#getting this info was kinda hard i hope this can reach people because even *i* thought we lost our rights before i got this ask

[moonieandi]

I NEED YOUR HELP- lol- sorry that’s such an interesting way to start an ask ‘I NeEd YoUR HelP?!?’ Haha- anyway- I’m thinking about writing a Stanley x reader! Kinda like what you’re doing but different- now I would totally give you more info on that except like- then it would give it away lol. All I really need help with is A.) how do you write Stanley as well as you do?! And B.) how do you normally start a story- I’ve been having a hard time with intros lately.

Also! you don’t have to help me out! Don’t feel pressured! I’m just asking bc I love your snapshots I think they are literally the bestest!! And I wanna be able to help readers feel that way when I write too!! I hope you are still taking care of yourself! Drink lots of water! Eat lots of snap peas! (They are the BEST-) and most importantly sleep well! I know you’re busy so make sure you take time for you! Have a safe and successful move too!

HI! HELLO! I'm so sorry I couldn't answer you right away, one bc I was so busy up until LEGIT JUST THIS VERY MOMENT, and two because I want to help anyway I can, and want my answer to actually be fleshed out!

Firstly, omg so sweet of you that you want my help <3 I'm so happy you reached out and SUPER excited to give you some insight! I encourage anyone who wants to write TO write, it's a great creative outlet (and also I love any and all Stan content hehe)- so:

A.) i. Stanley is based in my head off of my own fantastical characterization of him (which I'll get to in a moment), and also the character we know from the actual show OBVIOUSLY. I started by, of course, rewatching the show. Because I wanted to, and to also take note of his character in each episode. This consisted of getting some basic information about him from anything from his fear of heights to his terrible (great) sense of humor. The clear drive from Stanley is his deep love of family, and general familial bonds (Soos and Wendy). He takes "odd ones out" under his wing on the regular, because HE is an odd one out. People who don't ordinarily fit in are his bread and butter (and also his general sales pitch). He appreciates the oddities in people, in contrast to his brothers interest in ACTUAL oddities. He goes out of his way to keep these bonds, especially with these kids he's not-so-randomly taken under his wing (that he more than likely took in for the summer, trying to reconnect with family and therefore Ford in anyway he could). This tells me he's also a caring man, a weirdly desperate man, and more considerate than people on a surface level may give him credit for. Now this characterization maayyyy be a stretch but that's where the fun comes in!! YOU get to interpret these little things in any way you like, maybe he has a weird relationship with tangerines, maybe he can't keep eye contact on a date for a particular reason- and those situations can just flesh him out more!

ii. NOW the ""romantic"" side of things are of course skimmed from the romance I know from other media (and of course my own lovelife). I take this characterization of him, and find another characters I know and love to MAKE writing him in these situations easier- seeing as we do never see him IN these actual romantic stations (outside of the dating sim and that one failed date- WHICH can also play a role in how you write him romantically!) Stan reminds me of the suaveness and shyness of men in 90's romcoms: surprisingly well-meaning but stupidly flustered. I'd say Brenden Fraiser in his early romcom's come across like this or even Bill Pullman in While You Were Sleeping. It encompasses some of what I believe Stan to be in general: weirdly shy, unable to come out with it, flippantly sweet, sarcastic, and stupidly endearing. I also get general influence from more recent reference(s), the main one being Nick Miller from New Girl. I don't think I need to explain myself with that one. ALSO if you don't understand any of these references I apologize- but I very much encourage you to find your own references in ANY form of media! I even find myself inspired by art at times!

B.) Intro's are hard!! It feels like the hardest part at times. You need to hook the reader, engage them quickly, and have them come back curious!! I will reassure you with one thing: intro's do NOT have to be long! I'd encourage you to keep the intro sweet and simple with not tooooooo many details! don't over-explain to the reader, it may discourage them from continuing (in my opinion!). I take the "shoot first and ask questions later" approach. Throw the reader into a scene giving context clues to where in the story's timeline we are being thrown into. Flash forward and then back into the future! Start on an action scene- hell have the opening scene being two significant characters meeting! it's completely up to you, but I am reassuring you it doesn't have to be long, and DON'T make it too complicated! Complicate things later, grab the reader in the first chapter, and then explain some things later on! Let me also assure you: you do NOT have to write your story backwards, and you don't have to have a finite and "final" story ready to go. Have point A be the beginning and point B be the end and YOU make the trail from A to B!

And above all HAVE FUN!

[potat0bag]

hey hello! hope you’re having a good one. cccccooould I request some info about your shiver’s sister(s?) maybe? if you feel like it

hi! i'm not doing great so this'll be fun to do (/gen about both things! i'm thankful for this ask) sooo shiver has two sisters! they are each 4 years older than shiver, because they are twins!

i'm not gonna include images cause their designs are constantly changing and i'd rather focus this post around their characters for my own sanity.

Sela Hohojiro is a gossip on the surface and probably comes off as mean. She's very playful and requires a lot of attention due to having this kind of middle-child syndrome going on (even if she is tied for oldest child) due to Shiver being the one raised (and enthusiastically agreeing) to take on clan head duties when the time comes. Same (Shiver's mother) loves all her kids so much, yet Shiver is her youngest and has the most set future of all of them and needs her attention the most in her eyes since her position as clan head was kinda rushed upon her due to unfortunate circumstances. Sela can sort of understand on an objective level why she isn't as intensely nurtured by comparison. However, she is also emotionally aligned to a severe degree, so her own feelings of loneliness regularly cause her to be sassy and act out. She tends to spend a lot of time at their aunt's bar because of this, seeking out her childless older relative's attention instead.

On a cooler level, Sela is drawn to praisable arts much like Shiver. Specifically, she enjoys painting (and is the reason Shiver also picked up the interest) because it's something she can be praised and acknowledged for. The Hohojiro residence is full of paintings she's made. She mainly does landscape art since in her mind it's hard to mess up something that's concrete and dictatable on its objective quality of detail and logic. TL;DR "i can do this thing well and get noticed for it!!" As quiet of a passion it is, she also enjoys alternative music as it tends to have a fueling power behind it for her. She enjoys the electric energy of parties for this reason also. Always happy to meet new people and possibly earn more attention and a tighter support system. Somebody tell her she's doing fine, please.

Chi Hohojiro in comparison to her twin is far more like still waters. Because of how logic-based her reasoning is, she can often appear blunt and seem to lack empathy. When really, she's just tackling it from her own sense of logic and justice. If that person hurts you, why don't you just cut them out? That's- difficult to do? Because of the connection you've built? That's... huh. She didn't think of it like that. She's very clear cut. Which can hurt, but she'll also hold you blatantly accountable. She doesn't really like letting things go until a suitable compromise/payback has been reached. Shiver snuck her snacks? Okay. That's fine. They're buying her more. And that incident'll be tallied against them until they act on her terms. Because of her objective outlook, Chi doesn't face the same feeling of loneliness Sela does. The way Chi sees it, Shiver requires more attention due to their life path being set out for them and requiring guidance. It makes sense for them to need more. And she can see how Same treats them. They aren't being given less. She treats them with a million percent more than the bare minimum. Her love isn't being divided between them, rather being magnified in an educational aspect to Shiver, who she is required to be hands on with.

Chi has the capacity to play the straight man between her and Sela when it comes to teasing Shiver, being a flat one liner kinda gal. She also presses for Shiver to take care of themselves in a very "you quite literally need this objectively" way. If they can't afford to do something crucial one day? They have to do it the next. It's Chi's Law. (One they like to try and fight, but can never truly escape.). Same enjoys Chi's Law. Where do you think Chi got it, after all?

Hope this was articulated well, anon. This genuinely improved my mood. I'd be happy to answer more text-based asks like this (and asks about Sela and Chi <3), they're a lot easier for me to handle than drawing requests I think due to motivation coming and going. Thanks for reading!!

[thefreelanceangel]

My online friend of a few years suddenly got a girlfriend(I assume) they both have eternity rings and hearts with each other's name in their search info. A part of me is happy for them but another part of me is hurt because my friend barely talks to me anymore, asks to hang out, or even acknowledges my existence...but I see them all the time hanging out with their FC. What should I do?

