#i should clarify that ‘i like the fanon better for this one’

[beguilingcorpse]

character bingo: cristabel oct

I NEED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CRISTABEL IN ALECTO….. she intrigues me so bad. the mercy/cris implications absolutely kill me. i love that she was besties with alfred. and the way that her devotion was twisted and distorted into the fucked up cavalier breeding system of the modern eighth house…. where would colum asht be if not for cristabel oct a myriad ago……. tamsyn muir PLEASE tell us more about this dead gay nun!!!!

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[brucewaynehater101]

"If it's closer to fanon Tim, he would feel guilty for Jason. Closer to canon Tim would either be indifferent to Jason's troubles or he'd feel glad (maybe even a little spiteful) that Jason is facing the consequences of his actions. He would, however, feel guilty for how the revelation affects the street kids."

I have to say I disagree with this. Firstly; with the whole post you're framing this as though Jason beat up a child... which like, true, but also Jason is hardly two years older than Tim. I know comics make him seem aged up, but its simply not the case. (dont @ me if u know this cuz u probably do know this already)

Secondly, Canon Tim.... doesn't hate Jason?? Like, really not at all. If there is any dislike, I'd see it as when Jason is acting particularly villainous, he treats him like any other rogue. Though they don't necessarily interact a lot when Jason is in his villain moments. It's other bats who take care of that, so there's really no beef there.

When Jason isn't having an evil moment, honestly a good word for what Tim feels for him is either pity at worst, admiration at best. With the admiration, I'm not talking about Tim liking him as Robin 'cause that's honestly pretty fanon, I'm talking about how Tim admires his tenacity and determination to keep going even when he feels like everyone is against him. And Tim wants to support him! He sees Jason struggling a lot and wishes Jason would accept help- hence the pity.

I sincerely doubt that Tim would ever feel glad or spiteful towards Jason. He's gotten him back for the whole 'beating the shit out of him' thing. Which really, wasn't really about Tim? Plus its far in the past at this point.

Not to mention Tim is one hell of a badass, he doesn't wallow in self-pity, and I don't think he'd want to interfere with RH's stuff and would probably stop the information leak himself, or even deny the rumors with something like "Oh that? It was just a disagreement/misunderstanding lol the rumors got out of hand,"

Sorry if this was too much, I like ur blog and the things u say, this one just felt really misinformed.

Thank you for letting me know. Reading the post back, I can see how I worded it wrong. I appreciate you giving me the chance to correct that and clarify.

Yes, Jason and Tim are close in age. However, Jason's age (as far as I'm aware) isn't known to civilians. Because of his helmet and bulkiness, a kid would view Jason as an Adult. If they knew his age and then the fight with Robin, that would probably be an acceptable level of violence for them. That's just two kids beating each other up, then. From their perspective, though, Robin is a Kid and Jason is an Adult. A possible solution to gain back their trust could be to disclose how old they were at the time (they might not even need to disclose any details or reasoning with that).

Later in canon, Jason and Tim start getting along. If the reveal happened at that point, Tim would not feel gleeful and spiteful. He'd feel bad for Jason. That is entirely my bad for not making that distinction.

Tim is, undeniably, an asshole at times. He wants to do good, tries to help people, and overall is kind. He's badass and I love him, but he can be an asshole (particularly to Steph). He, especially his inner dialog, sometimes makes asshole comments. This includes Jason. To add on, when Jason was beating him up and demanding Tim to answer if he thought he was good (skill wise), Tim answered yes twice. To me, this seems like a petty/spiteful response. That or Tim is just being honest af about his feelings, not giving a shit he's taking a beating.

However, Tim would not hold this grudge against Jason. One of his better qualities is to not hold grudges against most people (even those that he arguably should). It's why some villains/rogues/enemies become his allies or end up becoming fond of him.

Tim may feel glad that Jason is experiencing the consequences of his actions, but not for himself. This would be during his time as Robin exclusively. Red Robin would not feel this way.

Spiteful, though, was the wrong word to use. Tim, as the loveable asshole that he can sometimes be, might be sort of happy that Jason, in his villain era, is being shown the effects of his actions and possible wrongs in his ways. Happy also seems to not match, but the emotions wheel isn't really giving me an alternative.

Tim would, despite his feelings, hate the effect of this on everyone. The street kids, Jason, and the batfam would be negatively impacted by this, and Tim would try everything he could to stop or mitigate the outcomes. He would never release this information willingly nor stand aside to let it happen. Robin may internally say some shit about Jason and the situation if it blew up in their faces, but you're right that he wouldn't purposefully make shit worse. He would actively work to fix the entire mess.

I really am thankful that you helped me articulate this.

It's 100% my bad that I dropped the ball so hard. If y'all see me fuck up like that again, feel free to let me know. As long as you're not mean about it, I appreciate constructive criticism.

Imma edit the previous post this is about and link it to this one so that I fix the mischaracterization

[dseval]

What are your thoughts of CrossDust? What dynamic you think they have?

Permission to yap about CrossDust??

Short answer: funny i like both of them they should kiss

...Long yapping ahead (there's yapping about my Murder Sans interpretation, then there's also CrossDust. It's long.)

I'd like to first clarify that my interpretation of Dust may be different compared to many (I think, at least). Since I base his character on the canon information from Ask-Dusttale and fangames— particularly Evan Streblow's Dusttale (if you don't know, it's the one with the psychotic HAHAHAHAHAHAHA and "We're gonna have a MAD time!")

I also slot in some headcanons (and self-projections, can't help it) and some character adjustments because I think canon Murder is extremely difficult to work with, especially in the context of shipping and anything else this fandom does with him in general.

But just the gist of it so you all don't have to read that much (I can go on for ten more paragraphs. I'm obsessed with this guy):

I'll use the names Murder and Dust interchangeably and within different contexts. I like to think Murder is a front that Dust puts on— an apathetic murderer who finds emotions difficult to feel, someone who always lies to get his way, a sociopath. While Dust is quiet, honest, and more contemplative. It's mostly Murder who interacts with others.

Murder and Dust aren't necessarily two different people. Ultimately, Dust directly influences Murder's choices, and Murder may disappear one day once Dust feels content.

His hallucinations aren't only Papyrus, he also hallucinates about others although Papyrus is the most often. And these hallucinations speak different things according to the state he's in. Murder's hallucinations would encourage him to hurt more. While Dust's would induce guilt.

Murder is a very focused person, not afraid to take the lead, and he hates it when nothing happens. Dust on the other hand is content just doing nothing.

Murder finds love absurd. Dust too, but he entertains the thought of it.

Murder and Dust both think words are silly, insincere, and can change meanings, so they are more action-oriented.

He's demisexual. That's a headcanon.

And if anyone has any different interpretation of Murder/Dust Sans, that is absolutely okay and amazing. Dusttale is a very hard AU to actually get into (all the informations are scattered). Plus, there is nothing wrong with fanon. I think it's great, I like fanon. I sometimes like fanon more than canon.

Now CrossDust.

For their general dynamic, I think it's very difficult for them to get together. They just go back and forth between something and nothing. They have like... The slowest of slow burns.

I'd like to implement the entire Underverse thing. Remember how Cross stole Classic's soul? Apparently, Sanses across different alternate timelines can share a memory. So Geno knows Cross stole 'his' soul. Killer also acknowledges this and says to XChara that they stole 'his' soul.

So technically to Murder/Dust— Cross also had stolen 'his' soul (And Murder would've had felt all Cross's pain while at it, too). I think Murder would find it hilarious that Cross brought literally every single innocent AU into his problem. Dust would feel like Cross's plans are ridiculous, but since it's XChara's plan, and XChara is the human, Dust wouldn't even question it.

In a way, they share SOULs once, even if indirectly. Murder/Dust knows probably a lot about Cross. But Cross didn't know who the hell this guy is. Either way, with that in mind. Murder probably didn't have a good first impression of Cross. Dust might empathize with him, since Cross also committed a genocide in order to 'make things better' which is also Dust's reasoning. Cross might learn about Murder's actions later— but cannot judge Murder/Dust for it.

They are very similar. Kindred souls in a way. They went through similar struggles but they turned out to be completely different people. Because Cross in his entire life is under control, while Murder acts on choice. Because Cross knows what he did is horrible and he'll carry that sin to the grave, while Murder justifies his actions.

Cross is too trusting (he doesn't trust easily now), too seeking for approval, he doesn't know what to do if no one orders him. Murder thinks he himself is enough, Murder thinks he is the hero, he doesn't need anyone else.

Cross thinks Murder is a bad person, an absolute jerk. Murder likes to toy with him, probably also uses Cross to his advantage. Murder can either try to hurt Cross, or will try to win his favour. But can Cross judge him? Not really, hell, I don't think Cross even noticed if Murder did manipulate him. Low-key toxic these two.

But then there's the private moments, the intimate moments where Dust shed the front that is Murder. Where Dust is sincere; he doesn't talk, but the way he gazes and acts towards Cross is honest. And although reluctant, maybe Cross desires to bring that side out of him more.

