#i do still read his chapters tho they're some of my faves

[sharpth1ng]

It's me, the local HW and liver laugh love anon.

Same tho, saaame @ being here for Stu pining and listening to sad songs. He is so soft about Billy and I find it adorable. I can also totally picture him watching certain horror movies when he's pining after Billy because they're Billy's faves/they remind Stu of him.

good shit HW (thats your nickname now) lmaooo this is perfect seeing as how I literally signed up for tumblr yesterday after reading the latest chapter of your Debaser fic, purely to send the HW headcanons. me coming to your inbox like https://i.imgur.com/BzCAtuA.gif

bold of you to assume Billy wouldn’t just break his phone for that. I think that phone is going out a window tbh. Stu’s phone is always backed up because he has to replace it four times a year. — he totally would and I am convinced Stu would remember the date of them hooking up to it too, so it's literally treated like an anniversary every fucking year by him and this happens every single time. He also never misses a chance to play the song when they go hunting (and I think Stu would find it hilarious that this is his dad's legacy). speaking of their dads, I didn't even think of this yesterday but the fact that Billy's dad's name was Hank is ending me because I'm picturing Stu's dad asking Billy "How's Hank doing?" and Stu giving Billy looks that only he understands during this.

Billy: Yeah fine I’ll still have sex with you but you’re sleeping on the fucking couch tonight. — totally lmao and then Stu has the audacity to fall asleep with his arm thrown across Billy and Billy is like annoyed that he can't STAY annoyed, which tbh is his brand @ Stu lbr. (Bonus: when Stu is asleep, Billy says something like I love you, dipshit).

I’m also gonna write some older them at some point! — Yesss! I can't wait to read that too, I love your writing and characterization of them so much. Debaser is canon to me and no one can tell me otherwise. I love the idea of them mellowing like 2% and only 2%. And also grown up Billy having some “Yeah I’m gay, fuck you” energy. — This is so valid. I'm so here for older Billy finally having acceptance for himself and being like "Hmmm, that sounds like a you problem" before he guts some homophobe while Stu watches with this expression: 🥰

And I am once again apologizing for the length of this on anon too fdsfdsjkd (I still haven't had time to choose an actual username - sending this in between working lmao - and rly don't want to be randomusernamebunchofnumbers)

Welcome back HW! No worries on the anon, no rush on the username lmao they’re so hard to choose. And Ahahah I thank you for the nickname!

Ok Stu sad watching horror movies and pining is great, definitely canon lmao.

LOL at the Hank Williams/phone breaking anniversary that is very much something Stu would do. Omg before digital music he bought so many copies of this CD because they, like the phone, mysteriously keep being shattered into pieces (it’s not a mystery Billy does it right in front of him).

GOD SOMEHOW I FORGOT HIS DADS NAME IS HANK BAHAHAHAH GOD Billy would die. Such exquisite torture tbh. Artisanal. Bespoke.

Lmao yeah the only time Stu’s ever heard him say “I love you” Billy clearly thought he was asleep and when he realized he wasn’t he just fucking left, put himself on the fucking couch.

Yo that’s so sweet Gah I’m legit so touched 🥰 my and my dumb lil fucked up fics thank you 🙏

Lmao and yeah Middle aged Billy absolutely destroying homophobes is my fav tbh. Billys like “You should be afraid of the gays because we’re fucking coming to get you.”

[navree]

What do you think of house Lannister?

In general? I think they're fun, they're neat, they're a bunch of overdramatic bitches but because they don't have dragons and instead just have a shitton of money it's not as dangerous as the Targaryens. It's like them Succession kids, but in Westeros. They're very funny, it's just this family of messy bitches with good genes who decide to make their problems everyone's problems even tho they're not even royalty, they're just That Dramatic that it infects everyone else.

As for specific Lannisters in ASOIAF, my feelings go a bit deeper.

I like Cersei fine, she's fun to read about and her head's fun to be in because she thinks she's so much smarter than she is and that cognitive dissonance can be very entertaining, but I don't necessarily have the strongest or deepest feelings about her, she's pretty much just an entertaining character I enjoy.

Jaime is my son. He is my baby boy. I love him so much I just want to cuddle him up in a blanket and yell at every single person he's ever talked to until they apologize for being mean to him. Like, God his flashback chapters where he thinks on shit he had to go through in Aerys's Kingsguard literally hurts. If he gets a rocks fall death in the books like in the stupid show I'm gonna be so pissed, he is my number one boy (I think he might be a very strong contender for second favorite male ASOIAF character) and I will protect him with my life and love him fiercely. And why second favorite? Because...

Tywin is the best character in this series. He may be the best character in the entire ASOIAF/GOT/HOTD franchise. He's never done anything wrong except for all the evil stuff he did wrong but it's fiction and he ain't on trial so he's the best. I literally love everything about Tywin, I love all his scenes and all of his characterization and the hints we get of the kind of person he is since we're never in his head. I love his intelligence and his mind and I like that he does encompass what it means to be ruthless, to see the bright line in getting from point A to point B and following that line with no deviations no matter what it does for or to other people. I love smart characters, and I especially love smart politicians, so Tywin is basically if crack was an ASOIAF character for me. And I adore his interpersonal relationships. People have talked to death about Tywin's relationship with his kids and I wouldn't add anything new, but his relationship with his siblings needs to be discussed more. That tidbit about him being the only one to stand up for Genna when she was betrothed to House Frey and how angry it made him is literally just *chef's kiss*. And I could write a thesis dissertation on Tywin and Kevan and all the intricate displays of their relationship but for now I'll say this: the final published chapter of ASOIAF being Kevan's POV where when he gets shot with a crossbow his first thought is literally "no, no, this is how my brother died" is fucked up. That's a really fucked up thing to do George. And sue me I'm a sucker for the dynamic Tywin had going on with Joanna. That shit hits hard.

So, here's an unpopular opinion: I do not like Tyrion. I don't mean I don't like him as a character, I love him as a character, his story is interesting and the way he's written is good and he's understandable and I sympathize with him and I acknowledge and respect him as a key player in the series and one of the five Peak Core cast. And honestly, I appreciate his story and I do feel emotions for him and the way he's treated as a disabled man in a society like Westerosi society. But on a personal leve, I do not like Tyrion, for one very simple reason: Tyrion is so completely and unbearably misogynistic that is genuinely difficult for me to spend time in his head. Now I know what you might be thinking, "Amélie he's not the only misogynistic character" and no he's not, but out of the main male characters, he is the most overt and the most physical with it, not only just constantly thinking awful shit about women but also doing things like slapping Shae for talking and strangling her for the crime of him thinking she's someone she wasn't and even though I'm aware that it's for a furtherance of his arc, him raping the sex slave literally makes me hurl. And while I'm equally as aware that he's not the only Lannister POV character to have severely misogynistic takes (ohhhh Cersei and your internalized sexism), I'm more willing to give Cersei some grace because she is a woman and is suffering under a misogynistic society that has hurt her. For all else Tyrion is, he is a man, a highborn man to boot, and he has benefitted extremely from Westeros's misogyny as well as being a perpetrator of it that does not afford him the same leniency from me that Cersei gets as a victim.

And honestly, some of the shit he thinks about Cersei is just......ugh. I'm not a Cersei stan by any stretch, but I do have some genuine issues with some of the stuff he thinks and says re: her. Tyrion is more than allowed to hate Cersei for her horrible treatment of him, even allowed to want her dead, but him constantly going on about how he wants to rape and murder her not for anything she'd done in the past but for thinking he'd murdered Joffrey (which he knows she genuinely thinks is true, the issue is that Tywin knew it wasn't but was gonna use it to get rid of him anyway) is exhausting. It is genuinely taxing for me to read about how frequently he wants to be gruesomely sexually violent towards a woman not for any wrong she actually did him, and she's done a lot, but for her own erroneous belief that he knows is genuine on her part. Again, I get where he's coming from, I really do, I understand why it's being written and I understand how someone can get to that point, especially after all Tyrion's been through, and I'm not heartless as I said before and there are feelings I have about him, but idk, maybe it's Being A Woman and that the kind of misogyny Tyrion constantly exhibits is a kind that still very much exists today in the modern world, but it's a hurdle I can't get over when it comes to him.

(and also it's a nitpick cuz i know there's no way he could have known about it but it still rubs me the wrong way when i reread the series and he has his thing about how he liked robert when cersei hated him when i know that the reason cersei hated him was because he raped and abused her, it's just a Thing for me)

So yeah, that's the House Lannister take for the most part from me. As House, they're fun and more lighthearted in terms of shit they get up to and very funny, which Cersei tends to encapsulate for me as a character, and I have a lottttt of feelings, just very different ones, re: Tywin and Jaime, and Tyrion is...Well, it's fiction and it's not my job to like every single character, even popular ones.

