#hi this is my ABSOLUTE FAVE OF THIS WHOLE SERIES so if you've been following dutifully along. please comment on this one AT LEAST AHHHHHHH

[chthonicgodling]

✨AND NOW, MYYYYYY FAVE OF THIS ENTIRE SAGA:

‼️THE NEXT ELYSIUM DRAMA UPDATE‼️

starring! EeL, finally back in action! Chal, just here to make faces & serve as transportation in the voids! And Bel, MINDREADER WITH NO PATIENCE, the sole entity able to pierce through aaalll of Loki’s hysterical layers and get immediately to the core of what the FUCKING ISSUE IS IN THE FIRST PLACE—

💥🎬AND, FIGHT

[you are: one • two • three • four • five • six • seven • eight • nine  •  here • eleven • twelve • thirteen • fourteen (the end!) ]

Before I say literally anything else - Bel & all the EXCEPTIONAL dialogue in his blurple colored bubbles is written by my partner in crime, Elysium’s hiatus'd @fenixethekid — who is so on my same page at all times that we didn’t even have a DISCUSSION about what tf EeL was doing when he fled, she just nailed it through Bel INSTANTLY. HELLO????? HYEAH???? Also of course she’s thusly responsible for my single favorite line in this entire saga, aka the entire reason I stopped to draw 50&counting pictures to contextualize to get to this point : Bel screaming after Loki tO GO TO FUCKING THERAPY, advice that he Uh. Desperately needs to take.

The quick recap: Loki’s been curled up in the bed of Maci & Tory, carrying their baby, all comfortably until for “no reason” Loki blew it all up and ran away. The search has been ongoing with Maci n Tory backing off in tears, for Chal&Bel to try….

And they found him! Time to gently coax him back!

…Or ummmm! Well! I…. guess this works too!

EeL’s vanishing in canon was a split second decision on my end when this happened back in May, and though I’d had ideas for how he’d return, THIS wasn’t even on my radar at all. But once it happened it retrospectively couldn’t have happened any other way. First of all; fucking hilarious. Second of all; A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT, once again mindreader Bel trailing after Loki, God of Lies and - self loathing, doubt, & emotional instability? Loki fine! If you can’t talk about what’s bothering you out loud in words then the God of the Subconscious will CHASE AFTER YOU AND CALL OUT YOUR DEEPEST FEARS OUT LOUD FOR YOU, thanks so much.

Unconventional, but mission accomplished! I am STILL NOT DONE WITH THIS so stay tuned for the continuations of aftermaths. Quick someone tell Tory and Maci he’s back!!

...next updating coming uhhh in a little while cause i still have to like. draw it.

Like I said Bel & the blue belongs to Fenixe ;; EeL & green + Chal & red are all mine! CHAOS ANARCHY DRAMA DRAMA DRAMAAA

[tillthelandslide]

Same For You: The Love of Thieves - Instagram AU

Series Warnings: slow burn romance, eventual smut, age gap, complicated relationship (low-key unhealthy dynamics), eventual love...

Series Masterlist

A/n: soooo you didn't think id make a whole series without doing Instagram AUs did you? Well here's the first one. Think this gives you a good idea of how the beginning of the series is going to go :) a little sneak peak into the chapters if you will... Hope you enjoy, love Lou 🫶🏼

Taglist: @scooby-doodoo @thereisaplaceintheheart @theoriginalwhatsername (if you want to be added please just drop me a message 🫶🏼)

yninstagram:

yninstagram might be small but at least our stage is pretty... Join us for our next show next Saturday ✌️

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fan1 pretty stage for a pretty band

jaythedrummer ur so cool

clarabass we're just a cool band really aren't we?

↳ yninstagram that we are bby

🔔jamieoborne, trumanblack and rass1975 followed @yninstagram

fan2 the best band 🫶🏼

TheLoveOfThieves:

TheLoveOfThieves our very own Y/n on stage last week, join us again this week in Soho ✌️ in the mean time... Listen to us on SoundCloud - Clara

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amazingabbie who's this sexy beast then?

↳ yninstagram I hate you

🔔jamieoborne and trumanblack shared this post to his story

75fan came from Mattys insta, you guys are sick

↳ TheLoveOfThieves thank you 😊

jamieoborne just say yes already

↳ yninstagram go away grandpa

↳ trumanblack leave her alone @jamieoborne

↳ yninstagram thanks Matthew ☺️

↳ trumanblack p.s you look very pretty in your element up there on that stage

↳ yninstagram you flatter me healy

yninstagram:

yninstagram your bf brought me a pretty guitar in my fave colour ✌️ jk jk don't go breaking up with your bfs guys

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trumanblack cool guitar for a cool girl

↳ yninstagram why thank you ☺️

rass1975 pretty...

↳ yninstagram it is indeed

↳ rass1975 wasn't talking about the guitar

75fan I have no idea what's going on rn but damn... Why are the 75s friends so hot

75updates are the boys working with her?

1975stan um... Are we just going to ignore Ross' comment?

yninstagram:

yninstagram Exciting stuff on the way guys 👀 thank you to everyone who has joined us on this journey so far, we love you 🫶🏼 to the newbies: welcome 🤗 📸@rass1975

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trumanblack let's gooooo

↳ yninstagram oooo where we going?

↳ trumanblack you're so annoying

↳ yninstagram you love me don't lie

rass1975 very excited to be working with you love

↳ yninstagram bass lessons soon?

↳ rass1975 sure thing darling

1975adam heard you guys are smashing it

bedforddanes75 cool kid

jamieoborne dirty hits new addition?

↳ yninstagram not quite old man 😋

75fan she's so pretty...

fan1 ahhh Ross taking pictures of her?! Mattys comments on her other posts... I can't handle whatever the fuck this is ➡️❤️⚠️

TheLoveOfThieves:

TheLoveOfThieves we've been in the studio with some cool people for almost two weeks now... We will be returning to the Soho stage this Saturday so come by and say hello - Jay

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📍 comment: TheLoveOfThieves there's nearly 21,000 of you following us now which is mental, thank you for all the support, we love you, watch this space, exciting things are coming. Massive thanks to our boys @the1975 for everything you've done over the past two weeks, it's an absolute pleasure to be working with you 🫶🏼 - Y/n

lovethievesfan we'll be there as always

↳ yninstagram see you there guys

clarabass exciting times...

75fan I'm so excited, you guys are so good and the boys are lucky to be working with you

trumanblack we shall be there, pleasure working with you too x

↳ 75fan lol Matty just replying to y/ns comment not actually the post caption hehehe he's down so hard

75stan I actually can't deal with how pretty she is like can she stop?

[souryoong]

1 year of souryoong — here’s some of ash’s all time faves! ☆

☆ i truly want to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for being with me throughout this year on this site. it’s actually so crazy how it’s been only a year? time really does fly by. Before I posted "at the studio" I was metaphorically blowing dust off of my writing chops. (kind of an odd saying lol) I was absolutely terrified to say the least about joining this site and sharing my writing. But I am so so so glad I bit the bullet and chose to post my story because it has brought me to so many great things and even greater people! I love every single one of my followers and mutuals, whether we talk or not, if youre a silent reader, or if you constantly like/reblog my works. Nobody is just a number to me, you all mean everything to me. Im hoping that the career path and education that I have chosen for myself is not ~too demanding~ so I can be here for more years to come. I'll cut myself off before I write a damn novel because sometimes I don't know when to shut up.

