#hahaha so this was sort of fun practice

[thunderc1an]

messy concept feeding off of my last post of a horror + mystery spinoff warriors series

[cherryssodapop]

Billy Hargrove astrology chart analysis

Though I could be wrong about the time, the aspects are pretty much the closest I’m gonna get (Unless somehow Dacre or the Duffers have released the information of Billy’s birth time and I just don’t know. I punched in 'March 29, 1967 11:06 AM San Diego USA' my fellow astrology baddies do what you will with this information Either way the main planets SHOULD stay the same but his houses might be different BUT we’re proceeding with what we have!).

Now, mind you I haven't done this in a while, I'm SUPERRR outta practice so to my fellow astrology baddies if I miss anything I'm so sorry 😭.

Alr lets get into it, same as the readings I did for Dallas and Darry I'm gonna go by planet and house and basically explain what it all means.

Sun in Aries (in 10th house) - okay so this is so interesting because even prior to me calculating his chart, I always knew Billy was some sort of fire sign, I mean, LOOK AT HIM??? Like HE'S a fiery little cracker (hahaha cracker... I'm sorry im jk I love u B).

But anyways the sun in 10th house is really interesting, I found a post on here that really explained in depth that aspect and how it affects the natal person (Post here) Basically, people with this placement crave recognition, they stand out with confidence and charisma that often draws attention towards them without fail (we see this the second he arrives at Hawkins, he draws attention towards himself immediately). They naturally gravitate toward leadership roles, even if they didn't ask for it (everyone gravitated towards him and put him on the pedestal of being the "King" and dethroning Steve from the social hierarchy). Their drive for validation stems from fragile self-esteem, leading to feelings of underappreciation despite their efforts. Failures can be deeply personal, like they take failure personally and it affects them greatly, but their ambition and resilience pushes them to rise again, embracing challenges as part of the path to success (started working full time the second he graduated so he could work towards leaving his abusive father).

But back to his sun though, Aries is so interesting because that's so accurate???? Like he's intense, he's passionate. He's very straight forward and will say what he has to say with his chest. People tend to follow him around where he goes, Aries are leaders. They can be spontaneous and impulsive. Stubborn but also a bit reckless. These people are your typical "act before think" people, but like who doesn't love a little chaos 🤪. They're ruled under Mars so this sign is all about action and getting shit done. They'll talk their shit and rock your shit, so messing with them isn't really a good idea. But if an Aries likes you they can be a lot of fun. They're very energetic and active people. You'll be anything but bored with them.

now onto his cutesy little moon

scorpio moons are have my heart because they're so sensitive and emotional, that often it's overwhelming even for them let alone an outside person.

People with Scorpio moons often have traumatic childhoods especially his being in 5th house, so probably exposed to big dramatic fights, or the conflict or circumstances were very grand and outrageous (bro kinda witnessed his mom get beaten by Neil and in turn gets beat himself now that he's older). At the same time these are very strong and enduring individuals. Because they tend to always think about the worst possible scenario, have a very cynical and distrusting view on the world. But at the same time, let's not forget, they are water signs, so that sensitivity will always be there, deep down this sign is scared of being alone. There will always be a part of them that will crave intimacy, like true, deep, raw (lol) intimacy. However because of this deep desire, these people can also often be a little.... delulu per say. Like obviously once you've lost a scorpio moons respect they will immediately cut you out like literally, they will treat you like your dead. But Scorpio being the sister sign of Taurus and being a fixed sign, it would take a lot for a scorpio moon to leave like they will put up with A LOT, which is why they often can get taken advantage of in relationships (:/// ). So yea scorpio moons need to be protected and wrapped up in a blanket with some hot coco and be kissed on the forehead.

Moving onto his Mercury (smiles in mercurian dominant myself)

I find this so interesting because on one hand pisces mercurials can be really wise and intelligent (being the last and oldest of the zodiac), these people can have an "old soul" type of mentality so I can totally see them being into topics like philosophy, spirituality, creative arts, anything to really boost their imagination. his 9th house boosts this even more since 9th falls under sagittarius which is all about philosophy and teaching. Because of this, often people with this placement are really good writers. (so I totally agree with the head cannon of Billy secretly writing poetry, and being good at playing games like dnd).

This placement often gets mislabeled as "dumb" or "ditsy" but they're not stupid they just process information slower than most people.

These people are also really good liars. Like they're some manipulative lil bitches (we saw how he lied to mrs. wheeler that he was worried about Max when he was actually raging mad.) They'll lie about almost anything. Sometimes they do it to keep peace around people and avoid conflict and to get people to leave them alone. But yea this placement certainly has a silver tongue innit, helps them get away with stuff but it also means they're really good at rizzing people with their words; speaking of...

our boy over here has a Taurus Venus. like first of all, this comes with so many pluses because Venus is right where it belongs. Taurus is ruled by Venus so this planet is right in its home sign. So my boy is a romantic lil bachelor 😜. Now his mars kind of makes him a fuckboy (most scorpio and sagittarius mars' are but the difference is is that sags often can't tell the difference between love and lust so they just pursue the person anyway whereas scorpio mars' are just horny fucks with strong game) BUT once he finds someone he wants to be in a relationship with, ouuuu girl he's such a gem.

Taurus Venus's value things like stability, security and comfort. He will very much pamper you. He'd give you the best he humanly possibly could. Taurus's are all about luxury and savouring the physical pleasures of life. He WILL be super affectionate, gifting you things, always touching you right, buying you or cooking you your favourite foods. Taurus's like routine so he will memorize your schedules and routines, coffee orders and all those small things. Although Billy would typically be impatient, he'd take his time pursuing you. Especially with his Scorpio Mars, he'd come in strong and steady .I don't wanna say like a predator stalking his prey cause that's more Scorpio Venus but bro definitely wouldn't back down easy. He won't mind playing the long game if he thinks you're worth it. The main thing here with this placement is their ACTIONS say a lot about their feelings towards their s/o. His Pisces Mercury will soothe you with sweet words, but his Taurus Venus will show you with his generosity and sensualness. He definitely knows how to make his girl happy and will stay loyal for a long time if he's certain about her.

Billy has so many aspects that indicate strong sex appeal and attractiveness, like it's written all over his chart lmfaoo his Venus trines his Pluto, His Venus also sextiles his ascendant.

His eros also trines his mars so he has a very passionate and intense drive, especially in the bedroom. No matter what you are to him, sex with him will always be intense. There's nothing soft about the way he engages in intimacy.

Billy has a cancer rising, for those of you that don't know your rising is in charge of your looks and people's first impressions of you. So cancer risings often have rounder faces, softer features and big eyes (I mean look at him bro, he's so baby girl). They also have curvier bodies (have you seen this man's thighs) shorter limbs too. Cancer rules over the chest so cancer risings can have large chests or big boobs ( he certainly has boobs). Also cancer risings are very pursued after, almost as much as scorpio risings but the difference is that Scorpios are very intimidating so often people don't wanna get past the sexualness of it. But with cancers, people simp over them emotionally too because cancer is considered as the "divine feminine" or "mother" in astrology, so basically people wanna wife them up as well as fuck them (literally his entire fandom). But yeah, anyway, Billy is a pretty boy we all know this, even his chart does 😭.

