#i dunno what to tag this tbh whatev

[ennyxy]

Also, enough people asked me about Patreon at this point, but I don't think I can pull a Patreon page. So instead I'm setting up a Ko-Fi to have it just in case :) Cuz why not.

Not sure where to link it cuz my pinned post is takenn and I wanna keep it pinned but umm there. I'll add it to my profile maybe ig need to figure how

and i guess i'll try to make a custom theme for my tumblr later as well? if anyone has advice on that i'd appreciate it i dunno how to even begin...

here it is for now if anybody wants to support me

[chocolate-cream-soldier]

-.-

[veilk]

one time i tried that "mentally ask yourself if anyone else is in there" thing & i didn't get a Direct response but the song stuck in my head (which i Do Not control) would change and the new repeating lyric would function as a response to whatever question i asked. so that was kind of fucked up & i don't know if i'm supposed to do anything about it. it just kinda sounds ridiculous to say "there are entities in my head attempting to communicate with me via song lyrics"... i realize now i don't actually have a specific question i just wanted to tell someone about this sorry

THAT'S. HOW IT GOES SOMETIMES... yeah i have no idea what's up with that either brains are weird

[checkadii]

Horribly easily to tell if my dads drunk

[not-souleaterpost]

When you deleted your reddit acount because the Soul Eater reddit doesnt like your posts

Nah but for real, say what you want about tumblr, but reddit is so much more anoying - but maybe thats most social media, tried uploading videos on tiktok only to get copyright stuck the same second or just have them deleted for vague comunity guidelines shit, maybe I was too hard on youtube.

I know crying about reddit is pathetic but I dunno, just let me vent lol, idunno gotta get my shit together, too many distractions and other bullshit.

[datesinredink]

General yandere Danny Phantom headcanons

Definitely overprotective, I mean, c'mon, have you seen what he deals with daily? Boys got trauma

Really really hesitant about letting you fight ghosts with him- can be convinced but if you ever get hurt beyond something like scraped knees he’s not letting you ghost hunt again

If you break a bone may god forgive whatever poor ghost hurt you because he sure won’t

Anyway, he's also really sweet. It's almost sickeningly sweet at times

Bro is smitten. He tries to do cute stuff with you when he’s not busy with ghosts but unfortunately he doesn’t get a break very often

By the way, you're gonna have to deal with some degree of manipulation. He swears he’s just trying to convince you to make the better choice, but honestly who is he kidding. For the most part at least he’s trying to keep you to himself. Maybe he’ll be ok with Sam hanging around you, but Tucker is standing on thin ice.

Moving on. Of course he's gonna take advantage of his ghost powers to stalk you we’re talking about a yandere au

Also leaves little trinkets that he either found in the lab or made himself around your house. You don't know who's leaving green and white bracelets in your room or how they got in while all the doors and windows were locked but you sure wish they’d go away

I think he’d be kinda touch starved tbh. Am I crazy? Maybe. Am I projecting here a little. Most likely.

Usually has a hand on you somewhere- shoulders, hand, back, whatever. He's just really physically affectionate

Won’t kill anyone, but isn't above harassing people to make them go away

Gets really possessive when he’s jealous but also you’re gonna have to strangle it out of him if you wanna know why he gets really weird around any one person

Not all that quick to jealousy though!!! Maybe mild annoyance but usually not much further than that

One way to trigger it though is if you’re fine with him being touchy/are affectionate with him and then are the same way towards someone else. He may convince himself you're leading him on

Kinda goes by the logic of ‘well he’s best friends with Sam but he's not like THAT with HER so why would you be so affectionate with some other guy’

He does not grasp the idea that maybe you're more comfortable with physical affection with others than him. He should work on that.

End note here because this is kinda long, i’m running out of things to put here, and I’ve been working on this for something around 3 nights, kudos to the… *checks tag* one person who’s semi active in the yandere danny phantom tag. I dunno how you managed to come up with stuff without any other people to add fuel to the idea fire here, but great job. I could never.

[mean-scarlet-deceiver]

TAKE TWO. I’m unhappy with version one. I exaggerated the worst aspects of Sir Handel’s reaction here thinking that it added clarity and… comedy? Dunno what I was thinking with that one tbh. And then I didn’t tag/couch the material in a safe way.

I’ve deleted the original. If you’ve reblogged the original, I’d be grateful if you deleted it too.

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Heads-up: I think Sir Handel is, at the time when he meets Duncan, a canonical toerag who canonically hates everything on reflex... probably due to trauma- and adjustment-related issues. 

