#especially when its like SOCIAL MEDIA AU OR SMTH

[yudgefudge]

why do I search jadon sancho on this site and it's just mason and jude x readers with jadon inexplicably tagged in them you people are abnormal

[blxetsi]

armin arlert, mikasa ackerman, and eren jaeger polyamorous headcanons (modern au)

armin arlert x gn!reader, mikasa ackerman x gn!reader, eren jaeger x gn!reader, mikasa x armin x eren x gn!reader

warnings: uhh fluff, this is very long, reader has a gf b4 getting w ema,

this is like my first post since feb that isnt a request 😍😍😍 how did i pull this out of my ass

- obv eren, mikasa, and armin have been besties since childhood so its no wonder they all got together first 🤩🙏

- and theyre all hot so why wouldnt they wanna date each other

- i think armin and eren wouldve gotten together first, and then invited mikasa into their relationship

- the three of them have been officially going steady for like over a year now, and its going really well

- they didnt really expect you to drop into their lives tho

- youre an old friend of historia's and you two reconnected after you moved to the city, securing yourself a decent paying job working as a writer for the city paper

- you usually get the boring stuff, never able to get a good story to write about, focusing your time on heartwarming stories in the community or the sports column

- its boring but it pays the bills

- you were thankful when historia called you during your lunch and asked if you wanted to get drinks at a bar with her and a couple of other friends

- of course you said yes

- so historia and her girlfriend ymir picked you up after work, having dinner with them after a long week was the best, but you were a bit nervous to meet all of their friends

- thats how you met eren, mikasa and armin

- at first you were sure that mikasa and eren were dating, seeing as mikasa had her head on the taller man's shoulder, while his arm was wrapped around her

- but when armin leaned down to give mikasa a kiss before heading off to the bar you werent so sure

- ymir pulled you away to get more drinks and explained to you what the situation was, while commenting on the way you gawked at the three of them before

- you were embarassed to say the least but they didnt bring it up that night so you hoped the throuple didnt notice (they did)

- you really hit it off with all of them though, especially sasha and jean, and were constantly talked about among the friend group

- because of your demanding job dealing with writers block and deadlines you couldnt really meet up with all of them often, usually just having sleepovers at ymir and historia's apartment, the three of you drinking while you wrote on your laptop

- after a couple months of casual hangouts with historia and ymir and their friends, you kinda became one of them too which was nice

- you were added to the groupchat, you all followed each other on social media, and a certain brunet had taken a liking to you

- eren didnt know why exactly he was so attracted to you but he was, maybe it was your hair, or how pretty your skin looked even when oily or with breakouts, maybe it was your smile or your body or your sense of humor or you kindness or maybe it was all of it

- eren jaeger would always stay faithful to his boyfriend and girlfriend, but maybe they could add another person into the mix, more to love right ?

- he had only known you for a couple of months though, he didnt want to jump the gun and bring this up with his partners so soon, especially if they didnt feel the same way he did

- and it would be a bummer if you turned out to be a bad person or smth

- so summer rolls around with lots of memories being made with your new friends, as well as friends from work, and you get a girlfriend ??

- shes not really your girlfriend you two have only been out on a couple of dates and she kisses you a lot but, you havent talked about labels

- one night you, along with your friends are back at the same bar where you first met them

"so, tell us about the girl youre seeing." ymir says, smirking over her beer.

eren's ears perked up at the mention of you seeing someone. "girl ?"

historia nodded. "mhm ! y/n's been talking to someone recently, they've gone on dates and kissed and stuff."

"and stuff, jesus tori you make it sound like we've had sex." you sighed.

the blonde just laughed, leaning her body onto her freckled companion.

"well ? what about her ?" eren asks. armin slapped him on the arm, already having suspicions about eren's interest in you.

your shoulders sagged. "well, she's great and everything, truly..."

