#first time i have in maybe like 5 yrs LOL

[kimquatz]

i'm always grateful that tumblr still has fully customizable profiles bc there are little else other places i can still get the joy of putting page dolls on my profile LMFAO

[skunkes]

[unproduciblesmackdown]

similar to the greentext stuff - i was visiting with my neighbors and their grandkids were around, and I said to this eight year old, "Hey, you wanna know something cool? I was playing the game when the Endermen came out." and his eyes went wide, like this kid looked like i told him i landed on the moon. His grandma thought it was really funny, and she said she has no idea what i'm talking about, but her grandbabies do, and that's incredible to her.

oh that's fun lmao, when minecraft & that update's existed for more than your whole life, and yknow being that young and like Next Year fr is this huge time scale away, a couple of years is a quarter of your life thus far and like maybe nigh half of the part of your life you actually have longterm memories for....i was checking out this dev's blog's archives about a:tdd's release in 2010 & in one entry they compared the implicitly Roughly concurrent release of Minecraft and i was like hey whoah. forever primarily being a game i've Heard Of more than any more direct exposure so i had no precise sense of [before minecraft release] [after minecraft release] Year 0 there but it's like for sure back in thee day when minecraft was a new thing, huh

[lorisystem]

The nicest person in the world is the lady who helped me tie my shoes at 5ish years old so i could go play during recess. (I elaborated in the tags but theyre fairly long,,) -???

[girldriveroscar]

Re: size of landoscar. Love your write up haha. Truly any narrative can be validated bc every pic looks different ‼️I do have two pics that are crucial landoscar comparisons imo:

https://www.tumblr.com/answerringg/770682515577077760/their-size-difference-oh-lando-is-getting

This pic is a screen grab from a vid but just in general he looks huge this whole video 😭 like you mentioned I think his bad posture eventuates that + optical illusion but wow. What a satisfying visual re: him vs Lando. Like FINE I’ll buy into the whole ‘Lando’s so small🥺’ that both Lando and Oscar like to perpetuate🤷‍♀️

there’s also a vid of Oscar+ a fan and the comments/fan all mention how surprisingly tall Oscar is. Like Lando said in that first Mclaren vid… Oscar doesn’t seem tall.. but he is. (tall being like 5’10/11 lol)

https://www.tumblr.com/mara-xx/770330916757372928/needed-a-last-minute-birthday-cake-so-i-called-up

^ And this one is just self explanatory 💗

Anyway sorry for the length but my last random thoughts — even as someone who’s never paid attention to lando til like 5 seconds ago, I can tell he’s gone through a massive glow up. And to make this rpf bc why not, how lucky for oscar —the guy who’s been a fan of forever— to experience Lando in his prime (thus far). Oscar said #invest #manifest 

THIS and THIS for ease…

THESE SUITS WERE SO. fuck that ugly ass diagonal suit broOAUGH. this era..peak landoscar size diff cus like oscar Jus grew n lando had Not.

but ok like they r Literally always changing sizes. frm the front to the back to the outfit to the angle

i could find a Billion examples atp !!

why doesnt the big twink eat the little twink seeing this Reformed my brain n the way i see them bc. from the front they r so

0 and o

like oscars small horizontally (again FROM THE FRONT!) while landos smaller vertically. but theyre both Small Basically. (#f1drivers)

but at the same time. theres a lot of muscle mass packed into their frames. and as they shift arnd / have better or worse posture / flex and unflex. theyre either Twigs or Big.

its shrödingers landoscar… theyre big and small… i think the only real conclusion for this wld amount frm seeing them in the flesh. which i dont intend to do or ever report on. LOL. probably.

i fully believe oscars taller than he looks tho. ESP after this year. end of 2023 vs start of 2024 and end of 2024 for reference. i think its a slight growth spurt maybe i am… being kind to oscar though…

anyways thank u for the oscass pic. that photo genuinely makes me Claw and rattle the bars of my enclosure like he is so Perfectly bouncy in that. n lando is my pancake in a way…

and bc youre landoscaring im landoscaring. Under the cut tho.

the fact oscars not even.. big… n they stil BOTH push this narrative of lando is sooo itty bitty…

the way sue Cs it oscar is so giddy about being in on the “lando is the small and fiercely dominant” joke after following said smallest boys career When He was Actually the Smallest… like he is living out his 15 yr old dream please excuse his excitement he Literally is just in on the joke now. of course hes milking it. ijsk he wanted to b george russell soooo bad. hes Crazy. let him have this bit.

lando i think leans into his smallness as a shield bc its all hes ever known and been told. but thats a whole deeper convo. still cannot bring myself to edit that lando analysis Very apologetic the thoughts might hv to die in my drafts <\3

the #invest made me LOLLLL. hes so true. following a guy frm his feeder series bc u Saw the potential in him. Watching him get to F1. Moving frm adolescence leaving everything familiar to u behind to kart with the same team. Stumbling behind in his footsteps. Getting to F1 right by his side. And then u won a championship w him. brought glory back to ur team through the power of Literally Just getting along.. and u have these weird charged events of tension that Somehow get ironed out Somehow.. And ur so completely the opposite of everything he knows and yet the longest teammate he has Ever Had..oOh My Goooood

we rlly dont… give enough time and energy to JUST HOW crazy of a coincidence that is. js think ab how exciting it is for Us when the F2/F3 driver ur following makes it into F1 !! like if Luke Browning or Fred Vesti ever got a seat im Doing Actual Backflips. IT RLY IS LIKE. #invest #manifest now add on everything else??? LIKE WHAT!!!!! god they make me crazy. and somehow lando got super stupid hot and hes a race winner and can actually groan out loud when he fucks instead of whimpering pathetically. that’s crazy man. 🚬🚬🚬🚬

[starringthesturniolos]

bite me(part 8)- Matt Sturniolo

part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8

summary- matt has always hated your guts, but everything changes when he wakes up and finds out your his mate.

contains- vampire!matt x reader, enemies to lovers, SMUT, themes of death, dark themes, high school au! (18 yrs old)

A/n: I'm going to write this in second person because I feel like it's easier for smut idk. im a new writer lol

"I dont know matt, I feel pretty hot!" you say as he pulls into his driveway. paranoia swept through you as you thought of going into heat and every little change in temperature had you worried. after all, the first symptom of being in heat is feeling hot all over, according to Matthew who is doing nothing to calm your nerves. instead he rolls his eyes at you much to your annoyance.