☆ I didn’t want to do some extravagant “game” to celebrate because I feel like most of my followers probably wouldn’t be into it, so instead I’m showing my love outward. listed below are some of my all time favorite works from some of my mutuals and other authors. Some of these works are ones that inspired me to start posting my own writing, and others are just some of my really old faves from when I first joined that I have yet to forget about. I’m not sure if everyone in this list is still active, but nonetheless here are some of my all time favorites!

list is below the cut!

*everything marked “18+” contains sexual content*

☆ cybersex – myg (18+) | @gimmethatagustd

the whole point of being a phone sex hotline operator is that you’ll never have to meet your clients. So what are you supposed to do when you find out your favorite client is your brother’s best friend? (wc: 14.6k)

☆ the sheets – kth (18+) | @kth1

on your night out with the gals you get hit up by the one and only, Kim Taehyung, who’s been eyeing all of your Instagram stories. It’s no shocker that he attempts to get you back to his place once you finally decide to leave the club because this isn’t your first rodeo with the determined and insanely hot, fuckboy. (wc: 6.8k)

☆ enemy – kth & jhs (18+) | @btssmutgalore

when your friend with benefits Hoseok becomes too busy to keep your thing going, Taehyung volunteers to fill the spot. fic is a series.

☆ message received – jhs (18+) | @minisugakoobies

hoseok sent you a message. will you listen? (wc: 1.7k)

☆ helping hand – jjk (18+) | @yoonieper

a double blind date was your suggestion. everything about it should make him happy, but this sinking feeling just won’t go away. allhe wanted was to get it over with. (wc: 23.4k)

☆ hard liquor – myg (18+) | @chateautae

your dull evening at a bar becomes hopeful when your mysterious, handsome boss min yoongi shows you the ropes on everything alcohol, but shows you much more when he ends up buried deep inside you. (wc: 8k)

☆ drip – myg (18+) | @here2bbtstrash

yoongi fingering you until you squirt. (wc: 4.8k)

☆ your yoongi – myg (18+) | @yoongiphoria

there is no one you could love more than your slightly tipsy, beautiful yoongi. (wc: 2.9k)

☆ untitled drabble – myg | @delugguk

playing with each others hair, they love each other. sigh...I want what they have. (wc: 598)

☆ love signs – myg | @norcula

min yoongi and producer reader going through daily life. (fic is a series)

☆ private lesson – myg (18+) | @dntaewithluv

Your little sister finds it odd how you've been taking private lessons from her piano teacher for over a month now, but she hasn't heard you actually play even once... (wc: 5.5k)

☆ the landlord – myg (18+) | @ppersonna

your air conditioner breaks right at the height of a recordbreaking heat wave. good thing your hot landlord, yoongi, knows how to attend to any needs you may have. (wc: 4.3k)

☆ suga’s how-to guide – myg (18+) | @sailoryooons

Min Yoongi has been a cam boy for a few years now. The work is easy, the money is good, and he has loyal viewers. When he approaches you and asks if you want to be his muse for a ‘how-to’ series, your view on the infamous Yoongi changes. fic is a series. (wc: 25k)

☆ mixtape – myg (18+) | @sailoryooons

Growing up with Yoongi as your older brother’s best friend was bound to manifest a crush. It was small, fleeting. Gone with age and time. On a holiday trip to the cabin, you’re reunited with Yoongi after not seeing him from two years. Maybe that crush wasn’t as over as you thought it was. fic is a series. (wc: 68.5k)

☆ lost in your light – pjm (18+) | @thepurpleghost

you and Jimin are the best of friends since fourth grade until the tables have turned one weekend wedding. Crazy confessions after some tequila body shots. (wc: 5.6k)

and btw, my official tumblr date of birth is 8.5.2022 🎂 posting this a day early because I don’t want to forget.

[mod2amaryllis]

Lots of people are coming out with their best shows/movies/anime etc. of the year, and since you have such impeccable taste I'd love to hear yours! Only if it's okay ofc! Have a wonderful rest of 2022 and great 2023!

ok this is the only end of year reflection i have the capacity to do tonight, lemme thiiink ummm it was a big year for things tbh!!! I'll just ramble i guess, first up...

TV SHOWS

SEVERANCE: possibly the best first season of a show I've ever seen, and absolutely the best s1 finale of a show I've ever seen, huge ups to @tricktster for recommending it. you've probably heard it a million times but if you haven't, GO WATCH SEVERANCE, it lives up to the hype.

THE REHEARSAL: the magic trick that this show pulls is so bizarre and unprecedented it's like. impossible for me to even talk about. the entire time watching it i was gaping at my tv in open disbelief. it does and says so much in the wildest ways possible I'm still obsessed.

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS S4: three words, Baby Colin Robinson

ANDOR: I'm not a star wars guy at allll. not even a little bit. my expectations have never been high. but when i saw @variastrix loving it up on my dash i was like okaaay and holy shit. SO good. the prison arc especially was just like OUUUGHH THEMES AND DIALOGUE OFF THE CHARTS!!!

ANIME

SPY X FAMILY: what's especially fun is that we were in Japan while the second part of the season was dropping and Anya was fucking eeeeverywhere!!! everyone agrees with me cannot get ENOUGH of that funny little girl!!! best execution of fake dating trope everr the more convoluted the better.

MOB PSYCHO 100 III: ......like. c'mon what is there to even say. what's there to saaaaay! it's in my top 3 anime ever! the subversion of shonen anime has basically ruined all other stereotypical anime for me forever because it's just. so much better. so much funnier and more poignant to watch the most powerful boy ever strive to be a better person. i love that little guy and his silly conman role model

MOVIES

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE: i feel the same way about this movie as anyone else. saw the trailer, hooked instantly, then when i actually watched it i walked out going "this is the greatest movie I've ever seen??????" insanely shot, cast incredible, the whole premise simultaneously huge as a multiverse and small as an immigrant couple in a laundromat. this movie defined my cosmic outlook on life. that nothing matters, so we should make the most out of what and who we love. in any other year this would've been my far and away fave. but then came:

NOPE: you guys follow me. you've heard it already. this movie ..... this..... FUCKING MOVIE.... haunted me from the moment i saw that chimp covered in blood. it scared me so bad i wasn't even sure if i liked it but then i thought and kept thinking AND I THOUGHT AND KEPT THINKING AND I HAVEN'T STOPPED THINKING this movie this god damn movie. it's a social commentary, it's a blockbuster popcorn hit, it's about animals, it's about people, it's a creature feature, it's funny, it's glorious to look at it's glorious and i love it so so much. Jean jacket really is a beautiful name for a baby girl.

GAMES:

VAMPIRE SURVIVORS: this game is like if you broke gaming down to it's purest chemical form and injected it directly into your bloodstream. it's a game that might be perfect in its simplicity. it's also really funny that i can be a stinky old garlic man, i like that a lot. it's free on mobile what are you waiting for.

HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST: i feel so fucking bad for this series not once, but TWICE releasing at the same time as two of the greatest games literally ever made (i still have to beat elden ring oops) because i love these games SO MUCH! they scratch a very particular itch for me which is plenty of upgradable weapons/armor for me to chase, incredibly in depth lore, and post apocalyptic robot dinosaurs. literally no notes. i love games like this that're like "we know what you want. you want to kill a spinosaurus with a bow and arrow and afterwards treat yourself to some incredible American vistas, here, take it, enjoy." it's an incredibly Me game. probably my goty if measured by how much fun i had playing it.

