#i also have a hard time because of that tbf 😅

[lexa-griffins]

I have a REALLY hard time reading Clexa fics because I always feel like they cant get the “voices” right. But let me tell you, I eat yours up like I need them to live. Thank you for keeping me alive.

:DDDDD Im glad you enjoy my fics!!!!!!! I try as hard as I can to keep Lexa and Clarke as true to their characters as I can while adapting them to the universes im putting them in so that truly means a lot 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[walkingstackofbooks]

I've just realised I've never posted about Tom Paris/Julian Bashir because I was avoiding posting about Voyager when I was watching it...

But yea - Tom/Julian??? They'd burn fast and hard but I think they'd have an absolutely excellent time of it while it lasted

Honestly it's mostly just vibes but also:

They'd both be as into holo adventures as the other (though admittedly they both have a bit of a problem not being the main character)

Common interest in 20th century media

Tom definitely wouldn't give a shit about Julian's augmentations, and quite honestly once he's done his research, I think he'd be pretty righteously angry about it all.

Both pretty happy to be left alone to their hyperfixation for a long time (honestly I can see Julian taking research to the cargo bay while Tom tinkers and both just doing their thing in silence)

Neither expecting anything more than a short fling (and are surprised when it lasts that little bit longer) (okay this isn't a good reason but tell me I'm wrong)

Bad at communication (it's fine if neither of them want to talk about their feelings right?)

No actually tbf Tom's kind of pushy about getting others to open up and I think Julian would genuinely appreciate it overall, even if sometimes not in the moment

Not sure how it would work vice versa but Julian's more amused by defensive secrecy than anything imo

I hate to say it, but lbr... doctor/nurse roleplay. (Hopefully not in the actual infirmary but if for some reason they were both on a long, dull shift, I'm not sure I'd count on their combined willpower to keep them out of mischief...)

(Of course because it's me the augment reveal comes out because Julian's volunteered himself to play Chaotica in the holosuite because it was quite fun the last time... The plot just happens to be about him trying to take over the world with genetically engineered superhumans, and yea, that hits just a LITTLE bit too close to home 😅😅😅)

[honeyandthunderstorms]

Fic Writer Interview! 💗

tagged by: @beensinning (this was so fun!! thanks for the tag, sinn <333)

How many works do you have on AO3?

altogether, I have 33 works… but 21 of them are actually available on my ao3 page, whereas my 12 F1 fics are on anon 😅

What's your total AO3 word count?

351,826 — more than I expected, but also less than what I was expecting out of 33 works. tbf I write more one-shots than I do actual long fics

What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

closer I get, can you resist? (1,857)

[redacted] (1,206)

[redacted] (1,100)

darlin’, I will give up everything (828)

[redacted] (819)

redacted fics are for my old fandom (icemav, if you will)

Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I reallllllly try to. if I don't respond right away, I usually do it sooner or later. on long fics, I tend to reply if I get them instantly when I update or I try to respond right before I upload a new chapter. I super love reading comments and interacting with them because a lot of great ideas form in the comments and a lot of my willpower to write comes from praise lmao. so I figure why not get back to the people taking their time to let me know I've done a good job?

What's the fic you've written with the angstiest ending?

okayyyyy, the angstiest ending I've ever written is between can you see right through me? or from my 2020-2021 fandom (the magicians) — hard choice fr but my Daniel/Charles (endgame lestappen) is pretty damn angsty

What's the fic you've written with the happiest ending?

another old fandom fic (top gun). it ended in a marriage proposal (I let @beensinning read this one hehe)

Do you write crossovers?

I'm with @beensinning. do AUs count? bc my bridgerton fic is basically a fusion, but also not? or does it only count as a crossover when other people in the fandom appear? if I'm talking nonsense, just ignore me lmao

Have you ever received hate on a fic?

yesssssss. i once had someone comment and say I had several spelling mistakes — come to find out its bc I was using the American-spelling of English words (I am American oops), but when I asked what spelling errors I had, they came back and corrected my grammar bc they were wrong about my spelling so they had to find something else wrong 😭

also in a lestappen fic (I can take the upper hand and touch your body), I was just playing with a different narrative basically (bc it's fanfic… reminder. FICTION. a place where you can change the narrative to fit your story) & someone started hating on Max in my comments bc I made Charles the “bad guy”. I didn't. I just made him emotional bc of the Spain GP weekend. aka clipping lando, the reprimand, max and Lando gossiping in front of cameras. I just changed the narrative to fit where Charles’ mind was at. instead of the slight collision between Lando and Charles being an accident, I made it where it was hinted he just saw red and then yea. anywayssss, I do not condone hating one or the other. end of story. how do you find enjoyment reading a ship when you hate one of them??? I don't get it.

also I'm pretty sure this comment didn't mean any harm, but in my bridgerton fic (darlin’, I will give up everything) where omegas wear dresses bc I'm playing with the inherrant sexism in women and omegas while also aiding in my feminization kink, someone asked why I couldn't just put Charles in his baggy jeans… lol anyway, it made me mad so I'm counting it.

Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

oh boy, do I ever. I will write just about any kind of smut unless I don't find a certain kink enjoyable, but I also don't yuck other people’s yums 🤷🏼‍♀️ my fav smut is def breeding kink and feminization kink if y'all couldn't tell though 😌

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

not that I know of? I think I would actually have an anxiety attack over that if it happened though lol

Have you ever had a fic translated?

