#i can't remember which set of tags I have used for this topic for tag blocking purposes

[sokumotanaka]

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Send me a “ 🔥 “ for an unpopular opinion.

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Death battle annoys me, I mean the point is suppose to be to enjoy the silly crossover fights, but it's like every time I turn around, it somehow gets worse.

I stopped watching years ago, fight after Mitsuru v Weiss (I'm so sorry persona ) it's very often they site all this research and logic and math with zero sources beyond "we have a person doing it, trust me." while ignoring many of the skills and feats a character has.

Tifa fought an alien "god" monster, Yang is not beating her because she punched a robot the whole team fought, they act like yang solo'd it and comparing a prototype robot to a clone of an alien super soldier is...dumb. They also made incredibly one sided matches like Bowser vs Ganon in which they state that ganon can only be damaged by holy weapons...so what's the battle for? Or How eggman a human is not beating bowser when he can just come back from the dead...also doesn't that just destroy your concept? Shouldn't as soon as Bowser dies that should be "K.O?"

And half the battles feel like they just make up similarities off the bat. The most recent Death battle was shown to me by a friend and it perplexes me.

I can't for the life of me wonder why they'd set up Deku with his several powers up against Miles; Miles is skilled I'd even say OP but this is setting him up for failure, even if he wins some Aholes will state it's bias and lies; what's really concerning are the reactions.

I've seen people treating miles like shit to prop up Deku in an already heavily anti black fandom ( I still remember seeing tons of people stating that rock lock couldn't possibly be black, he just mutated his skin to be brown, give me a fucking break ) In the Miles Moralas tag on twitter UNTAGGED is a picture of Deku resting the back of his head on Gwen's ass, like she's a prize for him. I don't know about you, but if someone killed my friend/partner I'd probably kill them, not give them ass! The vitriol for miles where even his potential love interest are up for grabs for any fair skinned man, and they'd be completely willing comes from a place of prejudice so deeply ingrained, they convinced themselves its all in good fun...until it happens to them. : O

I used to watch DB and see people throw shade, but it as all in good fun and it wasn't people posting shit like "If miles wins I'll k!ll myself or people claiming Deku would say the N-word; Jesus EVERY TIME. Can't have a dark skinned poc even appear without a racist joke from someone who isn't the race...

But yeah uh. D.B isn't worth it. One Min Melee however has both characters live, and some become friends or have their own little fun narratives, like Link teaming up with Sora, Donald and Goofy to fight dark link, that's my bread and butter.

Anyway just to humble Deku fans should of put him against Blue Marvel : P

[anonymusbosch]

making my stupid little call to my stupid little senator to ask them to stop sending billions of dollars worth of bombs to Israel like that will do anything,

[neverendingford]

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[la-chacha-gris]

6K FOLLOWERS!!!

The title gives little away about the post's content. As I announced, I wasn't going to bother you by thanking you and making promises every time we reached a milestone in our follower count. It's not even a year yet, and I remember when I started how everything would stop for a post like this every 50 new followers. It's a little scary to think about…

El título deja poco a revelar sobre el contenido del post. Tal como anuncié, iba menos a molestar dándoos gracias y promesas cada vez que alcanzáramos hito en la cantidad de seguidores. Aún no se ha cumplido el año y recuerdo cuando empezaba como paraba todo para un post como estos cada 50 nuevos seguidores. Da un poco de vértigo pensarlo…

Thinking… That old, classic luxury that called itself Aristotle. I didn't do much of it when starting the blog. I was just looking to escape the empty spaces and dead hours in my life by imposing a discipline on myself to express myself, thinking about what I'm writing, and organizing my notes or glancing at things a bit with books stacked up waiting to be read… And here we are, after convincing myself with several bans that this would be impossible on a secondary Facebook account, and losing my first account and blog here because so much had changed on Tumblr.

Pensar… Ese viejo lujo clásico que le decía ser Aristóteles. Yo no lo hice mucho para empezar el blog. Solo buscaba huir de espacios vacíos y horas muertas en mi vida por medio de imponerme una disciplina para expresar, pensar qué cuento y ordenar mis notas o mirarme las cositas un poco con libros apilados esperando leerse… Y aquí estamos, tras convencerme con varios ban de que esto sería imposible en una cuenta secundaria de Facebook, y perder mi primera cuenta y blog aquí porque mucho había cambiado Tumblr.

I must seem sad when I'm read, or at least not as celebratory as I should be. My feeling about the number reached is peculiar. I feel responsible for the attention I've garnered, indebted for all the announced topics and articles that haven't yet blossomed… And I also find myself pensive about the blunders, the entanglements that kept me from posting more and better… or the ephemeral nature of it all when this blog could also be suddenly banned, or when there was a weekend when it had a content warning and all my content was sorted by tags and linked in the pinned post, and internally became unreadable. We've reached great heights (including you, encouraging us with feedback), but it's easy to fall and everything disappears.

Debo parecer triste al leérseme, o al menos no tan celebrante como debería. Mi sensación con la cifra alcanzada es peculiar. Me siento responsable para con la atención granjeada, en deuda por todos los temas y artículos anunciados que no han eclosionado todavía… Y también me encuentro pensativa para con las meteduras de pata, los enredos que no me dejaban postear más y mejor… o lo efímero de todo cuando este blog también podría ser baneado de repente, o cuando hubo un fin de semana en que estuvo con un aviso de contenidos y todo mi contenido ordenado por tags y enlazado en el post fijado e internamente quedó inencontrable. Hemos llegado alto (os incluyo a vosotros, animando con feedback) pero es fácil caer y desparecer todo.

It's not sadness. It's a severe, furrowed brow serenity. That's what it means to feel successful in what you set out to do, but remember all the effort it took and how perseverance is even more disciplined if possible. I've barely begun to address the topics I want to cover on the blog because I have to explore and examine them first. There's still a lot to do, and I enjoy it every day, but I can't help feeling this way about something that must be similar to what Nietzsche attributed to the Greeks. Remember, that which was a lie and his invention when it came to interpreting the Hellenic character. I wrote an article here about it—last year?—and it seems like a century ago… And that article was readable independently, but it was part of a series that I hoped would culminate in something important, at least for me, and hopefully for a certain princess of the knife. I don't feel like I'm in the mood for celebration; there are a thousand things to do and many more I owe you. I hope to have them published by the next milestone of large, round issues. I'm ashamed when I think about everything that's been promised and delayed. Thank you for your patience, for being there, and for everything. I promise this time, I'll do better by the next milestone.

No es tristeza. Es una serenidad severa de ceño fruncido, eso supone sentir éxito en lo que te proponías pero recordar todo lo que ha costado y como queda perseverar más disciplinada si cabe. Apenas he empezado a tratar los temas que quiero tratar al blog porque antes tengo que recorrerlos y examinarlos yo. Queda mucho por hacer y lo disfruto cada día, pero no puedo evitar sentirme así en algo que debe ser parecido a lo que Nietzsche adjudicaba a los griegos. Recuerden, aquello que era mentira e invento suyo en cuanto interpretar el carácter helénico. Hice un artículo aquí sobre ello ¿el año pasado? y parece que fue hace un siglo… Y aquel artículo era legible independientemente pero parte de una serie en la que esperaba culminar en algo importante, para mi al menos, y espero que para cierta princesa del cuchillo. No siento que esté para celebraciones, hay mil cosas que hacer y muchas que os debo. Espero tenerlas ya publicadas para el siguiente hito de números grandes y redondos. Me da vergüenza cuando pienso en todo lo prometido y demorado. Gracias por vuestra paciencia, por estar ahí y por todo. Prometo esta vez solo el que para el próximo hito estaré haciéndolo mejor.

[proship-confessional]

heres the essay btw- copy pasted, so just heads up "

I am proship. not proshipping, not proshipper. proship. proshipping and proshipper don't functionally work as words, because thats not how proship works.