This means I believe he was a dick about Rusty’s arrival and any preference for the singular ‘they.’ Like, as ugly as his reaction to meeting Skarloey. Worse, even. 

I don’t think this lasted forever, or even very long (Sir Handel just spirals when he doesn’t have his grandparental figures around - and Skarloey's just gone away to be mended), but he was purposefully difficult to Rusty at first. 

But you know who DIDN’T fuckin’ stumble over Rusty’s nonbinary presentation, even though it’s like 1954, on a British railway? 

The S.R.’s other career hater… 

I have exactly ONE headcanon for these two, but I think it’s a good one. 

When Rusty arrives and gives their pronouns, these two are at the opposite ends of the spectrum re: take-in-stride-ness. 

Peter Sam is the one who asked if Rusty was “a he or a she?” and, when Rusty said “I’m a ‘they’” was like “... what does that mean?” It’s 1953 or whatever on the Island of Sodor. These are perfectly natural questions. 

Sir Handel jumps in before Rusty can even answer with “you have to be a he or a she.” 

Rusty explains. They are very clear with themselves on why they like this pronoun and they explain it in a way that makes sense to everyone present who isn’t determined to be a dick about this: “You know when a train is coming in, and you don’t know the engine pulling it?” 

Some digression as their audience relates the junctions or the lack of junctions and subsequent unfamiliar engines in their personal histories. Duncan is the one who is the most ‘yeah yeah i’m sorry you guys are stupid it’s a simple question’ about it. 

“You don’t know if the engine is a he or a she. So what do you say when you see the new engine in the distance? Everyone says ‘ah, there they are.’” 

A beat while everyone digests this. 

“ ‘I don’t see them.’ ‘Give them a minute, they’re almost ‘round the bend.’ ‘They’re here, lads, get ready!’ With most engines, you meet them and learn that they’re a ‘he’ or a ‘she’. But I’m always the ‘they’ in ‘ah, there they are.’” 

“Oh,” says Peter Sam, brow furrowed in thought. “How come?” 

“It’s just me,” smiles Rusty. 

Peter Sam likes that smile, likes Rusty, and smiles back. He will spend the rest of the night and the following couple of days’ conversation needing to slow down and visibly screw up his face to think through diagramming his sentence whenever he refers to them (it’s a very cute expression). After this period of earnest practice he never has to think twice about it again. It’s just Rusty. 

Sir Handel doesn’t like Rusty. He doesn’t like strangers. He doesn’t like engines who smile too much (unless they’re Peter Sam, and even that’s… complicated). He certainly doesn’t like engines who Peter Sam looks on the road to making friends with (everybody. that’s basically everybody.) And he instinctively hates this whole “difference” thing. He’d be fussed about it in anyone. Engines should be he or she!!! And if anyone is going to be fussy and high-maintenance and go against that, it oughtn’t be a shunter and utility engine!!!!1!

He starts in being a real heel, arguing with Rusty. ‘They’ is for more than one engine, it doesn’t make sense for one engine. You’d think he’d never heard Rusty bring up the example of singular they one damn minute ago. No, clearly this diesel-burning mechanical oddity is trying to deceive them. Why? What do you mean, why? For the sake of deception. For unknown but nefarious purpose!

Now, Duncan also doesn’t like Rusty. He doesn’t like diesels. He doesn’t like Rusty’s general air. He can tell Rusty is the sort of suck-up that managers like better than him, and that already has him sulking and glowering. 

However, Duncan has zero problem with their pronouns (indeed, he is able to use them effortlessly from the first, and is eternally impatient with anyone who will ever have even the slightest difficulty getting used to them). 

And, though he already doesn’t like Rusty, Sir Handel harassing them about so stupid and pointless a thing pisses him off. 

So their first night together features Sir Handel trying to bully Rusty – and Duncan just sailing in to argue with Sir Handel until the air is rather blue. (Peter Sam is shocked by the language he’s hearing!) 

The crux of Duncan’s argument and discontent is that 

Sir Handel should stop being fookin stupid 

At this point, Sir Handel is already gasping in indignation. 

Sir Handel has no business giving anyone else shit about what they’re called when he goes around being called Sir Handel (Duncan spits here, and spits again every time for the rest of the night he sarcastically says the name). Engines shouldn’t be theys? Yeah, well. Engines shouldn’t go around with titles! 

Sir Handel is furious. It’s the name of their OWNER! 

Yeah, well, people shouldn’t have titles either! Duncan proclaims that he’s, like, a democrat. [small d]

Sir Handel’s brain explodes. 