ALBUMS:

BRONCO BY ORVILLE PECK: the biggie. life changer. this beat out pony for me. makes me wanna be a lonesome cowboy in the Rockies so fucking bad i can taste it. like....im already thiiiis close to being a lonesome cowboy in the Rockies and when i listen to curse of the blackened eye on my morning walk, looking at the snow capped mountains, I'm there. I'm a cowboy baby. also saw him live and sobbed he's insane, the talent, he's just showing off he's nuts.

LAST NIGHT IN THE BITTERSWEET BY PAOLO NUTINI: through the echoes specifically. came up randomly in a mixed playlist and swiveled my head so fucking fast. one of my favorite artist finds of the year.

NOPE OST BY MICHAEL ABELS: that's right bitch nope gets featured TWICE, idc!!!

DANCE FEVER BY FLORENCE + THE MACHINE: this is the album to finally get me into Florence + the machine, before i was just into the hits but this album.... King? FREE???? DAFFODIL???????? good god welch

THINGS IN GENERAL

mfucking!!!!!!!!!

FISH!!!!!!!!!! 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟💙💙💙💙✌️✌️✌️🥰🥰🥰🥰🐠🐠🐠🐟🐠🐟🐠🐟🐠🐟🐠🐡🐡🐡🐡🐡🦈🦈🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

[aspoonofsugar]

Hi! I absolutely love your emercury analysis’s (is that a word?) and was wondering if you could tell me your thoughts on how they both see eachother? Or more specifically, how crwby has presented what they are to one another? It’s interesting that we haven’t seen as much of then as we have say, Nora and Ren, and yet it’s pretty much established that they trust and care for eachother to a serious extent.

Hi you by no means have to answer this and I’m sorry for sending one ask followed by another (feels like bad etiquette) but I had another thought and didn’t want to fogeys it! I was wondering how you see the emercury reunion happening? Will Mercury be angry? Will emerald immediately try to convince him to go with her? I’ve been thinking about this since volume 9 was announced tbh

Hi!

Yay! I am happy you enjoy Emercury too and like my metas on them :D They are 2 of my faves, after all!

So, when it comes to your second question, I don't really have an answer, as for now! It depends on the plot-threads, which will involve Mercury and Emerald when they meet, after all.

Personally, I think they may repress the feelings toward each other for a while. Especially Mercury.

In general, Mercury clearly represses his own feelings with the excuse of utilitarianism. We have seen it with Cinder in volume 6.

Salem: I want you to understand why Cinder must be left to toil in her isolation until she redeems herself. Salem walks away from Emerald. Both her and Mercury look up in surprise. Mercury: You mean-- Emerald: She's alive?

Mercury: Yeah, Cinder was a pain, but at least she kept us filled in.

He is just as shocked as Emerald is by discovering Cinder is alive, but after Salem's violent ourburst he immediately convinces himself he doesn't care. Not only that, but he also convinces himself Cinder doesn't care either:

Mercury: Cinder doesn't care about you! She doesn't care about either of us!

Here, Mercury is right, but he is also projecting his own feelings and convincing himself as much as he is trying to get through Emerald.

So, I think Mercury will try to downplay how he feels about Emerald, only to be challenged until he will have to choose between his utilitaristic mindset and his emotions. His mindset is what keeps him caged in fear, while his feelings will set him free.

Other than this, Mercury is clearly meant to spiral a little while under Tyrian. Imo, the foiling and symbolism between Mercury and Tyrian is really one of the most sinister in the series and also one of the most interesting.

Like, Tyrian is who Mercury might become if he doesn't grow up. He is a man-child, who has no objective or wish of his own if not to destroy and to be of use for Salem. Mercury too risks to turn out like this. He is actually already imitating Tyrian:

Tyrian: Oh, don't misunderstand, I am in mourning just as you. Because it appears you've failed our Queen, and that is a tragedy.

Mercury: Besides, she went against our queen. I’d be careful who you back.

Not to count this line from volume 6 opening:

The rain will help the flowers be

It means Hazel and Tyrian are gonna play the role of mentors in Emerald and Mercury's arcs. We have already seen Hazel's foreshadowing play out, but we still miss Tyrian's.

Moreover, Tyrian's whole allusion may very well play into Mercury's arc tbh. Tyrian is the Scorpion from the Scorpion and the Frog:

A scorpion wants to cross a river but cannot swim, so it asks a frog to carry it across. The frog hesitates, afraid that the scorpion might sting it, but the scorpion promises not to, pointing out that it would drown if it killed the frog in the middle of the river. The frog considers this argument sensible and agrees to transport the scorpion. Midway across the river, the scorpion stings the frog anyway, dooming them both. The dying frog asks the scorpion why it stung despite knowing the consequence, to which the scorpion replies: "I am sorry, but I couldn't resist the urge. It's in my nature.

The Scorpion promises the Frog not to sting and offers a practical reason. However, in the end they still do, even if it means they are dying, as well. This has the potential to fit Tyrian and Mercury's abusive dynamic on 2 levels:

Mercury is the frog, who stays in abusive dynamics because his abusers make fake promises. Like Marcus telling him he would get his semblance back once strong enough.

Mercury is the frog because he adopts an utilitarian mentality, which is born from fear, but that he sees as logical. As long as he obeys he won't get hurt. However, he is wrong because abuse is not logical. Marcus abused him with no reason and now Tyrian is probably going to do the same, as well.

In short, Tyrian is clearly meant to be the biggest obstacle in Mercury's personal arc, while Emerald is the most important character for him. This is why they are always both present when Mercury is challenged. Both in Lost and in War, Emerald and Tyrian manage to impact Mercury in almost opposite ways. I think this tendency is going to continue.

Emerald is instead probably going to go through opposite development, which means she is going to grow. She is going to be influenced by the others, Oscar especially:

However, she is currently repressing Cinder, which means she has a lot to unpack. I think her development lies in her timidly becoming more self-assured until she grows strong enough to stand on her own feet, face Cinder and save Mercury. I also think she will slowly realize she misses Mercury and will ultimately be determined to save him. That may take a while, though.

Emerald's coping mechanism is after all to come up with illusions that blind her. She has just broken out from the idealized image of Cinder she had built in her head. However, it seems she has now made Cinder disappear, so she has still to grow. Moreover, she has to fully process Hazel's sacrifice, which is bound to have an impact on her arc. It is probable she may have to rethink all her relationships to discover who her family is (Mercury).

When it comes to this, I quite like how Emerald is shown to imitate Mercury on some level. To frame herself as thougher than she is, for example, she calls Yang blondie, which is what Mercury does. Not to count this:

These details are all the answer to your first question. Emerald and Mercury are in general 2 characters who are shown rather than told, so their writing has very strong subtext.

By this I mean that every scene they are in their body language, interactions and symbolism always pack a punch in terms of meaning. Most of their scenes together are important and add to their character arcs, so despite the little screentime a lot can be said about them.

In general, I would say they are framed as 2 kids that were let down by society (Emerald) and loved ones (Mercury) and were promised a home by Cinder. Emerald is promised a family, while Mercury is promised not to get hurt if he behaves. They see their situation under Cinder as better than their previous one, which gives them the space to build a relationship. Still, they are clearly in an abusive environment nonetheless, which worsens the moment they go to Evernight. There all their weaknesses and flaws emerge and keep them apart. Emerald can't let go of Cinder (wish), while Mercury can't disobey Salem (fear). This is very heartbreaking, but also realistic. They have no means to escape their abuse alone and can't really save the other, even if they want to.

Emerald tries to get through to Mercury when it comes to Salem and to what they are doing.

Mercury tries to get through to Emerald when it comes to Cinder and the nature of her relationship with Em.

