#honestly i love how much y'all love ff

[wild-karrde]

I don’t think the fandom realizes how much work goes into Fandom Friday and I wish they could see it. You’re incredible, nice, and just so so cool.

DAWWWW NONNIE I really appreciate this. It is a lot of work (I was talking about this other night with my husband, and I guessed anywhere from 4-8 hours per week depending on how many recs I get, how familiar I am with them, etc.), but it really is so worth it to see people get hyped about it each week. Thank you so much!

Send me a LONG (or short) anonymous message saying what you think of me.

[lawluenvy]

y'all ever just think about how ermes and jolyne had so much fucking chemistry honestly them and ff were such a trio and yet because of compulsive heterosexuality jjba dude literally threw jolyne and anasui together for like... no other reason at all. like anasui's iconic don't get me wrong i love a simp but really? she clearly had 0 interest in him whatsoever. if anything her and weather had the best chemistry of a hetero pairing

it is absolutely hilarious tho how she was just like "yeah sure if we make it out i'll marry you" with 0 emotion just cuz why the fuck not

anyways i miss jjba. miss caejose, jotakak, josuyasu and giomis. truly world defying pairings

he did this to jotaro too. like that man is not straight. AT. ALL. he may not have been gay!!! he may have been aroace!!! but you CANNOT convince me he had sex with a woman ever he gives 0 shits about anything other than marine life and that's what makes him great so wtf

[for-ships-that-never-sail]

Okay Y'ALL I saw Episode 5 today and these are the thoughts I jotted down while watching it (PART 2 OF 2)

Please don’t read below the cut if you are avoiding spoilers until you get to watch it yourself 

And FYI some of these may not have any context, but I guess it won’t matter cause you’ll have context in 7ish hours anyway (also sorry about how long all my thoughts and feelings are lol)

Awh Kate you’re so pretty - kinda weird to see her so chill though - she was so stressed all of season 2 that seeing her so serene is throwing me off tbh - I am so happy for you though my love

Also her outfit that looks like a sari is soooo gorgeous I WANTTTT

Love the cinnamon biscuits vs fruit jellies bit

Portia ma'am please listen to Varley FFS

lol I hope they did in fact fuck again like she wanted

Ugly crying at MY MESSSSSS

PARIS? oufff I love how comfortable she is, just casual teasing chit chats with bestie

“Undefended”? Charlotte needs a different hobby pleaseeee

LOLLLLL when did Penelope learn to do her hair and makeup by herself???? Cause there’s no fucking way she would’ve looked THAT fucking good after alllll of that lol

We were going to be KNIGHTS!! OMG sweet babiessss

“as much as I do” I can’t even blame anyone for anything they’ve done or said so far tbh 

This is such nuanced writing — I understand exactly where pretty much everyone is coming from and that’s really nice tbh 

Omg they really do want Cressida to marry a dinosaur 

WTF Cressida you do you girl fuck shit up for Penelope I don’t even care do whatever you have to do and go all out and save yourself cause no one else will I’m so sorry you were ever put in this position  

We have been acting uncouth AS OF LATE??? as of late????!? Omggg Portia girl pleaseeeee you had ONE job and you’re just gonna pass the buck to your daughters instead? STAHP own up to your shit cause you knowwww they bully her because youuu bullied her and the gall to say this is just happening LATELY on top lmao 

Though like in her eyes I always do see remorse too - I think she just lacks courage to ever really own up to everything in full because she’s just so guarded 

Honestly this is such stellar acting 

And also like, Penelope, most of you is your mom my girl - your brains, your overthinking, your inability to just say Yuh I done fucked up my bad lol 

Greg’s hat

Yesssss lord Kent find you some Bridgerton besties 

I actually do love Portia - yeah she’s been a colossal dick of a mom to Pen but as complex women go, I get her - If she makes amends with Pen for them daily microaggressions and general abuse one day, for real for real, she’d be really great 

Omg Mama B and Lady D are such big shippers - wish they didn’t fully cut out the Lady D stuff from the books though le sigh 

Eloise has a point - I agree - she had lotsss of alone time to say it - I understand Pens fear completely, but she must realize that her saying this is still soooo much better than him having to find out on his own - and there is no way he wouldn't - and he’d be more hurt by that part than the actual LW part I think and honestly Eloise is right about her being involved in that painful deception too, I wouldn’t want my own brother to feel betrayed by me like that either, given how often he wished LW ill out loud - and the longer Pen stays quiet the more guilty Eloise becomes as a sister too - If anything her not immediately snitching makes her moreee team Pen than team Colin - this is still a lowkey loyalty to Pen for sure - I think I may have issued this same ultimatum under these conditions too

Omggg JOHNNNNNN stop he’s having a panic attack why did Fran put him on the spot like thissss????

“As you rightly mocked me last season” lolllll

Awh Colin and the toast 

Eloise should nottttt have done her second toast - now THAT part was uncalled for, but I guess they want to keep the stress levels high 

Lmao Kate to the rescue 

I loveeeee how close they are sitting in public - but like… does nooooo one else see this??? Hips glued together? Hands holding??? Just out in the open?? No one thinks this is insanely intimate for a newly engaged couple of the ton??? Even if it’s a love match? None of the older women are clocking this and saying 1. Sit the fuck apart 2. Did yall fuck already cause yall look like you fucked and we don’t even have a wedding date set yet??? Are you not going to even ask for a special license?? You just want her to pop a baby before she technically should and cause more drama?? Like who is in charge of all these fools?? Mama B what is you doing??? Do you not think Colin is being a nasty girl with his wife-to-be?? lol

Lol Anthony I love you, you competitive lil bitch 

Lmaooooo Eloise and Penelope being the smartest bitches of the ton YESSSS

Portia trying to show where Pen's brain comes from lol

Muddy boots panic again 

LMFAOOOOOOO Mama B your face is going a mile a minute right now listening to the muddy boots

"I saw straight away" OH MY FROHN you will end me one day

Pen get your shit together pls grab a brown paper bag or smthn 

Oooohhhhh fuck I get itttttt

Cressida girl my bad I get ittttttt sooooo much more - I didn’t fully understand her thought process behind what we already knew she was gonna do until just nowwww - they really set it up for her well - girl needed an exit and everyone fully offered her one - I have no issues with this at all tbh 

Omg omg this is the most chaotic midnight strike of all time like 6 different things happened at the same time???? 

