#i like the traits and tropes 😁😁😁

[timestillstands]

Sun's character is fun to write.

I haven't QUITE gotten there yet, but his dynamic with Moon is really something

So in this au I wanted to try smth new, a little bit more challenging, yk? So I decided I wanted to mess around w the tropes between the two. I had an idea that maybe they could be the SAME, but not at all? If that makes any sense. I want it to be the same coin, different sides. It's still the same coin, but it's a different scene.

The best way I can describe it is that they're the same person, but different emotions. Different ways he exhibits himself.

Sun sees Moon as the worthless part of him, the parts that he can't show the world. He hates Moon. He hates him an insatiable amount, but he knows he needs that part of him to some degree, no matter how many times he tries to tells himself otherwise. Still, when he is faced with confrontation with Moon, he refuses to act like something's wrong.

He's scared. Moon scares him, and he'll protect everybody from that part of him, whether it makes them unhappy or not. He goes to incredible lengths to keep people out of the loop.

What's worse is that Moon sees Sun as well- the sun. He's something so out of reach. With the flip of a switch, he becomes alienated. His entirety is labeled as "BAD". He thinks Sun is cool. He thinks he's amazing, graceful, a prodigy. He knows that when the lights are off, he isn't. He's to be shunned. He's not supposed to be there anymore.

Sun hates the other side of him.

Moon hates himself.

It's the one thing they agree on, yet the constantly fight for the same reason. Moon wants to prove himself. Sun thinks they can do just fine as they are. Nothing new is needed. No one else is wanted there. They don't need somebody to fix something, not if it's already buried.

[jaegersmoon]

i usually don't leave comments, but it's probably necessary to say smth after 2 and a half years of reading ob and it's the best thing i’ve ever read.

i just need u to know how important this work is for me.

i couldn't believe that this was a real fanfiction,because first of all:a decent work with my fav boy,so hard to find nowadays😭secondly:the tropes,characters,aesthetic,lines,all my favorite otps EVERYTHING IS JUST HOW I LOVE.then I started to notice that all the songs that you leave in the chapters are literally my favorites(cas is my fav band ever)and then even weirder:i used to listen to some song,start reading a chapter,see that exact song and i’m like:what the hell???is she reading my mind???

the chapter with them listening to “k” in the car and taking a polaroid picture is too special for me.then you created a playlist and pinterest boards with them: and i almost went crazy,cause i loooove visualization of works.

i have this trait,when i find something too perfect,can't read it from an overabundance of emotions ahshshh.and that's exactly what your work evokes in me:all the beautiful feelings.

i told all my close friends about ob,even those who aren’t interested in reading fics with jean, and one of my friends started reading it for me😭😭

i won’t be able to put into words all the emotions when I read it.the way you conveyed the personality of the main character,and the way she responds to me is the best part.this is the first time i’ve seen the main character really have a personality.especially the one who i can relate to in every way.and the gang is just🫶🏻their friendship is written so sincerely and i’m so here for that.i’m not gonna say anything about jean,cause ob jean is the reason why i’m single😁😁🙏🏻🙏🏻

or just jean in general.

thank you so much for such a wonderful pieace of writing.i dream of seeing it on my shelf,hope that it will happen someday🙂‍↔️

it is forever imprinted in my heart.u are so talented and u have such a way with words,girl,it’s crazy.thank u for sharing ur experience from personal life in this work,u are so strong and brave for that.

i wish i could say more,but it’s already too much i guesss.i hope u’re doing so well and taking care of urself.and that u’ll be loved in every way u ever dreamed of and portray in ob.

u deserve to be surrounded by people who nourish u and dizzy u in the best way possible.

u deserve beautiful things to happen to u.

wish u all the best🤍

wow. ♡♡♡

this honestly made me so emotional. thank you so so much for such a heartfelt message, angel bb. there's honestly no true way for me to fully explain just how much it means to know that okay, bambi has come to be something special in your life and the fact that you even encouraged others to read it like omg??? im so grateful. im more than glad to hear that ob has left a mark on you and that you have found comfort in the story and relation to yn while reading <333333

it warms my heart to know that you love my work for so many different reasons and on so many different levels, it truly makes what i do for fun worth all the work i put in.

i feel so beyond lucky to have a reader like you, your support and love towards me and what i do is something i will always carry in my heart. sending you all the love in the world wherever you are and thank you again for taking the time to send me something so beautiful and full of sm love 💛🪐 appreciating you and loving you, always !!!!

ps. immaculate music taste ♡

[mine-fujiko]

About Lupin III, I grew up watching part 1 and still to this day it remains my favourite installation of the franchise, with only Lupin Zero as a very close second if not even on the same level. I just adore Yasuo Otsuka’s style for the characters design and to me that’s the way they look best (redhead Fujiko, cute tall and lanky Lupin and Jigen and Zenigata, first time we see Goemon he looks like an Utamaro’s painting!) and the animation is pretty good for a 1971 tv series. I love the “more violent” episodes by Osumi but also the more comedic later ones by Miyazaki/Takahata.

The series as a whole is incredibly original, it doesn’t follow the usual tropes but instead it gives us a terrific interaction between the main characters. It also doesn’t claim to do any big explanations but just presents the viewers with characters and situations that are just there to be interpreted as the viewers wish. Very interesting to see as both characters and situations develop in the course of the 23 episodes. I’m going to focus only on Lupin, Jigen and Fujiko because there are some episodes that are just “Lupin and Jigen vs Fujiko” that are absolute comedy jewels 😁

On to the characters.

