#i meeeeean i agree

[mochinomnoms]

Silly scenario, but imagine something goes wrong in Alchemy, which results in Riddle getting turned into a fish, specifically a goldfish like a legit goldfish, not a merman. If Floyd were to find out, depending on his mood, he would either laugh or annoyed that his goldfishy quite literally turned into a goldfish. Now imagine Floyd carrying goldfish Riddle around the campus in a small tank. This was funnier in my head, I swear.

I'm so sorry, Riddle, because Floyd has the impulsive decision-making of a 2-year-old who just discovered free will.

He's dropping Riddle into his mouth and just barely registers, “oh wait, I probably shouldn't eat him lol” before spitting him back into the bowl.

If you wanted to take it on a much sweeter, shipping note, this would be a great opportunity for Floyd to show a much softer side to Riddle. I'm assuming that Riddle is still very sentient and aware in this new form, but maybe the others aren't aware of that.

This includes Floyd, for plot purposes of course, as he takes to carrying Riddle in a little baggy. Riddle's not happy, as he's been snatched from Trey and Cater's very dependable hands and is now being jostled around in this stupid eel's hands.

Imagine his surprise when Floyd, upon entering an unfamiliar part of Octavinelle, carefully drops him in a pleasantly cool, refreshing tank. It's a freshwater one, too, which doesn't match the rest of the waters surrounding the dorm. It takes a moment for him to realize that it's probably one of Jade's terrariums, perhaps gifted to Floyd, if the random knick-knacks like a small bouncy ball and a still wrapped lollipop were any indicator.

I suppose he could be fascinated with freshwater marine life, being from the sea. Still, it's much more well-kept than I'd expect from Floyd, of all people.

There's a few other small freshwater fish swimming in the small tank as well. They looked remarkably healthy and lovely, despite being mostly gray and silver. The filtration system looked expensive too, was this all really Floyd's doing?

“Floyd, did you really put Riddle into my tank?” Ah, never mind, this makes more sense. “I thought I told you after the last time, stop added things into my tank. And when did you add that candy?”

Riddle had never heard Jade speak in such an irritated tone, it reminded him of how Cater would speak with his older sisters on the phone. Siblings don't always get along, he supposes.

“Aw it's fine, the little guys love my decorations! And besides,” Floyd leaned down to stare at Riddle with his bi-colored eyes. They looked quite pretty, he'd hate to admit.

“I gotta take care of my Riddle!” Huh, Floyd never, if ever, called him by his actual name. “Sea Turtle and Seabream probably would've kept him in that stupid bag until he turned back. That's no good!”

Riddle watched as Floyd rested his head on his arms, gazing at him with an expression he'd rather not name as Riddle swam around in the water. He had to admit, the water against his scales felt quite nice, Riddle wondered if being in a merform would be the same?

“And I gotta make sure he likes the water, that way he'll agree to move into our home after we get married.”

WHAT

Riddle was glad that he couldn't do more to express himself other than fan and flutter his fins and gills, as he's sure Floyd would rub his sudden embarrassment in his face.

“Please, you have to confess for that to even happen.” Jade scoffed as he reached his hand in to pick out the toys and trash Floyd had left in the tank. “And that's if you get him to not hate your guts.”

“Jaaaaaaade! You're being meeeeean!” Floyd turned back around to wrap his arms around his brother's waist, letting himself become deadweight for Jade to drag as he tried to walk to the trashcan by his desk.

“You can't say nothing! You're in the same boat with your mate!”

“I am most certainly not!” Jade's huff was almost amusing, if not unsettling coming from him. “My darling is just shy, I need to be careful—”

“You're a scared little bitch is what you are.”

Riddle watched as Floyd immediately ran out of the room, Jade following right after him. He thinks he could make out sounds of crashing, but it was muffled from the water and glass. It took all but of a few minutes for a disheveled Floyd with a blood nose to zoom back into the room, nearly smacking against the tank as he fell to his knees.

“Sorry Little Goldfishie, didn't mean to leave ya alone. I'll stay with ya for a while until you turn back into my Riddle. 'Kay?”

Perhaps delusional lovesickness ran in the Leech family. Perhaps Riddle was also a bit delusional, as the fond look in Floyd's eyes didn't completely turn him off.

[delululand]

Random attractive thing in man?

when he does this🤭 ESPECIALLY if you tell him something provocative and he silently agrees like this

i meeeeean one look like that and i'm naked on my knees

[leggerefiore]

“Ingo, let's go ghost hunting,” you declared to the Chandelure hybrid as he stood in the kitchen watching the stove. He turned to you with an expression that was hard to read, but the bewilderment was obvious in his eyes. You grinned bigger. “I know, I know, you are a ghost, but that works in our favour, no?” you told him excitedly as you got closer to him, “You have to be able to see more than I can as a human.”

“… Dearest, I see things that most humans should not have to see, yes,” he agreed with you but shook his head, “Ghosts are territorial. I don't wish to have any conflicts.” You tilted your head. Were they? The idea of a ghost getting mad about having their territory encroached on was a fascinating one.

“Do you scare off ghosts from our apartment?” you questioned him, now having your interesting piqued. Ingo's cheeks suddenly blossomed with colour as the flames flickered. Embarrassed? You could not believe it. “What do you do to them? Burn them?” you simply needed to know.