[oh-my-damn]

BESTIE I'D ASK YOU ALL OF THEM QUESTIONS CAUSE I LOVE SNOOPING AROUND IN THAT BRILLIANT REDHEAD OF YOURS BUT THESE WILL DO FOR NOW 🥰 NO IDEA WHY IM SCREAMING BTW 😅

📃Ever written something inspired by someone elses fic?

😚A fic you like writing more than other fics? (Even tho i might already know the answer to this one lol)

👌🏻The fic that took the fastest to write?

🎨Show us a sneak peek from a WIP! (Plz cure my sorrow with some andy babe)

LUB YOU 💋💋💕💕

HI BESTIE

Reposted this just for you hehehehehehe

Okie lets do it !

📃Ever written something inspired by someone elses fic?

Yes, ofc I have ! I draw inspiration from many of the amazing works I read, but one particularly triggered my inspiration for Highways & Heatstrokes !

It's @onsunnyside Flamingo King ! It was back when she'd only posted the first part, and I remember reading that part and just being so HUNGRY for more. Right after reading it, I just so happened to watch Midnight in the Switchgrass with Megan Fox and there's a scene with a truck driver picking up a girl from the side of the road. And that legit triggered it. I couldn't have stopped myself from writing Trucker Ari even if I wanted to, but Sonny's description of the heat and warmth just really kicked my mind right to that dusty highway. If anyone is unfamiliar with Sonny's work I recommend to go read her entire masterlist right the fuck now bc she is phenomenal.

😚A fic you like writing more than other fics? (Even tho i might already know the answer to this one lol)

LMAO you probably do know this answer, bestie ! The Stranger is a big fave of mine. I don't think I'd be able to write that many chapters if I didn't thoroughly love it. I love the story, and Chramelia, they're my comfort couple. I also really enjoy writing Diplomatic Negotiations and enjoy(ed) writing Highways & Heatstrokes (that series finished way too quick for me !!)

👌🏻The fic that took the fastest to write?

I think that was my mini series for Mace ! Sunshine was one of my first works on here (actually, the drabble in that series is the very first piece of writing I wrote specifically for tumblr, and also what triggered the series). A strong contestant would also be my Curtis Everett mini series, Angel. Wrote that sucker within a weeks time, ish.

I also finished H&H pretty quick (too quick imo) but I do believe those other two were faster lmao.

OH and for one shots its definitely Guilty Pleasures !!! I wrote that bitch in ONE SITTING. Literally took an hour. I was astounded lmaoooo

🎨Show us a sneak peek from a WIP! (Plz cure my sorrow with some andy babe)

Of course honey!! Sneak peek from the next part of Sweet Heartache coming up!

"Is that my shirt?"

His voice is still a little groggy from sleep, but his wording feels stern, which concerns you. You glance down at the button up before you meet his piercing gaze again, "Oh, uh, yeah, I found it. I'm sorry, I can go change. I shouldn't have-"

"No," he interrupts, shaking his head, "No, don't go change."

Your brows raise as you tilt your head, looking at him curiously, "Okay, I won't.. Are you okay? You seem off."

"I'm good," Andy replies calmly, and then he finally moves from his former spot, taking just a few strides until he's right in front of you. Your eyes dart down to his bare chest, taking in his defined torso and the hair covering it, trailing down to his waist as he stands before you in only his boxers.

Your teeth dig into your bottom lip when you spot the large bulge, only covered by the thin fabric, and it makes you immediately dart your eyes back up to meet his.

"I like you in my shirt," he murmurs, his deep voice sending a shiver down your spine, "You look good."

You smile, "Thank you, I uhm.. I like wearing it."

"Good," he hums, large hands reaching out to grip your hips. You take a step closer when he guides you, looking up at him teasingly when he smirks.

Your hands slide up his chest to his shoulders, your smile teasing, "Something on your mind?"

"Yeah," he breathes out, his eyes seemingly turning darker as he watches you intensely, "Yeah, somethings on my mind."

Within a second, his lips are on yours, and you let out a surprised squeak when his hands quickly find your ass to hoist you up. You wrap your legs around his waist as you kiss him urgently, his fingers digging into your ass while he walks over to the dining table.

Thank you for asking me about my fics my sweet bestie!! <3 <3

[pancakehouse]

respond whenever you can!!! i’m chillin plus i’m at work majority of the day anyways :( diff topic now i am going to be a witch!!!! i still have to find bottoms and a hat but the top is a lacy bit flowy long sleeve shirt!!! i love dressing up in costumes it’s so much fun! last year i was a hippie one night and a cowgirl the other!!!

but i’ve been reading so many diff fics i can’t even keep up w them bc majority of them are wips!!! but the main (and long) ones i’m reading rn are disintegration by moonymoment, crimson rivers by zeppazariel, and kill your darling by messermoon all on ao3!!! that last one is a hockey au and it just hits that sweet spot :)) and ofc ofas <3 also!!! i am always open to fic recs i will never ever turn them down heh

and he’s our remus lupin david thewlis!! i love that man w my whole heart he’s just so <3<3<3 even in his old age he looks good!!! the sandman is on my watchlist tho! ever since i found out he’s in it i’ve wanted to watch it!!! but from what i have watched of criminal minds it’s. so. good. i’ve only watched a handful of shows bc my bestie or my sister was watching it!! still so v good tho!!

i will most likely stay on anon bc i like the mysterious-ness of it all lmao it’s fun and hip!! but i am grateful that you’re so nice and friendly!! maybe one day i will come off nonnie!!! not today tho >:)

-tennis anon

A WITCH!! that is so spooky babe so edgy, a classic for a reason i LOVE a lacy flowy top!! also cowgirl oh em gee i need to know everything! you know i do think cowgirl is peak, my cousin's getting married next year and we're buying all sorts of shit for her bachelorette weekend n a pink sparkly cowgirl fit is number ONE on my agenda (think harry styles at coachella) bc it's really just such a slay!!!!

okay love moonymoment jude, can't go wrong with jude's writing they're a genius and a visionary! i have been super super tempted to start crim rivers bc im a slut for hunger games content so maybe i'll wait til it's done and binge it all in one go! (i did read the bonus alt ending MCD chapter and..like. sobbed. fetal positon, rocking back and forth, will never function the same way again. sobbed. it was painful.) (kinda fun to do with zero context too. gorgeous writing, but 0/10, will never be reading it ever again. i choose joy from now on!!! but now im dying to read the whole thing)

david thewlis is the best!!!! i need to watch some of his older stuff, i think he's got such a classic post-first war remus feel yknow, like that man has seen things he's been through it he's operating with some sexy damaged psyche energy. major hot girl trauma vibes !!!

you are the FUNNIEST and HIPPEST anon that has ever anon'd babe!!!! sooo mysterious so witchy so spooky so on theme for this month!!!! sending you so much love and good vibes my fave enigmatic stranger bestie!!!! mwah mwah xoxoxo

(p.s. since it seems like you're a jegulus stan might i recommend my bestie em's amazing fic. it's jegulus (/wolfstar) - fake dating, fake sex, copious pining, n the funniest thing your eyeballs will ever be blessed with <3)

[jinhyun]

Crying, you posted when I was still asleep BASIUHDW

Might've caused you to wonder why there hasn't been a long ask from Sunny yet hehe kidding.

anw, this chapter had me rolling my eyes. Hyunjin, you sound a lil jealous hun, but of course, he's in denial. Pat on the back for y/n for giving Bin a chance despite the...actual reason.

I think I'm getting my hopes up on Hyunjin finally realizing something about his feelings because he has such a thick skull hm?!

I hope Changbin would be fine, he seemed really interested. Chae and Minnie aaaaaa so cute!!

The part where they went out to buy ice cream?? Jeongin protecting y/n n his own way? almost cried reading how cute that was. When y/n reached for the melona for Hj but didn't wanna seem like a creep to him and push him away further, please that was sad yet so cute.

You know what this reminded me of?? Nevertheless.

I love that show sm <33

That's all I have rn, I literally just woke up hehe

Also, how are you?? I hope you're doing fine hahaha

hdlajdkshds i actually do love your asks so much tho 🥺💕

hyunjin is... yeah. he's going through it, let's give it some time lmao. at least our girl had some fun ���

changbin is interested but no feelings involved so far as you can see so it okay 😌 minnie and chae a duo we didn't know we needed but cute af nonetheless

y/n really doesn't wanna push him away any further, poor girl had to pretend not to know it was his fave 😔 also jeongin best friend ever, we love to see it!!

yesss, you can bet it was inspired by nevertheless. ngl that drama got me on my nerves and i hated the ending but i still rewatch it just bc of the side couples, they're my absolute fav and carried the entire show 😭

i'm still shocked by the difference in our time zones lmao. but i'm okay!! a bit busy now with my thesis but still okay lol. i hope you're doing great too! 💕

[beloved-child-of-the-house]

Fic Writer Questions! (you can find me here on AO3 if you're interested!)

tagged by dear @theburialofstrawberries mwah!