Lupin: is an arrogant, egocentric, over confident arse. He’s convinced that Fujiko is his girlfriend but he is the only one who thinks that! He is very attached to Jigen. He also kills cops. In later eps he starts to see Fujiko as a rival, stops molesting her(!) and by the end of the series they’re more like friends/colleagues.

Jigen: is very loyal and very reliable, off the scale cool guy who saves Lupin’s life like every 5 minutes, he’s sarcastic, cynical but also fun loving and a bit mischievous too. Doesn’t trust Fujiko and he is right because (see below). In later eps he too starts to see Fujiko as a friend/colleague. Still doesn’t trust her, though!

Fujiko: is a wild psychopath. Literally trumps on everyone’s dead body to get what she wants. Nobody’s girlfriend but totally Lupin’s antagonist. Doesn’t give AF and does whatever is best for her. Backstabbing made perfect. In later eps she loses a lot of her sexy man-eater traits but that’s the Miyazaki effect.

I also want to add what really makes the series and thanks god the whole franchise for me, which is the great amount of humour (all characters can turn from extremely cool to goofballs in a sec) and the ability to mix drama, comedy, mystery, mad gags, etc.

As someone who loves the original manga I maintain that the series that did the best job about basically *anything* was part 1.

For reference, the “Lupin and Jigen vs Fujiko” episodes are:

… basically all of them? LOL! No, for real episode 6, 10, 12, 16, 17, 21 because Rie is mini-Fujiko!

To quote one resume it usually goes like this:

“Fujiko goads Lupin into stealing a large shipment of diamonds. Lupin takes the task despite Jigen's protest that Fujiko is playing them for fools. Of course, Jigen is right.”

[perhaps-in-anotherdream]

Yo~ first;thanks for your uploads•~• second 😁:don't you find date or a fan art of MLQC characters which they're mafia or yandere in it?!(Except for their Mr killer date) I actually like yanderes😏✨I wonder what will "yandere Victor" look like???don't you agree with me🌚✨

hello! and thank you for enjoying them!~

hmm, before coming to your question, i think it's important to address–– the mafia trope and yandere characters aren't mutually exclusive haha, i.e., the mafia trope comes with its complications, but it also entails a sense of loyalty and duty and it doesn't necessarily guarantee the character would be a yandere. in the same way, you can be a hard-core yandere while being part of a perfectly normal social class.

now coming to the lovepro men, i have talked about this before many times too 😂 papergames doesn't exactly “experiment” with their characters (and it's not just limited to LnP. look at love and deepspace, it's the same world saving complex LOL). their ultimate goal is to present with love interests that are balanced in their stances so that they can still be your ideal types despite some complexities they carry. the 初心/ core of the lovepro men, in all settings (be it the dating verses, main story, or AUs), remains the same. for whatever reason, PG is very wary of not crossing “that line” lmao, so the men being possessive, protective, addicted to you to an accepted/ understandable level are all the yandere actions you’ll get in this game, and for that, you’d have to resort to main story, not dates. which to be honest, on 1 to yan scale, won't really pass 😂 i mean, even in Li Zeyan’s latest card (which i presume prompted the ask) where he is an arms dealer - it’s set to be a post apocalyptic world and even in that world of chaos and no moral or humanity, he longs to “restore order” :> if you want hard-core yanderes, you should play Beyond The World or read the cards from Light and Night’s stranger party event hehe 🤭

coming to the second part of your ask, with a balanced character like Li Zeyan, who is written to be branded as the ideal husband, lover and social icon type, it's hard to pinpoint which traits of his would magnify x1000 times if he were to be a yandere. but here’s my two cents—

he’d most definitely have some of magnified traits the from “intoxicated type” -

- “love is blind” i.e. sees only you, leading to being disturbingly direct and persistent

- directly linked to life and death (eyes all his 神灵 parallels, but manifested in the yan form)

- self-sacrificing, includes both continuous and secretive self sacrifices (his canon self already has this trait tbh aksksks)

- fetish with some specific body parts of yours owh god yes 👁️👁️

- rabid fan i.e., loves you so much that ANYTHING and EVERYTHING goes

these traits could most definitely be accentuated further with some of the traits from the protective and possessive types if you want to go ham ahah 🫠

lastly, it might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but i’d be down bad if one day PG finally dares to do an event like Light and Night’s stranger party, have the MC and love interests go totally rancid yanderes with no moral compass and merry bad endings 😩

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[oraclekleo]

No but in my opinion all Ateez members could have villain potential… based primarily on their stage persona bc we don’t really know them ofc. Also I’m not a writer so don’t come at me if my tropes are cliché 😂

HJ: idealist activist who is so convinced his idea of a “perfect” world is right he ends up turning into some authoritarian leader doing the same things he was rebelling against but “for the good reasons”

SH: idk why but he kinda gives me “jealous villain” vibes? “If I can’t have it/them, then no one can” energy… or, alternatively, overprotective partner/parent who goes overboard trying to protect his loved ones and ends up hurting them

YH: I’m so sorry but narcissistic/jealous partner kinda villain 😭 He just seems TOO good to be true…

YS: philosophical chaos maker? Kinda like Makishima Shogo from the anime Psycho Pass… or some kind of sadistic villain who looks innocent and cute maybe? I love him so much but the fact that he might be the smartest member of Ateez and doesn’t look/act like it is definitely a villain trait for me lmao

SN: definitely poor boy who becomes Mafia boss to avenge the loss of his loved ones but loses himself in the process and destructs himself and everyone around him

MG: the one who was screwed over too much in life so he just goes “if being good gets me nowhere, well fuck it, I’ll be bad”

