#don’t expect coherence

[ketchupchipsaregross]

Hi 🩷

19, 31, 64 pls!

Howdy 🤠

oh boy did i start yapping

19. what are some books or authors that influenced your style the most?

definitely agatha christie and other mystery authors. i think between the ages of 11 and 17 it was the only thing i read. and it basically made it so i used murder as a subplot. dodors was the first multichapter fic/work i’ve written where i didn’t kill anybody off, pretty proud of myself for that.

a big influence on how i write settings and visual things is The Book Thief by markus zusak. i read it when i was 14 for school and his descriptions of everything were so vivid, and the comparisons were both mundane and brillant that it fundamentally changed how i view the world. it’s the only book i’ve read so many times the cover is falling apart

and of course, i have to shout out ivy and bean for teaching me to write the most chaotic ass duos ever. i read that series as a kid and man does it fucking slap.

31. tell us about one of your characters who’s an absolute joy to write

i mean, how can i say anything but dodors ellie? she’s so fun, and precious, and just an absolute delight to write. she’s based off a real life kid i babysit, baby blues comics (that’s where i got the snails go crunch from), and stories from when my brother and i were little. writing her feels a lot like a nostalgia. plus she usually just possesses me and does whatever the fuck she wants

64. what is your favourite title for a fic you’ve read?

this is such a good question!

ellie of green gables by @bumblepony cause it makes EGG which i think is hilarious and bumble kindly tolerates

didactic by @penandinkprincess which is a real term used in education, and a method of teaching i already don’t like without everything from the fic ontop

kiss from the lips of monsters by @two-birds-alone-together cause it’s so fucking scary

queer clicker: a pride month crack fic by @adhdprincess it’s so descriptive! you know exactly what you’re getting! and it’s the lesbian clicker!

the transit of venus by @marchflower cause come on, that roman mythology reference is too good to ignore (and also whatever the title of foster baby au is gonna be cause i’m so excited)

[autistic-katara]

do u ever fantasise about a fictional character but instead of it being “i wanna kiss them fr” or something romantic or sexual like that ur just like “what if i was their child and i had mental illness symptoms and they got me proper help and comforted me”

[pizzazz-party]

System Collapse: at this rate the corporates are going to shut down this planet and enslave its people as salvage… unless we put on the biggest talent show this town has ever seen.

[grayscale-sparks]

Oarfish! The closest thing the sea has to a ruler (the measuring kind not a sovereign)

They used to have the myth around them that they caused tsunamis bc they would appear near the surface or wash up dead if there had been an earthquake under the sea which would then lead to a tsunami

woahh fish ruler

their little crown hair things. I love them. They’re so silly

[amoritasart]

Why is there no war or conflicts in the Boiling Isles before Philip came into the picture?? I’m so confused?? Like everyone in the past was so nice ?? You telling me humans back home were suffering poverty, war, famine, killing and accusing each other of witchcraft, committing genocide against natives, but the witches had a whole utopia? Why did Evelyn even take interest in such a place?? You telling me tween Philip single-handedly introduced evil to an entire civilization?? A random fatherless, motherless, brotherless man took over an entire world full of beings that naturally have immense power, no one else ever even tried to abuse this natural born power ever ??

[secretmellowblog]

The moments where other criminals try (and fail) to threaten Jean Valjean are fascinating, because we get a glimpse of how deeply Valjean was altered by prison— how much nineteen years of prolonged torture really has made him into a “formidable” “dangerous” criminal.

If he weren’t a shy gentle compassionate person who just wants to be left alone in peace with his daughter, he could easily be the most deadly man in Paris. He’s strong, he’s cunning, he has decades of knowledge about how to evade police and a wealth of hidden tools at his disposal, he’s highly skilled at deception, he can fend off gangs of men at once even while unarmed and has perfect aim with a gun; he could do so much harm if he decided to, but he doesn’t.

I love how Jean Valjean seems to view Patron-minette’s affiliates as… amateurs? They’re bad criminals in that they’re bad at being criminals. When Montparnasse attempts to rob him, and when Patron Minette/Thenardier ambush him, Jean Valjean speaks to them with lofty pity and kinda implies he thinks they do not really understand how to commit crimes. He explains the galleys to Montparnasse like he’s lecturing a silly misbehaving child.

When he burns himself with the hot chisel, the implication is: “I spent nineteen years in a prison where I was beaten and tortured every day, and you’re naive and inexperienced enough to think you can hurt me with a single scrap of metal you’ve heated up in a fireplace. You poor things. Don’t be afraid of me because I’m certainly not afraid of you <3”.