"but ? is there a but in this ?" connie asked. sasha started laughing at connie's use of the word but, while jean slapped the girl on the arm because of her reaction.

you shrugged, swirling what was left of your fruity cocktail in your glass. "well, i'm not sure. she's very lively, and sweet. but i don't know, i just don't see myself being able to be in a steady relationship with her."

"so you're gonna end it ?" eren asked. you thought he seemed a bit too eager about your failure in the love department.

"why do you care so much ? you like the thought of me being lonely ?" you shot back, before downing the rest of your drink.

"no i just-"

"i think what eren means is," mikasa intervened, her smooth voice calming you as she looked at you with a smile on her face. "is that there's no point in staying with her if you can't see yourself with her. don't lead her on."

you nodded. "you're exactly right my friend. which is the plan for tonight because i," you quickly checked the time on your phone. 8:17. "have a date with miss molly at nine, so i will be taking my leave."

the group engaged in a chorus of boos for leaving so early, while you chuckled and took the lighthearted insults thrown at you by sasha and connie with ease. grabbing all of your things you put down two twenties onto the table. "i'll see you guys later, have a goodnight." as you walked off you heard jean yell "have a good time you heartbreaker !" making you shake your head

- the date with molly went less then well. she yelled, and cried, and even tried hitting you at one point. your walk back from the park was spent blocking her on every form of social media you followed her on, and when you got back to your apartment you spent the night in a hot bath before retiring to bed

- meanwhile, armin and mikasa were trying to pry the truth out of eren, who was constantly denying his attraction to you

- finally mikasa took one for the team "eren, you aren't alone with the way you feel, i do too." this made eren more willing to open up to his partners

- armin doesnt say anything about you, only saying how youre kind. he doesnt feel the way that his girlfriend and boyfriend do, but he knows that may change

- soon enough, more time flies and christmas rolls around, with you all deciding to have a secret santa get together.

- historia invites everyone to her home on christmas eve, with ymir begrudgingly allowing it

- bertholdt and annie come too, reiner not being able to make it due to going home for christmas, while everyone else decided to stay in the city

- you picked out your secret santas at the beginning of november so you would all have enough time to find something for each other, you hoped whoever picked your name gave you something good

- after hours of games and karaoke and drinking you all decided it was time to open the presents

- ymir got socks from bertholdt, connie got an ugly beanie from ymir, historia got new pens from mikasa, mikasa got knitting needles from annie, annie got a dumbell from eren, jean got a not so appropriate t shirt from connie, jean gave sasha more comic books, armin gave new stationary paper to bertholdt, sasha gifted you that new biography you've been wanting to read and you gave armin your old copy of frankenstein by mary shelley

- he was surprised but very thankful, "how did you know i needed a new copy ?" "well i remember you said eren spilt water on your old one, and the pages just stuck together so i thought you might as well have mine"

- it warmed armin's heart that you remembered something so insignificant, and opened him up to the thought of being with you

- the rest of the night was spent with hugs and thankfulness, cheering when the clock struck 12 and it became christmas day

- after getting things cleaned up everyone decided it was time to leave, with armin, eren and mikasa offering to give you a ride home

- a ride where armin straight up kissed you in the backseat

- you stopped him of course, thinking that it was weird he would cheat on his partners right in front of them, while they were shocked all on their own for different reasons, armin who didnt have feelings for you KISSED you

- and surprisingly armin took the lead in explaining how he felt, why he kissed you, an apology for doing so, and an offer to start dating all three of them

- your heart was pounding in your ears and your entire face felt hot, it was probably the alcohol, or the way his lips felt so soft when they touched yours, so you said yes.