Proship means: Anti-Harassment and Anti-Censorship, with the belief that Fiction does Not Equal reality (NOT that fiction doesn't affect reality) It means fiction doesn't affect reality to a 1-1 basis. Which seems obvious, but i've seen some just. plain ignorant takes, so i wanted to be sure thats clarified.

the Anti-Censorship Stance: first off, censorship is dangerous! in general, both in fandom and reality. You've all likely heard the phrase "Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it", which is fairly relevant here. Take states, or even countries where things in media are censored. things such as Queer books, as a largely understood topic. Schools removing books that talk about Sex Ed, Queer spaces, sometimes even religion. censorship as a whole is a way to control, to keep people uninformed of things so in many cases they can't fight back. This is something very important in many places in the current day. Anti-censorship is against this, it advocates for freedom of speech, the ability to access things freely, to learn, to explore.

well, you might be asking, "how does this have anything to do with shipping, or fiction at all? this all seems quite real!" because, historically, if you give an inch, they'll take a mile. you censor fiction you don't like, and suddenly a loophole is found. a show you don't like gets taken down, censored? well, now a line is set. "but this is good! {X Show} had {X thing you are uncomfortable with}! it shouldn't be up!" well what happens when someone complains about something you DO like? well the lines been set, it's okay to take things down that make people uncomfortable. so that gets taken down as well. This becomes an ideology, that if you're uncomfortable, you can just have it taken down. this spreads, and suddenly people in power have this. homophobic people can point at something gay, say it makes them uncomfortable, and it gets removed. then with people.

Can you see how this goes down? give an inch of censorship in media, and you get people taking a mile of very real, very political power.

"but what about (X thing) that makes me uncomfortable!" you ask? you see, people have a wonderful thing, called free will, and opposable thumbs. most dark medias that most associate with the proship label (incorrectly, but i'll be getting into that later), will get tagged, have content and trigger warnings. These are important, and ABSOLUTELY should be used. however, it's important to note they need to be used truthfully. a papercut shouldn't go under a gore warning, for example. this waters down the meaning of gore. gore has a meaning, and using it for things outside of what it means is just false as a concept. It's functionally incorrect, and if it becomes common to have papercuts under gore warnings, then someone who is deeply disturbed by true gore but is fine with a papercut might continue, with the thought well, every other thing under the gore label are papercuts, this must be one too. and then be faced with very real gore when it appears. can you see how this can pose issues?

remember, words have power. use them confidently, but also, don't be afraid to understand what you're saying. research things, learn. This will help you grow, in so many ways, regardless of age. It is Never a bad thing to Learn, and change. ever.

Now! onto other labels, usually associated with the proship ideology. sadly, i can't easily do this because youtube doesn't like some of the words, so i'll do my best

Com/Darkship. these are the ships normally connected with the word proship, mostly because most people with the proship label also tend to be comshippers.

now, personally, theres no deep difference in the two terms of comship or darkship, but people are free to correct me on this. this is not an ideology like proship, this is a flavor of shipping. a comshipper is simply someone who likes darker media, more toxic pairings. you may think "oh what a bad person, they like these things. they must clearly endorse it if they show them so blatantly". not true! many comshippers simply like the topics, same as you may like horror, or games like GTA. it is fiction, and no one is physically being hurt. this is one of the main concepts of proship, which is another reason why many comshippers fall under the proship label.

No one is Physically being hurt. Kinks are okay (even the ones you don't like or aren't into!). paraphilias are okay, and are common! are you attracted to a certain aspect of people? did you know that is a paraphilia? a paraphilia is simply a certain attraction to certain things. it's not inherently bad. and even the Big 3? they're not bad either! one those, it's only the action thats bad, not the thoughts. thought crimes are not real! which is another reason censorship of media is bad, because people who have paraphilias that are considered harmful can and many times will have the ways they can safely express and handle these thoughts and desires. outlets through fiction and medias in safe ways are actually highly encouraged by many, many therapists. dark medias and fiction are also ways to cope with other things, such as traumas. (BUT NOT ALWAYS!! SOME PEOPLE JUST LIKE DARKER TOPICS, AND THATS OKAY!!). it can be a way to vent, or to explore their own minds.

and as i mentioned, some people just like dark topics, and like exploring the human mind, what makes people uncomfortable and pushing the limits of fiction, some like getting a visceral reaction to their work. i certainly do, and have written things that do make people shudder, and that was the intent. it was meant to be frightening, to make you uncomfortable. a great example of this kind of writing is most horror! have you seen the alien movies? they're not exactly meant to be comforting, feel good, slice of life stories. they're meant to frighten you, and smaller writers and creators often aim to do the same thing!

and some people can't handle those writings, and thats okay. some people can't watch certain movies, because the level of discomfort isn't worth the recreational value of witnessing the things, and thats okay! the best thing you can do, when writing, or reading, is Mind the Warnings, Read the Tags. Make sure when it's something that can potentially trigger someone, to cause real distress, to put a warning.

This last part isn't even some strange fandom stance, but human decency. use trigger warnings as needed, when they apply. don't misuse them, but don't actively go out of your way to not use them. if you're unsure, google it! there are dozens, if not more, ways to learn. don't be afraid to learn, it makes you stronger. fight for your ideals, but don't be afraid to listen to someone elses side, and be prepared to realize you may be wrong.

fandom is meant to be fun, to be shared. it's meant to be safe. it's a place to explore ideas, even dark ones. it's okay to be uncomfortable, and it's okay to not look at some things.

i may have forgotten some things in this, but i'm happy to respond to respectful additions or questions

and to everyone, proship or not. take a while. breathe. it will be okay. the world will be spinning again in the morning. set an alarm, watch the sunrise. the world will get better. we will get better."

<3

[saint-arya]

𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏𝟎𝟏 — g. satoru iv. sweet y/n chan

★⺌◞. gojo satoru x f! fushiguro reader

plot. you ask your younger brother's teacher to teach you dating 101

cw. fluff. older!gojo, gojo is a playboy, reader is twenty two, reader is introverted, nsfw, fluff and angst, not proofread

a/n. for a gojo satoru x oc version, stream here + this is more of a filler chapter so im sorry ! + tagging @cole-silas

masterlist // satoru masterlist

go back to beginning

“y/n, i am home!”

your brother's voice rang in the apartment and you smiled at him, straightening the hem of your apron from the kitchen. “i am in the kitchen, gumi.”

you watched him come into the kitchen, his face stoic like always that he inherited from his father, fushiguro toji. but his eyes softened as he saw you. “how was your day?”

“boring,” you clicked your tongue, “what about you?”

“mine too," he took a piece of the cookies that you had baked, “gojo sensei was asking about you.”

your eyes widened. did your brother come to know of the dating course or something? oh god. “what was he saying?” you tried your best to sound nonchalant.

“just how old you were,” he bit on the cookie, “i told him that he shouldn't even think of you.”

“gumi, you can't talk to your teacher like that!”

“you are too innocent,” he rolled his eyes, “he might be my teacher but he's not serious about women. he's better off away from you.”

as if you didn't know that. and yet.

“come, help me set the dinner now, will you?” you asked, changing the topic and sighed in relief when you saw him nod.

“oh, y/n?” megumi spoke out of nowhere when they were eating their dinner in silence. “can yuji and nobara stay here for a sleepover tonight? i forgot to tell you.”

you smiled. it was those rare moments that you felt like you did have a younger brother. megumi was too serious to act like a teenager most of the time. which you didn't like. he was a teen and he should be allowed to have fun.

“of course. have fun. i will be in my room if you need me.”

gojo satoru smiled at his date sitting next to him. she was a blonde woman, tall and curvy. nothing like that specific girl in his mind. she had a smile on her lips as she stroked his hand.

“so, y/n chan, i—”

“aika,” the woman rolled her eyes, pulling her back, “my name is aika and not y/n. you have called me by that name two times now!”

he bit his inner cheek. what was he doing? he was supposed to flirt with his date and then end up in the bed with her. a healthy cycle. and thinking about y/n chan was definitely not healthy.

y/n chan. his student's older stepsister. the sweet innocent angel. imagine his surprise when you asked him to teach you how to date. you wanted to learn dating with him and then go and experience that with some other ‘serious, responsible family man’.

but wasn't it for the good? you deserved a kind and sweet man. and a jujutsu sorcerer like gojo satoru could never be that. he couldn't allow himself to get attached to a civilian.

“i need to go home, aika,” he pulled out an easy going grin, much to her flabbergast, “next time.”

as he slowly walked towards his apartment, he remembered how protective megumi had looked when he had asked about his sister. satoru sighed. as if he was some beast who would kidnap sweet you.

maybe he should text you good night. you said they were friends. and friends do that, right?

gojo satoru : good night, sweet y/n chan.

wait. wait. no. sweet sounded weird. he should delete it. but before he could delete it, he saw that you had already seen it.

y/n chan 🤍 : good night, gojo san.

he smiled. he could certainly get used to it.

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[nohoperadio]

More advice from the advice post, see the tag for previous installments.