Compared to Jean Valjean, Patron-minette and their affiliates really are kinda just …play-acting. I think that’s part of why they get all those comparisons to theater and Vaudeville. Thenardier is a failed innkeeper puffing himself up as the most dangerous and clever criminal mastermind in Paris. But Jean Valjean actually has decades of experience living in “the criminal underworld” of the galleys, and as a result he has more deeply traumatizing knowledge and experience than Thenardier can even begin to imagine. Thenardier fails at torturing Valjean because Thenardier does not have the experience to even start to imagine the torture Valjean has already survived. As I mentioned before, Valjean has all the skills and knowledge that Thenardier wants to have, but doesn’t. So it’s like….Jean Valjean is in many ways the kind of “successful expert criminal” that Thenardier is only pretending to be.

[berrywinkle]

Most of sephzack hurt/comfort is Zack comforting Sephiroth, but what if, for once, it’s Sephiroth who comforts Zack?

After Angeal’s death, Zack does everything he can to honor Angeal’s legacy. He repeats the lessons and values Angeal taught him to the new SOLDIER recruits, he picks up some of Angeal’s habits and interests. He tries so hard to emulate Angeal, even taking some of his mannerisms and way of speaking, to the point where his own identity stops being a priority to him.

But Sephiroth notices. He misses Angeal too, and he would be lying if he said Zack doesn’t remind him of Angeal when he was younger, but he also knows what Zack is like. And this drastic shift in personality worries him.

Sephiroth pulls Zack aside and tells him he doesn’t need to be like Angeal. Zack is his own person, and yes it hurts that Angeal isn’t here anymore, but Zack doesn’t have to carry that burden on his own. He can’t replace Angeal, and that’s okay. He just needs to be himself.

Zack pulls Sephiroth into a hug and cries. Now he has someone who understands what Angeal meant to him, and he doesn’t have to grieve alone anymore.

[sableeira]

okay but ada dazai is so pretty princess vibe and prison dazai is so cat vibe. pre-dark era dazai is also cat vibe but not in the silly way but in the haunted way. dark era and beast dazai are both bastard vibe but in a tragic way and in the most affectionate way possible. the peak of dazai’s pretty princess vibe was during dead apple.

[fisheadz]

I am embarrassed to admit that I’ve forgotten that I can just… write. Whenever I feel like it, what I feel like writing. No matter how short and sweet, how fluffy or whumpy.

Wanna write some happy shit? Just do it you fucking idiot. Wanna write a super short fic? Go for it, dipshit loser. Ao3 is your fucking playground, go ham you dummy.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/63553267

The Desmond/Lucas fluffy pancake fic no one asked for but I wrote anyways because I asked for it. Finished this in like 30 minutes so expect sweetness over quality. I am very tired. Fish shall go die now bye bye.

[skoulsons]

Baylan and Shin’s parting

The scene that has upset (me) or confused (also me) most people. A chunk of people, who I respectfully disagree with, have said that Baylan is “abandoning” Shin. While I agree she definitely feels abandoned, I do not believe that is or ever would be Baylan’s intention. I just don’t think it works.

There’s an obvious amount of care (love, you could say) in their relationship. They’re not your typical competitive Sith master / apprentice relationship or Jedi master / padawan where feelings like that were repressed. They’re not mercenaries who were put together for a job or purely for the selfish gain of power. Shin has been under his wing as his padawan, borderline his child, for a long time.

He’s very protective of her as we see most notably in episode 4 when he ‘kills’ Ahsoka because she threw Shin into a rock. That sort of protection that drives you to kill someone (I don’t believe his original intention was to kill her—it was that that set him off) doesn’t come from a lack of love or lack of a relationship.

Their first scene on Peridea is another to consider. They’re comfortable, open, and vulnerable. Shin’s tone when she says “I know no such stories (shoutout to the person who made that post about Baylan telling Shin stories about the Jedi when she was younger. i still think about you)” is a sarcastic tone, almost teasing. They both comfortably smile and are way more relaxed being around just each other. Shin asks him questions without fear and Baylan answers without hesitation.

So, no, I don’t believe he’s abandoning her.

Now, nothing is known for sure. What exactly does he hear? What exactly does he see? What vision does he have?

Hopefully we get that answer, but my (and maybe most of you) bigger concern is why part from Shin for a wasteland and some power (yes yes we know he wants the ‘beginning’ but that’s still kinda VAGUE)?

Again, don’t know the truth, just throwing out ideas. i cant wait to be wrong on every front and be completely humbled tuesday night lolol

For one, he’s sensed and understood her questions and doubts and is actually considering them. He’s recognizing “OK, she doesn’t see all that I do”. He isn’t saying “Nope, I’m forcing you to join me in this”. He’d be a jackass if he did that. Since he seems pretty sold on staying on Peridea for… whatever it is he believes is there, he’s letting her go so she can, in turn, find her footing and take her place in the coming empire. Yes, he doesn’t know if that’s even what she wants, but Shin hasn’t exactly told him what she would want. All she’s mentioned (I think) was about leaving Peridea since Thrawn is desperate to leave as well.

Either way, he’s considering her and letting her go her own way instead of forcing her into a future with him that she obviously isn’t interested in.

