#he wish he was a little bit taller he wish he was a baller

[feral-ferengi]

I can't get enough of these screencaps..they are like Oreos

"Come, smol toad. Lesgo somewhere private."

Tog with darker lips looks so very goth 🥵🖤

[scalefeathers]

Lalapril - 24 - wish

Moku was just a kid when those adventurers came through on their way to Cartenau. Too young to be allowed to join them, or to be of much use. But afterward, he was never the same.

[fedorabender]

The Shaw packmates and Darlin'

Alvaro, Chadara, Javonie and Karthris

Alvaro(baaabe)

they/them(amab)

anxious mess.

childhood best friends with Chadara(Angel)

Afro-Latina, they speak fluent Latin

5'6 wish they were a little bit taller... they wish they were a baller

Alavaro and Treasure(Porter's listener) are siblings for oc lore reasons

You can't be straight if you have no definite gender silly, idk what you are, though

Chadara(angel)

She/her(trans fem)

A ball of chaos.

Childhood best friends with Alvaro(Asher's mate).

5'2- she did not win the gene lottery gng

Indian heritage. She's pretty disconnected from her culture but she's been reconnecting with her roots, expressing it without shame because there was nothing to be ashamed of. can speak Punjabi-not well but it's getting there

Guy and Chadara are siblings!!!

Chadara does free-style ice skating and wishes to go professional one day.

It took Chadara 15 years to grow out her hair. She rarely ever cuts it

She used to dress very feminine because she had the assumption that if she wasn't as feminine as possible, she wouldn't be seen as a woman. So she didn't go to the gym, didn't wear pants, and didn't speak much, neither was she sexuality active(she hasn't gotten surgery). But when David came into her life, he helped her ease some of that anxiety, letting her know that whatever she does, she will always be a woman.

as straight as the pansexual flag pole

Javonie(Darlin')

he/him(trans masc)

isolated and weary

Trying to get Chadara to leave him alone, but that woman won't budge. if she wants a friend, she will get a friend. Chadara also takes Javonie Ice skating with her, and he is surprisingly good at it. they are a dynamic duo on the ice.

6'3-tall, dark and beefy, awwoga

Nigerian!! moved from Abuja to Dahlia (I seriously have no clue where this is) when he was 5 and was in the foster system frequently. The longest family he's stayed with was the Shaw pack. He speaks Yoruba and Igbo but not as often anymore since he barely knows anyone who speaks those languages.

"Are you a home essential?" "....a what? "..a homosexal"

Javonie is David's awkward foster sibling!!! (in my oc lore)

Karthris(sweatheart)

genderfluid in a magical way(switch between similar forms effortlessly) he/her/them

Ethiopian-fluid in Somali. whenever they meet up with Javonie, they try to convince him to cook something cultural. Still, Javonie doesn't budge, so they cook their cultural foods for him instead.

Extra for no reason, whatsoever.

developed their powers from a ~trauma response~(more lore, but i don't know if I'll have the energy to post)

6'4- humungous jugaloos in every form(enby, masc, fem, all)

beeee whoo youuuu arreeeee! He saw, she conquered, they came

[blanketorghost]

I wish I was a little bit taller, I wish I was a baller I wish I had a girl who looked good, I would call her I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat And a '64 Impala

He's so down bad smh. Unrequited crushes suck

[kaz-identified]

houseofmcallister presents...

The Kaz-Identified Master Post / McAllister Introduction

A definitive breakdown of all of my fics, as well as my important links and some information about me.

some of these are on my main account, houseofmcallister. some of these are on my ko-fi. they're all my work though. not every work of mine is on here cause some of them deserve to rot.

five bells are ringing (oh, birds have been singing) - five bells, coco and the butter fields ^ kaz's favorite song of all time

kazzy's requests are: OPEN! find rules here!

Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go. I wanna be sedated.

Series Masterlists

A Wolf Walks Into An Apartment Masterlist In which five or so highly powerful Guardians are forced to adapt to their new friend, the Young Wolf. Genre - Comedy Rating: 13+ (Swearing, mentions of drug use, sexual humor, inappropriate language, existential ponderings) Created by houseofmcallister media with the aid of friends

Said to the devil, devil do you like drums?