The two of them are at each other’s throats until Mr Hugh arrives in his nightcap to sternly explain to the “new” engines the concept of bedtime. (Duncan and especially Sir Handel ain’t that new around here anymore, but allow a tired man his sarcasm.) 

Anyway, that’s the story of Duncan, all-around jackass and yet… nonbinary ally?

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(If only an ally because he hates the oppressor, and his class issues run so deep. As do Sir Handel’s… Look, while the two learn to rub along together and they do appreciate having a fellow hater with whom they can grumble about things, I don’t think their mutual class issues have ever gone away. I would hesitate to go so far as to ever describe them as friends. Duncan and Rusty in the end, yes. Duncan and Sir Handel? The only thing they have in common is their worst instincts, and they never stop low-key looking down on each other.

Like, James and Gordon overcame less of a gap. But also they have things in common besides their grievances. Their friendship was born the moment Gordon saw something in James he could approve of, and James was instantly like ‘oh hell yes your approval was all i ever wanted!!!!! #winning’ Sir Handel is never gonna acknowledge anything in Duncan he respects, and if he did Duncan would be all ‘your approval fills me with shame’ about it.)

[sanderssideswriting]

saw ur post about "My Roommate is Hades" while i was scrolling thru the ts crit tag (because im a Hater) and im so glad someone else thinks the Hades guy is trying way too hard. his line delivery is so awkward and unnatural and he sounds like he's straining himself every time he speaks. it's soooo bad. if bot for the second hand embarassment i get watching him, i might have actually been a little interested in the series.

He tries so hard to be edgy. Making his voice deeper and leaning his head forward to like look through his eyebrows and whatever. It’s just like, you don’t have to do that to look intimidating? I kinda hate his character as a whole tbh. Its a boring and overdone depiction of Hades. Like I feel like the gods being forced together to learn to get along, and I guess the beauty of humanity, would be interesting, right? But so far it’s not been. The writing is clunky and had a lot of tell and 0 show. And the acting doesn’t help. I think I remember the guy who what Hephaestus was decent, but Thomas and the guy playing Hades really weren’t all that great.

I dunno how long it’ll last though. I think having to film with other people will help set concrete deadlines to make him get stuff done and add some consistency to uploads. But if memory serves it’s not that popular and probably won’t become Thomas’s new big series to rake in the views.

[thatswhatsushesaid]

get 2 know me meme

tagged by @cryptidafter 🫡

tagging: whoever feels like doing this, but also @watertightvines @ratheralark @needsmoreresearch @chaos0pikachu @skalidris @thepurplewombat @evilhasnever

Do you make your bed?

yep! not like super neatly or whatever but it gets remade every morning to prevent the cats from causing problems.

What’s your favorite number?

seven--just like prev! dunno why exactly, i just vibe with it.

What is your job?

i'm an overworked government bureaucrat, which maybe explains why i think jin guangyao should get to murder whomever he wants.

If you could go back to school, would you?

nooooope. i've got my masters and that is more than enough for me. i've actually told my husband that if i start making any serious noises about going back to school, he has my permission to yell at me.

Can you parallel park?

y... yes. in that once i am parked, i am sure that my car is parallel to something, somewhere.

A job you had that would surprise people?

i'm genuinely not sure any of my day jobs are that exciting lol. uhhh i designed and administered sharepoint online websites for a major canadian university for a while and hated every second of it despite making bank while i did it. god i hate sharepoint so much.

Do you think aliens are real?

i think it's way more unlikely that we're totally alone in the universe.

Can you drive a manual car?

nope, never learned how to drive stick shift unfortunately.

What’s your guilty pleasure?

i'm not sure i feel guilty about it exactly but i do enjoy rewatching gilmore girls while very high.

Tattoos?

just the one, which will be a week old as of tomorrow 👀 it's a stylized rendering of the solar eclipse! my husband and the man of honour at our wedding also got matching tattoos, so it's a very sentimental tattoo for me.

Favorite color?

i'm a jewel tones kind of bitch, so deep forest green, burgundy, etc,

Favorite type of music?

i like a little bit of everything tbh but i mostly listen to grunge and bluegrass.

Do you like puzzles?

no 😤 they stress me out lol

Any phobias?

several, and broadcasting what they are on a public platform like this while knowing i have at least two hatefollowers sounds like a very bad idea.

Favorite childhood sport?

horse-riding! i also took dance and played soccer but riding horses was the most fun. also the cheapest since i just went down to our neighbour's farm and rode her horses lol

Do you talk to yourself?

oh yes.