Well that was some good old fashioned Bridgerton CHAOS Hope y'all enjoyed it too!!!! LESS THAN 8 HOURS TO GOOOOOOOOOO

[bbygirl-aemond]

I am following stormbreak and i do not miss the spicy element of the usuale ff at all, probably because of all the characterization work you did. The parts i re-read the most are the relationship between Aemond and the nephews, oddly enough. Well done

haha i'm so glad you're enjoying it! and yes, i'm particularly fond of the idea that aemond is good with kids. shout out to that one clip of hotd where it looks like jaehaerys and jaehaera are calling aemond's name, for spawning this entire headcanon lmao. i've mentioned this in comments before, but i honestly think that sometimes very serious and mature people are really good with kids. they're less likely to baby-talk them and more likely to treat them like tiny adults, which kids absolutely love. and i think rhaenyra's children would especially appreciate this since she's a bit of an overprotective mother, which can make them feel talked down to sometimes. plus, i just really love the idea that he's this tall, reserved, intimidating person, and the kids are simply unaffected by it.

as for why i'm devoting so much time to the kids, a big part of it is to remind y'all how family-oriented aemond is. little aegon and viserys, in particular, are treated as clear stand-ins for helaena's own children, and sort of fill the void in aemond's chest from being separated from them. i do also have some slightly evil reasons for why i'm giving him such a close relationship with them, but that's for you all to find out much, much later ;)

very soon you will have new content with aemond and his nephews! i don't think the scenes will make it into the first of the wedding chapters, so not quite next week; but probably the week after that. and, as a little spoiler, we'll get to see those interactions from daeron's point of view! :))

[destinyc1020]

I'm loving this discussion of Tom and Tim . Destiny how for certain you are. Tom and Timothee are really close friends that have never been seen out by no one before excluding that phone call on a radio program! Would you agree that's a little strange no one has seen or witness them hanging together ?

I never said that Tom and Timmy were "really close friends" Anon. I've always said that they're industry friends/buddies who like each other and respect each other's work. That's it!

They've never even worked with each other on a filming project before, so right now Timmy is probably a little closer to those he's actually worked with in the industry, wouldn't you say?

With that said, I definitely DON'T think that they hate each other, like fans in these silly stupid fandom wars try to claim. 🙄😒

And the fact that he's worked with Zendaya twice is pretty much evidence that Tom has become very familiar with Timmy just by extension since we all know Z has talked to Timmy about Tom.

The very fact that Tom even has Timmy's number and Timmy has Tom's number in the first place when they've NEVER even worked together before is a HUGE sign (imo) that they're cool with each other and are friends on some level!

Alright fine.... y'all want me to bring out receipts? Cuz y'all know I'll bring out receipts! 😅

Receipts:

Tom even called Timmy "doubly handsome" rofl 🤣 😆

Tom even talks about this funny moment years ago when this girl thought his brother Sam was Timothée Chalamet haha 😄

Tom even claims that Timmy is "too handsome" to be confused with him.... and honestly, Tom is just being very HUMBLE by saying this, coz Tom is handsome also! 😍 But as you can see, Tom is perfectly fine with Timmy and his handsome looks lol.🤭

Timmy has called Tom an "awesome dude" and "the best Spiderman".😊 (FF to min 1:20 and 1:42 in the link) So obviously he knows Tom well enough to feel this way about him. 😃👍🏾

I'm telling y'all.... these fandom wars are so STUPID. 🙄😒 These actors don't hate each other! It's silly fans pitting them against each other for dumb reasons. 😤

It's obvious Tom and Timmy have NOTHING against each other.

Anyway....We actually DO know that Tom and Timmy have met each other before irl because Timmy says so in the last link above at min 4:00. So you all have to realize that just because there aren't pictures, it doesn't mean they haven't met before. 🤷🏾‍♀️ You have to keep in mind too that Tom lives primarily in London, and until recently, Timmy was living in NYC. So while they've met before, it's probably hard to sync schedules to "hang out". They're busy actors.

But even if they HAD never met before, there are these things now days called cell phones you know... and it's so revolutionary, but you can actually see someone on a screen by using this thing called FaceTime, and you can talk to that person as if they're actually there! Right there in real time! 😃 Isn't that crazy?? 😄

And lastly, I choose to believe what ppl say out of their own MOUTHS. And Tom has hinted several times before that he and Timmy are friends. I'm not gonna argue with what the man has said out of his own mouth Anon. 🙄 Y'all should know me by now when it comes to stuff like that.

But if you think you know better than Tom himself on what his relationship with Timmy is, then go right ahead. 😒🤷🏾‍♀️ Believe whatever you want. That's what most ppl tend to do these days anyway, instead of looking at real FACTS and evidence. 🙄

[silver-wield]

When I see really bad takes in FFVII fandom like "kill tifa instead, she's just right there", " it's "all" of them, "misogyny" there that when killing a woman, uh many other things. I just want to tell any of you, just go play any other game that focuses on multiple routes, and player immersion? Like I dunno, 999, dark souls, tactics ogre, tokimeki girl's memorial, corpse party, Persona 3, 4, 5, fate/franchise by type moon, harvest moon, Etc the list goes on. Just go play visual novels, literally any game you can self insert yourself in because that's the point? But FFVII, rather FF was never that kind of franchise, if there's any, at most it serves a purpose but really could honestly just be unnecessary fan service. FF is about its narrative and the rpg part is about being in that world ,and not being the character yourself. I've been playing a lot of these types of games for years and a huge fan of jp games. So when they imply FFVII is such, I cringe a lot because this game would be the worst in that genre. It wouldn't even qualify 😂. I mean what's the point of still watching or playing a game known for it's story if you don't get the narrative and it's characters.. 😂.

Exactly! Final Fantasy is not and never has been a choose your own adventure game. Idky so many people think they decide what happens in them. The player doesn't decide anything.

If I got to decide what happens in FF then Clive sure af wouldn't be lying on a beach alone. He'd go home and we'd see him happy with Jill. But because there's always and only one story path, Clive is left alone on a beach.

And before some smartarse tries "there's no options in xvi" uhhh yeah there is. You can take Jill or Tarja. There's also a chance for you to hang out with Otto or Gavin, so there are choices in the game, but the plot is the same no matter how much or little you do or who you hang with.

Ffvii always and only ends with Tifa. Cloud is always in love with her. He will always be with her, no matter how fucking salty y'all are about that.

Just go play a nameless protagonist game. It's not like there's no good ones out there.

[raid3r-r4bbit]

Give us a Cait for character breakdown!

CHARACTER BREAK DOWN

CAIT

-how I feel about the character?