WY: chaos maker but… for fun? arson, fake news spreading, “Loki watching the world burn” kind of vibe…

JH: corporate evil, like the ones from k-dramas except he can’t be defeated bc he’s smart AF and just good at it

Also this makes me wonder what kind of villain I would be… I wonder if it’s possible to do a tarot reading on that? Since it’s a dark theme I guess the energy would be too heavy for a reading but I’m a noob so I don’t know lol

Definitely piques my curiosity though 🤔

Wow! We have surprisingly guessed very similar for many of the members 😂

Also this makes me wonder what kind of villain I would be… I wonder if it’s possible to do a tarot reading on that? Since it’s a dark theme I guess the energy would be too heavy for a reading but I’m a noob so I don’t know lol

I do a lot of dark readings so I think it wouldn't be a problem for me to ask about a hypothetical scenario where you would become a villain. 😁 I can even think of like 5 or 6 decks which would be perfect to use for this type of reading. There's nothing like a too heavy energy for me. Sometimes it's difficult to word things I see in the cards but I can surely do this type of a reading to test it. If you want me to use you as a lab rat for I, Villain reading, feel free to drop that request in my inbox. No anons! And please state your Sun, Moon, Ascendant sign if you know them or your Chinese zodiac sign or your Life Path Number. Any of these will do for me. 😊

Be ready to wait for long potentially, though as I'm still only slowly getting back to my tarot loop here. 🤧

That applies to everyone. If you I, Villain reading, you can ask for it following the instructions above but the waiting time is long with me.

Thank you for your fantastic input to the discussion!

Kleo 🦄

[bbina]

user bbina now is the time for me to confess my undying love for you and your work and yohr mind and btl and your amazingness and your

before u continue this is a whole RAMBLE

"it will always be you" CUE I WANNA BE YOURS BY AM HELLO ???????? SJJSJAJDKSJFJSH might've gone "awh" out loud. in the dead silent car w my dad. but we can pretend that didn't happen😊!

i actually like eating prawns w the skin but if wonbin peeled them for me then i would eat it all☝☝

and actually i haven't seen anyone talk abt this but wonbin (i'm assuming it's wonbin) holding her hair back as she threw up and now THAT got me like man i don't know what trope that is but i'm such a sucker for it :( makes my heart wanna squeeze itself dry

talked to my ex today actually and 😂😂😂 perhaps as a toxic trait i'm wishing i could have a drunk confession moment like yn too cuz i still feel bad for breakinf it off out of my own self loathing👍👍

i'm just rambling at this point but wouldn't it have been funny if yn decided to pull a chapter 4 yn on seunghan when she saw heeju and wonbin together😭😭 yn feeling a bit goofy might repeat history for the plot💯💯 /j

anywho that update was so beautiful i love love LOVE it andni love u user bbina that is all have a lovely day <3

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is this a love confession 🫀 anon

first of all as always thank you so much for reading!!!

second, wonbin is so chase atlantic, keshi and artic monkeys coded in this fic and in real life

third, i heard eating the skin has protein?? idk i never tried anyway i’ll eat anything wonbin gives me bc 😋😋😋

fourth, FINALLY SOMEONE NOTICED! yeah the person who held back her hair was in fact wonbin 🤭 i love drunk stories so much and writing them is so fun and im rlly rlly happy you noticed!! means you really read that shit to the ground bruh

fifth, DRUNK CONFESSIONS ARE NOT ALWAYS WORTH THE TRY

sixth, i gave a lil tribute to chapter 4 on this chapt ngl lots of deja vu scenes and again, i’m happy someone noticed 😁😁

i cant say this enough but really thank you sososo fucking much for reading!!!! i love the community we built all because of btl 😭

[herboretum]

i fw family tropes so much Its genuinely my only kryptonite but im also a really big fan of liking characters for their individuality too

cause i’ll be real chat sometimes We all need to stop constantly attaching one character with another .,, Like Yeah! i really do enjoy the gasa4 characters being one big family! or including lampert into the family! but that’s not JUST what they should be attributed for you know

and ough rant. theres too many people out there that ONLY see lampert as wallmark’s “son” and it really reaaally bugs me

canonically he isn’t their son. canonically they are all friends! but obviously im not going to impede on fun cause yeah! i also see lampert as their son too!! but making that his only trait when its not even canon? that shit irks me man i dunno.,,..

or hell! wallmark itself!!! theres more to mark than just being sad and divorced! theres more to wallter than him being this flat 2d character that didn’t care!! its so fun to explore the depths of characters aahh

there just needs to be more of a balance when exploring characters’ dynamics and individuality is all…. the world would be at so much peace 😁 i know i would 😁

okay got a little sidetrack ehe this post was meant to be a little hc thingy about wallter mark and lampert and how i think their family might work

i think this whole thing can be summarized as just. adoption. but like it isnt. lampert was never really adopted “”””officially””””

like the way i view it is that lampert was probably a young kid in rokea that eventually grew fond of wallter and mark's shenanigans when they came in one day so he just kinda pitched in for the ride

and like the two eventually just kind of like started taking care of him and schtuff blah blah blaaahhh typical fond family or whateveerr (they still left lampert in rokea for the majority of his childhood but it wasn't until his later teen years that he started to like kind of ""move in"" with them)

idk idk essentially lampert just kind of grew up with the influences of wallmark and occasionally sees them as parents. er. more often than not. but still heavily associates them as "really good and awesome and caring old farts (((friends)))"

little drawing of how i think wallmark met lampert btw (hes like fuckin 4 and is already an industry worker save him)

[meowzfordayz]

Hi! Just a question. Why dont you write nsfw for Muichiro but you write for Tanjiro? Ain't he a minor too?