I have had someone ask, but I do not think they ever went through with it? I never got a message/comment back or a ‘inspired by’ notif on ao3 so I just assumed it never happened

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

no, but I love bouncing ideas off of other people. usually, if someone has really inspired me, I always gift them the fic on ao3 because it's my present to them to bring alive some of their ideas 🥹

What's your all-time favourite ship?

my otp is icemav (missing my old fandom heavy lately), BUT lestappen are becoming my will tomkive so there's that. which is sooooo funny to me bc I came into this fandom liking piarles more… which I still love them, but lestappen have taken over my brainrot

What's a WIP that you want to finish but don't think you ever will?

its a longfic for my old fandom and I severely hate that I never finished it bc so many people loved it… I got burnt out so bad and had to take a step back. I just don't know if I will ever come back to it, but I would love to finish it if I ever get the urge to. maybe one day 😔

What are your writing strengths?

I answered this recently in an ask, I think? it was character building and how they interact with other characters. I feel I’m really good at showing how people react to others and conveying their moods.

What are your writing weaknesses?

commas. I suck at knowing where commas go 😭 this is why I tag ‘grammarly is my best friend’ in fics bc it IS. it is so dear to me.

What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

I'm a native English speaker so I can't speak for people who speak other languages, but I don't mind reading it. on the other hand, I do write it, but I try not to write full conversations and instead just add a word here or there 😭 I know some French because I took it for 2 years but a lot of it is rapidly fading from my mind so I know next to nothing atp. forgive me everyone if I'm butchering things in my fics 😔

What was the first fandom you wrote for?

one direction back in 2012 (I was 12) 😎 I was writing one direction x OFC LMAO

What's a fandom/ship you haven't written for yet but want to?

oh god um??? I guess I'd like to write a sebchal or choscar fic one of these days 👀

What's your favourite fic you've written?

hands down, closer I get, can you resist? I love it sm. I've put sm of my soul into that fic that it feels like my child. it was the first fic I've written in a while where I'm just going with the flow and having fun

no-pressure tags <33 : @sediciii @formulaocean @mothlau @usedtobetam @carbonmono

[fff777]

reaction to dream haus picnic ep 2

wait lol the top of the building looks a bit...er...

foot volleyball first

jeno: can i use my hands? mark: yes you can use your hands jeno: good, because these are also feet (holds out paws) yes it's because jeno's a samoyed but also mark has jeno favouritism

bro haechan is doing all the work for team intern lol

chenji bickering begins lol. the ball went past jisung and he didn't get it because he thought chenle behind him did but of course chenle isn't going to just accept the blame.

jaemin: do you want to build a snowman but like, in the middle of play

oh wait foot volley is for groceries and ping pong is for cleaning? i guess i got them mixed up last time.

the guys realizing jaemin is as much of a liability if not more than jisung lol

haechan and chenle are sitting out so the other team can catch up in points but somehow jeno and mark felt uneasy about it lol

chenle: backseat coaching jeno: turns down the volume

jisung unlocked the rare chenle-to-jisung praise by kicking the ball right down the line

mark team caught up so jisung team regrouped and stopped with the tomfoolery of trying new things and returned to their original triangle strategy lol

jeno made them play another set and jaemin was like you will NOT make me play more!!!!

meanwhile mark was like "uwu jeno do you not want to go grocery shopping? 🥺" and jeno was like "😔yeah" so mark was like "we'll do it for jeno 💪" ignoring a wholeass jaemin who simply doesn't want to play sportsball lol.

jaemin keeps jaemin-ing

omg he's sooooo grumpy he really doesn't want to be here lol. in last episode he really wanted to go home and this episode he really doesn't want to go grocery shopping so that at least he can stay inside...i get it dude. the introvert is very overwhelmed.

jaemin: *misses the ball* jaemin: let's play table tennis now

they're switching to ping pong now

chenle keeps trying to go for big smashes but he's not good at directing them 😅

i remember in ep 1 one of the guys was saying it was a humid day. i can see it, a few of the guys are sweaty from foot volleyball earlier.

haechan getting grumpy at chenle losing at table tennis

jeno and jisung's heads swivelling back and forth as they watch the ball was cute

jaemin as scorekeeper with jisung as his handler for jeno vs haechan lol

jeno playing with a racket in his right hand and a fan in his other hand lol

lol mark and jeno are better at ping pong whereas chenle and haechan are better at foot volleyball

LOL even though mark and jeno both won table tennis, they're going to let the match be decided by jisung vs jaemin

jeno is hovering HARD for jaemin, he keeps coaching and teaching him. tbf, jaemin said it was his first time playing lmao.

jisung won, so team mark will have to do both the grocery shopping and the dish washing 😭

now it's fooling around time

wait what they keep changing the rules, i can't keep up. both foot volleyball and table tennis was to decide doing the dishes, and now they're playing another game for grocery shopping

lmao haechan letting jeno 'electrocute' him. of course marks loves that stuff.

anyway it's the telepathy game. the entire team has to shout the same thing.

when the entire team picked mark's seaweed soup and not jisung's kimchi fried rice. of course chenle has to tease him.

oh wow team mark is doing REALLY well with the telepathy game hehe

mark pulling the foreigner privileges

lol chenle has OPINIONS about reality dating shows (he thinks exchange is bad and prefers heart signal)

chenle's strategy: i'm the most important person here (he's telling them that when it's their turn, to go with chenle's preferences)

team jisung is NOT doing well in this game lol

haechan: i already feel tired thinking of going grocery shopping with them chenle: what do you mean "them," don't you mean him?? chenle wants to think he's a special angel with special privileges

next is pictionary

haechan drawing chenle as 'practice' and he's the only one who's like ???

haechan goes @3@ when he's focused on drawing

team jisung won pictionary

last game is karaoke

team jisung is singing we like 2 party by big bang. i don't know this song lol.

they got 100 points!! lol. i have no idea how karaoke scores singing though.