First of all @ the several people sharing experiences with wake-up lights and related topics, I appreciate you but waking up is literally not a drama for me, I'm decently good at waking up, I'm not looking to hack this particular piece of my life right now. I'm sure there's small gains to be had but in my case I can't see it being worth the effort unless the intervention is literally like zero-effort zero-cost! But thank you I love you all very much

@toasthaste:

it's a bit more people-centric so it might be too much to start out with but the one main hobby i know you do have is reading, maybe a local book club? I've only been to one meeting of one (gay) and the book kinda sucked but the process of everyone being very delicate about that and then realizing everyone else ALSO thought the book kinda sucked and then letting loose was really memorably fun.

There's a book club I've tried going to I think 3 times over the years and never had a great time with, although conceivably a smaller one would be better because there were like 25ish people each time at that one, I should maybe look what other ones are happening.

i guess there's also running groups? and i bet the endorphins and stuff you get from running could actually hijack you in useful ways, make socializing temporarily less scary.....

I actually keep meaning to attend the weekly gay running group in town and then getting too scared or drained to do it. Hm...

@robustcornhusk:

if you cook / have to store food a lot, and aren't averse to plastic, so-called deli containers are some of the best storage containers i've found. one lid! they stack neatly! easy to buy extra of just one size! like mason jars, except actually convenient instead of merely aesthetic. sometimes when you're cooking, you're going to say "damn, i wish i had a second ___". if it's small and cheap, get a second ___. 7 sets of measuring spoons, sorted by size into a nail polish organizer. 9 little spatulas! 5 metal mixing bowls! 6 half-sheet pans! 8 quarter-sheet pans! ... 7 kitchen scales (they each have a purpose). specifically small things, or where N of them takes up barely more room than 1 of them

Hmm yeah the deli container thing sounds legit, I will probably do that one. My cooking is rarely ambitious enough for me to frequently wish I had a second blank but I do feel like I've had that thought occasionally, I just can't remember what objects I had it about... I'll try to pay attention next time it happens

@embrassant-le-ciel:

Moisturizing your skin is worth it! If the texture isn't a nightmare to you, use a body oil (or wet-skin lotion) after washing while your skin is still wet and then towel off. A facial moisturizer with some sun protection factor is also a good idea!

Yeah this sounds nice actually, I moisturize my hands but nothing else, curious to see how a whole body thing feels :o

Pay attention to what brings a genuine smile or laugh to you during the course of any given day. It is very easy to recall our struggles, but takes active work to cement the bounteous mirthful moments life has to offer. Acknowledge them when they float on by. Maybe even write down the ones that you want to hold on to.

I try to be like this! Except the writing it down part. Man I wish I could figure out what enabled me to successfully keep a daily diary for those few months last year, it's such a powerful habit. Honestly it's probably just that the writing-producing part of my mind got redirected towards tumblr posts and didn't leave room for anything else. Which I mean blogging is better than journaling so I endorse the trade-off if that's what it is, but it's not better in every way! And this is a thing notebooks are better for

Make sure you know where to find all of your most important documents, personal, financial, and prized, and make photocopies if you can. Keeping them all together in a (preferably fireproof) container or other secure storage location is perhaps the best practical advice I could actually give. Bureaucracy is so hard to deal with after disaster.

You know as sensible as this sounds, I'm trying to think of a single physical document that it would matter if I lost it and I'm drawing a blank. All the bureaucratic institutions I interact with are happy to do things via email and websites I think? Maybe where I live is just less paperworky than where you live? Or maybe I'm just a big idiot and am forgetting about a bunch of stuff

[templeofvengeance]

☽ Welcome to the Temple of Vengeance! Greatest of the Great Gods, Khonshu, presiding. ☾

☽ Inbox: Open ☾

[Indie RP/Ask blog for Khonshu from the MCU's Moon Knight. Set after the show ends by default, but also open to other verses. Follows from youtriggeredmytrapcard. More info on the blog, or under the cut for mobile users.]

Updated: 7/8/25

Laws of the Temple

☽ BASICS ☾

- MUN STUFF: My name's Kew! She/they, well over 21. No triggers. I only speak English fluently and any other languages will be google translate. Please forgive any mistakes.

- If you want to interact, my DMs are open for questions/plotting!

- FOR MINORS: I'm not going to be super strict about weeding out minors, and I won't be writing explicit smut scenes, but this blog explores darker themes and sexual topics. (Which will be tagged with "NSFW (sexual)" tag and hidden under a read more.)

- CONTENT WARNING FOR: Descriptions of violence, religious stuff, swearing, emotional manipulation, ableism (especially surrounding mental health stuff.) I’ll try to tag other things as they come up, but these usually won't be tagged unless it's more pronounced than usual.

- SPOILERS FOR MOON KNIGHT EVERYWHERE. There will be untagged spoilers for both the comics and especially the show.

- GENERAL RP ETIQUETTE: Don't make actions for my character without asking, don't assume past relationships/deep history without asking, don't read my character's mind, etc.

- MULTISHIP, MULTIVERSE: All interactions with different blogs are assumed to be on different verses unless requested otherwise. This blog doesn't have one common timeline. - FEEL FREE TO REBLOG MEMES FROM ME. It actually helps me remember to send stuff out.

- NOT PRIVATE, BUT SELECTIVE: I sometimes don't follow big multimuses back since I have pretty strict tastes in fandoms, and I don't want to clog my dash with characters I don't know. That doesn't mean I don't want to roleplay with you though! As for selectivity, I reserve the right to say no if things just don't click writing-wise.

- KHONSHU IS AN ASSHOLE. Nothing he says reflects my real views about anything. If he’s mean to you, it doesn’t mean I don’t like you or you’ve done something wrong.

- FOR OTHER MOON KNIGHT SYSTEM MUSES: By default, I'll play Khonshu like he's connected to your muses. If you want it to be dimension-hopping shenanigans (which I'm super down to do, especially for ones more heavily based on the comics), let me know!

- FIGHTS: With rare exceptions, I'm just gonna say no to fight threads with Khonshu. Partly because he's incorporeal and really can't be hurt or hurt anyone else directly. Mostly because fighting other muses has always stressed me out. If it's something you really want to do, we can talk about it in DMs. (This doesn't mean your character can't attack Khonshu at all, it just means it probably won't work.)

☽ MUSE INFO ☾

NAME: Khonshu OTHER NAMES: Chons, Bloody pigeon, Silly old bird (He accepts none of those) PRONOUNS: He/him HEIGHT: Varies, usually around 8-10 feet tall. WEIGHT: N/A (Incorporeal, like a ghost) AGE: Four billion, give or take

- KHONSHU is the Egyptian god of the moon, vengeance, and healing, a minor god of time and wind, among other smaller things. While he is enormously powerful in theory, he’s mostly unable to affect the physical world without use of a mortal AVATAR, dubbed his MOON KNIGHT. Those who agree to be his Avatar are granted superpowers and near-invulnerability, in exchange for agreeing to carry out his mission: Bringing his vengeance against those who harm the travelers of the night.

- Khonshu is also somehow a billions-year-old grumpy baby who flips over trash cans when he doesn’t get his way.

- By default, Khonshu's current Avatar is JAKE LOCKLEY, only. Jake will make cameos on this blog when necessary, and you can request him in asks if you want. (For writing Jake, I don't have DID, so any attempt to reference/portray it is based on the comics and show. I don't write Marc or Steven.)

- Khonshu had feelings for ARTHUR HARROW back when he was an Avatar (and now?), specifically @preemptivejustice. The state of things between them depends on the verse, but it's now blog-canon in general.

- Normally, only his Avatar (or Avatars of other gods) are capable of seeing/hearing Khonshu, but let’s say this blog is a holy space where he can answer your prayers questions. (In threads, we can always bullshit a reason your character can see Khonshu.)

- This Khonshu is HEAVILY BASED ON THE DISNEY+ SHOW, which means he lacks a lot of the harsher history his comic book counterpart has. However, some bits of comic lore have been added/built upon, especially his fraught history with his father, AMON-RA.

[shizucheese]

Hey guys! It me, "The Magnus Institute is a part of not just the Eye but the Web" girl, here with some thoughts and a new theory for the consideration of the Red String Comity. Come step into a curated (for your safety and sanity) corner of my mind as I walk you through my thought process: First, some further evidence that the Web was tied to the Magnus Institute in TMA all along: in MAG193, it's mentioned that Elias doesn't remember ever sending his CV to the Magnus Institute. Web. In Mag056, when Martin confesses he lied on his CV, he mentions that "for some reason" his lie about parapsychology got him an interview with Elias. Now, I always assumed that this was because Elias/ Jonah knew his secret and the Eye likes secrets, but like...How did Martin know to apply there in the first place? Why was that the only place where he got an interview?