1) How many works do you have on AO3?

112 yowza!

2) What’s your total AO3 word count?

750,421 kinda tempted to go delete one word so it can be 750420 which is a far more Pleasing number

3) How many fandoms have you written for and what are they?

12ish but some of them overlap: BBCS/Sherlock Holmes/ACD (these are all different bc my bbcs fics are not the same as my own modern fem Sherlock Holmes adaptation are not the same as my ACD Holmes fic; Good Omens; Harry Potter/The Werewolf Draco Malfoy Cinematic Universe; Captive Prince; The Hobbit; Fleabag (it was a crossover with BBCS but Fleabag is the perspective character so it still counts as a separate fandom imo); Doctor Who; The Office; Parks and Rec; Broad City (one a piece for those last 5 but I AM going to write a Parks and Rec polycule fic for @gaykagome)

4) What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

They're all Good Omens fics from the 2019 Summer of Good Omens! Susceptible to Summer, Fragments Shored Against My Ruin, Something So Magic, Enter Serpent, and Anything We Like

All of those have over 2k except the last one, but average engagement for me is like 400 kudos or so

5) Do you respond to comments, why or why not?

I try! It depends on what's going on with me. Sometimes I just don't have the energy, and I figure people would rather I spend my brain power on writing new fics than on writing replies to comments. Wish I had a fave button tho so I could let people know I read and reread comments, because I do!

6) What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

Oh I wrote this ficlet series called A Chemical Defect about John and Sherlock's relationship in s3 of BBCS, and it's WILDLY unpopular. People don't read my fic to cry sad tears I guess! John and Sherlock are having an affair in the story, and it ends with the implication that their relationship is unsustainable and that Mary knows about it anyway. I intended to come back to it after s4 and write a more optimistic ending but LOL! Didn't have the heart.

7) What’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending?

I know this answer is kinda up my own ass, but like. I think stories that feel true to life sort of feel like they end on a beginning if you know what I mean? You don't really consider a chapter of your life closed until you look back on it from the next? SO that said, I think I'd have to say that it's my big BBCS serial The Only One in the World. I spent 2 years writing it, and it ends with John retiring from medicine to solve crimes and write books full time.

Could also be my WDMCU (werewolf Draco Malfoy cinematic universe) series Moonrise, which starts with Draco isolated in his abusive mother's house, trying to cope with lycanthropy essentially alone and ends with him in love and surrounded by found family in a cozy cottage in Hogsmeade, having gotten some lycanthrope rights legislation passed after working at it for years and talking to Harry about whether they want to have kids. Oh man I feel warm and fuzzy just thinking about it

8) Do you write crossovers? If so what is the craziest one you’ve written?

I have written one crossover. It's BBCS/Fleabag, because me and @loudest-subtext-in-tv were laughing about how John seems like one of the horrible guys Fleabag sleeps with basically out of self loathing, so I wrote this fic to make Nattie laugh, and you should read it bc it's so good and so underrated.

9) Have you ever received hate on a fic?

Not really, but people don't seem to know that authors can read bookmark tags unless you private the bookmark, and someone once put in the bookmark tag on one of my fics 'writing was meh but it was okay.' Okay so why bookmark it then??

10) Do you write smut? If so what kind?

Fuck yes! I'm not sure what 'what kind?' means? People fucking? Sloppy, silly, and awkward, with lots of laughing. I also really like writing afterglow scenes which are even sillier and gigglier and often involve one character cooking for another. Food as love language is a very distinct pattern of mine tbh

11) Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I'm aware of, but occasionally I'll write a post on here where I make some elaborate head canon, and I'll see people in the tags talking about how they want to write fic of it, and it makes me breathe fire out of my nose like a dragon like PLEASE DON'T. The WDMCU came out of a ficlet post I made on here like a year before I actually wrote the 60k series so like!!! Please don't do that!

12) Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes! To Russian and I believe Chinese. Not my entire oeuvre but a handful of BBCS and Good Omens fics

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

No, but I wrote a fic inspired by an RP I did with my gf right around when we met (actually now that I think about it, it's two fics), and I waaaaaaanna do a WDMCU collab with my beloved Sally @clytemenestras at some point if he has time bc he inspired me to even write werewolf draco with his original lesbian werewolf story

14) What’s your all time favorite ship?

favorites are hard for me? I always think I'm currently doing my best writing lol so I'll say drarry

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

I don't post fics unless theyre finished, so I don't have any WIP up on AO3, but I did intend to continue with my fem Sherlock Holmes series, Your Many Tendencies. I just haven't been in a Holmes mood for a long time. Maybe I'll come back to it idk. This particular series is honestly very unpopular? People will just straight up say they don't read femslash, and it hurts a lot. This series feels really personal too, bc it's about a Black autistic nonbinary lesbian, so it does hurt my feelings that no one seems to care, yknow? I mean the people who read it are extremely kind and thoughtful in their engagement with it, but it has vastly less engagement than my m/m fic, and that's painful. It gets literally 1/10 the attention my fics usually get.

16) What are your writing strengths?

Almost all of my writing is romance, but I tend to write concurrently about recovery and found family, and I think I'm very good at doing that in a way that connects with my audience. I once had someone ask if they could use my words in their wedding vows, and I've had people tell me they started doing things with their spouse that my characters do with their partners in order to express love. I think about that all the time. My Impact. It makes me feel like I have a real duty to my audience yknow?

17) What are your writing weaknesses?

This question is hard for me like I've been writing so long and so much that I'm literally always happy with my final draft! It's always exactly to my taste, yknow? I suppose I could say that my fics tend not to be terribly plotty but so WHAT? That's beside the fuckn point for me. Plot who? I don't know Her. Also honestly like. Stories feel more True to me when they aren't ruthlessly devoted to plot bc like life isn't like that yknow?

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

If you're not fluent in that language, get a beta who is!!!!! That said, I have written scraps of very simple dialogue in French using mostly Google Translate (sometimes I check w Sally bc he speaks French but I am usually too impatient), and I am perfectly well aware that I take my life in my hands each time!!! Also don't do that bullshit thing where it's in italics? That shit is weird and exoticizing. Just write it in quotation marks like normal dialogue.

19) What was the first fandom you wrote for?

BBCS babey back in 2012. Ended a 5 year dry spell for me after I got my writing degree.

20) What’s your favorite fic you’ve written?

Hmmmm I think it's probably gonna be the fic I'm working on now that I haven't posted yet, but I know it's called Names for a House, and here's a tiny bit of it

Thanks again Shreya for asking me to do this bc I really love talking about myself. I tag @the-moon-loves-the-sea, @clytemenestras, @tomiano, @gaykagome and @totallysilvergirl

No pressure <3

[buckybeardreams]

Fanfic asks: 1, 13, 21, 28

(yes I'm reading a few of your current works I haven't commented yet because I'm too overwhelmed but v soon, I prommy, I love them very much you're doing great as always, love ya)

1. favorite fic you wrote this year

Fuck, that's hard cuz I love everything that I write for different reasons. My favorite one that I've finished and posted would have to be Manors, cuz I just really love the dynamics and Tony in little girl dresses is just the cutest fucking thing to me.

Out of my current WIPs that have been posted it's a tie between Tempting and Little Stories, cuz they're literally the most self-indulgent shit ever, like they're both basically just an excuse for me to write porn. Yet I also get to explore some things that are really interesting to me that aren't necessarily just straight up porn lol

Like in Little Stories with Tony having so many struggles over being ace, but suddenly finding himself experiencing sexual attraction. Like that fic has allowed me to explore asexuality being on a spectrum and questioning your sexuality and how sexuality is fluid and can change over time, something which is so relatable to me.

Then in Tempting I get to explore this very relatable struggle of being put into a box and then struggling with your wants and desires that don't fit into that box, and we get to touch a little bit on gender later on as well, with Steve being okay with embracing girly things that are commonly associated with Omegas and Bucky rejecting most of those things, cuz he doesn't like being an Omega and would rather have presented as an Alpha.

I have a few chapters planned out that bring up Stuckony's preferences when it comes to gender or gender expression.