Drabbles Recommended Work:

Field Patch Uldren x Young Wolf (Canon Divergent Timeline - House of Wolves) In which wounds, and bad attitudes, are treated. Genre - Fluff Rating: 13+ (Inappropriate language, mention of injury) notes: ko-fi exclusive!

No grave can hold my body down, I'll crawl home to her.

One Shots

Recommended Work:

Do or Drown Crow x Young Wolf In which confessions are shared. Genre - Fluff Rating: 13+ notes: Author's personal favorite.

I'm the ruler of everything, in the end.

OC Lorebooks

Recommend Entry:

Mine and Mine Alone Young Wolf Howling

For he has cast down Leviathan, the tyrant, and horse and rider

Original Works

Risky Gamble Sunset Chasers The Gambler, Last Outrider Arcadian of the Dawn Riders' introduction In which a fool opens her mouth and it almost gets her killed Genre - Fantasy Rating: 16+ (Inappropriate language, references to sexual content) notes: the first piece in my original series, Sunset Chasers

What's cooler than being cool? ICE COLD!

About the author!

Hi! I'm the guy writing those pretty words for all of you!

I'm Shepard, or Kaz on here I suppose. Why the difference? Uh... I don't know. Blog name I guess. Kaz is a nickname a dear friend gave me. Short for Kazzymandias. Or, if you aren't sure, just call me McAllister!

At time of writng, I'm 18 years old. I'm a freshman at Xavier University, studying film! I like writing, as you can tell... and when I grow up, I'm gonna work at Bungie!

I like media in general but a highlight of the hits (my favorites) TV Shows: Pysch, How I Met Your Mother, Friends, Frazier, King of the Hill, and a lot of old Nickelodeon stuff... Anime: Jujutsu Kaisen, Blue Exorcist, Fullmetal Alchemist, Trigun... Movies: Hot Fuzz, Baby Driver, Mission: Impossible, Man From U.N.C.LE., A lot of action movies I can't remember... Music: Coco and the Butterfields, My Chemical Romance, Powerwolf, AC/DC, The Rolling Stones, Metallica, Twisted Sister, Sabaton, Hozier, Johnny Cage, Insane Clown Posse, Tally Hall, Eazy-E, Eminem... Games: Destiny, Call of Duty, Overwatch, Assassin's Creed, Persona 5, Tomb Raider...

Now here's some rapid fire funfacts.

My favorite president is Ulysses S. Grant cause I did a project on him in second grade! My designated technology color is white! My favorite color is green, pink is a close second! My favorite sport is football! I love the Cowboys, I'm from Dallas, sue me. And I'm a big Bengals fan! I fence! Not well, but still! I was a Girl Scout! My favorite subject is history! I'm actually not a very good English student!

I wish I was a little bit taller. I wish I was a baller. I wish had a girl who looked good, I would call her.

Questions I get asked about my work.

Q: Do you take requests? A: I do! On my ko-fi for speedier answers and here on tumblr to be answered when I have time!

Q: Who's your Guardian? A: Faolan! She's the Young Wolf I default to in most fics.

Q: How do you write so well? A: It's partially natural talent, I've been writing since, and I am not joking here, I was three years old and first learned to speak. But mostly it's just a lot of reading and watching to find out things I like and then using those skills. And it's also a lot of practice! I write all the time, on my notes app, in my friend's DMs, on tumblr, whenever, wherever. Persistence is the key to any skill!

Q: Do you write for other fandoms? A: Not at the moment! But eventually.

When they lay me down to die, going up to the spirit in the sky!

Questions I get asked about me as a person.

Q: Do you have a partner in real life? A: No! Believe it or not, I've never even had a crush in real life! I'm not really big on romance. Ironic, I know. Q: Who's your favorite character? A: In all of fiction? Eli Monpress. But my like, number one hehehoo <3 character is Dante Sparda. I like my men very cocky and a little stupid.

Q: Favorite song? A: Five Bells by Coco and the Butterfields!

Q: Favorite trope? A: Friends to lovers is my bread and butter.

Q: Favorite game? A: Destiny. But besides that, I like Ghostwire Toyko!

Q: Favorite book? A: The Twistrose Key by Tone Almhjell!

Q: Favorite genre? A: Action-adventure! Especially the funny ones!

Q: Favorite TV show? A: Pysch! It totally influenced how I write comedy and talk.