It's both difficult for them to trust. But eventually Dust will learn that Cross cannot lie— Dust will trust words again. Eventually Cross realizes that he's not the only one hurt, and he can find a home in others, he can choose to find a home.

Cross will find it frustrating how Dust shuts himself down. Dust would find it frustrating how hard Cross tries for him. But eventually, Dust would learn to no longer front himself up with Murder. Cross would need a signal from Dust that what he's doing is okay and perfect before they can advance further.

They'll care about one another.

Eventually, they'll trust each other.

In a relationship sense where they're both happy and recovered, though. I think both of them like cuddling. Dust still had a hard time with words, but he knows how much it means for Cross to have words of affirmations, so he would praise Cross a lot. Cross knows Dust is as restless as he is, so he makes sure they both have a full schedule with a lot of things to do.

All in all, they're comfortable with each other. And that's enough, really.

(i almost yapped for ten more paragraphs but I think this is enough for now sksksksk)

Dust Sans by Ask-Dusttale

Cross Sans, Underverse, & XTale by Jakei

Mentioned characters: Killer Sans (by Rahafwabas), Geno (by loverofpiggies/CrayonQueen)

[swordfright]

https://www.tumblr.com/swordfright/756502816281018368/what-do-you-think-is-your-most-controversial-dsmp?source=share

I remember sending this to a bunch of dsmp blogs (starting with elmhat I think ?) bc I like when people share ideas/opinions who diverge from the main consensus because I find it the most efficient way for people to stick to canon and not fanon since people can have different interpretations of event

And it was super interesting to see the one about the experimentation being after prison rather than before (loved the two LN and Q ones too but as you said they were a bit more common. Would love to see your take on c!slime though now)

(And I wouldn't have a problem with you giving unpopular opinion about the fandom either but to be clear I was not trying to start anything with my first question, I just like seeing uncommon takes)

Don't worry lol I didn't assume you were trying to start shit. Ok, so c!Slime is pretty interesting in that he's the closest thing we have to an NPC in what is otherwise a roleplay, which implies certain things about how he can be used in the narrative.

A little bit of quick background: I spent a LOT of time as a kid doing RP online (it was an original story set in the Death Note universe and it happened on a website that went bankrupt in like 2017 and no longer exists lmfao don't worry about it) and idk what RP etiquette is like in other communities, but in the community I was a part of, it was sort of frowned upon for players to outsource heavy plot/character development material to NPCs. It was allowed and people did it, but it was seen as sort of a cop-out. The underlying idea being that if you're gonna bother to do RP, your character's most important interactions should be with other PCs, in part because it helps build/strengthen the RP community and in part because it better entrenches your character's storyline in the storylines of other PCs, which in turn encourages other players to keep RPing and keeps the story going. Again, creating NPCs was very common, but players were discouraged from having entire arcs or character trajectories be highly dependent on NPCs. It was seen as sort of a cheap, low-effort way of progressing your character's development without having to coordinate plot beats with other players, and doing it too often was seen as sort of antithetical to what RP is trying to achieve as a form of gaming-storytelling. To me, c!Slime is a classic example of when an RPer outsources a little too much narrative weight onto an NPC.

First of all, I wanna clarify that it's kinda difficult to define what an NPC is or isn't on this server, but I'd say c!Slime is more of an NPC because even though he's played by a CC with some degree of improv, we know that cc!Quackity specifically wrote c!Slime's character to fulfill a narrative role and asked cc!Slime to play that character - as opposed to alternate characters played by CCs of their own accord (Sam Nook, Dream XD, Sam Bucket, Mexican Dream, etc.) So, for example, I don't see Sam Bucket as an NPC but I do see c!Slime as an NPC. c!Slime wasn't an original creation on the part of the player, he's a narrative tool (which is fine, but it does mean that what he can and can't do in the story is limited to what cc!Q needed him to do.)

There are some things I think the addition of c!Slime did accomplish. For one, Q's interactions with him provide a platform for more introspective character work on Q's part. And while I that character work could've been done by having Q interact with a PC instead, I do think Slime is better positioned to act as an apprentice figure because he had almost no lore prior to Las Nevadas and didn't enter the story with baggage or ties to any other major characters. He's a blank slate, which makes him really easy to use as a narrative device. Q voices thoughts and ideas to Slime that he can't voice to other characters (usually because it would be OOC for him to do so, or wouldn't make sense in context), which means that Slime is sort of a vehicle for delivering Q characterization to the audience.

This is all fine and I think a lot of it was done fairly well. I like cc!Slime's acting and I think the character is a fun addition to the LN crew. That said, I don't think the payoff was great. Slime being an NPC really undermined what I assume cc!Q was going for with End of Las Nevadas, in large part because he doesn't have well-established relationships with other characters. Aside from Q, Slime basically only ever interacts with Tommy, Foolish and Ranboo, and even those interactions are limited to a really tiny handful of streams. Punz capturing and manipulating him, Slime helping c!Dream confront Quackity...all that stuff could have been a lot more interesting if it had more time to marinate. Like, I love the IDEA of Slime and c!Dream interacting, but we don't really get any meaningful interactions between them outside of Slime's function as a storytelling tool. He's there when he needs to be, and only ever when he needs to be.

For instance, I would've loved to see what Slime thinks about Q's slime army. It's really weird to model your mindlessly obedient slave army after your friend. That was a weird ass thing for Q to do, and it would've been cool to see Slime react to that. But because he's more NPC than PC, and because highly scripted lore like the LN series doesn't really encourage deviation, we never get to find that out. Slime doesn't ever really get to be his own character, which in the end kinda undermines a lot of the character development he triggers for c!Quackity because at the end of the day, it's really transparent that Slime only exists to be a prop. It's a kind of one-sided relationship that's unique to RP.

I think End of Las Nevadas was weak for other reasons too, but uhhhh yeah the Slime stuff bothered me a bit. Would've liked to see him do more. And he disappears after pushing Q off the ledge and, to my knowledge, we never see him again! If he had been more PC and less storytelling tool, presumably other characters would've had opportunities to react to Slime's role in the events of that stream, or notice that he's missing/back again/missing. But instead, he's able to just vanish from the story after he's fulfilled his role because that's all he was ever supposed to do.

[xiaokuer-schmetterling]

i have a hot take to share

re: drama vs novel 'canon' events (this is specifically about the danmei novel módào zǔshī (aka mdzs) and the live action drama inspired by it, the untamed/chén qíng lìng (aka cql)

context: haven't seen anybody in my corner of tumblr or discord say this before and it has been cooking in the back of my mind for quite some time now

hot take: the untamed/cql and founder of diabolism (the donghua) are fanworks of mdzs the original novel. [as are all movie/tv/animation/audiodrama & etc adaptations of any intellectual property that was originally published as a written work imho] and thus is in itself fanon.

so why do we see the mdzs fandom community eating itself up with infighting about drama canon vs novel canon? especially in fanfic tagging. while i do enjoy the concept of "frankencanon" bc i think it's a fun word to say...why do we have to clarify/jusify that at all? i mean. except to give ppl a heads up which plot devices to expect or not.

(i suspect this has something to do with which version ppl interacted with first & their emotional attachment to its "correctness" ???)

why should fic authors have to justify their exposition, characterization and plot choices as if one is inherently better or morally superior to the other? it's all works inspired by mdzs. that doesn't mean matching mdzs exactly. and. frankly. if you don't like how a particular author is handling some detail of your beloved blorbos. then just nope out. no need to get nasty about it in the comments

let's just play nicely together in the sandbox mxtx made for us ???

[snorlaxlovesme]

HI HELLO MAY I ASK MORE

38. What is your most self-indulgent posted story?

55. Have you noticed any patterns in your fics?  Words/expressions that appear a lot, themes, common settings, etc?

72. What’s your favorite writing compliment you’ve gotten?

79. Do you have any writing advice you want to share?

i'm greedy

38. What is your most self-indulgent posted story?

i'm glad it clarified "posted" story (i literally have a unpublished wip titled "self-indulgent wes and soul BS" because it's a sequel to ANOTHER wip, also not finished. that fic is my personal playground). ANYWAY. ignoring the fact that ALL my fics are self indulgent, More Confused Than Usual [x] is probably the best example of one. for starters, it's Pokemon, a fandom i rarely write for. it's also contestshipping (May x Drew), a couple i have only absorbed through fanon because I never actually...watched Advanced Generation? i've seen clips but i've watched maybe ONE episode feature May and Drew from start to finish. and thirdly it's tropey as hell. who doesn't love a good amnesia shenanigans fic? the writer i mentioned in your previous ask, Bittersweet Romanticide? she'd write something like this. THAT's probably why i love it.

55. Have you noticed any patterns in your fic?

the last two fics i've posted both have the tag "food as a metaphor for love" which i found very funny in hindsight. is this my niche? i also love writing that gray area of love where 2 characters would die for each other but also have never come close to confessing their feelings or even admitting they HAVE feelings. my aroasexuality loves putting a lid on ANY concrete evidence of romance in my fics. YES these characters share a love that's strong enough to move mountains, to traverse oceans, to wage wars. no, they probably won't kiss.