Cait is one of those companions I really like but don't travel with myself. I feel like she's one of the more fleshed out companions, and I actually enjoy her personality. But similar to how I feel about Codsworth, I just want to gentle hold them and not subject them to pain or disappointment. Most of the time she gets to stay at sanctuary or red rocket in peace with all the best stuff.

-Romantic ships with this character.

I'm not a big shipper, honestly. I have only one oc I ship with an in game character. But if I ~HAD~ to pick I'd say either Gage or Preston. Both post detox, I think on one hand Preston would be really good at having her handle her anger in peaceful ways but they'd fight a lot. And while I think she and Gage would get along well, both being a bit bitter and sarcastic, he'd encourage her to express herself violently, and the relationship might end up toxic.

-Non romantic OTP

Cait and Macready would be good friends I think, and I really wish Cait and Curie interacted more.

I'd probably ship Cait and Curie honestly, cause I feel bad shipping Curie (with anyone) but I feel like both platonically and romantically, the idea of Curie giving her a lil kiss on the forehead after patching her up is so sweet.

-unpopular opinion about this character?

She's not actually that great in combat. Gage has the highest strength of all the human companions, and the second highest of any human NPC (as far as I remember) and while I like this, I feel like Cait should be higher in endurance and strength, maybe agility. Shes a fuCkIng FIgHTEr!!

Also, she had no reason to be Irish. I like the vocal and national diversity, but for her and her story it doesn't make much sense. I like with other characters, for the most part, because it gives them an air of mystery, but consider you get to meet her and know her story in depth it just doesn't make sense.

-One thing I wish would/had happen with said character?

I fucking LOATHE the chair. Ffs having her lock her self in a room and having the player leave for a few days makes sense.

Y'all could have easily had the same vault selt up, but it's not a chair, it's a team of Ms nanny bots or Mr Handy's who lock her in a room and force able rehab her, sending the player away or to wait.

One of the things I hate about Bethesda is that they'll often do showy animations that are either references to other movies/shows/games, or just something flashy and cool to show off and bring some animated diversity in the models, instead of just making the story make sense.

While I love some of the really good animations, this is a great example of "wait but wouldnt this make sens-""sshhhhhh this looks cooler" and I hate it.

I will say however, I like that she actually changes her perspective on things after wards, unlike several other companions.

[daja-the-hypnokitten]

Jukebox reviews part 12! For context, see my post “A Project”   under  this same tag. If you want to see a full list of his EMCSA   stories,  they can be found here, sorted alphabetically.And if you want to see some of his drabbles, check out his blog at @jukeboxemcsa  

Suddenly I See

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10/31/2009                                   mc ff

I'm the wrong target audience for this. It's all sex-focused, and it feels magical in a way that just doesn't work for me. If you like a woman being overwhelmingly compelled, in a magic- feeling way, to perform sex acts on another woman, though, you might like this one? But I'll give it a pass.

  If You Leave

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11/8/2009                                     mc mf md

We all realize that Paul is acting completely unethically here, right?Cool. Now that that's out of the way, this is hot AF. Seeing how she's affected by his suggestions, how there's a level on which she DOES clearly want that... well. I *enjoy* that sense of futile resistance quite a lot actually, though maybe not quite the way he goes about it here. But trying to resist, even as a partner piles on more and more suggestions that make me give in is one of my favourite things. It's literally *why* I brat - and everything I love about it so much is captured in how it feels to Charlotte here. Just... ETHICS, Paul. Get her to consent to all of this free from trance first. Is that too much to ask? 9/10 spirals.

  Help Me Rhonda

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11/14/2009                                   mc ff

Heh, I can't help but shake the feeling that Louise may have been dealing with some internal homophobia at some point. The way she takes to this, the language she uses ... it just gives me a general vibe of someone who needs *permission* to want what - who! - she wants. And seeing her reinforcing the programming by telling Rhonda about it is really good. This would be sweet if it weren't so obvious that Rhonda doesn't necessarily have Louise's best interests at heart. 8/10 spirals

  Nothing Else Matters

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11/21/2009                                   mc ff md fd ma

Gosh, I do hope *someone* thought to go outside and turn Nancy's car off. She sure doesn't seem likely to any time soon. I don't *do* visual memory, not really, but the first couple paragraphs of this story are so well described it pulled up a visual memory for me of being caught up in a partner's gem, hanging from a chain, enough so that I was jolted out of the story some when the gem in the story was described as being red. My mind was focused on purple. But it's a well done induction, the use of sexual pleasure is just used to reinforce the hypnosis/control, and in general it's a really good story! 9/10 spirals, because darn it I wanted the gemstone to be purple.

  Here Comes the Rain Again

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11/28/2009                                   mc

An induction using water imagery, and the images of things being submerged? Not for me, in any way, shape, or form. Nope. Y'all may enjoy it though, I suppose, though skimming the end it definitely looks like it has arousal/orgasm suggestions, possibly other suggestions? I noped out too hard to be sure.

  Wake Up Call

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12/5/2009                                     mc ff

*giggle* oh, this is ADORABLE. Poor Debbie, caught between conflicting commands and with no win condition (or is that no lose condition?). It's a charming, sweet story that I can *absolutely* see happening between some of the folk in our community, and I adore just how real it feels. Seeing a happy hypnotee - hypnoslave, honestly - so aware and so clearly *enjoying* everything going on makes my heart sing. 10/10 spirals.

  A Hard Day’s Night

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12/12/2009                                   mc ff

Heh, somehow I don't think that's what most hypnosis files that are designed to help the listener drift off to sleep are designed like. But hey, Sandy sure doesn't seem to have minded. I do wish we got more hints at just what was included in the rest of the file, as it sounded like it was going into *really* fun places. I wonder just how much Sandy may find herself up for over an email exchange with the lady of the gorgeous voice... 8/10 spirals

  Joy to the World

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12/20/2009                                   mc mf fd

There are a number of reasons that reading this should feel awkward. It *shoud* hit the same sort of "I feel slightly voyeuristic reading this" space that some of Jukebox's other stories (such as Voices Carry), and it's much more sex-focused than I usually like. And yet. Somehow the clear, pure connection between these two, the love that is so clearly there, makes all of that so much less awkward than I would expect it to be. Things like the moment of Michael, as deeply entranced as he is, caring so much for Lynn and her health that he checks in to be sure she's feeling better enough for what happens, or the way that the moment almost pulls out an "evil" laugh from Lynn - I *know* the sorts of emotions that can drag that sort of laugh out of a hypnotist, having that kind of chuckle myself, and it just is such a relateable moment. I do appreciate Michael asking what it is said about things done on Solstice Night, though, because much like Michael I'm a lapsed Catholic who wouldn't have known. 10/10 spirals (and idly wondering if Jukebox was thinking of the Christmas Carol or the 3 Dog Night song with this title)