"its because I turned the car off y/n." he stares into your eyes before continuing. "look I don't want to scare you more than you CLEARLY already are but-

"Okay then maybe don't say it." you give him a fake smile gesturing to your head. ignorance is bliss, and you almost wish he didn't tell you anything about heat at all. he could have just let it happen but noooo. now its all you can think about.

"you don't have to be nervous. I said I'd take care of you didn't I?" matt says indignantly as you and him walk out the door. he slams his car door and puts his hand on your forehead. "you feel fine, so do me a favor and shut up." your about to roll your eyes but his next words stop you. "when the time comes, I will fuck the shit out of you and you'll go back to normal. got that?" he says it so casually like you and him were just going to take a stroll around the neighborhood. even so your thighs clench together and your body heats up. if this is already how I respond to him, how the fuck is it going to feel intensified ten fold. you think to yourself. as you and matt walk through the front door, your thoughts go to the gutter. you think about the way he's going to fuck your aching cunt so hard and fast. how he's going to fill you up so nice.

suddenly its not just hot any more, its burning. there's a pressure in your core so strong it feels like your going to pass out.

matt turns to you slowly and watches as you grip the wall, your body giving out. he walks over to you briskly and picks you up and into his arms. pathetically, you moan at the very non-sexual contact, but were so hot you couldn't even think to be embarrassed. you look up to see matt, and his eyes show his concern but also his lust. "matt" you whimper and his eyes start to shift from blue to a color so dark it almost looks black. you squirm to relieve some of the ache between your legs at the site. normally, it would scare you but nothing could scare you away from him right now. not when he has everything you need.

"I know, baby." he coos, moving the hair off of your already sweaty forehead. " I can smell you" he says as he carries you off into his room. he sets you on the bed and you whine at the loss of contact, your body heat flaring even hotter from the lack of contact. no wonder they call this thing a "heat".

"matt! please touch me, I need you!" you almost cry. he immediately reaches for your thigh running his hands up and down on it soothingly. your body relaxes slightly, but your cunt practically leaks at the simple touch. you can feel a puddle start to form underneath your butt, your underwear completely soaked. "shit" he breathes out shakily. "making a mess on my bed already" he says in a husky deeper tone. a tone similar to the one from when he found you and kit two days before. a tone that revealed the monster in him was about to take the reigns. his veins turn black as ink like they did before and he sniffs the air heavily. "fuck!" he groans at the smell of your arousal. suddenly your on his lap facing down with your ass up in seconds. "gonna stretch you out first." he says gruffly as if he was holding himself back from fucking you into his mattress right now. he runs his hand up and down your slit collecting your juices before putting it in his mouth. your hips jerk like crazy in response trying to recreate the pleasure from matts simple touch. without his touch, your pussy felt like it was literally on fire. "matt do something, please! fuck me already!" you whine desperately tears already streaming down your face. he slaps your ass hard and you moan out from the pain and pleasure. he grabs your throat and slaps your ass again eliciting another moan from you before leaning down. "shut up, brat. I'm going to do whatever the fuck I want to you, whenever I want to do it. do you understand?" he says lowly into your ear and your legs shake from the display of dominance. his words ring through your head and just like that your cumming, hard. you hadn't even been touched but you were screaming Matt's name and writhing as if he had just given you the best time of your life. matt freezes in shock from what just happened, but when he processes it he laughs. "coming undone from just words, sweetheart? didn't know you had it in you" he smirks and you start to feel his hard and throbbing dick through his jeans. you couldn't even begin to speak as you continue to ride your high as you writhe against him uncontrollably. your stomach strokes his cock everytime you move and he lets out a deep groan.

finally you come down from your high, but even though you just had an orgasm it did nothing to suffice the pressure in your core, in fact, it intensified even more. "it hurts, it hurts, it hurts" you cry as you go limp on his lap. "I know, baby, I know" matt rubs your back before flipping you over onto your back. he pulls his dick out of his pants quickly and lines himself up. you ogle at his dick and moan at the sheer size of it. matt grabs your chin and makes you look away from down there to his eyes.

"I was going to stretch you out, but fuck I don't think I can wait anymore. and something tells me you don't want to either." he says before pushing into you completely never losing eye contact with you. his eyes go from the dark blue to bright red and his fangs protrude when he feels you around him. your cunt tightens at the sight and he hisses out in pleasure. "gripping me like a vice, you like having a monster take you?" he grips your throat demanding an answer but your too far gone to even think of an answer. all you can think about is that you want him to move. his cock was nestles inside you but it wasn't enough. you try to move your hips in hopes of a little friction but his other hand grabs at your hips stopping all your movements completely. "do you?" he repeats his tone darker than you ever heard it before.

"yes!" your pitch raises "now please." you whine, heat all consuming. “good fucking girl” he breathes out before starting a brutal pace and going deeper than anyones ever been before. your muling and shaking uncontrollably in minutes and matts groans only add fuel to your fire. “yeah take it just like that. fuck, ur making me feel so good” he groans out and your cunt starts to spasm around him. he grabs your hand and presses it into the matress and you look up at his dangerous red eyes.

“your close, i can feel it. let go with me baby” he growls and you immediately come undone. your orgasm explodes out of you and you start to squirt uncontrollably on his dick. “fuck” matt moans before spilling all his cum into you. you orgasm again from the feeling of being filled up and he hisses at the overstimulation. finally, the haze you had been in lifts a little and settles into something manageable.

wordlessly, matt pulls you into him and your body relaxes even further. he kisses your temple and sighs when he sees your dropping eyes. a warmth spreads in his chest at your vulnerable state. a state no one would see but him. a state you would only let him help you with. just when it looks like your going to fall asleep on his chest, you shoot up slightly, maintaining your tired expression.

“mmm, wheres chris?” you sigh looking matt directly in the eyes.

matts pov.

what. the. fuck.

why is she thinking about chris right now when I am right here. when i’m the only one she should be thinking of. anger ripples through me even as i stare at her beautiful face, so i clench my jaw and walk out the door despite her protest. her heat should be under control now, so i don’t want to disturb the peace she can finally feel with a big argument. i desperately look for a distraction for the rejection i somehow feel, when suddenly i know the perfect option. i instantly open madi’s contact. she��d love to know how y/n’s doing and i know how much she LOVES knowing tmi shit. after three rings she picks up and smirk knowing shes going to want to know ALL the details. instead i am met with a cautious voice on the other side of the phone.

