#getting to know your moots

[bellisima-writes]

10 People I'd Like to Know Better

Thanks for the tags @gaiaseyes451 and @beerok23!💜!💜

last song: Gloria by the Lumineers

favourite colour: Red, like a deep luscious red that you know would taste good if you licked it. Don't act innocent, you know exactly what I mean by that. Red is a color that you just know tastes good.

last book: I am currently trying to read the Witcher series (per @lickthecowhappy's suggestion) so I am at the start of the Last Wish

last movie: Moana 2 (I have young kidsssss)

last TV show: My oldest is almost 10 which means she stays up late. Which also means I have so little time to watch adult things. So we've been watching the Office with her. I think I want to watch the Good Place with her next tho (I've never watched it!)

sweet/spicy/savoury: Sweet followed very, very closely by spicy. Habanero maple syrup is one of my favorite things on the planet.

last thing i searched online: How to explain a 10 year career hiatus in a cover letter (looking to return to work since having kids. It's been an interesting experience so far).

current obsession: Have not moved on from Good Omens, but recently realized that my obsession may be more in my own little connected universe of fics that I wrote rather than the actual canon at this point😳. I'm sure once we get that first glimpse of red and white hair that will change very quickly.

looking forward to: Going back to work and having a more established adult life again, honestly. I've been so lucky to be home with my kids while they are young, but I am ready. And figuring out how my newfound passion for writing is going to fit into that new life of mine. Another big year of change over here for me, and I am eagerly looking forward to how the growing pains are going to make way for something beautiful beyond.

ten people i’d like to know better:

@addledmongoose, @di-42, @afrenchwriter, @haemey, @eybefioro, @alwaystuesday, @katspause, @alphacentaurinebula, @shadesofecclescakes, @ochre-sunflower and whoever wants to do it (but also feel free to ignore!)

[addledmongoose]

10 People I'd Like to Know Better

Thanks for the tag, @bellisima-writes

last song: "Unstoppable" by The Score

favourite colour: Purple. I don't know why, though.

last book: It's been over a year since I read something that wasn't Good Omens fanfiction, but I think it was A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske.

last movie: Deadpool and Wolverine

last TV show: Silo. Since I only watch one or maybe two shows at any particular time, it's pretty easy to remember which one I'm on.

sweet/spicy/savoury: Sweet then savory. I enjoy spicy but it doesn't satisfy that snack craving like the other two.

last thing i searched online: Honestly have no idea.

current obsession: Good Omens.

looking forward to: I'm pretty satisfied with my life right now, so there's nothing that comes to mind.

ten (6) people i’d like to know better: (no pressure; only if you want, of course)

@e-rated-beardo, @ochre-sunflower, @inahc3, @geardrops, @masnadies, @ao3cassandraic

[sysig]

Ah, childhood memories (Patreon)

[strawbkiwi]

y'know what i completely sympathize with george from stardew valley and he's one of the first villagers i try and befriend. i too would be pissed off if random people were trying to touch my wheelchair and the liveliest place in town, the stardrop saloon, had stairs into the building so i couldn't even get inside. i am constantly bringing him hot peppers and fried mushrooms. cripple solidarity etc etc

[my-dark-happy-place]

A rant about US-centrism

Why do so many Americans on Tiktok think that the huge protests here in Germany are for them?? Like I fully get that the situation with Trump rn is horrifying and everyone who knows history is and should be rightfully worried. And I try to spread information about ICE raids and stuff like that because I care about people everywhere in the world.

But seeing Americans on tiktok saying "thank you for protesting FOR US" is absolutely crazy, the USA centrism is insane!!! (Especially because I don't really see many Americans share much info and resources about other countries)

Correct me if I'm wrong but there aren't even big protests against Trump and his facist regime anywhere in the US for some reason, why should we do the work for you when we've got our own elections coming up in less than a months and the genuine neo Nazi party is projected to be at least the second biggest party. We are on the streets with hundreds of thousands of people because we are demonstrating against the rise of facism in our own country!! We are trying to maybe get less people to elect actual Nazis and onenof your very own clowns aka Elon Musk is backing the AfD.

This post may seem a little harsh but the US centrism is pissing me off so bad atm because you are not the only one in a bad situation, not everything evolves around 1 singular country. Our elections are coming up and we might somehow still be able to change the outcome slightly, so we aren't going towards full on facism.

We definitely have different priorities rn than to protest for/on behalf of a different country, that isn't even actively protesting out on the streets themselves!!!