Both fail because in the end Emerald and Mercury have to grow as people before their relationship can develop.

Here are more or less my thoughts... not sure I answered your asks properly and there are some ramble here, sorry. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed!

Thank you for passing by and for enjoying my metas!

[magicshopaholic]

Ok, so for part two of my feedback, my actual thoughts around this. more generally.

First, this is around the F1 worldbuilding. I used to watch it with my ex and his brother so I kinda get it but I'm not big on following sports. What I do enjoy is the behind-the-scenes, the pressure, drama, politics, emotional toll, etc, so I enjoyed the Netflix series. I think you're including just enough to get what's happening and what's at stake (either during the race, like the fraction of a second, to the type of maneuvres, or outside of it, like how 25 points are so detrimental and how loosing to Max is what's she's been running away from this whole time - I'm proud I remember this actually from my actual F1 knowledge). There's not too much detail to the point that it's overwhelming or boring for someone who isn't a fan, but just enough to set the stage and make us invested. I wouldn't usually seek out to read about sports in general, but I think I would read other fics of yours in this setting based on this.

Second, damn I feel for Dilara, the pressure of the position she's in would be huge anyway, but to add to this being the first woman racing with the men (wow imagine this actually happening... it hasn't right?), to loose 25 points over a teenager on a Vespa when you're already stressed to the max, man she needs a hug and a drink and an island holiday, away from all things BTS lol.

Also, I like how you've written this timeline. Like you've skipped a huge plot point, then slowly revealed it, with a tini tiny bit of info at a time. Keeping us on the edge of our seats, I like it. Also, the way all of their stories show such different couples. This one is probably the most dramatic, I like that some of them provide us comfort (i.e. Namjoon x Kaya & Jungkook x Lia - JK & L my faves I miss them, good old fluff is needed to cleanse us from the stress of Jimin & Tae), others not so much lol.

Your fics are a unique collection of cohesive works, with enough realism and distinction between stories, also with OC with clear and defined personalities, that I find myself being extremely enthralled by your work.

Overall, 10/10 looking forward to whichever member you choose to post next because you could write about Spongebob at this point and I know I'd enjoy it. This is to say that regardless of my go-to preferences for casual reading, I will always enjoy your stories.

Thank you for coming to my Ted talk, it is now 2am and I should crash soon.

Be still, my heart

Firstly, I LOVE that there are a few readers mentioning how they used to watch F1 or maybe watch DTS or have like a bit of knowledge and it's all suddenly coming in handy 😂 But absolutely, the important stuff isn't about who's in which team or how the race is going but the nuances of it, like what a big deal 25 points is or how quickly drivers can lose a seat. I'm not a sports buff by any means either but I absolutely love F1 and I need to make a conscious effort to not detail out unnecessary stuff (my initial drafts are so much more race heavy - exciting, but only if you're a diehard fan).

Timeline: yesss. I thought about it quite a bit, about making it linear or doing it this way but in the end, I chose to kind of mirror how it happened to Dilara. Again, not giving anything away, but it's a fair sense of foreboding before the truth hits her in the face and that shock is still kind of staying with her.

I'm so glad you love the different couples! Different people have different dynamics and I can't imagine Seokjin, for example, having this level of drama in his life. He just wouldn't have the patience for it while Tae, despite everything, is such a passionate person that he would lowkey like a certain level of drama (not this level, but a Confessions level probably). Namjoon and Kaya probably think themselves too mature for stuff like this and Jungkook and Lia are way more laidback - so there's something for everyone <3

Thank you so much for enjoying my work and my OCs (my loves) AND taking out the time for such a fantastic review. Honestly hoping to post the first Yoongi and Hoseok ones soon so that all characters are truly interconnected so I hope you enjoy those as well!

[kithtaehyung]

Hi Ryen! I feel like I’m bothering you a lot in the past few days and I feel so sorry about it😭😭😭😭😭😭, but omg this chapter!

I knew it was going to be jahidjshsjxbxj.

Damn I was right lol.

The wait it’s always worth it.

Now a question for you, who hurt you? Why so sad?! And the fact that you know how 3tan is going to end, it must have been so hard to write this chapter!

I literally lost it when, after what happened in the club, the first thing she thought was Yoongi and the fact that she didn’t even hide it, he was there for her. He helped her, comforted her (to be honest I would die to have a person like him in my life and lol that made me feel sooo lonely, just single life) and took care of her😭😭 and omg they HOLD HANDS, like???!???

And when he decided to play the guitar for her, are we kidding? That must have been a big effort for him since he admitted that he only knows to play sad songs and that obviously must have brought memories that he didn’t want to feel again. I hope he actually has the mental strength to write a song that makes him happy and helps him to remember the beautiful person he is despite the things he has done in the past and that we don’t know about, he deserves to be happy too!!

In fact, I actually am dying to know about his past and I think that it would be really good to have a Yoongi POV.

The feelings, the emotions, the way they act; everything is so sad and sentimental at the same time and that’s what makes this chapter a bit different from the others.

Sorry for the long feedback, but this is my fav chapter for sure!!

And last but not least, here the lyrics of “Nerves” by DPR IAN (literally of my fav songs) that made me think about 3tan Yoongi and that he might possibly feels this way!

Please take care of yourself, lots of love🤍

-ana

ANA?? you aren't bothering me at all, i promise. you've been so kind and i'm still proud of you for nailing your exams!

ah... yes. about the chapter. i'm glad the wait was worth it again.

HAHAHAH WHO HURT ME?? THIS SERIES!!!! i was bawling my eyes out writing this. and you're right, knowing all the extra stuff just made everything 100x worse. you all think y'all were devastated reading this? the way i was feeling was absolutely crushing.

YES the way she immediately thought of 1) home, and 2) yoongi right after and didn't even care about rules. and the way he was 1000% there for her literally the entire time after that? done. i was done. he even asked if she was ok with him showering. bc guess what he would've done if she said no? sat his ass right at the table until it was okay. (don't even get me started on the hand holding.. mikayla said to make that a warning and i was like damn u right. i should have LOL)

AND THE GUITAR I KNOWWWW oh my god. you really hit it on the head with your commentary there. i hope he gains that mental strength to write a happy song, too.. and that he does realize that he's a good person. he deserves to be happy. and don't worry, i've already thought of the whole backstory. i know y'all like yoongi povs but just trust me!

dalo is certainly different from the other chapters. but i think it's my fave so far? idk i tried my absolute best for this one so being proud of something i created and poured my heart and soul into is a rare, special feeling. the song!!!! HELPPPPP it's so perfect i can't... thank you endlessly for the kind words and i am so happy you're following along with the series.

[makeste]

I was glad to see you enjoyed my Top 10 ask. You did mention you had a ranking for the arcs - would you do a ranking for them? Like, worst to best? (My guess (of the arcs you've finished): Internship arc, Hero Killer Arc, License Exam, USJ, Intro Arc, Culture Fest, Battle Trial, Pro-Hero arc, Final Exams, Sports Fest, Camino Ward, DvKp2; since you haven't liveblogged Joint Training Arc yet, no clue.) Just curious.

good morning evening everyone, and welcome to another Wednesday episode of “makeste tries to answer asks from two months ago while on the bus.” this one is a bit of an interesting challenge since it involves ranking and that always takes me a long time, but as you said, I did have an ongoing ranking of the arcs in my head, so we’ll see. at the very least the ones at the beginning and end shouldn’t be too hard, and you can probably guess them already. (in fact, you actually did.)