Oof. >< I'm sorry for you, kiddo, I know how much that hurts to go from having regular interactions with someone to... suddenly... just kinda not.

And there's no simple answer, I'm afraid.

Everyone at some point is going to lose track of older friends in the rush of excitement that comes with Someone New. That can be a new RP partner, a new gaming friend, a new romantic relationship, anything. Novelty is exciting and human brains love it.

So your friend being caught up in Someone New is not a judgement on how much they like you, on how much fun they have with you, or a failing on your part. It absolutely does not mean you are boring, just that the human brain is a novelty-seeking thing.

First step is to reach out to your friend and ask them about their new friend (possible girlfriend.) Show interest in how they met, let your friend gush about how they feel if they're the gushing type. And during that conversation, you can offer to run content together, talk about how much you'd like to spend time together.

Sometimes this works and you get the bonus of A New Friend, which is fuckin' wonderful!

And sometimes it doesn't.

Quite a few different things may happen, and without knowing you or your friend, I can't say for sure what might play out, but here are a few things I've experienced before.

A) Old Friend introduces me to New Girlfriend. We play the game together, have fun, new friendships are formed. (Best case scenario and what I sincerely hope for because this is great! I LOVE it when this happens.) B) Old Friend makes a haphazard attempt to stay friends, but New Girlfriend is also caught up in the rush of Novelty and they lose touch with a lot of their friends for a few months until the New has worn off and then they reconnect. (Not a bad scenario, but it can be trying to the patience, especially if you have friendship degradation. This is the most common scenario so I'd expect this to happen.) C) New Girlfriend is insecure about the New Relationship and unpleasant to Old Friend because they want the attention of Old Friend all to themselves. [This is not always abusive behavior so don't accuse your Old Friend's New Girlfriend of abuse if you think you see this. Sometimes people are just insecure and do not handle it well.] Arguments occur and Old Friend either breaks off friendships (usually coming back a year or so later with an apology) or distances themselves. (A very unpleasant scenario and I hope it doesn't happen.) D) Old Friend doesn't see anything wrong with ignoring me because they have a New Girlfriend and make no attempt to maintain contact. They drift away and either message months or years later when the relationship ends or I never hear from them again. (Also an unpleasant scenario, which I hope you don't experience.) E) Old Friend introduces me to New Girlfriend and we just do not get along. We maintain peace for the sake of Old Friend, but inevitably, distance grows and the friendships change. (This is unpleasant, but also not BAD because relationships do change over time.)

If you're in different groups than your friend and their New Girlfriend (who might've been a member of that FC or joined because of the new relationship) it can be hard to coordinate times and interaction. I've found it's easier to just go along with a larger group that's already coordinated their time/activity than it is to schedule my own with a smaller group. (i.e. doing game content with an FC or an RP group rather than three individual friends outside of that group) So Old Friend & New Girlfriend doing stuff with their FC--who they might have already established routines with--isn't necessarily exclusionary to you.

However.

It sucks being in your position and it does absolutely hurt. You have every right to feel left out and saddened by this change, and you absolutely should tell Old Friend that "hey I miss doing this stuff with you, can we get together? I can come along with your FC group for this FATE farm/dungeon run/leveling hour/etc."

Often, when the Novelty hits, people don't actually realize that they're investing ALL of their time into it. And it's VERY VERY rarely intentional to exclude someone they'd been friendly with before. I strongly doubt that Old Friend doesn't like you as much or has some problems with you.

I really do think it's just the Whirlwind of Novelty that's got Old Friend all abuzz over New Girlfriend. Sometimes we just have to wait that Whirlwind out until Old Friend & New Girlfriend have settled into a stable relationship and their brains let them look back outward from the little niche they created together.

Reach out to Old Friend, tell them that you miss them, you're happy they're having such a great month/year/time, but you'd like to spend time with them.

And then do NOT keep yourself just... waiting around on them. It's unfair to YOU to be waiting for someone to ride the Novelty Rollercoaster and it's unfair to THEM to be responsible for someone else's good time.

Now is probably the best time to strengthen other friendships, explore other ways of using the time that you used to devote to Old Friend, and work on just maintaining contact with them. Your friendship will change over time; all relationships do. This is natural and happens to everyone, to every relationship, constantly.

But you're absolutely allowed to mourn the friendship you had, to feel saddened and hurt, to seek consolation from others and express your grief over the change.

Just don't lock yourself into a holding pattern for Old Friend or set yourself up for disappointment by expecting everything to Go Back to the Same.

Take this time to pursue things that maybe Old Friend wasn't so into--maybe different types of content or a TV show you like or some other game entirely--and reach out to other people who are doing the things you enjoy. Focus on filling your time with activities and experiences for you and just keep a channel open and wave to Old Friend on a regular basis so they know they can always wave back and maybe reconnect when the Novelty wears off.

I hope you do okay, hon!

[silvyavan]

I finally fucken read the scanlations of the chapter and imma be real with yall, Tabata fumbled this immensely.

Allow me to explain.

All things considered, Jack's "death"* feels incredibly bland, not just how it's handled but also how it affects his character and the overall theme Black Clover has.

*(Tabata has a trend of coping out deaths, so I'm hoping this is a red herring to sort of divert our attention from probably the fact that Yuno's spell won't hold on forever, so we're, ironically, on a race against time. This also may be a sort of Fuegoleon situation, considering we haven't seen the Earth Spirit/Gnome yet, so considering Jack's blade magic is a sort of "final" earth form (earth>> ore>> metal>> weapon>> blade) but maybe that's just me on copium. We Shall See)

With his character, the death feels kinda bland and showy. Tabata's main good ability in writing characters is by putting a different spin on them or flipping the tropes. In Jack's case, he's supposedly the bloodthirsty battle maniac trope, with his complicated and restrictive home life actually being a reason for his carefree battle attitude. The PROBLEM here is that Tabata put too little time in his development/roster, not really enough of his own thoughts, and the last slash ends up being less of a "I choose how I will die, and I'll die swinging" and more of "all I can think about is slashing and that's what I'll do dying", which completely fucks up the whole character.

Jack is, as we know it, the ONLY Clover born commoner captain. Everyone else is either nobility or immigrants with ridiculous magic (Yami may have been technically considered nobility but his foreign status is more important to his character, we have so little info on Dorothy's life I'm not even gonna speculate). By all sense and means, Jack was likely the only captain who even accepted commoners and peasants with average skills. One could argue he was probably the first commoner captain, considering Zara was the first peasant magic knight, only about 20+ years ago.

This, coupled with Jack's very vague character writing, shows that Tabata didn't really know HOW to write him in an interesting/meaningful way. So he essentially kills him off because he doesn't know what to do with him.

This falls back into how the death itself is contradictory to the themes BC has. The theme Black Clover has, by essence, is that "peasants/those weren't born lucky or talented can strive to reach great, if not greater, heights as those above them using hard work and determination" as well as "the class system affects everything, and by being inherently bigoted, it infects every other system in regards to it". The problem here is with Tabata's writing falling into "tell not show" categories (whether its because of page limits, editor influence or other things), by trying to show both themes at the same time, he ends up punishing the underdogs MORE than those who are inherently privileged (nobles with lots of mana), if not actively rewarding them.

This could be attributed to either how much time Tabata spends on other characters vs those he ignores or how very few of the cast with ACTIVE roles in the story belong to the middle/lower class.

For example, Yuno's abilities and powerups in Spade arc and this current one FEEL like asspulls, mostly because despite being one of the main trio, we're not given a lot of time to SEE how he gets it/develops it. If we had previously seen a montage of him training to develop his skills in the 3 day period before the raids and the 3 days before Lucius comes knocking or even the 1.5 YEAR TIMESKIP, a LOT of the complaints about it being an asspull would be null because we'd actually see the work being put into it.

The opposite can be said for Jack. Jack falls into essentially the same category as Asta and Magna - people of lower classes that have to work harder than those above them to reach the same heights, but by putting more effort into it, the underdog status triumphs over the naturally gifted.

