#i do hope i can finish the other 2 lmaooo

[keeps-ache]

well, you can see it!

[sleepyghostcats]

ughhh you’re writing is so good 😍😍 i’m literally itching for a part two lmaooo keep going my love you’re amazing!!

Thank you so much! And here you go dears, part 2!

Engraved in the Sea (Neteyam x (f) reader) _ Part 2

Part 2

You clutched several of the Sully's bags under your arms, shifting your shoulder to adjust the strap of one bag as you and Tsireya led the newcomers to their pod.

As you walked, you introduced things quickly, particularly pointing things out to Jake and Neytiri.

"Over there are where we keep our medicines. We have several healers. We can have one check on all because of your travels."

You jumped over a small gap and stepped to the side, allowing your sister to pass, "Mind your footing."

The parents sidestepped the gap and continued, and you stayed by the side to keep an eye on the others.

The youngest, Tuk, squealed and deliberately jumped over it, causing your lips to quirk upward, "At least one of you is excited," you mumbled to yourself.

Neteyam took in his surroundings, wearily looking back over his shoulder to see how some of the clan members were looking at his family, their curious eyes lingering. In the process, he had failed to hear your warning and headed straight into the gap. His foot slipped.

Before he could lurch forward, a firm hand clutched his shoulder and yanked him back. Stumbling slightly, he managed to catch himself. Bags still clasped in his arms.

You quirked an eyebrow at him, letting go of his shoulder, "I said mind your footing."

"Sorry, thank you," He replied, nodding to you in thanks. However, his eyes failed to meet yours in slight embarrassment, for he rarely forgot to pay attention.

You hummed in acknowledgment and stepped forward. As the two continued, you heard a thump and a crash of belongings. Whipping your heads around, both of you turned and saw Lo'ak grunting, having done the same thing as his brother, having slipped his leg in the gap.

You looked at him in disbelief and then turned to Neteyam, who now looked embarrassed on behalf of his younger brother.

"Maybe we should check to see if your ears are blocked from your flight here," You stated before returning to help Lo'ak.

---

Their Marui pod was cozy, clean, and hopefully comforting enough for their stay.

"This is your new home, and I hope you find it to your liking," Tsireya said, smiling at the Sullys.

They took in their surroundings, and Jake nodded, smiling slightly, "This will do. It's nice, right, everyone?"

You glanced at the others and their uncertain expressions. Tuk, on the other hand, looked pleased.

"Take your time settling. The kids can come to find Tsireya and the others for swimming lessons when you are ready," You placed their backs by the side and stepped out of the pod, "If you are unsure about something and my parents are available, ask for me, and I will help."

"You aren't gonna teach us too?" Kiri couldn't help but ask. Out of everyone, you had been one of the more welcoming and reassuring ones. Having you around would make things easier.

"Of course, I will, but I have some jobs to finish first," You turned to your sister, "Let's allow them to put things their things away."

Tsireya smiled at them and headed off, giving Lo'ak one last glance. You were about to follow her when suddenly another clan member came to the entrance, carrying a bowl of fruit for the Sullys to have after their travels.

"Ah no, that fruit is not ripe," You whipped your hand up to stop him, "Who picked these this morning? We can't give this to guests or our elders."

"You sound like an elderly when complaining about fruit, y/n," the clan member replied.

"The. Fruit. Is. Not. Ripe." You gave a short hiss and took the bowl, "Please get them something else."

You grimaced at the bowl and heard Tuk's small laugh as you walked away from the pod, bowl clutched in your hands.

---

"I got some more leaves from the papa mantis tree roots, by the way," You say to one of the healers, pulling out the contents from your bag, "There are far newer ones near the edge of the reef."

"Ah, thank you, these are good for our salves," The young healer said, taking it from your hands.

You smiled and continued sorting through the supplies.

Another healer, one of the elders, spoke up from her side of the pod, "I hear we have newcomers, forest Na'vi."

"Aye, we do," You replied, brushing your hands to remove the substance.

"What are they like?"

"Different," You replied immediately, "Interesting. I don't know how well they will adjust to our ways of life."

"No harm in learning late."

You hummed and rubbed your face, your fingers brushed over your scar, "Mind if I get some salve for my face, please?"

Someone tosses you a pouch. The cooling feel of the salve is always soothing, further protecting it from your long swims in seawater.

The healer watched you and smiled tightly, but you didn't mind.

"Don't worry. It doesn't bother me. I've come to terms with it. It just gets itchy from the sun," You stated, standing up and tucking the pouch in your waist tie.

"Looks like it's time for me to teach the newcomers," You declare, heading off to leave."

The young healer laughed, "Good luck," She said in a sing-a-song tone.

You smirked, "I'm sure it won't be too bad."

---

"You're like a baby. You don't pay attention," You couldn't help but hiss, swatting at Neteyam's head.

He grimaced but took the swatting with grace, "Sorry."

You grunted and sat up straighter, "Try it again. This time keep the action short."

Neteyam nodded and repeated the signing with his hands. The others in the circle followed suit.

Your sister told you about what they had taught the Sullys in the last few hours, taking a moment to swim through the waters and be introduced to the area. But before they could do anything further in the water, they needed to learn sign language to communicate with them while teaching.

You smiled as Neteyam repeated the signal, "Good, much better."

You looked at the others in the circle, "Now go around and introduce yourselves to us with what we've taught."

While their answers were short and brief, they quickly grasped some of the more essential words, much to your pleasure.

You smiled, "Fantastic, now I will say something about myself, and I would like you to translate."

With that, you followed through with an action, repeating it twice.

"Hunting!" Tuk stated excitedly, "You like to go hunting."

"Excellent, Tuk," Tsireya said with glee.

"And this one?" You did another guest and waited.

"Olo'eyktan," Neteyam said, eyes flicking to you, "You are the next in line."

You nodded, "Well done. Now one more, this one might be tricky."

As you finished the gesture, you earned a slight shove from your sister and a laugh from Roxto. As they watched, Lo'ak smirked.

"idiot and brother," He stated, "You have an idiot brother."

"Y/N," Ao'nung grunted, and you smiled.

"Just be glad he got the answer right," you commented.

"Scarface," He whipped back,

"Skxawng," You replied

"Siblings," Kiri said, shaking her head.

---

It was nearing sunset, and your day had been long and busy. You enjoyed the quiet moment as you sat on the beach's edge. Your ilu was swimming back and forth near the shore.

You looked away from the gorgeous sunset and flicked your eyes back to your script writing, records of what you found in the reef for the day, but your scouting had been cut short from spotting the newcomers.

"Ah damn it, I forgot to check the far east side," You stated to your ilu.

She chirped a little and popped her head up from the water, giving you a small look,

You gave her a small smile, "Not yet, little one, I'm still busy, but you can go play with the others."

The ilu kept staring, and you and you frowned, "What?"

As you ask your friend, footsteps sound behind you, crunching through the sand.

You looked behind you for a moment, "Ah, it's forest boy."

Neteyam gave you a look and sighed. You quirked up a brow, "Sorry, too soon for that name?"

"Your brother likes to use that one."

"Ah, so it's unoriginal then. How about shorty?" You asked, and he sat down next to you.

Neteyam frowned, "I am not short, and you're only slightly taller than me."

"The slight difference is enough for me to comment."

"It's my first day here, and I'm already getting a terrible nickname," Neteyam blanched, "Fine, you call me shorty; I will call you fish legs."

"Fish legs?" You huffed, "That's even worse."

You held out your hand, 'No nicknames, for now, truce?"

Neteyam smirked and shook your hand, "You started it, by the way." 

"Aye," You agreed before bringing up your knee to rest your chin on it, "What brings you to finding me rather than spending your first sunset here with your family?"

Neteyam hesitated for a moment, which caused you to glance at him, taking in his posture. He seemed shy about what he would say.

You frowned slightly, "Neteyam?"

"Are you busy at the moment?" He finally asked, "I think I didn't grasp what we learned today as well as I thought."

"How so?" You asked and subtly shoved your work by your other side, keeping it out of his view, "And no, I wasn't busy."

"I tried signing to some of the fishermen earlier, saying hello and asking what kind of fish they caught," He paused and looked hesitant to say the rest until you gave a slight nod, "And they threw one at my head. Fortunately, my siblings weren't there to see."

You let out a small laugh, "Show me what you signed."

Neteyam signed out the sentence, and your smile grew more significant. He then brought his hands out as if asking what he did wrong.