Hullo! 😁 Ooh hoo hoo pls and ty brace yourself for a long answer… 🤪

The thing about shonen is that “kids” are put in insane situations. Like, that’s the entire genre/trope of shonen — it’s literally “boy” going on The Hero’s Journey™️. However, I guarantee 99% of shonen aged ppl would not be as brave, mature, or mentally collected/grounded/tough as characters in shonens.

In other words, altho the genre of shonen inherently means characters are often teenagers, as someone who’s older, I don’t watch shonen and think, “Ah, yes, this is realistic”. Realistically, shonen characters would be 18+, if not in their fricking 30s or something. 😂

This isn’t to entirely dismiss teenagers’ capabilities, but like, do you remember being a teenager? How do you think you’d fare in shonen circumstances? I like to imagine I’d be badass, but realistically most ppl—myself included 😆—prob wouldn’t be able to step up (whether physically, mentally, or emotionally) to villains, curses, demons, etc in the ways that’re depicted fictionally.

As a young adult (I’m 22), I feel somewhat more capable—compared to when I was, say, 16—of the heroics and maturity portrayed in shonen, and fiction in general (w/, ofc, the caveat that I live in the “real” world, so obvi I won’t encounter most shonen things anyway 😅). Thus, when I watch shonen, I generally don’t think of the characters as their canon ages. Sure, it takes a lil compartmentalizing when they’re literally in high school i.e. BNHA or their ages are occasionally discussed i.e. KNY, but shonen characters can go from acting their age to acting like they’re 33 on the flip of a dime.

This duality of shonen is what opens it to such age discourse. On one hand, it’s very clear (to me, at least) that shonen characters are far from “normal”, and that their ages are somewhat arbitrary bc they’re designed more to fit the genre vs what’s realistic of certain ages. However, their ages aren’t entirely arbitrary either, so it’s understandable that many ppl still take them at face value to be teenagers. What I’m trying to get at is: a lot of writers age up characters bc the characters themselves are already written w/ implications and qualities of a much older person.

To finally get to your question about Tanjirou vs Muichiro: I suppose, for me, the difference is how they’re presented. W/ Muichiro, his age is constantly emphasized bc it’s a significant aspect of how his character relates and compares to others — especially as a Hashira. Whereas Tanjirou, while still a teenager w/ his teenager moments, also has the shonen-protagonist-traits aka is depicted as “a BOY” but also “in INSANE situations that ~most boys, would, in fact, not be able to handle in the slightest”.

I feel comfortable aging up Tanjirou for NSFW content bc—due to his overall portrayal—I can actually imagine him being older. I feel uncomfortable aging up Muichiro for NSFW content bc—due to his overall portrayal—I struggle to imagine him being older. It really comes down to my connection to characters, my comfortability w/ them, and how I perceive them. These connections, comfortability, and perceptions can absolutely differ from writer to writer, person to person, and that’s okay.

At the risk of being cancelled 💀, I’m also gonna put it out there that where I’m from, the legal age of consent’s 16 — I was having sex at 16. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I’m not saying the age of consent means you should immediately start having sex at that age, and there’re plenty of sound arguments for why the legal age of consent should universally be 18+. What I am saying tho is that teenagers having sex is 100% legal in many places, and I think it’s important to hold space for the fact that many ppl don’t wait until 18 to become sexually active. It isn’t unrealistic for teenagers to have sex, and it lowkey irks me how there seems to be very few safe spaces for that truth to exist.

That being said, if I was going to write a teenager having sex, then they’d be having sex w/ another teenager. 👍🏽

[1d1195]

SAMANTHA WDYM YOU JUST LEFT THE ENDING LIKE THAT?!? HELLO BESTIE WTF😭BUT YOU KNOW I LOVE THE DRAMA OF A CLIFFHANGER!!! Idk where to begin bc I feel like I gobbled this part up right up that I might have missed some details lol anyways LOVED knowing that Harry missed her birthday and yelled at her just so he can suffer a bit more 😁 I also love how you write them having their domestic moments with Cece, it’s just so adorable! Kinda also loved that he spiraled just a tiny bit thinking she was pregnant when she asked about paternity leave HAHAH(idk what’s wrong me bc I’m loving seeing honey H suffer?!?) but omg the Christmas part he literally stayed for her😭😭 he’s so in love omg 😭 now bestie what was going through his head picking her up like that with no warning?! If I was her I would short circuit 😭 and their first omg😭😭 my mind is literally going crazy on how this will all pan out in the next part! You of course did an amazing job! Loved it as always❤���

I totally get being afraid of dentist! Personally never had problems with them but the idea of having someone put tools in one’s mouth is crazy! But I’m so glad you finally found a good dentist!! Especially since it gave us toothpaste 🤭 but no really having actual health care professionals that you feel comfortable enough with is the biggest WIN!

15k WORDS?!?! Omg that’s genuinely so impressive! But I do love that sudden inspo especially when in the moment you’re so in love with the idea! It’s a pretty addicting feeling lol I don’t blame you for not wanting to let them go! I fear I will feel the same when we get the final part 😭

I do love donating things in general but my books have always been a struggle lol I’m currently in the process of donating some of my “middle school era” books and I’m having so much fun skimming/re-reading them bc I WAS CRAZY for reading them in the first place HAHA

Girl I wish it was 50-60 degrees right now😭 we’ve had such a horrible heat wave this past week and this past weekend was BRUTAL😭 lowest was about 90 😔 I also had a power outage which was LAME!! Anyways I say decorate for the fall! I bet you’re absolutely amazing at decorating!! It just seems like your vibe and I love that for you!