This could be seen all the way back in Spade arc, with Jack developing skills mid battle to face off/stall Dante, then being the one to silently kill him off to not sour the victory Magna got. Its GOOD that it was Jack who assisted in the kill because he was of the lower class like Magna and Zora and Asta. In addition, keeping silent about it doesn't sour the victory either because Jack likely knows the feeling of having hard earned kills being stolen.

Even the contribution against Lucifero is, even if minor, still valued because he's not the only one who got beat up, ALL of the captains got smacked up to show the threat Lucifero was.

The problem in character writing falls in this recent chapter, with Jack being the first fatality.

One could say that Lucius is being inherently bigoted in his own way - he's born of a noble lineage, all of the paladins are of nobility as well and its implied that the legless angels, who were described as "rebels" were actually peasants. Its a good choice, considering that Lucius is supposed to be the almost last antagonist, so he essentially HAS to show that he's a bit of a racist to uphold the themes of the story. He's both the Puritan and Calvinist wave in Christianity, while also claiming that those born with less mana are inherently more weak and should be erased and "rebuilt" to have the same amount of magic as everyone.

The problem in it is that not only does it undermine a lot of the peasants/commoners who actively got merit through hard work, it's also giving eugenics and the Christian idea that you "deserve" flaws that you were born with/can't control and thus further pushing classist/racist ideology. Lucius is still commiting genocide against the lower class and still is falling into the idea that "once everyone has the same amount of large mana, there will be no wars :)", indirectly blaming the lower class for disparities done by the upper class.

However, with his attack on Clover by fighting against those struggling to still live, would clash with the peasant/commoner ideology that no amount of effort gone into bettering yourself is wasted. All effort to become better is still valuable and Clover Kingdom fighting against the sentries/paladins/Lucius would SHOW that.

The problem is that Jack dying is not helping the idea or the narrative. Even the final slash only so much as leaves a massive canyon in the ground and kills off maybe 2 or 3 sentries, while Morgan is "miraculously" still without a scratch. Its equal parts infuriating and makes Jack's death feel for naught. Even the final regret of not being able to slash Yami only makes him fall more into a 2 dimensional character trope. It ends up with Tabata actively punishing the underdogs and trying to get rid of the characters who he's SUPPOSED to be able to write, as per the story.

Unless the final massive slash somehow does something to either turn the tides/bring Asta home/hell, even just getting him a spirit/demon contract, it falls flat for the narrative and doesn't progress his character.

So far there's no ACTIVE show that Jack is completely dead and done for outside of a forth of his grimoire already disappearing, so maybe there's still some last minute death save for him. I hope, because otherwise, Justice 4 Jack.

[dana-chan-the-control-brain]

Pssst saw your tags on the perfectionism thing,

Cheering You On For Real,

Getting meds can be difficult or scary or both, but no joke, when you find ones that help its so fucking nice

This is Unsoliciated Advice (which I deeply hate both giving and recieving) but this for real helped me and I personally experience Hella Bad Apathy when depressed, which makes doing anything so hard, so Your Mileage May Vary and I am sharing this cause it helped me with my personal hell of amotivation

1) if you are debating needing meds, they are 100% worth a shot. Trying a comparitativly "easy to get" SSRI or SNRI you can get from your regular doc will let you just see if you feel better, most meds start at a SUPER low dose and might genuinely help you at least partially get going toward Drugs That Help More but have a higher harder barrier

2) again, super sorry about the unsolicated advice, but if you want like, info on the drugs I take, my DMs are open. 100% completely sincere here, I'm offering cause getting meds seriously helped me out, and cause it fully took me 5 years to ask despite personally knowing people who took heavy duty SSRIs cause I felt like I wasnt "bad enough" you know? And if I can pitch in and offer even a bit of info that helps somebody find relief, then I'd like to reach out and do so

3) I know, that was A Lot, so please have a picture of Macaroni and regardless, I genuinely hope you have a great day

It took me a bit to answer this. sorry. Thanks for the cat picture.

While I do appreciate it, I don't like unsolicited advice about meds and stuff.

And I've been receiving LOTS of unsolicited advice lately. (as well as unsolicited requests) Which honestly bums me out, even if they come from good intentions.

Especially since it tends to scare me off. It's just how my brain works.

I did attempt anti-depressants once, and it had ugh... kinda a not great effect on me?

Sure, I was productive.... but I could NOT. Under any circumstances relax. trying to relax or do nothing would stress me out to the point of self-harming.

It was almost as if I didn't know who I was as a person when I wasn't doing something. Because when I could just sit there, I would be in a hyperactive state, and not be able to relax and dissociate from myself.

I wish I could remember the name of the drug I took, or maybe I'll contact my old therapist to make sure I don't have that one again.

I know my battle with depression isn't any one's business and I talk to my therapist constantly about getting meds or not.

But it's just from my first experience with meds that made me scared. So I'm just kind of going at my own pace with this kind of thing.

Like either I'll take meds or I won't. But I really think that's something to talk about between me and my therapist.

[fullmtal]

UPDATE / PSA. ( hi! )

Okay, so I've had a long break because well, a lot of personal things have been going in in real life affecting my family, myself, and my mental health. I've taken a long break and been a little overwhelmed on my dash but I'm back now and I'm going to ease in slow. Sorry for the radio silence, but hope you all are hanging in!

Also important info, since we all don't really have much choice now, I have switched to Beta Editor and it's on my pinned post.

All replies that were done in legacy will be moved to separate post UNLESS you ask me to drop them or I feel I can't continue them btw please let me know if you want to drop or keep an ask or thread okay? and / or need to clean out some of my stuff by dropping them. Asks I'm still going to get to no matter how late, I find asks and small starters are easier to get to and I haven't forgotten my starters I owe if you all are still interested! It's just been...a hell of a year and I know that a lot of you probably may feel like I do on that. I'm really sorry if you've been struggling or have had issues crop up this year, and I genuinely hope it gets better for you.

I've been kind of scarce on discord save like...two - three people but I'm definitely open to chatting I just am really bad at reaching out right now but please, feel free to poke me I'm not unavailable I promise. I'm just kinda slow, as well, haha, you can see. Lately feels like I've been hit by a truck since we had a major family loss mid-year, and after that things continued to snowball right up until this month as well. I'm hoping for a great new year for all of us and what's important here on my dash is -- Edward is going absolutely nowhere even if I'm easing my way in and keeping mind of my mental health, Edward is always, and always will be my constant. I have no braincells because of him even in hard times!

To all my mains, mutuals, people I see but haven't talked to, writing partners, I really hope you're alright and things get better for you if they're tough. I really needed a break as my mental health was like a thin cord with all that's been and is going on. I think it's going to get better, but I'm now back and easing slowly into my blog once more.

Thanks for being so patient, feel free to hmu on discord if you have me, and also just take care of yourselves okay? Your health is most important.

Lots of love, Lily. PS. Beta really isn't that bad I can't believe I, a goob, am now capable of doing colored font drink something warm or do something nice for yourself today!

[agonizedembrace]

SHIPPING INFO // ANSWER THE FOLLOWING FOR YOUR MUSE SO PEOPLE KNOW HOW SHIPPING WORKS ON YOUR BLOG.

WHAT IS YOUR OTP FOR YOUR CHARACTER?

At this point I probably don't even need to say it because I keep it posted all over my blog but -- Akalynn.

HOW LARGE DOES THE AGE GAP HAVE TO BE TO MAKE IT UNCOMFORTABLE?

I'm pointing at my old as dust demon cutely like... age doesn't exactly affect Eve as much. With that said I do not, and will not ship her with any muses underage.

HOW FAR DO STEAMY MOMENTS HAVE TO GO BEFORE THEY ARE CONSIDERED NSFW?

Hmm... I'm kinda shy in writing nsfw in general (despite Eve's character), so I generally try to read more things pretty early on. Generally once things begin getting pretty hands on and clothes are often discarded are when I call them nsfw.

ARE YOU SELECTIVE WHEN SHIPPING?