“… Sometimes,” the twin admitted with a defeated tone, “I usually prefer just making them leave, but the persistent ones… I don't like the idea of any other being consuming your spirit. I simply will not allow it.” You wanted to laugh. He sounded so possessive. His cooking was temporarily abandoned as he turned to look at you completely. “Most ghosts are like that,” he explained, “Be that actual spirits or that of ghost-types. None of us like having our territories invaded.”

You simply let out a small laugh finally and kissed him. He was being so strangely handsome. Your ghostly home protector, more than just a house husband. “So, my soul is yours?” you teased him.

“… Yes,” he embraced you and brought his eerie glowing eyes to meet yours, “I've claimed you.” It would almost be terrifying to have a Chandelure tell you that they have claimed your soul, but not with Ingo. He was too gentle and loving.

“… I still want to go ghost hunting,” you replied, “I should be safe alone if I'm claimed, right?”

His grip tightened. The violet glow of his flames illuminated his face ominously.

“No, I won't let you.”

“You're meeeeean.”

“You sound like Emmet. Stop.”

[thornswoggled]

ive been sick since the 31st but i cant be stopped from new chapter goofin. first chapter of the year, lets go

oh noooo this first page is already so embarrassing. PLEEEASE dont tell me zoey assumed he and lucy are a thing because of the snake thing. PLEEEEEASE tell me his dad is teasing. im so embarrassed

PHYLLIS MOMENT? yamazaki loves biddies we knew this old broad was gonna come back

so nostalgic to see the witchs coven like this for the first time in.... many many chapters

wasnt the coven isaac supposed to have his name spelled differently than chises isaac? i thought that was mentioned on twitter at some point, but the wiki spells it like that too (NOT THAT NOTABLE - WIKI IS CHEEKS)

very nice panel of him and marielle with their wrists intersecting. idk it just looks pretty. i like symmetry

this chapter is a little longer? i think the most recent ghost+witch was just as long. why is yamazaki unstoppable. is she sleeping

more and more "things are about to get waaaacky!" okay yeah we know that but when will anything happen. i dont mind the lack of action in tamb. at all, actually. but the leadup is a little silly

"i wonder if she saw it, too." she did not <3

THIS IS A MONTH AND A HALF FROM THE LAST CHAPTER????????????

theyre all sitting in the courtyard like they did when they agreed to keep zoeys secret. nice callback, and its cute that this is their little hangout spot

whats in that box between chise and rian

oh no zoeys dad responded and lucy is here. oh no. i cant handle this i cant handle embarrassment

wait lucy helped him write it because she says she revised it. so either they actually are dating or his dad was teasing. im soooo...

waaait zoey has a little ponytail its so cuties

weeeh chises smile is so sweeties and cuties

"you could've warned us you were there" WHAT DID I JUUUST SAY EARLIER ABOUT LUCY. SHE IS NOT GOING TO LIKE HIM TRAILING CHISE AROUND

wait did chise even know he was there. she can usually sense his comings and goings so i think shes just surprised he decided to butt into the convo

shut uuuuup they dont need a chaperone you just want to follow your wife around

wait if a month and a half has passed whatever happened with alices xmas gift for chise

weeeeh philomela is being so cuties

i like that yamazaki kinda teases these het pairings among the friend group without ever insinuating that theyll go anywhere. like in every direction almost. feels like straightbaiting... unbelievably funny. which, egg on my face if zoey and lucy ends up being real

philomela is being an early-story chise right now. "everyone does things for me even though i dont deserve it and i dont want to lose anyone even though i dont contribute anything." no wonder chise latched onto her as Guy I Need To Fix

love how varied and stylish yet simple their outerwear is

"he wanted to accompany chise" SEEEE WHAT I MEEEEEAN HE JUST WANTS TO FOLLOW HIS WIFE AROUND

HEEEEEEEY GIRLLL I MEAN THEY. I MEAN THEY. I MEAN THE

selkie nathan here too whatever. i didnt want the friend to be alice what makes you say that

i love how no one who meets elias in the white girl glamor ever says "why do you have a boy name." yamazaki is above such trifles

elias looks so sullen hunched behind chise oh my god. following his damn wife around. i love the human glamors because his facial expressions are sooooooo funny hes just -____-

elias coming in hot with the "that dont got nothing to do with me im smoking my cigarette"

the bolo tie strings lovingly rendered across his chest im. going to eat plywood. hey girl. i mean th

"whoa they got wrapped in fog is this related to rahab" <= idiot who glossed over nathan LITERALLY explaining that meg was surrounded by fog before she was attacked. can you PAY ATTENTION. FOR /ONCE/

man theyll be okay they got two teachers with them

oh no your girlfriend

that zoey panel kinda went crazy stupid whoag

"the blood run strong in him" okay jesus christ who is this. it better be someone we already know because this is a little silly

speaking of. i mean we know zoey isnt going to go home because hes on the arc 3 spread. he has to dress as a fancy boy and swing his lil weapon with the st georges. no time for dat goku

these are just like the witches in madoka ☝🤓

so this is the chapter where we are actually starting to see a little follow-through on yamazakis "WATCH OUT!!" hyping. all of these monsters attacking people have the same eyeball motif. im trying to think about where we have seen it before. i want to blame the new mage, but their apprentice (i dont remember her name nor can i be fucked to check) talks about them like theyre unrelated. maybe the person on the last page created them? they dont share immense similarity with lil fella either, so perhaps not dragon related either. did someone like joseph create them as chimeras? trying to trigger the red dragon appearing again? maaaan idk

any chapter where i get to see babygirl elias is a good one. swinging my legs teeheeing n shit

[castlebyersafterdark]

noah legit singing along to the 'im so fucking horny' line i feel you need to see this on a wednesday morning

https://www.tiktok.com/@millsmisolecitoo/video/7428846427759004933?q=sabrina%20carpenter%20noah&t=1729677167358

Rounding up everything I missed yesterday hahaha ohhhhh I missed so much UNHINGED stuff. Reeeeeeling from all this.