There's one where Steve talks to Peter about how gender feels very fluid to him and sometimes he feels more like a boy and other times more like a girl, but mostly he just likes being good and is usually happy to go along with it if his Alphas want to dress him up in pretty things and call him a good girl.

Then there's one where Bucky insists that he's not a girl and doesn't want to wear a dress and Tony says that's fine, but also points out that boys can wear dresses, too, and how he himself sometimes likes things that are associated with girls even tho he's a guy and an Alpha.

And then my fave might be one where Clint and Bucky want to put Steve in a skirt. Steve gets upset with them for teasing him about how he's so girly and Steve tells them he doesn't want to be a girl right now, even tho sometimes he likes it, but he still wants to wear the pretty skirt and Clint says, “Ah, I get it, so right now you want to be a pretty boy, is that right, baby?”

Oh and out of the things I've started but haven't posted yet, I have this series I'm working on called Fantasyland that is basically an excuse for me to write some of my more fucked up ideas/kinks and there's a shit ton of con non-con in it, also I do plan to write both necroplay and knifeplay scenes for it at some point

Don't know if that really answers your question lol, but that's my answer anyway 😂

13. favorite writing song/artist/album of this year

Okay so the song Just My Type by The Vamps made me think of WinterIron the first time I heard it, like I heard it and immediately was like this could be a WinterIron fic.

I want to write a fic based off of it with Tony being hurt after one too many bad experiences with shitty relationships and so he's not ready for a serious relationship, but he loves to flirt and tease and he pulls Bucky in and then gets scared and pushes him away. And Bucky just can't let him go no matter how many times Tony pushes him away and always ends up coming right back the moment that Tony smirks and licks his lips and asks for him to light his cigarette

I have found myself listening to this song on repeat one too many times to admit while writing fics lol

21. most memorable comment/review

Yeah, I'm not even gonna attempt to answer this one, cuz every comment makes me so happy and I've received so much love and support and I'm so grateful for all of it

28. longest fic you read this year

Ain't No Rest for the Wicked by Kellyscams

https://archiveofourown.org/works/3185375

Great fic, highly recommend. It's a sex worker Bucky, Stucky fic, and Bucky is so freaking adorable in it. It's like 300k words and I binge read it in like three days lol

[hirazuki]

HOOOUGH, I haven't actually checked Heaven's Feel out yet mostly because I know how rough that one is and I know what happens to my favorites (cough Gil and Cu cough) and I gotta prepare for that. But the Camelot movies are GREAT - noticeably a bit different from the actual game chapter (unlike Babylonia), but still super fun, Lancelot vs Agravain was INSANE. Bedivere tho, man....man...........

As for Solomon, haha, I can't watch that one, playing the story once was enough I'm not masochistic enough to do that again lmao. But I've heard it's FANTASTIC.

I....really do want to watch Prisma Illya tbh, if only because Kid Gil, I have priorities! But I read enough of the manga to know it's actually really good ignoring the, uh, awkward bits. And I've watched an LP of Extra, but not the anime yet, if just because I prefer the female protagonist XD I should though, because it's got a couple of my favorite Servants in it and more content of your favs is always good.

BUT YEAH FATE HURTS A LOT, A LOT OF THE TIME, but the highs are enough to make the pain worth it. I'd ask who your favorite characters are but I'm also pretty sure I know at least one, who we share XD Besides His Goldiness, though, is there anyone else you like?

AHAHA yeah, it's rough, it's literally just pain. Beautifully animated pain, though! Watching all three in a row back to back was a MISTAKE, do not do that -- be kind to yourself; take breaks XD

I really enjoyed the Camelot movies! Oh that's good to know, I knew that the Babylonia chapter was pretty in line with the game, but didn't know anything about this one. What are the main differences?

Yeah, Prisma Illya isn't really my thing in terms of the series itself (I've never been into the magical girl genre) so the movies initially flew under my radar, but while I was looking around to see what Fate stuff I missed, I noticed they look like they're in a completely different style from the Prisma Illya series itself? Like more in line with UBW, Zero, etc. I've never checked out the manga so barely know anything about the plot, but I'm expecting, you know, hurt. As usual :D

I liked the Extra anime! It's very different in style from pretty much everything else I've watched in the franchise. I think the best way I could describe it is the narration/view point is disjointed the way gothic literature is, instead of being like a straightforward adventure or an epic, which I think a lot of people found jarring and ended up not really vibing with it. I thought the presentation really fit well with the content, though, it just took a minute to get used to it.

Haha, yup, I do love Gil! My top fave is Kojiro, though, who sadly doesn't feature nearly as much as like. anyone else T____T I take whatever crumbs I can get, even a measly 1.3 second appearance just to fucking die Which is one of the reasons I really liked the cooking spin off! He was happy! He got to eat sandwiches! XD (Carnival Phantasm was also really good for getting some cute, non-heartbreaking content for him <3)

I also really like Cu, Karna, Alexander, Vlad, and Mordred. For non-Servants, my faves are Waver and Shishigou.

[quaranmine]

for some reason ao3 decided to be rovinphobic today and doesnt let me comment on htbahb properly? so i thought id just paste the comment here :o

when i saw u talking abt this fic on tumblr and when you started uploading the first few chapters, i was so so excited for this story. cant believe i hit a reading slum exactly as you uploaded most of it </3 but! im back now and i immediately went back to binge read this over the last two days, it has been so much fun :D first of all, yeah the concept is genius obviously. season 8 really dumped the wildest things on all of us and just expected us to be normal abt it huh. really glad somebody picked up the souleating storyline again, it had soo much fun potential and yeah you hit all of it. the themes?? and narratives?? in this story?? have been driving me insane theyre so good. going from what it means to be human to is this really me if im always wearing a facade to my identity not as a human or watcher but as a hermit sososososososo good. i have developed all the feeling for the way you portray mumbos and grians relationship like. yeah. yeah they really are that close huh. of course they end up soulmates with the most unfortunate timing possible. of course they do. i dont think ive ever felt as soft as when reading the preening scenes. ALL THE OTHER CHARACTERS TOO THO like skyduo!!!!!!!!! siblinghood is real they invented it. impulse scar everyone!! adored scar taking jellie to the void with him bc ofc. ofc he would. and the scene with jimmy ooo he really is Your Guy huh. "Jimmy held his secrets so close to his chest that people never even knew he had them" ough ough ough ough ough my man my boy my lad. i think having read the listerner!jimmy fic before that also added soso much. grian really saw the dream smp and said no thank u <3 and i think that was very correct of him BUT YEAH overall? amazing writing epic characterizations so many little lines that made me stop and just rethink how i think abt these characters haha. i am afraid i must plagiarize all of your ideas in my brian 😔 ur watcher concepts are simply too good to not be canon I HOPE U HAVE A GREAT TIME WRITING THE SEQUEL I CANT WAIT TO SEE IT

ROVINNNN MY ABSOLUTE BELOVED <3333333 first things first thank you so much for this ask i have read it over and over and i love it <333 also i would have replied to it the day you sent it but you send it like. just a few hours before i got on a plane to go to canada so i ended up a Bit Distracted and did not answer so so sorry

IM SO GLAD YOU LIKED THE THEMES!!! i go a bit insane everytime anyone comments on them because it is by far my favorite thing that i did with the fic, which was explore that concept of humanity/inhumanity/self-identity.

mumbo and grian's relationship...they make me ill! they make me ill. it's like...idk as much as LOVE desert duo, when it comes to my own writing i seem to just write mumbo and grian over and over again. they're just so. yeah. <3 im glad you like the preening scenes there will likely be more of them. it's just such an easily intimate type of scene you know? and the fact that grian up until this point has most done it alone (minus pearl helping sometimes), which is pretty uncomfortable and tedius when he can't easily reach his own back. and im so glad you appreciate scar taking jellie into the void he would never abandon her <3 it was one of my fave funny/lighthearted parts of the series

SLDFKJSLFJSFKFSF YEAH. YEAH JIMMY IS MY GUY. in a fic about grian and mumbo i manage to still insert jimmy solidarity brainrot into it. he'll be in the sequel too--not in any major role but i promise you he will There at some point because empires minorly factors into it. I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU LOVED THAT LINE. i know that i say every line someone quotes is my favorite but that might actually be one of my favorites in the whole fic. the Lonesome Dreams backstory for jimmy was in the works for a long time before I ever wrote the fic, since i came up with that before i even came up with htbahb. so I absolutely intended everything from that fic to be implicated in that line <3 also you're right, i think lonesome dreams does add to it. i may or may not put it in the series, but lonesome dreams is also planned to work with other series as well, so idk

AND YESSS THE DSMP REFERENCE i had a lot of fun with it. i chose blue and gold for the door because it reminded me of l'manberg uniforms and was less obvious than green for dream. i also like my other slight dsmp-adjacent throwaway in mcc too, where when mumbo joins the server tommy comments in chat about seeing him as a father figure (mcc19 does take place after that one collab video...just sayin')

thank you for this review i loved every second of reading it <3333 i hereby give u and other authors permission to take my headcanons and ideas. if u like directly copy/reference a bunch of things, i'd like a shoutout but otherwise i dont care because i dont own ideas and anything anyone writes is likely to be different anyway because it's their brain you know? so def feel free to use anything here <3

i am having a great time writing the sequel!! i actually have an update (not...chapter update. status update) to post no it later this week :eyes: because i finally reached a point where i can make proper progress on it. aka i was able to work out a lot of details and planning and am in the midst of writing it as fast as i can

[darke15]

Rhymieeeeeeeeeee @rhymingtree

I'm so late to the party, but hey, I'm here now…

Huzzah!!! 