Q: Favorite author? A: Can I be boring and say Shakespeare and Tolkien? They're the reason I write like I do.

Q: Favorite musical artist? A: Coco and the Butterfields! But Powerwolf is a close second.

Q: What's your username mean? A: Kaz-Identified was just a whim, there's no real meaning behind it. Houseofmcallister is a joke on my last name and old nobility.

Q: Any advice for writers? A: Practice! It's the only way to improve.

Give me a shot to remember! And you can take all the pain away from me!

And that's it! Wow, that's a lot of words!

So now you know me! Yay!

ao3: houseofmcallister main account: houseofmcallister buy me a coffee!

Don’t repost my work or I’ll eat your shoulder blades! I do not consent to my works being used for AI training purposes.

[navysealt4t]

BLUE BLUE BLUE HI LOOK IM DRAWING ONE OF MY BLORBOS

:D headcanons goin brrrr (though the fox bit is canon!! genesis smp my beloved for that one. i was thinking abt giving him horns... but Also thats my bias/love for drawing horned characters showing pfvndfk)

also obligatory "song i was listening to" :3

(original song is by skee-lo, i just happened to find the sped up version pvfdjnjkdf)

WOAH HES SO COOL!!!! look at the whimsy LOOK AT THE JOY!! sooooo colorful i love :3 very silly guy

!!!!! this song is a fun hehe it fits him very well. funky !!!

[naoyafacts]

he wishes he was a little bit taller he wishes he was a baller he wish he had a girl that look good he would call her (he wouldn’t tho)

[demonicdiligence]

URL MUSE PLAYLIST

create a playlist that encompasses your muse using only the letters of your url. ( multi-muse — specify which muse(s) each song makes you think of. ) repost, do not reblog.

Tagging: Do it if you want to SUFFER

I also added a short snippet of lyrics I felt were relevant to Aamon in each song, but you don’t HAVE to do that.

D - Disco Breakin’ // Daft Science Remix

Sometimes I like to brag Sometimes I’m soft spoken And when I’m in Holland I eat the pannekoeken

E - Even Flow // Pearl Jam

Even flow, thoughts arrive like butterflies Oh, he don’t know, so he chases them away Oh, someday yet, he’ll begin his life again Life again, life again...

M - MacArthur Park // Richard Harris

I will take my life into my hands and I will use it I will win the worship in their eyes and I will lose it I will have the things that I desire And my passion flow like rivers through the sky

O - Once in a Lifetime // Talking Heads

Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down Letting the days go by, water flowing underground Into the blue again after the money’s gone Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground

N - Nobody Speak // DJ Shadow

We the best, we will cut a frowny face in your chest Little wench, I'm unmentionably fresh, I'm a mensch Get correct, I will walk into a court while erect Screaming, "Yes, I am guilty, motherfuckers, I am death" Ayy, you wanna hear a good joke? Nobody speak, nobody get choked

I - I wish // Skee-Lo

I wish I was a little bit taller, wish I was a baller I wish I had a girl who looked good, I would call her I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat And a sixty-four Impala

C - Carry on Wayward Son // Kansas

Masquerading as a man with a reason My charade is the event of the season And if I claim to be a wise man, well It surely means that I don't know

D - Distant Past // Everything Everything

Canine fangs about my throat You're bleeding over Eden like a goat Tall blade dripping in every field I'm blooming like a fuming human shield

I - I’m Back (To Rise!) // Mick Gordon

So, I can power through you with no risk Leaving your soul twisted up in my closed fist Take notice, I stand as the coldest Baddest, erratic fighter you could face on a foes list

L - Line and Sinker // Billy Talent

What you see is what you get Fishing for the answers with a line and sinker Look at me and don't forget Hard to get a grip with all these broken fingers

I - I’m In the Band // The Hellacopters

Had a great pair of shoes I thought I had class A brand new jacket but no backstage pass Had to hurry up, to the stage I ran And this big guy pushed me, said "no you can't" But hey, “I’m in the band!”

G - Guerrilla Radio // Rage Against the Machine

As the polls close like a casket On truth devoured A Silent play in the shadow of power A spectacle monopolized The camera's eyes on choice disguised Was it cast for the mass who burn and toil? Or for the vultures who thirst for blood and oil?