jaemin:

team jisung is loaning chenle out as a vocalist for team mark

team mark is singing we go up lol

it's funny how the mv isn't actually nct dream but i can't see who it is

jaemin: there's no way that got 100 karaoke machine:

in the end they just decided among themselves that whoever wanted to go grocery shopping would go lol. they're so cute when they're acting like they're thick as thieves.

nahyuck

grocery team ended up being chenle, haechan, and jaemin

jaemin telling them to get spring onions even though they don't strictly need it like they did last time lol

kyaa cutie crew. they are all the 乖 kids :3

they're playing some kind of tile game with numbers and colours. i think it's called rummikub?

mark's worried he's going to get instakilled but he's like "i should still go right?" which makes jeno and jisung laugh :P

mark is always so well meaning, it looks like jisung might be able to win and mark's like "i hope you do!" :3

jisung won! :P

jisung: is this fun because i won? :3c uwu little hamster

this is the preview for next episode but they did indeed buy a huge thing of onions

the previews for next episode look really cute though ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[bisluthq]

On the drugs thing, I live in Sydney, Australia and we haven’t had an active nightlife scene for like 15+ years maybe? Bars and clubs had to close at certain times and stop serving alcohol. It’s not a curfew on people being out, but is on businesses operating, and it killed a lot of the rave scene and a lot of the clubbing scene is honestly just really boring lol. It doesn’t matter if it’s a nightclub in the suburbs or heart of the city, they are the same on the inside, same drink options, same music, it’s just people dress better at the city ones. So for my friends, drugs weren’t on our radar. We’d been around weed and seen people do ❄️ in the bathroom but that was it. I never got into that type of partying but it wasn’t like we were goodie too shoes either - plenty of drinking and one night stands lol. But drugs just weren’t in view..

Melbourne on the other hand…. Their club and party culture, at least compared to Sydney - every nightclub felt more like a rave or the Charli scene lol.

But my groups first real exposure to the variety of drugs was at a festival in Byron bay (idk if that means anything to people outside of Australia, but it’s about 10 hours north of Sydney by car, always been a tourist beach town - it’s gorgeous - but in recent years has become a hot spot for everything and invaded by influencers and Hollywood stars can sort of hide there which is weird because influencers specifically hunt them… I guess it’s our “open secret paradise”) but omg so many drugs and so easily accessible! And it was a blues and folk music festival! Lol

Totally forgot why I started typing this lmaooo but I like learning about other cultures and these things cause it’s so different to what I know. but yeah like you can for sure find all the drugs in Sydney if you knew who to ask, but the average night club offers no insight

Oh also with the lockout laws that caused bars and clubs to close - that’s a long story but short version is we had a problem with alcohol fuelled violence and people running up and coward punching some stranger in the back of the head and causing serious damage and sadly killing a freshly turned 18 year old. Now we were told the government was keeping us safe by limiting how long people could be out drinking for, but they let the casino stay open and have no restrictions so it’s a mix of band aid solutions and corruption. And that’s why we get told our nightlife is some of the worst in the world for a big city with the potential to be pumping.

lockout laws sound wildly stupid and unlikely to work? Tell me more tho. That’s very interesting. I hadn’t heard of this. I’ve been seeing a lot about Charlie’s visit to y’all btw on Sky and every time I watched those segments I thought of you, anon 😅😅

That’s super interesting! I do see how it could be place related. I must say like the one place I’ve never really had drugs offered/seen them is Odesa - Kyiv there were - like there’s a very active nightlife but just alcohol. But in Odesa, maybe because it’s less idk Westernized, it just wasn’t really a thing. Not even weed really. In other places I’ve been like it’s just been there since my late early twenties and idk genuinely if it’s me gravitating to the kinds of people who use party drugs and generally go hard lol or if it’s just fuck common. Small towns normally don’t have that kind of thing either I guess, in my experience, just alcohol (which tbf is my big vice) but big cities I’ve been in always have like party drugs widely available without one really having to look hard.

[allisonmysidee]

It has been incredibly quiet tbf!! People probably get sick of the same things being spoken about. Hopefully it picks up again soon, I miss it being more lively as well😅 xx -- honestly a lot of my friends dislike the tone of the discourse and don't give a fig about teen's thoughts about Her and Him or the tee hee emoji shit, or reading the same crap on every blog and they hate YKH so they switched off. Plus all the humour's gone and you can't really have a differing opinion. I'm half way out the door because I know it's going to be awful once the albums out. Just some rambling thoughts.

By tone of discourse do you mean the way I talk to you guys??

I completely understand a lot of you don’t like talking about her and find it boring, I do too tbh but when it’s literally the only things being sent in then I guess there is nothing else to post if you get me?? I can see how reading the same stuff on every blog would also be boring, I think a lot of the time the same anons send us all similar stuff so it’s hard for us to see whose posted what if we don’t regularly check other blogs. Idk about the differing opinions as I’ve always posted everyone’s opinions, I just stop at the time when I start personally getting shit for it. I definitely want to post more of what you guys want but whenever I ask I never usually get any replies😅 I wouldn’t want to drive anyone out of enjoying this side of tumblr!! Xx

[galene-gothic]