- its not smooth sailing from there

- youre kind of awkward

- this is your first relationship where you really feel like you could love these guys (you already do) but its also your first relationship with multiple people

- the trio start inviting you over more often, soon for sleepovers, and start inviting themselves over at your own place, mainly eren

- he just comes at random times, sometimes when youre not even there and waits for you, or stays and cleans up a bit before leaving

- armin and you share a deep love of literature, and you often find yourselves in hot debates about whatever youve read (mikasa and eren have to pry you two away before things get physical)

- mikasa likes to cook with you, she shares recipes that her mom taught her, and her and armin love to cook dinner together whereas eren is the breakfast maker of the household

- the first time you slept in the same bed as them you were so nervous your whole body thumped to the tune of your heartbeat, you were convinced armin could even hear it as he was laying beside you, but eren wrapped an arm around your waist, pulling you into his large chest before whispering "youre as stiff as a board, relax honey"

- eren snores, mikasa drools, armin has those dreams where you fall and then violently wake up before you hit the ground

- slowly but surely you stop thinking about your relationship as the trio and you, but as all of you together, and that really helps you come out of your shell a bit

- you may still be in the honeymoon phase, and there may be bumps along the way, but you like being with armin, eren, and mikasa. they make you so happy, it feels like the happiest youve been in a long time

- you like watching eren and armin dance in the living room while you and mikasa cuddle on the couch, before the boys pull you two up as well

- you like when armin reads to you, his soft voice reciting the words of the great gatsby

- you like it when eren can just tell youve had a rough day, and pulls you into a hug like hes protecting you from all the bad things in the world

- you love being with them. you love them. and you think that theyre it for you

i rushed the ending bc im fucking tired but i kinda wanna do a poly!series with like sasha, connie and jean, or annie, bertholdt and reiner, or any other poly ships u guys may request !

so yeah pls give me feedback it rlly helps me figure out whether you want a polyamorous series (or just like what i write in general), and it would be my first series ever which would be super cool anyways

yeah requests open for poly!ships anyways

[berriesandjunnie]

Do you have tips for writing? I used to write but stopped because I never had inspiration and my writing was awkward :(

writing tips omg- okay so i don’t know whether it counts as a tip but i have a specific post in my drafts (you can use any app to store it) but i list all of the idols i write for with a bulletpoint under all of them so when i get an idea for a specific idol, i list it under their name in the draft post! i list the au it’s in, the specifics (i.e. vampire!chan x human!reader) if they’re not both human or smth yknow and i’ll also write as much of the plot as possible to give myself an idea to write from

i would give an example of this but i’m pretty sure i’ve already removed my hao angst fic’s bulletpoint and i’m not leaking any upcomings hehe but i’ll also draft the fic name then too

that way i can always go to that post if i begin to get writer’s block midway through writing. i could be like “oh i don’t know what else to cover” but my draft post says something like “chan consoles reader in thunderstorm” and i’d be like oh! i haven’t written about that yet. yet again i don’t know if that classes as a tip but it definitely helps me especially with types of au i may not be confident with? like i don’t like writing my fics below a certain word count but that’s another thing

establish whether you want it to be a long fic or a short fic when you plan it! if you don’t want to make it a long fic but have a lot to write about, make it a series maybe!!

also i learnt this from being a university student: keep a tab open for synonyms if you think you’re repeating words, especially nouns and verbs. think you’ve said ‘watched’ too much? have a look at some synonyms just to spice things up!

i use wordcounter.net (i believe its what its called) for not long finding out what my word count is but i’m pretty sure it can also show repetitive words, etc.

i’m not sure if it’s a tip (oh my fucking god pin this to my forehead) but if you can’t start writing paragraphs even if you do the whole draft plan post concept, bulletpoint it first. i love bulletpointing (hence why my headcanons are informal as fuck and bulletpointed) because it’s easier to keep listing a plot or scenario. maybe if that would work better like that, plot it out in bulletpoints and write based off them!

just remember to write what you’re confident with. don’t think you’d be good at writing sad stories or smuts? don’t force yourself! i’m not particularly good at angsts, i write them but i wouldn’t say i’m the best lol but i refuse to write smuts or suggestive scenarios (not only am i bad at them but i’m omnisexual and i have no interest in the topics half the time LMAOO) and the same goes for au or topics. can��t think of a full plot for a certain au but you can for a different au? yknow which one to choose!!

