#great questions thank you so much!

[avonne-writes]

hc for sick Gale in your kitty AU, does he prefer to be a cat when he is sick? can he even be a cat at that time, does he need cuddles or does he prefer to be alone, how different it is for Gale considering the time before and after the war, etc. etc. :)

Baby boy 🥺 It depends on what kind of symptoms he has. He'd rather die than deal with gastrointestinal issues in cat form, I mean, look at that cream-white fur... Stuffy nose makes him panic as a kitty, so he stays human until that resolves. If he can breathe through his nose but he has a high fever, he likes being a cat because he can burrow under the blankets better. He doesn’t like to be picked up then because his bones ache, but he finds cuddling comforting.

Sometimes, he tells Bucky verbally in which position he wants to cuddle before shifting into his cat form and climbing into Bucky’s arms. When he has the flu, he prefers being in cat form. It always makes Bucky's heart ache when Gale is really sick and lethargic but still purrs a little.

Before the war, Gale spent almost all of his sick days in human form. A few times, he huddled with the barn cats. Bucky is the first - and basically the only - person who gets to hold him in cat form when he's sick.

[sskk-manifesto]

Bungou Stray Dogs: Dead Apple and how “ability users” (opposite to “normal people”) learning to accept themselves through the acceptance of their own abilities is a queer metaphor of acceptance of own's sexual orientation and gender: an essay by me

[fictionadventurer]

A Biltmore Christmas may be the first Hallmark movie to drive me to fanfic.

[unriding]

hi evie !! how have you been ? :33 i hope you dont mind me borrowing you and moze for something ehehe <3

[thekenobee]

ok I'll just send you more ideas for cabin pressure x poirot crossovers as I relisten to eps

Hastings: Poirot's put me in charge of the faxes.

Miss Lemon: Are you sure, Mr Poirot? Because some people do still have fax machines.

Poirot: Yes, yes some people do. We don't though. (not sure yet what scene this would go well with)

Never enough of Cabin Pressure x POiROT!!

[ratatatastic]

very much thinking about the time in the boston series in playoffs where everyone got kicked out of the game so sasha took a dshift and during the ensuing mediascrum afterwards george richards asked forsy how sasha was like on d and forsy was absolutely not having any of it despite the fact richards didnt phrase it like that he did go "he would be a great d partner it would be awesome but im happy with ekky too" and sasha just giggled like girl relax no one is taking you away from your bonded dpair CHILL

[revenantghost]

Man! I feel bad about being not as present for bookclub as I was last year, and also about how behind on messaging/responding to peeps between migraines and health stuff I am, but the community here and support and kindness has been amazing even as I feel like I'm letting everyone down, and I've just gotta say:

Thank you <3

[corviiids]

wben i finally get more than 0.2 microns of energy and make one of the multiple video essays i desperately want to make so i can yap out loud as god (never) intended

[mrs-scarecrow]

"Hi miss Emma! I know you're a hunter, but still. I want to give you a gift." The candelmaker holds out a candle to The Gardener, a candle shaped like a rose. "It's made of three different layers of wax, each has a different flowery scent!"

(Hettie @ask-the-chaotic-duo )

Can you light it for me and set it on that table??

I'm gonna stay over here if that's alright!

[skyrim-forever]

EVE! HELLO!

From the "Firsts" list...

Might I please get a 2 for Theo

An X for Theo and Ondolemar

And a 🔥 (First time writing romance/spicy scenes, and how you felt about it) for you?

Hello Winter <3 <3 <3 Thank you so much!

2. First time meeting their best friend

Theo's first time meeting Phy happens when she's 11. around this time her father is doing a lot of totally legitimate business in Northern Valenwood. Theo begs him to take her along because she's bored of always staying in Anvil, save for the few trips she has made around Cyrodiil. She wants to get out of the province, go somewhere different! So he brings her along and while stopping to purchase new armour and materials from a bosmer leatherwork he's bought from a lot, he introduces her to this woman and her daughter. Ricardo was a very proud father so this woman already knew a bit about Theo. Turns out her daughter is the same age and while they talk shop, the girls get to know each other. Theo's first impression of Phy is that she's cool, she lives in the woods with her mom, she knows all the plants, the best hiding spots, etc. Phy asks about where her mother is and she's like "I don't have a mother" and Phy's like "I don't have a father." That's it, they are besties bound together by missing a parent. Now that Theo has a friend here, she gets to come back with her father a lot <3

X. First major hardship they got through together

This is a tough one because the whole relationship is not premitted so they have that hanging over them as their feelings start to develop. But as a consequence of that, the Rulindil situation happens. Which I have written about here. It starts off with them thinking its under control but then things spiral. Theodora goes through a traumatic experience but at least Ondolemar is there to help her as much as he can. Need to write the third part and how their relationship changes.

🔥 - First time writing romance/spicy scenes, and how you felt about it

My first fic was a smut fic actually! I had been wanting to write fanfic and then the Skyrim Tumblr Sexyman Poll happened and people were shipping Teldryn/Serana and someone had put out asking for someone to write a fic. So I thought Hey! Just go for it! What's the worst that can happen!