- PAID READING FEEDBACK -

Hi Galene, don’t trust when I say I'll send feedback in a few days🤣 that's like code for a few weeks ahahah. But it did give time for me to properly read the reading and take everything on board. You were so spot on when you said I feel apathetic ahh, for ages, like last week I went to do some shopping and I swear I wasn't even there mentally I just felt so withdrawn, I've sometimes even had people say that I'm daydreaming when I'm not paying attention to a conversation happening, I'm too tired to be concerned 😅💀. I just wish for time alone tbh cause I'm so fed up. think it's because I've got so many exams, coursework/responsibility I just feel so overwhelmed, especially with the amount of fallouts with friends it's just too much and I'm exhausted. When you said i would fall Ill to overworking I actually passed out in one of my clinicals and had the worst flu ever, my lecturers/ nurses had to take blood pressure it was chaotic, and anytime I went to my hospital clinicals I've had the worst nosebleeds. What the heck are you sure youre not the one spying on me, you were so accurate!! But I feel almost relieved that my hardwork won't go to waste one way or another. I can think of a few off the top of my head who would be bitter and try to pick dirt off me, they're the same who would spread gossip/rumours about god knows what. I trusted people too much for definite. I didn't think I was that interesting to spy on tbf🤣 although I unfriended the ones who were nasty to me and I think that pissed them off because they unadded me on insta soon after. The only way they'd know I unadded them was if they were watching my account everyday lmaoo. I haven't seen these girls in like 3 years. I'm trying to do better and get a better sleeping routine to help with the stress and my mental health over all. But I'd be tossing and turning thinking about everything. "Everything happened for a reason" is so reassuring and I feel it's helping me grow into a more discerning and smarter person. The bitchiness is too real haha, my life is literally the movie Mean Girls on steroids. I feel like I have to be so strategic and careful about what I say incase I give them ammo to talk about me. Peace is all I want atp but the big mouths follow me anyway, I will protect my peace by being deceptive ;). And the logical hard lad you described is basically my dad🤣 he's a tough guy and wouldn't be pushed about but he'd still care about others and has always been there for me. I sometimes feel like that's why I talk so sharply because he has a level of influence on me. It's also him who encouraged me to do my nursing. My warrior spirit would come from him, as he taught me never to give up! I thought though what you said about everyone being basically strangers was what I needed to hear exactly. Like I shouldn't let these girls put me under anymore pressure than what I already am under. I've learnt a lot of lessons after all of this and will carry this forward. I'm laughing at being told to save money, all my money goes to fuel to my car🤣 but power and status sounds so worth it. I'm so looking forward for this cycle to end and to be able to breath again lolll. And your insta quote is so true it's every man for himself. I really appreciate the amount of detail you put into the reading in such a short period of time. You've done so much research as well with the laws of power and giving me a specific quote for my situation. I will do as best as I can for myself and give myself a rest so I don't burnout.

Thank you so much, I hope to talk again soon!!

[kaija-rayne-author]

I’m also new to Dragon Age. I haven’t played the first two but I’m currently playing Inquisition. I should be finished by now but…I keep putting it off because I know the ending and it’ll make me sad XD

Yes…I am very much in Solavellan hell. Ironically I only started playing DAI because I wanted to write an analysis of Solas as a successful Twist Villain. Then the son of a bitch went and got me invested. I’m honestly so impressed with how Weekes handled his character. A weaker writer would have just let him be another MCU Loki Edgelord. Soooo glad that’s not what we ended up with.

I’ve been catching up on lore about the first two games because, thanks to my writer brain, I am an obsessive fan theorist XD

I just can’t not theorize. It’s so much fun. My fiancé and I (he’s played all the games) have been discussing theories left and right and there’s so much juicy potential for Dreadwolf. Like, dang. It’s going to suck waiting another year to see if any of those theories were close.

But mostly I just want to see Solas again and find out if we can save this idiot from himself 🫠

….also maybe from Flemeth.

I started playing DA in Aprilish of '23. I've had them forever, but just have never gotten around to playing them.

I had a friend who played suggest I play them all in order for story reasons and I'm glad I did. I'm debating restarting DAO, because I've read there's references all through the series to The Dread Wolf and I'm a sucker for more Solas anything 😅. (And desperate, not gonna lie.)

Solas really is a masterfully created character, such a fascinating blend of nobility, gentleness, and prideful flaws and gah!

I did the same thing 😅, kept putting off the end. I've actually played DAI 3 times now, my original Dorian Romance, then I got curious about what the big deal was with Solas. So out of curiousity (curiousity absolutely gets me into trouble, frequently) I did a Solavellan run. (Even knowing who Solas was!) And I landed myself on the Solavellan Hell train. I'm a writer and editor so I know all the tropes and can usually see the twists coming from miles out. Sadly, not a lot touches me anymore.

I honestly didn't think Weekes would add my heart to their very notched belt. But they're such a strong writer and made Solas so nuanced and interesting!

Weekes definitely impressed me on a professional level. Very, very few authors manage that anymore. (Do highly suggest reading the Dragon Age books too. Especially Weekes' Masked Empire. They give a lot more depth to the games/world. First book is a bit rough, but Gaider got better in the next two.)

I utterly adore theorizing and analyzing literature, movies, any kind of fiction, really. People sadly don't enjoy that aspect of my brain as often as I'd like.

I keep hoping my partner will play them. I really think he'd enjoy them. And he loves breaking stuff down as much as I do.

I'm trying to keep my hopes low for Dreadwolf, but yessss there's so much potential!

And I'm not buying the game unless I can somehow save Solas' dumb, stubborn, prideful ass.🤣

My third playthrough was 'make Solas hate me', and it was sooooo hard. I played a Qunari so I wouldn't end up Romancing the bugger again 😅. It was somewhat fun to antagonize Solas for a bit. But I was happy to finish it. The angry Solas lines in Trespasser are totally worth it.

TBF I only did the minimal necessary for the hate me run. I really didn't like him hating me 😅.

[ornitomoltorinco]

Have you ever tried to crush on a man?