72. What's your favorite writing compliment you've gotten?

any time someone tells me that my writing has like, existed somehow outside of their phone or laptop i lose my mind a little. like my baseline assumption is that people read my writing, then solemnly nod their head, think "hm.", and click the kudos button. so when someone tells me that my writing made them cry??? made them laugh out loud in class?? that they talked about my story with another human person? idk, it makes it feel more real. a real human person read something i wrote and somehow it caused a physical reaction out there in the world somewhere. isn't that weird?

79. Do you have any writing advice you'd like to share?

i think my favorite piece of writing advice is that "write what you know" is terrible advice. or terribly reductive advice. whenever professors at my college would trot around that piece of advice with no follow-up i'd get so mad. like you want me to write what i know?? my day-job is Maid and my night-job is Couch Potato. i clean toilets and go home and watch TV. what the hell do i know? and who'd want to read that? it felt like i wasn't allowed to go beyond that in my writing because i didn't have experience with it. then i took those Stief courses and got BETTER writing advice. when writing what you know, you should be writing the EMOTIONAL TRUTHS you know. you don't need every character or situation to be 1 to 1 comparable to your life, but if you want what you write to believable then try to find the emotional truths within that situation that are. ex: an original concept i've toyed with is a story where the world fast-forwards a whole year in the blink of an eye. as in, the entire world FORGOT what happened in the past year, and now is struggling to pick up the pieces of their new lives. people have moved, gotten new jobs, broken up, had children etc. and have to grapple with these changes they have no context for. the main character? a woman who works at the penguin emporium at the zoo. she puts on a scuba suit and sucks up fish guts and penguin shit from the bottom of the tank. she teaches little kids about penguin gestation periods. the conflict? all of her co-workers and loved ones have dramatic Leap Year conflicts except for her, because her life doesn't appear to have changed at all. i have never experienced long or short term amnesia. i have not and never will work as a penguin shit vacuumer at a zoo. this is very outside the realm of my expertise and has required a lot of youtube video research about penguin care. it SHOULD fall outside of my WWYK bubble, but that doesn't matter! the emotional truth is something that resonates with me deeply, as a late 20s woman who had felt stagnant in her life while other people were changing rapidly around her. are the readers going to get caught up in the penguin details, or are they going to relate that the book shelf they've been planning to build for months is STILL sitting in its box a year later, while their neighbor just got engaged AND promoted? that they STILL leave their clean laundry on the chair in their room instead of folding it, but their favorite co-worker doesn't actually work with them anymore because they transferred to the department they've always wanted to work in? i could have my character be space alien. a deepwater fish. a Vegas showgirl. that stuff is all window dressing if i can still get THAT emotional truth across. THAT'S writing what you know. and i can know all of that from my night job sitting on my couch.

[dimdiamond]

do you have any headcanons about chang and tintin's relationship? platonic and/or romantic? their relationship is pretty cute and i'm looking for someone to talk about tintin with! is that alright with you?

HELLO 👋

YES!!!! I WOULD LOVE TO TALK ABOUT THEM!

However I have to clarify that my interpretation of them and their relationship may differ a lot from the one most fans have or the general fanon (if there's one). It also may seem OOC but a) I don't care if it is and b) I take into consideration the canon material about Chang (although it barely exists) but I try to see between the lines and beyond them. Lastly, I don't ship them (I'll get more into details about the romantic side of their relationship) but I don't hate the ship, if anything I do get it and it's cute. If you are ok with these then let's go!

Chang and Tintin met when they were young (Chang around 14 and Tintin around 18-19) and they were both alone and lonely, thus being each other's first and only best friend. This, actually, is the basis of their relationship and affects everything that happens later on. If Tintin hadn't met Chang, he wouldn't accept people coming to his life because he wouldn't believe that anyone could keep up with him and he would think that he doesn't need anyone. If Chang hadn't met Tintin, he would be even more distrustful and without any regard of his actions. They're each other's reason for finding their own family, Chang, by meeting Tintin, met the Wang family and got adopted, and Tintin, by befriending Chang, learnt to be more open to the possibility of having friends, partners even, and some stories forward befriends Haddock and gradually gets more and more people close to him.

Exactly because of being so young and lonely, Chang (at least until Tibet incident) idolises Tintin and considers him to be the prime example of what he should aim to be- brave, clever, persistent and most of all a good person. Tintin's values and ethos are close to Chang's heart and inspire him, as much as his family's beliefs, to be better and do better.

The perfect image he has for Tintin, ironically, breaks after Tibet. It's not because Tintin disappointed him or because Chang is ungrateful. It's because Tintin isn't the same Tintin he knew (take into consideration that they haven't seen each other since the first meeting, about 4 years or so). Chang realizes Tintin is a human and not an invulnerable hero and this makes him feel guilty for putting all this weight on him (yeah Chang is a whole mess after Tibet). If anything, this makes Chang reconsider their friendship (and actually everything in his life) and decides to rebuild it in new foundations. Yes, Tintin is his saviour but it's cruel to be only that and from now on the only fair thing is to be equals. And that's another motivation for him to take the plane again and see the world outside his secured home (he had already wanted that but now it's more about finding himself and be himself than finding Tintin and be like Tintin).

Meanwhile, Tintin also has had the same image for Chang as the first time they met, a kind, goodhearted kid (as he pacifies Haddock that Chang isn't like Abdullah) and after Tibet he realizes that Chang isn't just that. The image he had for his friend is true but not whole. Chang is more than just the good kid that helped him and, with this traumatic experience, isn't the same. He is a human too, with his good sides and his faults. Tintin really sees Chang and now their friendship can be more honest and direct.

After all this, Tintin and Chang communicate more regularly and try to meet more often. This is because they get to know each other all over again and, although in different phases in their lives (Tintin gradually settles down and Chang now starts his life), they still consider each other their best friend and equals.

With the new foundation of their friendship, they bicker more often. This is because they are more open and honest to each other and their attitude is like that, if they have a common target they're unstoppable but if they don't this energy will aim to each other. Of course this doesn't ruin their relationship, on the contrary it strengthens it and their trust. If someone knows Tintin well and can tell him the truth to his face that will be Chang and vice versa. Although they always considered that no one understands them more than each other, in reality this isn't true. Tintin doesn't understand Chang and Chang doesn't understand Tintin either. They want to, though, and that's why they keep in touch and talk to each other. (If anyone understands Chang is Haddock and vice versa but this is a different topic that deserves a different post- in my mind, from the Marlinspike gang, Chang has unique relationships with Haddock and Nestor).

They have common interests like languages, theatre, philosophy and so on but they have many differences in general. Tintin is more into art, literature, likes opera and Chang is more into history, supernatural, doesn't like opera. Tintin is more sociable and likes big gatherings and parties and doesn't mind interacting with politics and generals and cops (as we can see from his acquaintances and friends) while Chang isn't that sociable, can't stand parties for long and doesn't want to have anything with authority figures. Most of all Tintin is an idealist and Chang is a romantic. However, they're both still nerds and still highly respect each other so they continue talk about their interests, their adventures, and whenever they spend time together they will either spend all day in library or outside exploring (more than once they got lost and Haddock had to bring them back, Tintin knowing well that wherever he goes Haddock will find him and if not he's confident he will find a solution and Chang thinking he has an internal GPS but stubbornly ignores that it only works in his homeland).

Tintin gets drunk after the first glass while Chang gets drunk after many more glasses and the only reason they would go out drinking together would be to have Tintin drive them back. Contrary to Tintin that has a bet with himself to drive anything that exists, Chang can't drive anything except bicycle and motorcycle some years later. Tintin is a sweet tooth and he and kitchen are a dangerous combination. Chang knows to cook very well thanks to his mother and learns to bake later thanks to his uncle Victor (just one of my headcanons that his uncle in London, Yin, has a relationship for years with Victor, an Irishman). So Tintin is a big fan of Chang's cooking and it's hard for him to choose between his and Nestor's cooking skills.

Tintin and Chang are kinda competitive with each other and they easily get into challenges and bets and games. No one has any idea what's the score and if you ask them they will both say "I win".

They have a similar taste of humour and you don't want to be their common target for bullying jokes. When Martine joins their group it only becomes worse for the others. They wouldn't call what they do gossiping but they definitely do that. If they go out all three for drinking they affect Tintin and make him try one of these fancy and pretty cocktails. They end up calling a taxi or Haddock.

Milou and the cat love Chang A LOT and so he does love them. Tintin and Haddock don't get that much jealous of that but mostly it feels like they got a willing babysitter.

In a serious note, Tintin and Chang don't force each other to talk about their trauma or their past but in their own pace they do open up to each other (tremendously slow pace because Tintin needs more time to open up than Chang). Even after opening up, they never refer to them and if a word is mentioned, at least it feels less and less awkward.

