin is also only 107 in Elven reckoning. The Noldor go smh Thingol why send us your heir he is a baby

So like Nolofinwe and Fingon prepared this dossier of all the eligible Noldorin elleth (they’re pushing for Finduilas to be a Doriath princess to counteract Himring’s political power and wealth)

But Maeglin chose the person nobody wanted him to choose.

Also there is a mildly philosophical thing about Amanyar beauty standards where Maedhros is ‘damaged goods’ while in Sindarin standards he is the greatest beauty there can be because red hair and scars = 🥰🥵😏🥴

[dei2dei]

Questions for Fic Writers!

10 & 12?

Sorry it took a while to reply! 10. How do you decide what to write? Usually there's an idea lurking somewhere that finally sticks its head up and goes ME ME ME. I keep a list of "hmm" things - for fanfic, what are moments that are unclear to me (whether it's a char's motivation, or the fallout of an event, or a dialogue line, or 'what does this imply about the world') or a "haha wouldn't it be cool if", and go from there. Like right now, I have a MK Wild West AU idea that started with seeing 'arranged marriage' on a prompts list, wondering how to do it, and it really wants to be 'take Sonya and Johnny and Kano and Erron and Jax and Nightwolf and maybe Liu Kang and Kung Lao and put them in the American frontier and explore all these juicy dynamics'. And then there's Apothecary Diaries and "haha Maomao and Shisui are nerds together, they need to have a playdate".

12. Are there any tropes you used to dislike but have grown on you?

Hmm. I used to really not like soulmates but got converted/turned onto it by friends and some great examples of it. The sheer amount of worldbuilding you can tuck away in "what happens if people are colorblind until/unless they meet X criteria"? What does that say about film/television, fashion, medical care (how do you see a discoloration?), even traffic and warning signs? Another one is omegaverse, because there's all the smut - and there's also all the worldbuilding because of how the dynamics would affect day-to-day life. How would first responders handle things if someone was in rut/heat? How about HR in a business for days off for heat/rut reasons? What kind of changes would you see in parental leave if something like mpreg was extant in a patriarchal society (like our current one) - or what kind of overall societal changes would you see? How would social classes form in/around the secondary alpha/beta/omega designations - would only people who didn't respond to/have heats and ruts be eligible for certain roles? Would only omegas be responsible for a certain role, or alphas? How's something different if it's an alpha-dominant setting, versus beta-dominant or omega-dominant? etc. ... so I guess some of the "lol unrealistic" tropes get me excited because of all the worldbuilding inherent in them if you treat them seriously. Like, how would life be different if you had a matching tattoo when you were born? Would there be databases of tattoos? Would parents find their childrens' soulmates immediately and be in touch? What would happen if someone didn't approve of the soulmate? What drama could you cause there? ... and then that cycles back to question 10 and my answer for it. Eventually one of those ideas goes "OH YEAH" and then I find myself writing it.

[theanxiousbookdevourer]

If you haven't voted in my poll about that call in Disco Elysium, please check it out here. I appreciate all those who have responded so far.

Now, I want to talk a little more about Harry's phone calls. Disco Elysium spoilers ahead.

I think it's very sad that a lot of players miss out on the phone calls. Not just that one but the ones before and even after it.

There's the call you can make near Evrart's office, where you first hear of the video store. You have been holding a video hostage for five years now. Its description?

Sounds familiar, doesn't it?

"'No wonder no one's been missing it.'"

By the boardwalk, everyone on the line is lonely. There's a woman who doesn't seem to be in her right mind. A woman Harry whose loneliness we understand all too well.

There's that call I've talked about before.

One thing I didn't say about that call is that, if you just choose another option, if you don't pretend you're sleeping with his wife, he seems perfectly normal. Pleasant, even.

That might be the scariest thing of all.

Then there's a man desperate for money. Someone we have the option to try to be kind to, even though things don't go as planned.

There is a disillusioned man lost in his own work.

Then, of course, there's that call. The most desperate one of all.

Worse yet, Lt. Kitsuragi never even hears us. We're somewhere too far for him to reach.

Go ahead. Call again. Now Empathy speaks up.

"Stop scaring her."

"'No wonder no one's been missing it.'"

"'We could all be a bit kinder to each other, don't you think?'"

"'It gets lonely even when you're with people.'"

"The lieutenant is too far away to hear your yelp."

"'There is nothing.'"

"'Harry, please...'"