I'm a lesbian, but I see that you've used the verb "tried" here so I guess that you mean if I tried to lie to myself and esp people around me by faking crushes on males (?) - correct me if I misinterpreted your ask 😅

Tbf, I did that shit back in middle schools and early high school years, mainly because I wanted to be like the other girls and feel included... I was already ostracized and bullied enough for a reason or another and so I struggled to conform to the heterosexual expectations. (Note: I'm an only child, so having no friends in my case means having no one and I really didn't want to end up completely isolated).

I also did so bc even back then I realized that women were mostly unhappy in their relationships with men (my mother's experiences played a big role in this) and so I felt like relationships with men were mainly something women had out of peer pressure and societal expectations, rather than attraction or even love.

In fact, I had a hard time realizing I was a lesbian (although I was in fact repulsed by men) because I never realized that OSA women do experience attraction towards men, societal expectations a part. (Yeah, I basically unconsciously believed that heterosexuality was mostly artificial/manufactured for years... It had nothing to do with feminism or anything, I simply couldn't relate to women loving men and thought they were forcing themselves to like males 💀).

Another thing that played a huge role in my process to finally accept I was a lesbian had been my internalized homophobia, but here I'm digressing so, whatever.

Either way, I hope I answered this question correctly, nonnie✨

[sadrockandwaltzes]

Just to sort of add on to that in case anyone wanted more info/examples, canon is just the bare facts.

What did this character do? What was the color of this scarf? Where did it take place? The explicitly stated stuff

And then headcanons are the audience's interpretation of hows and whys, generally. It's the fill in the blanks

Like canon would be: jackson held out his umbrella to this girl from his class. Or, Jackson felt sad.

Headcanon would be: Jackson held out the umbrella because he likes her, or Jackson felt sad because he bombed his test that day. People reading it are drawing inferences about this, but it isn't actually confirmed. He could've held out his umbrella because he knew it was raining hard and felt bad letting someone get drenched, or is trying to cozy up to her because she's the smartest in his class.

You see this a lot with arguments over whether characters liked each other😅 A lot of authors leave characters' feelings/relationships ambiguous, sometimes by accident, sometimes to keep fans of different ships happy, and sometimes just because they want people to draw their own conclusions- the truth is less important than what is taken from the books.

Authors (and fans) do take issues with people taking interpretation for fact though, so it's good to keep it in mind. Sometimes it's easy to tell the difference, but sometimes it's really not. Everyone does it too, books you read in class often have 'accepted versions' of what they're about, and teachers will spout them like they're fact. Similarly, any confusing movie will have a collection of interpretations with usually one or two being considered 'the truth'.

As an example, I've been hearing recently that some schools are teaching Gatsby or A Separate Peace as gay, which (I agree but) I don't really like. Even though I think it's true, they were written in ways that purposely attempt to make it ambiguous (it depends who you ask how well it worked), and I think it's nice to let people come to their own conclusions rather than being told that 'this is the truth'. (I do like hearing other interpretations after I read though. It's crazy how different some of them can get)

Sometimes it's hard to know if it's canon or headcanon too, because the actual wording will say something that sounds like it's for sure the truth, but then there will still be fights because people say that that evidence was based on a misunderstanding, or that it doesn't actually prove anything.

Like I think a character from a show, Karamatsu is bi. An official description of him somewhere states that he dresses the way he does to attract 'karamatsu girls' and 'karamatsu boys'. I feel as though that should be enough proof, but the show itself never actually shows him attempting to flirt or mentioning anything alluding to him liking dudes (tbf there aren't that many characters outside if his family) so I think it's canon but I still wonder😅 One that's way more up for debate is Holden Caulfield. He calls male characters in the book attractive and goes on about it for long stretches at a time, but a lot of people say he's straight. Then others think he's gay because they don't think there's sufficient evidence of him liking girls. It doesn't really matter, but this is an example of headcanons that are taken directly from the text, but still can't say for sure what the intended meaning was.

Also you can remember canon vs headcanon, because canon is (I believe) taken from the bible, hence being told as gospel, the ultimate truth (not that I necessarily believe bible canon is canon), while head canon means that it's specifically canon in your head, canon to you.

What’s the difference between canon and headcanons?

um um um!! I’m not very good at explaining things and all that! but I’ll try!!

canon is what actually happened in the piece of media (book, show, comic, etc.), or an actual, stated fact about a character.

headcannons are traits and quirks of a character that are made up by a fan of the show, and were not actually stated or shown in the show.

yeah, something like that !!

[clatterbane]

This afternoon's little planned adventure: my first solo shopping trip to the nearest supermarket! Which feels weird as hell to say when we've been in this place since January.

Tbf, I have rolled over to that shopping center on my own for other purposes, but every time I've ventured in for groceries so far it's been with Mr. C along doubling as pack mule. 😅

Not entirely thrilled about this state of affairs, but post-viral BS. More able to actually swallow a decent variety of foods, less able to actually get out in search of some! 🙄 And that isn't quite as easy a roll as to even the ICA roughly the same distance from Temporary Apartment; it has a lot more uphill (pretty much totally manmade, going over a road overpass), and some sections of tricker sidewalk without decent curb cuts.

At least they very purposely do make the burbs* pretty hikeable/walkable/wheelchair accessible here, is all I can say. And curbs/uneven pavement are actually doable for me as an otherwise fairly physically able manual chair user. It's just a PITA, and eats extra energy. It ends up being way more downhill on the way home loaded down too, which is much better than it could be. But yeah, this is enough older development around here that it shows some trying to get around.

(On the plus side? I did see some other guy out the other day with an electric handcycle attachment. And power assist devices are indeed supposed to be covered by the healthcare system here--unlike on Plague Island, like, at all. So, I am more hopeful about maybe wheedling one out of them now that I am properly covered, and things have settled down some on other fronts. Besides an aftermarket leg! Really hoping it's not "either/or" with wheelchair or prosthetic services, unlike our freaking NHS trust before. 🤬 Because everybody needs both available sometimes, properly set up to wreck their body as little as possible.)