What movies do you adore?

god, okay, this is hard: the LOTR extended editions, the OG star wars trilogy, OG jurassic park, saved!, batman: the dark knight, captain america: the winter soldier, inception, sunshine, 1408, knives out, parasite, leon the professional, anything directed by hayao miyazaki, anything directed by guillermo del toro (except for the shape of water, which i can't watch because of the scene with the cat)--i'm sure i'm forgetting something.

Coffee or tea?

can't start my day without a cup of tea 👍

First thing you wanted to be growing up?

i wanted to be a veterinarian! but i also wanted to be an astronaut just as badly because i figured even aliens probably have pets, and someone has to look after them.

[digitaldva]

ೃ⁀➷ ❜ ...~ IT'S ALL ABOUT THE GAME AND WHAT YOU FLAUNT ~ ... ❛

Hi! what's up? I'm Nalu! Nalu Spring! I'm 24, a streamer, and I am SUPER duper cool, you should totally come say hi to me! ;P What else can I say... OH! I decided to hop on here for funsies! Maybe find some different ways to promote my streaming, yakknow, all that cool stuff! :3 Hm... I play games, obviously! I also do some music here and there... Not singing or whatever, I just work on video game music tbh :P!! OH!!! I also really really really really like Stardew Valley. :]!! Minecraft is cool, Pokemon is super cool, my favorite is probably Skitty... My streaming platform is @digitaldva! Follow me, I'm super awesome! MWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! ANYWAYS! I use she/her pronouns... I'm maybe bi? I dunno yet! Labels are kinda weird lolol. Feel free to ask more!

im so fweaking lazy... so im just doing tags for now!! YAYYYY!!

Right, right... Tags...

|🎮| ~ 𝑴𝑶𝑫 𝑻𝑨𝑳𝑲𝑺! - This is me talking!! :3 |🎮| ~ 𝑺𝑻𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑴 𝑪𝑶𝑴𝑴𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑺! - Replies to asks, you know how it is. |🎮| ~ 𝑵𝑨𝑳𝑼'𝑺 𝑨𝑫𝑽𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑼𝑹𝑬𝑺! - POOKIE talking to people! Yay! |🎮| ~ 𝑵𝑨𝑳𝑼'𝑺 𝑹𝑨𝑴𝑩𝑳𝑬𝑺! - Random yapping she does, reblogs... etc. |🎮| ~ 𝑺𝑻𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑴 𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑺𝑶𝑶𝑵! - We'll see, maybe a call for interactions?

[r0ttdweller]

@prairietrashdotcom tagged me!! gonna tag: @boilmybloodblue @arsonogenic @hidingbones @godspetdog - if any of yall have done this already, or wanna smack me for being annoying, thats alright too!

Do you make your bed? it really depends on the day tbh

What's your favorite number? 13 & 6

What is your job? administrative assistant @ a rural community college lmaoooo

If you could go back to school, would you? ....imma be real, no

Can you parallel park? hahahahahhaa no, but in my defense, you ever hardly ever need to out here in the country so

A job you had that would surprise people? i worked temporarily at my town's local haunt farm like 9 years ago

Do you think aliens are real? YEPPP

Can you drive a manual car? i ain't have no deddy to teach me nothin *read this in a country accent* but fr, no i can't

What's your guilty pleasure? i like what i like, im sorry i dont have one sdkjfdksj

Tattoos? here we goooo, i have 10! starting with my left arm: a crow with three legs on my hand, a dagger wrapped in thorn on my forearm, melting skull with arsonist's lullaby by hozier on the top of my arm, and 1926 on my elbow. my right arm: plague doctor on my hand, 'there better be dogs' gravestone on the stop of my arm, a tat on my forearm that needs to be covered up, arthur morgan's hat with 'be loyal to what matters' on my upper arm & lastly, 1978 on that elbow.

Favorite color? RED & BLACK ALWAYS

Favorite type of music? divorced dad rock, indie country?? rock country?? whatever that's classed as & old emo bangers are the go-to's, but i listen to just about anything tbh

Do you like puzzles? i am not good at em kdjdjk

Any phobias? i dunno kdfjksdj i have paranoia

Favorite childhood sport? baseball, i played in little league

Do you talk to yourself? sometimes ...........

What movies do you adore? okokok...sinister 1&2, saw franchise, abigail, vhs franchise, last shift, devils due, southbound, creep, silent hill, ginger snaps, bride of chucky, dead silence, black swan, nocturnal animals, prisoners, joyride, paranormal activity, coraline, cars, brokeback mountain, dinner in america, knives out (2019), hush, ghost rider, spiderman 3 (2007), narnia trilogy, the dark knight trilogy, southpaw, pride & prejudice, scooby doo (live action), fight club, the virgin suicides, stand by me, sandlot (1993)..dont let me continue.....