Now I'd like to bring your attention to the below sticker. I have this same sticker on my laptop because as someone on the Ace spectrum John and Martin's relationship is everything to me. For anyone who needs a refresher, the quote is something John says to Martin in S5. Obviously the teacup represents Martin. But let's talk about that thing coming out of the teacup, hm? The thing that's supposed to represent John? I've always tried to rationalize it as "lol it's just some kind if Eye creature, that's not a spider..." but guys....that's totally a spider, right?

Now here's why this is so huge: this isn't fanart someone turned into a sticker. This is a sticker from Rusty Quill's very own RedBubble shop.

It's official merch. Official merch "designed and sold by RustyQuill" represents John as a spider creature covered in eyes.

They've been telling us this the entire time guys! Now, I need to give @amanda-519 credit for setting my mind down this next path. These are the tags they used when they reblogged my previous post on this topic:

Now, this got me thinking about all of the Avatars we met in TMA and like....

We know from Mag 102 that the Corruption can manifest as unhealthy relationships, which I would argue would include infatuation and obsession.

And like....was Jude's infatuation with Agnes really all that different? It's what drew her into The Desolation in the first place, so could we not argue that she was a mix of the Desolation and the Corruption? (Like....the destructiveness of infatuation? Corruption leading to Desolation?) And like I've always assumed the reason why Oliver became an Avatar of the End is because of his association with Graham and what happened to him resulting in Oliver being touched by The End, but like...does that actually make sense? They were already broken up and he had 0 involvement with Graham being taken by the Not Them. But like Graham's circumstances are also kinda weblike, no? The Web includes the fear of being forced to do something against one's own will, and Graham went through some pretty extreme measures to try and escape his powers. And then his efforts to escape ultimately lead to the events that turned him into a full fledged Avatar. Was Graham also a part of the web? Or were the circumstances of him becoming an Avatar of the End basically the result of him being the Web's victim?

And the whole concept of the Unknowing is pretty weird, huh? Like...I can't be the only one that looks at what happens to people who get trapped in the Unknowing and thinks that it feels awfully "Spiral-like" right? (or, for that matter, that The Desolation has some elements of the Stranger to it).

John Amherst was an Avatar of The Corruption, but unlike Jane, whose main interest seemed to be spreading and expanding the Flesh Hive, Amherst's form of Corruption seemed awfully End-flavored. When we first meet him in TMA, it's at a Nursing home where his spread of infection results in the death of all of the residents. In Mag68, Tale of a Field Hospital, the accounts about Amherst are all about him dying and then showing up again; in the second story, the people who end up in the bed Amherst is supposed to be in keep dying; the statement giver who gave the book to the Institute dies a few days later after, having cut himself on the pages of the book. The illness he spreads in the town where he ultimately dies kills the victims horrifically. The bug he is most affiliated with are flies, which are known to flock to dead bodies and are therefore associated with death. Okay now after all of that word vomit, here's the epiphany that I had and the actual point of this post:

For some reason my mind kept straying back to Jude and her infatuation with Agnes and how that might have made her part of the Corruption, and the different ways the Corruption might have been involved in other ways, and then I remembered that theory going around that in TMP the Fears are becoming Obsessions. This theory never sat well with me because in TMA, all of the Avatars were obsessed with something. Most of them were obsessed with their Entity and bringing it into the world. Jude, as previously mentioned, was obsessed with Agnes. Simon was obsessed with the sky. Mike was obsessed with freeing himself of the Spiral manifestation that'd been tormenting him since childhood. Oliver was obsessed with running away from his powers and John was obsessed with finding out what the fuck was going on. There were also plenty of non-avatar characters that were obsessed; The guy in Mag90: Body Builder was obsessed with his body and making it look how he wanted to. The guy from Mag102 Nesting Instinct and his petite scarabée. I could go on.

And then it clicked: Obsession is a form of Corruption. We know that the Corruption can manifest as unhealthy love and companionship. But what is "unhealthy love" if not a form of obsession? Obsession sinks its teeth into you and takes over your life and can lead you to your own destruction. In other words, its corrupts you. Which is exactly what happens in pretty much all of the statements we've gotten so far in TMP. The Corruption is up to something. Idk what or why, but I think that in the same way the Web's influence was all over TMA if you know to look for it, the Corruption is all over TMP. Is it just a season 1 thing? Is it going to be the Big Player in the whole series? Are the Avatars (?) we've encountered so far--Ink5oul, The Merchant, Movie Theater Man-- part of the Corruption as well as the more obvious Entities they serve-- The Flesh, The End/ The Slaughter, The Eye--or are they only servants of those respective Entities and the Corruption is swooping in later and poisoning things?

[lackuraphi]

GIft Train au)Page. 5 Boss Delivery Service

Ingo's unpleasant delivery

(⚠️Caution⚠️)

I used a translator

This is the Fan fiction

It’s different from the original

It’s unrealistic

Content Warning:violent, offensive words

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In one of the packing rooms that seemed relatively deserted among the several packing rooms lined up on both sides, Nate was being taught how to wrap a gift by a worker.

"All the parcels received here have a set size, so you can cut the packaging paper with a paper cutter and package it according to the size chart attached to the table. And you can also cut the ribbon according to the size chart." "Is the package size measured using the tape measure placed here?" "Yes! That's right!"​

Then a pre-wrapped package arrived in front of Nate.

"Hmm? This sent here already gift-wrapped" "Write the address on the tag as written on the sticky note attached to the gift and attach it to the ribbon." "Wow, this is simpler" "Right? Ahh~ I wish only these types of packages were sent~ But they are really just packages that come once in a while…"

This time, Nate received a package with a blue stamp on it. The stamp on the package was the same shape as the one neatly stamped on the black wax on the envelope that Nate had received yesterday. In other words, it was the logo of Gear Station.

"Hmm? This box has a blue stamp on it."

And that meant that the package had applied for the 'Boss Delivery Service'

​"Oh This means that this is a package that has applied for the 'Boss Delivery Service', where Boss Ingo personally delivers the gift like a Delivery Worker. And it's a paid extra option that pays a little more." "Boss Delivery Service? Ah! I've received that service before too! That was probably my birthday."

At that moment, Dewott, which was in the Poke ball, suddenly popped out.

"Dew! Dew-ott!" "Huh?! Dewott?! Why did you suddenly come out?" "Dew!" "I think your Dewott has something to say" "something to say..? Ah! And that day was the day Dewott and I first met. Also, at that time it was Oshawott, not Dewott." "Dew~!" "Really? That must be a really meaningful memory for you guys!" 'Besides, both Boss Ingo and Boss Emmet delivered at that time…'

​As Nate recalled his first meeting with Dewott, who was Oshawott, his expression darkened a little more than before as he also remembered Ingo and Emmet giving him a Pretty wrapped small gift box containing Oshawott's Poke ball.

"Umm.. Are you okay? Your expression suddenly got worse." "Dew…"

When Worker and Dewott were worried about Nate, Nate said he was fine and quickly put his Dewott in a Poke ball, then quickly changed the subject to the original topic of conversation, which was about the packaging method.

"M..Me? Yes! I'm okay..! Dewott, come back now" "Well… I see…" "By the way If we wrap it in packaging paper, we can't tell the difference, so what do we do?"

​The worker gave Nate a tag and said,

"If you stamp the same pattern on this tag, Boss Ingo will see the tag with that stamp and go deliver it. And if it says Boss Delivery Service on the sticky note attached to the gift-wrapped package, then you also attach a tag with a stamp on it." "I see" "Now I think the explanation is almost finished, so let's practice now." "Yup!"

Nate started wrapping the gifts as instructed by the Worker.

At one of the delivery stations, Ingo got off the train carrying two gift boxes wrapped in Marill patterned sky blue wrapping paper and tied with a yellow ribbon.

"This time, I will also depart to deliver the gift."

​He was going to the house of a customer who had applied for the 'Boss Delivery Service', and Ingo, who followed the address written on the tag attached to the ribbon, arrived at a pretty nice apartment similar to the house he lived in in Nimbasa City.

'It's a pretty nice apartment, just like the one I live in. By the way, have I been back home in the past few years..? …Let's stop thinking useless thoughts and go deliver it quickly.'

However, when Ingo tried to enter the apartment, the security guard at the entrance called Ingo and handed him a folder with papers and a pen.

"Hey! Excuse me, sir!" "Did you call me?" "Outsiders must fill out this visitor form before visiting!" "Is that so? Okay, sir."

Ingo took a short breath, then filled out the visitor form the security guard gave him while holding the gift boxes in one hand (It was a method of writing down the date, time, and purpose of visit.) and handed the file back to the security guard.

'It seems that security here is stricter than it looks. By the way, this is not the time for me to be wasting my time here…' "Haa.. here it is."