I would say I likely am. While I'll often write one off things in asks/etc I don't usually plot/reach out that often when it comes to shipping? I wouldn't say that I'm picky, per say -- or I hope I'm not too bad with it dsdhfdksjf.

WHO ARE OTHER CHARACTERS YOU SHIP YOUR CHARACTER WITH?

Hmmm, in base/other general verses? Ahri definitely. I like shipping with Kai'sa in KDA/Music verse, but other than that I find Eve can generally be a difficult person to actually ship with. More often than not she doesn't care sadly, and you have to pique her interest for her to not simply m*rder you

DOES ONE HAVE TO ASK TO SHIP WITH YOU?

Kind of? Usually it just happens because we're already just talking about the ship in general. I can be open to the idea, but I might find it difficult at times to match the energy? Again Eve can be hard to develop in that angle.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE SHIP IN YOUR CURRENT FANDOM?

I am looking back to the first question -- BUT other than them I do really enjoy Xayah/Rakan, Jinx/Lux, any of the KDA ships (sans Seraphine she's like.. a figurative daughter), and dash has made me fond to a lot of ships as well (looking at you qiqidray and kat/darius).

FINALLY, HOW DOES ONE SHIP WITH YOU?

You grab me by the neck like a squeaky toy. A JOKE BUT -- I likely won't reach out first, even if I really vibe with things, due to being too shy and not wanting to pressure anyone else into it. So approach gently and kindly...? I guess dsfhdskj

tagged by: no one i stole it 😇 tagging: @kalijhomentethi @voidhunting @witchcraftandburialdirt and you! (because I don't know who hasn't been tagged yet)

[somuchyoudontknow]

Sophie, is it possible for intuitive to send some kind of message,info or even command to someone else telepathically ?? I am aware that we can send energy in form of prayer and healing and good vibes etc, so I am curious about it.

Hi 🙂 Hope you are doing well.

Yesssss, it is possible :) I can do that too loll but I am not allowed to do it freely. So I discovered this last year in October. I have an aunt and her husband sometimes physically abuses her. One day, she went from our home and after a while, I got a missed call from her husband’s cell (my uncle) on my cell phone. It felt kinda suspicious because I don’t talk to my Uncle at all on my cell phone. I have the numbers of everyone on the contact list. I asked my guide what it could be and he told me my Uncle had taken her phone, abused her physically and locked her up in a room. I called my Mom who was out shopping, I called her and asked her to go to my Aunt’s house and pick her up. , I was so panicked I tried to connect with my Aunt telepathically and told her to pack her bag and not worry and that Mom was coming to pick her up. I asked my guide also to deliver the message. When my Mom reached her house, she found her locked up in a room and she had packed her bag. I asked my Aunt why did she pack her bag and she told me she felt like someone made her do it as if she was a robot and she knew my Mom was coming. I can now easily make people lower their anger, make people stop fighting and also make people trying to harm anyone leave very easily if I can connect to them. There is a limitation. I sometimes get a no that I am not allowed to do certain things for certain people.

So yeah it is possible. It came very naturally to me like I just discovered it I can do that too. But there is a whole spiritual process and it can be very painful and very hard to achieve mind communication and telepathic control. It consists of years of meditation and exercises for focusing your energy.  I am lucky I just got it without even trying.

[thefirstimagifabricator]

that art I just rbed linked back to this so. here I am again. and I have some Thoughts that just happened so ima share them bc. I want to

so I have two sets of thoughts. first one is actually the second I thought of while looking at this post but is smth from ~10 minutes before (re-)seeing it so. putting that first—

btw this first one is. less orv and kinda more general and personal lol (though not in terms of info and shite—I’m not doxxing myself or oversharing trauma or wtv lmao 💀)

just. the first sentence of the second paragraph here. “the moment you love a story it becomes immortal, neverending.” it reminded me of the thought process I had like ten minutes ago, that was about how just. I love stories so so much and. wait actually lemme backtrack slightly—stories are immortal so long as they’ve been told and remembered; they’re the things that carry through time, the ones we haven’t forgotten even over millennia—and that’s why I want to read them (or watch them or wtv) and why I want to write them, because I want to remember, and I want to be remembered. but then I was thinking about all the forgotten stories, and it made me sad—but then I also thought that, if they’ve been told, and people have listened, then they’ve made an impact, haven’t they? they left a mark, a portion of influence, even if seemingly not very large. and so they’re immortalized in the passage of time, in their impact, in how they affected people and their emotions and how they thought about things and did things and what things they did—that all cannot be removed from the process of time; it is there forever, and therefore is immortal.

second thought thing!! this is also kinda personal, a bit more so than the first, but also more directly orv-related lol. though it’s also a lot longer and, tbh, kinda darker, and also I think less coherent and more ramble-y so ima put it under a cut I think—

so I. I am a kdj kinnie lol—but really what I mean when I say that is that I see myself in him, and himself in me—but it’s like looking into the deep end of a pool from a shallower area, and it’s like you somehow swam to where you are from somewhere nearer to that deep end without realizing you were doing so most of the time. looking back and realizing now how you’d been drowning without being aware, having not even ever really taken a breath of air, or not enough of them to get the taste of it, and not enough to miss it—and all the points where you finally caught a lungful of it, but also where you were thrown deeper, and the pain burning in your lungs screaming for air that wasn’t within reach—seeing now how you’ve found close companions along the way and helped each other in your journey, if even just as motivation to chase each other and continue onwards most of the time—and knowing how some days and some weeks and sometimes months you still slip deeper, you trip, your head goes beneath the surface, and you flounder.

but you see all this. and you look back. and you see another. and they look just like you, and their path is quite similar, but more ragged, and deeper, further beneath the surface most of the time, shoved there by forces he couldn’t control. and you want to reach out, to guide him gently along to reach where you are now, but you can’t reach him, can’t touch him, can speak to him no matter how hard you try. so all you can do is hope for his sake.

I think I also still see his flaws in myself, the habits we share that I curse him for and yet, hypocritically, still persist in—and yet we are also different in not just overall scope and depth of the ‘water’ we’re trapped in, but how far we’ve come and how much we’ve changed—I kin Kim Dokja because he reminds me of myself, yet the recognition of our similarities leads me further and further from him, ironically.

so I think what I’m saying, in relation to the original post, is that Kim Dokja has helped to teach me how to drag myself along and continue to live, but largely in how he’s taught me not to do so, or rather, called attention to things I’ve already learned not to do for that…and people may say that then it doesn’t make sense for me to kin him, as he is a cautionary tale to me—which would make sense, except he isn’t such; all that most separated the circumstances and occurrences of his life from mine were just that—circumstances set up by incidents which he had no control over, not really, things that could happen to anyone but happened to all happen to him—a collection of tragedies set up by chance.

orv and its core message being: live, even if you must claw your way out of the grave and even if you must burn every page of this book to keep you warm. you can consume us to sustain you through the winter and we will still be there when spring arrives.

the moment you love a story it becomes immortal, neverending. take it. take all of it. we don't mind.

[compulsivereaderluc]

A shower thought that kinda make me depressed.

When people ask child what they want to be as they're grew older they either answer doctor, or fireman or police. There's nothing wrong with that kind of wish, like I wish that I am going to be this 'kind of specific work that I can't say here because it's a bit too personal info share'.

I wish to be like that when I grew up because I am a bit realistic and my mom has that job too and stable and I see that our living environment get better because of this.

But when I grew up as teenagers I actually have wish that I never told to people in real life.

I want to make orphanage.

I look at the kid in the streets and the precautions and some movie that makes me think I am so so lucky.

I am so lucky that I have parents that love me and support me, even if one of them died to early for me to think that it's possibility.

I am so lucky that I grow up with privilege of studying into college, eventhough it shouldn't be privileged. It should be basic need that every kid can access.

I want to build an orphanage and aid home for people to be self sufficient so that they won't resort into begging in the street.

Supporting kids so they can eat and get higher education, so that they don't need to worry about survival.

Sometimes I daydreaming that this orphanage gonna have this land that people can make their own vegetables in case we don't have money. I also think that there would be little shop to sell our own craft to other people.