Coffee or Tea? southernnn sweet tea

First thing you wanted to be when you grew up? the line blurs in my memory from doing hair, tattoos & being a mortician

[theultimatekamehamehavoc]

Gifted Children Doing Teen Stuff

This all begins with this one thought this one, kinda dumb thought The Trigger Happy Havoc cast TPing a house Why? Not sure! I'm gonna work with this though Will separate into two categories for convivence and organization purposes!

Non-Despair

Can definitely see some of these losers doing this. Def Leon and Hiro. They just have that vibe. That ENERGY that they'd do something like this. I feel these two would work beautifully. These two might be responsible for everyone else getting dragged in. Or not. Dunno the "lore" for this tbh. Leon would be SOOO good at this though. Ultimate Baseball Star. Man's ballin. And by ballin' in this context, I mean he is CHUCKING THAT TOILET PAPER AT THE SPEED OF SOUND. Guy's just too good at this and he's having the time of his life. Meanwhile, Hiro's being Hiro. For all I know, he might start randomly spouting about ghosts in the house or something or it being haunted which, depending on the condition of the house, it MIGHT be valid. Makoto is trying his best. He's probably getting dragged around, either mediating or attepting to actually aid in the TPing of the house. Just being a WEE bit of a boy failure which we love him for. That is all I can say about him. I can oddly say yes for Sayaka on this too regarding her willingness to do this. She just gives me the feeling that she's more chaotic than she lets on. I give respect on that though I swear, she's hiding something. Mondo is also a good, solid yes. I can SO see Mondo holding a roll with a grin on his face while Taka's trying his hardest to convince his bro not to do it as if the toilet paper roll was a grenade. Also, just, Taka trying his best to convince everyone to not do this and failing miserably. Out of all the mediators who keep the peace, he is the most adamant and MAYBE the least effective. These guys aren't just the Ultimate's in their talents, they are the Ultimate's in their field of CHAOS! Chihiro probably tags along with Mondo and Taka and maybe Leon. Can see Chihiro also tagging along with Makoto too. Prob just following people and trying not to pull a muscle from throwing too hard. Aoi probably causes some chaos. She also gives me that energy. Thank goodness Sakura is also here though. She is the true mediator of the group though no one can contain these guys. Celeste is a no. Like hell is she doing this with her class. Honestly, the only way I could see her engaging in this is via watching a block away, sipping her tea while the house her foolish classmates tried to TP burns in the background. She just gives me major "Enjoyer of watching stupid situations burn in front of her" Hifumi is an odd case. He might just stick around with Celeste but also dunno. Maybe he'd join. He might only throw a single roll a couple feet into the air, not even grazing the house. But, it's the effort that counts! Toko would only join if they dragged Byakuya into this. She probably wouldn't do anything to be honest. Probably making snide remarks, insulting Hina like usual (or maybe she's cooled it in this time line??) Toko is a bit of a snarker like that. Genocider is a different story though. Things might escalate because of this fiend. Windows are probably getting broken. Meanwhile, in the scenario where Byakuya got here, he is just: >:( Obviously got brought here against his will. Like hell would he willingly do this. Who knows. Maybe they got Makoto to bribe him. How? Dunno. Not sure what he'd do besides just stand there, judging. Maybe someone comments that "If WE'RE doing such a terrible job at this, why aren't YOU doing something?!" and then he gets all petty and starts chucking. Or not. Not sure though. Junko would reign terror. That is all I will delve in... (cough cough she might be the reason the house caught on fire) Murkuro probably helped Junko in... whatever atrocity she did. I can also see her maybe tagging along with Makoto though in which poor Makoto tries his best to mediate (he fails hard) Kyoko ends up being way better at this though I can also see her just observing the havoc. Maybe munches on some popcorn. Good for her, honestly.