E - Egg // Shoe

Climbing, sun shining, keeping my head warm Trying, timing, boy you have been warned I hate other people, get out of my bedroom This was unforeseeable, aching to be near you

N - Not Your Kind of People // Garbage

We are not your kind of people Don't want to be like you Ever in our lives We are not your kind of people We find when you start talking There's nothing but white noise

C - Casting Agents and Cowgirls // BUSDRIVER

You did it, you got it You wowed the world Of casting agents and cowgirls Fess up you're dressed up to kill yourself While I'm still on the shelf They want an everyman milking the oldest gags Spilling the contents of a Pepsi can on folded flags They want an everyman milking the oldest gags Spilling the contents of a Pepsi can on folded flags

E - Elephant Bones // That Handsome Devil

Keep dancin' to the end of the world She said "Oh baby, it's the end of the world" Come on baby, it's the end of the world She said "Smile, it's the end of the world" Don't need no headstone to be dead in a hole, I said They're gonna dig you up like some elephant bones

[jatp-headcannon-theories]

Day Four: The Drive Back Home

songs: I Wish by Skeelo| Peach by Glimlip, Louk and Elior| Greastest by Eminem

“I wish I was a little bit taller, I wish I was baller,” Reggie wakes up to Ray rapping and he’s gonna lie he sounds kind of good. “Hey. I didn’t know we were rapping today.” Reggie smiles as he sits up and Ray laughs. “It’s a good song. We’re about two hours from home by the way.” “Sick. I miss Julie and the guys.” Ray looks over at Reggie. “Yeah. We would’ve been home by now if you hadn’t detoured into San Francisco.” Reggie puts his hands up in defense. “It was an accident! But you were able to get that sick picture of the Golden Gate Bridge.” Ray shrugs. “That’s true.”

The car gets quiet for a while with soft Lofi playing in the background and then there’s this new song that comes on. Reggie starts. “People talking crazy they saying I should quit.” Ray continues. “I’m feeling like the greatest on the beat whoever did it” Now it’s both of them together: “Mike WILL the one who made it, It’s shady on the lyrics” They stop for a second and look at each other in bewilderment. Ray talks first. “You like this song?” Reggie follows “You know this song?” Ray gives him a look. “Pfft. Heck yeah I know this song. I love Eminem!” Reggie nods his head “Much respect Ray.”

[awesomehoggirl]

i wish i was a little bit taller, i wish i was a baller, i wish i was the heir of a large manor house covered in vines and towers tucked away in the woods and i wear satin and pearls and my hair is said to be woven from silk and my father is an eccentric genius who keeps a lot of birds in the house and he throws extravagant balls full of scientists and nobility and the downright strange and he loves me but is gently trying to persuade me to marry rich to keep the family relevant and stocked up with cash but at one of the balls i meet a charmingly cynical maid who wears men’s uniform and i begin to pine for her in a way i have never known before. we meet on the roof under the stars one night and lie, talking for hours, until we’ve gravitated so close to each other our noses our touching then she tilts her head and we kiss then she takes my hand and runs into the palace telling me to pack my things so we can take the early train because i’ve never really left my town before and she wants to show me the world. i throw my pearls and dresses and tattered old books into an ancient leather suitcases and we run away together hand in hand stopping only to pay for our tickets (i offer the ticketmaster a real gold nugget, she sighs lovingly and pays for me) before we jump onto the train and ride to the sea. we get off, walk down the dark streets of colourful houses before turning onto the beach and it’s a wonder i’ve never seen the likes of in my entire pampered life: the sun is rising and the sea is flat and classy and her hand is warm and big and soft and there is so much beauty and life in the world just waiting for me to seize it. we dance barefoot on the pebbles and i know true love, i know soulmates, i know ocean and salt and colour and i know my father never has to worry about setting me up with some foreign prince again. we get married next summer and travel the world together. it’s wonderful.

[suitov]

Write about hajime sporting his new sick jays and totally dunking on everyone in basketball because his shoes are enchanted by lebron james' powers of sweet, jazzy moves.

Fuyuhiko looked on as Hajime wrecked everybody’s shit at basketball thanks to the power of his new sick jays.

Fuyuhiko said to himself “I wish I were a little bit taller, I wish I was a baller.”

Then Peko held him on her shoulders so he could dunk the winning hoop.