[arom-antix]

Hey, just wanted to reach out to say that I found you pointing out and calling this person was really great and you shouldn't have apologized. It was incredibly true what you said, and to be honest it seems out of touch with the reality of a great deal of the japanese fandom, the nuances and their culture. Also, it was as you pointed out, extreme and may I say rude. I want to mention too that the way it was written, as if entitled of the knowledge and the 'explanation' made it all worse in context of the 'fucked up'. The original poster always gets away by using the 'well-written academic'' statement of their 'metas' as an excuse to do or say and make everyone else agree and if not, uses victim narrative and discourses exactly selecting wording for people to agree on it or feel bad.

I don't know if they tagging you in the way they did made you reblog and apologizing/backing up, but no one thought bad about you pointing it out. On the contrary, a lot of people had been bullied and discriminated by this person when they called them out/disagreed going onto lenghts of sending their friends to harass people, and the other persons can't even defend themselves because they are effectively blocked. To quite a few people in the fandom has been done, even accusing them as 'acephobes' (when they're not) or even Nazis by spreading lies. So yeah, I just wanted to say that. I think you were right to call them out publicly.

Thank you very much for this ask. To be completely honest I agree with everything you said here and don't actually feel bad about pointing anything out. I mainly apologised because I didn't want any potentially poor phrasing from my side to cause unnecessary hostility and because I myself have gripes with this person's behaviour but didn't want to cause a scene.

My honest opinion is that they have a serious issue with taking accountability for their own mistakes and highly overestimate their own intellect. If you're reading this, @thegirlwhorideslikeasamurai, sorry if I seem harsh, but it's true. I saw your post lamenting how you're the only academic meta writer / fan in the fandom and I didn't interact then because I honestly do not care enough to start that drama but with the information Blonndiec has just given me, I think it's necessary that someone calls you out.

You're not an academic. You're not beyond the mental capabilities of other fans. You're actually incredibly childish in your metas and analyses and I am not kidding when I say that I was halfheartedly writing essays more academic than every analysis I've seen from you when I was barely a teenager. I don't know how old you are and I frankly don't care. You're not as clever as you think you are.

Also, don't think I didn't notice that you didn't reblog my correction (link here to my correction and here to their "response" for those who didn't see that exchange) of your post so that you could control what your followers saw of the exchange. You're the opposite of an academic. You control information to tailor the narrative, you don't cite your sources properly if at all, you don't format your posts in anything close to how an academic analysis would be, you make unbased claims, you reference posts and canon material without in any way indicating where that information is from, you reference your own (equally unacademic) metas and your conclusions from them without indicating what post it's from or that it's your own theory this new one is based on and instead present it as a common fact, and I could go on and on and on. Your posts are also riddled with logical fallacies and you talk in absolutes and opinions when there's no canon basis to claim such things. I'm sorry, but that's not academic in the slightest.

To be clear, you don't have to be an academic to post on the Internet. You don't have to be anything at all. You could up front be a genuine idiot with no remorse and that's fine. But when you claim to be an academic and also put down the rest of the fandom for not being on your level, you have to be able to back that up. It'd still make you sound like a prick but at least your arrogance would have a basis. It currently does not.

I haven't personally seen the discussions that Blonndiec is referencing and I'm not going to claim anything definitive (because that would be unacademic of me, take notes) but if what they're saying is true and did happen as described, which I have empirical, if anecdotal, evidence to believe could very well be (a friend of mine has personally been blocked by you after they criticised you without actually mentioning your name which I of course can't prove is the reason for the block but the timing is awfully convenient), you should know that you should be ashamed of yourself.

If there's context missing, feel free to enlighten me and call out any incorrect accusations. You have every right to defend yourself. However, I encourage you to cite your sources since you're such an academic. If you don't, then it's just your word against Blonndiec and anyone else who might comment's word and that doesn't prove anything. Don't misunderstand, acephobia and nazi rhetoric should absolutely be called out but only if it's actually happening. False accusations can ruin lives. I hope you know that.

I'm not a fan of calling people out publicly and, again, thank you for this ask, Blonndiec. But considering many of the issues I've personally seen and those I've been informed of by second hand sources were posted publically, I don't really feel bad about calling this out. I could do a full breakdown of just the insulting "academic" comments alone and how there's no academia to be found in said academic metas and, Samurai, if you give me reason to, I will show exactly what I mean point by point (and academically just to give you an example of even low level academia).

If you respond to this, do it in a reblog. That's what a real academic would do. If I'm wrong and you can prove it, you'd have no reason to not show my post in your rebuttal. If I'm right, you'd have every reason to be upfront about your mistakes and how you intend to rectify them. There's nothing wrong with being wrong but there's a lot wrong with refusing to admit to it in a way that lets others peer review you (academic thing, look it up) and come to their own conclusions about the situation. That's what you did when you just @'ed me instead of reblogging my response. A true academic wouldn't hide a peer review. You'd know that if you were one.