About the romantic side (and sexuality):

If I add the romantic element, it is more possible to apply it as one sided unrequited love from Chang's pov. Tintin is his first love and eventually his first heartbreak. Probably is the one that makes him realize he likes boys and, with Tintin being the same as him, the bond is unavoidable. Of course he would cling to Tintin, especially since after Tintin he didn't have any other to form a bond like that in his environment, and the idolisation only makes it harder for him to get over his crush. It weighs him for the years to come and only after meeting Tintin again in Tibet he starts to get over it. So it's not much of a hurtful heartbreak as more of a sense of freedom and starting all over without any weights. He is ready to see Tintin for who he really is. He understands that they are both in different phases and have different needs, that they can't be together but at the same time he realises that he doesn't want this kind of relationship with him, that their friendship is so important and meaningful and worthy of treasuring it. Also getting to know more queer people helps him understand himself better and live his life open to any possibilities.

Tintin knew that deep down already, even if he couldn't word it. He knows that the bond he has with Chang is unique and their love doesn't follow rules, as they don't. He cherishes it even after making new friends and even after not seeing his friend for a long time. That's how Tintin is. He doesn't think that it's necessary to see someone all the time or talk about them to consider them important to him. And most of all, he knows what Chang needs and what himself needs (from a partner) and knows that they can't be this person for each other and doesn't deem it necessary to make their relationship like that. They are each other's first and best friend and they don't owe any explanation of their bond and feelings to anyone.

Chang and Tintin aren't the kind of people that will deem romantic feelings above other ones. For them a friend is as important as a lover and they would give their lives for any person they care about. The difference is with whom they would like to share their lives and be next to them and this isn't Tintin for Chang and neither is Chang for Tintin. Because they already have lives far from the other.

[namimikan]

okay, i think i’ve figured out the issue with knb gom moe couplets issue

(to clarify: kagakuro, aomomo, midatakao, kikasa, murahimu, and if there’s one for akashi, i don’t recall)

like i think for most part sans aomomo, we’re supposed to believe that something similar to kagakuro is happening to midatakao, kikasa, murahimu. aomomo are kinda different bc they’ve been a package deal from pre-gom days, but there’s no one on touou to balance aomine on the court. bc they all have someone to keep them in check, to whatever degree, and this helps them have a healthier and more enjoyable way to play basketball with everyone else. they get paired off, neat like a bow.

the thing that bothers me is that we don’t really get to see that development that much besides kagakuro, which makes sense bc kagakuro is what the whole premise is based upon: their partnership is crucial for kuroko to figure out how to like basketball again. they’re front and centre, as they should be.

but it all takes place offpage for the rest? like we get glimpses when a match is playing. we can compare the then and now, and see how they changed

but honestly, i really wish i could have had a flashback episode or something interspersed within a match, to see the impact and motivation change way more clearly—that would have got me to invest way more clearly tbh. in the new team. in the moe couplets.

so, for me, aomomo do get the next most focus. but they’ve been different from the start. we know that they knew each other from childhood. that momoi couldn’t choose kuroko over aomine. but i also don’t think momoi pushes aomine to play better on the court like kagakuro do? i mean, she partly does bc it’s her job. but she’s not a fresh start and someone new the way everyone is in the moe couplets, she’s known aomine down to his bones bc she’s so entwined with him since they were young. with everyone else they have to reestablish and reflect upon themselves to mesh with strangers.

and i just. i think the animanga expects me to do the work and fill in the blanks… and i want to shown the foundation slightly more for it to feel more like canon than fanon to me, tbh.

so: the gom separated are still the heart of the show, what matters most is their impact on each other (and kagami), that not enough is focused on their teamplay, and while i wouldn’t call the new teams one note, they’re still too peripheral for me to care. unless i am captivated by design or voice (which is imahana, their hinted backstory, and my affection for dirty rotten cheats)… it’s kinda hard to care as much.

[ghosts-and-blue-sweaters]

❤, 👿, 💐, 😍, 🤝, 🔥, 🧨, 🙈, 🐰, ❤️‍🩹

DUDEEEEEE YOU LITERALLY ASKED FOR ALL OF THEM LET’S GO >:D

Favorite character

…

You already know this one don’t you?

Hehe it’s Ghostbur <3 He is my most favorite character in any piece of media ever he is lovely and sweet and funny and amazing and just. the best. Ever. I love him so much.

Least favorite character

Ooh… hm.

Perhaps… Ponk? Don’t really know why; I just don’t like him very much and find myself getting annoyed whenever he shows up in DSMP streams 😅

Comfort character

Once again, Ghostbur <3

Literally one night I watched through everything in my Ghostbur playlist on YouTube (animatics and fan-songs) before I went to bed and it was yes. I mean, I nearly broke down sobbing but YES!!!

Character you have the biggest crush on

No one? 😅

I don’t really have—and haven’t ever had—crushes on fictional characters/celebrities. I just… don’t get it. Y’know?

I can still find people attractive, but I won’t be attracted to them… if that makes sense?

That being said Wilbur looks pretty fine I’m just saying-

Character you relate to the most

Ghostbur again XD

LIKEEEEE HE’S HIGHLY EMOTIONAL AND WANTS OTHERS TO BE HAPPY AND PUTS OTHER’S HAPPINESS OVER HIS OWN OFTEN TO THE POINT OF HURTING HIMSELF AND HE’S WEIRD AND WHIMSICAL AND CHILDISH (childish in some aspects, I should clarify) AND AND AND AND AJSGAKSGWOSGOWG

ME!!!

Character you think is overrated

Hmm… I feel like most of the characters are pretty good and should be popular, and I don’t find myself getting annoyed when I see a ton of content for them, even if I’m not personally a fan of ‘em.

I do think that a lot of people justify Dream when they most definitely shouldn’t—he is a bad man—so I guess that can be a little annoying.

But I don’t think his actual character is overrated; just that weird fanon interpretation of him.

Character you love to hate

Dream lol. Obviously. That man abused Many, and was stupid, and was immature, and hurt people, and freaking murdered Ghostbur *anger rage shaking fury rage screaming*

Character you always forget exists

Maybe Hannah or that… other lady character. I forgot her name. What is her name.

She was on the first few episodes of DSMP and then left, so she didn’t really do lore.

Favorite non-human character

Mmm… Ghostbur’s technically not fully human because he’s ghost, so… him XD

OOOH OR PHIL!!! I REALLY LIKE PHIL!!!

Character who deserved better

FREAKING GHOSTBUR

HE DESERVES SO MUCH BETTER

ARE YOU KIDDING ME

HIS WHOLE SHORT GHOST-LIFE HE WAS TREATED AS LESS THAN OR AS A VERSION OF WILBUR WHEN, IN FACT, GHOSTBUR WAS HIS VERY OWN PERSON WITH HIS OWN UNIQUE PERSONALITY AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN TREATED AS SUCH

AND HE HAD A VERY HARD LIFE FILLED WITH PAIN

AND HE DIED SCARED

HE DIED SCARED

I WILL NOT GET OVER THAT

AND EVEN NOW HE IS TRAPPED IN SOMEONE ELSE’S LIMBO AND HE SHOULD NOT BE THERE

LIKE. AT ALL. GET HIM THE HECK OUTTTTT

[elbiotipo]

Some points that I want to clarify because my head is nagging at me:

When I said that multicultural societies were the norm for most of history, this does not mean they were egalitarian or democratic. The Roman or Inca empires were multicultural, but they were indeed empires based on conquest. The Islamic caliphates were a lot more tolerant in many ways that other contemporaries, but there were still religious laws in place. However, the idea of 'one state with a single nation and land' is indeed modern. Most past societies incorporated people of many different cultures as part of the same society in one form or other. Nationalism is a very modern phenomenon, and ethnostates even more so.

The cases of descolonization can vary from country to country. South Africa, as some have commented, has dismantled legal apartheid, but economic inequality remains high. The triumph of the ANC has not been accompanied by the socialist reforms that should have been implemented. Yet, the quality of life of all people in South Africa, yes, EVEN whites, has increased markedly since the end of apartheid, this is statistically comfirmed.

These are ongoing processes shaped by global politics. Bolivia, for example, has faced coups and attempts at destablization. It remains poor with many issues. Yet it has set seeds and examples for the rest of América to follow.

(this is why I believe decolonization has to be approached from a socialist perspective, marxist thought has analyzed these issues better than me. Consider Frantz Fanon, just to cite the most well known author, not necessarily the end of it all)

The process of colonization and settlement is complex. People, real life people, not rethorical constructs, belong to families of multiple cultural and ethnic origins. This is more evident in the Americas but you can find this in every colonized nation. Displacement and separation of families is not a realistic or desirable goal. As I said, you can't go with a skin tone chart to separate people, that's what colonists do. The construction of multicultural societies is complex and needs the construction of a framework for each case, especially when there have been new countries and nations born from decolonization processes.

Keep in mind that I did not say this was only a process of apology and words. It's not just a change on 'mindset'. It needs actual political and material change. This does involve some people losing privileges and changes to society to accomodate those who have been oppressed. The goal is not revenge or imposition of a new national elite but the construction of a better society.

Should this happen through incremental change or revolution? This is something I have no answer for and it depends on many things. What can I say is that the more oppressors choose to maintain their rule with violence and the more the world ignores or supports them, the less likely a peaceful solution is.

I was going to talk about Israel and Palestine here, since clearly this is a post referencing that, even if I don't mention them. But anything of value I can say is covered in the website Decolonize Palestine already. I suggest you read it.