I wonder if being tired and downright dead inside is going to affect how I read this…

I’mma say yes. 

MORE OLLIE FLASHBACKS YESSSS

They’re some of my fave things

Of course he's trying to burn the house from inside it... luckily he didn't make the spark until much later…

Oof that’s deep

He flinched as (F/N) smacked one of the monitors with a low hiss before his fingers found the coil of wires, and he set to work.

Oh. He flinched. I like seeing him flinch.

Same tho 😈

God, I wonder if Danny had already proposed to Ghost by the time Ollie rolled around. If he'd seen that happen, I'd love to know what he was thinking, seeing all the people he was trying to sabotage being all happy. Celebrating it with them…

They were engaged before Ollie was in the picture. We might get to see in in Origins…

It's either Ollie underestimated Aftermath's patience and sleuthing skills, or he overestimated the people HYDRA and the Serpents were hiring. It's probably both tho

He’s a narcissistic asshole that consistently overestimates himself + his allies and underestimates his opponents. 

Huh... Jack's fever is still going strong... huh... wonder why…

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 🤫

I know that it all gets resolved in the end, and they're getting the happy ending they deserve (because I said so, I have willed it) but seeing Bucky like this fucking hurts.

I knowwwwwwwww ☹️

Right... they're going back to New Eden... god, I hope they don't have to explain this whole mess to poor Amma.

No worries, they won’t 😈

For the love of all things good and holy, leave her out of this.

No.

Oh... Steve's acting game is getting better I see. Good, took him long enough.

He just had to warm up 

Ohh the Novak nightmares, I missed the Novak nightmares

sammmmmeeeeeeee

I'm not used to Jesse snapping like that.. not being in on the joke…

She’s been under a lotta stress lately

🙃 how are you writing Young Naive Sunshine-y Jesse and Older Vengeful Tired-of-all-the-bullshit Jesse at the same time?

I forget that they’re the same character sometimes…which helps but not really 

Duke grumbled to himself, smoothing back his hair, “My life flashed before my eyes again.” She chuckled lightly, flicking some switches above her head, “Was it more entertaining this time?” “No. Not particularly.”

I laughed too hard at this

I liked this bit, made me giggle too

Why'd Raf call her Teniente? She's their captain now, right? Or am I forgetting something again…

You forgot nothing. I forgot she’d been promoted…even though I made a Captain/Captain joke a few chapters ago with Steve and Ghost. But also, I like to think he’s tryna make her take him more seriously and it’s what he called her when he was helping her in New Eden so it’ll make her stop and think about what she’s doing. 

Boone ignored her, throwing an arm over your shoulder as she continued toward the mansion, “You’ll help me, right, (F/N)?” 

Are we gonna get a housebuilding montage? I'd love a housebuilding montage, I already have background music in mind for it.

😂 Drop the link

— “Cierra tus ojos, mi amor,” he murmured, holding you against his chest as you began to struggle. He turned quickly, his back to the pair of rockets that were shooting toward you. He whispered in your ear, cradling your head against his neck, “Te quiero. Te quiero. Te quiero. Te—” —

Yeah, fuck you too.

Yeah, i deserved that 

Joke's on you, I'm too tired to cry.

Bullshit

“How the fuck did you get in there?” Boone pointed to the other end of the courtyard, “The door.” “There was a door?” You swung around, barely catching sight of the hole in the wall Boone had managed to crawl through, “That’s not a door.” “Eh, close enough.”

If it's a hole in the wall and it's big enough to go through and it's not a window, then it's a door.

✨Boone Logic✨

It’s like the saying says: if life closes the door go through the window. And if it locked the window…make a door. 

Or something like that 

“I’m thinkin’ we make it a spa for operatives on the run. An Agent Haven. An Operative Oasis. A Soldier Sanctum. A Spy Shelter.”

Or...

A wedding venue? 😉😉😏😏😉😉

Shhhhhhh you know too many of my secrets 

NO I'M NOT GONNA CRY I TOLD MYSELF THAT I'M NOT ABOUT TO BACK DOWN NOW

BULLLLLSHITTTTTTTTTTTT

God, he hasn't been home in almost, what, a year? More than?

Just about 

Then again, if anything, he had found something.  She’d fought back. She didn’t want to go back to them. She’d fought and kicked and screamed trying to keep her freedom.  And, even if it sounded terrible, it gave him hope.  If she’d fought so hard to get away from them, Bucky could get her back. 

Fuck you Im not crying

No i am not

No

absolutely not

I don’t believe you

they found danny's box...

they think he's her ex...

they think he's alive…

Oof ouch

whywouldyoudothistohimnowhyyyy

Idk for funsies mostly

NO PETER

😈😈😈

WHyyyyy

😏😏😏

DARKE

YOU SHOULD HAVE WARNED ME

You didn’t tell me you were reading it! I woulda if you woulda told me!!!

She was one of his heroes, even if she didn’t know that. 

ayoko na sayo putangina

Watch your mouth young lady 😐

I hope one of your cats leave a rat in your room on my behalf. It'll be good revenge

They left a bird on the doorstep for me this morning. Finn was very proud of it. And then Jazz stole it and ate it while Bobo yelled in my ear and Zero got the zoomies

Or I could get those hummingbirds to harass you again

They went south for the winter. It’s too cold here now. You’re gonna have to hire new birds. 

He needed to be prepared. He needed to get ready.  If (F/N) was already out there, tearing up the world, he had to be ready to fight back.  He had to be ready to bring her down. 

Darke why in the-

Why the fuck not?

Left. Right. Uppercut. Kick. 

I'm done

No, you’re not. 

do you have any idea what you're doing to me woman

😏😏😏

just camping out in a dilapidated drug dealer's mansion, a hop and a skip away from a HYDRA's bunker…

Shhhhhhhh don’t think about it too much 

is there a better campfire activity... than sitting silently and wallowing in self-pity, guilt, regret, self-loathing, anger…

Not at the moment 

Oh hi Ari. Our favorite tall gentleman with Daddy Issues

Our fave giant man with a man bun 

Oh right, they're married

OH RIGHT. THEY'RE MARRIED. I ALMOST FORGOT

Wtf you mean you forgot? You freaked out when I told you the first time. 

How do you write Young Awkward Daddy Issues Ari and Older Scarier Married-to-badass-pilot-Jesse-fucking-Hugh-but-keeping-it-from-literally-everybody Ari at the same time?

Idk…that one’s easier than Jesse but I do treat them as slightly different characters

And of course

in true darke fashion

it leads right TO ANOTHER DANNY FLASHBACK

OF COURSE IT DOES

I've had it with you

No you haven’t. 

There was no one in the streets.  New Eden was completely empty.  It was a ghost town. 

.... am I missing something... or…

I mean…somebody’s missing…so…..🤷🏼‍♀️

what in the fuck

what

wait

huh

Um…

😈😈😈

I'm going to blame being sleep deprived and more tired than i ever have been in all my days for my confusion and my fucking tears

Ah, so you did cry

I loved this chapter Darke... but damn... it hurt. Her villain arc hurts…

It really does ☹️ don’t worry, we’ll get fluff soon

Seeing Bucky go back to New Eden again is... sheesh... it stung a lot more than I thought. And with them discovering Danny's box? Thinking he's just an ex... goodness fucking gracious.

Just an ex? Oof you’re right that one does hurt. 

I don't got the words to say right now, so I'll just yell at you later when I've gotten some shuteye.

Sounds about right 

But just so you know, for what you're doing to poor Peter

I fuckin' hate you (I say that with love)

Yeah fuck you too [love ya]

CHAPTER 77 // PARADIGM SHIFT

To all my live reactors,

Please, please, please, hide your reactions under a Read More cut. I don’t want any spoilers floating around. 