🏀

At last…

Fuyuhiko was the star. It was he.

[localmagicalboi]

✨ bops n' thangs |vi's 90s & 2000s throwback edition! with bad commentary!

PERSONAL ANTHEM: skee-lo / ❝i wish.❞ vi DOES wish he was a little bit taller, he wish he was a baller. GUILTY PLEASURE: omarion / ❝touch.❞ you know what? this ain’t even a guilty pleasure. he’s working on a way to recreate the scenes where omarion dances in the streets as we speak. SINGS WHILE DRUNK: bel biv devoe / ❝poison.❞ he’ll probably die to this song. FAVORITE LOVE SONG: sade / ❝no ordinary love.❞ if the romance don’t feel like this song he doesn’t want it. know that. SINGS TO LOVED ONES: mariah carey / ❝didn't mean to turn you on.❞ he chokes when he tries to get to that whistle note during the wicked synth solo, but... if ur stupid enough to date him know that this song IS your fate and there’s literally nothing you can do about it. SONG THEY FIGHT TO: crystal waters / ❝just a freak.❞ we’re fighting to house music or we’re not fighting at all, babey. LULLABY: fugees / ❝killing me softly.❞ could also be the love song... babey. ALWAYS STUCK IN THEIR HEAD: kylie minogue / ❝can't get you out of my head.❞ who's gonna be the group of friends to recreate the mv with him? he has a white dress with a boob window just for the day, please let him have his moment. SINGS IN THE SHOWER: blu cantrell / ❝hit 'em up style.❞ he hasn’t been cheated on but he’s been treated like shit in other ways by a man so whoever’s lived with him for one ( 1 ) day has heard him yelling this one from the bathroom. we love a revenge anthem! SINGS TO ANNOY PEOPLE: khia / ❝my neck, my back.❞ i don't have to say a damn thing about this song.  SONG THAT MAKES THEM EMO: sinead o'connor / ❝nothing compares 2u.❞ 30 seconds in and he is BAWLING. and ready to die, tbh! SONG THAT MAKES OTHERS THINK OF THEM: spice girls / ❝holler.❞ this is after geri left the group and the world let their final album flop. we needed this song but we DON’T deserve it.

✨ TAGGED BY: @sacredandwild​ why did you let me do this you know i’m wild....!! ✨ TAGGING: @ifemerel @notevenjupiter​ @dxspereaux​ @1053l2​ @escapedartgeek​ @cailicah​ @oldhector @saturnrang @supernaturalmadcnna @undersunrise @dreamdefy @amotte @jjillekkot + STEAL IT!!! jesus this is a mess vi’s a MESS.

[suckitsurveys]

Were you up before 9:00 a.m. today? It’s before 9 am right now.

Who was the first person you talked to this morning? What did you talk about? My dad. He drove me to work this morning. We talked about my upcoming trip to SLC.

Did you straighten your hair this morning? Nope. My hair has basically been in a bun all summer haha.

Who was the last person you sat next to? My dad, technically, in his car.

Do you have any friends that you’ve known for 10 years or more? Yes.

When was the last time you had a headache? Last week. It was brutal.

Did you put makeup on this morning? No.

Are you embarrassed to let others see you without makeup? No.

Does the person you love/like have any pets? We have three cats together.

Do you wear socks to bed? EEK no that sounds awful.

How long have you had the shirt you’re wearing? Two years. I got it at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Have you ever thrown up from drinking? Yes.

How many cigarettes have you smoked today? I don’t smoke.

Do you actually love your parents? Of course I do. My dad is the best and I miss my momma so much.

Post the most recent picture of yourself: I don’t feel like it.

Want to be taller or shorter? I WISH I WAS A LITTLE BIT TALLER, I WISH I WAS A BALLER, I WISH I HAD A GIRL THAT LOOKED GOOD, I WOULD CALL HER.

Are you taller than your mom? At the tie of her death we were about the same height. If she were still alive today I’d most likely be taller than her.

Did you cry today? No.

What do you want for your birthday? Sigh. For my 30th this year, I wanted a day where everyone I loved could be together at the same time in the same place. That was the plan at the beginning of the year. Jesus how quickly thinks fucking change. But now I am going on a trip to Utah as a present to myself so yay. Also a new couch would be nice.