"What in the name of god did you just do?"

[oshiawaseni]

Between BkDk, which of them knows they're in love with the other?

A question was asked: Is it just one, is it both, or is it neither? This is my reasoning behind why I think that both of them have realised their romantic feelings for the other.

I'll start with Izuku’s side first, as he is the veteran.

Izuku's been sitting on his feelings for quite some time and repressing them as much as he can, simply just knowing these feelings… exist. Izuku has always loved Kacchan, but I'm talking specifically about the moment he realised what kind of love it was.

I think the moment that really did Izuku in was witnessing the growth in Katsuki's heroic heart for the very first time, during his team's battle in the Joint Training arc. Shiny eyes watched Kacchan's newly perfected teamwork as he fought the opposition while protecting his team and allowing them to cover for him in return.

This change in Katsuki was his heart becoming more like Izuku's, in his efforts to become the top hero that cares about saving and winning equally. He no longer looked down on the action of saving a person, so he no longer looked down on what it meant to be saved by others either. I think this really cast him in a new light for Izuku.

Kirishima: "But it's true it might be the first time we've ever seen him do something like this." (Katsuki protecting others)

As well as planting a seed foreshadowing Bakugou Katsuki Rising, Hori placed the speech bubble over a very bare panel of Izuku watching Kacchan for two reasons: Emphasis that Izuku was also seeing Kacchan's character growth for the first time, and to imply that the change in Katsuki's character that Monoma had just been yelling about was, in large part, influenced by Izuku himself.

The paneling is so genius. It seemed insignificant enough to be ignored by Bones, yet it says so much more than all other panels because it tells a story of the piece in Katsuki that had been missing their whole lives, it’s simplistic emptiness conveying the beauty Izuku saw in him finding it. If Katsuki was changing, maybe Izuku was, too... and this panel was the start of Izuku's admiration evolving into something more romantic.

Izuku watching Katsuki's heroism was an incredibly important moment for them and puts Izuku's view of love in ch.348 into some more context. Because chapter 208 was Katsuki definitely... undeniably sharing Izuku's heart. RIGHT AFTER sending his thoughts to Izuku: "Just keep your eyes on me, shitty Deku!"

".......If it responds to my feelings, at that time, I..."

And not long after JT, we get these unfinished thoughts about WHY Black Whip was triggered and Izuku has been hush about his inner thoughts on Katsuki ever since. (Other than telling Kacchan he doesn't mind being called Deku, if it's too hard to call him Izuku.)

The reason Izuku's emotions were so deeply triggered that day is because Monoma reminded him of the pain he saw in Katsuki's face when he cried to him about ending All Might in DvK2.

The recent anime ending further backs this theory during a montage of Izuku running away from the significant memories he has with his friends. This memory is a very important one to Izuku.

When Monoma triggered him, Izuku felt Katsuki's suffering on a personal level. His precious Kacchan, who had cried to him with that face, had fallen under attack, so by extension, Izuku was being attacked too. That day, Izuku discovered how very protective he is over him. (see also: "Give him back to me!")(see also: Kacchan getting hurt "because of me" to save Izuku was the Vigilante arc catalyst) (see also: Vol 37 Cover Art)

During his Bakugou Katsuki Rising chapter/episode, Kacchan too felt an immense amount of empathy with Izuku, because he refers to the moment he was about to lose Izuku as being "at death's door." Not specifying it was Izuku's death, but death in general. Izuku feels Katsuki's pain. Katsuki feels Izuku's pain. And this attunement with one another makes them both feel immensely protective over each other. Amazing.

So... Izuku has just figured out his feelings... and when asked directly by Kacchan, he runs away from giving him a concrete answer because he doesn't want to upset him with the love and overprotectiveness he feels for Kacchan inside his heart. At this point in the story, Izuku still feels somewhat disliked by him and is scared of Katsuki's potential harsh rejection. I'm sure he was thinking something like "Better to omit the truth and not cause anyone pain." No pain for Kacchan, no pain for him. Hedgehogs can't get hurt if they never lie close to each other, right?

＊* .•° ✿ °•. ❀。• *₊°。 ❀°。 ೋღ

With Katsuki, I think he awoke to a new feeling born inside him after he almost lost Izuku. The uncompromising need for Izuku to stay in his life. And his feelings from childhood that he’d hidden deep inside reemerged with the same explosive level of fervour that he’d given Izuku their whole lives, except now when he thought about Izuku, his heart was filled with something… different.