  Here Comes the Bride

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1/3/2010                                       mc ff

Oooof, poor Abby. (Addy? Her name changes when she puts on the dress) Parents can make weddings stressful AF, even when they're trying to be more helpful than stressful. And I'm not so far removed from my own wedding that I've forgotten the stress of planning it, so I can see why Abby would lean into that chance to relax, especially given over a year of Geneva hypnotizing her to help her relax and building that trust. I have some questions about how the torn seam in the dress works, because how is the ripped seam kept hidden during the ceremony, though? and was the edge finished enough that it won't unravel during cleaning and preservation? Because Abby *definitely* seems the type to do that. Regardless of the silly "Daja, learn to suspend your disbelief already" things, though, it's a good story. Betrayal is never going to be something I like, and this does hit me as a betrayal, which makes me personally enjoy it less, but that's just personal taste. 7/10 spirals

  What’s On Your Mind

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1/9/2010                                       mc mf ff fd cb

... I am having SO MUCH TROUBLE with this, because Tori reminds me so strongly of Jean "Kill me so I don't become the Phoenix Force again" Grey, and she would NEVER. Look, Claremont X-men was formative for me, ok? I don't get her reaction to this; me? I'd be so busy trying to put up walls or isolate from the complete OVERWHELM, so I just can't understand why Tori reacts the way she does. But ah well, people get to be different, but it does mean between that, the very magic nature of what happens, and the focus on sex and sharing folks secrets? It's not a story I like very much. 4/10 spirals.

[darthsassacre]

20 Questions for Fic Writers

@spyscrapper decided to let me inflict this on y'all, so blame them.

1: How many works do you have on AO3?

55, but most of them aren't exactly complete.

2: What's your total AO3 word count?

Apparently I've hit 1,015,917, which means I crossed the million mark and??? fucking when???

3: What fandoms do you write for?

I write for Star Wars and World of Warcraft mostly, but I have dabbled with Mass Effect, Star Trek, and even some Dragon Age WIPs on a back burner somewhere.

4: What are your top five fics by kudos?

This one is trickier, because a lot of my fics with higher numbers only have those numbers because of that fucking kudos bot that was running around rampant for several months a while back and it hit a lot of my KOTOR stuff, so I went in and manually counted the humans who have touched these things and left a kudos.

"Things The Crew of the Ebon Hawk Are Not Allowed To Do" is at the top with 47, which is amazing considering that it's literally just one of those rules shitfics that I crowdsourced rules on lol. I feel like this might be one I revisit at some point, though, once my KOTOR muse returns from the war.

"I don't wanna hear your absolution (hope you're ready for a revolution)" is at 38. That's a bit less surprising, but it is odd that every few months a new one appears. The fandom is really starved for Revan and gang fucking shit up in the prequels huh?

"teenagers scare the livin' shit out of me" is hilariously at 35. Hilariously bc it's legit just a High Republic Jedi sex ed class fic that I wrote while actually teaching (or rather just babysitting while the student teacher did the actual teaching) but yeah. It also started as a convo about a completely different fic so uh... bosovir's bathwater server this is y'all's fault.

"oh, should my people fall then surely I'll do the same" is at 26 kudos and just... this fandom really isn't okay huh. This started off as an angst one shot that became a two shot and oops I'm on the 7th installment of this fucking series now. I'm coming back to it for sure at some point these shits are getting therapy

"there's a line that we'll cross (and there's no return)" is at 24, which is also a bit surprising bc at times it feels like the KOTOR fandom is six people and a gizka, but hey. This one has also been tapped recently. It was shaken gently and a few words fell out, so progress.

5: Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

For the most part, yes. There are some that I don't, and honestly that's because I genuinely just... forget. Chances are I'll approve a comment (I moderate those routinely) and end up doing something else and then forget to go back and reply. I love them all though (mostly. There's one guy I beef with in the comments but it's amicable).

6: What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Oh this is a tricky one. Uh... it's probably a tie between "I am your ghost (a fallen angel)" in which I make Rising Storm worse and "I want you to lose (like I lose when I play what could have been)" which is Malak being his morose asshole self. Seeing as how both those titles are from the same song, well... yeah.

7: What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

This one might have to be "we can light up the sparks in our eyes" which was my Jedi June 2022 fic and I just adore it so much. There's some angst here, sure, but it's got a really adorable ending that was honestly an accident but I will die for that headcanon.

8: Do you get hate on fic?

On AO3, no. There was some shit on ff dot net but eh. Joke's on them, I have improvised, adapted, overcome.

9: Do you write smut?

I'm going to let Hope (@geekygirlexperience) explain this one BECAUSE IT IS ENTIRELY HER FAULT THAT THE IDIOTS IN QUESTION ARE IN MY HEAD RENT FREE legit never once and then these two idiots took up residence and here i am. they're paying rent with smut i guess

10: Do you write crossovers?

Half my brand at this point is random crossover shit. Like legit almost all my fics on ff dot net were low traffic because they were all crossovers and nobody went into those categories really. I have like... five planned right now? And a few posted. There's even a death knight Darth Vader that I have poked recently for ideas because that's still funny to me. And because Koltira and Thassarian deserve more fics.

11: Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not by a person, but those scraper apps sure get on my fucking nerves for free.

12: Have you ever had a fic translated?

No, but I would love to see it happen! If anyone sees this and wants to, here's your permission. Go nuts, I wanna see how it goes! I can't read more than English yet but by god I can figure enough out to get the gist of it.

13: Have you ever cowritten a fic before?

Also no, but I would also love to try at some point! Closest I've gotten was the peanut galleries offering ideas and crowdsourcing.

14: What's your all time favorite ship?

You know what, I don't actually have an all time favorite. I am a multishipper I have a whole goddamn fleet of these things. But we'll pick by fandom, yes? KOTOR is Revan/Alek/Carth and I will die on that damn hill it takes two idiots to manage the worse idiot. THR is a solid tie between the Firebrands (there's a trend here) and Kantam/Cohmac, though Reathbell is a very, very close second. WoW is Halduron/Aethas bc oops the fandom convinced me. I'm actually writing them in the near future bc the fandom has once again got me back on my disaster elves bullshit. Goddamn chris metzen just had to go and announce a quel'thalas xpac...

15: What's a WIP you want to finish but probably won't?

As much as I hate to say that any of them won't be finished, for sure any prompt month or prompt series fics that aren't already finished definitely aren't getting a completed marking. I love the prompts, but... if I can't get them done that month I never will.