Can you honestly say you’re okay right now? I am fucking freezing.

When was the last time you saw your grandparents? My never met my maternal grandmother or my paternal grandfather. I last saw my paternal grandmother on Sunday and my maternal grandfather when I was 5.

[owlish-peacock36]

A-Z Challenge

Tagged by @futurelounging @whiskynottea @ianmuyrray  ❤❤

A // age - 25

B // birthplace - Kentucky, ya’ll

C // current time - 9:30 PM

D // drink you last had - Diet Coke

E // easiest person to talk to - My BF, probably. He’s the most understanding person.

F // favourite songs (currently) - I’m not sure, but I’ve had the Thompson Twins--Hold Me Now stuck in my head for a few days now...

G // grossest memory -Anything gross I try to forget. When I was young, I had a stomach virus, and I fell asleep. Apparently, the impending vomit didn’t wake me, and... My dad said it was like a fountain.

H // horror yes or no - I like weird things, but I’m not a fan of jumpscares.

I // in love - YES

J // jealous of people - I mean, I guess. Nothing particular, though. Just passing jealousy like, “Oh, her hair is really pretty,” or, “I wish I could afford that car.”

K // kids - Not at the moment

L // love at first sight or walk by again - There’s definitely attraction at first sight, but love is so much more.

M // middle name - Faye

N // number of siblings - 1

O // one wish - I wish I was a little bit taller. I wish I was a baller. I wish I had a girl who looked good--I would call her.

P // person you last called - My dad.

R // random fact about you - I can’t snap my fingers

Q // question you always get asked - How old are you? OR sometimes the simple statement: “You’re short.” 

S // song you last sang - Probably some song I made up about my dog.

T // time you woke up - IDK, noon? I was off today!

U // underwear color - Pink

V // vacation destination - I just want to travel. I haven’t got to do that much.

W // worst habit - Bottling my emotions

X // x-ray - I’ve had a few

Y // your favourite food - Fettuccine Alfredo

Z // zodiac sign - Aquarius

I’m really late on doing this, so I don’t know who hasn’t done it yet. IF YOU HAVEN’T AND YOU WANT TO, I TAG YOU!!

[dewitty1]

15 Questions Tag Game

Thanks for tagging me

@magickfluffy

💖

Are you named after someone?

I'm named after the song Carrie-Anne by the Hollies. My mom was originally planning on naming me Theresa Marie, but my dad refused to have me be named as a Catholic (or the slur for Italian, which is what he actually used. Yes, sadly he's a racist. But hey, I'm named after a fun song, I think.).

2. When was the last time you cried?

This morning I was a bit weepy, but really it was Saturday. My best friend's grandmother died. She was 102. An amazing lady. I'm super glad I got to meet her.

3. Do you have kids?

Yes. I have one son. @super-ultra-mega-kami-guru. He's 17. The Dude. He's basically a good dude. Kind of frustrating right now, but I expect no less from a teenage boy.

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot?

If I didn't use sarcasm, I wouldn't have much else to say about 85% of the time. The rest would pretty much be swear words.

5. What's the first thing you notice about people?

What they're wearing usually. Around here especially. Except in my head it's more like "What in the hell is this bitch wearing right now?!" and it's me looking at me in the mirror.

6. Eye color?

I assume you mean mine? Kind of golden-y, hazel-y brown. IDK. They change color. So we'll go with the brown to hazel range.

7. Scary movie or happy ending?

Duhhhhh, happy ending FTW!!!! I can read horror, I can't really watch horror. Weird, I know.

8. Any special talents?

Nothing really stands out. I have a knack for knowing the songs on the radio right away usually. IDK...

9. Where were you born?

Well now that's a security breach, but it was close enough to Memphis TN for me to say that... So I can claim that I'm southern, and slide into that southern accent whenever I want. Oh wait, accents are kind of my talent, lol. I'm good at those.

10. What are your hobbies?

Reading, travel when I can, gardening, making quilts, less in recent years but counted cross stitch...

11. Do you have any pets?

Kitty Meow has been with me since 2004. Reggie - full name Regulus Arcturus Black Kitteh - is a more recent addition. He's a stray I started feeding a couple months ago. Still mostly a kitten - only about 9 months old. They do not get along because Kitty MeOw is used to being the queen of all she surveys.