Hope you had a lovely weekend whether it was productive or not! Also sending you the best vibe for the start of the week!you absolutely got this!! LOVE YOU!!-💜

FULL NAME!!!! I put it in one of the tags of feedback reblogs but I think missing a bday is my favorite micro-trope. I'm right there with you I love to make him suffer 💕 I've been hanging out with my baby niece (actually cousin) more recently and frequently and so my baby fever is like 💥 right in my face so I have a LOT of ideas for Cece and such. He's so jealous it's unreal. I love it so much 😍 HE'S SO EXTRA but also like really trying to make it casual when he touches her. He's so 😍 She def short-circuited. I probs didn't do a good job of writing it as such because I was focused on how it would feel to have him pick her up hehehehehe thank you for enjoying it 💕

I totally get being afraid of dentist! Personally never had problems with them but the idea of having someone put tools in one’s mouth is crazy! But I’m so glad you finally found a good dentist!! Especially since it gave us toothpaste 🤭 but no really having actual health care professionals that you feel comfortable enough with is the biggest WIN!

Omg I also have tons of dental issues all the time. The character trait I share most with the MC is that she and I both have cavities ALL the time. I also had to have some reconstructive surgery as well (thanks genetics) plus wisdom teeth. Etc. I had so many issues all at once I genuinely thought I could have been a dentist because I learned so much. I grew up in a small town so my neighbor is actually my dentist but I didn't have the right health insurance for a while to go to her practice (America, ya know?) so it was a lot.

I LOVE a reread of my middle school era books. I think I told you I was a huge Twilight fan. Nothing makes me feel more alive than rereading Twilight snippets 😍 I also loved this trilogy about this girl who could see other people's dreams like really lucidly. I loved it so much and I refuse to part with it through all my book donations. I also read this series that was semi-supernatural? I don't have a better word for it. She could like see the future through touch and through sculpting. I think it was my favorite series ever the male main lead was named Ben and I was OBSESSED. Okay actually I thought of like five more YA books I read and obsessed over so I'm going to stop here before I never shut up 😭

HEAT WAVE POWER OUTAGE. I would sit in the shower. Ugh. 90 🤮 I would scream. It's like 70-80 here. AND the heat compressor broke so my room was a balmy/toasty temperature this morning when I got to work. INSANE. I decorated 😍 Idk if I'm any good at it, but I just enjoy fall a lot and I like fall things. I did what I could. I'm def not a cover every surface but I try to make it look tasteful and not tacky.

I DID have a lovely pretty relaxing weekend. I'm having a pretty good week too *knock on wood* busy but productive 💕

Are you up to anything fun? You have time off before your term restarts right? I hope you have fun things planned and you get to go thrifting and to a drag show brunch 😍 LOVE YOU!

xoxo

[bornonthebreakofdawn]

Who are some NH fic authors you really like, and what do you like about their fics? I mean like characterization, mood, tone, plot lines, etc.

Oh anon... I have to say this is hard... I mean, there are so many talented NH writers and they all deserve the love.

Maybe one way I can go about this is to choose my top 10 (but there's no particular order here):

Seriously Nuts

@dayseternal-blog

@waterrolls

@nightowl27-writer

@happyocelot

@chloelapomme

@peppercornpress

Midnight Rain19

@arunikas

@secrettastemakerland

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What I like about them/their stories?

(I hope I can properly convey what I think because it's kinda tough to put this exactly into writing. And also note that my response here applies to all the writers/stories that I've come across before, not limited to only those in the list mentioned)

It's expected that they have varying writing styles but what I usually like is how they can wonderfully capture the essence and personality of a character without them being far too off from canon. Even in AU stories (where they may be intended to be a contrast to how they're usually depicted in canon), I don't really see them as totally OOC. It's like, "Yeah, I can see that character behaving that way if the anime/manga chose this route, etc." They can effectively bring out sides of a character I don't often see or may be considered as an underlying trait.

I also like how creative they are and how they can come up with new/deeper angles on certain ideas or scenarios. Like there were some "what if" concepts that I may have thought about before (or certain story tropes) and wanted badly to read about, and these writers were able to deliver and satisfy what I may have been craving for at the time. They are able to convey some of those ideas that would make me go, "Huh, why haven't I thought of it like that" or "I can totally see this happening in canon". I would sometimes be in awe and would like to marry their brains because of how they would execute a certain plotline into much greater depth and detail. (Let me also take this opportunity to extend a special thank you to those who accepted and wrote some of my story prompt requests - some of which I have done as anon asks before - and/or those who gifted me a story ❤️)

Some of their stories also give me much needed fluff and comfort (Especially during the lockdown/quarantine period due to the pandemic). Seriously, those stories helped me stayed sane and lower my anxiety levels.

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Again, I love and appreciate a lot of writers in the NH community. And although I may not have mentioned them all here, please know that I am grateful and admire all those I've come across and the stories I've read. (Some of those writers are probably familiar with my username because of the reviews I've left before 😁)

Huge hugs for all of you! 🤗❤️

[write-baby-write]

How To Write Smut: Characterization

I don't know about you, but I'm one of those writers who takes writing very seriously and writing erotica isn't an exception to me. If you think writing is hard, try writing a sex scene with the right pace, flow, making it sexy and at times romantic without forgetting the anatomy, the setting, avoiding clichés and cringy words, giving life-like actions to every single character involved... And yes, you have to do all that without getting distracted.