I swing in many academic spaces and yet that doesn't make me any kind of expert and I don't claim to be one because I'm not. But since you want to be one so badly, reblog this with a response and show us all how smart you are. I'm dying to know what your academic take on this is.

[greenerteacups]

not asking for spoilers but just wanted to let you know I am SO excited to see whether you'll be including any aspect of the golden trio's van life™ treasure hunting in the woods segment of DH in your story. I know you've talked about how silly and irrelevant it is for them to be off and away from all the other characters and action for so much of the last book, so I'm looking forward to seeing the changes you make and what kinds of new experiences they'll have if they remain more tethered to the plot. but c'mon. neverending geocashing group camping trip from hell. it's kind of hilarious.

RV TRIP DEATHLY HALLOWS they will never make me love you RV trip deathly hallows... tho you are right and I fully grant it is the funniest thing that book could have done... it's like. The Two Towers if you're reading Sam and Frodo's trip to Mordor and you don't know what fuck all else is going on while they're doing it. And also none of the stuff with Aragorn or the actual war for the ring is on the page. And there are Hallows there, for some reason.

[aheathen-conceivably]

I’ve been doomscrolling instead of Tumblr scrolling and I miss it here that is all.

[separatist-apologist]

How do you keep boundaries and find balance around your fandom experience?

I feel so bad saying this bc everyone is so nice but I feel pressure to keep up with and promote mutuals’ work and its starting to burn me out from being able to write

I hear this all the time and maybe this is the depression talking but oh man I want to respond to this.

People write SO. FAST. Can you imagine if I got angry every time one of my mutuals didn't reblog/comment/read one of my fics? I'd have no mutuals, no friends, nothing at all. Like at some point you have to trust your mutuals are actually your friends and they're not going to get upset if you don't hype every project they do.

And if they DO get upset, well...thats a reciprocal relationship built on a foundation of weeds and if it can crumble so easily, were you ever actually friends/mutuals at all? I know this is common in fandom spaces and I talk to people all the time who are like, so-and-so doesn't interact with me anymore since I didn't review/read/WHATEVER their last fic and I'm always like. Couldn't be me.

There are a million fics I'd like to read and a million more I'm 10+ chapters behind on. It's just not possible. And I think about like...me and @ablogofsapphicpanic who has only read the fics I've written FOR her. We talk every single day about everything and nothing at all. Or me and @the-lonelybarricade who spent so much time beta-ing for each other that if you went through our work during that time period, you'd probably find SO much overlap in our phrasing/structuring/whatever else. It was never a conscious decision to stop, just kind of a mutual recognition we were busy with our own things but were supporting the other (loudly!) from the sidelines.

My POINT is that this is your hobby! And of course engagement is important- we should hype up our mutuals whenever possible, and read their excellent work because we like what they do. And I think its okay to free yourself from the pressure of trying to do ALL of it, all of the time.

[aurorawritestoescape]

Get to know your moots

Thank you for the tags, lovelies @milla-frenchy @tateypots @toxicanonymity @sunshineispunk @itwasntimethatdidit40 @sawymredfox @iamasaddie @thundermartini @joelmillerisapunk 😘 I loved reading your answers, friends, you’re all so amazing and cool, I don’t deserve you😍 I know I’m horribly late, I’ve been shy tbh, but I decided to play and I’m bringing you cats to make my yapping more entertaining😽

What's the origin of your blog title? I came up with it in 5 seconds bc my Libra ass needs to do something fast otherwise I’d never make a decision. The name Aurora just came to me, I think it’s beautiful, and the ‘writestoescape’ part is why I’m here, in the delulu land

OTP(s) + Shipname: me and Joel, me and Javi, me and Frankie and every other Pedro boy except for Max Lord yuck!

Favourite colour: all shades of pink under the sun

Favourite game: Overwatch. I haven’t played in a hot minute but I love it.

Song stuck in your head: timezone by Måneskin

Weirdest habit/trait? I love talking to myself. It helps me to reflect on situations. Or I just make myself laugh.

Hobbies: writing, reading, drawing, tumblr-ing, making moodboards and edits on Canva.

If you work, what's your profession? teacher

If you could have any job you wish, what would it be? I wish not to work but to leisure, write, read and be silly.

