#edit: if you saw the typo no you didn't

[zhukzucraft]

nuclear family as described by Iskall

[crystal-verse]

my pettiest complaint is when I see people draw ARR g'raha with one green eye, because the left eye is blue and had been blue until it became red. maybe a blue-green but it's still blue.

and I blame people thinking the eye is green entirely on the shb g'raha minion, much as I do love that minion

[clownowo]

been replaying the Portal series I think this is where its heading

[soratsuart]

It's done!!!! A comic for this fic by @shadeofsilentfire !! I loved this scene and had to draw it. It took a bit more time than I expected, but I like the final result :)

[ingo-ingoing-ingone]

Hi hi hello!

Here is my fic for the @battle-facility-zine, centering around Akari and Arceus in the Eternal Battle Reverie!

Please check out the whole zine; it's free to download and has some truly awesome work in it <3

[yukaeso-week]

Hey, welcome to the very first YukaEso week! It's only happening on tumblr, but if I ever decide to do this again I might branch off to other social media sites! The prompts are as follows:

Day 1, September 8 - Sun/Rain

Day 2, September 9 - Gift/Birthday

Day 3, September 10 - Cuddling/Holding hands

Day 4, September 11 - AU

Day 5, September 12 - Photography/Makeup

Day 6, September 13 - Public/Private

Day 7, September 14 - Free day

If you're participating in the week, please tag your posts with #yukaeso week 2024 to make it easy for me to find it!

If you have any questions about anything involving the week, send in an ask, I don't mind!

[wisteriaphyte]

A Realm Reborn Outfits

[archersgoon]

anyway

froi dads: august (fuck it free son) gargarin (having a weird one but hell at least his long-lost son is cool) perri (forehead kiss right at the end & froi wept! that's his dad in perpetuity no matter if they drift)

not froi dads: trevanion (does paternal-style projection on him, but this does not a father make) topher (too busy not parenting finnikin) the priestking (u know in movies where they make some shitty kid hang out with some shitty old guy & they develop a warrior's bond? that's what happened here)

froi mothers: abian (goddess complete someone has to hug this boy) lirah (all she could have wanted and more)

not froi mothers: tesadora (i keep blanking on characters from other media that can effectively communicate the dynamic i'm going for here. we'll go with rachel house in whale rider because it's the best i can do at the moment)

[gorgeousgreymatter-x]

Chapters: 1/2 Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson Characters: Eddie Munson, Steve Harrington, Wayne Munson Additional Tags: Werewolf Steve Harrington, Idiots in Love, Soulmates Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson, Werewolf Mates, Possessive Steve Harrington, Protective Steve Harrington, Full Shift Werewolves, Porn with Feelings, Porn With Plot, Steve Harrington Takes Care of Eddie Munson, Brat Eddie Munson, Grinding, Possessive Sex, Marking, Scent Marking, Scent Kink, Biting, Mating Bites, Failwolf Steve Harrington, Queer Wayne Munson, Wayne Munson's Sad Backstory, Original Character Death(s), Implied/Referenced Character Death, Wayne Munson whump, Eddie Munson is a Sweetheart Series: Part 2 of You're a wolf, boy, get out of this town Summary:

So, basically, it’s not Wayne’s fault at all when the door to Eddie’s room creaks open and Steve’s dumb wolf hind brain is only aware enough to scream intruder threat protect, but it doesn’t really change the fact that Steve’s got him up against the wall by the throat with a clawed hand before he’s even realized that he’s done it all.

“Oh my fucking god, Steve! Don’t eat my fucking uncle, jesus h. christ, you lunatic —”

or

Steve Failwolf Harrington learns even more things about himself (and absolutely doesn't accidentally eat his boyfriend's uncle in the process).

[atannaz]

these parallels got me screaming

[nonbinary-octopus]

I was having some thoughts about questions and feedback, and started wondering if my particular experiences and troubles are a me thing, a neurodivergent thing, or a common thing (and the person frustrating me is the one being bad at conversations). so.

[rudegizmo]

I'm proud 🫡 even if you hoped to do more

Thank you!!

My brain is melting, but there's a post I wanna get up before I quit for the night -- sighhh editing My Beloathed

[forest-hashira]

what if i dyed my hair like muichiro

[halfelven]

love random not even logged in readers just dropping their 'constructive criticism' on your 100k+ story that you're putting online entirely for free. this is just a rant btw

"You obviously have a great talent and I think you should work on honing it some. As much as I’ve enjoyed the story, there are a few things that stand out that you might consider looking at. I feel like the story isn’t sure what it wants to be at times; is it character driven or plot driven? It doesn’t flow smoothly because sometimes we have these wonderful character vignettes, like Illumi and Kalluto on a road trip or Kite/Leorio/Gon/Killua in an apartment where plot doesn’t really feel important, followed by what feels like heavily plot driven beats, like Kalluto and the spiders. In addition, it contributes to confusion because sometimes we see established characterization turned on its head. Especially the weird way everyone all of a sudden just sort of was OK with Kalluto being a spider and then working with Illumi when they just went to all that trouble to escape him? It all kind of feels forced and not natural. You know?