However, the guard who saw what Ingo wrote did not let Ingo in and still did not trust Ingo.

"A gift delivery…? Hmm… It doesn't look like that at all… Are you sure?"

Ingo took another short breath and showed the security guard the gift boxes he was holding in one hand. ​ "Ha… Look at these gift boxes I brought. Do you still not trust me?" "Hmmm……."

Still, the guard still didn't trust Ingo.

​'There's no way a person wearing black clothes from head to toe and having such a cold expression could be Delivery man..! Yes! That's right! There is no such delivery man!'

The guard couldn't trust Ingo based solely on his appearance.

'It seems like he has no intention of letting me in…'

Ingo, who was used to this kind of reaction, took a deep breath and handed his business card to the security guard who still didn't trust him.

"Haa….. Here is my business card."​

The security guard who received Ingo's business card only then let Ingo in.

"Gear Station Gift Train Service, Boss Ingo…?" "Yes I am. I am the Boss Ingo." "Hmm.. You look a lot different than I thought you would, but I'll let you in anyway." "…..thank you." "Ah, And you need to smile a little If you always have that cold, expressionless face that doesn't show any warmth, everyone will be wary of you like I am, and no one will like you."

As Ingo was barely able to get permission to enter the apartment, the security guard told him to smile, and then he heard the 'annoying' voice of someone he didn't even want to think about in his head.

"Smile, Ingo!"

Ingo shook his head from side to side several times to quickly shake off the annoying voice, then took a deep breath as if sighing and quickly walked to the elevator.

'I've wasted a lot of time. I have to hurry and go deliver them.'

After taking the elevator and arriving at the address written on the tag with the yellow gift ribbon, Ingo rang the doorbell next to the door.

((Ding-dong~))

And the one who opened the door was a pair of little twin sisters wearing green skirts and with their hair tied to one side with a pink ribbon.

"The gift delivery has arrived." "Whoa! gift! gift! gi…" "Wow! toy! toy! toy! to…"

But the little twin sisters, who had been delighted with the gifts, burst into tears as soon as they saw Ingo, ran to their parents and hid behind them.

"Waaaaaaah!!!! Mommy!!!! Daddy!!! That man is scary!!!" "Waaaaaaah!!!! Get out Grimmsnarl! Get out!!!" "G..Grimmsnarl..? Me..?"

Ingo, who saw the children bursting into tears at the sight of him, approached them cautiously with the aim of reassuring them.

"Little ladies, please calm down. I'm not here to hurt you." "Waaaaaaah!!!!!!! Waaaaaaah!!!!!!" "Waaaaaaah!!!! Mommy!!! Daddy!!!"

However, as the children still did not stop crying, the parents of the children who were nearby and the parents' Pokémons, Nidoking and Nidoqueen, blocked Ingo's path as he approached.

"H..Hey..! You! If you come any closer, M..me and our Pokemons will attack you..!" "We don't care what happens to us, just please don't harm the children..!" "Nido..!!!" "Niii..!!!"

Ingo took a deep breath, as if he was sighing heavily just like before, and spoke calmly to his family who were wary of him.

"Haa..I apologize for the abrupt how-do-you-do before. I am the Boss Ingo. "I'm driving the Gift Train here in Unova." "Boss Ingo..?" "Yes, and according to the 'Boss Delivery Service' you requested, I, the Boss, have come to deliver the gift to you in person." "Ah..! Boss delivery service! That's what we applied for before." "Yes, that's right. That's why that person came to deliver it."

The children who were hiding behind their parents and shivering, still terrified, began to look for someone.

"Mommy! Mommy! Where is the white?" "I want a white's gifts Where is the white? Grimmsnarl man is so scary!" "Come to think of it, we know there's another boss besides you." "Oh, you're right, and his name was Emmet." "I want a gift from the white! not Grimmsnarl!" "Me too Me too! I want a gift from the white too!" 'Emmet…!'

And the someone the children were looking for was Emmet, Ingo wanted to get angry at them right away, but he couldn't get angry because they were customers who had requested the service. He felt that if he got angry here, the situation would get worse, so he gritted his teeth, suppressed his anger, and said calmly.

"…..He can't come out due to personal reasons." "What are those personal reasons?" "I can't say that." "So are you going to work alone from now on?" "Yes." "Then please get out of here now."

The children's families, who heard Ingo's explanation that Emmet was not there, refused to accept gifts from him and told him to get out.

"You don't want a gift?" "Mommy.. When’s the man leaving..?" "This man is so scary…." "I guess our kids want to receive presents from Boss Emmet, who always has a smile on his face, not from you, who looks scary…" "And we don't want to receive gifts from people like you either."

((Slam!))​

Eventually the door closed and Ingo failed to deliver the gift.

"…….."

Ingo overheard a voice coming from beyond the tightly closed door.

"Now kids, scary Grimmsnarl man is gone now~" "Wha~!!!" "Yahoo!!!"

Ingo once again held back his anger and gritted his teeth, holding the gift boxes in his hands, and walked briskly without looking back, leaving the apartment he 'never wanted to visit again'.

"Hey Mr. Ingo? How did the gift delivery…." "…………."

And then, in Ingo's head, that 'annoying' voice came again.

"Smile, Ingo!"

So Ingo's already unpleasant mood became even more unpleasant.

'This is really really annoying…!'

Ingo returned to the Gift Train he was driving and went into the tail car at the very end of the train, throwing the presents he was holding towards the far corner. And when he checked the time on his smartphone, contrary to Ingo's worries, there was still plenty of time.

'Fortunately, there is still plenty of time left.'

So Ingo decided to go to a nearby cafe and have some coffee to relax.

"Then I'll have a cup of coffee at the cafe and relax. …and I will drink a very black coffee without even a single drop of white milk..!'

Ingo, who was walking to a nearby cafe, happened to see someone running somewhere with a gift box.

"Hahaha! I don't know what this is, but I'm going to sell it for a really high price~!"

The person was a thief who ran away after stealing a gift that a delivery worker left at the doorstep while the recipient was away.

'Gift thief…!!!'

In Unova, where it is common for packages left on doorsteps to be stolen, there are also 'rude' gift thieves who steal gifts, and this has been a major headache for Ingo and the Delivery Workers since long ago.

'This is absolutely unforgivable!!!'

So Ingo ran as fast as Shiny Greninja and chased after the thief who was running away with the stolen gift.

'Huh? It looks like something is coming this way quickly'

And when the gift thief felt something running towards them at high speed, Ingo had already chased right behind the gift thief.

"H..Huh?! Who are y..kkeuk!"

As soon as the gift thief turned around after feeling Ingo's presence late, Ingo grabbed the gift thief's collar with one hand.

"P..Put me down! Put me down!!!"​

Ingo glared at the struggling gift thief with a cold look mixed with anger.

"…….." "Eek…!"

Even if Ingo had been kind before, he could not forgive a thief who stole someone else's gift, but now that Ingo's personality was twisted, and Ingo was in a very unpleasant mood, there was no longer any guarantee that the gift thief, who was treated almost on the same level as Emmet, would be safe.

So Ingo, who wanted to punish the annoying gift thief very harshly, clenched his fist so hard that it made a sound.

((rumbling rumbling))

But he couldn't do it because there were so many eyes watching him.

So Ingo could only stare at the gift thief with a very cold gaze. ​ "P..Please don't hurt me..! I'll do whatever you want! S..so please don't hurt me!"

Ingo told the gift thief, who was trembling with fear, in a cold voice to return the gift.

"Please return the gift." "Y…Yes sir..!"

The gift thief who gave Ingo a gift while trembling ran away without looking back as soon as Ingo let go of gift thief's clothes.

'I suddenly had an unexpected schedule. I should go to a cafe if I have time left after finishing this schedule.'

Ingo took the gift he had retrieved from the gift thief and walked to the delivery location where the gift had been placed.

And the moment Ingo brings the gift back to its original place, at the doorstep of a house…

"AHHH!!! THIEF!!!" "Bow wark!!!"

The Houseowner, who had left the house temporarily empty to go for a walk with Houseowner's Yamper, completely mistook Ingo for a gift thief trying to steal Houseowner's gift.

"No. I'm not a thief, I am…" "Don't lie! Anyone wearing all black and with such a cold, expressionless face is definitely a thief! Get your hands off my gift right now!" "Grrrr..! Bow wark!!!" "Just wait a minute. I'm not a thief, I am…" "I'll report you to the police!!!"

Even when Ingo tried to tell him that he was not the gift thief, Yamper continued to bark loudly at Ingo, and the houseowner called the police on houseowner's smartphone.