“hey matt” she says as if theres something shes not telling me. “hey?” i answer confused by her strange tone. she takes a deep breath and thats how i know shes thinking of a good way to say something. she wants to tell me something but she doesn’t know how. what the fuck is she hiding? i stay silent and patiently wait for her to continue and have my unspoken question answered. she takes the hint

“so you know how chris got the same spell you guys did??” her voice raises in pitch and if i had a pulse it would have raced. this is the second time chris’ name has come up in unexpected ways.

“yes..” i say skeptically.

“and you know that i was actually able to get rid of the bond entirely bc it was so weak right?” i roll my eyes, gripping my phone and tired of her dancing around the point.

“yes, madi. what the fuck do i need to know that your not telling me.” i spit out.

“a new mate has been given to him”she says like shes bearing bad news. and my mind wanders. this is supposed to be a GOOD thing. he finally found a mate he can actually be with and care about the way he’s always wanted too. out of all three of us, chris has always been the most fascinated by the concept of mates. he was slightly terrified but slightly interested in the concept of being consumed by love. a love that is mutual. and now he can finally have it, and yet it feels like somethings wrong. and then it clicks and my breathing stops. i have a horrible thought and her words ripple through my head.

“where’s chris?”

a woman in heat is ONLY able to think of her mate and no one else. its one of the first things vampires and witches are taught about the overwhelming experience women have to go through when they are mated. my mind connects the dots before she even finishes. rage and loss pours into me in gallons.

“its y/n” she says before the front door opens. chris walks in, his eyes searching the house to find the only girl i ever wanted to call mine and mine alone.

bbernard-03

@sturnthepot

@hoeformatt

@sturtriple16

@faygo-frog

@sturniol0s

@katie-tibo

@cindylcuwho

@l3an

@chriwssv4amp

@sturnslimited

@minhlajenni

[skibasyndrome]

writing tag game!

first off thank you sooooo so so so so much to @hergrandplan, @lollygirlpops, @filmspring, @enjoythesilentworld, @caramelpenguin, @iwouldnevergetintofanfic & @gulliblelemon for tagging me, love you guys 💜💜💜 and so sorry for being so late to the party!

1.How many works do you have on AO3?

43! 38 of those are YR fics, the rest are from a former fandom

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

232,639 words. which is... okay? I suppose? I always feel like I'm way too slow of a writer and like my tendency to only write oneshots and not multi-chaptered fics is something that I need to address some day, but tbh I'm pleasantly surprised that I had all these words in me! and that sometimes I write 15k that's just a single blowjob lol

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Young Royals, babyyyyy! I'm very one-track-minded when it comes to fandoms, I'm usually only interested in one thing at the time, and for the past one and half-ish years that's been my beloved yr <3

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

You crave the Applause / Yet hate the Attention my beautiful, wonderful one-time-I-tried-to-write-a-multichapter-fic-and-it worked-out <3 I really think this is sitting this high up because there are multiple parts to it (and maybe because it was one of the first fics i posted, back in 2023)

Lavender Haze strangers to club hookup wilmon, my beloved <3 I posted this a few days before s3 aired and it feels like it was the end of an era almost. I love that I still sometimes get comments on this one!

All this shit is new to me AKA pt. of Lavender Haze. Again, I think the multi-chaptered-ness is really helping this one. and I promise some day I will actually manage to finish this fic!!! and if it's the last thing i do!!!

Flash The Camera, You're A Star! co-written with @pagegirlintraining and we still wonder how this one hit the way it hit lmao. but good for cameraman Wille, that silly, silly fool <3

I've never met arms like yours hehehehehe, kinktober '24's bestseller, AKA snuggly cuddly cockwarming wilmon. honestly? I Get It (TM)

5. Do you respond to comments?

So 😭😭😭 at what point of being delayed will I have to reply to this with "no"??? 😭😭😭 see the thing is... I really want to and I still very much plan on replying to the lovely comments I've gotten during the past few months, but every time I sit down and want to start, everything I have to say feels very inadequate 🥲 which is super ridiculous, but idk, so many of those comments mean so much to me, and I want to take the time to reply in a way that's worthy of the comment and then. I don't 🥲 So I guess the answer has to be "no" for now, even though it really pains me. But I leave them all as marked unread so that one day I can go back and finally try to put into words how much they mean to me <3

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

If I'm allowed to include my little tumblr ficlets into the ranking then it's DEFINITELY this one over here

If ficlets don't count: I don't think there's one that's veeeery angsty? Sharpen your teeth, sink into me has an overall angstier tone and a sense of desperation to it that isn't necessarily resolved (also because I see it as a little peek into a fic universe I have yet to write more of), and Maybe I could hold you in the dark has a similarly open ending (and used to be a ficlet, so maybe that's that). For someone who enjoys angst so much I reeeaaaally don't write enough of it I'm afraid. Need to remember to write more angst!!!

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Everything else? 😅 I think most of my fics exist as these tiny windows into wilmon's relationship that's either just starting or firmly established, so there's almost always a sense of "these two have got it. they'll be fine" when we leave them. One that maybe feels particularly happy and "we can leave them here, they'll be fine" is Kyss mig med dina röda läppar.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Not really. I've had a weird anon message here and there from time to time, but nothing too serious.

9. Do you write smut?

I think the right question to ask would be whether I write anything that isn't smut at this point 😅 I mean that's definitely hyperbole and I do have the occasional t-rating peeking through, but I really think I've found my niche as a mostly-smut writer. It's just what I'm most comfortable with and what comes easiest to me, funnily enough. There's something about writing that physical aspect of their relationship and the different ways this can look, depending on their circumstances, that is very compelling and beautiful to me and I love that, so far, people seemingly haven't gotten sick of my writing about it yet. Because that's definitely one of my fears, that I'm being too repetitive and that nobody will want to read the 40th smut oneshot written by me. But... idk. I'd like to believe that I try to make every single one somewhat unique and interesting <3

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

I don't! I think the reason might be that I'm always only interested in one fandom at the time? But idk, crossovers aren't something I read most of the time either tbh, I'm just happy with my blorbos having their own universe.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Waaaaay back in the early days, I think it happened twice or three times maybe that someone copied my fic and reposted it claiming it was theirs. I only found out because people messaged me about it, and I thiiiink some of them are still up actually, but this was only on tumblr, so I doubt anyone would find either of our posts these days.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

I've had a couple of requests (and told them yes), but I haven't seen any of the results. That seems to be a bit of a common experience from the answers other people gave, haha.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yesssss, I could eat that boy for lunch was co-written by @pagegirlintraining, @iwouldnevergetintofanfic and me, Flash The Camera, You're A Star! i wrote with @pagegirlintraining and Birthday Boys with @iwouldnevergetintofanfic.