"You said hello and fish correctly, though you quite literally told them to throw it at you and with force," You said, chuckling, "It is your first day, though, so I'm impressed you picked up on half of that."

"Would you mind showing me a few more pointers," He asked, "I'd rather not have another fish thrown at me."

"Damn, I can't believe I missed that," You sighed and shifted in the sand, so you now faced him. Crossing your legs, he followed suit.

"Right, let's try this again."

Neteyam smiled and let out a relieved sigh. The memory of a giant fish barreling towards his head was not something he wanted to do again.

The first day had been challenging for him and his family. Still, as he sat on the beach watching you repeat words and movements while dropping in the occasional insult, Neteyam felt far more at ease, and the daunting feeling of tomorrow etched away with each passing moment with you.

----

[mulders-too-large-shirt]

s4 episode 3 thoughts

ahh, this one sounds interesting… let us see.

HATER ALERT: i actually felt almost no interest during this episode… until the very end. the monster was scary, but it didn’t make a whole lot of sense to me, and when our agents are separated doing different tasks, we lose that emotional heart of the show. i did feel attached to our new friend mr. duff, but from seeing how these episodes go, i knew what was going to happen to him. the ending was great- i love when they save each other! but the other parts were kinda just… eh. and the stuff they introduced that was supposed to build up to the bigger plot also didn’t interest me. i was like okay, so we just get another one of these deep throat fellows. i hate to say it, but i was kind of bored!!!

despite this announcement, let us return to the liveblogging

good to be reunited, i say after 2 days having not seen an episode. might have to quit my job when i finish this show because there will be nothing else to carry me through lmaooo i NEED to look forward to scully and mulder time AND THEN scully and mulder discussion time directly after!!!!

we are on a plane. ah yes, the flute my mutual phoebe speaks of is playing. shoutout to @azure-firecracker. i see some people in cool outfits and a child playing with what looks like a yellow barney doll? not one of barney’s friends… it looks like barney himself, but yellow. interesting.

oh! this fellow is reading french! it’s a paper about repairing some infrastructure! i like that i can read a few words :)

ACK! a creature with white painted skin and a red human eye is watching our francophone friend! oh boy, i paused right as this eye filled my screen and it was deeply unpleasant. 

so francophone friend is trying to use the airplane bathroom but i am spooked because that thing is somewhere… and he looks up and SCREAMS!!!!!

now the plane has arrived… but where is our dude who went to the bathroom? an entirely different guy is climbing up from the ground. and his eyes look like they are bleeding????

so where is OG francophone dude???? BLEAH! he is dead and now HIS face is painted all white!!!

so did we get some body swap stuff going on….?

oh gosh this is creepy…. something about that skin paint and red eye combo is freaking me tf out…

HUH??? intro time has been interrupted by new words in the title sequence!!! they read “deceive inveigle obfuscate”… had to look up “inveigle” but it means to persuade… what are we dealing with here??

i can’t figure out what the pattern is for why some special episodes have different title sequences…. oh i bet the OG fans were trying to CRACK the code back in the day

(author's note: i think the titles change when we learn stuff about the various deep throats? plural. you'll see why i specify plural later on)

back at the headquarters. scully is coming into skinner’s office. she is in a very nice white suit! she remarks that there isn’t much traffic at this hour… she showed up at 5:17 AM?!?! she needs a RAISE!!

she is introduced to a dr. bruin from the philly CDC. well this sounds like it is going to be a scary matter if it involves disease. she shakes this guy’s hand but doesn’t say anything. can’t tell if it’s a silent read or not…

so four young men have gone missing in philly recently, all Black. and there are no leads… until last night! owen sanders, reported missing, was found dead near a construction site. but he wasn’t killed!!! disease....?

so he shows her a photo of a dude painted white and is like “i thought he was black” and the doctor is like yeah he was. but maybe a new disease caused depigmentation. so we should get a microscope.

(that was funny to me because he was very clearly a Black man just painted white with actual paint... writers, do not think such tricks could fool medical doctor dana scully)

so i am not to believe that these guys were NOT actually painted, but rather they lost their pigmentation? okay, okay, noted. i am suspending my disbelief 

skinner says they hoped someone with a background like scully could make a quick analysis. this is also funny because i feel they should have maybe gone to a specialist in skin conditions that could possibly cause such effects...? but for plot reasons it Must be her. i mean she IS kinda the best, so maybe she can figure it out. by 7:30 am she is doing an autopsy.

OH! she says the bleaching of the irises suggest a cellular reaction… bleh. sounds very nasty.

“hey, i heard you were down here slicing and dicing”, says mulder, entering the room and sabotaging her nice little recording session 

(mulder makes a michael jackson joke that feels wrong) (also he is popping sunflower seeds in the morgue)

he is very suspicious… not believing it is a real disease… 

“mulder, not everything is a labyrinth of dark conspiracy” <- LMAO i’ve reblogged that moment before but now i really get to see it!!

“and not everybody is planning to deceive, inveigle, and obfuscate” <- she said the words omg…. (he watches and pops a sunflower seed)

what a lovely vocabulary she has, the better to look at him disapprovingly with 

he wants to join the case and she looks off sort of by the camera and looks SO done lmaoooo

cutscene to another man, mr. aboah, who conspicuously seems to be missing some pigment on his back. and in a way that does not look like paint.

someone is knocking at his door. oh! it’s marcus duff, his immigration counselor, who has arrived to talk about naturalization. mr. aboah welcomes him into his room, but the lights are off and it is very hard to see, i note. duff agrees it is very dark! and brings this fact up! so he turns one light on, and they sit to do paperwork. 

duff says aboah looks ill… but he denies it. so duff says he knows how lonely it is to be newly arrived to the US, and that he can help aboah bring over his whole family. long silence... suspiciously long silence… then a thank you.

mulder is going to the lab and there he sees agent pendrell! LMAOOOO he wants to wait for scully but mulder says she has a date just to mess with him… THEN SAYS IT’S WITH A DEAD MAN BECAUSE SHE IS DOING AN AUTOPSY LMAOOOO

damn, everyone knows how down bad this dude is.... that is soooo funny and also pathetic. unfortunately i do lowkey loathe this pendrell fellow. like stay away from her yk?

so, what did they find in the autopsy… a seed of a rare flower indigenous to certain parts of west africa!

(cutscene to mulder on the phone, holding the seed) “it contains a cerebropathic glycoside. does that mean anything to you?” <- i love when he asks her medical questions because he doesn’t know wtf any of that stuff means... it makes my heart grow three sizes to see him deferential

and she knows what it means!! it’s a depressant. she is still in the morgue, now covered in lots of blood all over her coat 

oh! she found something that could explain his lack of pigmentation… “his pituitary gland was necrotized”, which is a funny thing to say even if it actually has a very important meaning! the pituitary gland controls hormones... and melanin!

“i have identified the effect, i am still looking for the cause” <- i love her so terribly, and her rigid but in a lovely way line of thinking... this is a very important specification!

“where are you, mulder?” “off to water the seeds of doubt. bye bye” omg he actually said bye. that has to be a first. also where is his ass going…

there’s something different about the way his hair is brushed in front of his face today and hmmppppgh he looks. handsome.

he is off to the UN building again… and we see ms. covarrubias, from before??? was he lowkey stalking her….?

yes! yes he was, and approaches her in the dark! this is deeply weird behavior, even for him... also why does he think she can help with this case. he’s onto something… but what? 

she flat out denies knowing about this case. but he doesn’t buy it.

WAIT. i see what is going on here… is she going to be deep throat 3.0?!?!?!

damn... we’re nearly at a deep throat a season at this pace...

not sure i like that tbh. like are we gonna just keep getting and losing deep throats. it's getting a little old. also, whatever happened to that one senator who would leak stuff to mulder? was that just a two episode and never mention it again kind of thing?

hmm.

okay, back to philadelphia i think. yes, this is confirmed by the eagles hat this guy has on. OH! he was hit in the head with something. it looks a thorn, and it digs deep in his head and got all bloody, bleh! he is losing his vision after this, and stumbled onto the bench behind him. everything is deeply trippy from his point of view, and the bus driver leaves angrily, thinking he is on drugs, which was very rude.

but as the bus driver pulls away, we see aboah on the other side of the street!!! who is losing even more melanin in his skin as time goes on!!! and also has one eye all pink now!!!

(intense chanting over a drum beat)

next day, scully is with the bus driver from before, asking about what went down. he claims he asked the dude if he needed help, which is very much not true. 

and mulder arrives! alfred kittel, 17 years old, went missing last night. this is not good.

mulder’s convinced it has to do with another rare seed, and he pulls out some file that deep throat 3.0 must have given him. and it’s a photo of our francophone friend from the very beginning of the episode, who was also found dead and without pigment!