(ETA: yeah this took me two sittings to do, so I ended up posting it on the ride home lol. I just like BnHA you guys. almost as much as I like talking about how much I like it!)

okay so here goes.

14. Basement arc - yeah so let’s just go ahead and get this over with. this is the one and only BnHA arc that I actually dislike. fortunately it’s an outlier and suffered from a bunch of one-time issues, most of which stem from the fact that Horikoshi was apparently trying to write a longer and darker arc than usual. well he succeeded! and thankfully learned his lesson. and at least this arc gave us Eri and Mirio and some good Kirishima flashbacks and Chekov’s Quirk-Be-Gone bullets and the Highway to Hell. hopefully the anime can improve on the rest.

13. Provisional License arc - okay, so it might surprise a few people that this arc is all the way down here. let me explain. this is a perfectly fine arc, and I like it well enough, but it’s a bit longer than it needs to be, and not that much happens in it aside from our introduction to best boy Yoarashi Inasa, and the Great Toga Conspiracy (which is admittedly excellent). there are some great moments (Aoyama doing his best impression of “THE BEACONS ARE LIT” from RotK comes to mind), but overall it’s fairly forgettable, and it suffers from being placed directly in between my two absolute favorite arcs, which means I have a tendency to overlook it, which isn’t really the arc’s fault.

12. Hero Killer arc - this one is interesting because I really lost patience with it during my first read-through, but strangely enough when I watched it in the anime I actually really enjoyed it. it was also much shorter than I remembered. I’ve belatedly realized that reading it while doing commentary really slowed me down, because for the parts that I wasn’t feeling, doing the commentary took a long time and also left me dwelling on a lot of the things I didn’t like. but in actuality, Stain’s Annoying Rants aside, this is a pretty enjoyable arc full of Big Hero 6 flashbacks, hot revenge-driven Iida, Gran Torino’s introduction, Deku learning full cowl, Bakugou’s Best Jeanist internship, and Todoroki saving Deku and Iida’s lives by being glued to his phone when he really should have been paying attention to his own internship. get off that social media already Shouto.

11. USJ arc - this is a great arc, but it just feels small compared to everything that happens afterward. but it’s fun to look back on because there are lots of little hints for future developments to come. the traitor theory, for instance. and this is also our introduction to the League and to Tomura and the Noumu. and that final fight between All Might and the Noumu is still one of my favorite scenes in the whole series, especially in the anime. it’s so fucking good you guys. shit.

10. Intro arc - just FYI, I lump everything from the first chapter up until USJ into one arc since it’s easier. anyways, so this is roughly on the same level as USJ, but gets a slight edge because there are some iconic moments here. namely, the first chapter (which is still one of the best shounen intro chapters I’ve ever read, if not the best); Kacchan VS Deku 1; the entrance exam; and our introduction to the rest of class 1-A, particularly Ochako and Iida. oh, and Aizawa! gotta love how he starts out all ready to expel some bitches only to wind up falling in love with the whole class. fatherhood agrees with him.

9. Band AU arc - I actually love this arc. I just love all of the ones above it on the list a bit more, and I can’t really justify it being any higher than this. but it has The Band and the Babysitting Squad and Mirio being the best big brother in the world and Eri being just ridiculously, astonishingly cute. Gentle and La Brava are also great villains, if not quite my favorites. there are a few questionable plot holes in the arc, and it lacks any sort of big impact on the rest of the series, but it’s basically a canon filler arc and it’s so much fun and I can’t wait to see it animated.

8. Fanfic Lodge arc - you guys this arc started out so fucking cute and ended up so fucking tense. and this was our intro to the League of Villains proper, including Spinner, Twice, Tuxedo Mask, the prodigal Todoroki son, and my best girl Toga. Deku VS Muscular is still hard for me to read (his liiiiiiiimbs) but it’s one of Deku’s best moments regardless. and the angst at the end of the arc is almost unparalleled. god I love it.

7. Final Exam arc - a.k.a. the one where all the kids team up with each other to shoot their teachers in the fucking face. this arc has it all: Momo character development, Bakugou character development, TodoMomo, BakuDeku, and Aizawa being a total badass. (and All Might too, but he’s kind of overkill tbh. which is its own kind of awesome though.) there’s so much good stuff in this arc that this description is a bit vague because if I got any more specific we’d be here all day. it’s just a lot of good stuff that I like.

6. Joint Training arc - dudes I love this arc so much. class B and their array of ridiculously awesome quirks! class A and their impeccable teamwork! Bakugou joining the OFA Scooby Squad and showing off his new WIN AND RESCUE COMBO! Monoma! Shinsou!! SIXQUIRKS!!! god there’s so much great content.

5. Endeavorhawks arc - this arc would be even higher except that it’s a bit short (though it’s perfectly paced, so that might actually be a plus) and it doesn’t feature as many of my faves. but Hawks’s intro + our intro to The Great Noumu Conspiracy + Todoroki Family Drama + some of the best character development I’ve seen in a shounen manga (god I still can’t get over what a ballsy move it is to try and redeem Endeavor) = solid gold. and it’s so well done. and caps off with one of the best plot twists in the series to date, which sets up what promises to be one hell of an interesting arc later down the line. just. it’s so good. possibly the best-written arc to date, even if it doesn’t quite top my list.

4. My Villain Academia arc - and this isn’t even done yet!! and it’s still already this high!! Tomura flashbacks! Toga flashbacks! TOUYA FLASHBACKS???! (we’ll see??) creepy cults! my new favorite character One-Handed Giran, the biggest badass in the whole fucking series! worldbuilding for days! Dr. Robotnik! more Noumu shit! etc. etc. this arc has been non-stop goodness and I almost feel spoiled at this point.

3. Sports Festival arc - the most fun of all the arcs. I have rewatched the cavalry battle in the anime like a bazillion times. there used to be this show on Nickelodeon called Wild & Crazy Kids where kids teamed up for all these zany competitions (water balloons were usually involved), and I fucking loved that show, and parts of this arc kinda have that same kind of spirit. it’s just fun. and then to top it all off we have our Shouto character development, as well as Bakugou’s little character arc that he also has which is excellent. not to mention what is probably Ochako’s most badass moment to date. love it.

2. Kamino arc - guyyyys where do I even start? this arc is perfection. good VS evil. All Might taking a stand even when he’s got nothing left in the tank, because the world needs him and he won’t let them down. the sheer visceral terror of AFO’s introduction. my favorite character getting fucking kidnapped and being brave AF and his friends rallying to save him yesssss. and the reveal of All Might’s secret, which is arguably the most powerful scene in the series. I get chills every time. “my heart is still the heart of the symbol of peace.” if All Might had announced at that moment that he was starting a new religion I would have been like “yeah okay.” I would follow him to the ends of the earth. how can one man be that selfless and brave. anyways this arc is absolutely incredible and objectively one of the best in all of shounen.

1. Deku VS Kacchan Part 2 - nothing to see here, just two boys who’ve known each other since they were in diapers, who’ve done everything together and have always been together but have never actually understood each other until now. just the two of them finally opening up to each other, because the one who always tried to act so tough actually isn’t that tough, in truth, and in spite of everything, he trusts the other enough to let his guard down around him this one time. just two rivals, sorting out their shit and figuring out what it all really means. and their dad, helping to facilitate the whole thing because he knows that one day, somewhere down the road, this bond between them will mean absolutely everything. is this really even an arc?? it’s only like six chapters, and only one event actually takes place. but do I care?? yeah, no. Deku and Kacchan’s relationship is the series to me, so yeah. to me it counts as an arc. and not just any arc, but the best arc.

so there you have it! I hope I haven’t accidentally left something out lol. but this should hopefully be a pretty definitive list, at least for now. looking back at all of this really makes it sink in just how good of a story this is, though. damn.