When South Africa dismantled apartheid, it did not end with the expulsion of all white South Africans. They became part of the new South Africa, just without the criminal discriminatory oligarchic powers the apartheid goverment had. When Bolivia recognized its indigenous heritage and became a plurinational state, it did not mean that people of European descent were expelled in masse. It meant the recognition of the previously discriminated indigenous and mestizo people of Bolivia and the beginning of a path of integration and revalidation.

What I mean is that it's ridiculous to think that decolonization inherently means mass suffering and relocation, that's what colonization does. Decolonization is recognizing the crimes of colonization, but more importantly, material, political and social steps to give power and self-determination to the exploited native people who were victims of colonialism and imperialism.

In multicultural societies, you don't go like in that Peter Griffin meme with a skin tone chart and saying 'well, you go back to Europe, you go back to Africa, you stay here'. You build a new society on the paradigm of dignity for exploited people and equality under the law. People are acting like this is some sort of fantastic utopia instead of real initiatives that were done in living memory, with successes and failures, as all such initiatives have. One must ask why are some so insistent that multicultural societies can't thrive, especially when for most of history, societies were indeed like that. Consider why you think like that.

[misqnon]

What media with straight-laced and responsible female characters would you recommend?

you know this wording sounded so familiar i'm going to assume this is in relation to this post i made a couple months back?

and in that case i should clarify real quick that i dont think straight-laced responsible female characters are a problem, just that i wish it wasn't the standard against more boisterous/stupid/irresponsible male characters. it's the tendency for female characters to always be the "mother" or "the exasperated one" dealing with everyone elses nonsense. it's okay to have these characters, it's just that

i wish it wasn't done so often

if they are gonna be that way i wish they still had more intense/interesting character traits Aside from that

and in that case, to get to your question- here are some characters that I think do it well!

maka albarn from soul eater

princess bubblegum from adventure time

Lots of women from FMA- winry, riza hawkeye, olivier armstrong

katara from atla

diane from bojack horseman

pearl from steven universe

and the reason i think it works better with these characters is that they get to have traits outside that. or just be irresponsible sometimes themselves. maka goes insane. PB is kind of very deranged and also a mess. winry and riza have emotional depth, calm moments, backstories that add to who they are, olivier is kind of just a badass but she does it with FLAIR and THAT'S what i think sets her apart. etc. etc.

it's also defintiely a Fanon issue...like even when characters are more than that in the source material they get boiled down to certain traits in fandom material- i see it a lot with the one female character who's exasperated with the mlm ship (and i myself am guilty of this- think nami from one piece or meryl from trigun) or characters who get relegated to mothering the other characters (i've seen this with elita-1 from transformers one, hermoine from harry potter (like that series doesnt have enough issues lmao)

it happens a lot when there's a lot of male characters and then just one (1) token female character, especially in a trio

and again, not that this mold is bad....it just gets used too often imo so i'd prefer to see more zany/stupid/gross female characters

and i have some examples of those too!!

like

power from chainsaw man

midna from legend of zelda: twilight princess

hajime ichinose from gatchaman crowds

eda clawthorne from the owl house

harley quinn (depending heavily on which media you're talking about from that franchise)

and more i know i'm forgetting.

i just want more girls that get to break the mold of femininity without being Boring about it. not just in physical strength/battle ability but not socially fitting into being smart, polite, well-behaved, nurturing, etc.

[drdemonprince]

I'm the anon with the friend doing a psychology major, thank you for your answer! Especially when you compared it to transness because even though I've read texts by you with this comparison before for some reason it clicked better this time.

To clarify a bit: the friend does think unfortunately that the diagnosis themselves are valid when done by an authority figure, and it's creating a lot of tension between us since I'm a self diagnosed autistic. But I actually think what you said about if the system becomes more demanding we see more and more normal human responses as a pathology could be really helpful to get her to understand my point. To be honest her whole thing is weird though because when someone self diagnoses for whatever reasons she complains about people "pathologizing normal stuff" but when a psychiatrist does it it's fine. Not to be bitchy but it's just half-baked anti-capitalism at this point. I might passively aggressively lend her your books.

Yeah, her viewpoint that only self-diagnosis distracts from the role capitalism plays in mental health challenges makes no sense in light of the fact that actual psychiatric diagnosis was very much designed to do exactly that. Like. She should read some Fanon or Andrew Scull or Roy Richard Grinker (or me maybe) forreal. One of the core determinants of if something is a psychopathology, according to both the DSM and the ICD, is whether or not a person's symptoms impede their ability to work. So if you create more and more unlivable working conditions... you will have more people defined as mentally ill. By definition. Because mental illness labels are ever shifting, social categories that are assigned based on psych's subjective view of the patient and what limited information they receive either from the patient's self report or from like the court system.

Also since she's a psych major send her my way, honestly, I'd love to talk to her. I think she is slightly on the verge of figuring certain things out but in other ways is completely confused and her viewpoints are self contradictory

[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:

[valenhell]

From the studio that brought you “I can’t find good Byler fics in the ao3 tag”, comes:

"The Definitive Byler fic rec list"

Literally no one asked for this but because I spent the majority of last year (...and 2019, and 2018...) reading byler fics and coping with life, I thought I’d make a list of some of my absolute favorites. 

The other day I was basically starving for some byler fics and the angel @magicalfairy provided me with some of her faves so I thought I’d do the same, because I love reading, and I love all of these fics and I appreciate their writers💗 And fic writers in general, come on!

- This is a mix of long works and one-shots/short stories. - Everything is mostly fluff with a tad of angst and a lot of internalized homophobia conflict.  - Every fic is completed, except for the ones I mention that they are not. - I try my best to lay out the stories in a way that I won’t spoil you the plot but also warning you of some stuff you might don’t like. Either way, all of these fics are correctly tagged by their respective authors/owners, so read at your own risk. For better understanding, in between brackets I denote Rating, Words and quantity of Chapters. - I feel like I should clarify, none of these are narrated in the singular first person. None of that “And I told him...”, no. 

Long fics

a dream always the same (T, 99k, 35 chapters) What happened in those few weeks between the Battle of Starcourt and the Byers leaving Hawkins. Literally a satisfying and very needed fill in of season three, with a good dose of Mike’s thoughts and conflict. Mike’s characterization is specially amazing in this one. The writing style is amazing and I know the author put everything into making it historically accurate, and it was really sweet. You probably read it, it’s by the amazing sevensided here on Tumblr🧡

Spring Break (T, 120k, 14/15 chapters) The slowburn of my dreams. Lots of internalized conflict and conflict with each other. Conflict within the Party (uhh kind of), conflict with Mike and Will. Byers family has moved and the kids are visiting! Chaos. Characterization is on point. Yeah, I know it’s unfinished, but the fourteenth chapter actually serves as a pretty nice ending. 

This is where it starts (M, 148.8k, 24 chapters) Aged up characters. The Party is in college and Will disappears again, but now it’s different. Mike knows he didn’t vanish from thin air, and the discovery he and the Party end up making is pretty insane. Mystery solving/fantasy/third dimension, throw in a bit of D&D and Mike realizing some shit, and you get this marvelous fic. It’s a breath of fresh air. The world building is definitely one of the elements that stands out the most, because it’s very nicely described, it sounds like a dream and it’s completely immersive. Absolute gem of a fic. 

there’s a Starman waiting in the sky (M, 30.6k, 8 chapters) Do I need to say anything? Will is out there living his best life and Mike realizes that wow, umm, maybe his best friend looks a bit too nice with that costume... and wait, is he getting horny? It’s actually really fun and sexy.

The Evening Speaks (T, 23k, 7 chapters) In where Mike is a late-night college radio host and Will is the art student that stays up till late to catch up with Wheeler on the Mic. They flirt through songs y’all, this one is really sweet. 

heads or tails? (E, 24k, 3 chapters) Aged up characters. I know most people don’t enjoy sex in fics and with specific characters but this one is insanely well written. It’s a slowburn that commits to the tension and with every word you are grasping and anticipating their next move. I think you can find the author here on Tumblr as yousaidyes🧡

The Man of Average (M, 56.7k, 5/? chapters) Aged up characters. No but you don’t understand, the writing here is absolute gourmet. The story is exciting as well, it’s super interesting. Weirdly enough, for being very aged up characters, they are well characterized but they don’t feel like teenagers. They are naturally Mike and Will. The author really captured Mike and Will’s essence. I know, it’s unfinished and it’s updated very rarely, but this is the typical fic you can’t believe someone just posted on the internet for free. I will say though, I think it’s definitely not for everyone. Read at your own risk.

Heartstrings (E, 82.8k, 24/? chapters) Aged up characters. By the same author of The Man of Average. A collection of memories, the road to Mike and Will’s happy ever after. And fucking hell!!!!! You’ll cry and get angry, you’ll cheer for them, then you’ll want to crash their faces together because god dammit you love each other!!! But yeah, same thing here. The writing and the way the story is laid out as a nonlinear narrative is brilliant. And I also think this is one of the best Will versions I’ve read. The author might as well be the og creator of this two characters tbh. You can find the author here as mylesimeblr🧡

Sinners behind the walls (T, 1.5k, 1/1) And because I can’t stop recommending this author, a little thing of Mike tormenting himself but also being too deeply committed to Will. 