I want the orphanage to be self sufficient that while donations is really welcome we wouldn't go hungry or despair if we there are no any.

I want this aid home to teach people knowledge so that they can make their own money with dignity.

I want to make this so much that I have several plans prepared.

But I also admit that I don't work hard enough toward that goal.

Life get busy and sometimes being alive is getting hard.

Sometimes I thought of this wish and feel impossible. Sometimes I stumbled into notebook with those plans include and I just want to smile self depreciatingly.

So I do small steps.

Making local donations here and there. Giving tips and thought I will do better.

Sometimes I just want to wept in my bathroom because I want to make this large donations to this certain orphanage but I can't do that before I investigate it or recommendations from the local.

I don't mind the hard work to investigate, what I do mind is that I need to do this just to help people. Just so that money can reach the people that need it.

That's there so many bad people that using people kindness to fill their greed. That's using the disadvantage from getting the help they need.

Sometimes I give money to the street kid and hope in my heart that they really use that money fill their belly and not doing drugs or giving it to some local gangster just for fee.

Sometimes I hardened my heart and don't give any money because fear and cowardice hold my mind with bad possibility.

Sometimes I lay on my bed and wish I've done enough

Sometimes I lay on my bed and lied that I've done enough

Sometimes wish may be can only be wish.

[shaneshoodie]

Uncommon OC Questions: (By @cassandrapentayaaaaas)

I know this is kinda long! but I wanted to share these anyway. It gives yall more info about Dev!

What’s the maximum amount of time your character can sit still with nothing to do?

 Twenty minutes max. He’s gotta be doing something

How easy is it for your character to laugh?

Pretty easy. Dumb jokes, good jokes, teasing someone else, funny stories, just funny situations or images can make him laugh

How do they put themselves to bed at night (reading, singing, thinking?):

Overworking himself to the bone/point of exhaustion

How easy is it to earn their trust?

Pretty hard honestly

He’s not one to trust easily, after being hurt too many times by other people. He’s not shut off like Shane or others, just keeps people at a distance

He’ll smile and still act kindly towards you but it’s more a courtesy thing to keep his reputation in tact

How easy is it to earn their mistrust?

So easy yet so hard

If someone does something that goes against his trust. He’ll be hurt for a few days, then give them a second chance

Then a third

And a fourth

He keeps getting hurt, but he keeps forgiving them and keeping them in his life. The distance he puts them at just keeps getting longer but he never outright drops anyone

Do they consider laws flexible, or immovable?

Immovable

This idiot lives by the rules to the point of being stressed when others don’t

The only ‘law’ he’ll go against is fighting people in public if they piss him off enough

“What are you going to do? Call the cops? There are no cops in Pelican town” he says before swinging at Morris

What triggers nostalgia for them, most often? Do they enjoy that feeling?

The only thing that makes him think of the past is loneliness or hearing parents yelling at their kids

So he never enjoys feeling nostalgic for times pre moving to the farm

Sometimes he’ll catch himself thinking about his first month at the farm, and how far he’s come. That feeling is welcome. But anything earlier is not

What were they told to stop/start doing most often as a child

To sit still or be quiet

Which he failed at

He joined sports and theater to get all of that energy and noise out of his system before going home because of it

Do they swear? Do they remember their first swear word?

He swears every now and then.

Mainly when angry or stressed

His first was probably ‘Bitch’ due to being called it a lot in middle school

What lie do they most frequently remember telling? Does it haunt them?

His main lie is “I’m okay” or “I don’t mind doing this thing for you”

Dev has a hard time letting people in or telling them the truth when it comes to his feelings.

He’ll say yes to basically any task, even if he really doesn’t want to do that

How do they cope with confusion (seek clarification, pretend they understand, etc)?

Ask the person to repeat it a second time

And then hope that he retained the information and pretend that he knows what he’s doing

Normally he listens and understands pretty well, but on the days that he doesn’t he’ll hear ‘Beach’ and go there, then instantly forget why he’s there

How do they deal with an itch found in a place they can’t quite reach?

Will scratch his back on a tree like a bear

Also prone to biting his hand to ‘scratch’ an itch

What color do they think they look best in? Do they actually look best in that color?

Brown, that’s what he wears most of

He looks pretty good in brown but he looks really good in blue and green, they bring out the color in his eyes, However due to farm work being messy he doesn’t own a lot of color

His closet is very muted (Greys, beiges, and browns)

What animal do they fear most?

Sharks or Angler fish

Really any big fish

Dev hates fish and anything in the ocean

Small fish are just gross but big fish are terrifying

How do they speak? Is what they say usually thought of on the spot, or do they rehearse it in their mind first?

Bit of both

Dev has heavily rehearsed moments if he’s trying to not say anything dumb and stay on the person's good side

And then there's he’s yelling in rage at some idiot (Lewis and Morris get the brunt of this) and he’s being very blunt and honest because it’s the first thing that comes out of his mind

What makes their stomach turn?

The smell of Fish

Cooked or not

He can’t stand it

Are they easily embarrassed?

Pretty average

Get embarrassed talking about certain things, but also has moments of being the one embarrassing others (normally without meaning to)

What embarrasses them?

Hearing about his friends sexual acts (second hand or accidentally hearing…things…as it’s happening)

Or just having to watch his friends be stupid in public (Second hand embarrassment is real strong with him)

What is their favorite number?

32

No idea why

If they were asked to explain the difference between romantic and platonic or familial love, how would they do so?

Romantic and Platonic is a weird gray line to him, he has no idea how to tell the difference

Romantic is wanting to hold the person when they’re sad

Platonic is wanting to sit in their company when they’re sad

He has no idea how to describe familial love, growing up with the parents he did he doesn’t really know what the feels like.

He’d probably say that it’s the feeling of wanting to protect someone no matter what

Why do they get up in the morning?

Because he has a farm and a shit ton of animals that depend on it.

Some mornings he’ll see the chickens first just to make him smile

He wishes that he could sleep in most days but that’s hard to do when so many animals depend on you to feed them in the morning

How does jealousy manifest itself in them (they become possessive, they become aloof, etc)?

He isn’t really the jealous type

He made peace with the fact that Shane might choose someone else over him

If he feels himself getting jealous he’ll go kill some monsters in the mines to get it out of his system, then make Shane his favorite food as an apology to himself for feeling jealous in the first place

How does envy manifest itself in them (they take what they want, they become resentful, etc)?

He’s got a pretty good handle on his emotions. (other then rage)

But sometimes he’ll get annoyed at how easy money or certain skills come to others

Is sex something that they’re comfortable speaking about? To whom?

That is a convo between him and Shane only

Hates talking about it in the open, he gets far too embarrassed by it even though he’s a whole ass adult

What are their thoughts on marriage?

Always wanted to get married and have a big ceremony for it

He thinks marriage is beautiful and even is the type to accidentally ask his partner to marry him a bit before both of them are ready, pass it off as a joke, and then stress about the fact that he just said that out loud

What is their preferred mode of transportation?

Horse or his beat up pick up truck

The bus is okay, but he prefers being the one in control and not having a deadline to be back at the bus stop

What causes them to feel dread?

Crops not growing how they should

Or having to speak to Lewis, Clint, or Morris

Would they prefer a lie over an unpleasant truth?

He’ll speak the truth since that’s the right thing to do, but sugar coat it like crazy and try to upset the other person as little as possible

Do they usually live up to their own ideals?

No

His expectations for himself are way too high so they’re unreachable.

Who do they most regret meeting?

Morris and Demtrius

Both of them make his blood boil

Who are they the most glad to have met?

Shane for sure

As well as Keyblade and Fern, his roommates

Do they have a go-to story in conversation? Or a joke?

Not really

In a group conversation, he’ll just sit and watch everyone talk

Despite how he his, he isn’t much of a talker but he loves people watching

Could they be considered lazy?

Lmao no, it’s harder to get him to rest then it is to get him to do anything

How hard is it for them to shake a sense of guilt?