16: What are your writing strengths?

I'm passing on this one lol it's too late at night and my brain too fried from this week at work and other assorted bullshit

17: What are your writing weaknesses?

See above

18: Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fics?

I rather enjoy it, it spices things up and you can learn a lot about how languages work by having to string together sentences. And sometimes it's fun to let your characters be assholes in their native languages and everyone else just has the knowledge that this was an insult but no idea who it was directed towards or what it actually was about. I'll do this with Mando'a a fair bit and then drop the translations in the notes, but try and get the general gist across in the writing.

19: First fandom you wrote for?

Star Wars. Back in 7th grade and it's on paper never to be seen by the light of the internet.

20: Favorite fic you've written?

Surprisingly, it's "To Start Again", which is a modern AU WoW fic but like 9-1-1 and Grey's Anatomy flavored (don't ask me how I came upon this idea, there may have been strong pain meds involved at the time, that was the summer I almost broke my leg on the basement stairs). This particular fic has been idling for a bit, but uh... it's actually the bulk of my NaNo this year. I'll start posting the rewritten chapters and new content in the new year once I build up a cushion.

Anyway, if you see this (and that includes you Hope if you want to as I kinda made you see this XD) consider yourself tagged. I'm horrible about remembering most URLs honestly I had to check Discord to remember Lee's URL like???

[someprettyname]

OKAY I HAVE SO MUCH TO SAY

"Those who left (eliminated from Blue Lock). Go to school. Work hard." Guys. Rin is actually a genuine guy afterall you know.

"Um, I’m really happy." And our old kuni gami is still there somewhere. I don't believe in it, i just know it.

"Why am I not first? (Actually really happy coming in 3rd)" remember that team Z match where he was like "ALRIGHT ITS RAICHI TIMEEEEE" full on growling in excitement but then nothing happens and in the break he's like "WHAT IS WRONG WITH Y'ALL? JUST PASS THE BALL TO ME DAMNIT." 😂😂 YEAH. I read this in that tone. You should be happy indeed, i was surprised to see you at 3. Lmaooo

"4th place ♪ Thank you, everyone! Let’s party!" SUCH A CHILL OPTIMISTIC GOOFBALL CINNAMON ROLL THATS WHY I LOVE HIM SO MUCH😭

"Yaaay." I read it in a very unbothered dull tone lmaooo

"Thank you for voting! But I’m honestly frustrated! I will beat Rin!" FFS GUYS HE'S THE PROTAGONIST 😭😭 WHY IS HE SO LOW?!

"Just you wait and see. I’ll crush and surpass all 7 people above me." I love how optimistic-ly determined/motivated he is 😭❤️ THATS MY MAN FOR Y'ALL 💃🏻

"…Only those who voted for me can follow." AYO?! 🤨 FOLLW WHERE SAE? SUS.

"Huh? The ones who didn’t vote for me, line up. I’ll crush you all." That's the most barou thing I've heard Today 😂👍🏻 honestly. Who's surprised?

"Barely made it in 11th. How stylish." OF COURSE YOU DID GLAM BOY RAHHHHHHHHHH I LOVE HIM SO MUCH I VERY DESPERATELY WANNA BE FRIENDS WITH HIM 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Blue Lock characters popularity result + characters’ comment  [link]:

1st  — Itoshi Rin (277,095 votes)

Rin’s comment: Those who left (eliminated from Blue Lock). Go to school. Work hard.

2nd  — Kunigami Rensuke (234,552 votes)

Kunigami’s comment: Um, I’m really happy. Thanks for voting!

3rd  — Raichi Jingo (231,327 votes)

Raichi’s comment: Why am I not first? (Actually really happy coming in 3rd) 

4th  — Bachira Meguru (227,597 votes)

Bachira’s comment: 4th place ♪ Thank you, everyone! Let’s party!

5th  — Mikage Reo (89,197 votes)

Reo’s comment: With the way I am now, I still got many votes… I want to get stronger.

6th  — Nagi Seishirou (64,952 votes)

Nagi’s comment: Yaaay. What’s this rank for? (for now, he’s happy.)

7th  — Isagi Yoichi (40,870 votes)

Isagi’s comment: Thank you for voting! But I’m honestly frustrated! I will beat Rin!

8th  — Chigiri Hyouma (31,935 votes)

Chigiri’s comment: Just you wait and see. I’ll crush and surpass all 7 people above me.

9th  — Itoshi Sae (28,045 votes)

Sae’s comment: …Only those who voted for me can follow.

10th — Barou Shouei (7,719 votes)

Barou’s comment: Huh? The ones who didn’t vote for me, line up. I’ll crush you all.

11th  — Aryuu Jyubei (3,421 votes)

Aryuu’s comment: Barely made it in 11th. How stylish.

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[minghaoyoudoin]

Helllllo!:) I’m sorry if this has already been asked (I’m new I just found your blog sorry. Also  absolutely love it your soo cool) but is there a part 4 to dangerous,deal,deadly ff? I love it so much it’s soo good the grip it has on me is not healthy but anyway I just love it a lot and saw that the last part,part 3 was made about 5-6 months ago and I was wondering if you were continuing.if your not that’s totally fine no pressure I hope that everything is good and ok, love you beautiful have an amazing day;)

hi, please don't be sorry!! just to confirm, there will be a part 4 + an epilogue to my dangerous series! to be totally honest, I've been struggling with some writer's block and y'all love this story so much I want it to be perfect. I promise I'm trying to get over it though!!

honestly I would love to hear y'all's thoughts on the series. how are you hoping it will end, what would you like to see happen, stuff like that! maybe it will help restore my sense of direction lol 🫡

thank you for your sweet comments, love you!! I'm glad you love this series 🖤

[tonberry-yoda]

Ok so like i said before

Would you please make headcanons of the part 6 gang reacting to a male reader who is an alien like mikitaka

And who uses his ability to turn into jotaros disc and stop pucci

oh this is such a fun idea! it was super difficult to think of though, really gave me a challenge lol. i really loved it though and i hope you enjoy!!

Stone Ocean gang reacting to a reader who is an alien

Warnings - none!

Notes - none of the images below are mine. I really hope you like this and have a great day! this was a little difficult, so I hope i did okay!! FF is my favorite on here lol thanks for the request @lazyandannoying !!