So much to unpack. It's so so so good to see him out and about, seeing him with those nearest and dearest, living his best unashamed life, thriving and being himself. Out there dancing and acting up in the front row. Love this for him. I know I talk some shade on the girl, but I do genuinely have love for her being his ride or die, like they're really sweet.

And isn't it so fun that these are the vibes as of late? I don't have a ton of thoughts on Sabrina, but I do like a few songs, they're awfully fun and yesssss to the campy horniness we neeeeeed her energy desperately these days. This is what pop music is about! Unashamed ownership of your sexuality and sensuality and just going for it. Love it.

THE PINK FUZZY HANDCUFFS AHHH cannot believe that happened. Girl, good for you, but ya boy right there's a freeeeeak he needs them hahaaha big agree. Fuzzy cuffs are such a cheesy cliche but I have to say - it's a fun vibe, there's something to be said about a cliche. I don't know. Not the worst one out there 🤭 He certainly seems... listen. THIS VIDEO - boy knows what he's doing. I meeeeean the way his hands just naturally went there? Noah Noah Noah... 😈🫣 Ok.

[mermaidsirennikita]

The Scoundrels Of St James would be a better tv show, I agree on that, the storylines are great and they have more dept to them including the male characters don't go that far to be considered bad for a tv audience

St Vincent is not even a morally grey character, he is an asshole and I wouldn't have him in any other way bc I love him like that lol

I will say, I do think St. Vincent is way softer than a lot of my favorites (every Mila Finelli hero except for Giacomo and Alessio, both of whom could still murder St. Vincent in 30 seconds but are very emotionally sweet, LOTHAIRE) but I don't think like... soft bad makes him gray? He gets redeemed, but redemption does not a sweetie pie make lol. Matthew Swift is a sweetie pie. St. Vincent is like... so a dick lol. Which is why even though I love his cameos in the Ravenels they're still very jarring to me because it's like--yeah, I guess it's believable that decades of marriage and five kids would mellow him out even post-redemption but like. This is a LEAP lol.

Scoundrels is honestly very cinematic as a series, and I think that's another thing about Lorraine's books that actually make them more "ready for TV" than a lot of other historicals, imo. Lorraine's books have amazing character development and super deep characters, but they also have a good bit of external plot and this rich web of supporting players who interconnect with each other. Like, the lawyer guy who's all "I'm sorry Jack Dodger but you've inherited a kid and I can't tell you why"? Is in so many other Lorraine books lmao. I'm actually pretty sure he tells the Marquess of Marsden that he inherited the Hellions of Havisham. Dr. Graves is a hero but he's also the bestest doctor who runs around and saves literally everyone who's dying in any Lorraine book ever.

I meeeeean Charles Dickens cameos in Scoundrels and he's like "I shall write a book about y'all, especially Jack Dodger because he's the coolest dude I've ever met ever in my life" and I was like wow so true Charles Dickens.

I also find it interesting that Lorraine's approach to heroes is really a lot... softer in a lot of ways than many other authors of her era, but they never feel like golden retrievers. Very few Lorraine heroes that I've read are ever truly aggressive to the heroines. Even if they don't *like* her, they're not physically *threatening* towards her. However, they are very competent, often pretty dangerous, and frequently quite dark because of a tragic backstory, self-loathing, etc. But a Lorraine hero will easily, easily hurt himself before he would ever hurt his heroine, even before he's in love. I think that's something mainstream audiences really want to see from romance heroes today--there's space for other stuff in less mainstream projects (again 365 comes to mind) but for mass appeal romance, I just feel like the hero has to have a very clear respect for women's boundaries.

[patrocles]

Listen the fucking HBOwar discord was CRAZY. I dont remember the full names of everyone but the “leader” or whatever was this chick called Cass who was unhinged. I joined in the middle of this drama about this girl who wrote a p sketchy fic but they were both head cases and kept fighting with like mean anons and backstabbing and shit and even tho i had just joined both of them kept DMing me to see who i agreed with. She would also post full p*ssy pics in our #adult channel (aka where we were allowed to swear baso) unprompted and wrote terrible smut. Some other chick watched The Pacific and saw the horrors of war and decided joining the Marines would be a good idea. Her recruiter had discord and made a separate gc with a bunch of other girls (including me, non american) to try recruit us and ended up flying out an out of state woman from the gc to fuck her when he was married and like 30+. Otherwise it was just like 16-17 year olds who were just super… raised Online ig and didnt like mentions of war/gore/death/you know the themes of the fucking Shows we watched and just wanted to ship and spam whatever Internet meme of the day was popular (not my cup of tea) It wasnt all bad im still really good mates with one girl who is normal and we used to go drinking together (even tho i was 17 LMAO). I miss being able to watch films/shows together really. Maybe theres a normal HBOwar gc somewhere

anon i need u to understand this has absolutely SHAKEN me to my core at 7:15 in the morning

what do you MEAN posting coochie to the gc??

wha do you meeeeean joined the marines!!!