I wrote it in public, at a library on campus. I struggled as you'd expect but oddly enough, my background in linguistics helped me. I started to look at it as just data, it's just words and throughout my grad studies I have seen all kinds of language. I particularly used to work on stories and they were not all appropriate haha. So I just did it and since then it's been easier! I really like using smut as a way to explore different themes and it's also one of my favourite things to read for this reason also im a degenerate but y'all knew that

[persephoneprice]

Hey do you have any thoughts on the names in tbosas, especially the Capitol students? Like how they have Ancient Greek/roman names. Do you have names you like or don’t like? I just think the way Suzanne Collins names her characters is really interesting and I was wondering your thoughts on it

oh this is such a fun question!

honestly, i LOVE the way suzanne names her characters- especially the capitol’s tendency to go for roman names. i think the capitol’s roman names vs the districts industry-related names really drives home the divide between the two.

(i wish i was one of those very smart fans who could connect the use use of roman names and culture to the capitol and come up with brilliant ideas but alas. i am not.)

and honestly, i’ve seen some people hate how on the nose some of the district names are but i actually enjoy it a lot. i love the names like hy and sol and teslee and mizzen.

my only real complaint is that i would have loved to see district 12 characters have more industry inspired names! i like katniss and peeta well-enough but as someone from appalachia, i think something more on the nose for them as well could have been interesting.

or, alternatively, it would have been interesting to see historically common last names of the area being used rather than names like ‘everdeen’ or ‘mellark’. (but that’s probably just me, and tbf i guess a name like katniss smith wouldn’t sound very good for a dystopian novel.)

sorry, i know you said tbosas and especially capitol students but somehow i keep ending up back at talking about appalachia- oopsie

anyway, what are your thoughts? do you have any names that you really liked or didn’t like?

[crossbackpoke-check]

Looks like that video is about a month & a half after The Trade and trevors broken ankle 😣

re: this video… anon 😭 i had suspicions but it is so much worse to have them confirmed that really was like. trevor’s first Public Appearance without jamie AND post-broken ankle which is traumatic in and of itself no wonder every beat reporter was like ‘oh yeah trevor’s just devastated’

wouldn’t you be miserable too if your best friend just got traded and your body betrayed you and what if it was maybe all your fault!!!

[loemius]

Do you worship/honour any less known gods?

Also do you try to incorporate all gods (including minor gods) into your practice or do you find yourself sticking with the same few?

hi!! thank you so much for the ask, this is a great question!!! i do try to incorporate all the gods into my practice. to keep it simpler on myself i like to use phrases like "this offering is for all the deathless gods" or something similar like "for all the immortals" "for all the gracious gods" etc. i'll pray to all the theoi in general and talk about my day and thank them for their blessings, then move onto prayers for specific theoi if i have any that day. i also will give offerings to specific theoi solely for them when they have festivals. like for example demeter and kore have a whole string of holidays in the coming weeks, so they'll be getting offerings just for them. i'm a reconstructionist so i really lean into the idea of polytheism as a system of gods that all work together and try to honor that. i'm definitely closer with with some theoi though! i'm an apollon and aphrodite devotee, and i consider apollon my patron god. they get daily worship from me, but i definitely do my best to worship all the theoi. as for lesser known gods i worship: HERAKLES. i think everyone Knows about him but i don't think ive ever met another herakles worshipper on this website. i find his story inspiring, in a way. he's given these impossible tasks and went through so much grief and hardship, and yet he never gives up and always pushes through. and he's not afraid to call on others for help! he's such an interesting figure and i really, really enjoy worshipping him. if anyone's interested in him, i highly suggest the book oxford handbook of herakles. i found a pdf of it online! really good resource. thank you again for this ask and very thoughtful question!! may the gods bless you always with happiness, health, and love <333 as a reminder my ask box is open for more q&a's!!!!

[sentientstump]

WAIT IM CURIOUS whats your favourite combat status and/or character gesture ? In any way, its visuals, its effects etc etc

I adore how Accelerate and Pongorma's lightning gesture look ! :D

Hmmm, I think I also like the FAST status and the gesture that applies it (i love the sound design in addition to the animations! this gesture it is awesome to watch and abysmal to witness in action) and the CLEAN status? Purely from a "wow... so clean!" standpoint. Also DISCORPORATING looks very powerful, that's all i can say 😭

About gestures, let me think... I actually really like the LINK MOLLUSK! It has an equally awesome folding action in both hands (and it sounds great) For this same reason I love WAVE ARTIFICE, the last movement of both hands catching up with each other and diving in is very cool! And I also like CHARGE- yeah, ok it has both hands too. Two is more than one which means it's 2 times more awesome !!! >:[ I could also mention a gesture that.. I think? is shown when you use a multi-item? It goes into a nice swoop above all allies and healing animation particles are going absolutely everywhere!!! It's very stylish :D or something

thank you hylics wiki for provided information

[nerdallwritey]

end of the year asks!

9, 10, 14, 17!

WOOHOO!!!!!

Questions found here.