Anyway, I am feeling pretty stir crazy on a sunny day, and also really need a few items like milk with him gone. Plus, naturally, I really want to poke around that big extremely international store some for the first time in ages, now that I can actually eat most of the stuff and the sight/smell of food isn't seriously fucking me up anymore.

My major challenge: not grabbing more shit than I can at least semi-reasonably cart home in my backpack, plus the couple of overflow bags hung on the back of the chair!

Bonus side mission: Swing by and scout out exactly where around that same shopping center one dentist's office is. 😰 Because yeah, I really do need to see one soon--and not just for that cleaning I had been trying to psych myself up for, now that we don't also have a bunch of medical charges to contend with. (Thankfully no pain so far, but I discovered a cavity which really ought to get dealt with before it reaches that point! Especially with local anesthetics not working on me. Probably more hiding in my mouth after the years of out of control blood sugar, tbh. Feel like I'm getting off lucky "just" noticing the one before anything hurts.)

Pretty sure I have a good idea where to find the place, but better to make sure before I start heading over there for an appointment! Which is nerve wracking enough when you do know exactly how to get there.

Even more reason to reward myself with some ice cream while I'm there. 😁 After the unaccustomed exercise, my blood sugar will probably need it anyway. Even though there are a couple of places I know of to get fresh scooped stuff over there, I'm actually tempted to try that funky soft serve vending machine. It looked interesting, plus no need to interact with anyone in Hard Swedish Mode when I may already be low on spoons.

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* We are apparently not technically in the suburbs here. The city center has shifted some over time, leaving this part of the actual city farther from it. But, everybody refers to it as such--and it does feel pretty damned suburban in layout, Swedish "Million Program" styley.

[missbrunettebarbie-writer]

Happy Tunes-day!! 🎶

Thank you for @aninkwellofnectar for tagging me. I chose 3 songs mostly randomly and tried to have them as different as possible from each other. (I know it's not Tuesday anymore, but when I tried to post this last night, a storm broke out 😅)

Listen to these three songs, and reply / reblog this post telling us about your WIP daydreams! It's okay if you don't feel them all just respond to the ones that inspire you best.

Vent'anni by Måneskin

Fairytale by Alexander Rybak

Cine iubeste și lasă (cover) by Rotting Christ (not super happy with the translation of the lyrics, but tbf they are hard to understand in Romanian too)

I tried to keep it to European artists Because xDDD. Also, most of the time, I am clueless when it comes to music, so I thought why not pick the most random artists I ever listened to and put them here :)

Idk who did this already and who didn't, so I am tagging everyone I can think about @laufire-writes @adie-dee @catharticallysarcastic @writingonesdreams @spiridran @starry-sky-stuff @equusgirl-writes

No pressure, of course!

[danpuff-ao3]

7, 16, 28 and maybe pick one more you'd really like to answer? 😊

Hey Lizzy!! 🌺 Thanks for the asks! I especially like the option of picking a question I want 👀

7. What element of writing do you struggle with most?

E D I T I N G.

Why do I even edit? This is fanfiction. I should spare myself the agony, honestly. (Tbf I don't even edit as hardcore as other people. I usually give it a once over, maybe a twice over. 😅)

Editing is basically the bane of my existence, though.

Also: fic titles.

ALSO: summaries.

Listen, writing is hard enough, why do I have to do all this extra stuff, too? 😭

16. Any guilty pleasure trope(s)?

ALL OF THEM. Jk. Probably soulmates, though. And like...people can say whatever they want. Blah blah free will blah blah "but it's more meaningful if" blah blah blah. I don't care. IT BRINGS ME SO MUCH JOY. Especially with Snarry.

But I've been convinced Harry and Snape are soulmates for like two thirds of my life, no one is about to convince me any differently. 😂 Whether it's stated in text or not. Is this tagged a soulmate fic? No. Am I going to shriek about how the boys are soulmates anyway? Yes.

28. How well do you handle criticism when it comes to your writing?

Absolutely not well at all.

I can understand the value of being able to accept constructive criticism in real life. Fine, okay. I don't like it, but I can accept the value of it.

But with my writing?

My whole entire heart and soul goes into my writing and I'm not even being paid for it. I would like 0 bad feelings about my work, please and thanks.

BONUS ROUND:

5. What’s the fic you’re most proud of?

SO GLAD YOU ASKED 😂

It's like a three-way tie.

1.) A Matter of Time: because I'm pretty sure it's the best thing I've ever written.

2.) Teardrop in Your Palm: idk how to explain this one, but this story came out so perfectly for what it was meant to be. I don't think it'll be anyone's favorite but that's my baby! It gives me the vibe of...as a reader, all those stories I've read that have lived rent free in my head for over a decade. Only I wrote it!! And that's a great feeling.

3.) Lover Boy at Play: pure self indulgence and I don't know that I've ever been happier with a fic???? Yeah. Idk. I think that might be my actual favorite thing I've done. I've been hesitant to say it, but it's been like 6 months since I wrote it so I think I can safely say it now. Of all my stories it's the one I most wanna read.

So...AMT cuz it's the best. Teardrop for being A Vibe. And Loverboy for being my truest love.