12. How tall are you?

I'm 5 ft 4 in. I used to be a little bit taller. I never was a baller. If there's a girl who looks good, I might call her. Lol, who remembers that song? Jeebus I'm old. (It actually goes - I wish I was a little bit taller, I wish I was a baller, I wish I had a girl who looked good, I would call her)

13. What sports do you play?

None anymore. I used to play pool (billiards) but there's not a bar around here that I feel comfortable hanging out by myself in to do that. So yeah, my cue is gathering dust, and hopefully not getting warped.

14. Favorite subject at school?

HAHAHAHA teacher's aide, office assistant, student manager of the school store, lol. Yeahhhhhh. None! OK, OK, probably English, even though I hated forced reading, and just wanted to be able to enjoy the book, not have to rip it to shreds and dissect every little bit about it. I hated talking about "Man's inhumanity to man" and shit like that. Ughhhh! Just let me enjoy the book! I hated book reports! Now if I were to take an classes they'd likely be history, because I was going to try to get my 4 year degree in that. Kind of old now, and way too poor AF, especially in the USA for that. I really would like to explore our food history, since I kind of did when I was at culinary school.

15. Dream job?

Being the next Anthony Bourdain. Only of course, I'd be shite at it because he was amazing, and nobody could ever live up to him. I'd love to work with Gordon Ramsey somehow. Like behind the scenes on his TV shows. Helping him teach the restaurant servers to be better, since that's what I taught in Culinary school. IDK it just seem like it could be fun.

Hmm 15 people...

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“A Drop Echoes” Postmortem

Or as I like to think of it, a grand old vomitfest that I've been writing in between chapters so I can keep myself oriented on the fic. And I waited until I finished uploading A Drop Echoes in the Hollow to post it here.

Speaking of which, did you guys enjoy it? While I see all the comments and kudos and bookmarks on AO3, as well as reviews, favorites, and follows on fanfiction.net, I just want to ask. It's literally been nearly 6 years since I posted ANY fanfic online, and having had a not-so-good experience with online socializing or collaboration before, I'd been fairly apprehensive to start posting again.

Shout-out to both Ginger and Draco @gingerdrakewrites and their fics for giving me the courage to move on from those bad memories, and spurring me to start writing and posting again.

I’m here to share some thoughts with y'all about this here fic, 'kay? It's gonna be a long one so pull up a chair, warm up a tea or coffee or cocoa or whatever, drape yourself in a blanket, and relax.

Regarding Kutone

Writing professors told us all the time, that the first full-length project we finish will almost always be some kind of autobiography.

While I haven't had the same tribulations as Kutone, yeah, she is my autobiography.

Mixed race, Afro-Asian. Fairly successful in academia and supposedly has the potential to do more, but she throws it away to pursue something for her own sake. Overcomes self-inflicted isolation and learns to trust and love people again. (Admittedly, I'm nowhere close to doing that last bit.)

After that, she's the ideal I want to be.

Successful. Cool. Sexy. Independent. A little bit taller. A bit of a baller. Badass. Experienced. Confident. I count all these things she has that I don't, and I shrivel up inside.

So here's Kutone, the woman I wish I could be, and I, as the writer, pushed her off her pedestal and shattered her. It felt nice. That there's character development, supposedly.

Writing professors and college-level workshop mates also told me "don't use exotic names for your characters."

To that I say fuck all y'all.

Regarding Sebastian

AKA, the major reason why I decided to purchase Stardew Valley in the first place. Funny story, this one. I was scrolling through the screenshots on the Stardew Valley Steam page, and I think there was a screenshot that happened to show Sebastian's sprite. "Oh okay," I think, "he's kinda cute."

My sister charges in, takes one look at the screenshot, and says, "Man I was about to say he's cute, but god that nose..."

And as we cackled at Sebastian’s expense, I bought the game and started playing it. Made Kutone my avatar (meaning she seriously had no significance until I developed a certain businessman...) and started futzing around in Stardew Valley. With Harvest Moon and Animal Crossing under my belt, I got it pretty quickly.

Met Sebastian and had to put my head down for a few minutes.