[helloamhere]

Hello! Sorry if you've answered this or if this is annoying! Ok, I just finished Like a Walk in the Park and absolutely adored it. Your writing, as per usual, was astounding. My fave thing is when a writer makes something so relatable that my response is to empathize w/a character on like a spiritual level. Louis' undercurrent of insecurity was a bunch of JUST LIKE ME! moments. But it made me wonder what happens after? Does that insecurity follow him into his relationship w/ Harry? (part 1)

Does he have that view that he is somehow not as “cultured” as Harry for a long time? Does it cause them reoccurring issues? Also, do Niall and Zayn ever find out that Louis overheard them & that he was impacted by what they said? I’m so curious and in love with these characters, but Park!Louis was just amazing to me. You gave him so much depth with these small snippets of details, like that “lore” part and when he brushed it off. I would love to know more if you don’t mind sharing! 💕 (part 2)

(Like a Walk in the Park)

HI wow thank you. I’m super glad you enjoyed it and it’s like suddenly getting a delicious park ice cream cone to know that it felt relatable, which is my biggest goal for these things!! Questions like this are a delight and never annoying.

Kudos on being so story-minded that you are challenging me to think about actual depthful character dev, hahah. I think I’d have to write a legit followup to fully flesh out answers, but I have some thoughts/a snippet you might enjoy!

do Niall and Zayn ever find out that Louis overheard them?

I don’t think he ever confronts them about this, or needs to. He shares it with Harry. But Louis pretty quickly figures out that Zayn meant the whole “Louis doesn’t know how to date” in a GENERAL, solicitous way and not a HARRY way. Louis has a lot of growing to do about queer identity and how much it hurt him to be in the closet? Zayn and Louis have a heart-to-heart and I think Liam and Zayn and Louis have some amazing bonding moments when they go to Palm Springs together (Harry and Niall have too much work to go) and Louis starts to feel the long-held, tight, wishing-to-belong unwinding in his heart. They swim for hours in the pool and Zayn hangs off the side and tells Louis that he loves seeing Louis so happy now, with Harry, and Louis gets an undercut haircut and Liam buys a shirt that says I’m not gay but my boyfriend is.

Does that insecurity follow him into his relationship w/ Harry?

Insecurity is a funny thing. Park!Louis is the kind of person who’s always been hard on himself, and he’ll always tend to be hard on himself. I think that’s going to be a lifelong conversation for him in every relationship. But the surface insecurity he has about Harry, and especially the story he told himself about how Harry was “so different” from himself, I think that’s more of an initial barricade he put up to avoid getting hurt by Harry’s rejecting him. They end up working through it in the early days of their relationship. Park!Harry isn’t always the world’s most expressive person himself—he’s British, isn’t he, he’s emotionally open and pretty warm, but he’s not Californian and they have a good time figuring out some cultural differences there.

One big thing that happens is that Park!Louis’ job goes well. Like, really well. Like, he followed his heart and joined this tiny indie gaming company and the thoughts he had about making an epic fantasy game series? They were spot-on. The game series takes off in a big way, and it’s a pay-off that brings up some interesting new thoughts for him in how he thinks about his life choices and skills. I think it changes him in some really great ways and their relationship benefits.

***

It’s been happy. It’s been really happy, the kind of happy where you wake up in the morning and remember everything that’s happened and ask yourself repeatedly whether it really did. But there’s an invitation on Louis’ dresser in really heavy cardstock and gilt lettering, and there’s been conversation in the office about a suit. When you put on a suit in San Francisco, it really must mean something. 

Louis woke up this morning and ran through the usual questions in his head (did it happen? did I really win it? is it really true that they want to do an interview? did I really, in a hallucinatory phone call that I got from Cal, agree to do a weekend game writing workshop for their interdisciplinary HCI design program?). They stayed real, yet again.

There’s been, more than anything, this kind of happy where Louis feels like he can look into the world and say there’s a thing that’s real and I made it, and it’s never going anywhere. 

“Why’re we awake,” Harry said. Or garbled, more, nose pushed deep into the side of Louis’ pillow and unfairly big shoulder shoved into Louis’ side, pushing him slowly and inexorably toward the edge of his queen mattress. Harry claimed that he was a side sleeper but Louis had discovered that Harry was a your side sleeper.  

“We’re not, it’s the weekend,” Louis said. Harry was tan right now, tan from their long drive and chill weekend in a northern campground, and even in the morning haze, it looked gorgeous. Louis had gone camping, who even was he anymore?

“Brunch,” Harry said, with a very slight uptick that might’ve been a question. Louis just patted his shoulder and subtly tried to rock Harry backward. It didn’t work, because Harry just slumped his shoulder fully onto Louis’ chest, arm out like a heavy eel.

“You’re lucky I like you so much,” Louis said.

“If you like me so much,” Harry said, sounding more awake than Louis had realized (planning brunch in his head, Louis assumed, because Harry loved California breakfasts and they had a list that they were working through, with Niall’s enthusiastic help, of every spot in the city and it had required herculean efforts like getting up and out of the apartment before ten am, and Louis had developed a taste for coffee for the first time in his life, how things change)—“If you like me so much, why haven’t you invited me to your awards ceremony?”

Louis froze solid in the bed, a lump of ice despite all of Harry’s warmth against him. There was no hiding it from Harry’s all-encompassing space invasion. But Harry just waited, sleep-vague fingers starting to stir, rubbing tiny reassuring circles against Louis’ arm.

“I didn’t not invite you,” Louis finally said, softly.

“I noticed that too,” Harry said. “You just haven’t…talked about it yet. Zayn toasted you at dinner and none of us even knew before that.”

The ceiling was dappled with sunlight coming through the window. It was still a beautiful late summer. Louis was meaning to do some work today, but maybe he’d do it with Harry in a cafe on a couch next to him, reading whatever novel Harry was working through at the time.

“I know you’re proud of me,” Louis started.

“So proud,” Harry inserted quickly. He kissed the side of Louis’ neck and Louis made a mmrph noise and Harry licked him in retaliation and Louis sighed. “You know it matters, yeah? Matters in the world, matters to me?”

Louis tapped Harry’s hand, idle and soft, just checking in while his thoughts solidified into something concrete.

“I do know it matters, I just never want you to feel obliged? You know? It’s a whole room full of games people. This whole game design award thing, it’s like a brand new category even, sometimes it feels made-up. It’s like, I dunno, is it like making somebody go to your office holiday party?”

“I’m great at office holiday parties,” Harry said, “I have themed ties. I charm secretaries. I’d be a fantastic trophy wife.”

“Wouldn’t you just,” Louis said, “Your three languages and all your fancy magazine subscriptions.”

“I want you to stop doing this thing with me,” Harry said. It was the tone of voice that stilled all of Louis’ oh maybe not now and let’s just talk about it later thoughts, the one that he’d learnt signaled a thing that Harry was going to say once and then be very upset about if he didn’t take it in, recognize it as something defining.

“I want you to stop being two or three or however many different people. Somebody with us, and then somebody else at work, or in any of your hobbies, with this whole life full of things you love there, that you think I don’t want to be a part of. Because you know what, Louis? I do. We all do. It’s all you, and I want to be a part of it.”