@hergrandplan and I also have a very rough idea of a fic we want to write some day when we have time that I am veeeery much looking forward to working on 👀

And, I know that's not the question, but overall I think many of my fics thrive from me talking to other people about them. I love throwing around ideas with people and yelling about scenarios or concepts and a good number of my fics wouldn't exist if I hadn't had a friend to talk about them with <3 aaand there are certain fic outlines that only exist in my chats with some dear friends. so shoutout to the besties who listen to my ideas and shot ideas back and encourage the brainrot, ily <3

14. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

Why would this question come into MY HOME and attack me like that??? jk jk jk.

I actually really, really hope to finish all the unfinished WIPs I still have out there, partially published. I don't like the idea of abandoning them and I also kind of want to prove to myself that I can stick with things, because while I do mostly post oneshots I reeeeeally want to write a couple of multi-chaptered fics in the future. And I can't trust myself to do that if I abandon my other fics.

15. What are your writing strengths?

Taking a character and really picking apart their psyche hehe <3 I loooooove introspective stories, I love getting lost in the thoughts and worries and ideas of characters, I love pausing the histoire to check in with the characters. And I've been told that I do it well, soooo <3

Also. Just generally? Smut? Is that a strenght? I know some people struggle with it and like, I have my own set of struggles around it, but it's still the "genre" I'm most at ease with and as a avid reader of smut I like that the thing I maybe most enjoy reading is also the thing I most enjoy writing. That's just kinda neat in itself, no matter if it's like... objectively a strenght or whatever.

16. What are your writing weaknesses?

I thiiiink this question is meant to be answered with something regarding style or anything else to do with the actual writing, not the process, but tbh I don't believe in objectively "correct" ways to write and I write rambly and overly detailed because I love to read rambly and overly detailed as well so. I'm going with process instead.

Sticking with things? Planning ahead? Structure? Going about things systematically instead of just... going with the flow? I think the thing that most frustrates me about my own writing is how easy it is for me to get out of the flow and how difficult it is a lot of the time to get back to projects I used to be very passionate about.

I love the way I go about writing, and I love that I have a more explorative process and I think for oneshots this works perfectly fine, like, having a handful of rough ideas, just starting somewhere and letting the story tell itself. But for longer projects this just isn't very sustainable? And I have so many stories to tell that kind of need to be longer fics.

In general, I think the very flow-based approach i have to writing is simultaneously one of the things I enjoy most about it, but also one of those things that make it most difficult for me. Which is. That sure is something.

17. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

I don't usually mind reading it and I've actually tried it before in my own writing, but since then I've sort of moved away from it for my own fics? For no reason in particular tbh, but it's just easier and more immersive to write when I stick to one language.

18. First fandom you wrote for?

One Direction 🫡 I said to someone the other day that the 1d to yr pipeline is strong, because I keep coming across form 1d fic writers hehe

19. Favorite fic you’ve written?

I suffer terrrrribly from recency bias. My favorite fics at any given moment are mostly some of the most recently written ones. For the moment the fics I feel the most proud of might be

1. Real short leash (but I like it tight), very much one of those fics that I wrote for myself and like. three other people who were supporting me throughout, but idk. I have a lot of love for this one in my heart. it feels bold, I felt brave for posting it, I feel good about the way I created the characters, I genuinely love so many things about it, which isn't a feeling I get for a lot of my own fics usually. It feels... special in a lot of ways. And I'm genuinely proud of myself for becoming a writer who feels good about having posted a fic like that, after spending so much time being scared of posting more "out there" fics. these two genuinely mean so much to me and I'm grateful for everyone who gave them a chance <3<3<3<3<3

2. Moon go down (do it again) this one just has such a... calmness to it. it feels so settled and so peaceful and like such an interesting moment in the life of a very interesting version of them. and I was so happy to see that this story touched so many readers <3 that was such a beautiful surprise to me <3<3<3

I've been offline for a while, so I have nooo idea who's been tagged before and who hasn't. I've really sorry if I'm repeating tags, but I'm (no pressure) tagging @shouldntbearevolution, @grapehyasynth, @saynomorefic, @bigalockwood, @earlgrey-lateatnight, @dreamyelectronicmusic, @vvachillessongvv, @the-impala-is-my-home, @willesworld & and if anyone who's reading this rn would like to answer these: great news! you've been tagged as well!💜

[pinkcaraz]

ok short summary of things taylor talked about during his just chatting portion of the stream (11/27/24). i definitely missed some stuff bc his stream was super quiet and i was doing other stuff but yea i summarized most of the points. also i left out a few parts about details on league since i didn't rly think anyone would care that much about it LOL.

taylor got home 5 days ago, had training today, will probs start hitting tmr, said he should have maybe taken more days off

he saw the novandy news, said it'll be super nice to have andy back and that he was def not expecting it

he hasn't finished arcane yet, he's waiting for morgan to watch it together

he bought a custom (?) cloud pendant (i think from an anime i'm not sure) for a chain

talking about watching faker at worlds and how insane it is bc he could see his screen and see that he was tabbing around watching all the different perspectives

wants caedrel to coach him LOL told chat to spam him to coach him in league

scuffed stream 😭 he's fumbling w his mic and facecam

he said hes former top 100 NA fifa player, said team italy should have invited them so he could smoke them at fifa LMAO

got asked why does he take off left shoe during breaks? theres a spot that hurts when he slides around so taking his shoe off to let it chill helps relieve the pain

jealous of jannik and iga for being able to slide into backhands (he was more specific about the type of shot but i missed it)

bragging about his win rate in league (again)

talking about frances' serve time violations in shanghai thought the first 2 calls of time violation were bs, but def thought the one where he faked the ball toss was valid

said he'd answer controversial tennis questions LOL

got asked why sour cream and guac? bc he doesn't like spicy that much

london airbnb incident - they booked the airbnb the day before they got there, he thought the people trying to rob the airbnb probs thought they weren't there, morgan noticed sketchy people walking up to the door in the middle of the night, he tried to bolt the door but there wasn't a bolt so he held it shut w his body, he had his racket w him and said he would have hit the intruders w a slice forehand if they got in LMAO

thoughts on racket smashing - thinks it's entertaining, ok if not putting others in danger/at risk, thinks it's entertaining for people/fans to see, somewhat humanizing effect on the player, not healthy to keep anger in, don't do it on grass tho bc it ruins the court

talking about his match v daniil - thought that one game was funny but didn't think he was intentionally throwing the match

tommy and frances playing mind games by overcomplimenting their opponent (thinking about the laver cup fed '05 moment)

