#fanfiction + selfshipping you are so healing to me

[gojoest]

daydreaming is so magical ✨

[ss-shitstorm]

Hey aren't you on A03?! I've read your stories, and at one point you commented on my Optimus Prime fic (Account has since been deleted, however I am moving up on writing and learning more abt the Transformers community.)

I had my suspicions. But couldn't confirm. I write Transformers fanfictions and I adore yours! (I usually write selfshipping fanfics nowadays but try to update my x readers oneshots but nowadays depression makes me focus on selfshipping.) Nice to see you here!

Buddy I am so sorry depression is a fuckign bitch. I'm glad your around and up and writing at all tho bc this shit is healing AF. I'm sure I did read your fic bc I eat Optimus content up like wafflehouse hashbrowns(or I used to when I had more time now it takes me like 3 months to get through a one shot but hey) any idea what fic it was? or what the old account name was?

also very freaking nice to see you here too much dude. I'm truly glad you crawled back into robot fucker hell with us bc robot fucker hell is one of the most welcoming and kindest places on earth. Burn with us friend. It's a dry heat. <3

[therealvalkyrie]

THEREALVALKYRIE'S FIVE-HUNDRED FOLLOWER CELEBRATION

Hi everyone! As you could probably tell, I've officially hit 500 followers!! I started posting my writing just a little under a year ago after watching AOT obsessively in quarantine, and I will always be so grateful to myself that I did. I'd been reading fanfiction for a long time and toyed with the idea of writing my own, but never went through with it until I literally became so obsessed with Levi that he was in my dreams every night. I was in love! I was manic and a little unhinged! I wrote my first piece of x reader fanfiction that I didn't think was trash! And what did I discover when I posted it on tumblr dot com? A whole bunch of crazy, deranged, talented, brilliant people also obsessed to the degree of fanfiction with this short, fictional man and all the other men I've come to love. I found precious friends and role models and ingenious writers, and I found joy in sharing my writing.

Thank you, all of you, for making me a space in your little community. For saying, "Come in, stay a while! What do you think of Bokuto's tits?" Thank you for giving me a space to feel unjudged and loved, and for giving me the opportunity to love you all back. I so very genuinely wish I could wrap you all in blankets and keep you safe and warm, but I suppose thirsting over two-dimensional men will have to do for now~

To that end, I'd like to give you all something in return! There are two options for this celebration:

ONE :: Send me a detailed description of you and your selfship (from AOT, HQ, or BNHA) - how you met, where you live, if you have pets, kids, plants, any special traditions, habits, why you fit together, your special song etc - and I will write you a personalized drabble (fewer than 500 words) of your domestic life together. It'll be cute, it'll be fluffy, I would like to heal your heart<3 Side note: poly ships are welcomed and encouraged!!

TWO :: Send me a detailed description of yourself - what you like about yourself, zodiac sign, personality type, favorite passions, hobbies, likes and dislikes, anything you can think of that might help me out - and I will ship you with a character from a fandom of your choosing (AOT, HQ, or BNHA) and give you a timeline of your relationship: how you meet, when you move in, what you do for birthdays, when you meet their fam, and if you stay together or if you break up eventually. This one has the potential for being not as fluffy, but if you'd like me to not include breakups or similar, just let me know and I am happy to do it:)

RULES ::

⇢ Please send in an ask stating which option and which fandom(s) you would like, along with your description of yourself or you and your selfship

⇢ You may pick both options, but please send separate asks for each option if you would like both. This is just for my personal organization!

⇢ Please don't spam asks or ask me when I'm getting to yours - I promise I will! If it's been a while and you think tumblr may have eaten your ask, just reach out to me to see if I got it:)

⇢ You don't have to be following me, but please have an easily accessible 18+ age in your bio or rules!

⇢ I will tag all posts regarding the celebration with #valkyrie's five hundred. Make sure to block that tag if you don't want to see the event!

Once again, I love you all more than Hange loves titans, more than Shouto loves cold soba, more than Ushiwaka loves his farm<3 Can't wait to see you all in my inbox!

[pantheramore]

5, 6, 9, 17, 18, 20

20 Fandom Asks

5. what is your favorite overused trope?

I guess this trope comes to mind because of how relevant it is to... recent events in MHA, as well as how it relates to Rody but I have a love/hate relationship with someone being kidnapped or forced by the villain to work for them against their will, especially if it's because the life of a loved one is at stake. It's cliche and I feel that I don't often see it written with the full complexity that comes with the situation, such as remorse, guilt, needing to do it for your loved ones, battling with one's own moral compass, etc, but it has the potential to be super interesting.

6. do you read fanfiction? If so, do you have any favorite authors or fics?

I only really read self insert fics now hahaha. Though there's this one fic that has always stood out to me since I read it in high school called The Melody of Ambition. It was a Pokemon fic about the Go Rock Quads from Pokemon Ranger and telling the game from their side of the story and even though I hardly remember specifics about it, I just remember it being super engaging and having some great characterization and plot progression. I'm almost a little scared to reread it out of fear that it won't hold up anymore hahaha.

also @raggedyannazon? Ur Rody fic? Top notch.

9. do you like prequels?

I don't think there's any prequels that particularly stand out to me? But I don't inherently dislike them either? Regardless though, none of the fandoms I'm in currently have any (direct) prequels out so it feels kind of hard for me to judge.

17. characters you want to wrap in a blanket and tell them they’re going to be okay?

Rody

No seriously though, I want to write a character analysis on Rody and how his experiences have affected him because I feel like,, if you connect the dots there's a lot of little things he does that really inform how that trauma has shaped him.

There's a part of him that wants to deny that he's suffering. That he wouldn't accept being told that things are going to be okay because that means having to achnkowlege that things are bad and having to unpack his own feelings of worthlessness or guilt that he's internalized.

Anyway, he just deserves all the love in the world and none of what happened to him. I have a lot of very similar mannerisms to him and understand where those sorts of things come from and I just see myself in him a lot and it's nice to remind myself of that healing process through him. Things may be rough for him but MHA is very optimistic story. He's gonna make it, I know he is.

18. if you could be a part of any story, which story would you want to tag along in?

I run a selfship blog, do you even have to ask? Of course it's MHA. Being in the main manga at this point would really suck but maybe I can just chill in Otheon hahaha.

20. Bonus+ Create your own question.

Hmm... I guess one question I don't see as often as I would like is What do you look for in a piece of media?

For me I look for good worldbuilding and at least one character I can really latch onto.

Worldbuilding alone can make an entire piece of media for me. Especially worlds whose very premise is explored or even just hinted at with the implications of what certain systems in their worlds mean; the politics of the world for lack of a better word, for example how MHA's Quirks create a culture where looks that would be considered weird or unprofessional in the real world aren't really given a second thought because if you normalize and accept people having "weird" Quirks that change their appearance, you also normalize people with "weird" looks who just do it for fun! (granted I know that a lot of the character design in MHA can be contributed to just... it being Anime but I really do think there's a deeper trend there, I just haven't looked into it enough to say for certain)

As for characters, while worldbuilding alone can carry my initial interest in a story, finding at least one character I can strongly latch onto (and probably have as an f/o) is what keeps me coming back.