Alright now more about his mars-

Its in the 4th house, which is also another indication of his abusive childhood :/

His is in Scorpio and yes he's a kinky little shit and a great lover in the bedroom, however that's not all that Mars represents in a natal chart. It also represents how a person takes action to something. How they pursue and how they behave and manage their more aggressive and angry side. On one hand, Billy has the potential to be very good at achieving what he wants in life. He's capable of having a really strong mental fortress as scorpio is a very driven and determined sign. Tactical and calculated but also very loyal people. However at the same time, it makes them lowkey control freaks. They're the type of people to always want the last word in an argument and to have control over everything and everyone in almost every situation (though it does make them strategic leaders at the same time, it's kind of annoying). But yeah these people stand on business they will fuck your shit up if necessary because this planet is also in it's home sign, but Scorpio is also ruled by Pluto so it's the darker one of the mars ruled signs. So their anger can be very explosive and dangerous (we saw how he beat Steve to a bloody pulp), so don't piss them off, it takes a lot for them to loose their cool but once they've lost it, it's gone and not coming back.

Last thing I'll talk about is potential career placements he has because we never got to see him thrive and flourish in life because the duffers hate to give us nice things so I'll just tell you what it could've been with his chart

10 house/ MC in Pisces

So this is so cute because this means that he could actually be successful with a writing career, as this placement flourishes in creative careers. So these people are often musicians, actors, writers. They can also be philosophers, and teachers/mentors of some kind (he taught the kids at the Hawkins community pool how to swim). He'd be such an influencer 😝 I can totally see him being a model for Calvin Klein because he's literally built like a model (this is so possible with his 11th house in Taurus) As well as Leo in his second house, he'd live a very lavish lifestyle if financially stable and would really thrive in a position where he shines in his own spotlight.

Anywayssss that's everything for now, if there's anything else in his chart you guys want me to talk about don't be afraid to inbox me.

I hope you guys enjoyed this as much as I enjoyed writing this <3

[fisheito]

*rings the service bell* hi um i was wondering.. if there's any yakumo temperature play in here? sounds silly but i only realised after i circled the building a few times... that i haven't seen it at all. Seems to be common practice, actually- to not have it. i've visited several other buildings and there's been no sight of it.

which is... strange? if i think about it, it's surprising that i haven't encountered it yet! it sort of makes sense to have them together, you know? considering that temperature is so vital to a snake's perception of the world. and how sensitive reptiles are to temperature fluctuations.

so there's a lot of control to be had here. can you imagine controlling someone's energy level just by adjusting the thermostat? er- well, i guess we already do that. but imagine you put yakumo in an ice bath and he immediately falls asleep. brumation happens instantly now, sorry. and the only way to snap him out of it is to stick a flaming dildo up his ass

what?. no, i mean, restore his regular energy level with a soft warm-up. a heated blanket and a gentle steam. hahaha.

people plunge themselves into ice water before jumping into hot tubs and vice versa- for fun! they do this recreationally!! they call it a "spa treatment" and pay a premium for it! what's wrong with giving yakumo a spa treatment? who are we to deprive him of such sensory luxury?

i'm JUST SAYING that since he naturally gravitates toward heat, you could put him in a hurt AND comfort scenario he could be naked and cold, banished to the distant corner of the room.. but when you offer him a source of warmth, whether that be a hot rock or a warm hand or 20 lit candles suspended above him dripping wax on him at random intervals,,, wouldn't he have a tough time turning down your generosity?

i mean, he certainly would if he was tied up.

see, here's the other thing i cannot quite comprehend-- it's that--- how has a snake yokai not featured bondage scenes yet? i guess there was that one time with the.. hm. no, we shan't talk about the cellar. besides, ONLY ONE TIME is unacceptable for a sentient rope!! although yakumo would love to wrap up his prey and squeeze the cum out of em, i feel like we're missing out on a lot by not OutSnaking the Snake. tie up and restrain the Restrainer. it's just a liiiiittle step farther than putting him in a pillowcase! so mild!!!!

here's a guy who is always worried about losing control/// about being free to wreak havoc on his loved ones, despite his best intentions. so how about we give him a moment of peace? a moment where he believes he's subdued and unable to cause harm? just tie him up! keep him under TIGHT lock and key. (or some nice soft cloths for his sensitive skin, if we're being nice.) honestly, his brain will do the rest of the work. even if he's not truly incapacitated, his desire to BE So can fill the gaps in any questionable knotwork.

while he's half in the prison of his mind and half in the confines you've created for him, take some time to squeeze some whimpers out of him. although it pains me to cover up those soggy eyes, a blindfold may be an intriguing option. is yakumo the type of snake to rely on heat vision? WHY NOT FIND OUT! (if he's not terrified at his loss of sight, then i guess his pit organs are functioning . in which case, the blindfold doesn't really need to stay on. if he IS terrified and feels the loss of visuals acutely, this would be an excellent opportunity to soak in his panic. just for a bit though. we're not so cruel. guide him back with a warm touch. see? playing with fire temperature contrasts can bring such relief!)

maybe i'm getting ahead of myself. i don't expect yakumo temperature play to show up WITH bondage , why- that would be asking a lot, right?

but the basics are simple enough, yes? give the wretched creature the comforting warmth he wants, then perhaps inch closer to something bordering uncomfortable? Too Much? have him seek out what he craves, only to be burned (metaphorically and/or literally) if he indulges himself too much? oops! someone's become a slave to their senses!

i'm just saying that the sensory perception of yokai vs kink is (relatively) unknown territory. if temperature play already messes with humans, what could it possibly do to yakumo? he could experience it in facets unknown to others.-=- to levels others are incapable of appreciating---- like someone with synesthesia who can experience music with another layer of enjoyment.

if you give a snake ice cream, followed by a hot piece of meat [unknown origin], it'll really make him aware of the contrast, hmm??????

anyway. sorry about that. i'm not super clear on the specifics of it all. i just thought it peculiar that i haven't seen the yaku-hot-cold-sensitivity-finagling. out there, in here, nowhere as far as i've seen..

...or is it located in a part of the building i overlooked? if so, could you direct me there? i would really appreciate it.

if you don't have it after all, that's ok. i'll keep a careful watch now that i know what i'm looking for. maybe it's one of those things where, once i actively search for it, i'll notice it everywhere! wouldn't that be delightful!

with that, i guess i'll be on my way. thanks for your patience. yeah, i hope i find it too. have a good one!!