“it says here the cause of death was undetermined” “yeah, undetermined scully, but not necessarily unknown” <- so what does that mean… like they just didn't investigate because they were scared to learn the truth? hmm.

some police are knocking at aboah’s door the next day, asking him about the missing person’s case- notable, one Black officer is talking about how weird of a name aboah is. i see this attempt on commentary, and acknowledge it, but it feels... odd.

and despite denying having any informationon the missing man's whereabouts, who is in aboah's office but kittel, the kid who was hit with a seed last night, missed his bus, and was reported missing! he is quietly gasping, watching the TV, and oh…. he is losing pigment in his eye and skin as well!!! WHAT IS GOING ON

aboah opens his mouth really really wide and…. PULLS SOMETHING OUT OF HIS THROAT??? what was that!?? what was that.

hey. what was that...

mulder and scully are now visiting mr. duff, the guy who was helping out mr. aboah with his naturalization process. they’re asking him to cross reference his list of clients with a list of people from that flight where our francophone friend sadly was killed, and mr. duff thinks they’re trying to catch illegal immigrants, unto scully busts out the word “public health crisis” and then things kick into gear.

mulder checks aboah’s place, but no luck. she’s going on about how it’s her duty to find and solve this disease as a doctor ( <3 ) and he recognizes aboah in a crowd of construction workers… but when mulder approaches he sprints!!! little did he know of mulder’s trackstar skills. 

scully thinks he jumped through the fence, but mulder finds him… in some sort of hole???

so it’s MRI time for aboah, to figure out we is going on. the doctor is saying he looks asymptomatic, but mulder is pouting in the window, so scully asks to run a few more tests. and apparently aboah can’t communicate with them due to the language barrier… so they called mr. duff, who is very angry that his client has been arrested.

mulder says “we only arrested him because he ran when we tried to question him, and i want to know why he ran”...

(CRINGE! CRINGE! INSENSITIVE WHITE MAN ALERT!)

...which causes mr. duff to respond with “sir, if you had ever been beaten by the police, or had your home burned to the ground for no other reason than being born, then maybe you would understand why he ran” oh! mulder cringe moment intensifies, even after this heartfelt explanation from mr. duff, as he INSISTS aboah ran because he’s hiding something 

“where are you going?” “to find someone who i know plotted to deceive, inveigle, and obfuscate” (silly words said very angrily)

so he’s at the burkina faso embassy. talking to the man who mulder thinks requested to stop the investigation into the first man’s death. this is a bold accusation... but not one the man seems to deny.

he says that his people, the Bambara, are farmers, and he grew up hearing stories of the Teliko, spirits of the air. they hide in small holes- which could be how aboah got in that pipe, i suppose- and oh no, the doctor back at the hospital is looking for mr. aboah while our unnamed embassy man is explaining how the teliko emerge at night!

the man from the embassy talks about his experience with an air spirit as a child, and how his father saved him from one. but then, they found his cousin dead and entirely white, like the dead men. which is why he knew it was real.

(zoom in on aboah in a tiny drawer of a food delivery cart) OH! the eyeballs peeking out are CREEPY

next morning, they’re looking at x rays. scully says aboah has something lodged in his throat… like that thing we saw him take out before!! and even more disturbing… look at the saggital section, just below the hypothalamus! NO PITUITARY GLAND!

GASP! this is impossible! (i love the medial jargon)

mulder emerges into the room just as they say this to point out that aboah has disappeared!

mr. duff is heading back to his car, but aboah is on the prowl. mr. duff is very happy to see him, and gives him a ride home. NOOO DON’T LET SOMETHING BAD HAPPEN TO THIS GENTLEMAN!!

NOOO! mulder is investigating the food cart when scully reports that mr. duff’s car was found abandoned…. with the keys still in the ignition. do not hurt him.

WHAT? cutscene to aboah holding this BIG NEEDLE thing over duff while one of his eyes is very pale…. where is that needle going…. OMFG HIS NOSE I CAN’T LOOK… 

the police arrive just after some crunching noises were heard and then also some snuffling in the pipes as aboah escapes into them. but luckily, duff is alive.

mulder is proposing that he is basically a vampire for melanin?

wait, hold on, what is going on about now? “the lost tribe- a clan of sub-Saharan albinos linked by their common congenital deficit who’ve adapted over generations by…” “what, by stealing other people’s hormones?”

well, scully, i must say i had a very similar reaction to his hypothesis!

so why wouldn’t it be an isolated case? she asks. a very good question! because of what someone told mulder last night… “so you’re basing this theory on a folktale?” “it’s just another way of describing the same truth, right? i mean, all new truths begin as heresies and end as superstitions. we fear the unknown, so we reduce it to the germs that are most familiar to us, whether that’s a folktale or a disease or conspiracy”

well... that is an opinion you can have, i guess?

scully with the counterpoint: why leave his own country to come here and do the killings? his smarts ass reply: free cable…. or liberty n whatnot idk

mulder pulls over to a demolition site, which he thinks might be connected to one of the other bodies, so he just. busts a hole in there and walks in. fully knowing that it is a demolition site with active asbestos. okay!!! get that mesothelioma suit king

creepy music as they explore… and hear clanging in the dark…. mulder is gonna climb a ladder now.

BLEH, THE SCARY EYES ARE WATCHING!!!!

AND NO!!! mulder is hit by one of the seeds!!!! he is calling out for scully as he trips into another dimension. NO!!!! he has fallen down!!!

scully rescue time….? now she must climb the ladder…. and sees him toppled onto the ground!!!

she hears some clanking about and climbs into a vent… which had to be awful to film… the teliko is above her!!!!!!

more vent crawling…. AND OMG!!! the dude from before, alfred kittle, is in there, and now very very very white and dead!! rip king :(

but she finds mulder in there, alive. he can only groan softly. aww poor meow meow. but something rapidly approaches….

JEEZ.. IT'S ABOAH/THE AIR SPIRIT, AND HE’S CRAWLING ON ALL FOURS AND BARRELLING TOWARDS HER WITH SHINY SCARY EYES LIKE A CAT WAAAH

scully whips out her gun and fires two shots… and aboah (do i call him aboah? IS he still the man named aboah? was he ever? or was he just a spirit?) anyway he seems to have disappeared?

(mulder still groaning) “it’s okay, mulder. i’m here. okay?” <- oh…… a rescue scene…. oh be still my heart…. i was not expecting to feel so Tender

so she beats the vent open, and finds the other bodies of the missing men in there. then she pulls his body out of the vent, apologizing to him for yanking on his legs to get him out, which was quite sweet, before slumping him up against one of the bodies to call 911.

OH! scully badge number reveal! JTT0331613. so WRITE THAT DOWN, SUPER FANS. but as she calls, the creature slash aboah returns behind her… 

mulder is groaning and trying to let her know… and she gets the hint, whips around with her gun, and shoots!

phenomenal communication between them with no more than faint moaning from mulder. truly highlights their connection.

this time, it appears there is no escape from the bullets for the teliko, as she sits with mulder among all of the bodies

oh! scully is wrapping up the episode and she has these round glasses on and my heart is skipping a few beats!! this is field journal entry 74.

good news! mr. duff survived!! and aboah is being charged for murder, but aboah is dying as they speak and may not live long enough to stand trial. and she’s confident science can explain the whole thing… “but what science may never be able to explain is our ineffable fear of the alien among us, a fear which often drives us not to search for understanding, but to deceive, inveigle, and obfuscate, to obscure the truth not only from others, but from ourselves” (and fade to black)

well! my initial thoughts…

it seems this episode existed only to introduce us to deep throat 3.0. that seemed to be the only greater overarching plot point there. which is fine, we rarely get any contributions to the overall plot in these monster of the week episodes, but… this one just didn’t do it for me.

idk, i was kind of bored?? the only times i felt things were when mr. duff was very kind, the spookiness of the creepy faces, cringe at mulder’s insensitivity, and when scully saved him at the end. that was it for me. oh, and ick at pendrell. that was it. everything else was just kinda there.

when they’re separated…idk, it just doesn’t hit the same. but i did like seeing more into medical scully! and her dogged determination slash sworn life goal being to find answers and help people! so that was good. but... idk, the concept was really interesting, i just feel like the ball was fumbled in terms of execution, and i can’t even really pinpoint why. 