9. Best month for you this year?

Lol I'm glad you guys are so interesting in my favorite month! I answered here, but November was my fave this year!

10. Something that made you cry this year?

What the hell, are you trying to show everybody how sensitive I am or something?? (Kidding!) - I'm trying to think of something joyful that may have made me cry........ movies for sure make me cry - I cried most recently at Wicked, I think. What else............I said it in a previous post but I have the memory of a goldfish so I'm having trouble remembering any cries that weren't from the last few weeks 😅 OH! Here's an anecdote where I laughed really hard (maybe it made me cry? Can't remember, but I know it made me laugh SO hard) - I was playing Fortnite with my sister and @kermitwazowski, and we were playing music together, and we were so caught up in the moment that none of us noticed when a car pulled up and started shooting at us 😂 I'd post a video of it, but I don't want to dox usernames. But please trust me, it was so funny and we were screaming absolute bloody murder 😂

14. Favorite book you read this year?

Ah, I was going through my goodreads earlier and Khy, you know most of my year has been spent reading the dreaded Throne of Glass series, but I DID enjoy Bride by Ali Hazelwood. I know it's not everyone's cup of tea, but unfortunately I'm VERY into fated mates and protectiveness and all that jazz and WHOOPS! I had a blast reading this one. It wasn't a huge thinker, it was just hot and sweet and romantic which was exactly what I needed at the time. Here's the description via goodreads:

Misery Lark, the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest, is an outcast—again. Her days of living in anonymity among the Humans are over: she has been called upon to uphold a historic peacekeeping alliance between the Vampyres and their mortal enemies, the Weres, and she sees little choice but to surrender herself in the exchange—again... Weres are ruthless and unpredictable, and their Alpha, Lowe Moreland, is no exception. He rules his pack with absolute authority, but not without justice. And, unlike the Vampyre Council, not without feeling. It’s clear from the way he tracks Misery’s every movement that he doesn’t trust her. If only he knew how right he was…. Because Misery has her own reasons to agree to this marriage of convenience, reasons that have nothing to do with politics or alliances, and everything to do with the only thing she's ever cared about. And she is willing to do whatever it takes to get back what’s hers, even if it means a life alone in Were territory…alone with the wolf.

17. Post a picture from the end of the year

Here's a silly one: for my birthday, my roommate got me an adorable little Astarion plush that I've been carrying with me throughout our apartment for a few weeks now. I also have an Astarion scented candle from Etsy and I was like......... "And well, what if Astarion smelled like Astarion?" SO for the past few days, I've been putting my little Astarion in a pot with the open candle (which I refuse to burn) and making him smell like Astarion 😂 It wears off after a few hours, but I felt like an absolute GENIUS when I did it the first time. Nobody tell my roommate why I've had our big pot out for the past few days............

[pardonmydelays]

top 5 musical theatre performers?... and you can't choose lin

i love this question so much! & i'm so happy you said no lin because it's a great opportunity for me to talk about the others! this will be probably chaotic (surprise, surprise) & i will drop clips to prove my point:

PHILLIPA SOO

i don't think any words could describe how i feel about her... the most incredible voice i've ever heard. i would literally die for her, i'm being serious right now. she is one of the reasons i think the off broadway cast album of the great comet is better than the obc one (unpopular opinion maybe but oh well she is MY natasha). i would never be tired of listening to her, she is so precious to me istg. one of my favourite videos is, of course, phillipa singing no one else from tgc (ha! i know you were expecting hamilton! no way, you are getting this one instead):

JORDAN FISHER

i know a lot of people wouldn't agree with me, but i actually think he is incredibly talented. he has a great voice & damn, he can act! i kinda lost my mind when i saw his first pictures as orpheus in hadestown, i also recommend to watch all the clips with him (especially wait for me, my personal favourite), but what i really want to show you is this video of jordan singing waving through a window from dear evan hansen (the fact that he is not only singing the song but also acting here, i couldn't love him any more, he also has the most adorable smile but it's not that important or is it?):

JOSH GROBAN

his voice... for the love of god... i am kinda crazy about him. amazing as sweeney todd, yes, true, but most of you probably know already i am absolutely fucking insane about pierre bezukhov the biggest fucking loser oh god i love him so much (a little disclaimer: i usually listen to the off broadway version of tgc, yes, but i do have playlists with all pierre's song so josh groban is there as well), so it's probably not surprising that i am giving you this today (dust and ashes is, in my opinion, one of the best musical songs ever written):

EVA NOBLEZADA

ngl, i fell in love with her immediately while listening to hadestown for the first time. she is just aaaaaamazing, that girl can sing & definitely can act. also, she is so incredibly beautiful i can't even (i may have a little crush on her). i am always getting super emotional when i watch her, so i want you all to feel the same, watch this video of her & reeve carney singing all i've ever known:

AMBER GRAY

dear fucking god what a voice. first of all, she is definitely my favourite persephone, i mean come on. i am also fucking obsessed with the song charming from tgc which is not surprising to anyone probably. i also found an audio of her singing starchild from ghost quartet & my head exploded (i don't know where it is now but believe me, it exists... somewhere). but this is what you get today: