#i tagged some of my most active followers and some cool peeps

[martinsharmony]

Is there an active Gahore community I can follow?

Hi nonny! First I have to say I'm so excited to actually be getting a legit ask! Thank you!

Now I have to be a bummer and say that sadly, I'm not aware of any active Gahore communities. Your best best is probably AO3 as #Gahore is a tag on there and there are many fics with that tag (including mine). Also Tumblr itself is probably gonna be your best bet as far as active peeps who are into #Gahore. I still get things across my dash occasionally however I have to say I'm not heavily into Gahore fic anymore so I'm not up-to-the-minute on it.

Now. Having said that, I went digging into my old bookmarks. I actually found quite a few communities that are still online. I can't speak to how active they are, you will just have to check that out for yourself. Maybe you can find some active parts and some cool fic!

Back in the day most of our fanficcing was done on Live Journal so quite a few of these are still there. I have no idea if the mods are around anymore - you may have difficulty joining and reading stuff if the mods aren't around to add you. The communities are likely dead but presumably the fics are still there.

I'm actually a mod in here - If you join this one I'll add you:

LoversDevoted.livejournal.com/profile

The rest I have nothing to do with. I'm just a member not a mod.

AnotherBlackDay.livejournal.com/profile

DMFanfics.livejournal.com/profile

Drugtype-d.livejournal.com/profile

Halo-n-reverse.livejournal.com/profile

StJarnaVerse.livejournal.com/profile

OK now the following ones are not LiveJournal but looks like there might be some recent activity and some fanfics here too.

DMSlash.forumcommunity.net

mesmer-sophie.gportal.hu (not in English but Chrome translate works well. This author - I know her - is on AO3 now)

martingore.proboards.com

wattpad.com/stories/gahore (I found this one by literally googling "Gahore")

The community I mentioned in my post is sadly not online anymore however I technically still have access to the files (I owned it for a while) -I just can't read them. I let the domain go so I can't get to them anymore. I hung on to it for a loooooong time. Way after the community went dead. I was so sad to let it go because we had so much good stuff in there.

I also had a group on Facebook but it's deactivated.

I'm so happy you wrote in to ask about this! The DM fanfic community is tiny - and it's even smaller now (I presume) than when I was an active member. I truly hope you can find what you are looking for.

PS: PM me for some goodies I've saved if you are interested.

[senditcolton]

🏜️ 🐇 🍄 🐝

- @comphy-and-cozy

writer truth and dare ask game!!

🏜️: what's your favorite type of comment to receive on your work?

any, haha! but in reality, i love when i get the "i don't even go here" comments because it means that my writing was enough to at least convince you to read a story about someone that you don't regularly seek out. it's pretty cool to me!

🐇: do you prefer writing original characters, reader inserts, or a mix of both? 

i used to be reader insert only because i often get too caught up in world-building with OC fics that i don't actually write the plot. but i've really enjoyed OC's because there is just so much more that you can fit in so nowadays, it's both! [although i still occasionally get caught up in world building ]

🍄: share a head canon for one of your favorite ships or pairings

we'll go with Abigail and Matt for this ask (because I'm also very excited to get back to them come May). i love thinking that for their wedding, they have a little bit of an argument on what to do for their first dance. Matt would love to learn some choreography, maybe even a lift or something, because Abby's a dancer and that is such an important part of her that he wants to 'honor' it. however, Abigail doesn't want to do any choreography because she is a dancer. she already has to memorize multiple dances for her job so for their wedding, she would like to relax and not worry about steps. (they compromise on learning the waltz box step so they are doing more than swaying + an easy romantic dip for the ending pose)

🐝: tag your biggest supporter(s) and say one nice thing about them

oh there is so many of them!! and for that reason we'll stick this under a read more!

@texanstarslove one of the first people i followed thinking "oh my god they are so much cooler than me" but now someone i consider a great friend!! best person to scream about Tyler Seguin with - for both fluff and smut reasons.

@fallinallincurls a winter fic exchange connected us and i couldn't be more thankful!! always reblogs my writing and adds the sweetest comments!! so superbly supportive!

@comphy-and-cozy C, you know you're in here! best person to send depraved thoughts to because you'll hit me with even more depravity (and we all need someone like that). also, just amazingly gifted at creating worlds and universes that i get completely entranced in!

@smileysvech insanely talented human who has been responsible for planting the coolest fic ideas in my head with her moodboards. Prince Andrei would probably not exist without you!

@wyattjohnston backbone of hockeyblr, i swear! amazing writer, amazing person, and the person that brings so many people together and encourages so much content making & sharing with her fic exchanges!

@laurenairay umm, sunshine incarnate!! one of the most active people in messages and askboxes for no other reason than to spread cheer and well wishes! sweetest bean in the bunch!!

i'm sure i'm missing some amazing peeps but that doesn't mean that i love them any less! there's is an abundance of love to share here at senditcolton!! 🤍🤍🤍

[datchu]

Taggg

I was tagged by @mybigfatcat aaa thankie <3 

Ultimate bias? Kim Taehyung all the way oh boi

Ultimate Bias Wrecker? Jung Hoseok as he was my very first and official bias wrecker

Favorite Kpop song? I always change but at the time it’s Go go 

First Kpop Song? Turn it up by T.O.P 

Favourite Kpop Album/Single? Wings, BTS

Favourite Kpop Ship? Uuh I don’t really have an otp but I’m currently into Vmon and Namseok :^)

Hard Stan or Soft Stan? Definitely soft 

Favourite Kpop company? LMAO bighit ig 

Backstory of how you got into Kpop? My cousin showed some MVs to me a few years ago like Turn it Up or 2NE1′s hits at the time but I didn’t really realize it was kpop? I just found it catchy and listened to it without searching for more. Then the bff @cha-is-tired made me discover Bigbang back in 2012 and we were into it for a few months, I discovered Block B along the way but again didn’t really search for more. Finally Bangtan happened around April last year and I since cannot get out of this hell 

I tag @last-of-the-jaded, @dead-flowerpetals, @pearathepotato, @sus-hukka, @avaalone , @minspresso and @mineko-chan

[fandom-sheep]

Eret 11 MAY 21

Cat and DSMP Part 1/1

Cat! Goose!

Goose my beloved.

Eret’s streaming very late for me again. So I’m not staying the whole time.

Hello Elaina. Enjoy Goose.

Fundy! Kinda...

Fundy hearing the donations. LOL.

Fundy enters a stream and it starts to scuffed. Scuffed just follows Fundy wherever he goes.

A wild my beloved on the cube.

The Drista stairs.

Wait what. Why is the tower gone?

I have missed some lore.

Ah... it’s part of the nightmare thing.

Eret offering Fundy housing like a good almost adoptive parent.

Sneeze? OH WOW SNEEZE.

Sounds like Fundy about lost a lung. Good gracious.

The bargaining between these two.

Cat, Handsome, said cube was massive

You know what that works.

It’s hard to keep the audio right for Eret’s stream for my headphones. It’s either too quiet or the loudest my headphones can go and my family can hear it.

On stream explosions. Noice.

Wow youtooz. Not super cool. Permission is usually a good thing.

Eret keeps on sizzling.

Getting dirt for scaffolding. Going old fashioned Minecraft for this.

“Why is the Cube kinda hot” cue Eret losing faith in her chats sanity.

Cube go poof.

Oh. Red stone. That’s dangerous.

I like this song. Oh klahoma. Gorgeous song.

Love joy is such a fun band. I want to make a plushy of the cat.

It’s kinda sad that Eret can’t see themselves the way chat and their little fandom sees them. Most all of us think they look fabulous.

Not Arson. Just bombing. A bit of anarchy by the king.

Demolition. Now there’s the word.

Controlled ish demolition.

Ah I’ve almost saved enough channel points for water. Nice. I’m not going to redeem it I’m just going to keep hoarding the points.

Flame Arrow. Nice.

Eret cleaning up the SMP eye sours.

Watch me attempt to sleep to Eret here in an hour or so, but keep getting distracted.

Explosion time.

Someone get ready to clip it.

Bye Bye Cube. Let’s go.

Gotta get a song that fits the vibe.

Hayloft. Time to go poof.

Turning up my brightness just to watch this explosion in the best way possible.

Still wearing the red dress I see.

I hope the music isn’t too loud to get this part muted.

Drum roll...

Drum roll continues...

Drum roll still going...

THERE GOES THE CUBE!

That was so smooth and good looking!

Overall a very good explosion.

Just a little bit of a hole in the other building.

Twitch Pr-

Poor being’s so confused with his hair. Someone help them.

Twitch bleep.

Everyone attempting to give hair styling advice. Everyone’s trying to help the being.

That bird is majestic. I remember seeing that tiktok.

Animals just decided Eret was the animal whisperer.

Yes! Disney Princess Eret fanart! Someone make it, I shall reblog all of it.

Likes to hug cute animals and cute animals like being hugged by her. Nice.