write for yourself, numbers play a big role in a lot of social medias and tumblr is one of them. we always sit here as fanfic blogs, looking at how many notes particular fanfics get or how many followers we have but we should really be focusing on what we enjoy and for a lot of us that’s writing! don’t be afraid to turn down requests if you write on tumblr too, set yourself boundaries that you are comfortable with.

i really don’t know if this was helpful in any way, i could probably list some more things but i’m on mobile and i’m already aware how long this post had gotten (i can’t put in a ‘keep reading’ tab right now) but i’m more than willing to perhaps do a separate post entirely for tips and stuff at a later date when i’m on my laptop. (:

[childofhelios]

I’d like to hear the director’s commentary on special agent ☺️

ahhhhh, sorry this is so late but yes Special Agent (read under the cut because this might get long lol)

Special Agent actually came about because i was trying to do different AU ideas to help me stretch my writing skills, so for no sugar with that americano, it was a cafe AU. and i had tried writing like original stories but they weren't sticking so i decided to go with a MDZS AU. it actually was created more than a year ago(i was gonna do smth for the anniversary but maybe next year ;-;) 

But yeah i modeled “The Agency” after the actual CIA, that’s where the branches get their official names from. I went CRAZY over the research. like when i tell you i STILL have tabs open about the CIA and different positions there, im not even kidding. I also used the idea of having each character have their unique weapons of choice, but make it more modern? Most of the characters use pistols simply for ease and concealment, but characters like Jiang Cheng who uses a whip and Jin Ling who uses a repurposed bow from his dad’s old pistol were really exciting to research! i also liked finding swords like urumis, which are like flexible whip-like swords, which is similar to what Jin Guangyo uses in canon, and jambiyas, which literally means dagger and Lan Xichen uses it because i think he would prefer that over long distance and less personal fighting like guns(if you want more info, please check out the docs page, it makes reading a LOT easier)

it’s kinda tough because i have such a fondness for these characters that if i can’t get something ight, it puts me in a rut for months. but rewatching the show(s) and reading different people’s versions really helps me feel rejuvenated for lack of a better word. my favorite character to write is either jingyi or ouyang zizhen and you can tell because i give them extra long scenes kjsdkjfs. they’re my favorite characters to begin with so that’s probably why. I think the hardest character to write is a tie between lan wangji or wei wuxian. idk, they’re the main characters so you have to get every aspect correctly. and ESPECIALLY since it’s from wei wuxian’s point of view, i have to think like him. like “okay ive been gone for 16 years and the man of my dreams says he needs me, what do i do). it’s wayyyy easier to portray wei wuxian’s longing because we can hear/read his thoughts. but for lan wangji, its a lot harder. he has his aura of elegance and seriousness but he needs to be soft enough to where the readers can see it but not too much so that wei wuxian doesn’t notice. 

OH,  i forgot to talk about my favorite scene. all of the scenes i wrote with the wen siblings and wei wuxian make me SO happy. i genuinely really enjoy their friendship and the fact that they had been through so much but still stuck together, that’s why i made THEM the people who stuck with wei wuxian even after he had left the agency. because i dont think they wouldn’t have left him if they had a choice. a close second is the breakfast scene and then third is a scene i havent written yet!! i have the outline for it but just so you know it involves dancing, masquerade balls, AND pining. what more can you ask for?

i think future plans for special agent is that we’re at the halfway/two-thirds of the way there. i don’t like to drag things out more than they needs to, writing-wise, so i like to neatly wrap it up in a bow. THEN im already planning 4 more aus: two that have to do with the Special Agent universe, a social media AU, and then a high school to adulthood Wangxian. please don’t like kill me if it takes forever to write. im a master procrastinator so skdlvksd. i know this is super long and im sorry, but Special Agent is literally my baby and i can talk about it for hours.