AND A RECRUITER GROOMING GIRLS????

[trixie-troubleby]

I finally made a lazytown sideblog which meeeeeans! I can finally talk about the fic I’ve been writing on tumblr! If you’re often in the sportarobbie ao3 tag you may have seen this haha

Robbie Rotten and Sportacus agree to an arranged marriage on behalf of their respective (fae for Robbie, elf for Sportacus) courts. After the initial shock of realizing they agreed to marry their rival, Robbie and Sportacus start to figure out how exactly to live together. There are 15 chapters out right now (almost 30k word count) and I try to update weekly!

[breadwithdumideas]

I meeeeean, kinda agree with fry on this one, women that can crush me is… damn

Don’t tell my gf I said that tho

giant metal ball from. ELDEN ring...kina sexy when ya think about it

[chadbaegel]

TMI

It's better than shorty G but God Chad's new gimmick just makes me want to either kiss him to shut up or sit on him to put his mouth to work

Ahem.

[5ummit]

For you 💖🌈💐🤡🌟🌸

thanks anon but... one of these is not like the others

[wellofdean]

Tags from @casandmishasmiles:

#Interesting take#Not sure I completly agree#Cas could know Dean loved him#without knowing if he was “in love” with him#And I don't think it would make him a “wet yearning baby”

I wanted to answer these tags because, ok... yes. I agree completely that not knowing the exact tenor of Dean's feelings would not make Cas a wet, yearning baby. My issue is that FANON so often makes Cas into one, and I have no idea why!

The day I wrote that post, like, three different takes rolled across my dash that had in common the sense that Cas is suffering and miserable because Deeeeannn is so meeeeean! Cas doesn't know he's loved and wanted! He loves Dean so much and Dean gives him nothing! Poor, poor Cas. And like... My point is not that our multiple choice options are either: a) he is a wet, yearning baby or b) he knows absolutely everything (I mean, *I* think he knows, but that's just me, and ymmv, which, like, ok... that's just, like, your opinion, man), it's that c) I don't think the exact tenor of Dean's love actually matters all that much to Cas.

Cas loves Dean as an elemental, incontrovertible, absolute fact. Dean changed him into a creature that loves, and Dean is the origin and object of a love that extends to others and to everything through Dean. I think he will love Dean in whatever way Dean wants or needs him to. It's UP TO DEAN. It's enough for Cas to know that Dean loves him, and he does know that, or nothing he said makes sense. Like, do we honestly think he meant: "Dean, you are love, and everything you have ever done was for love...of everyone except me. I know I can never have that because you're straight and not into dude-shaped waves of celestial intent." Like, does that even make sense? I would argue that it simply, obviously doesn't, and further, I would argue that Cas has what he wants from Dean, and knows Dean loves him because Dean has put his money where his mouth can't manage to go again and again and again, FOR CAS, specifically. Maybe Dean hasn't said it, but his actions are LOUD.

When Cas says "The one thing I want, it's something I know I can never have" I don't think he is talking about Dean's love because he has it, I don't think he is talking about a piece of Dean's ass because I think Cas's love is profoundly unselfish and its scale and tenor is greater than what that take imagines. Like, would he take a piece of Dean's ass if offered? Hell yes! I just think Cas is simply MORE than that, and that his love is of actually inhuman scale. I think he is talking about peace, freedom from manipulation and happiness for Dean, and maybe even with him. I think he wants to give that to Dean, and he knows he can't have that, because he sold his chance to save Jack, and now he is going to use that deal to save Dean. And if JUST SAYING IT is enough to put paid to Cas's deal, then CAS KNOWS. It's Dean who doesn't. So, am I saying Cas's declaration of love wasn't romantic? Absolutely not! Cas loves Dean in every imaginable way, he just doesn't need anything specific from Dean to validate that.

Let's just put it like this: when Jensen says that it doesn't have to be sexualized, I think he is absolutely right (and that even if it is never sexualized, it's still queer as hell but that's another argument), but I also think the exact tenor of the love between Cas and Dean matters, because is matters TO DEAN. Dean, who loves on a human scale, and wants on a human scale. I think it's pretty clear that Dean has been in terrible, aching romantic love with Cas for a long, long time. If anyone is wet and yearning, it's Dean, but let's face it: Dean does not have time to yearn for love or peace, or authentic identity, or sex, or any other self-centred thing, because he can't prioritize that. He is in a constant state of fighting not only for his life, but the lives of everyone he loves and humanity itself against a cruel author/father/God that has manipulated him since he was born.

Dean is under a lot of fucking pressure. I think Cas knows that, too.

Here’s what sticks in my craw: why ON EARTH does fanon imagine that Cas has ‘self-esteem issues’ and experiences his love for Dean as a wet, miserable kind of yearning? What is it about any part of anything that happens on Supernatural makes anyone think that Cas, a cosmic, Eldritch being, a warrior of god, who literally hung the stars and has existed for a bazillion years, is reduced to teenage angst by Dean’s pussy?

Like, when Cas says “the one thing I want I know I can’t have” why do y'all think it’s a piece of Dean’s ass? Why does ANYONE think Cas doesn’t know Dean loves him? Dean has shown Cas he loves him with literally everything he has again and again and again. Even the way Dean feels like Cas can absorb his anger is Dean showing Cas love and trust. Cas and Dean have chosen each other, forgiven each other, and been the only reliable thing in each others’ lives over, and over and over again. Cas fucking knows that Dean loves him. Cas can literally hear Dean’s thoughts, and feel his yearning. Cas was only saying the quiet part out loud when he said he loved Dean, because it was already obvious! If there was anyone feeling wet and lovesick, it would be DEAN, if he ever had a break in the battle to fucking feel things, which he did not.