I tend to research and read a lot about it (hence the many writing advices, sexy thesaurus, how to write smut posts I reblogged in here). But there's one thing I rarely see in any of these writing advices about smut that I'd like to talk about in this post.

Every author has their own way to plan their scenes when they're writing erotica. As for me, I tend to envision two aspects when I plan a sex scene: setting and characters. When I think about the characters, I like to picture what they will do, how they will do it and their reactions. But not just physical ones. I'm talking about how each character experiences and expresses their sexuality during a sexual activity.

Think about your favorite fictional character. If they have a sex scene in canon, you're probably know if they're shy or not, serious or playful, adventurous, creative, passionate. If you know these details about them, you know how they behave during sex. And that's exactly what we should aim when writing that character in a sex scene.

I've briefly mentioned this in an ask, but as I watched Jenna Moreci's video about Ten Worst Tropes In Erotic Fiction, her video made me realize how important it is to follow the characterization previously established for a character when writing a sex scene. The main reason to do it is to make your reader can recognize each character in the story. Otherwise, it will look like you forgot to do your proper research on the character and they'll look OOC.

On that note, let me give you a personal example to clarify my opinion. When I started writing fanfiction, I got caught up in a sea of so many awesome fanfics that a fanon concept about a character I love ended up showing on my many of my first fanworks, even though it was completely OOC. Yes, I was newbie, I didn't understand much about characterization and let myself be influenced by these fanfics and headcanons I read back then, but I already knew how that character was like during a sex scene in canon. And I also knew most of these fanfic authors wrote this character OOC in order to fit their plot. When I look back at those stories of mine, I cringe at the thought that I knew how that character was like in canon, that I liked how they were written, but on a whim, I wrote something that doesn't fit their characterization in my stories.

But as I mentioned before, there are characterizations that might fit better the plot of your story, so there's no reason why a character can't be written a little kinkier or more vanilla once in a while. It's just important to keep a consistency in your writing in a way that it won't make it look like you wrote a character with multiple personalities disorder instead of making them more playful or raunchy 😁

To help fellow fanfic writers, I created my own sexual character sheet, so use it wisely:

Character Sexual Profile

Name:

Age:

Gender:

Sexuality (in as many details as possible):

Overall personality traits:

Sex Deets

First sexual experience:

Sensitive spot(s):

How sexually experienced are they?

What are their preferences on potential sex partners (physical or psychological)?

What are their turn ons?

What are their turn offs?

Do they initiate or wait for someone to do it?

Personality traits that stand out during sex (in as many details as possible):

Vanilla or kinky?

Top or bottom? (I mean the position!)

Do they prefer to stay in control, to give control to their partner or are they versatile?

Favorite position(s):

Sex fantasies:

Are they open to new ideas or stick to what they know?

On a scale of 1-10, what's their sex drive like?

What's their opinion on casual sex?

What's their opinion on group sex/sharing/switching partners?

Is there anything they would never do?

Random headcanon about them:

[dekusleftsock]

To continue on the hair/androgynous discussion: Glad you're in agreement! I feel like long hair and a wiry frame like he has now fit Deku a lot better as a person, and I just plain think he looks prettier like that. Honestly, for a man who says he's not well versed on the subject of romance and isn't good at drawing pretty characters, Horikoshi seems to rock at both. Even when it comes to making looks for guys that are actually androgynous and characters who have both masculine and feminine traits, he's a lot better than many shows/media that try to portray that. I'm guessing that's because he's great at character design. I'm concluded that Horikoshi either purposefully misleads people in his public statements or has a low self esteem, because he tends to way better at these things than he gives himself credit for. Which, coming from a writer, would make sense. I often have a really hard time looking at my work objectively, no matter how good people say it is. As for Deku not having a fashion sense: Fair. I like how Katsuki appears more traditionally masculine but is better at fashion and more open about emotional conversations generally, where Deku appears more traditionally feminine but is horrible at fashion and bad at emotional conversations. Part of why I can only see their future being as a duo, even years ago before the manga started hinting at that. Their personality traits, appearances and narrative roles often hint towards them being equals and partners. I don't mean this in a romantic way, but they often parallel/compliment each other perfectly. Also: Those photos you had were epic 😍. Watch me spread my long haired Deku agenda to the rest of you XD. I suppose I could be a bit less vocal about it, but over the years I've learned that if you want something done you have to do it yourself. Therefore, I'm spreading this agenda with the thin veneer of it being a cool parallel to Shigaraki 😁. To be fair to Deku, I think his recent look is pretty cool though. Obviously it needs some cleaning up, but it has a good aesthetic. Additionally, it pays homage to All Might while allowing Deku to be his own hero. My problem with his old costume was that it was paying homage to All Might without incorporating anything from Deku as an individual. I also think it would just generally be a good message that both of our favorite wonder duo boys go to extremes and need to change. Often when shows have a character like Katsuki, the pressure is all on that person to change while the protagonist stays the same. I was thinking, if Deku made the ears of his costume look more purposefully jagged and made it darker instead of just dirty/stained, he'd have a good thing going. The ears are like All Might, but incorporating the jagged look is a reminder to the war and everything associated with it. Finally, Deku's not a fashionable person but I like to think Katsuki's influence would help. He's changed his outfit up the most out of all of the characters, his parents are in the fashion business and he tends to criticize/comment on people's looks the most out of everyone. Imagine: Bkdk dating post war, Katsuki keeps getting annoyed at Izuku's lack of fashion sense and keeps interfering. It reminds me of an old married couple fussing at each other for the millionth time, and it would show that they've become much closer. Therefore, as Deku gets older his outfits gain more of a sense of fashion, mostly due to the real hero here: Katsuki XD.