here are some possible theories as to why i felt this episode was unsatisfactory: we didn't really KNOW anything about our monster of the week. he had no real compelling motivation or backstory or anything. he just showed up, like the fat vampire from season 3, who also stood out to me as a bland monster of the week. in terms of if he was a person at one point or always a vicious air spirit- who knows? the logic wasn't explained.

mulder's racial insensitivity gave me hives which is reason enough on its own for me to dislike the episode. mr. duff was like "maybe aboah was running because of the way this country treats Black people", which is an entirely valid point, and then mulder was all NUH-UH HE'S EVIL and THAT is why he is running. and then... that being what actually happens also rings kinda hollow. that sort of profiling that mulder just did isn't what gets people treated so terribly or abused at the hands of law enforcement in the first place. but i'm supposed to think mulder just Knows this through his magical judgement. hmm.

the succession of deep throats is also getting a bit old for me. i enjoyed one and two, but now it's feeling like a regeneration thing. what makes deep throat 1.0 and x's deaths compelling if we just get a new one every single time?

so: maybe i am a hater. and that is okay. in a way, we are lucky to have episodes that are just sort of mid. because i have been raised in a world of 6 hour long episodes being 1 season. i have grown up in a world designed solely for streaming, and that compactness forfeits the luxury of the exploration of world building or playing with genre that the 24 episode per season format from this era allows. so in this piece of what i believe is just a kind of boring episode, i am realizing how lucky i am that such a thing exists now that they are no longer being made.

[rebouks]

Idk if you’ve already done this (newer follower and still catching up) but would you ever do a post on how you plan a post? Like what your planning process looks like with shots, poses, etc? You’re one of my favorite storytellers and I hope to get on your level one day but no idea what goes into a true story telling post

Ooooh hi hello, welcome! I don't believe I have ever gone into my process, no! but how interesting.. what better excuse! let's take yesterdays post as an example, shall we? 👀

First of all, we start with the premise/notes, which are very rough n' look like this in a word document...

Camping – the twins are fiiighting/being a pain, Oscar loses temper with em n almost says why can’t u be like ur brother?! throwing him into memories of Salton saying that to him all the time :[ he catches himself like no wait ur perfect I just gotta finish this, twins like wtf?? But robin ofc knows what’s going on with his pappy.. Oscar wanders off later n Robin sits with him, ur not like them u kno, what? Grandma n grandpa ur not the same, OUGH ;-;

2. I suppose this step changes depending on what I feel like, sometimes I'll make the poses/take the screenies first, then write the dialogue, other times I'll write the dialogue first.. I try for the latter since I can make more accurate poses, but time is usually my enemy here cos dialogue needs a nice quiet period to write lmao (let's call this step dialogue for now though)

3. Rip sims for blender, make poses, then head in game to dress everyone, set dress and take screenies, I take a LOT and choose the best ones but here're some unedited examples for you... In this case cos there was a flashback, I also had to remake Oscar/fam as a child n' whatnot, but luckily I have their old house saved so I plonked them all in an alternative save to take those.

4. Now we have our dialogue/screenies, it's time to throw it all together in photoshop, I usually edit the screenie first to fix any clipping etc, fix the lighting, sharpen it up a bit maybe.. but that's about it! Then I press my handy lil (custom made) storyboard action and end up with smth like this, to which I add the text! (this step takes the longest prolly.. cos it takes me forever to pick the screenies I wanna use my GOD 🙈)

VOILA! Once I've chosen all the screenies in the right order I go thru each of em in PS one by one to edit/add captions, then we're done! \o/

I realise this probably seems quite quick/vague or even streamlined if u wanna toot my horn lmaooo but I've spent a while doing this by now so ig I've kinda figured out the quickest way of doing it - still tho, I'd imagine the above still taking between 4-5 hours from start to finish! I usually spread these things over days/weeks in advance tho like.. during the week I mostly make poses/take screenies and write, then at the weekend I'll usually edit a bunch n' throw it all together, so it doesn't rlly feel tedious since I'm switching it up all the time/doing what I fancy.

[kocch]

when I say that Will being canonically gay in stranger things is the biggest proof we need for byler it’s not simply because we know he is gay and that’s it - there is context that comes from being in fandoms for something like 12 yrs or more. 

first of all, I’ve started watching ST because of people talking about will and byler on twitter (in july), as a person who barely knew anything about it (I didn’t even know mike and el were a couple, so I was super surprised they decided to make it romantic in s1 when I didn’t really feel like it would happen). 

i was a sherlock fan who shipped sherlock/john. i’ve shipped non-canon couples for a long time (fandom spaces are queer spaces a lot of times). i know what it feels like to read things from a text that could imply things - a text that could be queercoded, depending on interpretation. i know what it feels like to have fun with fanon and ship things that are potentially there, but not textually canon (like steddie or ronance, imo). it’s fun and it’s mostly harmless, until the writers decide to use it as queerbait to make their fandom stay with them for a long time because they’re rooting for their queer ship (i think supernatural is the worst example of this, as they confirmed the one-sided love and then killed the queer character and sent him to hell LMAOOO). those are milking the fandoms, knowing the strongest core of a fandom is the hardcore ones (many queers) and not the casual public.

i’m a big fan of hannibal, yuuri!! on ice and she-ra, three shows that are mostly queercoded until they aren’t (and they confirm the queer ship to be canon). i swear, people CAN tell. you can see when there is a creator and writer and team who truly wants to tell a queer story/relationship, even when they can’t show it openly (like hannibal or yoi). as a person of the community myself, i’ve been able to tell it was canon. it’s different from fans just shipping things, or queerbaiting, there is care and intention and writing and parallels and romantic framing and so many things that make you see that it is there.

(now, for byler i hope it’s different. every straight couple in ST has at least one kiss and i think byler HAS to have at least one (dramatic, passionate, show-stopping) kiss because it would be totally unfair if they don’t. they have to be totally and utterly canon)

what is different about byler and stranger things, compared to sherlock or other shows for the straights? 

it’s will being canonically gay. bbc sherlock would never do that. bbc sherlock would mock feelings. he would laugh about love. he would probably be even a bit homophobic, just for the sake of it.

and it’s not just will being canonically gay, it’s his love for mike being canon. i’m sure other people have said it, but will’s love for mike is NOT JUST A CRUSH. it’s not ridiculed. sure, it’s used to forward a straight ship (that is sinking), but the story is not finished yet and i want to believe that byler is endgame and the writing in s4 was meant to 1) leave things uncomplete and unseattled between mike and will, between lies and non-confessed feelings; and will being in the middle of a relationship that is sinking. 2) mike responding to will’s feelings of love and to no one else, not even el begging for him to say he loves her. 3) making EVERYONE AND THEIR MOTHERS feel sorry for will. cry for will. pity will. root for will. root for GAY WILL. (people who think he is straight and he loves el don’t count, those are morons) 

will’s love for mike is LOVE in capital letters. it is not a crush. it’s never treated as something to laugh about, or something like a one-sided crush like Dustin’s crush for Max or Steve’s crush for Robin, those feelings are clearly more superficial and you can see that they’re not gonna happen from miles away. will’s love is A LOVE THAT MOVES MOUNTAINS. it’s totally romantic. deeply rooted. it’s like those loves you can see between jancy or lumax or even more jopper in s4, a love that saves one another, that makes people do crazy things, a love that is inherently part of the character, that makes them FEEL and DO and LIVE and you can’t imagine them not being in love with that person. 

these writers know how to write that type of love. each canon ship they made (even s1/2 milkvan in some ways), i’ve loved it. they know what they’re doing, how to make it feel like it’s true love even without writing grand love confessions or making them kiss every other episode. it’s in THE NARRATIVE, the things the characters do and say and imply.

and even more, about byler... something i wrote in a fic i’ll never finish but imo it’s the biggest point we can take away from will’s love and confession in s4. WILL SEES MIKE. will sees mike for who he is and loves him anyways. he sees the best and worst in him and still loves him and knows him and grounds him to reality and tells Mike how he could be the best version of himself, pushing him to fight for it (you are the heart). will’s love is ancient and deep, it’s a love that we don’t even know when it started, it’s always been there, it’s always been part of will (and part of mike, because it IS MUTUAL). it’s like breathing. like the sun every morning, it’s just there. it’s not going away. it’s not even a choice, at this point, there is an helplessness in the love will feels - it’s too big and too much for him he would love to run away from it, but still he can’t deny his heart. 

and that’s why i think byler is endgame. because will is canonically gay, and he is in love, and no one is making fun of him for that. his love for mike is serious, profound, romantic, genuine. it makes you cry and root for him. it’s LOVE. the strongest of forces. and every byler scene is made with care. it’s never taken lightly, not even their fights, they always matter. there is no mocking in there. no sneer. it’s treated genuinely. almost like the creators are telling you: “look here, look at them, it matters. it matters to them and it should matter to you. there is something serious brewing here, and it is romantic love”

[hyunsvngs]

OMG follow up to Seungmin && throat training :o

your knees have been bruised all week since the last (and first) time Seungmin closed off your only airway while giving head. you’ve never seen him so mouthy before, of course he wasn’t silent when things would get heated between the two of you.. but the mouth on him when this new feeling of power awoke in him from asphyxiation on the giving end??? 😮‍💨😮‍💨 And naturally, your body liked it too, the floor drenched in your hot desire dripping from your cunt.

and you best believe Seungmin knew it too. And he made sure you knew that he knew. So when the next time rolls around, you’re not surprised his index finger and thumb pressed your nostrils shut the second your lips wrapped around his head

“let’s see how much I can make your pussy drool this time.” He looks down at you with his mouth shaped in a small ‘o’, his other hand in your hair; slowly making a fist at the roots. you moan and he hisses at the vibrations.