Incredibly difficult

Dev will think about his mistakes for days

Thinking of how he could have handled a situation better, even though whatever happened wasn’t his fault

How do they treat the things their friends come to them excited about? Are they supportive?

Tries to match their excitement to keep them smiling

He may not understand anything of what they’re saying but if they’re happy, so is he

Do they actively seek romance, or do they wait for it to fall into their lap?

Dev is very much a romantic, but never wants to push or be overbearing so he crushes hard but it takes a lot of self convincing to do anything about it

Do they have a system for remembering names, long lists of numbers, things that need to go in a certain order (like anagrams, putting things to melodies, etc)?

Saying it outloud three times

Thankfully Pelican town is super small and it’s not a lot of names to remember, but he still has to do that otherwise he’ll forget

That or saying their name while also saying the most noticeable thing about them

(EX: Harvey Mustache, Fern Sunglasses, Emily Blue Hair, etc etc) It sounds stupid at first but it’s very helpful when meeting new people

What memory do they revisit the most often?

Confessing his feelings to Shane most likely

Even after they’ve been together for a while, the way that Shane’s face looked will be engraved in his brain forever

How easy is it for them to ignore flaws in other people?

Regretfully very easy.

There are some people that he can’t look past, but everyone else gets forgiven really easy

How sensitive are they to their own flaws?

Pretty sensitive

If someone points out a thing he did wrong, he’ll smile, nod and fix it (if possible)

But continue to think about it for at least a week

How do they feel about children?

He loves kids, and wants some of his own some day

Since his normal demeanor is upbeat and happy, kids end up getting along with him too

Vincent likes to sit on his shoulders to be tall, and Jas likes to swing from his arm

How badly do they want to reach their end goal?

He thought he had an end goal, but it just turned into smaller goals

Fix this, fix that, marry shane, start a family, etc etc

The goals are never ending, but they’re not very large

If someone asked them to explain their sexuality, how would they do so?

Gay man despite looking like a cishet man from texas

[littlx-songbxrd]

question that u absolutely do not have to answer i just know you tend to be passionate speaking/educating about pr

how do scotus rulings like the one today affect puerto ricans? none of the state maps and stuff i see ever includes them in how things like abortion are likely to change moving forward, it mostly focuses on the mainland. i was just curious as to how that’s impacting you rn

hope ur having a safe + lovely day <3

Hello beloved anon <3

I absolutely love answering these types of things! I was very glad when i saw this ask, sorry its a late answer i needed to do some additional research because information is kinda all over the place.

Roe vs. Wade effect in Puerto Rico

So, in short, while most laws and rights are heavily dependent on the mainland goverment, Puerto Rico does own its own constitution. With its own laws. And our laws can and sometimes do vary from those in the US since technically Puerto Ricans do not have protection under the american constitution and the laws stated in such in our territory. Puerto Ricans are protected under the Puerto Rican constitution, which we were allowed to have thanks to the ELA (estado libre asociado) movement. To summarize this PR is not entitleled to US constitutional protection because we have our own constitution only the making of that constitution wss under the aproval of the US.

One of the laws that vary in Puerto Rico is the abortion laws, because we were given the right to abortion under medical criteria thanks to a case called Duarte vs Pueblo not Roe vs Wade.

What is Pueblo vs duarte?

Doctor Pablo Duarte Mendoza preforms an abortion to his 16 year old patient. When he was found out, Duarte was sentenced to 4 years of jail because of preforming an illegal abortion. However duarte apealed under the new made right of abortion of the supreme court of the United. Thanks to this Puerto Rico earned abortion rights

Even if the right to abortion was influenced by United States cases like Roe vs Wade, the act put in motion to give the rights didnt stem from that. Puerto Rico cant loose abortion rights as long as Pueblo vs Duarte remains intact.

Does that mean Puerto Rico is save?

No. Puerto Rico is definetly not save from this or the following plans the supreme court has. Just because our rights havent been taken away doesnt mean the pueblo vs. Duerte act CANNOT be repealed. Prior to this there has already been a goverment proyect being moved to ban all abortion after 22 weeks called the plan 639. Aside from this other plans to control abortion are being spoken off if this is allowed to get past in August. Our current governor has already spoken he is not opoosed to revisit abortion laws based on the mainlands decision, so i fear this is merely a "were save, for now"

For example, if the information I've gotten is true and they come after Obergefells vs. Hodges. Then immediatly Puerto Rico would be damaged because our same sex marriage laws come from that *specific* ruling

To sum up everything here. To make sure *if* Puerto Rico is affected by the courts rulings we need to make sure first where the laws theyre revising stem from in the island. However this does not get us out of trouble since were still a colony and subject to the mainlands decisions.

If by a miracle any puertorican reads this. Do not cancel your apointements. Many people against abortion in PR are trying to spread the lie we loose our rights with the US decision. We dont. We still preserve our rights.

[kiunlo]

⭐Pencil and sketch Commissions to raise money for a binder!⭐ (paypal + kofi)

Hello there! I'm an Australian Aboriginal trans guy trying to raise a bit of money to afford my first ever binder! I've been dying to have a binder since I was like 14, and since my 24th birthday was not too long ago, I think it's HIGH time to finally get one, and alleviate this dysphoria that has been plaguing me for the past 10 years.

ALSO, if you are not able to commission me, that's okay! Reblogging this post to get it to reach more people is the next best thing <3

If JUST 5 PEOPLE commission me, I will be able to FULLY afford the binder I want, shipping and all! My prices are also kinda cheap, so that even if you don't have much money, you probably will still be able to afford my commissions! Also I'm quite a quick drawer, which is another reason I've got the prices so low.

I'm going to be doing pencil drawings and sketch commissions for now, simply because they are the fastest and most fun for me to do! I can get a drawing done in about a day this way, meaning that either the very day of the commission, or the day after, the drawing will already be done <3 I will not be able to ship these drawings out as they will be drawn in my very nice hard-cover sketchbook and I don't want to rip the pages out 😭 But it would also be a huge hassle financially to ship them out, which is what the exact opposite of what I'm trying to accomplish, so I hope a scan/picture of the drawing is okay.

Here are the two types of commissions I'll be doing! Sketches (drawn in pen), and pencil drawings (lines with pen, and coloured with pencil). Examples are below.

PRICES ARE IN AUD! I have put the rough conversion into usd, gbp, eur, and cad. Please keep in mind the actual price/conversion may vary (and I haven't done all currencies)! I'm just getting these conversions from google. Make sure you have at least a few more dollars/euros/pounds etc. than what is put below just in case!

SKETCHES [$20 AUD]

[$14 USD, €13-€14, £11-£12, $18 CAD]

PENCIL DRAWINGS [$30 AUD]

[$21 USD, €20-€21, £17, $27 CAD]

Things I WILL draw:

animals, both real and fictional

any type of humanoid! elves, humans, orcs, dwarfs, etc.

mecha (such as transformers)

furries and other anthros

original characters

canon characters from whatever fandom

mild gore and blood

Things I WON'T draw

backgrounds

bugs/spiders (sorry they give me the creepy crawlies)

nsfw

intense gore

incest/pseudo-incest or pedo stuff

anything that's racist/homphobic/transphobic/ableist etc.

I have a right to decline your commission for any reason, even if what you want me to draw does not go against anything I won’t draw and fits perfectly within what I will draw, without a single explanation as to why I won’t draw your commission.

You can contact me via my dm’s here on tumblr if you’re interested in a commission, which will remain open until I’ve closed my commissions! You can also contact me via discord or email too! Just dm me and I'll send my contact info your way.

[hooterhorror]

Hello lovely!!

I was wondering if I could request some headcannons! I’ve been meaning to reach out to you because your writing is splendid and you’re on my blog a lot too!! Could I request some soft Billy Lenz with his s/o hcs?

I hope you’re having a wonderful day! ♥︎♥︎

- @slasherb1tch

OMG AHAJDJSHS I really did spend a hell of a lot of time on ur blog huh 😭 and TYSM!!! you're literally so sweet <333 that means sm coming from a blog I admire!!! I hope this is good ❤️

Billy Lenz soft headcanons.

format: headcanons... ofc.

warnings: none! but not fully proofread and it's 6am as I start this lol

taglist: n/a

To start this off I have to say: Billy may act in a certain way, but he is totally inexperienced relationship wise. He's overjoyed to be with you, don't get me wrong! He just needs a few days to settle.