Two, Baylan actually knows a lot more than he’s letting on and sees something that is… dangerous. Something he doesn’t want Shin exposed to. Something he knows is dangerous and he’s trying to keep her from (so she doesn’t suffer the same fate as his last padawan—if it’s true, of course). This one seems more selfish than some other thoughts. It can even fit other fandoms—he’ll go into it guns blazing for himself despite its dangers, but not her.

Three, which is just a bit of a vaguer, rephrased Two, he can’t / doesn’t want to lose another padawan if he can help it.

“Oh, then why’d she even follow him to Peridea? Why’d Baylan even let her come if he was going to abandon her anyway?”

He’s her master. Of course she’s going to follow him. It’s the guy she’s known longer than anyone else in her life. Her master, her father figure. Why wouldn’t she follow him? Why wouldn’t she stick it out for him? And, again, don’t believe at all that it’s abandonment or even something that was planned. It seemed very spur of the moment—like an off screen decision being made in Baylan’s head. Parting from her wasn’t something on his bucket list he was waiting to check off.

Fourth, the “ambition” that Baylan said was driving Shin is her willingness (not the word im looking for please read my mind) to embrace the dark side compared to himself. If he truly wants to bring an end to the Jedi v Empire back-and-forth, he’ll stay more Gray. So, he parts from her to give her that freedom. It’s the thing that drives them apart.

There’s even more ways to try and understand why, im sure. These are just word vomits and nothing to be taken as truth.

While I don’t at all believe Baylan’s intention was to abandon her, leave her for dead, etc, I definitely agree that Shin does feel abandoned.

Was the decision easy for Baylan? Highly doubt it. I don’t think he would watch her go, take a deep breath in, and roll his shoulders if it was easy. I don’t think he’d look around after Ahsoka stole his howler and debate going back for her if it was an easy decision. I don’t think he’d wait on the hill to keep watch and protect from a distance if he didn’t care.

I think one thing is for sure. Baylan thinks he’s doing what’s best when it’s really not. Shin looked like a kicked dog when Ahsoka offered to help—and whether that’s because she was reminded of 30 minutes prior on the hill beside him, or 15 years prior when Baylan stood above her and offered his help that started them on their journey (yari put this thought in my noggin), it hurts all the same.

I just hope the finale clears something up

[grace-williams-xo]

Someone please tell me (a non book reader) why y’all are INSISTENT that there will be an in universe time skip of a few years before/in s4 of bridgerton?

It can’t be bc the season isn’t coming for two years, bc look at s2 to s3

I know that in aofag benophie meet and then reconnect two years later but A) they haven’t met yet in the show B) the show plays so fast and loose and insane with timelines, what makes you think they couldn’t make them reconnecting just a couple months later instead of two whole years???

[hetchdrive]

Honestly deeply disappointed the blood pact Dracula thing was Harvey manipulating John but also it slightly turns the onus of the Aeryn Scorpius parallels back on John’s subconscious which is arguably way funnier.

[dykeseinfeld]

so like no one cares and no one should care abt my take but here’s the thing abt the chappell roan thing like.

nobody at all should expect any musician or actor or whatever celebrity to be an informed political commentator abt anything they are first and foremost artists who presumably spend the vast majority of their time on anything other than reading the news staying informed etc. it’s not their job to have coherent political stances and shouldn’t be their responsibility to make comments on every political issue and it’s a fools errand to ask them to do that bc you should be trusting informed experts who literally dedicate their lives to studying and forming opinions abt these issues not blindly trusting whoever your fave is anyway. but whatever.

[byanyan]

I really can't seem to hold it together for more than a couple days at a time, huh

[hotdogcabbagesausage]

was trying to look up hot topic today and confidently typed in “hot potic” no i didn’t misclick, i thought that was the correct spelling for a second or two

[captainderyn]

Just finished Mirkwood’s epic quests and…ho man. I’m so glad I went with Raenor being rescued in Moria and not him languishing in Dol Guldor ;—; his time in the-place-I-can’t-spell harmed him enough, I think spending all that time in the dungeons in Mirkwood would’ve snuffed him out completely.

And I think going through these quests just reaffirmed its best that Wulfwryn went alone into Mirkwood while Raenor healed in Lothlorien. I do truly think the horrors and darkness would’ve been more than he could handle in that vulnerable state.

In an ideal world I’ll write a homecoming fic where Wulfwryn returns to Lothlorien and reunites with him, dead tired and half wounded from the final battle in the tower. She won’t even have the energy to do anything other than look upon his face, far less wrought by the trauma he went through, and feel his unbandaged hands against her skin as he cups her face, and breath a sigh of relief. And melt into his embrace as he pulls her close.

Just..something something coherent thoughts, Raenor braiding her hair for her once she’s all cleaned up, her wounds dressed, as she’s nodding off, murmuring how he awaited her return on the banks of the Anduin, staring at the bleak darkness wondering where she was and if she’d come back to him.

*throws hands up* FEELS