“Your throat is so fucking ti- goddamn!” You look up and he’s looking at you like you’re the cheapest, dirtiest whore he’s ever seen. “You’re so fucking nasty, let’s see how long you can last” You loose your focus for a second because he looks so unreal right now (especially since he’s picking up the pace of his thrusts), but after a bit..the burning sensation on your scalp brings you back in time to question how long he’s been holding your nose closed now. It’s been what? 20 seconds? 30? Last time, he’d give you small breaks every few moments.. but this is different. Different feeling, a little floaty.

Smack.

you focus back on Seungmin’s face, and he chuckles. “You didn’t hear a single thing I just said huh?? Fucking whore is already loosing it? Hasn’t even been 30 seconds” He’s takes the hand that was gripping your hair and harshly pats your right temple. “Ya gettin’ a lil spacey up in there sweetheart? You need to breathe?” He pulls out just far enough that his tip exits your mouth and shoves it back in not even 2 seconds later. You’re taking in as much air as you possibly can, gasping and slightly gagging when he pushes back in.

but FUCK Seungmin just can’t help it. You look so good and submissive and he’s just so close but he needs one more thing from you.

“Get on your fucking hands and knees” He releases your nose and you all but sit back on your heels and try to catch your breath… but he doesn’t care for it. Seungmin shoves you down to the ground with your face down and ass up next to your puddle of wetness. “I didn’t tell you to take a break, did I? Listen. Keep your mouth useful and clean this mess up too”

While you’re licking yourself off the floor, he runs his cock through your folds. You let out the most pornographic moan he’s ever heard when he bullies his cock all the way in.

“You’re the dirtiest bitch around, huh? Doing what I say just to make sure you can do more than taste my cock” He places his left hand on the back of your neck, keeping it where he wants it most while his other hand wraps around your hip to circle your clit. His thrusts are so deep and hard that before he knows it, you’re cumming around him so hard you can’t even keep your legs under you. “What do you say you fucking whore?” He growls

“thankyouthankyouthanky-“

“Yeah yeah” He pulls his hand back and powers it towards to smack your ass hard.

It doesn’t take long to finish, but Seungmin can’t wait for the next time to obliterate your throat and push your limits <3

LMAOOO i’m (obviously) not very good at writing :D (and VERY much enjoy rough/mean!dom Minnie) but i hope I got the story across and i hope you enjoy. I never do anything like this but I really like your blog and I actually don’t mind interacting with you :-)))

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AGAIN ANOTHER ONE I HABE NOTHIGN TO ADD. my fave part was the ‘yeah, yeah’ HOLY SHITTTTTT HES SO SEXY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!!?!?!? PLS SEND MORE

[meowriddler]

A/N: HEYYYY YA'LL ITS BEEN A MIN LMAOOO BUT IM BACK NOW YAY FR THO THANK U TO EVERYONE WHO LIKED THIS FIC IT MEANS A LOT ANYWAYS THIS IS PART TWO OF WHO IS SHE

Who is she? Part 2

warning: Edward is lowkey a stalker here but ik u freaks like it, Edward has an episode 🥹, reader has questionable taste in men…

After that incident Edward kept seeing her if only he had enough courage to go up to her and actually talk instead of stealing glances from each other it was never enough for him, he wanted to know her wanted to crawl his way into her heart and mind hoping to stay nested there for all of eternity, even at work Edward couldn’t stop thinking about her, she always invaded  his thoughts it seems as if she bewitched him like a spell that was caused upon him that he never wishes to wear off oh what he would give to see her again to have her attention on him and only him he lets out a dreamy sigh smiling to while sketching what looks like to be a silhouette

Of his mysterious Angel he was too busy lost in thought and didn’t notice the figure coming up behind him Edward flinched when he felt a hand on his shoulder. It was his dipshit coworker Zach. He doesn’t hear what he has to say. probably something stupid like that stupid nickname he came up with.

Edward just nods, hoping he would finally leave him alone so he can go back to fantasizing about her, but soon feels empty knowing he most likely would never see her again.

His day has finally came to an end He sits and people watch as always, sometimes wondering what could be behind those lifeless faces. He looks down at his phone, trying to keep himself busy, but when he looks up, there you were in all your glory. Edward couldn’t believe it himself he thinks the stars just aligned for him he then again stares and when u look back he can’t help but get breathless like the wind just got knocked out of his lungs this time though he smiled back instead of looking away that’s some progress, Edward! He thinks to himself, feeling a bit proud. The train stops, and what looked to be her stop, wait she’s leaving?!?wait Edward? She’s walking away?! I just found her I cannot lose her again . I haven’t even realized that I started walking after her. He tried to match his footsteps with hers, not wanting to be seen or heard by her. He felt torn between the fact that what he was doing was wrong and the fact that he was basically stalking someone But also, you're just making sure she arrives home safe! Edward is choosing to believe the latter.

They Finale arrive to her apartment complex he watches her get in and waits, as he sees her lights turn on what looks like to be the sixth floor he will keep that in mind as he stares for a while deciding now would be a good time to head home.

As he enters his home suddenly a wave of dread hits him like a pile of rocks he literally just stalked someone? And tried justifying it, you idiot, you could have just gone up to her and talked to her like a normal human being. God, why can't he be normal? Why isn’t he normal? Because ur incapable of being normal that unknown voice speaks I just want to make a connection he feels tears well up to his eyes why cant he make a connection?! Because you're a fuckup, I’m not a fuckup! covering his ears, hoping that horrible screeching voice would just vanish. You deserve to di, he couldn’t let that thought finish.

Readers pov

It all started when you saw that cute guy from the subway. Something about him seemed so out of place from Gotham’s usual jarring looking people with his innocent cherubic face. You simply thought he was cute, nothing more. But you could feel eye on you now. You could tell he was staring. He isn’t exactly being very discreet. You decided to give him a glance just to let him know you were aware of his antics. He looks like a deer caught in headlights and immediately looking away as if he was caught doing a crime . I find myself smirking amused by his behavior . When He actually decides to make eye contact with me again I couldn’t help but smile that was the first time I’ve seen him and that was how we interacted from now on like unspoken language that only the two of us knew just exchanging glances from one another however the last time I saw him it was a bit different he grew more bold and what I meant by bold is him smiling back like I said bold by his standards but god call me crazy but I found his small smile so what’s the word? dorky? After I left I felt like I was being followed maybe I was being paranoid? I mean, this is Gotham after all; it’s normal to feel like this, right?

A/N thank u for reading!! I hope u guys are enjoying the fic so faralso sorry for any mistakes English isn’t my first language

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Thank you for proving my point.

A Tae anti who always think he's the bad guy in your jkk story with always bad intentions. Exactly like tkks making jimin the villain in tkk. I hope you can see how the both sides of you are toxic, pitting members against eo. Grow up. The ML, all the 7 love each other more than you or any army in this fandom have ever loved them. We're just an outsiders who they let us in. So who are you to explain and pinpoint Tae's intention toward jikook? Let jikook see you talking about him this way haha we're gonna love to see their reactions. Especially from you a hater who'll only set up bad claims about him and always take his actions in a bad way when all what he does is maybe just talking about his members whom the armys grew up with and would love to know about. But you only fixated on him brining up jk right bc God forbid that he and jk are close as friends, who their bond is also popular and loved by majority of armys (it doesn't have to be bc of shipping) who they also happened to be the only 2 members who have had free time and naturally decided to have fun together instead of being all alone all day.