“Ok,” Louis said, almost before Harry finished speaking, because honestly it had been the inevitable direction in the pulling undertow in his own thoughts, and Harry was crushing him into the mattress and Louis wanted to flip them over and return the favor, and Harry would look so good in a suit, wouldn’t he? And Louis kept waking up to this, and the questions kept coming back with real answers.

“Ok, you’re right. I want you to come. I really want you to come. You’re gonna have to get a suit.”

“Oh,” Harry said, garbled again, but not from sleep this time, from the closeness of their mouths and the shifting of their bodies, “Oh believe me, I’ve already got one.”

***

[bluering8]

do the fandom ask thing for all the versions of star trek you've seen

So that’s… TOS and TNG then (we could also countnu!Trek/AOS but… let’s not count nu!Trek/AOS).

I’ve also seen Two Whole Episodes of Voyager (the one where B’Elannagot split into her human and klingon halves because that’s how species works inStar Trek I guess, and the one where Doctor McHologram wrote a story andeveryone was real mad about how they were portrayed in his story so they wrotea story where he sexually harassed his patients because that’s how solvinginterpersonal problems works in Star Trek I guess) but I don’t think that’senough to Count.

the first character Iever fell in love with:

TOS: Spock.

TNG: Data!

a character that Iused to love/like, but now do not:

TOS: Uhhh probably Spock also? It’s not that I dislike him now so much as I’ve justkind of lost interest in him as a character. I find vulcans to be pretty boringoverall. I adore serious-businessstoic characters, but usually what I love about them is that they’re just assilly as everyone else, only in different ways. You don’t get that withvulcans, they’re like obsessively solemn and take themselves too seriously atall times.

TNG: Oh, definitely Wesley. I quite liked him for the firstcouple of episodes, and then things degenerated rapidly and now I’m at thebitch-eating-crackers level of he doesn’t even need to do anything wrongbecause I’m willing to take his mere existence as a personal insult.

a ship that I used tolove/like, but now do not:

Uhhh I don’t know man, I haven’t spent enough time aroundTrek fandom to get jaded on any of the ships yet.

my ultimate favouritecharacter™:

TOS: God, I don’t know. I don’t feel mad super passionatelyabout any of the TOS cast. Scotty? Scotty’s fun, I like him okay I guess.

TNG: DATA!! My boy, my son, my cinnamon roll, my perfectwish-fulfilment character because who doesn’twant to be an autistic robot man with super strength and a job he loves and apet cat and a dorky boyfriend??

prettiest character:

TOS: Uhura, absolutely.

TNG: Depending on how you define “prettiest”… Tasha Yar isabsolutely the most attractivecharacter, she could break both my arms and I would thank her for the privilege.Geordi is probably the nicest to look at,there’s something so utterly pleasing about the proportions of his face. He isShaped Like A Friend. (Special mentions go to Data and Picard, who have thebest noses on the ship. Neither of them have particularly fantastic noses, butI have to take what I can get where I can find it. Where are all my big-nosedbeauties, this show is not catering to my aesthetic preferences and I feel personallyattacked by this.)

my most hatedcharacter:

TOS: Again, I just don’t feel mad super passionately aboutany of the TOS cast. Who don’t I even like? This is the sound of me realising I’veforgotten like 90% of TOS.

TNG: It’s cliché to hate Wesley, but… guys, I really hateWesley. Also I kind of dislike Troi a lot. Apparently she gets better later on,and I’m not yet at the stage where I loathe her utterly and there’s nothing shecan do to redeem herself, so maybe hopefully one day I will stop dislikingTroi? That’d be neat.

my OTP:

Data/Geordi. That’s it, that’s the ship.

Uh you know what, also Odo/Quark. I don’t know fuckinganything about DS9 but I follow enough people who care about the goolawman/trashgoblin bartender ship that I accidentally started caring about italso. They’re horrible gross jerks who hate each other and they should getmarried so they can go around being horrible and gross and hating each otherfor the rest of eternity please and thank you.

my NOTP:

I don’t really… care enough about shipping to dislikeanything. Data/Yar maybe? I don’t enjoy this ship based entirely on twocharacters having fucked once under the influence of Weird Space Drugs, whichYar then indicated she very much regretted and would not have done sober.

favourite episode:

TOS: I… can’t really remember any fuckin’ TOS episodes. Orlike, I can remember them, but I can’t remember how I felt about them (and myfeelings would certainly have changed by now given that it’s been years).

TNG: S03E10 (The Defector)!! I loved the oneshot NPC and Ienjoyed the plot a lot and I got very emotionally invested in everything whichhappened. I’ve already talked about this hereand here sowe’ll move quickly on before I accidentally another outpouring of love for RomulanDefector Guy and his character arc.

saddest death:

TOS: Spock! The impact was kind of dulled because I knew he’dbe coming back, but it’s still that moment which really really drives home so fucking hard just how much Spock andKirk mean to each other. There’s something so fucking glorious about a death scene where all a person can do is sit andwatch helplessly.

TNG: Am I allowed to say Jarok? Am I allowed to care about aoneshot NPC so much that I consider his death to be the most tragic thing inthe series so far? It’s not so much that I’m sad he died, just that… you havethis character who’s betrayed the planet he loves, he’s lost his familyforever, he’s given up everything,and he thought he could live with that because he did it all for a Cause andnow he learns that it was all a lie and he really did it all for nothing? Likeouch, yeah, just pull my still-beating heart out of my chest and fucking step on it. And then like, hedies because that’s the simplest way to tie up his plotline and you never haveto think about him again and Okay Then.

Other than that, Data’s death was Very Sad because I love myrobot son. Yar’s death was not really sadbut it was Upsetting because god dammit Yar deserved better!! She was too coolto get randomly offed by Goo Man, this is bullshit.

favourite season:

TOS: I think Iremember S02 being particularly good? Who Knows man.

TNG: I. Argh. Fuckign. I’m going to say S03 because it wasthe one I watched most recently and like, a “season” is a really big shape, Ican’t hold shapes that big in my tiny meat brain. But this one had RomulanDefector Guy and Q being de-Q’d and Data having non-drugged sex and Datagetting kidnapped then attempting to shoot his kidnapper to death thentransparently bullshitting Riker when asked about it, and those were all thingsI enjoyed happening. But then S02 also had a lot of things I really enjoyedhappening?? I don’t fucking know, my guy.

least favouriteseason:

Instead of answering this question I spun my chair incircles singing along to Charmless Manand I suggest you do the same. Seasons are really big and there’re a lot ofthings which happen in them!! I don’t have the memory for that sort of thing.

character thateveryone else in the fandom loves, but i hate:

I… don’t really hang around in the fandom enough to knowwhat the general opinion of the characters is, I just sit here in my own littlecorner and enjoy myself.

my “you’re a piece oftrash, but you’re still a fave” fave:

Q!! Also Lore. My faves are always trash, loving Data asmuch as I do is very unusual for me.

my “beautifulcinnamon roll who deserves better than this” fave:

D A T A!!

my “this ship iswrong, nasty, and it makes me want to cleanse my soul, but i still love it”ship:

I… can’t think of anything. That’s weird, I usually hitbedrock on Problematic™ ships within the first fifteen minutes and spend therest of the show attempting to dig myself Even Deeper. Uh, does Bruce Maddox’screepily transparent crush on Data count? I think that should count.

my “they’re kind ofcute, and i lowkey ship them, but i’m not too invested” ship:

TOS: Spirk! It’s a good ship, I enjoy it, they shouldtotally get married, but you won’t catch me lying awake at 3am staring at theceiling and gently weeping to myself over how much I want these dumbmotherfuckers to just kiss already.