[age-of-moonknight]

Interested to hear what your thoughts on the 2021 run's use of villains is considering how wildly different each one was from arc to arc

Ooooh, thank you for sending an ask! Especially since it's always fun to revisit the 2021 run. Also because, I must confess, I tend to not give the rogue's gallery their due so I appreciate the excuse to really buckle down and focus on them for a change. :D As it seems to be the case with a lot of my responses, things got a little long, so a list of all the villains in Moon Knight (Vol. 9/2021) to help me keep track of things and my miscellaneous thoughts on matters are included under the cut. Thanks again!!!

The villains of the 2021 run are as follows:

The Structure (including Tutor, Nemean, and Grand Mal): #1, #13-14, #16-18

Zodiac ("Terry"): #1, #5-7, #11-12, #18-19, #25, #27-30

Vermin: #1

Hawley (the janitor with the sweat thing): #2

Rampage (Stuart Clarke): #4, #25

Jigsaw (Billy Russo): #4, #11

Manslaughter Marsdale: #7, #25

Stained Glass Scarlet (Scarlet Fasinera my beloved): #8

House of Shadows (The Midnight Mission): #9

Waxman: #10, #25

Rutherford Winner: #10, #25

Black Spectre III (Robert Plesko): #18-#19, #25, #27, #29-30

Commodore Donald Planet: #19

Harlequin Hit-Men (Herb and Sheila Hollister): #19-20

Sarnak: #21, #23, #25, #27-29

New Enforcers: #23

Morpheus (Robert Markham): #24

Man Mountain Marko: (bonus: Devil's Reign: Moon Knight) #25

Black Spectre II (Ryan Trent): #25, #27-29

Vibro: #26-27

With honorable mentions to

Hunter's Moon who definitely wasn't a villain but who did represent a generally antagonistic force in issues #1 and #3

The real antagonist of issue #22 being Marc thinking it would be a good idea to dress up as Midnight Man, steal money, and lie to Greer

,,,,and to 8-Ball who pops up in issues #1, #7, #20, #25, #28, and #30

Now that that's all sorted, two things really stuck out to me about the villains Mr. MacKay chose to use in vol. 9: A. the EXTREME deep cuts and/or throwbacks and B. how quite frequently, the identity of the villain didn't matter as much as whatever else Moon Knight had going on interpersonally in that issue.

This is me just conjecturing here, but I would propose that Mr. MacKay could get away with inserting honestly downright obscure villains, such as the Harlequin Hit-Men, or villains that aren't particularly developed beyond their cool power set, such as Grand Mal and Nemean, because Marc having to reckon with the murder of old comrades or finally have a decent conversation with Jake and Steven (issues #20 and #14 respectively) is where all of the emotional investment was for those issues; the big, classic comic book punch up was almost window dressing at that point for the issue's real conflict and the villains could have been practically interchangeable. I would also go so far as to suggest that the encounters with Hawley the janitor in issue #2 and the relatively less obscure Waxman in #10, Jigsaw in #11, and Zodiac in #12 were predominantly to establish Marc's moral limits as a hero and had comparatively little to do with the villains as characters themselves. Personally, and this might be because of my own slight biases where I tend to not focus on the villains on much, I find it commendable that MacKay as a comic book writer was able to craft some gripping stories where a good deal of the narrative momentum came from interpersonal dynamics and knowing one's own self in a genre that pretty consistently relies on flash without the narrative feeling too slow or,,,,navel-gaze-y. Again, this might just be my opinion, but it feels appropriate for Moon Knight comics, which have always been a little contemplative with Moon Knight's complexities being a major draw. The fact that MacKay then used that structure to sometimes bring back bronze age villains with fewer than five appearances made it all the more fun for us comic fans who like such deep cuts hahaha

This is also not to say though that there weren't some cases of "author very purposefully chooses a specific character to reveal something about the hero." There's Hunter's Moon who, when acting antagonistically to Moon Knight, represented what it could look like for Mark to really fully give himself over to Khonshu (issue #3). Then there's also Mr. MacKay's tendency to bring back old villains and tweak them a bit to reflect Moon Knight's development as it was progressing in vol. 9. A positive example is the House of Shadows (RIP) which moves on from just being a despised entity cursed with unlimited resurrections to having a new purpose in helping the community. Scarlet Fasinera (RIP), however, is an instance of how a champion for justice can begin to lose humanity in a warped life after death, a common ominous theme in vol. 9.

One other character that necessitates a little discussion is Robert "Sigmund" Plesko with his return as the third Black Spectre. Am I particularly compelled by Plesko's motivation apparently being that he "became bored with being a mere observer...a minnow in [Moon Knight's] wake" of shark-like destruction (#30) and decided to try his own hand at creating a little chaos? I'm only admitting this because you asked for my thoughts as this is veering into personal opinion territory aslkdfj, but I don't personally find such a motivation interesting for a villain, especially after he was built up as being the ultimate antagonist of the volume. I am nonetheless majorly compelled by A. how Mr. MacKay plucked Plesko out of the twilight issues of Marc Spector: Moon Knight as I'm always a sucker for supporting characters making a comeback, B. how he wove Plesko into Marc and Frenchie's history with Bushman as I am also always a sucker for a reference to the wild dog days, and C. that of all characters, Mr. MacKay chose to bring back the guy that Marc Spector: Moon Knight's #55's creators used to suggest for the first time in comics (that I've found) that Marc had "an extremely complex multiple identity syndrome" (the early 90's were rough). Plesko's motivations as a character may have been a little rough, but I love how he is another variation on a theme that has been popping up in Moon Knight comics since the very first volume: no matter what March does, he can't escape his violent past, he can only confront it when it rears its ugly head and starts threatening to do damage again (with Marc's willingness to do so even to the point of occasionally dying in the process being one of the things I find most personally intriguing about his character).

As for some additional miscellaneous notes:

They essentially had cameo roles, but I did appreciate Mr. MacKay's inclusion of Black Spectre II (Ryan Trent) and Morpheus. I love a bonafide Moon Knight villain.

I realized that I haven't discussed the Structure much despite how prevalent that organization was in the first half of the volume and I guess that's because the exact details of the Structure wasn't quite as important to me as the fact that they were vampires !!! I love when Moon Knight comics blend the street-level with a little bit of the fantastic as that is a niche that is so incredibly Moon Knight™️ to me. So between that and how they're the reason why we have the lovely Reese as a reoccurring supporting character, I'm grateful for how they served the story even if they didn't leave the biggest impression on me.

[ninyard]

I have this one scenario that I’ve been daydreaming about constantly and the Allison/Kevin/Jeremy ship hype is making me too frazzled and insane not to share. I’m not even sure if this is realistic, but: 1) we’re talking about AFTG here and 2) this is tumblr dot com and anything can happen😭

So. In my mind, Wymack and Coach Rhemann work out some sort of arrangement during the summer where the Trojans and Foxes are able to practice together at one of their campuses (thinking PSU.) It doesn’t last long, maybe about a week or two, but it’s just a fun way to help both teams grow and have fun before the season starts.