Just to expand your knowledge, or to reminde you about things that it might help brush off the evil speculations you have on Taehyung. Do you know how much he also talked about Jin in his lives when no one would ask? Just from the first part of his recent live of him he was only waiting for Jin and didn't talk to armys until Jin came and only talked to jin? And when Jin had to go he also said he wants to turn off the live but the comment section kept asking him about "taennie" and he thought they meant "tannie" and showed them how's tannie doing lmaooo this was hilarious.

And the clueless ass of you don't know that when he goes live(where you cry why he's talking about jk), is actually and always bc of the comment section full of ppl asking about jk? Don't blame him if his comment section is only about jk and tkk. Just like when jk got questions in instg story about jm and jikook and he. Yeah, also it's when he once asked armys to talk and ask him about something new other than the shit he usually see in his comment section. He's also sick of tkks, believe me. You see, maybe when your head is clouded with negativity and someone else fill you in with more content and knowledge to know better about the one who you don't vibe with, at the end of the day, Tae isn't that bad, ay?

I can make up bad shit and call names about how, just from today, jk mistreated jm and the way he and tae were glued while jm was left alone in his own world. But I won't. Bc the deference between me and you is that, I'm not a jk anti. I don't assume and think bad of any members behaviors towards eo, bc I know how much they love eo and I trust them with eo. You guys and tkks should just free the ML atp. They deserve better.

Anon,

You should have just started your messages with this part and we would have finished our conversation faster:

"I can make up bad shit and call names about how, just from today, jk mistreated jm and the way he and tae were glued while jm was left alone in his own world."

You are vile. How did you even think of this? Because there was 0 indication of that happening. The only ones who could come up with this scenario are are tkkrs. And yes, your entire message is full of ttkr junk.

You are not here defending Tae because you love him, you are here because you hate Jimin.

Jk left Jimin alone? Is that what you all are thinking?

Ok:

Let me make that clear for you:

Jk was with Jimin. Making him laugh. Hovering like usual. Waiting for him when they exited.

Haven't you seen the countless times that Jk corrects Tae so his shippers don't get ideas? Like here:

You think Jk doesn't know about the hate tkkrs like you spew? And that's why he debunks taekook and never mentions Tae anymore? I don't doubt their friendship but Jk doesnt feed the shippers like Tae does.

You think Tae doesn't know the cute name for his relationship with Jennie? Lololol

Jimin may love Jungkook or Tae or Suga or Hobi or whoever. Sure. But I am not Jimin and I don't have to love what Jimin loves. That's weird.

I'm not setting Tae up. He has set himself up. Im not the only one who sees his weird behavior. Lots and lots of people do. And yeah, I would call him out in front of Jikook and Tae too. Why wouldn't I?

Some people act like these men are perfect gods. You need to stop believing in celebrities, for reals.

Sure free the ML line, sure. Typical ot7 crap, typical tkkr crap. Jimin should be free from people like you.

Look, we don't call you vermin for no reason. I can tolerate "insecure jikookers", solos but not tkkrs like you.

So refrain from sending more asks because, either way, I will continue pointing out what Tae is doing. I will stop when he stops. How about that?

Thanks for stopping by.

[evansbby]

For the writer asks: 11, 15, 24, 25. I do hope you end up getting asked about all of them!!

11. a WIP you’d like to finish someday.

All of them? Bahahaha. I am aiming to post the captain’s reward part 2 next, as it’s already 10k words long. wicked games 5 is a WIP that I really really hope I can succeed in finishing, only bc I really want to complete reader’s/Ari’s/Steve’s/Kira’s/Sharon’s stories and give them all a fitting ending! I feel like I’d have let myself down if I don’t, but I know I have a long road ahead of me as the plot of wg 5 is very ambitious as is the structure of the fic with all the flashbacks and flashforwards — it’s something I’ve never done before and I’m excited and nervous to delve into it! Apart from that, I really want to post my sugar daddy Ari full length fic — I really want to tick all the boxes with that one and make a super long smut-filled fic that I know yall would enjoy but it’s just gonna take time. There’s also a mystery Steve fic that I’m almost don’t with that I’d like to be able to finish and post soon!

15. favourite weather for writing.

Cold weather, at night when it’s all cold and I’ve just taken a shower and I sit on my bed with the window open next to me and the cool air coming into the room, fan on full blast to also create white noise which allows me to write without getting distracted easily. It’s perfect hehe.

24. how do you recharge when you’re not feeling creative?

To get my creative juices flowing again, or to get myself inspired I usually just stop writing and give it a rest for a few days. Being away from your wip can help you get inspired to write it more if you’re not constantly staring at it. I also daydream a lot in bed, when I just wake up or when I’m going to sleep at night — this is where I get most of my ideas from and then I get excited to write them down. Also, watching a movie or series really helps to get my creativity flowing again I’ve realised. Like I’ll watch something on tv and then think of how I’d better the plot and then it gives me inspo to write. Also reading my fics helps me get creative again. Also watching twt prn but I can never find the good stuff like how yall send me links lol.

25. besides writing, what are your other hobbies?

I love fashion — I love watching and reviewing fashion shows and collections both past and present. I also love fashion illustration and I love drawing hybrid style illustrations of traditional iconic pieces mixed with tacky 2000s style. I also like painting in real life — I’m not the best but I e recently gotten into it! And yeah I can’t think of anything else lmaooo.

[glittercake]

could you go into your writing process a bit? i’ve been a fan of your fics for years now, and i still find myself in awe of how you’re able to create these cohesive worlds and voices and dynamics and just how tight your writing is. like i never feel like anything should be cut and even if all the loose ends aren’t tied up, i feel like it ends right where it should. like i’m so curious to see how your brain turns out so much magic!!

Oh my gosh, this is so nice of you to say 😭 Thank you first of all!  Secondly, I'll try to map out my process for big wips below the cut! Hope it makes sense 🤭 But this ask literally put a smile on my face all day, so thanks again. 

So to start off, I usually have a good idea of exactly how the story should end. That helps big time with everything else. If I don't know kind of what happens in the middle and exactly how it should end, I really struggle. 

Then I have a separate doc where I write down all my notes or thoughts about the stories, and also do the outlines. The story ideas come either extremely randomly, like me falling down a rabbit hole of presidential assassinations on YouTube (y'all know what this resulted in) or they're a result of my friend and i spiraling about something in the DMs (lighthouse, boxing fic, soulmate fics, most of the horny ones too 😂)

I also like to gather some pics just to get an idea of what the characters look like in whatever universe I'm writing about, as well as the scenery and buildings/layout. So for example, i used these inspo pics for The First Gentleman:

So every time I open the doc to write I'd have these, the outline, and the notes open. Other visuals like the banner or graphics I make also help put me in the right mindset for the story.

So, before I start writing, I draft an outline. I try to keep it brief tbh, the longer and more involved the outline the more intimidating the story feels which means less chance of me actually writing it 😅 (there are about 3 outlines that will probably never see the light of day!) but brief doesn't always work so what i do, especially for long wips, is make a short bullet list for what needs to happen in each chapter.

This way i can accommodate plot bunnies, shift stuff around and kill the darlings before i get too attached, i usually also have a few key scenes in my head and i then fit them in here. Outlines also include stuff like a quick character write up like age, quirks, bad habits, cute habits or sayings they have (in Ain't No Grave they had this cute back and forth "keep up now" or in Ruins Bucky called everyone meatballs.)

This is roughly what a chapter outline looks like for me:

lmaooo. as you can see it's very informal. basically a scribble.

Usually when I'm super inspired, i can get going straight away, otherwise I let it turn over in my head a little bit until i come up with a good starting point. What also helps me cement the character voices and specific characteristics is re-watching whatever source media it relates to. So for me it's always Cap 2 & 3 and TFATWS, Endgame where Sam gets the shield, and Sam’s scene in AoU and Antman.

I prefer to write in order from start to finish. I find I lose interest too quickly if I don't. Having a point to work toward is easier for me. BUT at the bottom of the notes/outline doc I also have a section for scenes that I absolutely can't get out of my head and need to write down right the fuck now. For example Monica’s induction in TFG was written waaay before anything else, so was the sambucky reunion in that fic. But, because I placed it at the bottom of a separate doc, the fic was still technically written in order 😌 makes perfect sense, I know lol.