The Red Envelope series (T/E, 167K, two completed works) Something happens that Will thought was impossible and from there, pure drama and romance. Anything by this author has the potential to become your absolute favorite fic, but this series in particular is amazing. I doubt that any of you haven’t read this, but it doesn’t hurt to put it in this list. I’m pretty sure the author is serendipitous-magic on Tumblr🧡

A New Fight series (T, 91k, two completed works, one WIP) And finally the Star Wars AU that we all needed. But this isn’t your typical “Mike is Han”, “Will is Leia” and “El is Luke”, it’s way more interesting than that, and the author has appropriated the Star Wars world like no other. I’ll admit I’m not a 100% fluent in SW lore but this is amazing to me either way. This author is also on Tumblr, tea-for-one-please🧡

- Yes, most of these are (if not all), in a way, canon compliant/canonverse/canon continuation into fanon. (In a way)

One-shots and short stories

Sundae for Two, Please (G, 4.8k) Steve being the supportive friend and older brother these kids collectively need. (not Jonathan erasure, we love him). Steve is very sweet himself, and this little cute thing through his POV is gorgeous. Yes, it’s byler.

Backstage (T, 10k, 2/2) Jonathan, you forgot to mention to Will how hot your new band’s guitarist is, dude. Now he’s hyperventilating and weirdly flirting with him in the corner. Background Stonathan because why not.

102 Peach Street (G, 3.8k) Established relationship, but not only that, they are married :’’))) PURE fluff. Extreme fluffiness. Diabetes. 

sweatshirts and bottled up feelings (T, 3.2k) Or, Mike thinks that the sweatshirt Will wears looks insanely good on him. And kitchens are for lovers. 

kiss it better (T, 16.3k) Basically one of the best character studies of a few precise moments of Mike and Will’s relationship and feelings. 

will wonders ever cease (T, 11.3k) #i ship will and happiness. Omfg what a beautiful piece of fanfic. Will centric, this kid really deserves all the good in the world.

The Calm After the Storm (T, 1.6k) Tooth rotting fluff, boyfriends in love. Boyfriends being lazy, cuddling, love words, kisses. Boys loving each other’s company... Basically, Mike and Will in their element. What more can you ask for?

neither of us ready to let go (T, 4.8k) That scene from season three, but a bit of a fix it. 

Still in love (G, 1k) Domestic, married life au fluff. Y’all, I’m a sucker for established Byler, even if I can’t find many fics with it. But this is very sweet. It takes place in 2020, but I don’t think there are any mentions of the COVID-19 crisis that I remember.

I Nver Find Out ‘Til I’m Head Over Heels (G, 12.5K) Classic 5+1 fic. If you haven’t read it, where have you been? This is your moment. In where Mike keeps inviting Will to the school dances and Will thinks it’s just a joke until he realizes it’s not. 

Before You’re Gone (T, 5.9k) Will is leaving Hawkins and Mike thinks this is a great moment for a confession. This one I discovered last friday, thank you friend @magicalfairy 💗

You’re weird Wheeler (M, 4.5k) Mike unintentionally starts a tradition of going to each other to talk about their sexual encounters just after they finish. Will keeps getting more explicit with the details he shares, and he makes his best friend interested. This one is really fun y’all.

Out-Of-Town Friends (N/R, 4.6K) It’s not rated. I haven’t re- read it but I’d say it would probably fall in a T rating. So cute!! Will has new friends and sneaks off every friday and the Party doesn’t know where he is going, so Mike decides to follow him and is surprised. 

Snowed Under (G, 1.3k) By the same author of The New Fight series. Mike is spending christmas by himself in college because a snowstorm hits Chicago and Nancy can’t drive to see him, but then he has a surprise visitor. Ahhh just a lil sweet holiday fic. Super cute. 

you love me anyway series (T, 7.1k, three completed works) Literally just the cutest thing ever. Established Byler. Will loves to take pictures and he loves taking pictures of Mike. It’s adorable. 

you wanna be friends forever (i can think of something better) (T, 9k) This one is so amazing. So. Amazing. From Will’s POV, my kid deserves the world and he gets it. 

okay not to be okay (T, 4.9k) Mike is a bit sad but then everything is okay. 

can’t hold out forever (G, 18.4k) Y’all!!!!! 5+1 sweetness. Mike has been falling in love since kindergarten. And it’s long af, you’ll enjoy it. 

even if it takes forever (G, 1.3k) College short AU, they miss each other, they love each other, they promise all to each other. It is sappy y’all.

clear as day (N/R, 18.4K, 4 chapters) It’s not rated, but I’d say it falls in the T category. Strangers to friends to lovers. And also, everyone is pretty gay; we have our dynamic trio Mike, Max and El as disaster lesbians (and gay). Will works at the library and he is also gay. Lucas and Dustin and Will are the best friends we needed. It’s very sweet and the Party is kind of formed here!

I went overboard with the one-shots, so you must have realized how much I love long one-shots and I favor them over long works lmao but they are all amazing!!! If it’s on this list, I probably read it at 2 am, sobbing in my bed. So. Hope you enjoy it☺️🧡

[makeste]

BnHA Chapter 306: the beginning of the WHAT

Previously on BnHA: Nana and the Gang were all, “hey Deku, we can read your thoughts and feelings so we should already know the answer to this, but for some reason we want to quiz you on whether or not you’d be down to kill Shigaraki Tomura.” Deku was all, “um okay, well tbh, probably not seeing as Saving People has been my entire thing since literally the start of the series.” The Vestiges were all, “yes that makes perfect sense and again we already knew that, but well, good for you buddy and I’m glad we had this talk. Anyway I guess we should ask these two cryptic fuckers in the corner to finally turn around now before we run out of -- ” and then the chapter ended. Because OF COURSE IT DID.

Today on BnHA: Horikoshi is all “YOU DON’T NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT, WOULDN’T IT BE SO MUCH BETTER IF I GAVE YOU A CONFUSING CHAPTER WHERE EVERYONE FINALLY LEARNS ABOUT OFA, AND GOES BACK TO THE DORMS, AND THEN THE CHAPTER ENDS WITH DEPRESSED NOMAD DEKU STANDING ON A PRECIPICE WITH GRAN TORINO’S TATTERED CAPE FLOWING IN THE WIND.” Everyone is all, “???????????” Horikoshi is all, “also the parents are moving to the U.A. campus, and Jeanist’s neck is two and a half feet long, for everyone that was wondering.” Everyone is all, “WHERE ARE KACCHAN AND TODOROKI AND FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WHO ARE THE SECOND AND THIRD USERS”, and Horikoshi is all, “:)” and fades away into nothingness like the fucking fae he is. Like a fucking imp who’s kept his end of the cursed bargain. What, the, fuck.

okay guys, so after the longest Thursday of my fucking life, during which I was secretly hoping that my spoiler containment net would be somehow be breached, inadvertently exposing me to theta spoiler radiation, so that I could be all “oh no... spoilers... there’s nothing I can do... I have no choice but to look” (which sadly did not happen), it is finally Friday and the chapter is finally out. so I’ve got my clown kit at the ready and other self-deprecating memes on standby, and I’m ready to go. and I should note that I’m also ready for Horikoshi to pull some absolute bullshit and be like, “oh you know what, we haven’t checked in with Rat Principal in a while have we” and spend the entire chapter on nonsense like that. I’M READY FOR FUCKING ANYTHING so bring it

(ETA: it would be nice if this man wouldn’t call my bluff every now and again.)

oh, right, we were due a color page! wow look at this

isn’t this supposed to be the future?? what’s with all of these staticky CRT TVs

anyway, so! is this the first time we’ve seen Tomura’s stylish finger prosthetic glove thingy in color?? because I didn’t expect it to be red. also, at some point you just have to give in and change your pants into cutoffs or something, Tomura. start a new trend of stylish villain capris

meanwhile Deku is dressed like he’s going on a journey into the desert to find a mystical oasis. actually this cape looks a lot like Gran Torino’s. I have to go back and see if Gran’s is all raggedy like this

(ETA: it wasn’t before but APPARENTLY IT IS NOW. I also forgot that Horikoshi had showed it sitting on a side table in the hospital a few chapters ago.)

lastly, AFO looks like someone’s thumb after they’ve been washing dishes for twenty minutes. you are just the ugliest dude in history, and as always, fuck you

HAHAHA SOB I KNEW IT

oh, Twowy McTwoface is finally starting to turn around? better CUT BACK TO DEKU’S HOSPITAL ROOM THEN. wouldn’t want to accidentally ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS or SOLVE ANY MYSTERIES, god forbid

well, whatever. whatever!! anyway so now someone’s knocking at the door. I say “someone” but we all know it’s Hawks

yep

they were actually standing outside the door for a while hoping they’d overhear another juicy plot conversation, but no such luck this time

lmaooo Jeanist wtf

acting all embarrassed, but you’re really just as curious as Hawks is. making him do all the dirty work for you huh

ARE YOU SERIOUS THIS IS AN INJUSTICE

so like two seconds after Katsuki gets dragged away you open the door for the rest of them!! well, fine!! I really want it to be a more private/personal moment between the two of them anyway so let the other kids check in on Deku first then

and in the meantime, time to see Hawks put the thumbscrews to All Might’s resolve lol

I wonder how much of it Hawks has already put together in the last five minutes. One for All is something connected to All for One that Tomura seems to want. Tomura was apparently targeting Deku. that’s more than enough to make a few deductions right there. I wonder how much Hawks knows about Deku’s quirk. he did watch the sports festival, and he ran into the kids interning under Endeavor that one time

okay well maybe he hasn’t put the rest of it together just yet, but Hawks is making a pretty reasonable pitch here to All Might

also this is a pretty spectacular view. is this a hospital or a hotel??