Maybe a couple of days before the summer camp ends, someone (Allison?) proposes that they go to the club to let loose and blah blah blah fast forward fast forward —> a mixed group of Foxes and Trojans go to the club™️ and everyone is having the best time getting drunk and unwinding after all of their hard work.

Allison and Jeremy are getting a little too frisky on the dance floor and Kevin can’t help but watch the way they move together so perfectly. (Spoiler alert: Allison and Jeremy know that he’s watching because they made a plan to seduce him…. they also know that it’s working)

And maybe… possibly… after watching them for a while and throwing back another shot or two (#liquidcourage) Kevin sneakily beckons for them to follow him to an empty corridor where he proceeds to make out with the both of them and maybe…. some other stuff😅 hahaha

literally puking over this because YES that's exactly it. jeremy and allison would soo be scheming because they can totally read kevin's mind just by the way he watches them, and the dancefloor is the perfect place for this to happen. a sweaty blur of bodies dancing too close together, and it just keeps getting closer and closer, slower, more intentional. kevin dancing with his arms around allisons waist and jeremy holding out his hand. allison taking it and pulling away from kevin. and the eye contact all three of them hold with each other while allison is so close to jeremy moving in ways that gives kevin sinful thoughts.

the song ending. someone mentioning shots. threesome-erotic throwing back of shots and sucking the alcohol off their lips all standing too close together because there's no room at the bar. jeremy leaning his head on allisons shoulder. her holding his face with her acrylic nails, looking at kevin as jeremy whispers a joke to her about how flustered kevin is getting. a moments silence before allison does a sultry roll of her eyes and just says something like, "if neither of you are going to suggest what we're all thinking then i'm going to have to be the one to say it and as the men here that's super embarrassing for you both."

jeremy looking between her and kevin, leaning ever so slightly into her hand and smirking like, "i'll only agree if kevin is the one to say it. because he obviously wants to say it." and kevin just looking at them both. pausing for a second. and nods his head towards a way out of the crowd with a stupid horny smile on his face. yeah

[howlingday]

Non-Descript Winter Holiday Party

Weiss: Hello- Oh... It's you two.

Emerald: Wow. Aren't you cheery?

Oscar: Hey, Weiss! Uh, everything okay?

Weiss: It's fine, it's fine. Honestly, I'm a little relieved. You're the first non-couple I've seen all night.

Emerald: Really?

Oscar: Really...

Weiss: Yes, and it's a little grating on my nerves to have so many couples over with no other single people to talk to. Everyone is just finishing each other's sentences and rubbing and kissing oh so wholesomely~!

Weiss: It almost makes me want to puke.

Emerald: And a bah humbug to you, too.

Weiss: Well, thankfully you're here, so I don't have to worry about you two sucking face all night.

Oscar: Yeah...

Weiss: Anyways, come on in. There should be plenty of food left unless-

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Nora: (Shoves another fruitcake into her mouth)

Jaune: ...

Nora: (Mouthful) Whuh? Iz nundezkri-

Jaune: I know what it is, Nora. I just wished you practiced a little self control every now and then, y'know?

Nora: (Swallows) Oh, believe me, I am. You think I'm not holding myself back from taking you and this food into the back room and-

Yang: OKAY! I think that's enough from Nora for tonight. Seriously, were you always this weirdly horny for food and guys?

Nora: Not just any guys. Just the guys I like, like you, but mostly you~! (Snuggles Jaune)

Ren: Even though we never did anything.

Yang: Which is still amazing because Ren is such a-

Jaune: I think it would be better for everyone here to practice a little more self-control.

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Ruby: And what the heck is that supposed to mean?

Blake: I have nothing against the effort, but I just feel there wasn't enough effort put into the relationship for the ship to mean anything.

Ruby: What do you meeeean?! There was so much effort put in! The setups, the music, the kiss!

Blake: Felt forced, didn't fit the scene, and was weirdly good for two characters in a realistic teen drama to be kissing so well together, despite neither having ANY prior relationships before each other.

Whitley: ...I thought the story was okay.

Sun: Yeah, and the music was sick! I still have that rock song playing on my scroll all the time.

Ruby: See! Sun agrees with me!

Sun: Huh?

Blake: Whitley was right. The story was only okay.

Whitley: What? Nonono, I said-

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Weiss: So then I told her, "Well, this was your fault for trusting me in the first place!"

Oscar: Hahaha!

Emerald: Heh. Sounds like you guys had fun at Beacon.

Weiss: We did, though you would know, since you were there, too.

Emerald: Yup. Plotting and scheming with Cinder.

Weiss: How did you three pass for students?

Emerald: Apparently, Haven doesn't look too deep when it comes to "late age" students, which probably came from when Spiders would lend out their lackeys as students as a sort of "student exchange" between real students and gangsters.

Weiss: Really?

Oscar: Yup. It's part of why I didn't go to any sort of huntsman schooling. Well, that and my aunt needed my help with the farm.

Ozpin: (Thinking) It's sad to see how far Leo fell, after fighting so hard to get where he did.

Weiss: Oh, excuse me. There's someone at the door.

Emerald: ...What did you guys grow out there?

Oscar: Oh, uh, carrots, turnips, beets. Y'know, the usual.

Emerald: Y'know, I can't say I've ever had beets before.

Oscar: You haven't? They're really good!

Emerald: Yeah? All I see are those red blobs in cans.

Oscar: Well, yeah, but those are actually really good. Especially when you slice them up and put them in your salad.

Emerald: Guess I'll have to try out this recipe of yours then.

Oscar: Really?! Er, I mean... Cool. Cool.

Emerald: Heh heh...

Ozpin: (Sighs)

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Weiss: ...Is there a reason you're sitting here alone?

Ilia: Ack! I, uh... I'm just, y'know, relaxing, winding down-

Weiss: Staring at Blake?

Ilia: Staring at Bla- No! Of course not! I would never do that!

Weiss: Really? Because from where I'm sitting, there is an entire room of people all conversing, both couples and single people alike, and yet the only thing you've said tonight beyond "Hello" is a sigh. Just because you're single does not excuse your isolation from everyone else here.

Ilia: Oh, what do you know? You've always had someone to talk to! But some of us only had one person, and that one person then chose to leave us behind!

Weiss: It's called growing up. It's a new thing, I know, but it works wonders, I hear.

Ilia: Oh, screw you!

Weiss: ...Wait. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have been so hostile with you. I've... I know what you mean by being left behind. Everyone at this party is someone I got close to or was the reason they left. It's not easy being single in a party of couples, but... But the least we can do when we're single is to be happily single. So... What say we be happily single... together. Just for tonight.

Ilia: ...Okay.

[crediblebombthreat]

Recently watched Zootopia for the first time at the behest of my boyfriend and our mutual friend.