Then whenever I finish a bullet point in the outline, I color it off the list. This process helps me keep track of what has been done and what still needs to happen. Seeing how much I've completed also really helps to keep me motivated, plus the colors are fun! Helps with sticking to what i had planned too, i find if i don't follow outlines, the scenes and characterization kind of jump all over the place. Mostly i only have some time on weekends to write so knowing exactly what i need to write and how i need to write it beforehand is key to me. Having the outline done before I start means I have a week to play those scenes out in my head or play with the dialogue until it sounds right. 

If I get stuck, I read either a book or my favorite fics, do some art, or just leave it be until inspo strikes again.

And I think that’s about it. Don’t know if this is what you were looking for but there you have it 😂 

💕 

I’m always happy to get asks about my fics and writing, so don’t be shy!

[blurglesmurfklaine]

20 Questions For Fic Writers

gonna unofficially thank @forabeatofadrum for this tag bc she said whoever wanted to do it and I wanted to so here it be!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

49??? What when how did that happen??

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

706,964 woah so not quite a million but uh I have shit to say apparently

3. What fandoms do you write for?

46 of the 49 fics are glee lmaooo, two are Newsies and one is Roswell, New Mexico! I anticipate more Newsies (Javid) fics to come because I’m obsessed

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

There From The Start

Cornelia Street

Here We Go Again

An Honest Man

If Music Be

All for Glee: Klaine!

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

I try to respond to as many as I can, but I usually forget lol. If someone leaves an insightful comment though it will usually spur a long conversation in the comments and I LOVE IT

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

If The World Was Ending bc they uh :) die, technically speaking

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Uhhhh probably every other one??? I really don’t like sad endings so most have a happy ending, but i actually really like the ending to Stick Season because despite it being so terribly emotional and angsty, I feel like the ending is a turnaround and really hopeful!

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Not really? A few annoying comments telling me characters wouldn’t act this way, and one asking me “where my creativity was” which rubbed me the wrong way but I try to focus on the positive ones! Those definitely linger in my mind longer 💞

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Don’t look at me. Yes. Sometimes. Idk man sometimes those dudes just need to fuck it out???? But I usually only write it if the story feels like it’s naturally going there. It’s never really porn for porn’s sake (for clarification there’s nothing wrong with that we all love a little pwp), it’s usually the sappy emotional kind that’s mostly feelings and vague descriptions. it’s definitely not my forte and something I still get a little embarrassed and self conchas about lmao

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

Not recently but I did have a Supernatural/Glee crossover a few years ago (shut up I was 16) and honestly it was loads of fun! Blaine was the child of that Gay Angel and Repressed Bisexual Man. Absolutely a slay

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

I don’t think so? But a few old ones from my fanfiction dot net page ended up on one of those search engine thingies??? Idk how to explain it or how to take it down but honestly… I have bigger problems lol

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

No but if anyone ever wants to let me know!!! It would make me so happy!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yeah! Quite a few actually. I usually do the franken-fic every year and I did the roulette challenge and that m aforementioned crossover was actually a collab! Some of my favorite memories was writing the final chapter of A Night At The Ryerson House with @esperantoauthor 💞

14. What’s your all time favourite ship?

OOF. Okay so. With 46 fics on AO3 you could say Klaine has a special place in my heart, buuuuuuut…….. my best friend introduced me to newsies in April and I seriously think it did something to my brain chemistry because Jack and Davey own my entire ass

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

Ugh. I’m so fearful that I’ll never finish Amidst The Chaos, which I LOVE but takes so much out of me. There’s also one I’ve never posted called “Strangers Again” that involves like timeline jumping but in a romcom way that I’m not sure how to go about??? Also the community college one. I have so many.

For Javey I tried writing that Spider-Man AU but like. I need to re do the entire first chapter. I absolutely hate it actually and I think it’s because I don’t have a clear vision of what exactly I want, but I know what I DO NOT want????

16. What are your writing strengths?

Uhhhhhhhhhhh I’m actually not sure entirely? I’m gonna go with dialogue bc that’s usually how scenes come to me first.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Scenery/setting/sensory, world building, plot points, physical movement holy fuck do not get me started when That Guy has to move Across The Room AHHHHHH I wanna tear my face off

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

Love it! In my brain Jack Kelly is Mexican because I love to project, and I’ve got a wip where Blaine is involved in a Hispanic community (no he’s mot Hispanic he’s just got a Mexican friend who is an old lady and also Catholicism is involved it’s a lot to explain okay go with it) so I like to use it, but only in a way that feels natural to ME based on MY experiences. Different people have different approaches!

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Glee!

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

Oof. This one is hard but I think it’s an even tie between Here We Go Again and If Music Be!

Tagging: @somefeministtheatrepls @somanywords @justgleekout @kurtsascot and anyone else who wants to try!

[thatbanditqueen]

i’m obsessed w all ur fics but i gotta ask…

are u planning on midge and ep making up some way in the next chapter or are u thinking ab dragging it out? (also wanted to let u know i reread the only sure thing probably once a week lmaooo)

So I'm writing chapter 8 right now and...... they are going to be colliding into each other at the end. Followed by three very very very smutty chapters. This and the last chapter where they are not together have been the HARDEST for me to write because I have the smut headcanons for the next chapters rebounding around in my mind grapes and I just want to get there already and I want the build up to be good but I have discovered this about myself as a writer. I'm not great at slow burn or storylines that don't lead to somewhat immediate smut..... lol.... maybe I'm off, but my favorite chapters of Only Sure Thing are 2 through 6..... I did like writing the scene in 7 where Elvis walks in on Midge writing fake fan letters for the Colonel.... but some of that chapter felt flat trying to accomplish more exposition and where i see them going... idk i am an aggressively hard on myself person, but i guess I think my favorite thing to write is pre-smut verbal foreplay which is hard to do if characters are broken up... so, this was a really long way to answer your question. The short answer is yes, and I'm sorry because I'm still learning how to write stories but I see ch 9 and 10 being.... um.... fun....

Once a week? My love.... im so fucking honored to hear you say that because I am really fond of these characters and I reread it everytime I write a new chapter, but I also want to rewrite it, especially some of the clunky paragraphs early on where I feel like I was over explaining Elvis' bio.... I might one day....

This is something I'm struggling with so I'm curious to know what you think... I don't want them to make up totally until March 1961 bc Elvis is going to convince Midge to go to Hawaii with him and he's leaving like the day after they reunite. But I also don't think it's realistic that he wouldn't try to see her every chance he can and try to wear her resolve down... I'm having him bombard her with telegrams and phone calls, and sort of explaining how he's off filming two movies and doing benefits and events in Nashville and Memphis as the reason he doesn't see her for six months... but I feel like I need to write ONE "look let me prove I can be just friends" scene from Midge's pov, where E shows up at her place unexpectedly because he's super impulsive and hyperfixated..... and he wants to use any excuse to get her alone and bring her back to his house ... uh... ok apparently this post became part of my writing process...

Thanks for reading and supporting my own hyperfixation. Im always down to chat about them. I really hope the fan community doesn't dissolve bf I finish these stories....I know I'm moving at a snail's pace..

xoxo

norAHHHH

The Only Sure Thing forthcoming in the next few days Ch 8 vibes...

[ovaryacted]

HIII I hope you’re having an amazing day, I’d like to ask 9, 15, and 27 if that’s alright🙏

ALSO IM SO SORRY FOR REFOLLOWING, i accidentally unfollowed when i tried to click the ask😞

Hello leonfucker3000, it is a pleasure to finally have you in my inbox, big fan. Also, I fucking love your username LMAOOO, real af. I hope you're having a good day too! 🫶

writer ask game

9. Current WIP

My current WIP is Ch. 2 of Story of Us and it is a pain in my ass. I already finished it a while ago, but considering it was so long and I wasn't all that satisfied with it, I decided to look at it again after a couple of days of not focusing on it too much. That way, I can edit it with a clear set of eyes and hopefully make it more to my liking.

15. How do you deal with writer’s block?

I don't. Just kidding, but I treat writer's block like I treat anything else when I'm unhappy. I acknowledge my feelings, take a note of it, and pour my energy into something else in the meantime until I get some of that creative spark to return. I've learned the hard way that you can't force yourself out of writer's block or burn-out, it just doesn't work that way, believe me I've tried. The best thing you can do for yourself is do things that you enjoy, and to be patient with your creative energy. Sometimes, things just don't click, other times they do and you find yourself in the middle of an explosive epsiode of creativity where your mind is going a mile a minute. Sometimes you're lucky, sometimes you're not, and that's okay because the creative process is not linear. Good things simply take time, and when you want to get out of writer's block or any creative block for that matter, your mind will tell you once you're ready. As simple as that.