He only realised what those feelings really were at the same time he faced the looming death that was ahead of him. Katsuki was stripped completely bare by AFO and found all that remained of him, which was now staring him straight in the face, the precious piece of him AFO could never touch: Izuku’s and his intense and binding love for each other. There's no other explanation for chapter 362, other than him becoming more aware of both Izuku's and his own feelings. That's why he thought of him in the end, that's why he longed to see him so much.

That's why he wanted his feelings to reach him, to have Izuku in his grasp, at a time when he knew he had no hope to. All For One told him to face his reality. But that reality and Katsuki's wishes are two very separate entities and nothing can come between the love and belief Izuku and Katsuki have for each other. Katsuki would not be broken… and it was his hope that won out.

Edgeshot: "Don't give up, Dynamight! The guy you're waiting for will... Deku will come for sure. That's why I won't let you die!"

Hori revealed on the back of Volume 37 that Izuku is the person Katsuki had been waiting for because... (and this BREAKS ME):

Katsuki had been waiting to be saved by him.

I KNOW, I KNOW. There's a small part of me that's just like "SHUTUP HORI THESE CHAPTERS WERE ALREADY HARD ENOUGH TO TAKE YOU DIDNT HAVE TO RUB THEM IN EVEN MORE :((" because thinking about all of this hurts like hell.

But I know these lines probably weren’t written to upset those of us who live in a perpetual state of bkdk canon brainrot, and were written so that everyone else, the average "casual" fan, can start to see/accept the love that's between them a little more. I'm sure it's with this kind of intention that he reminded everyone again of who exactly it was residing in Katsuki's heart and whose name it was Edgeshot felt he needed to use to call out to Katsuki with, for the sole purpose of motivating him harder to stay alive. (ily Hori, thanks for the pain.)

As of ch.362, they are both now aware they love the other, Izuku doesn't know yet that it's very reciprocal, but I think Katsuki realised it, and he allowed Izuku's love to overflow him during his delirium, using it as his shield to protect his spirits after the awful things AFO did and said to him. It's devastating that he had to suffer so much to see the truth that had been lying dormant inside his own heart the whole time.

This uncovered truth is why he got back up and acted in the way he knew Izuku believed in most about him. Izuku wasn't coming. But at the very least... he could still become the hero Izuku admires and loves one last time, before it was all over...

"(Never giving up until I get my win is what you always believed in about me,) so I just gotta win, right.... Izuku....?"

Ch.362 felt like Katsuki's answer to Izuku's feelings, an incredibly private moment of him exposing his bare heart for all to see. His final act was an acceptance and reciprocity of the love Izuku felt for him that had been there all along. He was completely run down mentally, physically and spiritually, so he comforted himself by thinking about his special guy.

What provides more comfort than your beloved being right there with you, at your lowest? What greater desire does the heart have than to feel loved by the person it yearningly aches for the most?

Katsuki was only able to see Izuku's feelings because he could finally face and recognise his own.

[angelsarecomputers]

I know it’s been said but I find it so weird when people demonise Dora. The one interaction that we get with her- the REAL her- in the whole game, she is extremely patient, despite the fact that Harry is calling her in the middle of the night and asking creepo shit like ‘are you sleeping naked’. We can infer through context clues that this has probably happened multiple times before, and yet she still knows no signs of ill-will towards Harry- she just seems tired and concerned.

And it would be completely within her right to be angry at him for harassing her, as well! Knowing how volatile Harry can be, perhaps she even learned through fear not to confront him. And yet, there still seems to be this perception that, out of the both of them, DORA was the abusive one, despite all evidence pointing to the contrary! It’s not even that I don’t think she wasn’t at least slightly abusive, given Harry’s disabilities and their class differences, but what I am saying is that it was likely mutual, and that, out of the two of them, Harry was worse.

Their relationship probably got horrible and toxic towards the end, of that I have no doubt. What I don’t get is why the fandom seems to believe that Harry, as he currently is, is in any way capable of viewing the relationship objectively. There’s ample evidence that he was violent, frequently misogynistic, and that the experience gap between him and Dora was significant, and yet people still take his worst thoughts at face value. That she’s a ‘war criminal’, that’s she’s a goddess- people seem to think Harry’s deification of her is the main issue, and not the opposite; his virulent hatred towards Dora, towards ‘Revacholian women’.