Easily in the top three most horrifying experiences I've ever had in front of a television. I'd argue it's even worse with almost a decade of hindsight -- the racial psychosis is one thing, and it definitely begs for analysis, but the psychosexual derangement and the naively sinister "meritocratic liberalized girlboss end of history eternal future" themes legitimately scared me. Knowing this movie came out around 7 months before the 2016 election makes my fucking stomach hurt. Hillary Clinton popularized the term "superpredator." I think I'm gonna throw up.

I kept thinking back to what (admittedly little) I know of Maoism while watching this movie. Maybe he was right, you know? About everything, even the sparrows. A healthy culture, one that has a vision for its future and a love for its people couldn't make something like this. And this was made by the Disney corporation, right smack dab in the middle of the 2010s where they were practically defining American pop culture. Maybe it's just that Americans over a certain income bracket all have the same psychosexual neuroses about race and class -- to the point of it being invisible to them. Maybe it's every American: I feel like there's a level of nonchalance to how people approach it. "Oh, you know, that's just how Zootopia is hahaha. Isn't that weird lol there were no lizards or birds?"

I mean, I dunno though. I feel like a lot of people's only interaction with the movie that isn't just passive consumption of a movie that just so happened to be in a movie theater comes from shitty CinemaSins style video essays. I think if more people did a close reading of the movie they'd walk away like I did, "wow, that was scary, I'm scared. I think America is doomed and I'm frankly not sure if that's a bad thing." Like, even the most bland Marxist reading of this movie -- that it's a world with race distinctions but no class distinctions -- cascades into a billion different contradiction fractals within the USAmerican psyche.

I dunno, I guess the furry fandom at large has desensitized itself to how fucking strange this movie is, but it gave me conniptions. I had to pause it every 15 minutes or so to calm down. The movie was icky, it made me feel gross.

The most shocking takeaway for me, however, is that the Zootopia Abortion Comic is not a drastic escalation of the moral stakes or self-seriousness of this movie. It's certainly less glamorous, but after years of making fun of this comic and asking myself things like "hahaha!!!! what kind of freak would watch a Disney movie with fluffy little characters and immediately jump to the moral issue of abortion??" --- I can sort of empathize with the artist's genuine confusion at the general reaction towards the comic. It's clear that they watched the movie, sincerely imbibed the themes, and created fan content from that perspective. Not a very uncommon thing for fanartists to do! The comic isn't something like fanart where Stephen Universe has to tearfully kill Hitler. More like fanart of Stephen needing a tetanus shot and empathetically talking down an antivaxxer. Kind of weird, sure, but definitely in line with the themes of the source content. It's just that -- in the instance of the Zootopia Abortion Comic -- the source content's themes consist primarily of an insane and tone-deaf reading on a prominent social issue. Go figure.

Anyway, needless to say I'll be buying tickets to Zootopia 2 on opening weekend.

[bluegekk0]

what kinda instruments are in the au? and which do characters play if any?

Oooh this is nice because I was actually thinking about this topic a while back, particularly in regards to Zote! So I think this is a great opportunity to talk about it.

I think it would be so fun if playing music was like, his secret interest. One that he was conditioned to be ashamed of as a kid (in the AU he originates from a community where physical strength and fighting skills were a priority, and things like music, writing or art were seen as insignificant). I love the idea that as he got assimilated into the Vyrm family and watched the others engage in their hobbies, he decided to revisit his own.

Problem is, he is still deeply ashamed of it, and only ever tries playing in his house basement so that no one can hear it. The thought of someone discovering his hobby (and the fact that he's kind of bad at it due to the lack of practice) terrifies him so he would want to hide it.

What instrument would he play? I guess this is a good chance to answer the other question. I haven't thought of specific designs or names, but I think generally instruments would follow similar designs to ours. String instruments, drums, maybe something flute-like made from bones, and so on. For Zote, I like the idea of him maybe choosing a string instrument of sorts. It would seem kind of gentle, for the lack of a better word, compared to his personality, but I like that contrast. Maybe it reflects a part of him that remains in his past, on the day he discovered he really wants to play music, a softer Zote that maybe is still somewhere in there. I think it would be an old instrument he found somewhere and tried to patch up, so it wouldn't sound great even ignoring his poor skills.

Another really fun idea I had was Grimm being the only one in the family who knows about it. Secrets are hard to keep from him, and he would inevitably discover Zote's secret hobby. But contrary to Zote's fears, he wouldn't ridicule it, in fact I love the idea of him being very supportive. I'm imagining Grimm visiting Zote and offering to listen to him play, maybe even giving him some advice as he would undoubtedly have some experience (or at the very least he watched the Troupe's music crew enough to have learned a thing or two). It would remain a secret between them, as Zote would still be deeply ashamed, not to mention he wants to maintain some kind of image in front of Dirtmouth (which is definitely something Grimm can relate to). But it's such a fun dynamic to think about, I want to explore this idea further, maybe even in some artwork.

The rest of the family wouldn't play much, maybe something here and there but their interests lie elsewhere. Not ruling out the possibility of one of the kids discovering a passion for instruments, but for now Zote is the only one. About time he gets something for himself hahaha

[unifox]

Tropical love - intro

~Pairing: No pairing yet! g/n! reader

~Genre: fluff/ angst (does annoyance and disliking someone count as that?)

~Warnings: Mentions of food, beach. Like, one sort of sexist commentary. (let me know if I missed any)

~Words: 0,9 k 

~Summary: When your cousin decides to ruin family bonding time by bringing two friends to your shared beach house, you unexpectedly find a lover.

a/n: THIS A/N IS LONG I'M SORRY. Congrats to Seungcheol for being voted as cousin material ✨. But seriously hahaha I'm writing both paths for Mingyu And Wonwoo ending. Just did a pool to see who's team you guys are rooting for hahaha

For this one I sort of based the characters on two of my actual cousin's friends, but the one for Wonwoo I truly dislike and had a hard time adjusting our precious Woo to fit in his character. I wish my cousin could bring a true gentlemen to me tho :(

ALSO Wow, I'm really surprised and thankful for all the supor my Joshua fic received. Thanks If you're one of those people!!

Taglist + anon list open! ~Foxy🦊

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"What do you mean!?!?" 

The look of disbelief in your cousin Rina along with yours took her sister May by surprise.

"What do YOU mean? Cheol is taking his friends to our beach house." May said with a shrug

"What a traitor, what about family bonding time?" Rina said crossing her arms.

Sungecheol was the oldest of three siblings. Followed by May and then Rina. You were their older cousin, just one year older than Cheol, but they considered you their older sibling since you grew up together. 