"Hello? Police? There's a thief in front of my house right now and trying to steal my gift…."

Ingo quickly grabbed the houseowner's smartphone, which was on the phone with the police, and hung up the call to the police.

"Ahhh! My Phone!!!" "It's nothing. I apologize for any inconvenience caused to you all."

And Ingo returned the smartphone to the houseowner (To be exact, it was the Houseowner who intercepted it again)

"You bad thief! Give me back my phone right now!" "Here it is. I apologize for taking your phone without permission…Ugh!" "Give me this! Oh~! My Phone~! By the way, I think I've seen you somewhere…" "…I am the Boss Ingo." "Boss Ingo? Ah~! Are you the person who was with the Man in white coat?" "…..Yes." ​ The houseowner, who had been wary of Ingo and mistaken him for a gift thief, stopped misunderstanding him as soon as he learned Ingo's true identity.

"Ahahahaha..! I mistook you for a thief! You should have said Boss Ingo sooner!" "….." 'You're so shameless, you didn't even give me a chance to speak.'

But Yamper, still wary of Ingo and growling, jumped up and bit the hem of Ingo's pitch-black coat.

"Grrrr…Bow wark!" "Yamper! Don't do it! That guy is not a thief!"

When the House Owner tried to let go of Yamper, who was biting Ingo's coat, Yamper refused to let go, so House Owner put Yamper in a Poke ball.

"Come back Yamper! Oh dear! Is your coat okay? I think my Yamper bit your coat hard…" "There are no scratches on my coat." "Phew.. That's a relief. I was worried because the coat looked expensive. By the way, if you had smiled even a little, even if it wasn't as much as the Man in white coat who was with you, Yamper would have let his guard down.."

Ingo barely managed to clear up the misunderstanding, but he didn't feel any better.

"Smile, Ingo!"

Because that annoying voice was once again heard in Ingo's head.

'Why are you ordering me around! Get out of my head right now!' ​ So Ingo's mood became even more unpleasant than before and he didn't think that drinking coffee would relieve his unpleasant mood, so he went back to his train without going to the cafe.

Returning to his gift train, Ingo kicked several times a square object covered with a black cloth in the driver’s cabin.

((Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!))

Ingo couldn't stand his anger any longer, so he kicked something to vent his anger.

((Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!))

But what was making Ingo mad now wasn't the people who were scared of him.

Ingo was already used to hearing people say that he was scary, since he was doing Boss delivery service alone, or even before that, when he was doing Boss delivery service with Emmet. And he got used to being rejected by people for deliveries, and he also got used to being misunderstood as a bad person like a thief. ​ Also, when Ingo would sometimes take over the gift reception at Gear Station remotely on behalf of the busy Elesa, it was familiar that people would not come to see him because they were scared of him.

What made Ingo so angry now was that people wanted Emmet instead of him.

'Emmet..! Emmet..! Emmet..!!! EMMET…!!!!!'

What's so good about such an annoying guy that's not me? Why do you look for such an annoying guy that's not me? What does such an annoying guy have that's better than me? Ingo felt an unpleasant feeling of being compared to Emmet.

"Smile, Ingo!"

And every time Ingo felt that way, Emmet's voice in his head, telling Ingo to smile, made Ingo feel even more upset.

((Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!…THUMP!!!))​

Anyway, Ingo kept kicking the square object until it was crumpled, but when his foot started to hurt, he frowned even more and stopped kicking. Then, Hilbert, who had just finished delivering gifts and returned to the train, happened to see Ingo like this.

"…….." "Gasp! Boss Ingo! Are you okay?!"

Ingo answered Hilbert, who was worried about him, in a soft voice, his frown fading away.

"……Yes. I'm okay now. So don't worry Hilbert." "……Yes Sir."

Then Hilbert happened to see a square object that had been crumpled by Ingo's kicking it several times.

'On my way back here I heard a loud noise and it was Boss Ingo kicking something.. Boss Ingo's personality has changed so much from before…'

And Hilbert knew what that crumpled object was.

'Hmm..? Wait No way! That crumpled object is…!'

[daisyishedwig]

Writing meme about me!

@lusthurts tagged me over two weeks ago but I have been so busy with work I haven't had a chance to answer it.

How did you get into writing fanfiction?

Unofficially I just liked messing around with the characters in the media I consumed, I've always had a habit of pausing in my watching or reading to daydream and theorize about what could happen, or maybe just what my brain wished would happen and so at a very young age I started writing those ideas down.

At some point when I was twelve or so I discovered FF.Net through the Supernatural fandom, I don't remember exactly how. But that was when I went from writing Stargate and Inuyasha fanfiction purely for myself and started writing and publishing Supernatural fanfiction. I really love the weekly 100 word drabble challenges that fandom had back in the day and most of my oldest surviving fic are for those prompts as most of my other stuff I've deleted over the years.

2. How many fandoms have you written in?

So Glee is obviously my most prolific, and then Supernatural would be just behind that. In the past I've also written for Stargate, Inuyasha, Naruto, Buffy, Harry Potter, The Vampire Diaries, Doctor Who, and Takin' Over the Asylum, but most of those have been deleted and lost over the years. I do have unpublished WIPs for Stranger Things, OMGcheckplease, The Real O'Neals, Captive Prince, Magnus Archives, Hatchetfield, and probably more, no idea if any of those will actually see the light of day though.

3. How many years have you been writing fanfiction?

I've been publishing it for about fifteen years but writing it for probably twenty which is an insane number to type out. Like I know I've been writing for pretty much my whole life but seeing it in words puts it in a new perspective. But yeah, my earliest posted work is from 2009.

4. Do you read or write more fanfiction?

It depends on the era? Currently I've been writing more fic than reading, purely because I've been focused on reading so many regular books at the moment (my roommate and I are in a race to read the most books this year, and I'm currently winning, but the rules are that I can't count anything that isn't already on StoryGraph and most of the fics I read are not).

5. What is one way you've improved as a writer?

I think my ability to write banter has improved a lot. I've been writing for so long that everything has improved, but the most noticeable to me is my dialogue, especially when it's witty. I used to struggle so hard with that even though I loved good banter in stories. It's part of why I used to not write Kurtbastian, because banter is so integral to their relationship, but I've been getting more and more comfortable with it .

6. What's the weirdest topic you researched for a writing project?

I'm going to ditto Lusthurts Ohio geography, which is especially frustrating considering how much Glee itself ignores Ohio geography so there's this line of making it not sound completely stupid while also remaining true to Glee's own absolute disregard for it. Also songs and movies that came out in 2012 specifically since I write a lot of stuff set in season 4 of Glee and I try to keep the media I reference contemporary.

7. What's your favorite type of comment to receive on your work?

I love all comments! But if I had to chose my favorites it's probably anytime that I drop subtle hints or foreshadow something and people pick it up and point it out, either on the original read through or during a reread. I also love when people point out symbolism I didn't intend or realize I was making.

8. What's the most fringe trope/topic you write about?

Idk I kinda write a lot of infidelity and toxic relationship stuff. Seblaine is the main ship I write for nowadays, and the nature of their relationship lends itself to a lot of infidelity in their process of getting together. I also just love writing angst, so even when I'm writing established relationships, they end up being sort of toxic throughout especially given the traits of both characters. I just find it more fun and probable to write a slightly toxic relationship than a 100% healthy one.

(I did not intend to just leave Lusthurts answer for this one, but also, ditto. I love the messy toxic relationships, they've always intrigued me and they're so fun to sink your teeth into. I also love writing a lot of polyamory, which idk how fringe it is nowadays but I've been trying to breakaway from the throuple mold and branch out into more interesting, complex, and realistic polycules)

9. What is the hardest type of story for you to write?

I tend to stick very much to the emotional side of things, so stories that get too physical or actiony are the ones I struggle with. Since I've been reading more I've been getting better but it's still not great.

10. What is the easiest type?

Hurt no comfort, lol. Like I do enjoy writing the comfort but sometimes my brain gets hung up on it not being realistic, things getting better too quickly, things like that. But it gets less anxious about just having the angst, even with no happy ending.

11. Where do you do your writing? What platform? When?

I tend to write on my couch, I do like going to the library down the road when I really want to focus, but usually I just write in my living room. I usually just write to google drive, I'm interested in alternatives but I've been using google since jr high so I'm just very used to it and it has so many years of documents. And I just write whenever, but usually in the evening after work, but really whenever I have time.

12. What is something you've been too nervous/intimidated to write, but would love to write one day?

I love ensemble fics and all the distinct personalities of the different characters and I would love to write one that focuses on many characters one day. I'm kind of trying that with my Season 2 AU but that still mostly focuses on Kurt, Blaine, Sebastian, and Sam, which is exactly who most of my fics focus on, so I'm not sure if it will fit full ensemble status by the time I'm done.