By now you've already shown him an incredible amount of patience. You and he had liked each other and had something undefined, but he wasn't catching any of your very blatant "hints" and went wide eyed when you'd compliment him or etc.

It's all very new, but I assure you when he's fully able to comprehend what you both have now, you're going to be showered in his affection!

He also expects to be showered in yours too <3

He does have limits though. Sometimes touching him is off the table. He doesn't even want to hug you, but he'll sit on the couch or in bed with you and just.... Soak in your presence.

I think you and Billy spend most of your time cuddling. Sometimes he can't stay off you and just clings to you like a koala bear-

just you and him on the couch, and him nuzzling his face into the crook of your neck.

Bonus points if you're ticklish and giggle at this. It's likely to spur on him doing it more to get you to laugh, or even end in a full tickle fight.

He's definitely ticklish too. It's kinda cute when he curls into a ball and screeches as he attempts to protect himself from your attack-

He's both protective and possessive to certain extents

You're just so wonderful to him! And he's insecure, but he doesn't really know that

All he knows is that his chest gets tight and he feels queasy when you have guests over, or you bring up that you had gotten hit on while you were out of the house

if this was Brahms, he'd throw a fit.

But it isn't. Billy is still upset and can be pretty emotional and chaotic, but he isn't about to destroy things

"You aren't going to... leave billy, are you?"

Maybe you're not so surprised by the change in Billy's mood, by now you're probably used to it even-

Just take his face in your hands and tell him you're his. You're never going to leave because you love him

He'll grab onto your wrists and kiss the palms of your hands. All he can do is nod at your words.

If you've had a rough day or some form of chronic illness/pain, Billy would be very willing to try and massage your pain away

or kiss it better!

it's silly and even he probably knows it doesn't work, but it's so sweet that you can't help but smile :(

"Do you feel better? need more kisses from billy?"

But now if he gets banged up in the attic or anywhere around the house, he needs immediate kisses! Help y/n, he's gonna die!! Kiss him rn!!!

If you happen to show affection via biting like some people do (or maybe you just have urges to bite people) Billy would be very receptive. Confused, but as long as you don't bite hard he's ok <3

"....What are you doing?"

Just don't catch him off guard with it. He'll probably complain then

Play with his hair. Do it.

it instantly puts him to sleep omfg....

I also feel like a cherished gesture of his is back kisses.... Whether he's kissing your back or you're kissing his, he loves it. It's tender and either of you say a word.

He does it when he spoons you and wants you to do the same 🥺

Totally loves any pets you have. Verye energetic and keeps trying to get your dog to howl. Or cradles your cat like a baby and baby talks it

Have any snakes or insects? Oh my god he's gonna be so intrigued. infodump on him, he loves it

have like a... lizard or something? yeah that mf is gonna ride billy around the house on his head. If it's small, anyways.

Paint his nails <3

somehow, I feel like Billy is an underrated character. I see plenty of content for him, but a lot of it is purely smutty. We need more soft Billy!

[tottymatsuno]

Here's how I think the Matsunos would capture your heart and make you their SO!

Osomatsu - He would have been a childhood acquitaince you reconnected with after the high school reunion. He made a big impact on you from his honesty and naivety. You wanted to know more about him after that but couldn't bring yourself to ask for his contact info. You spot him a couple months later day drinking and reintroduce yourself. The two of you vibe and go out on a pretty decent date despite it just being convenience store beer, oden Osomatsu tried to steal from his friend and pachinko.

Karamatsu - You see him standing on a bridge just peacocking and like any other bird you watch his mating dance for a while before deciding to take a chance. The whole performance is funny as hell and you honestly can't take him seriously but at the same time he is kinda hot. Not even in a loser way, during the five minutes you've studied this man's behavior you have come to the conclusion he is cute, silly, poetic, flamboyant and super hot. The second you speak to him to inform this old school punk menance that you have arrived for your date Karamatsu calls you his girl and you are smitten.

Choromatsu - This guy really ain't standing here with a free hugs sign near the bus stop is he? Well comiket is going on right now and you suppose between the two of you Choromatsu is less weird than you decked out in a complex gundam cosplay. "Hugs?" You ask muffled from the head piece. You notice Choromatsu gasp and nod nervously, "B-but if you don't want to that's okay! I wouldn't want to ruin something so amazing like that cosplay. You must have worker extremely hard on it and it shows." Yeah it's like he reached past your defenses and snatched your heart in just three sentences.

Ichimatsu - Your new coworkers told you about this regular who seems to visit and disrupt the entire ecosystem of the cafe and then leave without taking responsibility. Your senpai begs you hat in hand to try to convince Ichimatsu to volunteer at the shelter your store is partnered with because there are some cats deemed too antisocial and might be put down... But Ichimatsu seems to have an aversion of heavy topics and if his mood changes then so do all the cats. You watched him come into the cafe and get treated like a little prince by your coworkers, manager and the cats. The special treatment only makes him visibly uncomfortable but there he is with a muffin and all five cats currently out. Well here goes nothing, you walk over to the table with a casual smile. "Hey, welcome back." and you find it cute when Ichimatsu tenses up. "I'm new here and I think I need some help. I heard you're a regular so I was hoping if you could show me the ropes?" You notice even the skittish kitten is vying for Ichimatsu's attention. "Shouldn't you ask a coworker instead of trash like me...?" You shake your head and tell him a lie. "I'll get fired if they found out how unqualified I am for this job. I just learnt that cats can actually get sick from tuna." and you got em. The look on Ichimatsu's face lets you know he's the helpful type so you shadow him through a shift and when the days over Ichimatsu is paid a regular wage for his volunteer work. The cats were all angels today with very little fighting, or randomly attacking ankles or jumping on tables to steal people's food. Ichimatsu must stay. "Tomorrow I'm supposed to go to the shelter too because some of the cats are lonely but I have no clue how to change their litterboxes. I don't have anyone else to ask, so would you come with me?" You fall for Ichimatsu the second he slow blinks and nods.

Jyushimatsu - That guy's swimming in the river again huh. You've been a little bit of a sneak and watching this guy's antics for a few days. He's cute and silly and has a way with bending reality in order to pull off jokes. Truth be told you're more intrigued than romantically interested. You wanna study him like a lil bug and take notes on his behavior out in the wild. You realize pretty quickly after getting lost in your thoughts that you've also lost track of Jyushimatsu. Until he pops up right next to you and says, "Here I am! You've been looking for me, right?" and y'know what? "Yeah I was!"

Todomatsu - You're kinda casual friends with Todomatsu at gym. Your brother is the one who introduced the gym both to you and Todomatsu and you know he's a decent guy based off of his behavior at the go club. Or at least is according to your brother. So the two of you are often working out in the same areas mostly because you figure your brother asked for Todomatsu to keep an eye out for you. "Good work today." is usually the most you end up saying until Todomatsu strikes up an conversation. "Um... I know it's been a while since I started here and I've been too nervous to ask but." You think he's going to ask you on a date and you're already mentally going over your schedule for this week. "I don't know how to use half of the equipment or how to sign up for classes? Is there an extra fee involved if I wanted to take yoga?" You instantly deflate but answer Todomatsu anyways. "I've noticed but didn't know if you wanted help. I can teach you for a while if you promise to spot me every now and then." Todomatsu nods before you speak again, "And no this location has three free classes a week for members. The yoga for beginners is the best one so I think you'll enjoy it." There's a pause in the conversation because Todomatsu is clearly choosing his next words with great care. "Are you in that class too?" You shake your head no, and tell Todomatsu you're in intermediate yoga. "Ah...well that's alright. I'll work my way up and join you soon. After all I want to see how flexible you really are." You giggle to yourself, "If you're free after this I'll let you experience firsthand how flexible I can be."