"Who did he invite?" The siblings still argued

"Mingyu..." May responded

"I mean, it's no big deal right?"You chimed in sipping your orange juice. This brunch place had the best juice "Mingyu practically grew up with us"

"And Wonwoo"

Well fuck. You couldn't stand that guy

"What a traitor, what about family bonding time?" You quoted the youngest among you

"I swear to god, you two are so difficult..." May said going back to her now cold French toast

You really missed this house. After 2h driving, arriving at your destination has never been so rewarding. Usually, Cheol would drive, but 6 people would not fit his car so you went in an all-girls car trip while he went with his friends.

The main entrance led you to the open living room with a kitchen on the right and the three of you headed upstairs to settle on the room on the left side of the house. The guys would share the room right next to it.

When they arrived, you were putting the groceries away and Cheol went to greet you with a hug

"Look, it's my favorite causing from mom's side"

"I'm your only cousin from Mom's side"

"That's why you're my favorite!"

"Stop teasing her, we won't make any food for you" Mingyu joked and went to greet you with a quick hug

"Hi Gyu, haven't seen you in a while. How's life in America?" You smiled as he helped stock the fridge with the food they brought with them

"It's been fun! I'll tell you more later, let's finish this"

"Hi"

You turned your head to the boy who had just entered the house. Wonwoo smiled awkwardly and waved after closing the door behind him

"Hi" You forced a bit of  your smile and went back to organizing

The beach worked wonders on you. The sand underneath your feet, the sound of the waves, the humidity on the wind and the sun kissing your skin.

Through your sunglasses you could see the boys playing like kids in the water, splashing each other, while May sat next to you on a beach chair almost asleep. Rina approached you and offered one of the open coconuts that she had just purchased from a nearby vendor.

"Thanks! This one is so sweet" You exclaimed happily to her

"I know right? So many people were buying there that I had to get us one!"

Your conversation was cut short as the guys approached you. Mingyu saw you sitting on a towel and ran to sit next to you smiling

"Oh my god, you're so cold!" you shrieked and threw the towel inside your bag at him

"Coconut water?" he smiled brightly at you as he dried himself

"What else would it be gyu?" You laughed and offered him your straw. While he took a sip you saw the other two guys approach but ignored them.

"That's so good! I'll get one too" He stood up and threw the towel at Seungcheol. "Wanna grab one Wonwoo?"

"Sure" The quiet male responded

When they came back you all settled and stayed till early afternoon. Mingyu decided to go back earlier to light up the barbecue grill, and since you were kinda tired, you decided to tag along.

"You're going back already?" Cheol looked ah you quizzically

"Yeah" You responded. 

"I want my meat rare" Wonwoo smiled as the two guys looked at you 

You think I'm your maid? Go do it yourself

That's what you wanted to say but held back. Usually, you'd go back earlier to cook for y'all (It was a shared task, but as the oldest you'd usually initiate things), but this time that was not the case. You side-eyed him and ignored him as you walked back to the house.

This dude was really getting on your nerves. You found him awkward and strange, but worse, you found him lazy. He didn't help with tasks like Mingyu who was always ready to help you. It was like Wonwoo didn't belong in your dynamic like he wasn't supposed to be there. He avoided everyone and would only join if Seungcheol was present.

When you reached the house you calmed down a bit since Mingyu kept you entertained and busy.

"We should totally go check out those food trucks we passed by when we were coming here" May exclaimed after everyone gathered in front of the TV in the living room. One Piece played on the screen but most were not paying attention to the anime.

"Nah sis, we should stay in today. I'm dead from driving and spending the day on the beach" Cheol responded ready to set his attention back to the anime

"I think it'll be fun!" Mingyu chimed in. His closeness with your family allowed him to simply choose whatever, even if his friend who invited him wasn't going to tag along.

"We should go then" Rina got up to get her tiny purse and headed to the door. Mingyu and May followed her.

"You coming Wonwoo?" Mingyu asked the new friend, who simply shook his head and said he'd stay with Seungcheol

"What about you y/n?"

I'm staying guys. Have fun! OR I'm going! Let me just grab my phone.

(click the answer and check the next parts!)

[ask-postcrash-curly]

... Oh, you know, I did not get to finish telling you about Kestrel's turtle shell, haha! Essentially, he had attempted to fashion a sort of backpack for himself out of it, using his belt and lots of glue and tape, hahaha! I was so proud of his innovation there, he earned a few Warbler Points from me for it! Mom was less than enthused, though. Both because Kestrel had ruined his belt and because she was always rather particular about leaving remains be where they were. (I suppose I better understand why, now.) But it never stopped him from amassing a small horde of bones and shells and the like! I do not think I have ever seen him without some kind of capsule or pack on his person whenever he leaves the house, just in case he finds something worth collecting.

Hah, really? How big was the shell? Can’t imagine that would’ve been very practical. …Hey, what’s my Warbler Points score? Lost track. Hahah… God, that’s brilliant. He sounds like he was a real fun kid.

[albatris]

🖊 + alex!!

>:3

Alex has only ever killed two people by accident, which is way less than most vampires!

the first was its high school principal, which. hm. very sad very tragic. this was someone Alex looked up to a lot and viewed as a sort of mentor, who was only trying to help at the time. it was right when Alex was first turning and was obviously extremely unwell, and had no idea what was going on :c

the second person was a few years later, and was some dickhead who attacked Alex's good friend Ari the stir-fry guy. a jilted ex-lover of Ari's daughter's, with a grudge and looking for some payback

so, Alex and Ari were already pretty good friends n Alex had a habit of staying late at Ari's restaurant to chat and help out n stuff, n this was when the attack took place. thankfully after closing time! when Ari would presumably be alone. however Ari was not alone, n Alex attempted to defuse the situation without harming anyone but got Majorly Stabbed In The Chest in the process. so the Garble kicked in and was like "hey you need to RETALIATE" n Alex did this with some biting and feeding

you have to understand it was still a lot less practiced when it came to self-control at the time and had also never been like. stabbed. before

anyway Alex was HORRIFIED and MORTIFIED and Ari had to do more work calming it down than Alex did calming Ari down abt the fact that A) vampires are real and 😎 his good friend is one

Ari did pretty good under pressure considering hahaha

when Alex left the restaurant tho it didn't go back for MONTHS bc it freaked itself out thinking that Ari must hate it and be scared of it and disgusted by it. meanwhile Ari is just there waiting like. Alex??? where Alex??? where friend?? 🥺??

idk how Ari finds some subtle way to advertise his restaurant with some "hey you're welcome back here" or general vampire friendliness, but I know he does, n eventually lures Alex back

they're best bros! Ari got it/its privileges with Alex long before Quinn did and Quinn is endlessly salty about it

fun fact if u go to Ari's restaurant and mention ur a friend of Alex's or ask for Alex's special you'll get a double serving w no garlic :3 special deal for vampires. vampires have to eat more just in general 'cause of the increased stomach capacity n in general needing tons more energy. Ari doesn't feel it's fair they have to pay double to get a decent meal the same as a human customer

so yes Ari's restaurant is very popular with the local vampires :3

[smilingangel582]

Since I got this.... hehehe I'll be writing a sequel now.