It just boggles me that people are so willing to believe that Harry was the only one truly hurt- that Dora’s decision to leave was made lightly. We don’t know exactly what happened, and what glimpses we do get are filtered horribly through Harry’s grief, but they were in a relationship for more than a decade! They were planning to get married! I don’t think Dora just up and left for Mirova one day- the way the dream conversation goes seems to suggest they hadn’t been together for a while.

There are so, so many things said during the final dream that are probably just Harry’s self-hatred masquerading as Dora/Dolores- and while I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of it did come from Dora, at other points in their relationship, I think it’s pretty obvious that the final dream is meant to be a confused muddle of Harry’s memories and grief. Why else would she appear as Dolores Dei? But, while no one ever explicitly says it, I feel like a lot of people want to believe that the way things are during the last dream is how they were in real life. That Dora really was cold and cruel to Harry- when in real life she appears as just the opposite, despite what he puts her through.

[its-gambit]

So wouldn’t dating beast count as beastiality?

Gambit don know what dat means.

[idylls-of-the-divine-romance]

I say, "Ableism is bad." You say, "Ableists all live in their mom's basements and don't contribute anything to society!"

I say, "Misogyny is bad." You say, "Fuck all men."

I say, "Homophobia is bad." You say, "All religious people should be shot in the streets."

I say, "Racism is bad." You say, "White people are the devil."

I say, "Murder is bad." You say, "I hate any idiotic bitch who disagrees with this."

I say, "Body shaming is bad." You say, "Everyone who disagrees is ugly and has small dick energy."

I say, "Fascism is bad." You say, "Yeah, kill all nazis!"

To which I say: you do not know why ableism, misogyny, homophobia, racism, murder, and body shaming, and fascism are wrong.

Go, go and meditate on why these things are wrong and don't come back until you arrive at the answer.

[voidcat]

idk if you're ayt with suggestive stuff but the narumi drabble you did with yamazon packages gave me an idea. what if he opens up a package and there were toys in it—

feel free to ignore, just thought to share

-(⁠ㆁ⁠ω⁠ㆁ⁠)

I’m alright w suggestive and nsfw stuff no worries ! I tag them separately however I’m not alright w minors interacting w that content on my blog so,,,

AND ANON- GRAVBING YOU BY THE SHOULDERS HOW DID YOU READ MY MIIIIIIIND

Narumi has been intentionally picking up readers packages once in a while in the hopes of an …embarrassing order being sent that day for reader so he will have this weird “gotcha” moment on them- make blood rush to their face, make them feel embarrassed guilty etc etc

He wasn’t waiting forit to happen on one of the days he was expecting it least/ and to say he was the one flaggerbasted would be an understatement- and the way reader is so nonchalant and unimpressed by his antics is makes the situation even worse

He might as well get swollen up by the earth opening up- he thinks it’d feel less awkward if he walked in on you and Shinonome making out…. He is definitely starting to feel uneasy when you just yank the package back and throw in a “I will be reporting you for tempering with order of mail, use of someone else's identity and invasion of privacy"

were it few months ago, he'd have just laughed it off but as a division, they all recently experienced first hand that you should Not be taken lightly when threatening someone legally... and Narumi? yeah, he's too hot, young and just on the brink of completing this video game to go to jail...

EDIT: little does narumi know that its purchases youve made for a certain someone that would get you flustered and shy if found out about !!! so what if you decided to buy your office staff little trinkets for new years as a gesture! and what if you decided "fuck it" and ordered few extra for few certain jakdf members youve been spending your time often with......... what if this repeated for his birthday too wha-

[dalliansss]

Would you tell us more about your "Doom, Gloom and Maeglin" WIP please?

@skaelds

Okay but let me yell first for the a minute bECAUSE UUFHDKFHKD I AM STARSTRUCK.

Okay I'm good.

SO-- This fanfic is primarily Skaelds' fault. I don't even like Maeglin, let me tell you. I was so busy loving over Finrod AND THEN this horrible horrible lady sidles up to my Discord DMs full of eye emojis and OFC we had to write it. How can I refuse? I can't. We have too many Same Hat vibes. A collab is the only way to go lmfao

Maeglin has a blonde kink. It is so hilarious to exploit. Prescinding from the canon fixation on Idril, my own first ideas of this courtesy of another Silm friend is that, well, what if Maeglin met another blonde that could cancel out his doom? Finduilas was the ideal candidate.