Something you're good at: letting things go, listening

Something you're bad at: doing anything under stress, staying cool when ppl get on my nerves

Something you love: my family, my friends

Something you could talk about for hours off the cuff: Joel Miller, fanfiction, myself lol but tbh I’m not a big talker

Something you hate: that would be a long list bc I can complain about anything at any given moment lol but let’s say rude ppl, disrespect, small talk, entitlement, cold weather, phone/app interface updates, red footwear on men

Something you collect: unfinished wips ahah *cries I don't collect anything but I noticed that when I see a cute, fun toy for my kid, I need to buy it for her us and we have so many now, it’s a problem

Something you forget: to drink water, the importance of sleep

What's your love language? quality time

Favourite movie/show: I’m a tv show girlie, and there’re so many that I love but let’s go with friends, community, the last of us, the office, parks and rec, you, midnight mass

Favourite food: pasta, lasagna, pizza, all Italian food actually and tom yum

Favourite animal: all baby animals, they’re sooo cute.

What were you like as a child? Shy, quiet, stubborn, manipulative

Favourite subject at school? literature

Least favorite subject? maths

What's your best character trait? I’m reliable and funny in my opinion

What's your worst character trait? I’m egoistic, short tempered and can say a lot of bad stuff that makes me feel guilty afterwards. Also I’m grumpy af.

If you could change any detail of your day right now what would it be? I’d sleep for three hours longer in the mornings, spend my days in the sun and have no worries at all.

If you could travel in time who would you like to meet? I’d love to meet my grandparents and my parents to see what they were like when they were younger

Recommend one of your favourite fanfics (spread the love!): check out the tag #fic rec🔥on my blog to see what stories I loved but I cannot not mention my man, my love, my everything Nightwalks Joel by @toxicanonymity ❤️ I’d say go read the series NOW but I’m a jealous girlie and he’s MINE!! / kidding, I recommend it so so much!!🥵😍🤤🤤🤤

Tagging you🫵 if by any chance you haven’t done it yet

[lale-txt]

walking out of battle covered in blood (read ellie's mafia!sakusa fic), saddling my horse to plunge myself in the next one as we speak (about to read wyr's enemies to lovers coworkers only one bed oikawa) with another fanfare echoing in the distance (glancing at dodger's mad dog fic on my tbr list as if i wasn't in love with all of seijoh already)

[gothsuguru]

Every time I remember that the most popular jjk ship is gojo x yuji it disturbs me…

it makes me wanna run people over w a truck like i genuinely don’t understand and you caught me at a time where i feel like ranting so please excuse me but like . i get sooooooo annoyed when people say they’re proship like??? i personally don’t conflate proship & dark content together bc i feel like some people who say they’re proshippers do it in an anti-censorship way which is so ??? like most aren’t for censorship like people are fine w dark content like including murder or stuff of that nature but at least w people around me when we say we hate proship it’s the pedophilia stuff… and from that… why would you EVER wanna align yourself w pedophiles/people who are fine with pedophilia??? it makes no sense to me. some people are just SOOOOOOO obsessed w making everything sexual like nothing is safe. not even the IDEA of children!!!!!! pisses me the FUCK off!!!!!! just ship the adults w the adults there’s a hundred adults why the FUCK does your dumbass want to see that adult rape a child. makes me so fucking pissed off beyond belief. it’s also like…….. why does it make Y’ALL pissed off when people say it’s gross/that it’s fucked up 😭 like if you say you agree and you don’t condone this shit IRL then don’t be mad when people call it out. be glad people will call this shit out when you won’t lmfao

[tateypots]

Get to know your moots

Thanks for the tag @milla-frenchy ☺️ I love reading all these posts.

what's the origin of your blog title?: its a nickname I had when I was little, my Grandad started it, no idea why or where it came from 🤷🏻‍♀️

favorite fandoms: ppcu.

OTP(s) + shipname: Joel Miller x Reader 😆

favorite color: cobalt blue.

favorite game: I used to love Mortal Kombat on the sega mega drive.

song stuck in your head: I’ve had Tusk by Fleetwood Mac and Cover Me by Bruce Springsteen on rotation repeat for the last week or so.

weirdest habit/trait?: I have loads honestly

hobbies: reading, writing, baking

if you work, what's your profession? I work in manufacturing, I’m a planning manager.

if you could have any job you wish what would it be? If it was an option I wouldn’t work. But if I had to there is a beautiful library in a really old building not far from where I live that I’ve always loved so maybe working there.

something you're good at: organising and planning (very helpful in my line of work 😆). If you need a trip or a party organised, I’m your girl.

something you're bad at: saying no. I’m too much of a people pleaser, it’s something I’ve been working on but I still feel uncomfortable when I have to say no to someone.

something you love: being at the beach. I’m lucky that I live 10 mins from the coast. It’s usually freezing and I’m in my wellies and big coat but I particularly love it when it’s windy and the sea is wild.

something you could talk about for hours off the cuff: If it was an info dump situation it would probably be Harry Potter. Sadly I feel like the series has been tainted by JK’s behaviour so I’ve pretty much abandoned it now but when I was younger I was obsessed and the knowledge is still there.

something you hate: on a global, general scale, most things I see in the news. On a personal level probably misogyny. I work in a fairly male dominated area and deal with it on the regular.

something you collect: I don’t really collect anything but I have far more pairs of sunglasses than it is reasonable for anyone living in the uk to have.

something you forget: I used to have a great memory and then Covid hit and now I struggle to remember what day it is 😬

what's your love language?: me showing love, it’s acts of service. If I love you there is nothing I won’t do for you. But receiving love, I need hugs. Give me all the cuddles please.

favorite movie/show: The Goonies, Narcos, Modern Family, The Last of Us

favorite food: My grandmas chicken and ham pie

favorite animal: cats and dogs.

what were you like as a child? I was a people pleaser (that hasn’t changed). I was often told I was too sensitive.

favorite subject at school? Chemistry, I had a great teacher who like to set things on fire and make things go bang.

least favorite subject? Geography. My teacher was awful, I got detention once for having the hiccups.

what's your best character trait? I’m loyal and trustworthy. If you tell me something in confidence I will take it to my grave.

what's your worst character trait? I am soooo stubborn.

if you could change any detail of your day right now what would it be? I wouldn’t be at work.

if you could travel in time who would you like to meet? I’d go back and spend more time with my grandparents

recommend one of your favorite fanfics (spread the love!): I’m sorry I can’t pick just one!

Bad Blood by @aurorawritestoescape

Blackmail by @milla-frenchy

Put It In Coach by @magpiepills

The General by @juletheghoul

npt: @aurorawritestoescape @magpiepills @juletheghoul @eff4freddie @mrs-hardy-hunnam-butler-pascal @feenoire @pedrosyouknowwhat and anyone else who wants to join in. Please tag me so I can find out more about you!

[tartagliove]

I hope you all know when I’m writing these blurbs about you and your faves I’m quaking in my boots bc I don’t want to mischaracterize either of you shxjnwkxkkdkjs

[davycoquette]

Get to Know Your Moots Writeblr Interview

Remember, folks; if any of the questions don’t spark joy, just delete ‘em. If someone tags you and this feels like a chore, don’t do it! This is for fun!

On the Tumblr Writing Community

How long have you had your writing Tumblr/Writeblr?

A fast and loose estimate is fine!

What led you to create it?

What’s your favorite thing about the Writeblr community?

What’s one thing you’d like your mutuals to know about you?

Is there anything you’d like to see more of on your dash?

What tips/advice do you have for someone who made a Writeblr today?

WIP it Good

Which Works-in-Progress (WIPs) or writing projects are you noodling about, lately?

How long have you been working on them?

Do you remember what inspired them/what got you started?

How much time, in your best estimation, do you spend thinking about them?

When someone asks the dreaded, “What do you write about,” question, what do you usually say?

What do you want to say (if it’s different from what you do say)?

Let’s Rotate Blorbos

Name any characters you created.

Side characters, protagonists, antagonists, characters who’ve never been written, the first original abomination you ever pulled from your ass; whomever you’d like!

Who’s the most unhinged?

Who comes the most naturally for you to write?

Do you ever cringe at them?

How much control do you feel you have over your characters?

AKA, do they ever “write themselves,” refuse to cooperate, or do things you didn’t expect? To what degree? Are some less cooperative than others?

Do you enjoy people asking questions about your characters?

And do you have a preferred means of receiving said questions? For example, as Asks, as replies, as reblogs, as tag notes, as comments on AO3, etc.

On Writeblr Engagement

What makes you want to follow another Writeblr account?

Do you follow ‘em as you see ‘em, or take time scoping out the blog to make sure you align with its content? Do you follow based on WIPs, or vibes?

What makes you decide against following?

Do you interact with non-mutuals often?

Do your mutuals’ characters occupy space in your noodle?

[sixpennydame]

I’ve been working on my how to still be a creative person while struggling with life, depression, etc, and one tactic holds steadfast in my mind.

I have to fill my own creative cup before I can give to others.

Reading good books, watching movies, going to art galleries, even just walking in nature have been hugely benedicial when I feel creatively drained.

I’d love to hear how my moots fill their creative cup. Is it journaling? A movie that gets your heart racing (or eyes tearing up)? A piece of art or poetry?