Like, hear me out: what if the one thing Cas knows he can’t have is the one thing he knows he signed over to the empty? His happiness, and by extension, Dean’s, because he knows Dean loves him? What if Cas is saying: I know I can’t have this thing I want for myself: to be the one to MAKE YOU HAPPY, but I can save you, and maybe Cas’s belief in Dean is such that he still hopes and believes Dean will find a way to make himself happy if he lives.

After Cas’s death, Dean is trying to live for him. Trying to be what Cas believed he was. It’s what CANONICALLY gives Dean the strength to defeat Chuck by not killing him! And, after Dean’s death, he CANONICALLY goes in search of happy endings. Like… THAT IS EXPLICITLY STATED.

I AM HAVING AN ALL CAPS MOMENT, SO SUE ME.

Guys, Cas is not a wet, yearning baby who needs Dean to say or do ANYTHING to validate his love. HE KNOWS. He is a being of unimaginable age and power. He is not beleaguered by self-esteem issues, or the need to tongue-wrestle Dean. Like, he might WANT TO, but he CANONICALLY does not need to in order to experience a happiness so complete that it puts paid to his deal. His happiness is THAT NOW DEAN ALSO KNOWS, and he can tell Dean why, and show him who he is in the mirror of that love.

Also, he is not dead, he is just on another plane of existence, and neither is Dean. Cas is a profoundly unselfish badass. He is not fucking PINING. He made a play, the best one he had. He is a strategist, and he knows Dean BY HEART.

[dreamsclock]

enough fun here's the ANGST - tommy discovering the infinite potion/heart/etc options and freaking out a bit bc this means dream kind of chose death, and not just in the prison, but also when he let tommy take two canon lives. what does it meeeeean.

[ ghosts in the basement au! ]

heavy tw for suicide / suicide ideation / suicidal talk etc !! warnings also for torture mentions and general death / murder, as well as c!dream being a bit of a dick when a sensitive topic is brought up lmao

“...You could’ve survived.”

Dream freezes, hunched over a translucent cigarette. In the dim lantern light of his room, he almost looks solid. “Hello to you too, Tommy.”

“Cut the bullshit.” There’s a strange quality to Tommy’s voice; Dream isn’t sure he’s in the right headspace to analyse it. “That- That day you died. When you lost your final life. You could’ve lived.”

“Well.” Dream plays dumb deliberately. “A sword through the heart. Who can live with that?”

“An admin,” Tommy snaps, and when Dream finally turns to face him, he realises, with some surprise, that his eyes are red and angry, “I found the regen options. You could’ve drank any one of those potions to save you. You could have flown away. You could’ve fuckin’ done anything to save yourself. And you didn’t.”

Dream lets his face morph into something more genuine: the beginnings of a sneer curling his lips, almost mocking, if it hadn’t been approving. “I’m impressed. I didn’t think you actually kept up training when I’m busy. I thought you sat around and... I don’t know. Did child things.”

But Tommy doesn’t rise to the bait like he normally does. He’s clutching his coat tight in his arms, eyes fixed on Dream, and- shit, he’s not getting away from this one, is he?

“Why?” Tommy asks again, when Dream’s silence stretches damningly. “Why do any of that? Fucking hell, why even let me take lives? You could have- Back in the final disk war, you could have killed us with a single thought or struck us with lightning or just used the infinite fucking supplies your powers gave you to beat us. Why did you let yourself die?”

“Because you deserved a win,” Dream says finally, voice low, temper rising, “and because so did I.”

Tommy splutters. “What?”

And Dream’s eyes flash dark the way they only do nowadays when he’s lost in nightmares or memories, recalling with ease the bunker he’d made with everyone’s attachments and the desperate, frantic need for victory Tommy had fought with. “I could have won,” he agrees, “but I was never going to kill you. And I was never going to kill Tubbo.”

When Tommy can’t speak, Dream smiles. It’s an unpleasant, exhausted look.

“Punz didn’t betray me, Tommy. They did exactly as I wanted them to. And he stood by and let you kill me, twice, which was what I wanted too.” He laughs at the sinking, incredulous look on Tommy’s face. “What kind of story would it have been if the villain didn’t lose?”

“...You’re fucking insane.”

Dream winces at the horror in Tommy’s tone. “I mean,” he says, trying to cram his voice into something more acceptable, “I was. I don’t think that way anymore.”

“And yet you let yourself die again five fucking weeks ago.” Tommy crosses his arms, eyeing Dream with apprehensive distaste. “Don’t think you’ve changed that much.”

“Like I said,” Dream says, sinking back against his bed and closing his eyes, “that was for me. That... was because I wanted a win.”

And no matter how much Tommy presses him, Dream clams up, refusing to speak anymore than one word, clipped answers. The younger, moodily, eventually gets the message and leaves him alone. Dream cracks open one eye, watches him leave with a faint smile. Because it’s true - he’d won when he’d died, some part of him had won, anyway. Because Quackity and Sam couldn’t hurt him anymore. They couldn’t torture him. They couldn’t find him. For now, he’d won.

And the feeling of Sapnap’s blade sinking into his chest, the look of devastation on his best friend’s face, had been the closest Dream had ever come to victory.