&

To all my Anonymous Avengers, 

If you want to react in my asks, feel free. However, I won’t be answering any of them until at least Wednesday if they contain spoilers. 

Thank you,

Darke

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Natasha chuckled, glancing over her shoulder as Sam slumped into the hall with a yawn before turning back to him, “You ready?”

“No,” he muttered, shoving hair from his face as he tugged his jacket tighter around him, “Barton’s coming?”

She nodded toward the platform outside the Tower, “He’s prepping the jet. Stark said he’d come too, but he’s trying to find her. You sure you don’t want any more backup?” 

Bucky opened his mouth but paused as Steve rounded the corner with a frown, “Backup?”

“I think we’ll be fine,” Bucky said, brushing past him with a pat on the shoulder, “The house isn’t that big.” 

Steve’s frown deepened, “What house?”

He jogged to keep up with him and Natasha, glancing over the two of them worriedly before checking over his shoulder to study Sam. 

“We’re going back to New Eden,” Bucky said before Sam could say anything.  

Steve raised a brow, “(F/N) wouldn’t have gone back there.” 

“No.” He shook his head, “But she may have left something behind. And I have questions only two people can answer.” 

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[hidden-otaku-stuff]

(1) Hey! So sorry for replying late, a lot has happened these past couple of days D: but I hope you've been doing good! (I say as if I've been gone for months aksjdf) anyway, yeah, they're definitely scary. I think it'll be worth being able to be that soft and open with someone though. And I'm glad it did have a positive impact on you! Even if they were hard you came out stronger or wiser in some way. And thank you, you're so sweet :') So do you hon ❤️

hey honeymoon! sorry for taking my time to respond, i hope everything’s been alright with you! 

(2) Terushima really does just seem like a big dork who loves volleyball haha. I feel like his initial vibe would make me not want to interact v much lol but once you get to know him he's actually a good person. and that tongue piercing tho 👀. "that one definitely hurts a lot more than Falling does" then I think I'm good for awhile hahaha. I've already read a sad hospital AU so I'm going to stay FAR away for now. Honestly I wish there was an interesting story behind it but there's not :')

(3) basically I had an art blog and the name of it was kind of a pun with the word "honeydew." but that nickname was already taken and I wanted to be ~original~ sso I didn't want to use it lol. I still liked the honey aspect though and I thought Honeymoon sounded cute. I'm also kind of a secret hopeless romantic and at the time I kept my identity on my art blog a secret, so it kind of felt like an "alter ego" of mine? long story short I liked the nickname and it kinda stuck haha

ok i mean, to be fair, he was super aggressive when he was meeting kiyoko. but i definitely feel like there’s that dorky side to him LMAO.

oooof idk if I can handle any angst rn tbh so i can definitely relate 😭 

that’s honestly such a cute story though??? like, that’s literally so freakin’ adorable. what type of art did you use to do? (and honestly girl, this whole blog is on the DL and i tried super hard to keep it hidden from my life LOL).

there’s nothing wrong with being a hopeless romantic though! it gives you a chance to day-dream hehe 💞 what’s your favorite romantic trope? it could be as cliche or non-cliche as you’d like! 

(4) "i’m sorry for being a sadistic fk 🥰" 😀 something tells me you're kind of not LOL (really though I know you're sweet and don't actually want to hurt people akdhf) and honestly I'm glad you decided to expand on it! Chapter one is also great as a standalone but I'm so grateful for the rest so far, and you're doing an amazing job with it love 💖 I understand the chara x chara thing. I don't know if I've ever actually shipped anything to the point of me /wanting/ it to be canon

(6) like, it'd be cool if it was, but I don't actually care y'know? unless it was actual romantic tension built up in the movie/book/series. Fanart and fic is what mostly got me lol. I think the HQ fandom is super diverse/creative in its shipping. Not only because of an incredible story with great characters, but great fans and creators as well. And yes! someone else who likes KuroIwa!! I think that ship is really cute (and they're my top 2 faves so I'm biased haha) have you seen neutinya's art?

i swear i’m nice 💞 thank you so much for the love!! 🥺 i’ve been having writer’s block for a bit, and your comments have honestly motivated me to write so much more for it LOL

i definitely agree though, like, i can’t aggressively fight for one ship over another because it’s literally just not canon. it just feels wrong to “shove that agenda”, so to speak. but it’s always interesting to see all the different character combinations. i never would’ve imagined half of the ones out there if not for this fandom LOL

neutinya’s literally why I have a thing for KuroIwa!! LMAO. i really like the art that they put out. same with bright_stars_45 on IG. Their stuff is literally why i ship Bokuaka soooo hard. 

(7) (did I skip 5?) I really hope I'm numbering those right it's 12:30 am here lol. anyway, it's probably a good thing you weren't in the fandom then. I don't know how it is now, but it was p chaotic and toxic and there was actually controversy surrounding one of those fics. I'm sorry about you and your sister love :( I don't know if you'd ever want to have a strong one with her but I hope you do if you do! and if not then there will always be people you share that with, blood or not 💕

LOL you did skip 5, but it’s okay bby 💖 it’s not too serious tbh. i’m not really close to my family, so i’ve always believed in the “my family is the one’s i choose, not necessarily the one’s i’m blood-related to” :) 

(8) Piglet has always been my fave, but Eeyore and Lumpy are also great. do you have any favorite characters or ones that mean a lot to you? and that's really cool too!! I know being mixed can get super complicated but knowing you have all of those cultures in you in some way is pretty amazing. Honestly I've been undecided for the past 2 years but after everything going on in 2020, I've felt this need to release the truth? no matter what that may be. I know a lot of people say journalism 

(9) isn't an honest profession but, and this will sound arrogant, I want to change that. Even if that just means me being an independent journalist while being an editor to make a living, I'm okay with that. Also it can give you the opportunity to travel, and writing has always been my strong suit. socio is so I can have a better understanding of the world and learn to be less biased and more objective and understanding. What about you? :O

my favorite Disney character is honestly Tiana from Princess and the Frog! her hard-working story is hella relatable to me, and it inspired me to be better for myself if that makes sense? 

TBH the most annoying part of being mixed is being called eXoTiC by guys who are tryna sleep with me 💀 there’s definitely a lot of fetishization about it lol

i hella respect that! the need to release the truth. journalism is honestly a raw and authentic profession that people underestimate because they read from biased sources or the things they read isn’t accurate. i have mad respect for you for following that career path! if there’s anything i could do to help, lmk love 💖 TBH, i chose business because i wanted to open my own business and i love psych because i love understanding the world and the people in my lives. psycho-analysing is one of my hobbies hehe. so similar as to why you did socio!

(10) and yes!!!! tbh I've always liked theatre but was never really one for the stage. I was in a child friendly version of macbeth in 6th grade and that was it lol. In my senior year of high school I performed a slam poem about my depression and my teacher called me emotionally constipated lmaoo. and because of how hs went down for me I never got to take classes anyway. I started getting into sfx/film makeup though and I really want to do that! I also just love the energy of backstage tbh

(11) this is getting really long akfdjh. but yeah I want to learn more! I'm actually kind of struggling in my stage management class right now because I honestly don't know much about theatre so it's overwhelming. I haven't even seen a lot of shows (I did see The Lion King when I was a kid though!! and a few hs productions). enough about me though, what's your favorite part, or what are some of your best memories? I love seeing that it makes you so happy :D

omg i’m so sorry that your teacher called you that. that’s so inappropriate, especially considering the subject matter. i hope that you’ve had a more positive experience involving your work since then. if you ever want to talk about your struggle, please feel free to reach out, ok? 

you must be pretty talented with makeup though! that’s so cool 🤩 i’ve always admired sfx and people who are talented with makeup tbh. what’s your favorite part about it so far? 

i was fortunate enough that my hs had a super talented theatre program that i could be a part of. i had the opportunity to be in both tech, management, and on-stage. i honestly really enjoyed being behind-the-scenes in the management part! it was so great seeing a production from start to finish and knowing that i was involved with that process. i’m a huge theatre nerd tbh 😅 i love watching shows like Phantom of the Opera, Hamilton, RENT and I’ll routinely watch them haha. 

[floralbfs]

WIP Ask Game!

thank u anon!!!!

1: Summarize your WIP in 10 words or less.

orphan gains powers, gets adopted by alien, saves the world.

2: Post a line from your WIP with no context.

'There's a whoosh of air, and Leo suddenly hears a voice he never thought he'd ever be able to hear again.'

3: Does your WIP have a title? If so, explain its significance. If not, what are you calling it for now?