Despair

Pushing any valid reasons aside as for why they would even do this, for instance It's the gosh darn apocalypse! Why would you do this?! Though, at the same time, it's the gosh darn apocalypse. Why WOULDN'T you do this. Ey? The only potential reason I can see this occurring is from Hiro. I dunno why I feel this way but then again, he's the resident big dumbass of the group so, if ANYONE is doing something dumb, it's him. Or, who knows. Maybe freakin Genocider was like "Now that I don't kill people anymore, let's do this as a TERFFIC celebration for my soberness from bloodlust" Actually, crap. I love that idea. It's so dumb yet... smart??? Maybe giving myself too much credit here but I think I got a good a PRETTY good case for myself... potentially... in a sense... Regarding how everyone is, Kyoko's probably the same as in the Non-Despair one. Just chilling, watching, kinda just vibing. Byakuya's the same too though he MIGHT be putting more effort into this due to the survivors bonding more. He's still complaining. Guy'd complain if you gave him his favorite food, professionally prepared. He's just wired like that. Honestly, everyone is probably the same in this. It's just the circumstances. Though who knows. I hand this out to the PUBLIC. Only YOU can truly decide. No clue if this will last as some sort of thought experiment series of mine but it's worth a shot! May or may not edit this though if I do, I will mark that I did in fact do so. All my readings for the characters may be completely off but then again, Byakuya's got me in such a chokehold that it's hard for me to even analyze the others without shifting gears. I'm trying to remedy this though ANYWAY, hope this was a fun read!

[outeremissary]

9 People You Want to Know Better

Tagged by @arendaes, thanks :)

Three Ships

I feel like I always list the same stuff on this section, haha. Same time, I can't really seem to think of anything better right now when I'm trying. Maybe it's just my energy tonight. Uh, I can just list what I consider my main pairs in the last three games with romances I've played...? I guess?

Balthazar + Tristian. Or also with Vio. Doodling them a lot lately... I miss them.

Carmen + Arushalae. There's a Galfrey situation that intersects with this as well but I think living with someone goes a long way towards winning a love triangle. Whatever the hell winning means here. Tbh everyone loses

Asperia/Kasander + unfortunately, that archduke I really do want dead for real. Once wasn't enough.

Last Song

Catch Me If You Can - Jhariah (Spotify). Someone I drew something for on Art Fight had this listed as a character theme, so I've been looping it a lot... it's really good. I really should listen to more of Jhariah's music.

Last Movie

Hm. I.... don't know? I haven't been watching a lot of movies. I wanted to see I Saw the TV Glow, but before I knew it had left theaters. I'd like to watch movies again, I think.

Currently Reading

When I remember that I should be reading, Wuthering Heights. I've actually never read it before. I got bored halfway through Jane Eyre when I was 13 and lost all interest in gothic romances after that. ^^;;

Currently Watching

Akuma-kun! The 2023 one on Netflix. It's the show my friend and I are watching together right now. He insisted I had to watch it because it had an evil angel... we saw the angel today!! I'm happy. Homoerotic, fourteen year old fujoshi Emi would have totally lost it for this.

Currently Eating

Nothing. Getting hungry again though.

Currently Craving

I dunno... something fried? In the abstract, a little more self assurance.

Favorite Color

Blue. Deep blue. I've always been fond of the Copenhagen blue that I've used for Caina's scarf and one of Balthazar's coats, and the indigo I do a lot of my lines with.

Favorite Flavor

Chocolate.

Current Obsession

Anxiously checking the Art Fight website tbh. It's not good for me. I just keep getting worried that I've somehow made art that someone really hates of their character, or that I'm putting a lot into projects that no one will ever see. Haha.

Last Thing I Googled

.... well, now that we're at this point in this, it's Copenhagen blue. Because I wanted to check if it was a real name ^^;;

Favorite Season

Fall. It's got the best temperatures and most consistent weather. I like when the leaves change as well. The dry leaves on the ground are really comforting.... they make good sounds and are nice to lay in.

Skill I'd Like to Learn

Painting. Watercolors, ideally. Or digital art.

Best Advice

Jeez, I don't know a lot of life advice. I guess the best art advice I know is "draw whatever makes you want to keep drawing." Recently an artist I really respect also said something like "when you're starting out, just go ahead and copy whatever you like. Don't trace because you'll learn slower, but if there's something you like, try your best to imitate it." I think that can be good advice too. I guess my personal advice is also "Just do it however you know you can get it done." I used to get really hung up on doing things the "right" way in order to finish them, and because it took so long and I felt so pressured on the later steps I never finished anything. I hardly ever got to what I considered the halfway mark then. It didn't make me feel good about what I was doing. So I started doing things messier and more haphazard, whatever would get to the end I wanted to reach fastest. And I think I grew a lot more like that. I definitely drew a lot more art I was proud of and happy to show other people. I guess that also loops around to advice I've heard somewhere else though ^^;; Just to do the parts of the process that you want to finish. Your sketch can be your final lines if you hate doing line art, who cares. You can learn a way to do it like that.