[miraculouslumination]

One thing I feel like tends to get disregarded when it comes to tonal tags (ex: /j /s /lh /nm etc.) is that just...not everyone is the same. Not everyone has the same needs, issues, or desired accommodations - that especially goes for the ND community. By ND community, I mean more than just people who are ADHD and autistic. I mean people who are psychotic, have anxiety, narcissism, schizophrenia, DID, OSDD, and more. Any branch of neurodivergency typically has a spectrum to it, or at least forms in a way where not everyone with the neurodivergency will be the same.

I've seen people with anxiety and OCD be extremely glad and thankful for the usage of tonal tags because it helps to ease their anxieties and thoughts. I've seen ADHD and autistic people say they HATE tonal tags and feel like they just make communication harder. And guess what! Both sides are right - they both make good points!

Some people do struggle with high social anxiety, wherein they may think that everyone is always angry, disappointed, or bored with them. And so, with someone being like "You really like talking about the history of x huh" vs "You really like talking about the history of x huh /posi (or /nm)", there could be a drastic level of anxiety spiking or lack thereof. Hell, some people with anxiety may be triggered more by the usage of tonal tags and prefer people to not use them, because it "feels more authentic and open-ended" - AND. THAT. IS. FINE!

"But but but!! There's so many acronyms and shorthands!! I don't know what they all meeeeean!!"

Okay. So ask. Do research. Or wait for someone else to ask, if you're in a setting of multiple people. When I first saw the tag "/nav" I had no fucking idea where it came from or what it meant. Then, in a VC, I had a friend ask another friend what it meant, and they explained it meant /Not A Vent. There, boom, I got my answer and now know what it means when someone uses the tag /nav. No skin off of anyone's noses!

And here's the thing. I get it. I get that it can be overwhelming for there to be SO MANY TAGS out there to use. I probably don't even know half of them. But that's FINE because I know what I need, and I trust my friends to tell me what they need and don't need for accommodations.

What the complaints of tonal tags reminds me of, funnily enough, is when text-talk used to pain traction. Lol, lmao, jk, rofl, brb, ttyl, omg, etc. etc. I remember that this got a LOT of backlash back when I was a kid, because it somehow devalued conversations, there were too many to remember, it was far too complicated, "why not just use/do x instead?"

Even acronyms for shows, movies, books and more crop up and die every damn day - and guess what! I have no clue what MOST of them fucking are! But that doesn't matter because I can just see blogs I follow talking about GVSB season 2's finale and just be like "cool!! I'll understand this through osmosis eventually! :)"

Tonal tags are an online accommodation for ND people. Much like any accommodation EVER, it is optional and it is not made nor expected to be used by everyone. No one is holding a gun to your head and forcing you to put /j at the end of all your jokes. No one is tying you to a smoldering pyre because you didn't put /nm or /lh at the end of an otherwise snarky comment. No one is forcing you to use tonal tags, ESPECIALLY if you don't feel like they are a good fit for you.

Everyone needs accommodations, and we can't always agree on what those accommodations are. However, when someone states what their accommodations are, then it is only right to follow them as best as one can. If it becomes too strenuous, though, then you have every right to simply put everything down and step away from the individual.

Do what is right for yourself first and foremost, so long as you do not try to bring harm or judgement onto others and their accommodations.

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Heyooo @galateagalvanized, thanks for the tag! tbh I've always thought your writing is just incredible; but more than anything, I love seeing how much fun you get out of it! Also, lmao, our dark ff.net past

I went and started a new post because the og one was getting pretty lengthy. I'm tagging @appolojustice, @coconi, @umbreonix, @andstillthestars, and @thesolidolivinephenomenon, if any of y'all feel like it!

Fanfic Writer Interview! I'd be interested in doing something like this for fanart, too, since I sort of think of myself more as an artist. 😅

How many works do you have on AO3? 31

What’s your total AO3 word count? 105,278

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

On AO3, 11 fandoms: luca, botw, hq!!, taz, dorohedoro, bnha, trc, critical role, oofuri, and snk. Does D&D OC fic count, too?

Dark past on ff.net and livejournal includes at least 5 more: hetalia, bleach, ironman, teen titans, and eyeshield 21.

What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

The top one by far is still Benvenuto... lmao and I'm too embarrassed to even list the other 4, but they're all jm fics. snk was a dang huge fandom, huh

Do you respond to comments, why or why not?

These days I do! In the past sometimes I got overwhelmed/didn't know what to say, but like Chel said, I think replying can encourage others to comment, and it can lead to fun conversations.

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

I was going to say none of them, but, well... A Filthy Lie ends (spoilers?? and nsfw/tw) with Percy realizing he can't handle Orthax's influence alone (after some preeeetty dubcon demon sex) and asking Keyleth for help. (and lmao if we're counting D&D OC fic, that one about Riley and Silas after the fey realm isn't as depraved or anything, but it's a bit more hopeless? if that makes sense)

Do you write crossovers? If so, what’s the craziest one you’ve written?

I think the closest I've done for that recently would be AUs for D&D, haha, so that's probably more of a no.

Have you ever received hate on a fic?

Not really, thankfully!

Do you write smut? If so what kind?

I do occasionally, haha—I'm still not super satisfied with how I write it, and pretty embarrassed by my older examples of it. As far as what kind, "fluff & smut" is a tag I seem to use a lot. lmao, these days if I write it, it's out of spite/not liking the current options on AO3

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I'm aware of!