It’s alright. Names are difficult. I have to like put name tags on people to learn who they are. That or name tags on their space (like on campers bunks and door decs on dorms)

It does feel very February. But I’m very ready for summer because that means I get to do my favorite job.

Hooray. I hit 15k points.

Eret trying to prove to us a ponytail won’t work. Like we aren’t going to hype them up no matter what.

Gotta heart in the chat. All Eret’s chat does is hearts and encourage. It’s a lovely place.

Oh Eret forgot his cat ear sub goal. It’s alright I know I forgot.

Pride is next month. Nice.

Oh. We’re almost halfway already. Why does the world spin so quickly?

We forgot a dirt tower. Whoops.

I would wear Eret merch. I like it when people release merch around Christmas. Then I can ask for it as a gift.

Oh it wasn’t a dirt tower.

Just looking at Elaina’s stream in the stream selection screen it like very cozy.

All the way up the Drista stairs.

Look it’s the museum!

Eret’s got most of the builds around there. The museum. The fortress. Nice.

Some things are too historical to remove. Somethings are historical because they are being removed.

Oh no. L’sandburg.

It’s taking over the summer home.

Ah the lore is coming. It just seemed to be too early.

Hello unofficial ranboo Raiders.

Foolish making the awesome tall thingy!

Foolish’s builds are so neat. I want to watch Foolish’s streams more. Maybe just in the background but I start wanting to delayed liveblog and that requires attention.

Oh the giant portal turned out well. Sorry that was the lady’s foolish stream I watched.

Shulkers. The forbidden mob.

Eret with just a pit in the desert filled with llamas. Bones. And discus.

The mansion has been finished?

Alright is better than bad. It’s alright to be alright.

Lucky being not getting tired. I got the Johnson and Johnson vaccine and I was so so tired. I also had just no appetite.

Eret doing an smp tour. And looking at foolish’s builds.

Flickering the switch on the rainbow beacons.

Eret just knowing where everything is.

Kinoko is super pretty. Just for the aesthetic value of the kingdom I appreciate it.

Yeet. Just defenestrated himself out the window.

Oh? Spectator fly over the smp?

That would be really neat to like. Watch in VR. I think I’ve only used VR maybe twice.

Pretty Rainbow beacons.

The nurse who gave me my vaccine hid the needle from me because I mentioned to her that I was afraid of needles. It wasn’t a big deal at all.

30 minutes till I attempt sleep. Woo.

Goose my beloved. Someone make the gif because I’m not quite sure how to make it.

Oh yeah. Goose in Marvel. I hear MCU and think Minecraft cinematic universe. Not marvel.

Ghibli is so nice. It really romanticize small moments of life.

Yeah the characters are all really supportive in Ghibli movies.

Someone subbed for nine months “that’s enough to make a child” -Eret

That mansion is like a maze. I’m so lost already.

Everyone encouraging Eret and telling her she looks pretty. Good.

Eret needs all the hype and encouragement.

Antarctic empties flag. Yeah it does have a similar color pallet.

Michelle! Hello!

Fortress work. Nice.

Do it. I’ll listen the Eret play other games.

I don’t usually watch game play for non Minecraft games. But I’ll listen to it all.

Hbomb and Eret living in the same city feels like two worlds that shouldn’t meet. But it’s awesome that they have.

TOS means against twitches terms of service. Nice. Glad to finally have an explanation of what that means.

Look at our handsome and pretty streamer. All the hype.

I keep turning down the stream to hear the show my mama has on because I’m curious about what happens.

Yeah. Backseat gaming can be annoying. That’s part of why I share my thoughts here just in case I do start backseat gaming.

Almost to the sub goal. Hooray!

Ooo food.

No no. I see where they are coming from. Eret does give a bit of cat bus vibes. I can’t explain it but the vibes are there.

Creeper causing issues at the fortress.

Ed Sheepran my beloved.

I should draw more ferrets. Maybe tomorrow. Maybe I’ll draw us doing stuffs.

Actually I kinda want to make a little animatic of some heels walking across the screen followed by a hoard of ferrets. I think it’ll look cool. But I need the artistic ability and the ability to not scream making that.

Woop. Ad time. Off to the void of where ever the ads game me.

OH THE NEW VOID LOOKS COOL!

Bread. Flowers. Ted. Crown. And of course Eret.

We V O I D and get our streamer bits.

Hush the chat is V O I D and the occasional emoji or emote.

The void being centered looks good. Maybe that’s just the symmetry speaking but it’s good.

Oh. We hear the being. The being in void mode. And spooky mode.

Chat just starts yelling corpse.