HSVSIJD I LOVE THAT HC SM LMAO

They really do act like an old married couple in so many ways (another trope perhaps 👀) even in canon. I love them sm

I think his best hero outfit was actually his undercover outfit from the newest movie

Bc it still fits the bunny aesthetic he’s got going on (and subtly paying homage to allmight) but separates itself from his other outfit which is very… allmight to say the least lol.

It’s very obvious that Katsuki helped him with it in some way, or at the very least he worked with other designers to make it fit well.

I think the hood and color scheme is my personal favorite parts. (I’m a color nerd lol) the colors also match his hair and the grey accents match it really well to not make it SUPER STARK in the color difference.

Though, the goofy calf part always makes me giggle a bit bc it looks like he has chicken feet ISBKSJDKD

I think the main reason why this version is so lacking compared to his current version is because of the color and also just like, the actual symbolism he has within his outfit?

And I don’t mean Izuku’s symbolism within his hero suit TO US

I mean that his actual hero suit is designed to be practical over actually meaning anything. (I’ll probably make a post all about how Izuku’s outfits are important symbolism wise throughout the series at some point but not rn lol)

Anyway, with this version he’s actually giving homage to other people! Aside from all might.

There’s the Gran Torino cape, and then the added red accents for Katsuki, and the ripped up dirtiness for the war.

Before it was more of internalized symbolism for how Izuku views himself. Now, it’s actual symbolism that he CHOSE, showing that he’s becoming his own hero.

[lorirwritesfanfic]

🛒 ⛔ ❌

Hi, Lily! ❤️ I hope you're doing well.

🛒 What are some common things you incorporate in your fics? Themes, feels, scenes, imagery, etc.

I use omniscient narrative a lot because I like adding characters' body language, thoughts and feelings and some scene descriptions. My fics come to me as if there were sneak peeks of a movie and I do my best to connect those little scenes together and put into words so the reader can visualize the story as well.

I also like adding details about characters that they're not mine as I write. It's nothing that will alter their essence and make them ooc. Just a few quirks, traits and little memories to make them more realistic to me. E.g. giving Prince Hamid allergy to seafood and Rafael Aveiro had long hair until he was five.

⛔ Do you have a fic you started, but scrapped?

Oh, I have tons of those 😌

I had a Treasure Hunters AU fic for Kamilah Sayeed x MC that I didn't write because I realized I know very little about Kamilah and nothing about treasure hunts. My only reference was White Collar (a series that I love in which the main character goes on many "treasure hunts", so to speak 😁). I even tried watching Indiana Jones to see if I could get some inspiration, but there are too many scenes with snakes in the movie and I have ophidiophobia... So I closed the Netflix tab and said "yeah, not gonna happen..." 😅

I planned Professional Rivals AU for Miss Parsons x F!OC. Annabelle would be a professional actress and dancer making an audition for the main character of a play and Veronica (F!OC) would audition for the same part, but one of the producers of the play would suggest Veronica to play as the love interest. Lots of wlw cute scenes, some drama (because why not). But I had creative block back then and stopped writing. When I decided to continue that story, it was gone. I had to hard reset my phone a few times last year and I thought I had saved all my wips in one of my cloud storage accounts. I think I deleted it by accident while removing old outlines and first drafts. I kinda want to try again, but I don't know where to start... 🙁

There was a part of the fandom that was crazy about Niles Edison and an anon asked me to write a Niles Edison x MC for 2019 Kinktober. I wasn't crazy about him. Most of the time, I barely remembered he was there. (There's Fabien, Tillie, Rye and Eris in THM! No offense to who likes Niles, why would I care about some random white old dude?). But I was trying to be the "yay! send me fic requests, people!" kind of writer and said yes. That was my biggest mistake as fanfic writer, btw. With time, I realized I was getting overwhelmed trying to answer requests for ships I didn't like in hopes people would read my stories and they still didn't. So I hit the "fuck this shit" button and decided to write just what I know I will have fun writing and reading.

During that same year I was trying to be a people pleaser, I got tons of requests of certain person who kept sending me N*FW sentences prompts that I often found OOC for the characters involved. But since this person is no longer part of Choices fandom, I deleted the outlines I did for those requests and live my life blissfully knowing that person won't pester me with a new request 😁

❌ What's a trope you will never write?

ABO. I tried, but every time something about mating, heat cycles and bestiality came up, it became hard for me to read 😣

The only stories involving werewolves that I liked were Blood Moon IF and Lust Under The Moon (Moments). I didn't read Blood Moon enough to understand its universe (I started reading it in the very beginning. I think it only had four chapters and I read one), but in LUTM mating was a choice, not some Twilight imprinting thing.

Thanks for the ask, dear!

Have a wonderful weekend 😘

[ask me stuff about my writing, people]

[csinickstokes]

2. Favorite fic trope?

8. Unpopular food opinion

10. Is your hair its natural color/style?

25. Best Disney movie?

31. ice cream order?