13. What made you choose your username?

So Daisy is an old nickname of Darren Criss' (he's talked about it in a few interviews, how he was studying abroad in Italy and when you say his initials in an Italian accent it sounds like Daisy) and when he was in Hedwig and the Angry Inch the username DarrenisHedwig was already taken but I thought DaisyisHedwig would be fun and I've been it ever since.

Oh boy, I'm going to tag @kurtsascot, @calsvoid, @fallevs, @cryscendo

@bitbybitwrites, @annepi-blog, @sperrywink, and @backslashdelta

[toram-toram]

Hello there. Please do a better job at properly tagging nsft posts that you post into fandom maintags.

Trigger warning something as mature at the end of the post within the actual text of the post and not even tagging it as nsft or as mature etc. does absolutely nothing to stop people who don't want to see it from seeing it. Put your trigger warnings in the tags or put them above a post cut. If you can, use multiple tags so that filters pick them up. Especially if you are maintagging shit in big fandom tags. Do whatever you want be as horny as you want i do not care but learn proper tagging etiquette if you are going to do so. Tag your mature posts with #mature, #nsft, #*character*nsft and/or #*fandom*nsft etc. or don't put them in the maintags at all.

Godspeed on your chilchuck hornyposting I hope you have a good day.

Hi anon! Thank you for reaching out!

I need to make some observations though!

I always signalize my explicit content as NSFW and Mature content (with adult topics but not explicit) as Mature! You can check my #toramscenarios and #collabwithanon and see that I always put these labels first things first in each post. Not only that, I use # like nsfw and nsft (not safe for tumblr) in all of them.

There might be one or a few more that I might have missed; if that's the case, please let me know, and I'll properly label them!

If you're mentioning posts where I leave the TW on the bottom, that was my way of organizing and standardizing. And it never became a problem before, and here's why:

Don't get me wrong, but I do have proper tagging etiquette. I don't know if it's because I'm an old-school Tumblr user but my way of doing it it's for minors and other users who have their main trigger words such as nsfw, explicit, mature, blood, etc censored in their private settings. Which is something EVERY user should do for their own protection. I can't try to reach for literally any # in hopes that this will reach every user, because it won't. Hence why, I make sure to signalize general warnings.

I understand that I need to use more # in the future, and I'll make sure I remember that (and I hope I can count on my followers to help me!) But please understand that silencing tags and keywords is ESSENTIAL for any user!! And let's not forget that I am a NSFW and SFW blog! So blocking me is more than allowed!!

If you have anything else to say/comment my ask box is open!

[liberty-barnes]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers! Spread the self-love 💞

thank you so much myri for sending me (a bisexual) a tag game in which you have to make choices🤍 i can feel your maniacal cackling through the screen

but after four hours, many tears, and the loss of all my remaining will to live, here's my list:

i'm a fire and i'll keep your brittle heart warm (G, 6.6k)

this one may have cause me a few breakdowns and panic because it got sad all on its own, but i love it so much. i just love sapphie, i loved writing her, i loved picturing her doing cute things, overall just a really great one.

in a different life (we would've been timeless) (T, 6.2k)

based off of my favourite taylor song, with one of my favourite concepts which is reincarnation and twin flames. i just loved getting to write little bits and pieces of all these different AUs, giving harry and louis different names, stories, and genders, but still making it so their love is the one thing that never changes. and giving them their happy ending was just so cathartic.

i'll follow you til there's no tomorrow (G, 12.2k)

alright so i'm a sucker for cute pets and i can't go a week without thinking about fiona and mellie, so what? i loved this one cause we often tend to think of niall as the happy-go-lucky one in the band so i loved delving deeper into the mental health aspect and showing his healing journey with the help of the cutest dog in existence. also the first fic i posted in the uk and wrote part of in class so has a special place in my heart for that.

Remember Me (When I'm With You) (T, 1.4k)

this is one of my less-popular ones but it's one i think back to a lot. it was my first time writing an open ending, and i loved using the fallen angel setting to look deeper into depression, body dysmorphia, and memory loss that makes you feel like a stranger in your own life. there's a part of me that wants to write harry's pov of it so i can better showcase the effects that all of this has on the loved ones, but it's something i never got around to do. this is kind of my semi-finished passion project if you will.

even as young as we are (2 part series, T, 12.4k)

yes i know this is technically a series so it doesn't exactly match the rules but have you considered i don't care✨️

i love kids, i love reading about them, writing them, seeing how characters react and change thanks to them, and this series was honestly just amazing on that account. i got to explore so many interesting topics with this, a lot of thought and love went into it all, and it's just always gonna have a special space in my heart because of that.

additionally, it's the first fic with myri as my beta and writing partner (which feels insane to say cause i feel like we've known each other forever) so i always think back on this as "our" series because i may have written it, but it wouldn't have come to life without them🤍

alright hope y'all enjoyed this trip down memory lane, i'm gonna go cry now🤍

[invinciblerodent]

Writing Interview Tag Game

Tagged by @ra-scheln – thank you dear! ❤️

When did you start writing?

I feel like there is almost never a set date for anyone- I never really considered myself a writer, I still don't fully embrace it as a label any more than I do many others, but it's very much in that "technically true" vein of things- I don't think of myself as a writer, but I do write, and have been writing most of my life.

The first story I ever consciously remember writing was a lengthy (and objectively terrible) story I wrote around the time I was maybe 11 or thereabouts, though- kind of a fairytale paranormal romance before I would have ever found out what that meant, involving wisecracking frogs, and the three little pigs, and some sort of an ancient curse, and it stretched quite luxuriously across roughly 120 single-spaced pages that -true to form for me- were never posted anywhere.

It was utterly gratuitous, masturbatory, filled with the most horrible purple prose in existence, and I will never stop feeling regretful over losing it to a simple hardware upgrade.

I really wish I could re-read it now, at 30, and maybe get back a little bit of that unapologetic confidence and drive to just write what the fuck ever I feel like writing, without feeling the eyes of an imaginary critic burning holes into the back of my head.

Are there different themes or genres that you enjoy reading than what you write?

While I'm most interested in writing navel-gaze-y, introspective character-pieces and romance/fantasy (romantasy? is that what the kids are calling it now?), I do like to consider myself an omnivore, when it comes to reading.

I generally read a lot of literary- and historical fiction, SF, fantasy, a couple thrillers here and there- though there are topics I don't gravitate towards, I don't exactly discriminate against any genre, and I try to keep a varied diet of pulp- and high-brow literature alike, lol.

Some books I've really loved over these past few years are (hold on, scanning my shelf here) Min Jin Lee's "Pachinko", Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Left Hand of Darkness", Raphael Bob-Waksberg's "Someone Who Will Love You In All Your Damaged Glory", and Iona Grey's "Letters to the Lost". That's an award-winning saga novel, a genre classic, a contemporary collection of short stories, and a very good romance novel, lol.

Although I do admit, reading tends to fall by the wayside in my most active writing periods, which is whenever I get super absorbed in a particular video game, lol.

Can you tell me about your writing space?

I don't actually have a dedicated writing space. Over the past while, I've realized that I most like writing by hand, in coffee shops mainly- which may make me look a touch obnoxious, but it's just the way my brain and hand work the best together. (I handwrite slower than I type, so it's easier to get into that ~~flow~~ state because I have time to think without pausing, and with the background noise being just at the right level, I can babysit an americano for hours at a time.) If I'm writing on the computer, it generally falls more into the realm of editing.

I don't exactly have a preference when it comes to the space itself, but the stationery is crucial. I'm very particular about the pen I use (it has to be a Zebra Superfine H-5000- I've been using them exclusively for like ten years now, and unfortunately you can't really get refills for them, but they're like a dollar each, and they last bloody forever), and slightly less particular about notebooks, but I still have strong preferences there too (lined paper, hard cover, not terribly ugly- which is harder to find than one would think).

What’s your most effective way to muster up a muse?

I don't typically try on a conscious level, but sometimes, just that dedicated action of putting my notebook away, and walking to the coffee shop gets the words rolling. Often I find myself starting to tell myself the story on the way, and then I'm kind of playing catch-up with myself, once I actually get there.

Are there any recurring themes in your writing?

Disappointment, mostly. "Wasted" potential, reclamation of personal choice, and the deeply personal act of mourning the self that died so that another may live. What-ifs, maybes, could-have-beens. The things we want to want.

.................. also dicks. Dicks are a big part of it.

What is your reason for writing?