27. Favourite line/scene

I don't know if this question is specifically asking like a favorite line/scene from my writing or from media that I have consumed, so I'm answering both for fun. Hands down, it has to be that scene in S2 of Bridgerton where Kate starts off by saying "I'm leaving for India" and Anthony goes "That is not far enough" and that speech plays rent free in my head. When I first watched that scene after not really caring for S1, I was so into it, like wow, this is what you call quality TV! Drama! Yearning! Mutual pining!!! GIVE IT TO ME!

And as for a favorite line of mine in MY work, probably from Restless, one of my favorite pieces to date cause who doesn't love sub Leon with a mommy kink?

“You want to cum inside me? Fill mommy’s pussy up?”, he nodded dumbly at you, growing pussywhipped at your words and thrusting up into you harder to match your pace.

Yeah. I did my big one...need to write some more sub Leon with a mommy kink ASAP!

[beautifulpersonpeach]

Hi BPP! How are you? Do you think it would still be possible for Jimin to release a full-length album before he enlists? Also, do you think he's going to be more open to pushing the boundaries further with his next one? Given that he dipped his toes with the release of Face? Thank you! (I'm being selfish hoping and begging for another album from Park Jimin, but I am absolutely in awe of his talent and his sexy brain)

P.S. I kid you not. I literally imagined myself on my knees in front of him when one of his promotional photos from Face was published. It was the first time I felt that for any famous person, and I love Henry Cavill. The one where his eyes were closed, a lip ring in the middle of his bottom lip, a spike placed on the bottom of each eyebrow (saw the black and white version of this). The charisma this person has. Sorry for rambling. 🥲

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Hi Anon,

Another quick reply while I’m online (and sorry to others who have sent asks way earlier. If you’ve been following me for a while you’d know I’ll respond eventually… I’m just kinda erratic with what I respond to and when… bian.)

I don’t think Jimin can release a full-length album before he enlists. Though I’d love to be proven wrong here. Based on what I’ve observed in k-pop, full length albums take about 14 months on average to put together, and given Jimin started working on FACE in earnest in April 2022, and finished FACE promotions in April 2023, I think that while he certainly has other new songs mostly completed at this point, I highly doubt it’s enough songs to make a full length album (which is typically 10 - 16 songs).

Like you, I hope we get at least an EP from him before he enlists. And again, like you, I want his music causing me to do kegels on reflex again. I need Jimin to serve cunt in the way only he can. Can he top Set Me Free Pt 2? Personally, I don’t see how, but it’s a fool’s errand to underestimate a man like Jimin. So let’s wait and see. A big part of me feels like that softie will try to leave ARMY with a big warm hug so we’ll get more Letter-type songs, but the bitch in me wants more “Fuck off! I’m on my way. I’m not scared anymore. Fuck all my opps!” and so on…

We’ll see. :)

P.S. I have no comment on your Henry Cavill and latent submissive (for Jimin only?) predilections. Jimin would probably laugh if you told him this to his face lmaooo. And somehow that makes it even more cute? Anyway, safety first Anon.

[mjjune]

Writer Questions game!

Thanks so much to @vsnotresponding for the tag!

Tagging: @aritany, @jamieanovels, @isabellebissonrouthier @garthcelyn @wildswrites and anyone who wants to!

1. What is your absolute all-time favorite idea you've ever had?

Probably twtr! Just the idea of The Wolf, and the diving deep into exploring revenge and taking the original Red Riding Hood vibes of looking beyond what you see, that things aren't as they appear, was just a BLAST a write.

2. Is there a question you've been asked in the past that really stands out to you and you still think about sometimes?

Hmm not that I can think of off the top of my head

3. What is your favorite part of being a writer? What parts could you take or leave?

I love being able to read others' work and share my own. I love being able to explore myself and my ideas in a way that's private—that no one else has to see unless I want them to.

If I could leave behind the part where readers give unsolicited advice/feedback and also the struggle to logistically fix plot holes, I would lmao

4. What is your greatest motivation to write/create?

The self-exploration aspect, and sharing it with others.

5. What is the best piece of advice you've ever read or been given as a writer?

These!! From Neil <3

6. What do you wish you knew when you were first starting out writing?

That you're never going to please everyone, that betas will always have conflicting comments, and there are going to be people who take your writing in bad faith, regardless of what you change or what you say.

7. What is your favorite story you've written TO COMPLETION? Link it if you'd like and can!

You want me to pick???????? No. Here go look at both of them.

>>AVOF and TWTR<<

8. What is your favorite out-of-the-box quote?

Yeah, idk what this means either.

9. Which of your characters would you say has the most controversial mindset? Why do you say so and how do you personally feel about their ideals?

Hmm The Wolf, at least for most of TWTR. Also Danny's views are controversial from a Society™ standpoint, in that he's nonmanogamous and very fluid in all things sexuality and gender, and is also pretty anti-label in general.

10. If you when you first started writing met you now, what would younger you think?

Probably surprised that I've only finished 2 books RIP but also impressed at how queer they are and surprised by how hopeful and happy-ending they are lmaooo

[kakujis]

i've finished the demo! do you think the last scene will change depending on origins? there is a possibility like alchemist would be more link to leander. it's advertised as a dark gothic romance novel for mature audiences but i think since the game is nowhere near finish, they cannot put an age rating on it yet.

oh, i didn't realised you could add additional items to your tier, i'm new to kickstarter so i have no idea lol. that's good but i've heard the cost of the shipping is pretty expensive too.

ais might be the true route for the game like with other otome games, you have to play the characters in certain order to reach the final/canon ending/route.

there are character sheets??? i feel like mhin is a character that grow on you and leander is the ideal one to start with and vere, you either love or hate him.

really? i thought ais intro was intense esp with that soundtrack! his music theme is the most memorable one. if there are changes, hopefully they will just add more piercings to sen or something like that considering she already have a nose ring.

elyon (?), i felt like he was deliberately designed like that because of his mysterious brief profile information like trying to find the one thing that money can't buy.

what do you think the potential new stretch goals could be? i think we are at the last one. i hope they add more physical merc for the basic tiers then because a lot of fans had chosen them.

omg maybe! i know each origin comes with its own special trait of some sort!! i wanna play sum more when i get home later this week!!! wbu?? r u gonna play thru again using a diff origin? alsooo my fren actually did play thru as alchemist and the dialogue for kuras in particular are diff!! not sure about leander but i thought about that too!!

also yesyes!!! on the touchstarved blog theres chara sheets for all of em! it tells u what they like + dislike alongside their fatal flaw! leanders is cut out im pretty sure soo im sooo curious abt hims. :3 also omg real! mhin is soooososososo pretty eee n i do enjoy their personality buuut, leander is def ideal eep!! vere is super cute to me, but i feel like id stutter to talk to him irl and then perish cus i give in too easily LMAOOO

also yes!! i agree w sen!! give her more piercings shes so damn hot im passing OUT!!! also also, i think leander n vere’s intros kinda swooped me away…. like i literally was dming my friend like: PLs i hope its not vere next ill pass out AND DIE… and then he showed up n i died. poof. GONE. (；ω；)

okok so the whole ais thing w me was like, hmmm. ur hot yes and ur music slaps but that was about it for me! i agree it was really intense! IM NOT EVEN SURE WHY i just felt like. nuffin towards him when i played it LOL. but the scene where he almost borderline kills tht one dude was so hot fusjdjjdjdjkaka. i have a whole lil drabble rn about ais and said alleyway…. im … hes…. hes so. (>_<)… on the floor SOBBING!!! if he is the true route i wont b mad!!! like they do put him in the middle of all the promo art sooo… i could see leander being a true route also. hes soo sweet. i wanna *** him.

yea yea i also agree abt elyon! he’s super handsome tho i bet his route will be great! i wonder what his personality will be like doe… like condescending? rude? patronizing?? hmm hmm. ohh also b4 i forget! yesyes u can change ur tier n do add-ons on the page! it’ll say edit tier or somthin like that! i think shipping will probs b 15 but i am a fool w a lil bit of extra monies. ʅ（◞‿◟）ʃ

personally i gots nooo clue for stretch goals but im the same thinking as u!! im praying for more physical merch. I WAN AN AIS DAKIMURA PLS PLS PLS PLS PLS telepathically trying 2 connect w the devs rn… HEAR MY PLEAS!!!