TNG: Data/Q. I’m not sure whether or not anyone else shipsit, but watching S03E13 (Deja Q) convinced me that it’d be cute. They both havean outsider’s perspective on humanity, Data’s patient and forgiving enough todeal with Q’s feather-ruffling bullshit and would generally be a calminginfluence on him I think, and if you take lifespan disparity into account thisis probably the least depressing ship for either of them.

[whataboutthepress-blog]

lit literature ~

A quote that I’ve taken interest in states that books are one of the best companions, better than people maybe. 

“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”

-Charles William Eliot (former Harvard president)

Basically you can find the best book ever and it literally becomes apart of you! It is in fact a beautiful union. Imagine finding your soul in print on paper shredded from trees bond together tighter than your lips go when you read about your favorite character doing a bad deed. My list ain’t that deep; that’s not what this is. 

But what I am here for is the Summer Reading List 2 Kay Seumteen that i did promise. 

What is Summer Reading List 2 Kay Seumteen ?  

Summer Reading List 2 Kay Seumteen is a few books i read this summer of 2017 in my spare time. In between work and building other things in my life, i was able to knock out about 5 books, including a book of 4 short stories. This is nothing flashy. Probably books you've read already. But still...enjoy! There may be one that catches your eye. 

Circa June of this year, i was without a laptop and needed access to the internet. So like a regular citizen of a big city, i went to my local library and signed up for a library card. It started to be for computer purposes only, but im an avid reader (fan of recommended and passed on books) so it wasn’t very long before i made my way from the unreliable computer to the welcoming bookshelf. My love for literature runs deep! With that being said, I’m so happy to share my very first reading list, formally titled ‘Summer Reading List 2 Kay Seumteen’ . 

I began my summer reading “Faithful” by Alice Hoffman. Faithful was one of three books I checked out at my first visit (the first visit to the library that was strictly for finding book companions). During that book-blind-date experience, i also checked out a mystery fiction book that I can’t recall and some other less interesting book i misjudged due to my lack of judging books by their cover. 

Faithful not only made my summer list, but also made my ‘all time fave’ list. (Yall will never see that list because i doubt I’d ever write it.) This book spoke to me so clearly. I picked it up that day at Kendall Neighborhood library less of any expectations. It turned out to be one of the most relative pieces of literature in my life thus far. Faithful is about a young girl getting into a bad accident with her best friend in their final year of high school. The accident ends up leaving the young lady’s friend in a coma for a very long time. There are many other vital details, but i was able to relate mostly to the depression the main character endured. No, i havent never been in a life changing wreck, but i deal with issues daily that add to my depression. This book gave me hope. It lit a fire in my soul and i now feel i have an everlasting flame. Alice Hoffman spoke to me, personally, through this novel. I would recommend Faithful to anyone that is somebody. To anyone who ever wondered how deep depression goes. To anyone who’s ever felt alone in a dark world and to anyone who’s ever needed lifting. READ DIS. 

Book number two on SRL2KS is an absolute classic, and you may have already read it! The timeless “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by the late and great Ms Maya Angelou. This was a first time read for me and actually a venture from my newfound library relationship. A good friend of mine received this Non Fiction paperback book from his niece, and I began reading it before he could even pick it up. Once i began to read and learned Angelou spent many years of her childhood being raised in Stamps, Arkansas, there was no quittin’ this book. 

I purposely chose this version of the cover because this is the exact one that i had in my possession. This is the story of young Angelou’s childhood alongside her brother. Raised by their grandmother (on the daddy side, you know how that go) and their uncle, Maya and her brother go through much in this detailed story of stories. Focusing on the trials and tribulations of young Maya, i would recommend this book for my young ladies. This is a must read for women all over the world honestly. Reading the hurtful and happy can grant one a new view on life and a few decent quotes to live by too.

Next on the great SRL2KS, i explored more African American authors! I found, what i would consider, a short story by a young adult/youth literature writer named Ms Jacqueline Woodson. The novel titled “Another Brooklyn” is a specially written story about a young, black Muslim girls childhood. This is not a religious story nor is it a kids book. It speaks on a young girl growing up around other girls and making a close knit bond. The girls grow together and the story continues to follow the young black girl and her little brother after they begin to reside with their father in Brooklyn, New York.

Woodson speaks and describes the bond of the girls so well to me, in a way i dream of expressing my thoughts. I took note of how she talked about them loving and lifting each other just to remember to share this novel with my daughter one day. I wont ruin the end, but everything wasn’t peaches and cream. With that, I still  recommend this novel to young women everywhere (not only women of color). It’s short, so it won’t take up much of your time, but it’s still nice to knock out a book by an AA author at any given time for me. 

Completely and fully inspired by “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sing”, my next book is another Maya Angelou non fiction. “Mom and Me and Mom” is Maya expanding on her relationship with her mother, an exceptional woman mentioned in my first read by Maya many times. I too had a close relationship with my mother, so it was easy for me to pick this book up with an open heart. "Mom and Me and Mom” expands on a series of short, less detailed stories mentioned in IKWCBS. I was able to get to know Maya’s mother more and get an in depth point of view of their relationship. I can never think about this book and not think of my own mom lol.

This isn’t a must read IMO if you’ve read IKWCBS, but i still recommend this one for the lovers, like myself. If you love that warmer than fresh baked cookies feel or you absolutely admire your mom (again, meee), you’d enjoy a heartwarming story about an adventurous young woman and her ambitious mother. I loved this book!

In the summer of Seumteen, i aspired to learn. I took an interest into sign language which led to me looking into sign lit (sign language books lol) ! In the mist of it all, i did of course continue my reading *Stevie J nod*

My last and final book on my marvelous Summer Reading List 2 Kay Seumteen is by one of my all time favorite authors, Stephen King. My favorite book in the whole world was written by King under a different name. (I completely refuse to elaborate on my favorite book for future blog reasons) “Full Dark, No Stars” is just another opportunity for me to fall in love with King’s writing more. After reading this book of four short stories, I vowed to take advantage of all the Stephen King books at Ring Library, the local joint. Ring is a small facility, so it will take me no time to read the 8-10 Stephen King books they shelter. Also, things change when it comes to what the library has on shelf. 

In “Full Dark, No Stars”, King starts with a story about a man and his son in the 1920s having to make a tough decision that ends up creating a string of events you’d least expect. This story was one of my favorite of the four because it was rated Stephen King, or gruesome and skin crawling, and also humors under all the unfortunate events. The second story is a tale of a woman who is attacked while she is stranded roadside after not following her gut. In the drawn out story, the young lady seeks revenge, but the inside sleeve of this book will never prepare you for how deep the revenge goes. The third is pretty short and the biggest reach! A tale of a man who has been dealt a somewhat sad deal of cards. The father and husband is given the opportunity of a life time: to relieve his life of misery. Of course there is a condition or to this...other than the obvious cash money, the character’s genie also requests that this man allows his burdens to be placed on the one person he hates the most. The story pretty much left me speechless, in a questionable way. Lastly was my favorite of the four. An interesting story of a woman discovering the past and somewhat current life of her husband. The story has a twist that i didnt exect or regret. It really makes you wonder if you really know people too! I confidently recommend this book to readers with an imagination thats willing to get twisted. Stephen King never fails at making me grin after i turn the last page of his novels. This read was so good, i’m inspired to do a King binge and best believe a blog will follow :)

In review, take a peek at

Faithful by Alice Hoffman I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson Mom and Me and Mom by Maya Angelou Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King

Enjoy, my fellow readers. And look out.