hits ohbhs in practice sometimes bc he thinks his "one-y" is unbelievable, rule is he's allowed to hit it until he hits a bad one then goes back to normal

any profits he gets from the stream will go to charity ! he's interested in donating to things that help kids

players don't pay for hotels while they're in tournaments but pay for everything else

thinks michael (his coach) should def win best coach, sportsmanship award will probs go to carlos or casper

thinks most improved award should consider older players more like draper, popyrin, musetti, himself, also jasmine paolini, etc. bc it's more impressive when older players improve compared to younger guys who have more time - for ex, gmp improved a lot this yr in ranking bc he was alrdy good and finally got time to actually play to raise his ranking

preference on armstrong vs ashe - more of a preference about which times to play, armstrong has better times for him

can go through like 5 pairs of shoes during a hard court major bc of all the sliding around

said he heard a lot of positive feedback about the wta finals from the players - players were taken care of well, knows that the previous wta finals tournaments have been rough

was gonna go to usc for college if he went to college, he verbally committed to usc, but didn't really plan on going to college

taylor bought and had flowers sent to morgan in LA

said watching worlds was super sick and he thought the opening ceremony was amazing, gumayushi's pose went hard

he doesn't save vods bc he doesn't want people to clip stuff and pull stuff he said, said he feels it allows him to be more authentic on stream

slkjhfajkf he talked about the liking a homophobic tweet on accident and said he freaked out bc he was having a chill no phone day and when he went to check socmed he was like "omg i'm canceled" IM DEAD

favorite league character to play rn is viego, he wins a lot of games on him

thinks the tennis calendar should def be shorter

[crushedsweets]

Who are the people that Toby likes the most?

Natalie, Jack, and Ben!

Toby has known Natalie for about 5 years, and Jack for 4, and Ben for 3. ok now im gonna do long ass headcanons for their relationships bc im just soooooooo silly . .

toby and natalie knew eachother when they were at the height of like.. using murder as a relief/power trip. it was a really sick and fucked up thing to bond over, and it wasnt something either of them took lightly or as a joke. but it was something they did talk about, moreso 'let me tell you about my night' and they'd kinda just allude to the murder part of it. eventually, natalie stopped killing as much (and stuck strictly to freak weirdo men at bars/clubs who try taking advantage of ppl). toby doesn't have the luxury to stop bc he only did it when the situation/order calls for it.

they usually just lounge around together. watch trash reality tv, natalie was ashamed of her art for a while but toby loves getting her to show him her stuff. toby taught her how to axe throw and cut down trees. he helped fix up the barn she stays in so it's actually livable. he even got brian to help with shit like insulation cuz theres no heat/ac in it. sometimes he does her hair if shes having an awful night. she never had someone to brush her hair growing up, having no mother/sister/girl friends, and finds it to be insanely fucking relaxing. lulls her to sleep so quick. it reminds toby of lyra and he cried one time after she fell asleep from it. she never found out about it.

toby was the first proxy to be nice to jack. not that tim and brian were horrible to jack (only after he was . . 'tamed' i guess). but toby was the first one to like, bring him things, talk to him, actually attempt bonding. if tobys feeling lonely and natalies not in the mood to entertain, jack was almost always welcoming. ok maybe not welcoming in the like :) hiiii toby. way. but in the. 'ok yea whatever come in i guess' way.

jack used to cook a lot before he was sacrificed. now he doesnt have the same taste buds, and while he can eat human food, its all pretty bland to him. best he can enjoy is insanely spicy stuff, and thats more sensation rather than flavor. BUT TOBY. that fucking dude can EAT. he's brought like a fat steak and veggies and rice and random shit to jacks and asked him to make him dinner. and oddly enough jack was willing to do it. toby continued to do that stuff. jack didnt know about tobys CIPA for a while and was baffled when this white boy from rural colorado could actually handle the spice anytime jack made south asian food LOL.. ("how much spice do you want" "i dont care make it as spicy as you like" "toby are you sure of this" "yeah i can take it").

of the 3, toby is the least close to ben. mostly bc ben is best fucking friends w jeff and toby doesnt like jeff very much(who does?). plus toby figured ben was like a kid and wasnt exactly crazy about being besties with a 12 yr old. But then ben played some video games with him. ben doesnt really Act like an. ipad fortnite tiktok middle shcool type of kid so toby was like Oh he's cool i guess.!

they dont have much in common at all tbh, didnt have similar childhoods and toby didnt play many video games growing up. BUT toby finds so much joy in just having a fucking boyish childish fun stupid relationship where he could play video games and talk shit and eat like crap with yk. they have a very brotherly friendship and it's kinda weird for toby being on the big sibling side of something, but he's fond of it. they get into petty arguments about stupid shit, and went a while without talking bc toby punched jeff and jeff was bitching like 'uumm dont hang out with that prick' and ben was like lmfao ok. toby didnt even realize ben wasnt talking to him tho. . ("hey sorry i was avoiding u jeff was bitching" "u were avoiding me ?????")

[evenmorebasicpotathoe]

finally finished reading through the grishaverse and boy was it a journey.

the trilogy was a solid 3.75/5 and saved only by nikolai for me. If I was 10 yrs younger I think I would have liked it a lot more. I listened to all 3 on audio which was amazing for making the less exciting parts feel more interesting. Sadly, alina made me equal parts frustrated and disappointed. It seems that every time I thought she learned something, her character arc just plummeted back to before the thing™️ occurred. She did surprise me some and sometimes she was hilarious. Her light vs dark struggle was interesting especially with the darkling intertwined as well. And I am a Mal hater! Lord every male character was infinitely more likable to me. At some points I was rooting for the darkling to end it all and my suffering of mal’s wishy-washiness. Lastly I was not a big fan of the trilogy’s ending in general but I get it and it made sense I just thought it would be better.

Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom felt like they were written by a completely different author to me. So much better than the trilogy. Maybe it was the multiple pov’s and shift to third person but whatever it was worked. finally a cast of interesting characters that were incredibly fleshed out. a high stakes world altering plot that 6 teens didn’t really care about because they each had their own agendas and motivations. absolute perfection 6 star reads. I’m done reading it but I cannot stop thinking about those characters and their world. on my best books list. No notes.

the king of scars and rule of wolves duology was solid. 4/5 stars. I enjoyed learning more about zoya and getting a nikolai pov was a dream come true for me. hiding intense worry and guilt with humor? it’s like he is me. I enjoyed a broader view into the politics of all the countries and getting a better look into each one. for me nina’s pov was always the least interesting even if her new powers were cool. In the end I’m glad her story ended happily. She really almost single handedly turned the war for ravka so slay. And dragon queen zoya finished what nina put into motion. and lol the darkling really just loves to show up and ruin things and then somehow fix everything and get what he wanted in the first place. pop off I guess. Somehow LB manages to tie up all loose ends even the ones I had forgotten about. A perfect ending, leaving the door open to more adventures should LB choose to write them. I would love to read about kaz leading his team to relic zoya requests but I’m very biased towards my fav characters.

As a potentially controversial aside, I watched the show and found it enjoyable. It was definitely not the books but it was way more entertaining than what suffering through that would have been. I even didn’t hate mal so that is saying something. I would have liked to have seen where s3 would have gone. The crows were the best parts. Deeply saddened that the perfectly cast crows won’t see their spin off and the ice court heist.

[wilmonsfolklore]

writing tag game

thank you for tagging me @malinowaj <3

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

14! (12 for YR and 2 anon ones for an undisclosed fandom)

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

117.348! that feels like not a lot but what can i say. shit happens.

3. What fandoms do you write for?

just Young Royals at the moment!

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

You Can Feel It On The Way Home

Brighter Than The Sun

Sticky Little Words

With You By My Side

The Longing Needs The Leaving

5. Do you respond to comments?

yes!

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

'Time's just pocket change' is the only one i've written that doesn't have an insanely sappy ending, so. that one i think.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

all of them but arguably 'Brighter than the sun'

8. Do you get hate on fics?

haven't so far and i hope to keep it that way!

9. Do you write smut?

nope! theoretically i'd like to because i do think it adds something to stories a lot of the time but i just. can not.

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

no!

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

weirdly yes! back when i wrote on Wattpad someone just straight up copied a scene from my fic which was crazy especially considering how bad it was lol. i think i just messaged them and threatened to report it and they deleted it. it was a pretty regular thing in that fandom.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

no!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

yes! back on Wattpad years and years ago, but we never finished it

14. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

funnily enough i did this same game like six months ago and back then i answered a story that is now my main WIP and will likely be finished. anyway. i once started a fic exploring Wille's relationship to religion and i'd like to finish it but i just don't think i ever will for several reasons

15. What are your writing strengths?

i don't know, dialogue maybe?

16. What are your writing weaknesses?

descriptions and setting and just literal writing speed mainly i think

17. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

i don't do it myself but when used well i like it!

18. First fandom you wrote for?

football/soccer RPF. i am a sports gal at heart

19. Favorite fic you’ve written?

i don't know!! i love and hate all of them in different ways. but probably either sticky little words or brighter than the sun.

as for tagging im taking the cowards way out by saying that im pretty sure a lot of people have already been tagged but if you haven't and you're reading this please consider yourself tagged by me!! ive been loving reading people's answers.

[meadow-dusk]

15 questions for 15 friends

Tagged by @aquarian-sunchild

Are you named after anyone? yes, but my mom spelled it wrong 😭

Do you have kids? nope!

When was the last time you cried? last night?

What sports do you play/have you played? swimming and running were what I was most competitive in but I am just recreational with them (+ cycling) now...and a practicing yogini 🕉️ (today is actually my 5-yr anniversary with the practice!)

Do you use sarcasm? NO I SUCK AT IT and everyone who knows me knows this is so sad but so true

What is the first thing you notice about people? What they're wearing? I dunno. I'm not a people-watcher.

What’s your eye color? dark brown. When I was little I used to tell people they were black.

Scary movies or happy endings? Happy :D

Any talents? probably singing. I can accompany myself well enough but not to where I consider it a *talent*...it's definitely not innate lol

Where were you born? NEPA

What are your hobbies? songwriting, guitar, crochet, baking, exercising, spending ridiculous quantities of time searching for and curating images of Neil Young...💕

Do you have any pets? my family dog but I don't live with her :(

How tall are you? 5'4"

Favorite subject in school: idk math or biology? maybe Latin? I was a huuuuge nerd I liked almost everything.

Dream job: I have never had one of these that I can remember and I still don't. I don't care that much tbh I just want a fulfilling life and enough money to be stable.

I tag the following! fifteen is a LOT so don't feel obligated it's just for funsies if u want: @garpond @jonesyjonesyjonesy @chrysochromulina @balladofsallyrose @itbe1964 @psyencefaction @undeadsixties @mrsrogerwaters @majortomwaits @friendofgeorgeharrison @desertsquiet @harlequinhovers @little-bit-of-mystery @fancycolours AND @vintagesoul1975 woohoo<3

anyone else can play too if u want!

[bithegai]

Hey this might be stupid or not helpful but idk felt like saying it

I've followed ya for a long while, ya were one of the first blogs I followed like what? 3ish years ago and am in shambles as well cause of. Well. All that. And just wanted to say that if ya will leave, I'd suggest not deleting anything permanently. I can't say much specificness cause I can't remember that time well but I do remember yr blog was always nice to check, wish I would've interacted more when stuff was good. Idk. Like at the end do whatever n all but I've liked the stuff ya put here and idk. It's a nice place. English isn't helping me much right now but I just wanted to say that I really enjoyed following ya, I didn't really know ya but you were cool. Wish you the best during these difficult times and just. Thanks for everything

Aw thank you.... that's very kind of you to say ❤️ and reassuring considering the thousands of blogs that come and go. I always just used this as kind of a rant blog for all HC stuff so it's v sweet hearing at least someone else got some joy out of it too lol. Feels like it's just another speck in the abyss, so genuinely it's very sweet that you remember it anon. Even crazier that you've been here for all these years too.... Would've been awesome having another friend to enjoy the wild ups and downs with

And honestly I'm not final on what I'm gonna do, just very.... lost like you. It just feels so weird right now cause like, pretty much my existence here is bc of Stress? (And yes, even though those involved have said all the issues were only with the other person 1. she still left and 2. the vast majority of her content involved him) Like I started this blog and made a twitch account for her. I learned how to archive vods bc of her. My first HC fanart is of her. The first "big" post I made was a list of recommendations for Stress episodes. And even though I talked abt her less recently compared to back then, personally she was such a big part of my enjoyment here that now I'm just ......?

Like I haven't posted about this, just bc I agree the focus should stay on those hurt by his actions and amplifying their stories. But god there was so much more I wanted to see from Stress. I was looking forward to the completed "Sentimental Stress" base. Possibly a revival of the Allium Alliance, and maybe even one day a 5/5 hermit gals collab. But it's never happening now. And honestly? I think I could've been fine, moved on. But it's the fact that there's nothing left to look back on either that hurts me the most.