But then why not raise the stakes and make him go for the Ultra Blonde of the family -- Finrod.

We are many chapters in advance, but the basic premise is this all takes place post Bragollach -- Turgon just doesn't know how to handle his nephew and heir presumptive (bruh, maybe not executing his father in front of him was a start, idk, just our opinion) -- so he sends Maeglin to the place he HOPES can cheer him up: that is, Nargothrond. (And find a wife too, Maeglin, so you stop pining after Idril, k? K.)

So Maeglin goes to Nargothrond. Sees the Ultra Blonde of the lot, 2/3 forgets Idril and chases after Finrod, whom to his immense surprise returns his affections.

But Finrod has his own baggages. Maeglin has to share his glittering, golden one with two other elves and a dwarf (he is lucky Beör is dead and gone at this point), and one of the elves has been with Finrod since the Years of the Trees.

I can't risk any more spoilers, but Maeglin's arrival in Nargothrond will definitely alter events, and maaaaaaaybe even be able to overcome a certain Doom. Maybe. We'll see.

BTW, Maeglin is an excellent battle strategist. (He should go to Himring and nerd with another Master Strategist there who spends 90% of his time imitating a popsicle) Mairon you better watch out.

I'll let skaelds add to this once she wakes up LMFAO 🤣

[littleplantfreak]

Imagine sinking your teeth into your human lover and drinking their blood as they cum inside you. Warmth filling you from above and below

i want to be filled like an eclair on the regular and you torture me with an even sweeter treat?? I want to drain them dry but im tucking them in the comfiest blankies ever when im done cleaning up.

[this-is-ris]

Ris is a constant delight to see on the dashboard, and your screenshots capture a genuine warmth and generosity of spirit that seems to come not just from the character, but the person behind her.

I hope you know, this has made my whole week!! To know I radiate any sort of positive and nice light means the world to me ♥

Ris and I are going to be rolling around in the flowers about this message for the rest of forever. Thank you truly, re-reading this again made me light right up from a dreary Tuesday and was a much needed message!!!

[midnightmah07]

falando em live action dos filmes da disney

eu to mUITO triste de como tá saindo o filme da branca de neve, tipo a atriz odeia o original, todo mundo ainda acredita que o florian tinha 31 anos, e não querem fazer uma historia de romance

vey....

PQ VEY

Nunca vou me esquecer do dia que essa atriz disse que o Florian era um stalker tipo DE ONDE VC TIROU ISSO????????????

[the-everqueen]

And please give me all your unpopular opinions on Sandman 🙏🏼

[maniacal laughter]

we know my feelings about hob gadling

dreamling is not THAT compelling

the tragic end of morpheus' arc in the comix fulfills a narrative function, which is the most in-character thing it could do

in this house we love and respect danny!dream

the only good thing to come out of the spinoffs was nick robles' danny art (and possibly jt4's nightmare country but we have yet to see how he concludes it)

if the neilman weren't a coward, he would have cast toshiro mifune as destruction for s2 ("horse," you might say, "mifune died almost 20 years ago, how would he get the role?" that's not my job to figure out. i would have also accepted manny jacinto, though)

bailey bass should be delirium

the comix, the series, and the fandom are too anglocentric (perils of an english speaking creator and audience)

i have Thoughts about how Despair in the comix is the only fat Endless and also the one who is most often drawn as inhuman. i also have Thoughts about how Despair is the significant fat representation in the series.

the neilman and the fandom should read saidiya hartman

[its-gambit]

You're Remy Lebeau aren't you ?

@just-a-mutant

Oui.

Or Dey call me da Gambit.

[fanpersoningfox]

Hello there!

Ich wollte der Sicherheit halber fragen, was deine Pronomen im deutschen sind! :)

Hi!!

Ich benutze an diesem Punkt verschiedene Pronomen in verschiedenen sozialen Bubbles und bin mehr oder weniger mit allen cool. Wenn du gerne/viel denglischst, gerne they/them, aber jedes Neopronomen deiner Wahl ist genauso gut, ich mag es/sein aktiv gerne und er/sein und sie/ihr sind auch fine

[luxurybrownbarbie]

You should change your profile name to Ghetto Fabulous. It fits you better than luxury Barbie lol. In your dreams would you be allowed in polite society

Ghetto Fabulous Barbie is actually an amazing url, I hope someone snatches it up. 😭😭 Unfortunately, I’m a suburban girlie through and through, so I cannot be a poser online.