AHLKJLKJLKJ ARE YOU SERIOUSLY GOING TO TELL THEM

OH MY GOD HE IS?!?!

JUST LIKE WE ALL EXPECTED, THE NEXT TWO PEOPLE TO LEARN THE TRUTH ABOUT OFA ARE GOING TO BE HAWKS, AND BEST FUCKING JEANIST

-- LFKLKKLDK ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS. ARE YOU --

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[sitting cross-legged on the ground pulling up little clumps of grass and letting them fall from my fingers one by one] yeah. sure. okay. fine. sure

-- OKAY, NO. NUH-UH. NO

everybody better hold tight cuz I’m about to pick up this whole chapter and yeet it into the ocean like a fucking frisbee lol

HORIKOSHI I DON’T CARE ABOUT THESE PEOPLE SITTING HERE WATCHING TV WTF

-- OH

well okay then. proceed. though lord help me if they’re about to reveal the secret of OFA to the whole fucking world skdkj

oh snap

well, there it is. pretty much what I expected, but it’s good to actually get to see this moment with him taking responsibility

though at the same time, thank you Horikoshi for not forcing us to sit through the rest of that

their fucking faces omg. okay but seriously, what nation doesn’t secretly love a good scandal

the Endeavor Pamphlets, part two. thank you for giving the country something to opine about on twitter in these trying times, Enji

so now they’re asking about Hawks and Jeanist but I cannot even focus on anything all of a sudden because what?!

is Jeanist even a real actual human being you guys?! are we sure he’s not three kids sitting on each other’s shoulders?? are you related to that one guy with the really long neck from the Jedi Council?? are you Orochimaru, bro??

so now Hawks is apologizing for the murder of Twice, and for hiding the connection with his dad

the fact that he has to give this serious formal apology and beg forgiveness for the shameful crime of Having An Abusive Father is really something else, though. just. it’s realistic, but I still hate it

moving on now to the one thing he actually does owe the public an explanation for

not to go all “Hawks did nothing wrong” on you guys yet again, but seriously. 100% facts. fandom can (and no doubt will) debate this until the end of time, but if Twice had gotten away they wouldn’t be having this press conference right now because there wouldn’t be any heroes left to give one. anyways though, I’ve already said more than enough about that in previous posts

so now some severe-looking lady with the weirdest fingers I’ve ever seen is saying that her mother was injured during Machia’s rampage

and she’s basically all “a fuck lot of good ‘I’m sorry’ does us all about now.” true true

wow she’s really getting fired up

and now Enji is basically saying that he understands that an apology isn’t enough, and what they really need now are solutions. okay, well! SO THEN WHAT IS THE PLAN THEN

hmmfsdgh

this eloquent PEZ dispenser makes a good point you guys

wait, hold up

CERTAIN citizens?? um excuse me, what??

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh shit

holy shit. well, this will go over well

okay! so this tells me a number of things, though

basically the minute that Hawks learned about One for All, he realized that anyone connected to Deku (e.g. Inko) would be a target for AFO. AFO wants OFA, meaning AFO wants Deku, and one of the easiest ways to get to Deku would be to target his family

Hawks therefore realized that Inko needed to be placed into protective custody

but the fact that ALL of the hero course students’ families (and is it only the U.A. hero course, or all of the hero course students across the country?) are being given protection tells me that Hawks and co. don’t want to single Deku out as being important. so then it looks like they’re not going to tell everyone about OFA (or at least not the public. which, good). so rather than drawing suspicion by saying “we’ve got to protect everyone connected with this one kid”, they’re making it seem like all the U.A. kids’ families are getting this treatment

but since the heroes are now spread so thin, they can’t just send a protective detail to each and every family, so they’re bringing all of the families to the same place instead to better keep an eye on them

so that’s all well and good, and a very smart move. except that idk how all of this is going to go over with the general public, all of whom are probably feeling unsafe at the moment, and who will probably see this as preferential treatment -- basically just the heroes looking after their own and leaving everyone else to fend for themselves

(ETA: okay so @hanashimas​’ translation clarifies that U.A. is offering their services as an evacuation shelter for everyone who wants it, not just the families of the U.A. students. that’s much more appropriate so I withdraw my previous “wtf” reaction lol.)

anyway though here’s Mitsuki and Inko

can we take this as confirmation that the two of them really are friends? that’s one piece of fanon that I’ve always hoped was true, so I’m gonna go ahead and say it’s confirmed

(ETA: also this means that Hagakure’s parents (or maybe “parents” in quotation marks) will supposedly be moving in as well. sure am curious as to how that’s going to go.)

now someone in the press crowd is asking whether U.A. can provide adequate security, which is honestly the LAST thing I expected these people would be outraged about lol. shows what I know I guess

(ETA: again though, this makes sense if the “certain civilians” thing was just a translation error.)

LMAO DAMMIT ENJI

YOU CAN’T JUST ALWAYS PULL THE “JUST WATCH ME” TRICK AND EXPECT IT TO SHUT DOWN THE CONVERSATION EVERY DAMN TIME YOU ASSHOLE

-- OH MY GOD RED ALERT

TIME TO ANALYZE THIS BECAUSE OMG

WASH CAN’T BELIEVE HIS FAMILY GROUP CHAT IS STILL SENDING HIM FUCKING MEMES AT A TIME LIKE THIS. HE DOESN’T GIVE A FUCK IF THE DABI DANCE IS TRENDING ON TIKTOK, MOM!!

FOR A MINUTE I THOUGHT MT. LADY WAS HOLDING MIDNIGHT’S TORN-UP MASK, AND BY THE TIME I REALIZED THAT’S ACTUALLY HER MASK AND NOT MIDNIGHT’S, I HAD ALREADY CONSTRUCTED AN ELABORATE HEADCANON IN WHICH MT. LADY AND MIDNIGHT WERE SECRETLY DATING BUT HADN’T COME OUT TO ANYONE YET, AND THEN TRAGEDY STRUCK, AND NOW MT. LADY IS GETTING READY TO SET OUT TO SEEK VENGEANCE. AND WELL, NOW THAT THIS HEADCANON EXISTS IN THE WORLD, I’M NOT SURE IF I’M READY TO GET RID OF IT

MIRKO HAS GOTTEN HERSELF A PROSTHETIC (ROBOT??!) ARM, NOTHING ELSE THAT’S HAPPENING IN THIS CHAPTER IS EVEN SLIGHTLY IMPORTANT!!! HELLO!!!!!

AIZAWA WITH THE EYEPATCH GOOD LORD. THE WORLD ISN’T READY. HE LOOKS LIKE HE HASN’T SLEPT IN NINETY-EIGHT YEARS, BUT SOMEHOW HE MAKES IT INTO THE HOTTEST THING EVER AS PER USUAL

WHO THE FUCK IS THIS FUCKING GUY. ARE WE SUPPOSED TO KNOW HIM? IS THIS KAMUI?? WAS THAT THING WHICH I ALWAYS ASSUMED WAS HIS HAIR ACTUALLY A HELMET OR SOMETHING WHAT

LOL AND MEANWHILE

you tell me, Dabi! weren’t you the one who said that wouldn’t be enough to kill him? what even is your endgame here. I’m starting to worry about the villain brain cell supply you guys. I feel like Compress took most of them with him when he left

OH??

“when asked about One for All, Endeavor fucking lied through his teeth.” well, well, well

SLKDFJLSKGDJLKLKGJL THE DORMS

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SLDKJFLKJWLKJLK

WLKDJSLKJFWKELKSDJLKHGLK

HDSMFLKGKL:GDSELK

OCHAKO’S HAND IS SHAKING OH MY GOD

THERE’S YOUR KAMINARI, EVERYONE!!

RHA’S SCANLATION TEAM REALLY THREW DEKU’S HANDWRITING UNDER THE BUS HERE HUH

HE TOLD EVERYONE!?

WHY THE FUCK IS HE WRITING IT AS A LETTER

(ETA: 9. also if he really wrote every kid in his class then that means the U.A. traitor -- or Hagakure as we like to call her around these parts -- also knows about OFA, and knows that Deku has run the fuck off and isn’t at U.A. anymore. so that’s just great!)