Have you ever had a fic translated?

I don't think anyone ever translated Benven... Someone did print & bind it into a book with its own cover design, which was cool.

What’s your all time favorite ship?

I meeeeean... Riley and Silas will probably always be special, but OCs have an advantage, right? other than that, I'm not sure I can choose just one.

Whats a WIP that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?

Ah... I have a Luca idea with a vague outline, but things are so busy over the next few weeks, I'm worried I won't have a chance to give it a shot before I lose steam. :')

What are your writing strengths?

Maybe... emotional beats/fluff? If that counts? I love getting comments that use the word "heartwarming". Yeah, one thing that made my day recently was getting a message saying this person still goes back and rereads Benvenuto after all these years, because it's comforting and sweet for them.

What are your writing weaknesses?

Chaptered fics;; I've really lost my stamina when it comes to planning/executing anything more complex than like, 2-3 scenes MAX. ;n; Among many other things that I just don't have experience with

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

Hmm. I agree with Chel—preserving the reader's experience is The Most Important part, so I think that either means giving enough context to make the meaning clear, or incorporating the translations in a natural way... Done right, that dialogue can really up the romance and intrigue in a story!! Little things like titles and one-word interjections can be nice and add a lot of character, but like... sparingly.

What was the first fandom you wrote for?

wrote for?? was probably fruits basket self-insert messiness hahahaha. first posted works were for Bleach, I think.

What’s your favorite fic that you’ve written?

Ah... Either Grow, because I really love the concept behind it, or I wrote this 3 Times Silas Read to Riley + 1 Time She Read to Him story that captures some of my favorite things about them, haha. That +1 scene? My magnum opus for rilas fluff, right there.

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I watched episode 4 you know what that meeeeeans :3

RWBY Volume 8 spoilers you know the drill. TL;DR: Robyn’s funny, Qrow’s sad, JYR are... any synonym for upset, especially Ren, Harriet’s a bitch, but we been knew, Salem is a bitch, as well as a bad bitch, aaaaaand.... Shit >_>. Cool :3

We start off with the Birbs, Robyn telling a funny story about Joanna to try and lighten the mood ^_^... Doesn’t work but the thought that counts. Robyn says “Tough crowd. Maybe Ironwood shoulda gotten better in cell entertainment >_>” And Qrow laughs and Robyn is pleased with herself :3. Aaaand then Qrow gets sad again. Robyn says that she’s sorry for what happened and says it isn’t his fault, which it isn’t >_<, But Qrow says that it is his fault because he made a deal with the Dark and Clover paid the price for it. My Fair Game heart jumped when I heard Qrow say “I thought for once maybe I could...” but he finishes it with “Be around someone without my semblance making things... weird. And now I’m alone again. That thought... It feels like a dream.” And Robyn says “Believe it or not... I kind of know how you feel. When people are afraid you’ll spill their secrets, people tend to avoid you. And it makes making real connections... difficult.” Birb bonding we love to see it :3

And as Qrow is saying “Huh. I never thought about it like that” Harriet and Marrow throw Watts back in his cell. So I guess he fucked up. And those armed soldiers were just for show >_>. Harriet says to Qrow “You don’t get to keep that 😒” referring to Clover’s pin to which Qrow reiterates that he didn’t kill Clover.  And Harriet says “You keep saying that but it was your weapon that has it blood on it.” which... true but what happened to Tyrian’s fingerprints .-. Did they just... not try to scan Harbinger for finger prints? Well y’know what makes sense considering where Ironwood is >_> anyways. Robyn sticks up for Qrow, again as she should :3, and says “He didn’t do it and if you were so sure that he did you’d lower my cell and take my hand. 😋 “ And Harriet tries to be all confident and cocky but Robyn goes for the jugular, like the queen she is, and says “Right. Because you don’t actually care about the truth. You just want someone to be mad at 😒.” And Harriet ALMOST unlocks Robyn’s cell but Marrow stops her. But something tells me even if she did open the cell and use Robyn’s semblance she still wouldn’t believe it >_> Because Robyn is right she DOES just want someone to be mad at <_< But yeah, after Marrow stops Harriet from opening the cell they leave and Robyn lays back down on her bed and says “Well. That was almost interesting 🙄 “ and the scene changes

To Ren Jaune and Yang. They’re chasing after The Hound and they Ren manages to grab onto it with the help of Jaune and Stormflower. And Ren just kinda... Flies around for a bit, latching on the Hounds foot while Yang and Jaune continue to give chase. During the chase, The Hound stops carrying Oscar in his, sorry Summer Rose theory believers I’m gonna use he/him pronouns for The Hound lol, mouth and roars, resulting in more Grimm to appear. Kinda like how the Wyvern was able to bring about more Grimm. Which Yang expresses surprise by, not the fact that it was ABLE to bring more Grimm, but by the fact The Hound was calling for reinforcements. Which is also surprising, but he was able to call forth more Grimm by roaring .-. 

Anyways, Yang and Jaune continue to ride past the Grimm, Jaune using his tossy shield thing as a ramp, so that’s neat :3 But also did he get it back? .-. We didn’t see him use the Gravity dust in his shield ._. I hope he didn’t just... leave this advanced Atlas tech in the snow 😶 Nah I doubt he did but still weird we didn’t see’im retrieve it. I go off topic, so Jaune and Yang continue driving and evading Grimm until Yang almost drives off a cliff... Well... not almost. She drives off a cliff. But Ren comes by in the nick’a time and saves them ^_^ A clutch use of his Semblance keeps them from being Grimm food :3.