We've hit the limit of how many times I can tag people on posts in a day without feeling very anxious unfortunately, so if anyone wants to be my guest etc. but I don't have it in me right now ^^;;

[chartreuseian]

🍉, 🍓, 🍑, and 🍈! 😁

Thank you! 😁

🍉 Do you prefer to write short fics or long fics? Multichaptered works or single ones? Why?

Depends on the mood, but I do love me a good saga where you see these big, longer term transformations. Oneshots are fun when I want to look at just one aspect of a character, but multichaptered fics give me more to play with in terms of the tension and the way that we get to see them grow.

🍓 What’s a fic you’ve written you feel is underrated?

Hmm... I really liked 'Stupid' and I don't know if lots of other people did. Though given it's pretty kinky (for me) I do sort of get it.

Outwise, I feel like maybe 'Lessons in Domestication'? I reckon people skip it because it's tagged not just as Helen/Nikola, but also Helen/Nikola/James/John. But I love it the most of that series right now because bby Nikola is learning many things and loving it.

🍑 If you could make a connection between your favorite character and another work you care about (whether a crossover/fusion or a wonderfully “pretentious” literary reference) what would it be? How would it work?

This one is haaaaaaaaaaard. I dunno... My brain isn't wired for crossovers, tbh. I do love historical references (like Helen on the Titanic, etc) though. Does that count? It's fun to see her (or the others) as a part of these fixed events in human history.

🍈 Who’s your blorbo and what are some of your favorite headcanons/ideas about them that repeatedly show up in your fics? Free pass to rant about blorbo opinions.

*deep breath* (smart to put this one last, I reckon...)

Nikola is my favourite on so many levels, because I feel like he's such a nunanced character and there is so much to play with there. In terms of headcanons, I think the major one I rely on in is that he really was in love with Helen from way back when, but he didn't really understand it. And it was a very surface level sort of love where he wanted the idea of her more than the reality (because he is an idiot bby). So when he says it in Rome, he does mean it as much as he is capable of meaning it. It just also happens that he wasn't capable of really understanding his feelings for her.

Also! I feel like his 60 years in hiding was because, for a big part of it, he was sort of mad that she hadn't sought him out, so it became a bit of a game of chicken where he was refusing to come out of hiding until she contacted him first (stubborn bby). It is the only way my head can rationalise how he stayed away for such a long period of time.

(can you tell I rewatched 'The Five' this week!?)

Also, 10/10 believe he and Helen were lovers on and off not long after the turn of the century. I think when she moved out of London, they started to fool around (pretty casual) and Nikola found any and every excuse to come visit (or lure her down to New York for adventures). In particular though, I think the first time they slept together was in Egypt because it was the first time they were both properly alone and things just felt so easy and fun. And Nikola was so desperate for her that he'd take whatever he could get. Plus he sort of believed that he could seduce her into loving him the way he loved her. And because it doesn't work, it's why he gets snippy and sassy as their relationship goes on.

Nikola was drawn to Helen for the same reason she was drawn to him back at Oxford - they were both the outsiders in their group. It's why, even after all this time and all his idiotic moments, she is still able to forgive him. She still sees that only person who, way back when, understood what it felt like to be treated as a novelty or curiosity, rather than taken seriously. It's why their relationship developed differently to the rest of the Five, and why John doesn't understand her affection for him.

... I think that's probably enough for now. Whoops! 😅

[hotluncheddie]

20 Questions for Fic Writers

ty @steddieasitgoes !! this was fun!!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

16!

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

26,316 (wtf)

3. What fandoms do you write for?

steddie / st only 😤

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

1. Tiny Green Shorts 

2. Seasons change, but people don't.

3. extra credit

4. that's when boys kiss

5. pretty boy

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

YES! i luv comments! its one of the best parts of writing anything and makes it extra fun! its connecting with people!!

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

mmm i don't really like angsty endings. i guess Little Lamb has the most general angst but tbh that's not even gonna be a sad ending once its done - its gone have a lot of hope. maybe just high masking but again the connected part is comfort heavy

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

everything :) happy endings only in this house! 🍓 is maybe the most good vibes all the way thru piece

8. Do you get hate on fics?

its honestly a dream of mine to get cyber bullied one day, so no but if anyone wants to u can just this once

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

ya - mmmm mild d/s dynamics and graphic descriptions of bellies :)

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

no - sometimes i think about doing like film inspired steddie but idk if i'll ever get around to it (like school of rock au or dead poets society au)

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

no???

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

no! but that would be cool!