And don’t forget, REQUESTS ARE OPEN! So if you want to request any writing, please don’t hesitate to ask, but please read my pinned post before requesting! Please enjoy!! Don’t forget to stay hydrated! <3

Jolyne Cujoh

miss gurl is baffled

at first she doesnt believe you

alien??? yeah right.

it takes a super flippin long time for her to believe you until y'all meet FF, who is a literal plankton and then everyone's like, 'oh yeah, they're definitely an alien' lolol

she would always ask you about other planets and why you came to earth

she would ask what stars are like and honestly, a lot of your conversations with her are super duper wholesome and it makes you a lot less homesick

i think because she's a girlboss (and a smart one too), she would come up with the idea for you to turn into a disk to trick Pucci and get her dad back, and its flawless

you honestly love jolyne (platonic or not, up to you) so much and are so thankful that she stepped into your life, even if the whole thing was crazy. you had some fun adventures together and you want to tell her all about the stars above

Ermes Costello

she thinks it's awesome

she definitely believed you right when you told her

at this point, nothing phases her

she thinks you're cool

she doesnt ask too many questions because to each their own honestly

she would just kinda find out new things about you along the way

when you end up saving everyone's asses, she is forever thankful to you, and honestly becomes the closest thing you have to family on Earth

Narciso Anasui

i think you would be a little ghost room rat with these hotties

emporio would've found you and let you live with Anasui and Weather, so you all became pretty close

anasui would ask you questions about the stars and let's be real, he's a zodiac gurl for sure, so he would ask you if the stars align for him and jolyne lmaoooo

at first tho, he thought you were messing with him because you were just another crazy prisoner

until you show off your powers and he's like woah, that aint no stand

he would love that you saved everyone because if it werent for you, he wouldnt have been able to get Jotaro's blessing

what a little rat omg

Weather Report

y'all become close

you're both quiet and weird, so it just fits

you plan on how you're gonna get out of jail together and stay up at night talking for hours

he asks about your old planet and is mesmerized by your powers

watching you trick pucci really showed how awesome you were and he knew he could trust you with anything

you guys have a crazy awesome bond

you two would protect emporio with your lives

Foo Fighters

TWINZZZZ

y'all would get along crazy well

doing weird stuff together

yall would probably try a napkin together and find out that it definitely isnt edible

they think you're so funny

you two would ask about each other's old lives and compare how weird it is

"maybe im an alien too" FF would giggle and just pull you close calling you their "alien twin"

its nice to find someone as equally weird so besides weather report, yall are stuck together for life

[nayruwu]

don't have anything better to do so here it goes. part one of rereading owari no seraph from the beginning because the current chapters do not give enough brain juice!

the style of this first page is absolutely adorable, but the virus thing has always confused me. i'm pretty sure a virus would have taken some time to spread and kill, while what actually happened was everyone just dropping dead at once because some mf with wings fucked around with a trumpet.

it's so funny how ferid is intentionally spreading misinformation. it's like he's on tumblr

the way ferid looks in this first page is the prettiest he's ever looked to me. it just looks very soft. it's the same with a few super early krul panels where she's just absolutely gorgeous. god i love this style

in the anime they were sitting on some roof with a nice view and here yuu's just... chilling on a tile floor

i feel bad for laughing every time i see this but it's just so absurd. "my mama and papa shot me three times with a gun and then beat each other to death with baseball clubs!! 😄💕"

define "we"

never realised small mika was this much of a mahiru kinnie /j

i love that little girl to the right. she reminds me of vueko from MIA. rest in peace y'all💕 honestly, yeah, let mika and yuu get them back. let them have their cute little family again

love the implication that there are restored, intact buildings (which are, to my knowledge, used for inhabiting humans) right in front of one of the entrances to sanguinem. seems safe. there are even humans chilling on the buildings ffs

1. what fucking prophecy, is mahiru a seer now? 2. darling that was your achievement don't give credit to the hyakuya sect and 3. he is going to be of way more use than just 'exterminating vampires' but that would probably take a while to explain

(ALSO SAYURI'S HAIRSTYLE AGSHSJJD and shigure smiling instead of her)

here's to hoping i won't take one post for every chapter because that would be a lot.

[samsspambox]

artem wing and his love languages

a 1k rant/analysis about artem wing and his affinity to make people food as a sign of affection by someone who is an artem simp

i know that we have this whole ass notion that senior attorney sir artem wing is emotionally constipated and to a degree i agree. the thing is that artem just doesn't have a chance to show how he cares for people. artem wants to be your typical physical touch/words of affirmation type of guy when in reality he's an acts of service/quality time type of guy. this motherfucker typed his own love language wrong. or rather, he wants to receive physical touch/words of affirmation and the only way he thinks he can get that is by doing it himself while also giving people acts of service/quality time bc that’s what comes naturally to him.

senior attorney artem wing likes to cook for rosa. that much is a given. there are literally cards dedicated to this premise. but there's this little tidbit in his sparks sr that kinda makes me think that him making food for others was his go-to plan from the beginning. when he's manning the grill he tells rosa to pass out the skewers bc no one was gonna come up to him. sure its sad and we know that it kinda weighs on him. why? bc that man wants someone to praise him for his cooking skills to his face (affirmation), or to hand them off himself (acts of service). and it's not like he doesn't take the time to learn what other people want either! or what they need!

like after they come back from the company retreat, we see artem genuinely giving advice and pointers to his employees. honestly, he could have left it to rosa to relay his own comments, but no, he does it himself. sure that may be because he's a perfectionist but also bc he genuinely cares about his team members and wants people to strive to be their best selves. the act here is giving advice and making sure to spend time with them individually.

then there's his sotn card. honestly the whole sotn portion with artem. he listens to rosa when they give the story about their parents and the pumpkin pie. he then makes the pumpkin pie and goes with rosa to the theme park. he gives her a keychain he commissioned! (that's veering into gift-giving but he did give up his time to practice drawing the mf pumpkin) when both of them were investigating medilla's apartment, he literally gives them his scarf bc he doesn't want them to get cold. idk about y'all but if that's not acts of service idk what is.

then there are his other ssr cards! in loving memories, the fucking preview of the card is 'every day with loved ones is a day worth remembering like ffs if that's not quality time i will eat my god damn sneakers. he spends time with rosa (albeit mildly forced, like come on this man wants to spend all his time with rosa) in a haunted house. his small tragic backstory shows that he was excited to spend the time in the haunted house with his mentor before they got called away. it wasn't the act of going to an amusement park, but spending that time with his pseudo father figure that had him excited. his lost gold card too! 'anywhere you want to go i will accompany you' headass like sir!! like okay, i'm the type of person to only fall asleep around people when i'm hella comfortable with them. i'm assuming that that's what happened with artem when he fell asleep. it still kinda counts as quality time imo bc of the fact that he's spending it with someone he genuinely cares about.