‘This man is a reflection of me,’ I thought. I know a lot of other players feel the same way, like the dev had unknowingly taken a piece of my psyche, molded it into pixels and coding, and then, huh, here's a relatable character named Sebastian. That being said, I wanted to write him in a way that avoided the usual tags and labels people tend to slap him under: "emo," "goth," "depressed," "anxious," "gloomy," and basically every other iteration of those words that I felt made him so... meh, you know?

I settled on a new label for him, a label intrinsic to A Drop Echoes: "pathologically introverted."

The guy's actually really expressive, you know. It's just that, due to not being able to wholly trust anyone, he doesn't readily show those expressions. Which would explain why he's such close friends with Sam, and it also gives him a whole other layer of characterization to work with. Minimal, yet loaded. I guess that's where the popular "emo" tag comes from, but I'm still not a fan of the nuances of that label. Yes, he's emotional, and he tries, I think, to not show it, but in the face of sheer logos (like Demetrius), Sebastian knows he doesn't stand a chance. He's hyper aware of the fact he's emotional, but can't compromise that with his more logical side. So he shuts it away.

He needs a safe place to open up. Sam is that safe place. Abigail is that safe place. To a lesser extent, Robin is that safe place. And in writing A Drop Echoes, I wanted him to find another safe place--a permanent safe place--in Kutone. Someone who's a lot closer to him in personality, and someone who seriously puts her faith in him as a safe place. More than anything else in his life, that reciprocation is the magic he needs to "come alive" again. After that is a matter of, will he take it and run and see how far he can go? He knows he has potential. And he has his plan: take his bike out and never look back. Head out to the city and live his ideal life there. Does he fulfill it?

The original game didn't let him.

I like to think Kutone did.

Regarding Rhei

Origin? I had a crush on someone a lot like him--though mine was more angelic in comparison to devilish Rhei--at the same time I remembered a rule in a handbook about no dating in the same workplace. Yeah...

Anyway, based on what I eyeballed from the comments, about 96% of you hated Rhei. How do you feel about him now? Tell me things!

At the time I wrote the chapter starring him, I made this post, which was basically me fangirling over my own character.

Bet you didn't click it. That's okay. TL;DR, Rhei very nearly destroyed the rest of this fic, because Kutone was thiiiiiiis close to getting back together with him. Maybe in some AU version of the fic, they did, and that would be an interesting story on its own. She would have totally broken Sebastian's heart. Totally. That would have been some fun angst to write, but dealing with love triangles and their fallouts--even thinking about that concept makes me shrivel up inside.

I actually have an entire standalone document detailing Rhei and Kutone's relationship! How it started, how Jaci got involved, how successful Rhei and Kutone were, how deeply in love they were. They were too perfect for each other, so they burned up like blazing sawdust. This piece is their theme song. (Also I'm in love with biosphere mkay spare me.)

Regarding Changes

Grading myself here, I think I'm at a B-?

I did good on this fic. Still a good chunk of room for improvement, but despite the fact I want nothing more than to get it out of my face, I like what I've done. Like damn. I wrote a book and I kinda like it.

Things I'd change:

1. Wordiness - I do get too purple in some places, but I also would not sacrifice my prose poetry in certain parts either. 2. Risks - I thought about a lot of these. For instance, Kutone should have slept with Alex, and Seb should have caught them. Again, like Rhei barging in, this would have changed the entire arc of the fic, and I believe that once you cheat, there's no going back to what you were before. Doubt's always going to be a source of conflict in the relationship, and I refuse to believe people like Sebastian or Kutone would ever trust each other again if an affair was on the table. So I shriveled away from that risk too. Sometimes, I gotta let my imagination go there, and see where each rabbit hole takes me, y'know? 3. Omit BS - I'd either cut or fuse a lot of the early chapters. Also, much as I love Alex, a couple of his chapters were really unnecessary. 4. Character arc/Story arc - Is it even there? It needs more! What is even a climax? That was always the one point in the "mapping plot arcs" lessons that I could NEVER understand! More studying necessary.

Any other thoughts? Anything you guys want to ask me about A Drop Echoes before I fully focus on Sunset Stars? Ask me anything, send me your thoughts, theories, conspiracies, cries of mercy, comments or questions to my characters, anything at all, to my lonely inbox.

Also, lastly, but not least, I want to use this moment to thank you all again. For real. Thank you for your love and support, and thank you especially for cheering Kutone on to the end. 

With that...