[tractorbeamofwoe]

Top ten favorite bands, feel free to vent about it

TEN?!? Oh god I’m not sure I even like ten bands 😭😭

okay so

1. Catfish

2. Inhaler (I’m scared cause I feel like I’m going off them slightly 🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️)

3. Symphonic Pictures. I know I literally talk ALL THE TIME about how much I love them but I do really love them both musically and yk...I have a big fat musical crush on Johnny bond but yeah as a musician I can really sort of pick apart their songs and think “yeah that’s what they were trying to do with this part and that’s what they were trying to do with that part”. Although they’re a mysterious little band and no matter how hard I try i don’t think I’ll ever truly understand their minds but it’s genius and it’s comforting to me. Their lyrics are so genuinely beautiful I’m obsessed with them. I adore the EP I could listen to it over and over and over and it’ll always be one of my favourites. They had so much potential with their unreleased ones as well but of course Van had to swoop in and put a stop to it all 😅 I still get really excited when I see Bondy and Dale hanging out together tho

4. Them Things. Another band that I would’ve liked to hear more from 💔💔 the Good Weird EP is another one of my all time favourites that I listen to a lot because it brings me a lot of comfort. The harmonies are so lush and the guitar riffs and Lou’s vocals are so brilliant oml he’s such a great frontman and even better live. I really hope I get to go see Chintzy Stetson in the near future cause the vibes are immaculate 👌🏻👌🏻 Out in the Rain is my fave Them Things unreleased and I’m so gutted we’ll never get a studio version but cause me and Lou are like twitter besties maybe I can ask him nicely for it ALSO LOU IS SUCH A LOVELY GUY LIKE HE’S UNHINGED BUT IF YOU TALK TO HIM HE’S SO FUCKING SWEET I LOVE THAT MAN 😭

5. Jango Flash. JACK’S ALSO A LOVELY MAN (as expected, he used to be in Them Things and everyone who was in Them Things is the certified nicest man in the world™️) And his vibes are so funky like his music videos are so creative 😭 Not one of my favourite live bands but tbf this is like their first tour practically so they can only get better from here 😁

6. This is where it gets a little fuzzy so hold on 😭😭 I guess I’d say The 1975? Haven’t listened to every single one of their songs but I went through a massive phase a couple years ago. Plus I just put them on when I need a bit of motivation and I need to get up and dance. I think at one point I was a very Matty type front woman but obvs now it’s Van lol. Also can’t forget they’re besties with Catfish.

7. Blossoms. Can’t say I’ve listened to all their songs either yet buttt they’re lovely lads and they absolutely send me especially on the podcast 😭 They’re also one of my music teacher’s favourite bands so we sort of talk about Blossoms a lot haha. And we’re covering Charlemagne this month so I’m very excited for that!!

8. The Native. PLUGGING MY HOMETOWN BAND!!! I’m yet to listen to all their songs but from what I’ve heard so far they‘ve deffo got potential. But I listened to an interview they did at Boardmasters the other day and OHMYGOD they said everything I’ve been thinking about the music scene down here and I’m so relieved. (e.g Artists never play down here, the furthest they go is Bristol or Exeter, there aren’t any bands to come out of here, the music scene down here is just generally pretty DIY). Another honourable mention from down here is Holloway, bunch of kids my age doing music stuff is very nice to see.

9. 5 Seconds of Summer. Hopefully going to see them next year lol. Only really sort of got into them just after Youngblood came out (So again, haven’t listened to their whole discography lol). I also love Luke’s solo stuff and if I ever experience Place In Me live I will lose. my. nut.

10. The Vamps. I hate saying it cause people think I’m cringe but they were essentially the first band I liked when I started really getting into music and I discovered so many other bands through them. Unfortunately I don’t really listen to them as much anymore cause I’m not a fan of their new album but anything from Meet The Vamps-Day Edition is like a massive part of my life from age like 12-14. They were the second concert I ever went to as well and Brad gave me a lil half peace sign half wave I am so in love with that man.

[sweet-teeth-mfs]

TEMPO TEMPO DO TEMPO PLEASE

I hate love you. 

Yeah so due to recent mental health stuff I’ve not been overloading myself by watching any mvs repeatedly, (cause it can cause me to get really emotionally overwhelmed) so when I got this ask from Bee it was probably like, only the 7th time I’ve actually watched the whole MV since it came out? (I know, call myself a fan/mv lover!) and holy shit man, HOW DID WE GET SO GODDAMN LUCKY TO BE GIFTED THIS FUCKING MV?!? HOW COME WE ALL JUST FORGOT IT HAPPENED?? I know Love Shot was intense but come on, this was the fucking shit. 

BEST LOOKS: 

Well there’s clearly no way in hell to choose which look is best cause OMG YALL THEY ALL LOOK GOOD!!!

But if I must, 

Baekhyun:

This fucking look. Omg. I died a thousand deaths. I lived a thousand lives. Omg. 

The fact that he’s wearing a FREAKING CINDY SHERMAN TSHIRT is also you know, a fucking thing. 

Kai:

HOW. DID. THIS. LOOK. HAPPEN?!?!

HIS SOCKS ARE A DIFFERENT COLOUR!!!

HIS TROUSERS ARE WAY TOO SHORT!!!!

HE’S WEARING A KNITTED CROP TOP!!!!!

AND SUSPENDERS?!?!?!

WHAT IS KPOP?!? WHAT IS FASHION?!?!

WHY DOES THIS WORK SO FUCKING WELL?!! 🥴💦

Chanyeol:

CHRISTONAFUCKINGCRACKER!!!! 😭 

I legitimately had fucking heart palpitations when his tempo concept shots were released and we saw the fucking glory on fucking high that was Chanyeol’s like 2-day silver hair. Holy cow. It was…a maze ing. I remember Bee and I were working a conference and these shots were released in the afternoon and I just went straight into the office and printed them all out in full colour and hid them in my conference clip board and just you know, died repeatedly. 