ok but why the hell would he type his love language wrong in the first place? because of the media he consumes and his people-pleasing tendencies my guys/gals/non-binary pals/and in-betweeners! a lot of modern-day media use words of affirmation as the most common way to show love to someone. what does artem do? he tries to express his sentiments using words of affirmation even though we've already established that it's genuinely easier for him to do acts of service. in some sci-fi novels and movies, physical touch is used much more often bc of the way it humanizes characters. ok let's do a simple one: wall-e. yes laugh it up all ay want but wall-e is a perfect example and honestly the first sci-fi movie that came to mind LMAO. anyway the whole just of wall-e is that wall-e wants to hold eve's hand. that's it. like okay obviously there's more but at the same time, the hand holding bit is very prominent in the movie so yeah. physical touch humanizes people. and we KNOW that sir artem wing likes to get advice from the media. there's the whole ass part of artem watching a drama so that he could know what to do. sure, it could also be his emotional constipation that makes him consume this type of media but then there's the book. so, seeing that his media consumption emphasizes these two, it's no wonder that he mistyped his own love language!

the book is another thing i want to get into. i wanna know how old it is and/or if there's a self-assessment. i also wanna know its contents. i know that artem skipped over the psychology side but honestly, hE SHOULD HAVE READ IT!!! this way he would have noticed that he was forcing out the wrong thing in him!!

i think this is the big thing about him being 'a robot'. a robot has clunky moves when it is doing something that it was not designed for.  i'm not saying that he should limit himself to this or that he doesn't have other types of love languages, absolutely not, bc technically everyone has all of them. it's just a matter of what he prioritizes first. what i am saying is that he should re-evaluate what he is giving and what he hopes to receive. the end.

watch his 1% fail rate be because he failed to identify his own love language LOL

[freakygirlie]

New(ish) to J2 fandom, just spent the past god knows how many sleepless nights reading through Speak the Truth, trawling through spn_gossip and rewatching old cons and I👏am👏going👏in👏SANE👏

I considered myself a relatively reasonable person, but when it comes to J2, I have ZERO control. Tinhatting aside, their obvious love for one another makes me want to put myself in a grave.

As an old hat, some questions for you..

1. when did you first fall for the boys and what made you start tinhatting?

2. what the hell is it about them that drives us (j2 fandom) SO insane? (why the hell do I care whether two random people are/are not *really* in love?)

3. any coping mechanisms to deal with this obsession?

hi anon honestly what a wonderful ask <33333 this is gonna be a long one so buckle up !!

WE ARE ALL INSANE LET ME TELL YOU THAT MUCH. ''sleepless nights going through tinhat stuff' BEEN THERE! DONE THAT! I am so in love with their love i have 0 control let me tell you that much. their love for each other TINHATTING ASIDEEEE makes me want to jump off a cliff it's so gorgeous it makes me insane all the time. i mean HOW CAN YOU NOT GO INSANE WHEN YOU SEE ALL THIS:

1. when did you first fall for the boys and what made you start tinhatting?

-when i first started watching supernatural, i was IN LOVE with sam and dean's relationship. it was JUST <3 and i obviously saw the insane and beautiful chemistry the actors had. my friend who got me hooked on the show, used to ramble on about how beautiful j2's friendship was and i was like mmhmm cool cool. i started watching con videos and i was just blown away by their friendship, the easiness they had and the obvious love and affection. i wasn't a tinhat and while i did go 👀👀👀 at many things(only con videos till now) i was like- PLSDJFJG i'm just projecting my wincest fantasies on them ffs. anyways moving on to me venturing into the tumblr world, long before i made an account, i was scrolling through the j2 tag and it was all cute pics vids and stories and i was all aww! when i came across a post(I AM BEGGING ANYONE WHO KNOWS IT LINK IT TO ME PLEASE I CANT FIND IT) which was of a convention clip i had already seen: (x) (starts at 9:15) and it was the SPNMINN 2018 J2 Gold Panel- Jared got a box of cupcakes from a fan and while eating one there was frosting all smeared on him and Jensen took some napkins and cleaned Jared's mouth IT'S THE CUTESTTT and while jen's cleaning up uk he makes those ''ugh'' sounds, grumpy jensen <3333333 but still taking care of his boy <333333

the post was captioned if i remember correctly: ''his mouth is saying ugh but his eyes are saying oh'' (bc jared 's mouth was all shiny and pretty so ehem ;)) AND I JUST FROZE FOR A MINUTE. It took a minute for me to process it but when it finally loaded i was like W H A T. WHAT IN ALL OF ??????? IS THE OP IMPLYING- (be known that i knew the j's were married and had kids so anyone implying or saying that they were romantically involved was like ''are u crazy'' for me, pls i was so naive, also it was the first time i was so blatantly exposed to it, anyways) i was like shooketh. and then i looked at the tags and it was your average: ''jared padalecki'' ''jensen ackles'' and then ''j2 tinhat''. and i was ??? what the hell is a tinhat ???? ehem you can be sure that i clicked on it, it loaded AND THE FIRST POST THAT JUMPED OUT AT ME was this gif of Jared STROKING jensen's neck and the hairs at the back of it and I WAS WTFHJDJHFJFKFJ. ?????????????? THE HELL IS THIS ????????????????????

anyways i spent the entire NIGHT SCROLLING THRU THE TAG and my entire world like everything i knew was just flipped and scrambled and i was just ohmygod what the fuck and i found out there was a whole community of j2 tinhats who believed j2 were involved and the marriages were to cover it up and let me be honest, i thought y'all were crazy. i was like nope nope these are just people with too much time on their hands and too much of an overactive imagination. LIKE NO THERE'S NO WAY-

i spent so long being a fencesitter, scrolling, researching, trudging my way thru spn_g, all the blogs(and i learnt to keep an open mind that's very imp!) but i was still in denial. it was right in front of me BUT STILLLLL. and then. the thing that convinced me wasn't an elaborate theory, a slip up or anything like that. it was a tiny simple collection of gifs of j2 secretly touching each other's hands. and the gif that convinced me was:

it was 3 or 4 am in the morning and i was yet again scrolling through as much tinhattery stuff as i could and i came across it and i was just: ohmygod. they're together. OHMYGOD. THEY'RE IN LOVE. the- they are actually- ohmygod. LIKE JENSEN IS FONDLY CARESSING JARED'S FINGERS HE DELIBERATELY SEEKED THEM OUT WHILE HIS HAND WAS ON THE FAN AND JARED'S NOT EVEN STARTLED HE ALLOWS IT LIKE GOD ???? like idc how bro-y and bestfriendism you are- FRIENDS DON'T DO THAT. PLATONIC BUDDIES DON'T SEEK OUT YOUR HAND LIKE THIS AND CARESS THE FINGERS OF SAID HAND, SMILE ALL LOVE-SICK LIKE AND CURL THEIR FINGERS UNDER YOUR TOUCH AND THEN GO BACK AND DO THE SAME THING ALL OVER AGAIN LIKE SOME SMITTEN HUSBAND OKAY. AND IN SECRET TOO LIKE-

i was like again FLOORED but like seeing THAT just flipped me completely and it slammed into me like a car(and i've been hit by a car irl so I KNOW). i fell so deep into the tinhat hole and after that everything else just made sense. their actions that didn't match up with their stories, the slip-ups, the weirdness(look when i was a non-tinhat, i wasn't an overly eager het stan or whatever but i was so done with jared and gen repeating the same things over and over again and jensen and danneel's interactions were ehem with all due respect boring.) and THEM J2 THEIR LOVE THEIR INTERACTIONS THE LOOKS THE EVERYTHING !!!!! i've been a tinhat since and while i've had my doubts here and there i've never taken my hat off <3

2. what the hell is it about them that drives us (j2 fandom) SO insane? (why the hell do I care whether two random people are/are not *really* in love?)

-it's them anon *shrugs and cries a little*. them, their love for each other is so out of this world. they've sacrificed so much to be together, they love each other so deeply and are such an integral part of each other's lives and god they fit so fucking well ??? they connected the moment they met and they are each other's other halves!! it's something out of a movie or some shit like godddddd. they drive us insane by just being THEM !!! separately even i have never seen two better men who try so hard to be good, who give us their all and let themselves loose, who love so beautifully. and together they're perfect. their love story is one for the ages and i admire it and cherish it so much. they struggle with it all yet love each other so much and it's not like it's even subtle it's out their for EVERYONE TO SEE. The way they talk about each other, the way they look after each other, the little glimpses we see into them and their relationship. it's something that's so beyond our understanding, it's on a plane of it's own. j2 are WHY i believe so wholly in true love <33 ''why the hell do we care'' that kind of dedication the one they show us and the kind of love they send us, it creates a bond, fans, admirers, and people who are willing to stick with you no matter what. i look up to them so much, they are such a comfort to me and i love love love their relationship. they drive us so insane and how could they not!

there's 15003878398449 moments i could talk about but god i'm just so fucking insane for them and the love they share, we all are !!! and also think about it where did sam and dean get their insane-ness from ??? <333

(x) (x) (x) (x) (x) (x) (x) (x) (x) (x) - linking to a few <333(ok more than a few)

<3

they're soulmates ❤️

3. any coping mechanisms to deal with this obsession? -believe me anon if i knew, i would tell you.

[m34gs]

Without a doubt I consider you an expert in Kenpachi.

Ahahaha, thank you so much for this, friend. (based on this post)

I will be taking this as an opportunity to ramble about Kenpachi Zaraki :D

Things I love about Kenpachi:

-His strength is so...amazing. I remember first meeting him and seeing him and I was like 👀👀👀👀👀He's so BIG. Like. Man. I want a Hug from Kenpachi. He is so Tall and Strong. And then seeing how he went at Ichigo, the absolute power he showed in battle...that's when I knew I'd found my First Husband.

-I was genuinely scared at first that he was dead. When he was defeated by Ichigo I was high-key distressed. High. Key. DISTRESSED. He was laying there and I was like "NOooooooooOOOOOOOOooooOOOOOOoOOOo!" The Relief I felt when he survived.

-I enjoy his character for his sheer simple way of thinking: "1. Is it alive? and 2. Can I fight it?" One thing I love about characters is their development and their motivations. Motivation is so so so important. It is what DRIVES a plot. And with Kenpachi, even though his motivation is so simple (the desire to fight the strongest) it actually makes his actions unpredictable and interesting. For instance, he went after Ichigo to fight him, but when he was bested rather than being angry or anything, he was *excited*. He wanted someone who would give him a challenge, because he was bored. And since Ichigo gave that challenge, he would definitely want to keep him around. I loved that.

-We see more of this when he shows up in Hueco Mundo to fight the Espada. Ichigo is not doing well against Grimmjow. Kenpachi steps in. But he's disappointed in Ichigo. And he lets him know. And I honestly think that is the only way that Kenpachi understands emotion and affection and how to express it: through fighting. And there are Very Few people who can return his blows (which one could argue he takes as an actual conversation). So of course he would let Ichigo know he's frustrated with him; Ichigo is someone he respects and enjoys being around (I fully believe he enjoys Ichigo's company when they fight because Ichigo will never hold back and is not an easy win for him).

-His history with Unohana is interesting as well. When I read about their interactions, I definitely think of her in a motherly relationship to Kenpachi (sorry not sorry to any shippers. Y'all can think what you like, this is what I like and this is my post so if you disagree then just ignore it, you don't have to interact). She's a mother not in the sense of "Oh she took care and nurtured him", but in the sense of "She showed him the way"; in this sense I look at them less as 'close to human' (Reminder that these are Shinigami; not humans) but as something closer to a divine beast and its offspring. Beasts don't necessarily nurture the same way humans do, they more are about showing their offspring the way to survive and follow their nature. This is, to me, how Unohana guided Zaraki. She showed him a challenge, she showed him what it was to have something to look forward to and someone to admire, she gave him the path to follow, in a sense.

-I absolutely adored Yachiru. And when she 'disappeared' (returned to his zanpakuto) we get to see a new side of Kenpachi. He misses her. He cared about her. After the war, we see him clearly leading his men the wrong way, but when one of them says something about it, Kenpachi replies that he knows where he is going now because he doesn't have Yachiru with him, as if she was why he always got lost. She is in his waking thoughts, she is influencing his behaviour without being present in a Shinigami form. And he still gets them lost.

-Kenpachi is amazing in terms of strength and learning. I'd say he rivals Ichigo in terms of being able to handle a steep learning curve. He has his zanpakuto for a VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME before jumping right into bankai. And then when he jumps into using his bankai, he uses it as if it is second nature. Like. FFS. Nobody call this man stupid. He may not be able to talk all high and mighty like Byakuya and he may not strategize like Toshiro, but this man LEARNED HIS BANKAI IN THE MIDDLE OF A GODDAMN BATTLE AND STILL FOUGHT LIKE HE'D BEEN USING IT FOR YEARS.

-He's handsome and I love him.