OH HELL NO

the hell does that mean, you must leave. leave to go where. son you are not up and leaving to go power up and lead us all into a timeskip. and I swear to GOD, if you left Kacchan too...!!

MY GOD I CAN’T PROPERLY ABSORB ALL OF THESE OCHAKO FEELS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I’M TOO TERRIFIED TO SCROLL TO THE LAST FUCKING PAGE, FUCK

I JUST GOTTA DO IT. I JUST GOTTA SUCK IT UP AND DO IT. FUCK

FUCK

WHAT. THE. FUCK

y’all I’m not even gonna waste your time with more keysmashing, JUST ASSUME THAT I AM DOING IT NONSTOP, FOREVER. and let’s just jump RIGHT IN HERE

okay so here I thought that All Might and co. had taken him away somewhere to train, but that is CLEARLY not what’s going on here. this kid is standing here in his Apocalypse Aesthetic hero costume which has CLEARLY seen better days, with Gran Torino’s cloak (GUESS THAT EXPLAINS THAT, THEN?? SO DID GRAN FUCKING DIE EXCUSE ME WTF), and a fucking backpack. this little green idiot has RUN AWAY FROM HOME. this is the absolute LAST THING ON EARTH I ever expected to happen so PARDON ME WHILE I SCREAM CONFUSEDLY INTO THE VOID

he does not look okay. you guys he doesn’t look okay at ALL. he has NEVER looked like this. this isn’t just a “I’m sad because I’m leaving all my friends behind” kind of look on his face, or even just a “Gran Torino died maybe and I’m still having emotions over it” look. this is an EXHAUSTED, dead look in his eyes. something terrible has happened

WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR ARMS DEKU. THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING DOWN WITH YOUR ARMS GODDAMMIT

love how this random building is just straight up collapsing, like that’s just a normal thing that happens every day now. lovely

APRIL MEANS IT’S NOW FULL ON SCHEDULED ALL-MIGHT-DYING-HOURS, BUT LET’S COMPLETELY IGNORE THAT THOUGH BECAUSE FUCK THAT NOISE

“THE SECOND USER? WHO KNOWS? CERTAINLY NOT ME” HORIKOSHI I SWEAR TO GOD

“BAKUGOU? NEVER HEARD OF HIM!” HORIKOSHI PLEASE

WHERE. IS. KACCHAN

did he go with Deku?? did he get a chance to talk to him before he left?? did he get his own private letter which he read and then promptly blew up in a fit of panicked rage?? is he going to go after him?? DOES HORIKOSHI KNOW WHAT HE’S DOING TO ME RIGHT NOW?? OF COURSE HE DOES, DON’T BOTHER ANSWERING THAT

omg. though actually the fact that we’ve already jumped a few weeks forward makes me hopeful that there won’t actually be another timeskip, or at least not much of one. I’m sure that’ll be the big debate of the week, but I don’t think we can jump too far forward here. for starters because of that All Might prophecy I mentioned. and also because TomurAFO isn’t just going to wait around for months. and also because I’m 100% sure that Deku’s running-away backpack is just filled ENTIRELY WITH NOTEBOOKS and this asshole cannot possibly survive more than 3 days on his own. UNLESS SOMEONE COMES TO HELP HIM THAT IS. OR SOMEONES, EVEN. OMG. omg omg omg. fuck this chapter lmao

[bigskydreaming]

re: not character bashing or carrying your dislike of a character into your own fan writings. Hmm. Does this apply to Bruce too?

Umm. Yes?

I know I have a rep for being extremely critical of Bruce, particularly in regards to his parenting, but I don't think I've ever argued that he's a terrible person or has no redemptive qualities? In fact, I've clarified on multiple occasions that the entire point of EVERY Bruce-critical post I've ever made is my big wish is to see those things applied to future depictions of canon and fanon Bruce and his dynamic with his kids.

YMMV, but personally I view that as the opposite of 'wanting bad things to happen to a character.' I'm all FOR a positive relationship between Bruce and his various kids and all of my criticism stems from times and ways where I feel he bears responsibility for a particularly negative aspect to one or more of these dynamics.

And like, the Batkids might be my actual point of focus for all my wants/wishes for depictions of more positive, healthy relationships between them and their father....but uh, their father is still very much front and center in the picture, whenever I picture more positive depictions of the Batfam? A better outcome for Bruce might not be the direct POINT of all my criticism, but there's no way for him NOT to benefit from any more positive Batfam depictions like the ones my criticisms are in support of?

I want accountability for times and ways I think Bruce's depiction or narrative choices have been to the detriment of his kids. So that he can be written addressing these things, not so he can be flogged in the village square.

Its kinda like how my entire personal ideology towards crime and punishment is geared around restorative justice, not punitive. Sometimes the latter is part of the former, in certain scenarios or circumstances. But I'm a big believer that the latter should never be the POINT of the former.

Anyway, feel free to @ me with any meta, headcanon or fic/ficlet where you think the central conceit is "Bruce Wayne Is The Worst and Deserves to Suffer" as opposed to Bruce Hug Your Damn Kids Challenge.

To be clear, I'm not saying there's no chance posts or fics like that exist - just that they're not something I shoot for and not something I think properly represents my viewpoint on the character and his dynamics. As such, if they DO exist, its probably because I did a poor job of conveying my actual point, they were taken out of context (given how nonlinearly/stream of consciousness my posting habits are, this is always a big possibility with me), or idk, a particularly bad day got away from me and I took it out on a character I'm critical of in ways and for reasons that didn't actually have to do with whatever I was actually saying.

I do want to point out though that there's also a possibility that this perception of any particular post/fic I've written about Bruce is like, something you brought to the party? Just saying.

Anyway, not trying to run you off, because if you're thinking of specific things I've written that don't align with what I said in that post, I'd rather know what they are than not. Personally, I PREFER if people who think I'm being hypocritical on a topic call me out with specifics.

Please note: with SPECIFICS. If you wanna just accuse me of being a hypocrite in general, its like okay? Not much I can do with that though. I don't AIM to be hypocritical so any time I am - which does happen - it only happens because I don't realize my own hypocrisy and there's a 100% likelihood I'm not gonna do jack shit to address or change an instance of hypocrisy/hypocritical behavior if I have no idea it exists. Don't get me wrong, not trying to apply for sainthood here, lmao, I'm A-Okay with being an asshole when I think its called for and I'm not pretending to be all turn the other cheek about internet fights I've been in.

If you just volley "You're a hypocrite" as an across-the-board insult or attempt to discredit me because you hate me or consider my vibes to be particularly rancid? Fuck off. If you've got a specific instance in mind though, I'm happy to consider it because I don't actually consider being a hypocrite like, a lifelong affiliation or something I aspire to. There are worse things than accidentally being a hypocrite or being considered a hypocrite for something I did or said without knowingly considering the hypocrisy.

Like, for instance, deliberately being a hypocrite even after KNOWING I did or said something that was pointed out as hypocritical.

So personally, I consider it to be to my own benefit to be confronted with specific times or ways I've been hypocritical with my posts or writings, because if it only happened because I didn't mean to be and failed to realize I was being a hypocrite there....I WANT the opportunity to address that, clarify myself or change my stance one way or another, or make sure I don't repeat my mistake there or double down.

But again.....I just wanna point out this is a two-way street. I admit there's always a chance that whatever reason someone considers me hypocritical, like, I earned that with my actual opinions or behavior. The ACTUAL only times I have a problem with being considered a hypocrite is like.....if I'm not actually being one? LMAO. Like just saying, presenting me with specific times/places you think I've been a hypocrite might back you up on that, but it also might not. 

I'm sometimes the problem.

I'm not always the problem though, and I do stand by the fact that I think some posters/parts of various fandoms have a history of misrepresenting me or things I've actually said or done. I've got no interest in enabling that, so like I said, by all means @ me with specifics if you've got a specific post or thing I've written that makes you feel I'm full of shit. But don't do it unless you're at least open to the possibility that when confronted with that post/writing, I might be able to defend my stance or poke holes in someone's claim of hypocrisy. Accusations aren't always true, or even usually true given some of the usual suspects who like to sling them my way. I'm not always gonna be able to refute someone's interpretation of something I said or did, but I absolutely can refute the ones that are made in blatant bad faith, for example.

Anyway. Like I said, I stand by what I said in that post about character bashing, and I don't personally think my usual take on Bruce actually says otherwise. Anyone wants to talk about specific points I've made that suggest otherwise, and see if I can reconcile that, you know where to find me. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong. Its happened before, it'll happen again. I don't love being called out for hypocrisy, it'd be kinda weird if I did, lmao. But if there's one thing I for sure love even less than that, its being called out or considered a hypocrite baselessly or because of someone else's misinterpretation/misrepresentation of me or my actual opinions, without me ever getting a chance to set the record straight.

You want me to own my shortcomings or potential shortcomings, you've gotta be willing to own yours too if I'm not actually in the wrong. Fair's fair. I give zero fucks about being the bigger person or taking the hit for someone else's bullshit or mistake. Owning instances of hypocrisy sucks, but so does being held to double standards, and I'm just not a 'pick your poison' kinda guy.