Suho: 

Hear me out alright, but, even though this lothario!dad!suho outfit is all things terrible in my eyes (its just a big old plain NO) somehow, someway, it just works on Junmyeon. Its so cringe its fantastic? It’s also so incredibly SDJ that it makes me laugh. When I rewatched the MV for this ask I literally squealed the second he appeared in this outfit. Its so bad. Omg its so bad. I love it.

Sehun:

@feedmeramyun​ will tell you, I have a bit of a thing of not making a deal about Sehun (mainly because he always comes off as childish and has resting bitchface -like me tbf- but also cause I love teasing Bee about him) so for me to say that Sehun is included in some of the best looks in this mv is a lot but hot damn, Oh Sehun with red hair and in amber lighting does something for me cause yeah I fucking loved this look/these shots!!!

Kyungsoo:

Ok so Soo did like, amazingly style wise in this MV, but the outfit he wears in the dance sequences in red is just… oh god. I shouldn’t like it. I really shouldn’t. But by god I really, really do….

*looks at the clock and the length of this post already*

…..ALSO EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE WEARS LIKE COME ON ITS GLORIOUS I THINK I COULD DO WITHOUT DAE IN THE GIANT COAT BUT THATS FUCKING IT OMG THIS WAS AN AMAZING MV STYLE WISE. XIUMIN! LAY! EVERYONE! IT WAS SO GOOD! HOW DID WE GET THIS MV?!?!

BEST SHOTS:

ANYTHING with the holographic/iridescent effect had me in fits of delight, I love this kind of effect and for an MV, this was really well done. I especially like this shot (reveal of Evil/Avatar/Spy?!Baekhyun) and the shots of Kai and the piano. I’m such a sucker for tech rainbows. 

I also really loved the snap editing of this shot of Soo:

I remember watching it the first time and being like ‘Bitch snapped his head so hard his entire outfit changed!’. 😅😭Also for some reason these shots make him look so little and it just makes me chuckle endlessly (I’m sorry Bee!)

and definitely everything with Minnie and his insane firework hair:

I don’t think I would have changed a jot of this MV, except maybe to get a) more Lay b) more plot resolution (what the hell SM you give me some mystery cube bullshit and then don’t really follow through I mean wtf is really going on, mysterious concept more like cliffhangering your entire fandom i dont even know whats going on) and maybe just you know, more of it. 

I’d like more please.

🎥Send me a band + MV and let me rant to you about it

[refairy]

oh my god i was almost done replying to this & tumblr crashed 🙃 this site tests my patience every day BUT it’s ok bc i LOOOVED going through this again

reader was like: u good? yeah, you good. imma leave now 😅

you know i was thinking about it & i wasn’t sure if he’d be able to write with those tiny hairs covering his fingertips. i THINK he would have but for the sake of the fic? let’s give him more problems

I CONSIDERED IT BUT THE THOUGHT OF HIM PUNCHING ON BUGS WAS TOO VILE. I COULDN’T.

i want to give him so many problems… i can make him worse ❤️

if anybody told reader at the start that she’d grow to care for spider parker, she would have called for psychiatric evaluation 💀

UR BITING THEORY WAS MORE FUN THAN THE PEPPERMINT OIL!! but also yeah & omfg i feel that bc i was squinting whenever i had to look at a spider fact. every time u googled a question, they’d slap a picture of the most ugliest spider next to it. sick!

idk a THING about star wars except john boyega hot (& oscar)

NOT THE HAVE U EVER HAD A DREAM CHILD.

NO TACT! but tbf she does NOT like dr connors, all this man has done since day 1 is piss her off 💀 she’s tired but omg i think he was in tasm, i didn’t know he was played by rhys ifans tho

thank u so much for these comments, i really appreciate them & THAT MEANS SO MUCH COMING FROM U! ur peter fic was like it came straight out of a movie, so i’m cheesin rn

i wanted both, so i left it up to interpretation. whenever i’m in the mood i switch it up in my head but yeah i think the general public would scorn him. some might have been okay with it because it’s been THAT long since spider-man had been missing but yk how they are, they already don’t like him & peter cares too much about what people think as well. you’re right tho, he deserves peace & not problems!

they definitely do! it’s implied that he visits her (with the note when she lies to connors about peter not visiting) but it’s very vague & hard to miss

thank YOU for reading, these comments fuelled me for the evening, i shan’t lie. im happy i could soften you to spider peter :’)

a billet-doux from the lighthouse.

synopsis: getting rid of an eight-limbed stranger who has followed you home like a stray cat is going to be hard when he’s essentially set up camp in the middle of your apartment.

pairing: peter parker & reader.

word count: 14k

note: click here for visuals (content warning for arachnid features on peter). this spider!parker fic took a lot out of me, so i hope you take the time out of your day to leave a comment. + s/o to aniqua for helping me out when i asked for advice. ty to the group chat for keeping my motivation alive, i couldn’t have done it without you.

[  peter parker masterlist 💌.  ]

Night falls in Queens, New York but the city never sleeps; a compendium of stimulating colors lighting it up for the world’s viewing pleasure. Look at the Earth at night and you’d see gold specks dappled on it indicating its perennial state of liveliness.

That’s not to say there aren’t nooks and crannies that are eclipsed in Hadean darkness, ones that criminals took sanctuary in, and unfortunately for you, one of these night-bedim alleyways served as a viable and particularly convenient short-cut to your apartment. Luck was in your favor, so far you had not run into any New Yorkian degenerates. 

It was even more nerve-wracking when you’re on your way back home from a raucous night out with your friends as opposed to when you’d just got off a shift at work. You had bid your farewells to them a while ago and now you were all alone, the frosty bite in the air prominent than ever. Everything sounds louder now, the rhythmic click of your heels reverberating into the dead of the night. Thick plumes of your berry breath exhaled into the air. 

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