In the past, when something grim happened, I would just play an old HC episode or a funny vod to cheer up. But all those videos I turned to, always feature either one or both of them. Not to be a stereotypical stan, but they were rlly my safe haven on those dark and dreary days. ......and now here we are. Not only is there little to look forward to, but it feels there's nothing left behind either. Cause tbcfh? My favorite part about HC is the history, seeing how long these friendships took to develop and how much stronger they are for it. So I loved those older, cringy series like Hunt the hermit or Foolcraft. And ofc I also downloaded a bunch of vods to watch back. Like the first big vault after co-op crystals were introduced, or that one 2021 twitch rivals with the two and False and Impulse. Hell I even have Ren's old MC dungeons vod of the three of them from when the game first released. But what's the point now? Everything I used to look forward to now leaves me sick, so what is there to turn to?

Honestly tho you're right anon. For preservation's sake I'll keep everything here even if I do end up going. With tumblr how it is, things get a lot more difficult to reach once someone deactivates. And I forgot I have things that False and Cleo (for the short time they were here) reblogged that I'd like to save. But we'll see. I hope you've been doing alright with this too anon. I mean hey, we've stuck around here for over 3 years now. All this time with the hermits has taught us that the best thing we can do: is to listen and support each other to build a brighter, kinder tomorrow

[mushibashiraas]

tw: manga spoilers. possibly a few swear words. this is supposed to be light though. don't worry, kids!

THE INVINCIBLE MIKEY.

— mikey and his newly formed kanto manji gang definitely made the mistake of booking the wrong restaurant at first. he and sanzu had to wait outside while kokonoi and the rest went inside to broker a deal between three other gang leaders for territory among other... less than legal stock. it was more than awkward for both but especially for the invincible, feared, powerful, most individually well-known gangster in tokyo. unfortunately for him, sanzu found it hilarious watching his boss sulk like they were little kids again and shinichiro had just denied mikey a taiyaki before dinner.

— so you'd think after the tragic battle against the second generation toman, they'd learn their lesson. but the haitani brothers had forgotten their fearless leader's true age and booked a well-known high-rise restaurant in roppongi frequented by gangsters, politicians, and celebrities alike to work out a deal with some local politician. and once again, mikey and sanzu had to wait outside while kokonoi and the rest of kanto manji's executives went inside.

— maybe mikey smacked sanzu across the face for taking his teasing too far... sanzu may or may not have offered cute, pre-made party hats to mikey to wear on his head while they waited for koko and the rest to finish upstairs.

notes:

hello! hi! yes. yall signed up for me and my immaturity the second yall read my rules and clicked follow. heehee! i love tokyorev so so muchdjdjd like?? PLEASE?? tell me they did not run into the dumbest silliest bullshit amidst them ruining people's lives. gotta find humor somewhere, am i right? or that could just be me and my horrid, dark sense of humor talking. idk

but i literally cannot think without getting mikey and sanzu being pouty, childish, teasing 5 yr olds as they navigate the dark and gritty underworld lifestyle — that normally one'd discover and learn about as adults — as teenagers. BEATS THEM OVER THE HEAD! I AM TRYING TO WRITE A SERIOUS FIC, YOU TWO!! PLEASE KEEP UR NONSENSICAL CHAOTIC TOMFOOLERY OUT OF MY HEAD FOR NOW. FJSJXJSJ

anyway. ofc as always this is posted with little to no proofreading djsjdj we die like shinichiro and emma (bad joke. i am so sorrydhdj). apologies! also, there shouldnt be a gn reader in this? hence no indication in the "tw" at the top. i'm planning on making this a mainly canon-characters-only hc list. .....a list which i will def. be adding on to and plugging as time goes on. aaaaa i just had to get these three hcs out so i can get serious and sad. lol

also will def. add more character tags as i add more characters to this hc list. i promise! probs gonna go as far as write for post-2nd-gen-toman fight!kanto manji and bonten. not rlly gonna much for og and 2nd gen toman charas. sorry, yall fjsjdjdjdj

manga pic belongs to wakui. i just took a screenshot — it is literally one of my fave panels lmaooo they are so cute. kisses koko my love and pats inupi on the head. aaaaa

[residenthesitant]

fic writer interview!

Snagging from @definitelynotshouting because I loooove talking about my fics lol

How many works do you have on AO3?

between my two accounts and including all my anonymous fics, i have published 115 fics since 2014. if we're only counting ones visible on the residenthesitant and hesitantresident pseuds, 58. 

What's your total AO3 word count?

Again, counting both accounts, it's 630,517 words total. On RH alone, a whopping 498,925. jesus christ. i did not think it was that much.

What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

With the ones just on RH/HR, they are:

Look at the World So Close (And I'm Halfway To It) (DSMP) - 1,777 kudos

Like Begets Like (DSMP) - 405 kudos

END PRINCE LEARNS TO BE NICE (NOT CLICKBAIT) (OSMP) - 314 kudos

That Bitch is Back (& We're Gonna Have A Chat) (DSMP) - 258 kudos

Static (Danger Days: True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys) - 219 kudos

honestly, im kinda surprised by this one. i fully thought there'd be at least one of my anon fics in here. wild.

rest of this is under the cut!

Do you respond to comments?

I try to respond to comments, but have had difficulty in the past. most often i do because i want to talk about behind the scenes stuff.

What's the happiest ending you've written?

I prefer happy/bittersweet endings,  but I think my happiest is world so close, since it basically has a fairy-tale happily ever after to it.

Do you write crossovers?

Nah. I'll do AUs, and maybe there's some crossover due to the nature of the MCYT fandom, but I largely keep characters in their own casts. It feels weird to put them elsewhere.

Have you ever received hate on a fic?

No, but someone did delete a nice comment once, which was kinda weird lol

Do you write smut? What kind?

i did kinktober last year! if "toxic fucked up manipulative puppetduo sex" is what this means by "kind," thats generally what i do. i uh. i wrote 1/3rd of the fics in that tag. so.

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not officially, but I joke that the writers of the Homestuck Epilogues stole part of one of my fics to write about how dirk felt about his own death. The fact that they read exactly the same means that I Understand the character ig.

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yes! World So Close started a collaboration with my beloved friend Jinx but largely fell to me when they got too busy. I also have a couple Frantic Fanfic collabs and a co-written zine piece coming up.

What's your all-time favorite ship?