The villain strikes again! With backup...

King of the court or any sort of nickname doesn't bother him like it used to. Tobio Kageyama finds it rather a nonchalant aspect in his daily volleyball routine.

His passion to make it arouse this sense of happiness brought him to a rather obnoxious orange little guy who would annoy him to dust.

Now he just needs to set to him to they both are satisfied.

"You better concentrate, Kageyama... or the captain has something planned for you," Hinata's words brought a chill down his spine, recollecting the dares they've been doing, but specifically the captain permitting for round two.

Wearily, he began to set as many as he could to all the spikers.

None of them had forgotten Tsukishima's attack on him. Many looked like they were anticipating him to make a mistake to get his punishment.

Oh, that won't happen, never... he can't relive that again... nuh uh

He shivered now, taking a break by drinking some water. Kageyama's vision was clouded from exhaustion, particularly because he overdid his training, unlike the others... part of that was to be blamed on Tsukishima for tickling him to death.

He leaned back, now feeling his sweat beginning to bead.

"Kageyama~, you shouldn't let your guard down!" It was a sneaky voice from Nishinoya who had snuck up behind him fingers itching to get him. He straightened up and glared at the upperclassmen "Oi, Noya-san you can't do anything to me yet... its still practice..."

"Someone's dying for a play fight." Tanaka and Noya duo laughed at that, and this earned a blush, to be completely honest... he didn't mind, but he also dreaded the fact that this was against all of them and himself.

He hopes Daichi has some sort of empathy towards him... to stop them.

How was he wrong? Because he ended up digging his grave.

Constant pressure in mind made him give Hinata a set too high. In the end, the ball plopped down on the court with a silent echoing tone in depth. Reminding something sinister.

He heard cracking of knuckles and it was to his pure horror, Daichi, then the other responsible senpai-tachi (plural of senpais). They all had the looks of 'we'll teach a slow and painful lesson' and that was something terrifying.

In the end, he was at the receiving end, where Tanaka and Noya each grabbed a knee, squeezing them with pure merciless desires. Then Hinata is impatient to get the sweet death spot on his ribs. Ennoshita and Sugawara had the audacity to tease his ears and neck.

They were all on him, except Tsukishima (thankfully for Kageyama), Yameguchi, the managers and Daichi.

"Man messing with you is so fun!" Tanaka laughed getting the sensitive part of his calf muscles. This was bad... really bad, thought Kageyama, not only were they destroying they were teasing him like crazy... he wanted to crawl into a rock right this instant!

His cheeks were blossoming a colour of pink, almost from embarrassment. His giggles reached several octaves now. "Gahahaha nohoho Ihihihihi hahaha hate thihihis!"

Tsukishkma clicked his tongue "Ah... I can't watch, your doing it wrong..."

"Huh -whoa!" Hinata yelped when he was pushed to the side, the tall guy was now giving directions... Kageyama gawked with horror "Thehehehe hehehell yohohohou agahahahain scrahahahahwny bahahastard?"

"I wouldn't use that tone king, I'm really motivated unlike last time"

Last time he wasn't? Kageyama wanted to argue but a new painfully ticklish sensation passed through his nerves, he just felt like a wave of electric current pass down his limbs now curling as he freed his arms.

"I recently discovered the ribs also have a new switch... the bottom ribs give him an extra sensitivity... try it Hinata"

He was gladly gone but only with passing down his knowledge to his successor in overthrowing the king.

"AHAHAHA NOHOHO! AHAHAHAHAHA MEHEHEHERCY PLEHEHEHEASE! IHIHIHI GIVE! BOHOHOKE!

"Wow, you weren't lying... he got way louder than before..." it seems Daichi sees the limit in Kageyama and grabs the orange haired kid away from him."He pouted. "Aw I wasn't finished"

"Well... I suppose he needed a laugh or two... but i think it's a bit unfair to let him take the torment" Daichi said as he turned to Sugawara who was uneasy "W-why are you looking at me?"

Another tickle war broke and Kageyama could just stay away with his breath easing up to a normal pace. Tanaka was attacking Noya, Hinata enjoyed tormenting Yameguchi along with Tsukishima giving advice. Sugawara's childlike laughter was the spotlight while Ennoshita helped...

This was something no one could stop. Kageyama smiled...

[rontra]

Been loving failteacher yuri, fantastic series, great read, funny, yada yada you’ve already received my compliments a couple times before, I don’t need to rehash how good your work is! But what I did want to know was, would you be opposed to someone creating a comic dub of your series? With all appropriate credits and no monetisation of course. I figured with the release of a first “volume” of sorts, it might be a fun project for me to put together over a few months!

Completely understandable if you’d rather I didn’t, it’s your work and your right!

Yours: Rammy (from Rammys)

(PS: Unrelated to all this, if you ever want to see any of the colouring practice I did on the pages that I mentioned earlier in the year, let me know!)

RAMMY (OF RAMMYS FAME)!

hahaha hello again o/ thank you thank you. on the topic of dubs, i'm okay with it for failteacher yuri--i don't tend to watch comic dubs much myself but i know a lot of people like them and have fun making them, so i'm not opposed if you want to give it a shot...!!! all i ask is that it clearly links back to me like u say 🫡

i feel like it might be a tough one to work with, but if you're up for the challenge... :L

also, i've been curious about the coloring practice ever since you first mentioned you were doing it, so i would love to see some. HFDHBJN

[eyesontheskyline]

😭💰📌

And not an emoji but a question. Which chapter of no such thing did you find the hardest to write!?

Hi!

😭 Have you ever made yourself cry writing a fic?

Yeah. I'm a crier honestly, so it doesn't take much, but reckless was a lot. I'm the lapsed Catholic child of teen parents, and I had my own baby in lockdown with the world falling apart around me, isolated from pretty much everyone who would've been supportive, and basically entirely without any sense of like... happiness or normality. So yeah, various parts of all three chapters of that made me cry lol.

💰 What’s one trope you wouldn’t write, except for money?

Note a trope really, but I wouldn't touch x reader (except for money loool, there's definitely enough money out there to sway me).

Any sort of dubious consent is also very much not for me, and anything kind of age play / daddy or mommy kink... all that stuff.

📌 If all your fics/WIPs fell off a ship and were drowning (go with it), and you could only save one, which would it be?

This is a brutal question hahaha I love all my babies! But probably no such thing as over this? It's still fun for me to reread, and it was always my answer to 'what's one fic idea you'll probably never write' because it felt too big for me. Like I felt like I couldn't do it justice or I'd never follow through or whatever. So I like it and I'm proud of it and honestly just the fact of having both started and finished it is a big deal for me.

Aaaaand which chapter of no such thing was hardest to write?