There's no real reason, I think. I thought about this one for a long time, but I can't phrase it any better than prev: the words just have to go somewhere.

Besides, if I'm not writing, I'm crafting. If I'm not crafting, I'm drawing. If I'm not drawing, I'm designing, baking, making something. I'm always making something.

Is there any kind of specific comment or type of comment you find particularly motivating?

I haven't published much of my writing over the past few years, but from what I've gotten, "It feels like you really know this character" is the comment I keep coming back to in my mind.

I got that one on a silly, smutty fic from like 2016, and it really gave me pause. It really got stuck in my mind.

It's been many years since, and I still catch myself smiling whenever I write a line of dialogue that feels quintessential to a particular character. I found that really encouraging.

How do you want to be thought about by your readers?

I... I'm still kind of unpacking whether I want to be thought about at all. Whether I want to be perceived. You know, the terrifying ordeal of being known, and all that.

I think the way I want to be known is how a pet fish knows its owner, you know? Like I arrive occasionally, at a reliable, if nebulous time, and they kind of have a vague idea of what I am, but mostly I just bring them food, dump it in the water, and disappear while they voraciously consume whatever it was that was dumped in there.

If goldfish were terminally horny and could leave comments but expected no response, they'd be the ideal audience for me.

What do you feel is your greatest strength as a writer?

I want to say maybe... evocative imagery, and dialogue. I like to get somewhat poetic with my descriptions and I feel like I'm rather good at grasping somewhat powerful images through minute details, that's something I know I have a lot of fun writing. I also enjoy the process of trying to find words that feel like they sit right in a certain character's mouth.

If someone were to actually say "he would not fucking say that" to me, I think I would mentally walk into the nearest ocean.

How do you feel about your own writing?

.... Insecure. Apologetic. Fearful, in a way I'm well aware I shouldn't be.

I have tried to blame the fact that English is my second language, and there is a kernel of truth in there, but I know that's... kind of bullshit. I know my linguistic prowess is not exactly the issue here (if I may, bigger idiots than me have done it, I've a darling friend who can absolutely testify), it's literally just the confidence that I lack.

I'm also apologetic in tagging, or promoting my work whenever I do end up posting something, because I know it's not going to have mass appeal, or I know it's not going to be interesting to a lot of people even of the ones following me, and that completely undue, asinine embarrassment is definitely holding me back within my writing as well.

This is why I enjoy handwriting most I think, because that, I know is for me.

When you write, are you influenced by what others might enjoy reading, or do you write purely for yourself, or a mix of both?

It's purely for myself, and this ties into the previous answer- I know I write my best when it's utterly self-indulgent. But that's also the shit that makes me feel the most naked emotionally, so it's hard to bring myself to want to subject myself to any kind of scrutiny.

This really is the fucking duality of man, to crave validation but hiss and sneer at anything that might invite it, lol.

Anyway, I think if you guys are up for it, I'd like to tag @sketchyelvenasss and @lindira, and of course anyone who feels like it. ❤️

(Please do excuse me for the copious amounts of whining in this post lol, I have realized in myself that once I come closer to filling a new notebook I always get a bit emotional about my stuff, and I've like 10 pages left on my current one. Prime angsting-time.)

[tailoredshirt]

15 questions, 15 mutuals

I'm catching up on things I was tagged in, and I'm doing this one! Tagged by @wtfuckevenknows @reyesstrand @lemonlyman-dotcom @rachelsversion1 @theredandwhitequeen @im-overstimulated-and-im-sad @safeashousespdf

1. Are you named after anyone?

My mom says she heard my name on a TV show but can't remember which one.

2. When was the last time you cried?

Definitely about 1.5 weeks ago.

3. Do you have kids?

No.

4. What sports do you play/have played?

Softball

5. Do you use sarcasm?

Yes.

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

How they're approaching me. Loud, quiet, observant, etc. Because I am a small prey animal and I need to know what your intentions are.

7. What’s your eye color?

Blue-green.

8. Scary movies or happy endings?

Both. But more scary movies these days for me. In fic, I need happy endings.

9. Any talents?

Not to brag, but I'm on level 552 of Triple Match (3D matching game). I can also sing the rap part from TLC's Waterfalls.

10. Where were you born?

In the hospital I currently work next door to. I walk over there every day on the way to the bus.

11. What are your hobbies?

The usual: writing fic, reading fic, making gif sets, making fan vids. Also: collecting/making perfume, reading books (esp mysteries and non-fiction), antiquing, interior decorating, reading wikipedia articles on strange topics, and crafty stuff like embroidery, miniatures, and jewelry making.

12. Do you have any pets?

This is Lily. She is almost 15! She’s my sweet girl.

13. How tall are you?

5'10

14. Favorite subject in school?

English. I was always the teacher's pet because I answered questions in class and wrote good papers and obviously loved to read.

15. Dream job?

Don't have one. I like my current job because my boss is a friend I've known for nearly 15 years. If money was no issue, I'd work part-time at a bookstore like I did throughout high school and college.

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Idk who hasn't done this, but consider this an open tag! Tag me if you do it.

[the-priestess-of-dawn]

Your prince/bodyguard thread got me thinking... What do you feel about royal romance Chrima? Like Grima leads Plegia and Chroms the Crown prince and theres this whole thing. I tried to look for something like that in the tag but didnt find it sadly :-: Also off topic but do you think we're going to get the male version of rearmed f!Grima?

I'm not sure I've ever actually seen a royal romance with Chrom/Grima... It's a fairly popular au for regular Chrom/Robin, but... Well, it is understandably a little more difficult to do it with Grima, since you have to come up with some reason why they aren't going right for a full-scale apocalypse. And then of course if you're going to make a full story out of the concept, there has to be some kind of plot that brings them together. Arranged marriage is pretty common in royal x royal stories, but again... you'd have to come up with a justification for GRIMA choosing this option, which is a little difficult because I'm not sure Ylisse really has anything they'd want (if Grima has already been awakened, the Fire Emblem isn't necessary. Nice to take, maybe, but not needed. Unless you come up with some creative reason why Grima DOES need it in your au, of course.)

I think the closest I've ever come to a royal x royal Chrima romance myself is this old arranged marriage au concept I came up with at one point (though I can't remember if I ever actually posted about it anywhere? maybe in a twitter thread once? but I might have just thought about it and then not done it), but the arrangement was actually with EMMERYN. And also, it was originally with Naga, ruler of the Divine Dragon Tribe, but then Grima staged a little coup and took over. The exalt of Ylisse still wanted the marriage to happen for the sake of power (and because he was secretly plotting to invade the Divine Dragons' land and wanted to use negotiations as a front for gathering intelligence and setting up his army).

But Emmeryn had at that point fallen in love with Phila and didn't want to go through with it, so Chrom was determined to make sure she didn't have to marry. Besides, this villain killed Naga and is an all-around asshole! No way he's coming anywhere near Emm! And, well, that makes Grima want to marry her just to piss Chrom off. The exalt is ecstatic and immediately schemes. Chrom tries to cause trouble in an attempt to force Grima to call it off. Grima causes problems for Chrom right back. Neither of them realize that they want to fuck each other so bad it makes them both look stupid.

Of course, Emmeryn and Chrom (and Lissa, who's there too and happy to prank Grima OR Chrom if asked) discover what their father is up to and end up having to work together with Grima to stop their countries from going to war. (Grima does hate humans in this au, but it's a "I don't trust them and I won't help them and I enjoy it when they're miserable" kind of hatred, not a "I will raze the whole world to the ground rather than suffer them to exist" kind of hatred like in canon.) And Chrom and Grima finally get their shit together and realize that there are better ways to flirt than getting in each other's way all the time. Thus, the story ends with Emmeryn becoming the exalt after her father is killed in his attempted invasion, and Chrom marries Grima in his sister's stead.

Buuuut sadly I don't really have any plans to turn that idea into a real fic. There's just too much going on. I'd exhaust myself too easily 😭😭😭

Anyway, as for getting a male version of rearmed f!Grima... Ugh, I hope so! But I doubt it will be this year, what with our 3 m!Robin alts (Brave Robin was voted in of course, but still... I'm shocked we got 2 other m!Robins so close together. Maybe the legendary was predictable, but I did NOT see Groom Robin coming.) The thing is, all of the m!Grimas currently in the game have amnesia, so I definitely do think we need one with memories! It probably makes the most sense for this to be a Future Past Grima to match rearmed f!Grima (and to go along with Fallen f!Morgan), but honestly I would love to see a hierophant!Grima, too... Like, we have NO idea what Grima was up to during Awakening's 2-year timeskip, and I would love to see that explored