Very hard question. I don't think I have an All Time Favorite out of all the fandoms I've been in, but if we go by fav per fandom, they'd have to be dirkjake (homestuck), a rotating selection of c!eret ships though I am extremely fond (understatement) of dreameret (dsmp), shadowgast (critical role: mighty nein), zoethian (yogscast), and a PC/PC romance from my dnd game.

What's a WIP you want to finish but don't think you ever will?

sighs. For Every Failing Sun. it says its marked as complete because i have the rest of the plot in not!fic form, but the fact of the matter is that i dont think i'm gonna get around to completing it unless the danger days hyperfixation grabs me again.

What are your writing strengths?

Dialogue all the way. if i dont have a character voice right, i will simply perish

What are your writing weaknesses?

i will use the same words and phrases within two paragraphs of each other and then miss it in the edit, and i'm a fiend with an em dash. take those things away from meeeeeeeeeee

What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

this one doesn't really come up for me, though i get a little annoyed when it's worked in very clunkily. dark shout out to 14 yr old me doing this with a tumblr snk fic.

What's the first fandom you wrote for?

Unofficially, Peter and the Starcatcher when i was 7, hand-written. Officially, House of Anubis on the nickelodeon message boards circa 2011.

What's a fandom/ship you haven't written for yet but want to?

I want to maybe write a perc’ahlia fic sometime soon? Depends on how the mood takes me? Like, I've officially now written for critical role, but perc’ahlia seems like the next step. Only took 8 years of being in the fandom for the blorbofication of Percy de rolo to happen. It's kinda funny, I've been a fan of shadowgast for so long but have never felt the need to write for them. It just hasn't felt necessary. 

What's your favorite fic you've written?

this one's easy. It almost certainly has to be bring a little rust, slow the gears, which i, coincidentally, wrote for TJ for a fic event! genuinely one of my favorite things i've ever done, i'm extremely proud of it and it has some of my favorite c!eret dynamics at the forefront. OTHERWISE, it'd have to be Le Roman de la Couronne, which is a c!punz/c!eret courtly love au, which really just means i spent 33k infodumping about medieval and elizabethan literary tradition, with blorbos on top of it.

anyone who wants to do this, say i tagged you. i love when people talk about their own shit. ok love u bye

[zee-has-commitment-issues]

I'm 100% stealing this from @pagegirlintraining

AO3 wrapped (writer’s edition)

I had a long year, so I didn't get to write as much as I would have liked to, but we still got a ton done.

1. How many words have you written this year? 180,453 words.

2. How many works did you publish this year? Somehow the answer is eleven.

3. What work are you most proud of (regardless of kudos/hits)? Reckless Abandon. Hands down. It took so much time to plan and so much energy to write and I am so proud of it. I'm writing the ending of the first draft right now and I'm sad to leave it behind.

HOWEVER I also very much enjoyed The Last Time, which is my Nilcent fic. I think just in terms of quality, this is one of my most beautifully written fics.

4. What work of yours has the most hits? The fics I have with the most hits is Reckless Abandon, but I think that's because it's the only one from this year that had more than one chapter.

5. What work of yours got more feedback than you expected? Dress Up As ! I wrote that in like 30 minutes while half asleep and then didn't edit it, so I didn't think anyone would read it at all lol. It's not my most popular fic by any means, but more people read it than I thought would.

6. Favorite title you used? Wilhelm's Frog Addiction because it's so ridiculous. It implies that Wilhelm needs a rehab for frogs, and I think that's great.

7. If you use song lyrics, which artist’s songs did you pull from the most? I used the title of The Last Time from a Taylor Swift song, but I think that was the only one.

8. Pairing you wrote the most for this year? Wilhelm/Simon Eriksson with 9 out of 11 fics being about them or containing them in some way. (damn thats an unfortunate statistic)

9. Favorite pairing you wrote for this year? Obviously Wilmon. I feel like that's a given at this point.

10. What work was the quickest to write? Dress Up As... again, I wrote it in 30 minutes while half asleep💀

11. What work took you the longest to write? If we rule out the one that's multi-chapter for fairness sake, then the fic that took me the longest to write was probably Not Entirely Screwed (But Almost). But take that with a grain of salt.

12. How many WIPs do you have in your docs for next year? Two or three that I actually plan on finishing. I have others that are started, but I don't know if I have enough plot to actually get through them.

13. What’s your longest work of the year? Reckless Abandon, containing 123k of my 180k words this year 💀

14. What’s your shortest work of the year? A Fool Proof Guide - 507 words.

15. What WIP are you taking into next year with you? Finishing Reckless Abandon! One chapter to edit and an epilogue to finish writing, and then it's done. I just can't finish it in the two days I have left of the year 😭

16. What’s your most common “Additional Tags” tag? Simon Eriksson Loves Wilhelm, followed by Wilhelm Loves Simon Eriksson

17. Your favorite character to write this year? I simply cannot answer this. My mind has been so consumed with Reckless Abandon and the switching POVs that I literally cannot choose one.

18. What’s one pairing you want to explore next year? I think I might like to write more of Felice's platonic pairings next year. I feel like I neglect her because I don't really ship her with anyone.

19. Which work of yours have you reread the most? The Thing In The Mirror. It's kind of a love letter to my grief, so sometimes I go back and read it when I'm feeling down.

20. How many kudos in total did you get this year? 2,754

21. Which work has the most comments? Reckless Abandon, but again, it's the only one with more than one chapter so that makes sense.

22. Did you do any collaborative works this year? Not this year! Maybe next year. Dani and I don't write "together" per se, but we do bounce a lot of ideas off each other, so if that counts then yes, but nothing plotted and written and posted together.

23. Did you write any gifts this year? I did! I wrote for YR Week, which wasn't a gift, but an event. And I wrote a Christmas gift for Nic!

24. Did you receive any gifts this year? Yes yes yes! A beautiful, perfect Christmas gift from @pagegirlintraining I enjoyed every word of it.

25. What’s your most common category? M/M

26. What do you listen to while writing? Not much, actually. I have the Reckless Abandon Playlist, but I only really used that when outlining.

27. Favorite work you wrote this year? For the sake of not repeating myself, out off the ones I haven't mentioned yet, Isn't That Your Thing? and Patience Is A Virtue are my favorite little crack fics.

28. Favorite line/passage you wrote this year? Oh jesus, that's impossible. I don't think I can choose just one. I can give you one that makes me think "holy shit I can write" though:

This piece of work — the one staring Stella in the face — was a revolution made of oil paint. 

29. Biggest surprise while writing this year? I can write smut. And people don't hate it somehow.

Thank y'all for a fun year. Can't wait to see what my brain does to torture us all in the next one.