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

no :) i think having to consider someone else's schedule when writing would be stressful - i am slow

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

steddieeeee 😤👌🫡💪

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

i'm working on a openly bi steve / queer eddie fic and it needs a lot of editing and keeps growing and it could honestly never get done but i really hope i work it out one day (i wanna incorporate music into the like theme of the scenes somehow but i dunno if i'm capable enough for it to be good - plus rewriting is hard bc what's there is good its just not right for this)

16. What are your writing strengths?

i like to think i can write my rancid sewer goblin dream boy eddie munson pov well

and maybe dialogue, or like metaphors?? i also have a thing about rhythm when i write so hopefully that come through, like pace and flow of sentences or whatever.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

i have like pictures in my head and i never know how much to describe, like do i go full setting and facial expressions but then that feels like too much so idk. but ye that - the stuff around the dialogue

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

i dumb baby i wouldn't even try bc it would just be google translate n that's embarrassing

19. First fandom you wrote for?

this one! i only lurked before hehe I've used ao3 for like over 10 years and this fandom was the first i ever wanted to make anything for

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

uhhh i think unmasking is very dear to my heart. but also Seasons change, but people don't. just bc its still my longest fic to date

that was fun! no pressure tags!! and sorry if you've already been tagged don't be mad a meeee!!!

@pearynice @numinosmoon @2btheanswertothequestion @flowercrowngods @aringofsalt @scarcrossdlvrs

[texasdreamer01]

Getting to Know You Meme

Tagged by @spurious!

01) Are you currently in a serious relationship? Nah

02) What was your dream growing up? I liked a lot of things, but hadn't particularly settled on any idea

03) What talent do you wish you had? Baking

04) If someone bought you a drink what would it be? Hot chocolate with whipped cream

05) Favorite vegetable? ... Cabbage?

06) What was the last book you read? Oh, finished reading - that was a while ago, but currently I'm reading some diary from WWI off-and-on

07) What zodiac sign are you? Aquarius sun

08) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Just the ear piercings

09) Worst Habit? I don't even know what classifies as a bad habit uhhh I guess needing to write in the same ink colour for my notes?

10) What is your favorite sport? Archery

11) Do you have a Pessimistic or Optimistic attitude? I'm life will sort itself out, but it needs a few good kicks to start it - dunno if that's optimistic or pessimistic

12) Tell me one weird fact about you. ?? I'm on tumblr, what qualifies as weird, here?

13) Do you have any pets? Nope

14) Do you think clowns are cute or scary? I think it depends on the clown tbh

15) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be? Nicer nails, I guess?

16) What color eyes do you have? Brown

17) Ever been arrested? Nope

18) Bottle or can soda? Bottle

19) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it? How much is left after taxes?

20) What's your favorite place to hang out at? home tbh

21) Do you believe in ghosts? I've lived in a lot of haunted places, so, yes, definitely

22) Favorite thing to do in your spare time? Reading, writing, listening to music

23) Do you swear a lot? Nnnnoooo?

24) Biggest pet peeve? People attributing one thing for another thing because they think doing so makes them look good/smart/moral/whatever

25) In one word, how would you describe yourself? ummmmmmmm. odd

26) Do you believe/appreciate romance? yes! i'm weird at it but i like it.

27) Favourite and least favourite food? Fave: bread, least fave: cauliflower

28) Do you believe in God? If god is real, I'm owed rent money

29) What makes you happy: Not being stressed

30) Currently listening/the last thing you listened to: Moonlight Sonata

31) Favourite place to spend time: i like! to be! at home!

32) Favourite lyric:

Sometimes before it gets better, the darkness gets bigger/ The person that you'd take a bullet for is behind the trigger/ Oh, we're fading fast, I miss missing you now and then

33) Recommend a film: The Wandering Earth 2

34) Recommend a book: The Modern Herbal Dispensatory: A Medicine-Making Guide by Thomas Easley & Steven Horne

35) Recommend a band, a song, or album: So Much (For) Stardust by Fall Out Boy

36) Recommend a TV show: Stargate SG-1

37) Where are you from, and do you still live there? Where have you lived? I've been all over the US, so no, don't live where I came from

38) Do you have any pets or animals in your life? How did you find/get them? Nope

39) What's the most unusual thing you've ever eaten? Whatever gets thrown into the pan right before I go grocery shopping.

40) How did you 'find' fandom? MySpace! I was actually recommended to check out FFN, and I poked around from there.

41) Make a list of 5 things that you see without getting up. Book, book, another book, hand sanitizer, lotion. Pens?

42) How do you style your hair? Pinned up.

No pressure tags: @pandora15, @ygodmyy20, @variablejabberwocky, @stinalotte, @strangelygleeful, @obscurefrost, @dedkake, and anyone else who wants to do this!