Okay so I have been calling it the Youtuber Superhero AU (because it started as a fandom au but then i made it an original!!) but I thought maybe it could be "Thicker than Water", since my MC, Leo, is an orphan and he lives alone for most of his life (most of his life lmao at least until canon point? read also: around 9-11 years when in canon he's like 19?) in a remote, lowkey magical place/dimension?, but ultimately he comes back to his hometown and creates a family for himself!!!! i won't give spoilers but, since i already said this, part of his found family is his adoptive dad, an alien who is also a superhero!! If not TtW, I would call it maybe,,,,, Moonstone???? at least the first book!!! (ooh, maybe TtW can be the series name and Moonstone the first book's name?) because Leo kind of gets his powers through a moon stone????? it's not actually moon stone; it was a strange rock he found in the magical dimension that seeked out a champion for the god Huitzilopochtli??? and the closest word Leo could get for it was Moonstone, because of its uhhhhh singular qualities!

4: Describe the setting of your WIP.

OKAY, this is a fun one!!! Leo's hometown is named Star Nova, idk why it just seemed cool, and it is a futuristic city!!! They don't follow capitalism Because I Said So, and they're really into, like, environmental stuff!!! So you'd see SO much flora all over the city kshdsjfh like those???? idk what they're called but like the towns overridden with plants? but controlled!!! There's a tiny percentage of the population (tho I still haven't decided if this is worldwide?? I have a way to make it worldwide but idk) who have superpowers, either due to "individual" factors (e.g Leo's powers are bc of the moonstone, and Matthew(his dad)'s powers are due to him being an alien!) or were affected by a weird experiment an Evil Corporation™ were doing; ECtm was trying out an illegal experiment that could alter living beings' genetics to their will, but it went wrong and their substance exploded and went airborne. Those who were working on it knew about its risks and toxicity, ergo they were wearing a special suit and weren't affected, but the gas contaminated and ??mixed?? with the air and spread to the nearest city, Star Nova (the unofficial capital of the Joint Pacific Nations) and affected a Whole Lot Of People!!! this all happened a while before canon, and the corporation got away with it bc they were filthy rich basically. Anyway, a lot of the people who were affected to the "virus" reacted negatively and died, some were uhhh """immune"""???, and a few Seemed to be immune but had actually had a successful celular-level bonding with the substance! It didn't do anything to them, but their children/grandchildren were born with physical or mental anomalies, also known as super powers (gasps)!!!! BUT!!! a lot of the story happens in the magical city of Coatl (it means serpent!), located within a pocket dimension somewhere inside the Mexican southern forest, where Leo finds himself when he's four years old, recently orphaned, guided by a magical ....bird....being....? he lives there for around eleven years, and he's granted Huitzilopochtli's Champion's power once he's like. Not A Baby lmao. Coatl is.... kind of like,,,,, an Olympus, I guess? Only those with like the destiny to find it know where it is, and they can lead other people there if it's for good causes! It's almost like a sentient city, and the Aztec gods kinda. chilled there???? my theory is that a lot of religious mythologies exist, at least in this universe, and they all co-exist on earth, or pocket dimensions inside of it!!! anyway, Leo lived there and was basically raised by gods???? and an AI???? bc i love AIs???? and uhhhh i think that got away from me ajdhsjdhsj does all of this even count as setting??? am i missing anything????

5: Search for the word “knife” in your WIP. If you find it, paste the line and explain the context.

no knives sadly :( i guess i haven't reached Those Scenes yet???? tho there should be one in the first chapter….. my wip document is just kind of very messy ajdhsjdjsjdh i might just have to make a new document????

6: Search for the word “dream” in your WIP. If you find it, paste the line and explain the context.

???????????? why am i not using any words?????????? sorry :/

7: What are you most proud of?

probably the worldbuilding and characters (at least those with superpowers? maybe i should say superpowers period)!!!!! they're very complex and thought-out????? and i THINK they're original!!!!! so!!!!! ＼(￣▽￣)／

8: What is your biggest challenge?

oooooof,,,,,,,, probably..... getting an actual plot lmao????? like i have an overall view of my would-be first and second books, but i don't know if they actually have enough to them to be written as they are?????? like… idk if the conflict is really like??? worthy to be a Main Conflict™????

9: How would you describe your writing style?

oooooooh uhhhhh maybe….. flowery prose???? i'm a poet at heart, so if i don't use loads of metaphors and language uhhhh idk their name in english but language variators??? i will literally die. but seriously nsjdhsjdhsjfh nothing too serious!!!! most of my “”””angst”””” scenes are….. not so sad, i think skfjsjfj

10: How would you describe your WIP’s narrative style? (1st person, 3rd person, multiple POVs, single POV, alternating chapters, etc.)

oh!!!! well, i think it'd be multiple povs, alternating chapters, third person???? i'm still not sure whether to use 1st or if i already have??? p sure that's a different wip i'm thinking about tho

11: Which character do you have the most in common with?

uhhhhhhhhhhhh seeing how underdeveloped she is right now??? probably Persephone???? bc she's genderfluid skfjsjfjdjfh or uhhhh Scott??? bc i too love leo with my heart and would die for him and stay with him in the afterlife. (hypothetically, of course….)

12: Which character do you have the least in common with?

Maeve, probably!!!! she's, uh…. Something.

13: Your characters are stranded on a deserted island. What happens?

They Are All A Mess. akfhajfjajfj Matthew would probably become the leader and like. establish order and shit???? but he's also the hugest nerd so he'd just give the leader role to someone else (probably seph staine?) and goes exploring and cataloging shit skfhsjfhdjf Leo is probably the most resourceful one of the bunch, so he would immediately like. start planning for huts and food and stuff???? also idk if they would have their powers in this situation cause it'd be too easy to get them all out of there????? but let's just say they do but the island is inescapable by flight?? he can talk to animals, so he could communicate with the local fauna and like form alliances???? Seph is a good leader, so he'd probably like….. keep everything in check???? and Leo's friends are all good and resourceful, so they'd make a good team!!!! tldr they basically create order immediately and do their best to not struggle??? after a few days/weeks, some of them start to like. break down? but the adults are like. wise and shit??? and i'm pretty sure at least one of them is like a licensed therapist??? so they help each other out uwu

14: Have you chosen birthdays for any of your characters? If so, when are they?

oh!!!! only for a few!!!! Leo and Maeve's birthday is on March 25, Scott's birthday is on August 27, Matthew doesn't really have a birthday??? because time is different in his planet????, Percy and Persephone's birthday is somewhere in November, and uhhhh im p sure that's all i got akfjsjfjsj i suck at birth dates

15: Do you know your characters’ MBTI personalities?

GOD, no. maybe i should do their tests???👀

16: What would your characters be for Halloween?

Leo… doesn't believe in/care for Halloween, as he didn't grow up around it, but it's totally Scott's jam!!! they are dirt poor in a good first half of the book, though, so they can't really dress up :( they met in the library, and after (spoiler alert!!!) scotty's death, Leo feels it appropriate to dress up as Scott's fave characters every year. Percy and Persephone are (very weak) shapeshifters, so their costumes ROCK!!!!! they always do matching costumes, so they get cliché pair costumes!! Matthew….. uh. he is… way too old for that. he was literally alive before Halloween was even a thing, so it's not really his thing. Leah just……. does her own thing??? she can see ghosts, so she sometimes does like historical costumes and stuff with their help!!! and Ben…. oof tbh that depends on what his fave song/album/whatev is at the moment??? he kinda creates like a story/aesthetic for them and dresses up that way!!!!

17: Does your WIP have any themes or motifs?

uhhhh found family, definitely!!!! i really can't think of any bc i'm an idiot, but uhhhh intelligence??? if that's a thing??? like,,, they're all powerful and shit but it's also like. brains over brawns????

18: What’s easier, dialogue or description?

i think description!!!! neither of them are… hard??? but!!! description is like…… where i can go hog wild akfjskfjsjfb

19: Post a picture or gif that describes your WIP.

20: Post a brief excerpt.

Leo @Leoberry

You asked, I answered. New Q&A video is now up!

[3k retweets, 10k likes, 9k replies] 20 min. ago

[My First Q&A- video transcription excerpt]

[Leo Berry, a nineteen-year-old brunette guy with green eyes, wearing a red shirt with a lightning symbol on it that's loose on his muscular form, waves at the camera and smiles widely, dimples showing up on his cheeks.]

Leo: Hey, guys. You've been asking me to do a Q&A for a while, and the day has finally arrived! I told you to ask me questions on Twitter with the hashtag #AskBerry, and I've picked a few!

[Leo smiles brightly and lifts up his cellphone.]

Leo: First off, here's one by @razzberry- nice username, by the way-: “what's your cat's name? Do you have more than one?”