Buuuuuuut now they’re stuck, and lost, in an icy tundra with their Aura in the high 30s all around. So... wonderful. So they’re trekking through and following Ren because he said that he saw the compound when he was flying on the hound. And we FINALLY get some sense of what’s going on with Ren. Well, he said it at the end of volume 7, he doesn’t think they, and by they he means he, aren’t ready to be huntsman. Which Yang says exactly what I’ve been thinking this whole time “Were we ready at the battle at Haven? How about when we stole an Atlas airship >_>” the latter wasn’t the example she used but I couldn’t remember cause it’s been a few hours lol. But Ren continues on his tirade and says that “If we just give the staff to Ironwood everything would be okay”... Now listen I know he wasn’t really THERE when Ironwood broke, it was just RWBY, and he doesn’t know Ironwood shot Oscar, only Oscar knows that, but even so.... Ren, sweetie, honey, baby, that is SOOOOO far from the truth ._. Like even the last time he saw Ironwood he was still on the “Hey let’s ABANDON Mantle” train .-. and now he’s helping to evacuate Mantle... Technically illegally? So... Ugh Ren please don’t get on my shit list >_< He also called out Jaune for “Cheating his way into Beacon”, his exact words. Which brings the question did Jaune tell them about that? Cause last we knew only he, Pyrrha, and Cardin knew. And presumable the rest of CRDL. So did Pyrrha tell them while she was still angry at Jaune for hanging around Cardin or did Jaune tell JNPR in confidence? Either way...... Not cool to just bring up >_> Especially with how much Jaune HAS improved as a leader, a fighter, and a strategist. I don’t talk about it much but I’m proud of Jaune :3. AS proud as I am of Weiss with her whole arc ^_^... Heh... Arc. After Ren says that Jaune, obviously hurt, says “You may not think we’re ready, but I’m still going. We have a job to do.” And Yang says to Ren “Is your goal to push everyone away? 😒”

So then we see Oscar after and Salem is here... Lovely. She tries to coax information out of Oscar, namely the information about the relic of choice, which Oscar says he doesn’t know anything about, and then she asks about the “password” to the Lamp. And Oscar says that he’ll never tell her that. To which Salem promptly BLASTS him with Magic. So............. Oscar’s not doing well. And he’s REALLY not doing well when Hazel appears and starts beating his shit in. So.......... Farm Boi’s really uh... In a predicament. Salem leaves to let Hazel continue his beating, Salem comes across Cinder and Neo, Cinder asking “What is that? 🤨” Referring to The Hound to which Salem says “An experiment. I am quite pleased with the results. Did you need something? 🤨” Despite being uncomfortable around The Hound, Cinder still says her piece, that she should go back to Atlas and claim the Maiden’s powers and gain the Staff. But she stands firm and says no again and when Cinder tries to stick up for herself, The Hound roars in her face. So she backs off and says, for the second time, “Without you, I am nothing.” Which is very interesting that that’s a recurring thing between her and Salem. So, she leaves with Neo to an air ship and says “Salem doesn’t know those children like I do, they won’t ever stop their attempts to save the world.” and her plan is to go to Amity... Ya know... where Penny is, and Pietro is. And then Emerald steps up and says “Well if she [Neo] doesn’t wanna go, I will.” and says that she’s been working on her semblance and that she can help. Great. Just what Penny needs. Hallucinations and Illusions >_>. Cinder, sweetie, love you but I don’t think this is the plan Salem’s GONNA find out .-. she literally has eyes everywhere <_<

And then we see RNBW+May show up to the Schnee Manor so they can help Nora. Whitley isn’t happy to see them but seeing as he got Myrtenaster put in his face he quickly agreed to let them stay there 😊. While Weiss Nora and May are going to, presumably, a guest room, Ruby and Blake have a brief conversation with Blake saying “You know if you’re worried about Yang you can try calling her 🙂.” And we find out that Ruby DID try to call her, which is cute.

After that the scene changes to reveal team JYR found shelter, good :3 and that Yang found something to fix the damaged bike that she and Jaune were on, also good ^_^. Jaune TRIES to talk to Ren but it doesn’t work because Ren is too busy being angry at the world. Which... Don’t get me wrong, fair. I’d be angry too. But if my friend, practically my brother for how long? 2, 3 years? Was trying to tell me to try to open up, I’d open up to him. Like, maybe he was a little uncomfortable with Yang being there, but after Jaune said “Hey the more you bottle up your feelings the worse it’s gonna get.” Ren immediately went outside, so he could’ve gestured Jaune to follow him so they could talk. But they didn’t. Instead, Yang and Jaune talked ^_^ So I mean I’m okay with this lol. Yang asks Jaune “Do you think she thinks less of me? For not going to Atlas...” And Jaune says “Ruby is your sister. She’s gonna love you even if you disagree 🙂.” Which is true :3. But Yang wasn’t talking about Ruby. She was talking about Blake. Which is interestiiiing ooh bees :3

So the episode after the Jaune and Yang talk, Jaune saying he wants to go to sleep but can’t stop thinking about Oscar, and Yang says not to worry and she’ll be sure that Ren doesn’t “Brood himself to death” which I found funny lol. After she says that, the camera pans to the ground to some cracks in the ground. Which then rumble. So................. Damn it Ren your angst is gonna cause another giant Grimm to appear >_>