44. Song that’s stuck in your head right now? (Is it Chrissy wake up? 😂)

50. Character outside of your fandom you’d marry?

90. Ily and you deserve the world

Thank you @underdefined67!!! 🫂💜💙💛💚❤️🧡

2. Favorite Fic Trope? Probably when the main character gets hurt and the sexy love interest goes "who did this to you?" While their eyes get dark and they get all overprotective 😈😈😈😈🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵 (especially if it's Jack or Nick 😉)

8. Unpopular food opinion? I think coffee is gross and no amount of sugar or cream you put in it will save it, it smells like skunk juice 😂 Also weird fact but I have the trait where cilantro doesn't taste good and lemony, it tastes like a bar of soap lol So cilantro is also gross and ruins dishes

10. Is your hair its natural color/style? 😁 I live amongst the people that think it's unholy to dye your hair, so yes it's all natural lol

25. Best Disney movie? I love Moana, I think that's the last one I've watched lol

31. Ice cream order? I like a classic dipped cone or chocolate milkshake, but I need dairy free otherwise I'm sticking to cokes 😂

44. Song that's stuck in your head right now? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Are you in my brain?? I've been singing Chrissy Wake Up for days AND nights now!

50. Character outside of your fandom you'd marry? CRUEL 😂 I'm technically not in the Supernatural fandom maybe I'll marry Sam 😏 He's yours though so I'll take Dean!! I'm not technically in the Eddie Munson fandom yet right? 😏😈

90. I love you and you deserve the world and more!! 🥺🥺🥺🥺🫂🫂🫂🫂💜💙💛💚❤️🧡💜💙💛💚❤️🧡

[cherryblossom-chopper]

Hello😁, I'd like to request for a matchup please.

-So first, um I don't have any partner preference.

- For personality traits, I guess I can start with my mbti which is INTP-T. I am also either shy or outgoing depending on my level of comfort. But usually I'm reserved and I don't talk much in person. I love singing out loud especially when I'm stressed. I am kind of a picky eater sometimes depending on my mood. I also love to tease my closest friends and family members. Umm I guess that's that.

- My zodiac sign is Capricorn

- I love C a t s hehe

Thanks for your request! I swear I've considered this from many angles and I feel in my heart that his request is correct.

I ship you with Buggy the Clown

Just two snarky dorks in love running the world together.

Fun fact: Buggy also sings when he's scared. Horror movies/video games become musicals between the two of you.

As kids, you pestered you for ages, wanting to uncover your secrets held behind your walls. It took years to wear you down, but he eventually got to know you really well. Today Buggy will tell people it was a waste of time, but he doesn't mean that. You're a gift to him, and he's glad to be your friend and partner.

Usually, Buggy can dish it as well as he can take it, so if you tease him, be prepared for a retaliation. Every once in a while, he'll get too flustered to respond and glare at you, red-faced and embarrassed. You may need to give him a little kiss or an exaggerated compliment to cheer up his mood.

Relationship Trope: Childhood Friends to Lovers

[waynes-multiverse]

Hiiiiii !!! I wanted to send all numbers of the fanfic writer ask but I didn't. So 🙃

2, 6, 7, 12, 30, 32 😘

Okay, let's do this! 😁

2. What character(s) do you find the most difficult to write for? Why?

I honestly don't have that much trouble writing a specific character. If I know certain personality traits, it's really fun imagining "what if" scenarios and then I go from there. Even Sam, who I don't write for a lot, still comes fairly easy to me. A good tip otherwise is making a character spreadsheet with their most important info and then follow your gut. Does it sound right for a certain character to say/do that or wrong?

6. If you listen to music when writing, what were you listening to when writing [Fanfic Name]?

I have my own writing playlist, which mostly contains indie/altnernative/rock music. Something with a soothing melody and not too distracting. Bonus points if the lyrics are inspiring too. And Taylor Swift's Folklore and Evermore always get me in a inspiring mood too ☺️

7. What story/headcanons do you feel the proudest of?

Attempting to give Sam and Dean a family in DBM. Also, in my head, they have houses next door to each other and Dean always loots Sam's fridge and finds a reason for BBQing in the yard 🤷‍♀️

12. Who is your favorite author?

Hm, fanfic or published? I can't possibly choose a favorite fanfic author. There's two many and everyone is amazing and has their own unique style and ideas! I do love that fanfiction is so free and not constricted by rules. You can write anything you want. No one cares about "marketability" and "censorship." You can curse, you can write the most cliché tropes, you can fully delve into your own style... A few of my favorite published authors, though, include: Rainbow Rowell and John Green. Both write YA novels, but I really love their narrative style! And a go-to for inspiration is always Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass. I also love reading plays and dystopian novels! Honestly, never ask a literature student about favorite authors/books. You might be here a while 😂😂😂

30. Do you write down all your ideas? What makes you decide to write one versus the other?

I write down everything. Even if it's just a fleeting idea or a one-liner. I might use it or I might not, but at least it's saved somewhere if I need it. Sometimes I might have a funny idea or a dialogue sequence in my head. If I'm already over my desired word count, I might not use it if it's not super important for the story and would just be a "detail" or "fun fact." I probably have tons of "deleted scenes" in my notes and even more in my head... 🙈

32. What story do you think showcases your signature style the most?

That would actually be my newest one, To Be Human 😊 It's more stream of consciousness, and thus, feels the most like me. I wanted all my characters' thoughts to be more "free flowing" and less restricted by grammar and writing conventions. But I usually adapt my style depending on the story I wanna tell. So tenses and perspectives depend on my main objective. Which is why TBH is written in present tense because I wanted my audience to feel a certain urgency and that everything is happening right now, whereas with DBM, I imagined the reader telling the story of how everything happened from some point in the future (Kinda like HIMYM – "Kids, this is how I ended up here...).

Thank you so much for asking, @eevvvaa! 🖤 That was a lot of fun, although I went a little overboard with my answers 😂

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