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Hey Carrie! You talked a little the other day about writers' tendency to start a fic too early in the story, and how you see a lot of first scenes that could have been scrapped to improve the story. My question is if you have some tips to recognize while writing that first scene that you are starting too early in the story?

Hello friend!

That's a really good question, and I'll see if I can give an answer that makes sense. I am not a professional, and I'm not educated or trained in this stuff, it's just something that I recognize from years and years and years of voracious reading. And as with all writing advice, I encourage you to take what I'm going to say with a grain of salt and remember that no writing rule is a hard rule, only a guideline.

Also, my advice is going to be pertaining fanfiction, and specifically to AUs. Obviously a published book has an editor with a razor blade going through a manuscript for you, and the problems that bother me in fanfiction crop up in AUs more than Canonverse.

Oh, and every instance of "you" is general, not specific 😜

So I think the main problem that I see is that people are starting with an Info Dump. An Info Dump is not always a bad thing, sometimes it's completely necessary, but it is NOT where you want to start your story. If it absolutely has to be done, it's better to be somewhere in the middle or near the end. When it's something that your characters need to know.

That's an important bit: Do your characters need to know this?

And related to that: Does your audience need to know this for the story to make sense?

And very important follow up: If the answers to the above questions are yes, does the character/audience need to know this RIGHT NOW?

There's a lot of information about your story that YOU need to know. Heck, my notes files are full of sooooooo much stuff that I know about the characters and plot that never reaches the final product.

So when you're reading your first chapter (I say reading, not writing, because sometimes info dumping for your own benefit is good, and then you fix it before you share the story lol), ask yourself those two questions.

So for example:

In an AU where Dean is a tattoo artist, and it's his POV. The story starts with Dean driving to work, and when he gets there he's going to find out that the empty shop next door has been purchased and is going to be a yoga studio. He meets Castiel out front, up on a ladder trying to hang a hand painted sign, and some teens go running buy and knock into the ladder and Dean has to catch Castiel from falling. (Anyone who wants to adopt this idea is welcome to it btw, I would love to read this lol)

The mistake I often see in a first chapter like this is that as Dean is walking to work, there's a whole Info Dump about why he's a tattoo artist instead of a hunter. He'll be ambling along, thinking about his nice little business, and there's info about how his mom died in a fire, and his dad was a jerk, and Dean didn't go to college because he saved his money for Sammy's college fund, and Dean's only passion was art, and Bobby Singer introduced him to a tattoo shop owner who took Dean under his wing, etc.

Question 1, does your character need to know this?: Why is Dean reflecting on his past? Does Castiel need to know this information in order to build a romance with Dean?

Question 2, does your audience need to know this?: Why does this information matter? If Dean's only reflecting on this because you want to make sure your audience knows where the timeline changed and this became an AU, then you're starting too early in your story. Dean doesn't need to know this, and honestly in a lot of cases the reader doesn't need to know this. This is information that should have been left in your notes file.

Question 3, does the character/audience need to know this NOW?: If this information is pertinent to the plot, like maybe there's some trauma there that Castiel might need to know about to develop their relationship, then you don't want to put it HERE, you want to put it in a conversation with Castiel LATER.

If I was writing this AU, I would just start with Dean sipping his coffee, he's kinda tired because reasons, he looks up to see an unusual commotion, and has to drop his coffee and sprint forward to catch Cas. If he's reflecting on anything in this scene, it's going to be whatever made him tired, or how good/bad the coffee is this morning. Since Cas is a new business owner, they can talk about the origins of Dean's business on their first date, because it'll be a relevant response to Castiel talking about the origins of his yoga studio.

And just in general, if Dean's origin story includes a lot of canon elements, like mom dying in a fire, dad being a deadbeat, Sammy being the adorable overachieving Stanford student.... try to hide that info for as long as you can so that the audience is actually curious about it by the time the info might pop up. It's the wild divergences that are more interesting earlier on.

Okay, and then I want to talk about my giant pet peeve for a starting chapter. It's a specific kind of info dump, that often includes the stuff from above, but then goes a step further.

My nemesis, The Daily Grind.

I haven't asked the authors, so I could be wrong about this, but I feel like most of the time when this type of chapter is included in a story it is because the author wants to show the reader that the character's life is boring and meaningless before the plot's inciting incident. I can absolutely see why that might be considered an important detail about the character, but keep in mind if it's boring and meaningless to the character, it's boring and meaningless to your audience.

You know how I said earlier that writing tips should never be hard and fast rules? Well this is in regards to that Show Don't Tell rule, and it's an example of TOO MUCH showing lol

It is possible to do a daily grind in an interesting way, but only if you include a Shake Up right away. And you have to look at the 3 questions a little bit differently.

So for example:

Castiel POV, and he works in an office. His daily routine is to always get up at the same time every day, he goes for his run, he grooms himself, he has his breakfast, he goes to work and talks to Kelly about how Jack's doing in kindergarten for a few minutes before going into his office. Adler comes in to be a prick, Castiel hates him for it, and then he does his reports, has lunch hiding in a corner of the lunch room so that his co-workers will leave him alone, he does more reporting, leaves an hour after his shift technically ends, goes home to a lonely apartment that maybe includes a pet who is the only being that shows him affection, has an unsatisfying dinner of leftover takeout while watching a mindless reality tv show, then he goes to bed.

Ugh.

BORING.

Which, yeah I get it, the point is that his life is boring. But now the story is too, and I've clicked the back button before I can see how exciting it's capable of getting.

Question 1, does your character need to know this?: No. He knows. Poor thing definitely already knows.

Question 2, does your audience need to know this?: Yes, but...

Question 3, does the character/audience need to know this NOW?: Yes, but new question for ya:

Optional Question 4, why does this need to be separate from your plot's inciting incident? The answer to this 4th question is usually that it doesn't.

Chapter 2 of this type of beginning usually shows the shake up of Castiel's day. My advice is to start with the shakeup, and sprinkle in the details of what you would have put into chapter 1 to show the contrast. It's far more interesting to learn how boring Castiel's day is by starting with the shake up.

So, same scenario:

Castiel's alarm doesn't go off for some reason, OH NO HIS ROUTINE IS SHAKEN UP! You're explaining his routine while also stressing him the fuck out because he has to rush, or skip something that he normally needs to do. Action! Interesting! He gets to work late, and has to miss his conversation with Kelly about Jack because she's telling him that Adler's already in his office being a prick because Castiel isn't there waiting for him like he always is. Oh shit, he's pissing off his asshole boss! Conflict! He's so flustered by the shakeups that he misses something on his report, and he gets a call from that new marketing guy Dean Winchester who asks if they can have a meeting about it when Castiel normally takes his lunch. BAM! MEET CUTE OPPORTUNITY! While Castiel is getting all flustered by how pretty Dean is while they talk about TPS reports, he can reflect on how this is both better and worse than hiding from his co-workers in the corner of the lunch room. The rest of the day after that meeting he's thinking about how weird this day is, he still goes home an hour late, he talks to his pet about his weird day when he gets home, and maybe he still eats leftover takeout, but he's not paying attention to the reality tv show because holy shit he wants to count Dean's freckles.

In this example, you're Telling the audience about Castiel's normal routine instead of Showing them. But since it's during a plot heavy chapter, it works!

Lemme see if I can TL:DR this...

As you're reading, ask yourself who needs to know this information, why do they need to know this information, and why is it important for this information to be included early instead of later?

If the answer to any of those questions boils down to "this is backstory" instead of "this kicks off the plot", then you've started too early.

I hope this helps? I'm always nervous about giving writing advice because so much of the time I have no idea what I'm doing, and I'm just feeling around in the dark. And I definitely do not ever want to hurt an author's feelings, because this hobby is so fucking hard, and we're all fragile. Even authors who welcome con-crit with open arms will have a weak point that they're unaware of that might get poked wrong and cause a crack, ya know?

I hope anyone who gets this far who might see their own works reflected in my examples understands that I have a lot of respect for their ability to put their work out into the world, and I want them to keep doing it. We're here to have fun, okay? Okay. I love y'all 💜