Ha there are so many contenders for this! My first thought is maybe chapter three - I did a lot of deleting and restarting and restructuring. It was quite a lot of ground to cover practically, and initially the whole team helped Emily move in instead of just Morgan and Garcia, but it just didn't feel right. (It felt too much like the shortcut the show started taking with that pasta cooking lesson and then didn't stop honestly - just jamming all the characters in a room and not really doing anything with them.) So yeah I had a lot of false starts with almost every single part of that chapter lol. I was still figuring out how to write around canon too, really wrestling myself away from the impulse to try and fill in every little moment.

And it has Emily crying on the floor by herself with her cat, which I really liked, but also found really hard to write. Like, my writing style has been (very generously lol) described as 'practical', and I consistently struggle writing characters crying (or doing any other sustained activity to be fair) for any amount of time. For the reader to end up with the impression that it's been a long time, they need to be reading about it for more than one sentence, and it just took me a while to figure out how to write it well. I think (on this one occasion) it turned out okay.

Chapter six too though, which spanned four episodes and had no particular plot points for me to hit but I needed to lay the groundwork for Emily and Garcia's friendship and end up with an Emily and Hotch who might plausibly have an open, vulnerable version of the "having a bad day" conversation with each other.

I struggled in a lot of places and I had a lot of blank page anxiety every time I moved onto a new chapter, but I think these were the ones I really struggled to make work.

Thank you so much for asking, I appreciate you, kind anon ���️

[iholli]

Hi hi!! How about 💭 first meeting, 💌 first confession and 💋 first kiss for whoever you'd like?

hi Ghosty !! thank you sm for the ask !!! 💖💖

💭 first meeting: how did you and your f/o meet for the first time?

oh this is a fun one and as I've been developing lore it's probably been my favorite story hehe 💖

RTE is a warrior and a harbinger of chaos, but they're also a scavenger! specifically, after battles they pick through the scrap for any potentially still useful parts or tech, and if they're lucky they find something the enemy left behind!

so it was a pretty big deal to find a badly damaged, but still intact enemy drone... with, much to RTE's surprise, a faint Spark. even aside from how much intel the drone could provide, RTE couldn't process the thought of abandoning something with a life signal, so they just sort of. paraded it back home, told Megatron and Starscream "I'm keeping this," and that was that LMAO. none of them could have fathomed the drone would end up becoming Blitzwing!

💌 first confession: who confessed first? how did it happen?

Blitzwing!

when you spend all your time around someone from a different culture of course you want to ask questions! it was a few years into repairs (I cannot overemphasize. it took a LONG time to get him properly functional. but a few years means practically nothing to Transformers) and they were both Catching Feelings™ (not a common occurrence for bots so there's a lot of. odd confusion going on). Blitzwing asked about how relationships worked among Decepticons and it circled around to "but how do you know if you want someone to be your conjunx?" RTE settled for "I guess you just know, and you want to tell them, and doing so is more important than your reputation or vulnerability."

as you can guess, Blitzwing wanted to tell them, and it was really important!

💋 first kiss: when, where, and how did your first kiss happen? who initiated it?

oh it was not the most romantic thing, but it was long overdue! Blitzwing was finally doing well enough to get his Protoform (thanks to RTE using Starscream's favor towards them) and it was like meeting each other for the first time all over again. you know how long distance couples meet in an airport? it was like that. RTE initiated cause well. they have to 😂😂 their face is just a screen and they have to split it to use their real maw for anything hahaha.

fortunately Knockout was the only other 'con in the room at that moment, and he understands. 💖

[greenerteacups]

how do u manage the big big project of writing lionheart 😭 can u give tips on how u manage your life in general HAHAHA. i feel that u’re such an organized put together person 💖💖

aw, thanks! This is so sweet. The answer is that I've developed a specific method for writing long projects after a LOT of trial and error (and many, many abandoned stories, alas).

Start with idea. Concept. Thing you want to do. For fics: elevator pitch. Who is doing what to whom, and where? (The "why" can come later, but generally, if the "who" is strong enough, the "why" is answered on its own.) This should be like, a sentence, ideally.

Brainstorm. Write down every idea you have for the thing, throw it all together in a document, and just get it on paper. You will forget everything you do not put in this document. Listen to me: you will forget everything that you do not put in this document. You will think that you will not forget. "I am good at remembering things," you will say. You (I) are (am) not. Assume that you are writing the sort of list that you could use to reconstruct your idea if someone Obliviated you tomorrow and left you with zero recollection of any of it.

Close document, wait 2-3 days. Read a book, maybe. See if you can distract yourself from the project. If it works, abandon project. (You were going to do this anyway.) If it doesn't: congrats! You've got a demon to exorcise.

Now crack that bad boy open again. Organize all of your ideas. Put your set pieces and plot beats in chronological order. Space them out visually, try to get a feel for where your story's inflection points are. Once some kind of linear chronology emerges: congrats! That's your outline.

Keep going through, and start filling in the connections between the scenes that you pictured. These can have as much or as little detail as you need, but you should work through until your story arc/thing is finished. Write it like you're doing a treatment for a screenplay.

At this point, you should be reaching the point where you can throw in stuff like chapter breaks, scene cuts, maybe even little mini-scenes where you know you want the dialogue to go a certain way. I think of these conceptually as "macro-punctuation." What you're doing here is basically sorting out the pacing of your fic. How long are your chapters? How fast do they move? Does each one feel like a distinct narrative moment? Has each one earned its own place? If there's a place where you know you want a chapter break, but you aren't exactly sure, you can always just write down "2-chapter arc" or something to that effect, to make sure that Future You sees what the vision is. You'll want these notes later. Remember, you are 100% definitely certainly going to forget everything you do not write down.

The outline is finished when you can identify the number N, whereas N is the number of chapters that will constitute a "finished" fic. (This number will change, probably. That's fine. But knowing that you have approximately N chapters to go is vital for writing longfic. The alternative is like starting a marathon without knowing how many miles you have to run.) Save outline; open a new document. Copy/paste the outline of your first chapter. Start writing. Delete each note from your outline as you write it.

Reach end of chapter. Feel sense of accomplishment as you delete last bit of outline. Enjoy monkey-brain reward chemicals. Throw in a chapter break, grab a coffee, and then start the new one. Keep adding to the outline as you have new ideas; maybe make a playlist or something. Do a vision board, use Pinterest, I dunno. Don't beat yourself up for not writing. Don't let yourself go too long without doing it, either. Always stop when you feel like it, and don't make this a chore. Dread is the fun-killer. If you start to treat this like a job, you're done for, and this thing is never getting done.

As for the general life tips, I have a lot less practice, so my advice is un-inspiringly normal, I'm afraid. Make your bed in the morning; find a regular time to work. Routines are your friend. So are habits. Drink water, do stretches, and unclench your jaw. Using the Reminders or Calendar app means you can worry less about forgetting things. Answer emails as soon as you read them, because once you've said "later," Later You can also say it. Be kind to yourself; nobody's got a gun to your head. You're just doing your best. It's enough.

And write everything down.