[The video shifts, and there's suddenly two cats sitting on Leo's arms: a large, orange cat quickly falling asleep on his shoulder, and a black kitten hugged in his arms.]

Leo: I do! This little fella-

[He gasps as the kitten in his arms struggles to get free and runs off-camera.]

Leo: Don't leave me! Okay, that little fella is Onyx, and, as you can see, he doesn't like me very much. Anyway, this little gal asleep over here…

[He points toward a small orange cat sleeping on his shoulder.]

Leo: ...is Tigress! She's my little baby. You've probably seen her around a lot on my vlogs, since she really likes to hang out on my bed.

Leo: Next! @Honeybats asked: ‘“is it true your dad is Jade?”

[Leo smiles and, after a few seconds of trying to school his features, bursts out laughing.]

Leo: You mean to ask whether my dad is Matlal Jade, the greatest superhero of our era?

Leo: ...Well, yeah! My dad- [more laughs] my dad is totally my Jade. His name is Matthew, and I keep asking him to fly me to school. He says it's not funny!

[He sobers up for a second.]

Leo: Jokes aside, he adopted me a few years ago and he'll always be a superhero in my eyes. I was in a really dark place when he found me, and I can't thank him enough for all that he's done for me.

[Leo looks away for a second and loses his smile. The video cuts and skips again, and Leo appears once again, this time sporting an easy smile and a blue shirt, this one tighter around his shoulders.]

Leo: things got a bit too deep! This one was sent by @shazhangs: “are you dating anyone at the moment?”

[Leo laughs.]

Leo: God, no. I mean, I'm not really a people person, you know? And I’ve been so focused on work, vlogging, and, uh, extracurriculars, that I really haven't had any time to socialise.

[Leo laughs again.]

Leo: This one comes from @perspartone: will you collab with any other youtubers anytime soon?

Leo: Yeah, sure! I don't think I have done any videos with other people in the past, so it'd be a fun thing to do! I just have to find a friend first.

[Leo laughs loudly.]

[End of excerpt. For viewing of the video, refer to Leo Berry on Youtube, and find the full transcription here at DailyBerries in a few hours.]

[darke15]

Hello Rhymie!

I am glad to inform you and the little minion gifs that I have read the Red Room twice now and have cried both times. And now I will cry again. 😃

I'm so glad you liked it that much 🖤

Which part of what Boone did was included in the Belov rant? I’d love to know

All of it.

Now I wanna read the Red Room again… but crying over that last chapter for the third time is not ideal.

The last chapter was my fave one thooooo

YES I LOVE THADDEUS ROSS��� SUFFERING. AHAHAHAHAHAHAH SUCH A SATISFYING OUTCOME

SAAAAAMMMEEEEEEE

I wanna live in the Alpha Two barracks now… but I already know tryna look for a flat that nice in these parts will cost me a kidney and a few teeth.

I do too!

Darke when will you bring these two lovebirds back together I need them to be happy for the sake of my own sanity

SOON

I completely forgot how much of a wreck her house is right now omg… I just pictured Bucky walking in with his bags and seeing all the bullet holes like 👁👄👁 what in the hickidy heck happened

He'd be so confused 😭

Oh nevermind Duke and Jack are being SWEETHEARTS THE ENGAGEMENT RINGS—- It’s so weird to imagine them this intimate when over on TS&TS they can’t hold eye contact for more than a second without turning beet red.

Right? It's so weird to write too 😅

Oh and now a Danny flashback. That’s cruel. I was still riding my Duke/Jack high.

Sorry

HER RING. WHERE THE FUCK- HOW DID I FORGET ABOUT THE RING-

It shocks me how I could forget about her own engagement ring…

I mean, I've never mentioned it before but it stands to reason that Danny would give her one. Right?

I wasn’t prepared for this. You said it wasn’t too bad. So this is just mid-level emotional pain?

yes

Hehehe Duke putting that helmet on and Ghost’s grin still makes me giggle

Same tho

I love hearing Steve say bad language words. Serotonin is up again.

It's one of my fave things to make him do

YES FINALLY SOMEONE MADE HIM A CANONICAL POTTY MOUTH. I find it incredibly hard to believe that a soldier who fought in WW2 wouldn’t curse like a sailor at every given opportunity. I mean, Steve’s innocence is iconic, but I love it when he curses.

It's just cuz the movies were made by Disney and they're too scared to let Captain America drop an F-bomb

I, however, am not afraid and I will continue to make him do it.

But I also think there's a legit reason, considering he just kinda woke up in a new century and is now considered everyone's role model so in order to fit in he just kinda...conforms to everyone's expectations. But now he's finally coming out of his shell and realizing that he can't be what everyone idealized him as.

AND NOW BUCKY’S TEASING HIM. This is so sweet. I love this.

They're besties, they have to tease each other.

Jason Bourne. I can’t with Tony. I wonder what he’d call Boone? I keep thinking Diane Kruger, but ehhh

I was gonna say Atomic Blonde, but that movie technically hasn't come out yet in the BS:U

Wait so he isn’t getting deprogrammed in Wakanda? Cuz I’d think they’d turn to Wakandan tech at some point, considering they’re a lot more advanced and equipped compared to both Stark and Aftermath

Just wait 😉

Damn. Boone looks great. I am once again reminded that I am attracted to literally everybody in this team it’s getting a bit difficult to focus.

Same

Good heavens. Duke too. This is nice. My brain is thinking up a very nice picture.

Also, same.

Hehe the I work with fuckin’ children line always gets me because only a few years before that, she was doing exactly the same thing.

Oh, how the turnstable...

Who’s been watching her for a long, long time? WHO?

😈😈😈

Tony designed the blue jacket that Bucky wore in TFATWS!? And I MADE HIM TEAR OFF THE SLEEVE WHEN IT WAS- Well now I’m rewriting that.

Not quite. I based the design off a manip someone did of Bucky in Steve's stealth suit from CA:TWS

SPIDEY!? OH MY- PETER.

AND SCOTT!? OH MY GOD

Yesssssss

HAHAHAH Sam… I can’t wait to see what happens to Peter and Scott. I kinda miss them. Especially after NWH, I literally need that poor boy to be happy in some universe.

Same tho

Can I just say- I know you could probably already tell with how much I gush about your writing but DAMN Darke, you have such an incredible way of writing these characters’ inner monologues that is truly unparalleled. I love what you’ve done with Tony’s change of heart about the accords, and Bucky and Ghost yearning for each other, and Ghost’s paranoia and exhaustion with everything going on… And how you’ve so beautifully kept us hanging on the edge with all the villains you’ve created so far. You’re fucking amazing.

Thank you so much. You're gonna make me cryyyy Rhymie 🖤🖤🖤🖤

I love the image of Ghost and Co. eating takeout and hunched over work. It’s got 'cramming for the final papers’ vibe.

It really does tho

AHA. And Novak too! Things are coming together Darke… I don’t know if I like where this is going. I’m scared.

hehehehehe

Wraith was given the faulty serum… OH SHIT. THE RIGHT SERUM IS INSIDE GHOST

😈😈😈😈😈😈😈

AND WE’RE JUST MENTIONING GHOSTIE IS A SUPER SOLDIER IN A MORE CASUAL MANNER

Yes

NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONO NO DANNY WILL NOT BE OK HE’S TOO FAR GONE GIRL STOP HOLDING ONTO HOPE THAT ISN’T THERE

mwahahahahha

AEGIS STEALTH- YEEEEES

YESSSSSSSSSSSS

WRAITH- NOOOO

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Darke, I love this chapter so much. But seriously the things this did to me… I’m suing (affectionately).

😅😅😅 sorry not sorry Rhymie, my love! Thank you so much, I'm so glad you liked it!

Chapter 61 // CALM BEFORE THE STORM

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A yawn worked its way through your entire body, followed by a slight shiver as you buried yourself under thin sheets and you cracked open an eye.

8:00 am flashed on the screen and another groan hummed through the room.

It was the latest you had slept in in a while. Between training, tracking Wraith, and trying to rebuild the Firebird, you were up early every morning and tucking in late almost every night. That being said, things were abnormally quiet.

And you didn’t mind.

It gave you time to relax, to think, to plan.

It had been a month and a half since the Accords fiasco and it was dying down nicely. As it turned out, the world didn’t like when governments kept secrets from them but the world also kept turning. It left the Accords behind and instead was currently fascinated by the story circulating from Russia.

Something about a secret aircraft crashing down from the sky into the countryside and secret Russian spies stationed around the world. Something about the Avengers assembling in a field of debris and fighting off an army.

Something your operatives definitely didn’t have anything to do with.

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