Anyway, I’ll definitely keep reading and look forward to seeing what happens."

first: love you trying to sound legitimate with your "in addition" like this is some kind of writer's workshop. second: in what way would I, the writer, think that an incomplete part of my story in which the reader does not yet know most of the main motivations (they are only hinted at so far) feels forced and not natural when I know what's happening, where it is going (and where I haven't had other readers comment with confusion about that part)

and moving on. don't do this. also like i said this is a wip in and no, no one is cool with Kalluto being a spider and no they're not cool working with Illumi, really. it was already established that some of them /have/ been working with Illumi before this~ he's someone that they know. like have you never been in a seriously dangerous situation that you just have to get through before you get back to what you want?*** also at this point Chrollo's real motive hasn't been entirely revealed.

Killua keeps changing his mind about what he's doing because he's a scared kid whose self-hatred is destroying him from the inside out. the POV is so tight that I have to keep dropping reminders that what is stated in the narrative is often not true! Illumi's POV, for example, keeps showing Killua as really loving him and being happy he's around but struggling with a desire for freedom, while with Killua's POV he's terrified of Illumi most of the time. like how is that not obviously a distorted POV where you can't trust the narrator?

"where plot doesn’t really feel important, followed by what feels like heavily plot driven beats"

this part is especially irritating because it's like yeah that's how I want to write it? this isn't a published novel. I don't have to commit to making sure every scene is important to the plot. I can spend time writing a full scene about someone drinking a glass of water and then 13 chapters in a row that are for moving the plot forward. I didn't even tag it as a novel... I did tag it for unreliable narration and I keep getting annoyed that people keep ignoring that.

"I feel like the story isn’t sure what it wants to be at times; is it character driven or plot driven?"

it's both??? it's neither??? it's a fanfic??? why do I keep getting comments lately where people are expecting me to adhere to like fucking publishing standards. this keeps up and I will write a chapter which is entirely about a minor character drinking a glass of water. watch me. I'll write one about phinks drinking a glass of water and you'll like it*

"Overall, the story is good and presented a compelling alternative to CA. Look, each fan has their own opinion on CA and I know I didn’t like it. I think it was a product of what Togashi was going through as he began to experience health issues and then finding himself right back where he said he wasn’t going to be mentally after he ended his earlier manga. We can never know for sure, but it certainly had a “watch it all burn vibe” to it near the end. I honestly believe he wanted it to end with the finality of Gon’s suicide as a capstone statement, but was probably convinced to go a different route, which kinda of left a jarring feel in the narrative and culminated in a rather unsatisfying end to Gon and Killua’s journey. Despite that, I am very reluctant to read fics where the events of CA are erased or grossly modified and honestly yours is really the first long AU/alternate timeline I’ve enjoyed"

okay first of all, I love the CA arc. but I had to split a point off where Kite was going to survive. why do you have to leave this whole paragraph about how you think Togashi was or wasn't going to go with the CA on my fanfic? I didn't even write this as 'oh look at my alternative to CA bc I hated CA' I don't really look forward to hearing comments about how random people didn't like so and so aspect of the story that I'm basing my story off of. I've never written fanfic for a story that I didn't like (except for some things that I don't have published I wrote at a request for friends for a fandom they were into that I wasn't really) and yeah I've wanted to 'fix' aspects (like tolkien's treatment of women for example) but I am not looking for your 'this is what I hated about the source material' comments on my stories

tired of getting comments with little 'oh I didn't like your style at first but now I do' or 'here's how to fix your story!' unsolicited advice from people who aren't better writers than me (I don't even want it from people who would be better writers than me on stuff I'm just doing for fun and for free)

when did stuff like this become normal? at least don't be a coward and be not logged in so you can't even get a response notification. like girl they aren't cool with it! why do you think everyone is on guard standing around like they're in a fucking hostage situation? how do you see such wildly different interpretations from different character's POVs and think it's not intentional? what part about Kite watching Killua like a fucking hawk makes you think he's going to let Illumi take him after this?

like if you've never had to smile and pretend to be cool with your abuser (pretend to love them) or someone who was threatening you to keep someone else safe then good for you! it fucking sucks! also don't know how to explain to you what a child who is growing up in an extremely isolated abusive situation goes through (though I keep writing about it in this story you should catch on...) but it's a million back and forths with emotion and feelings--especially if their abuser does (to in some way or to some degree) love them. and it is often blaming themselves. I'm not letting my years of studying human psychology and child development go to waste here**

is this story perfect? no but I'm not gonna hire an editor for a fanfic. and everyone's interpretations of characters will be different. especially with child characters who are going through huge changes in the world around them and their personal lives. part of the appeal of fanfiction is 'who would they become if this happened instead?' *sorry I keep writing about starving and not having clean drinking water but I will never stop because that's what I grew up with and it's hell. also phinks drinking water would be compelling since I assume he'd have harder access to clean drinking water

**hunter x hunter is also one of the only stories I have encountered with characters who have backgrounds as fucked up as mine and Togashi's interest in human psychology really stands out.

***like good for you but that was most of my life and you sometimes just have to shut up and get through it. and no I will not put my notes in the right order bc I'm not being paid enough****

****I'm being paid nothing

[goalpost-head]

*Lister screaming over anything Rimmer tries to say*

Rimmer: That's censorship!

Lister: Well done. You are correct. You're being censored. Now go.