Hydration. I try to stay hydrated. But I fail often if I’m not doing something active.

Tree!

Casually makes and snags tree.

Eret does read chat often. It’s strange. And it is weird how often it ends up being you.

You can tell I’m a tumblr peep. I may say stuff in chat but I’m fully not expecting or wanting to be noticed by the streamer.

Others hitting darkness o’clock and saying goodnight.

It’s sleep to the stream hours y’all. Whoop.

I need to visit the parks out west. I’ve only really seen the eastern US ones. But I have been to the Great Smokey Mountain park which is gorgeous.

Eret thinking of his friends triggers when naming his cat.

Eret’s builds are so casually pretty. Not like Foolish’s which are intricately pretty. Not like Phil’s or Sam’s which are complicated pretty. All pretty. Just different breeds of pretty.

Alrighty. It’s sleepy hours for me. As much as I love Eret I want to read some fanfiction and daydream a bit before I head to sleep.

Have a good rest everyone and may all your coming meals be delicious.

Wait no is it our turn with goose?

OUR TURN WITH GOOSE!

Eret honey that’s the ceiling.

Cat stream. Cat stream.

Sleepy kitty. A cat cam would be good.

Yeah. That happens with cats. Especially strays.

Goose captured the computer mouse.

Goose straight up chose Eret and Elaina.

Goose really just chose not to leave.

Oh my stream connection is acting sad. But I want Goose content.

I want to draw Goose now.

Maybe I’ll do water color for Goose. I know I tried to do that with Boots (Fundy’s cat)

Hopefully there will be some Goose face screenshots I can see. Maybe I can see him well in the Tiktok.

Artists just violently refusing payment. Sounds about right. The MCYT artists just kinda go “yeah give credit and we cool”

Cowboy cat. Nice.

I want to paint Goose in the cowboy hat.

Hype train! That we are zooming.

Bucket sponge?

WATER BUCKET FROM WET SPONGE! Tiktok people giving all the cool info.

Go Goose. Catch the computer mouse and the screen mouse.

Just sitting here at 11:30 at night getting screen shots of Goose for painting purposes.

Goose please. Look at the camera babe.

My phone is dying. And I can’t charge it and type.

Alright the camera is off the cat. The cat is also blocking the screen.

But no cat on camera means I’m getting some sleep. If I do any of the projects I’ve mentioned I’ll let y’all know.

Have a good rest everyone.

[lesbiancarat]

Book anon here to say today is a happy day because it is dk and vernon day ^0^ the fact they share bdays makes my heart so big like djakdnaks that's the best thing really! (I say this as I don't like celebrating my own birthday lol but that shiz makes me soft) like how can it not get better than sharing a birthday with your fellow bandmate who is also your buddy :'))

Back on topic, I am happy that in the fandoms I'm in, update blogs or accounts are well loved so no drama there but I agree on cc peeps, my gosh the decline of them is obvious for the past 2 years =/ I remember 2018 the carat fandom here was HUGE with creators and lots of notes but now...its hard to see more than 200 for some and while numbers don't matter because you should ALWAYS be doing this for fun, its so shocking to see the interaction go so low and its more likes. I do have a theory as to why this is the case and it might be due to nowadays, people on Tumblr find reblogging alot to be "too much" akaspamming. I would know because some told me I do this and I'm like ??? I am simply reblogging content I like and if it means hitting the rbelog limit so be it djajdjw. Legit idk why its seen as bad nowadays when everyone used to reblog alot and no one complained so maybe this could be why? Again a theory but it would make sense and its a shame if this is the case :c I admit I like stuff because I sometimes do reblog it for a color theme but mostly I hit the reblog limit so I want to reblog it later xD

But let's not get into people that take others work as their own -.- now I get giving credit for say icons (I do this for icons and headers I use because its the least I can do. I would link it but idk how to do it on Tumblr lol) but taking someone's say gif and just posting it on twitter to share is like ??? You do know there is a share button that SHARES THE ORIGINAL LINK BACK RIGHT? Smh i can't with people. That's why I try to make sure for icons at least I know its not a repost and try to stay away from pintrest as best as I can (also svt on pintrest? Are they making moodboards or smth? I leave Tumblr for a bit and this is what I come back to lol)

Oof I wrote too much again sjamdna I'm living up to my emoji huh? XD but yes my tooth is better! It hurt again last night but today we are good!

I'm late answering this but yeah the fact that dk and vernon share a Birthday is super sweet! it's fun that they get to do their birthday live together as well ^^

but yeah i joined carat tumblr around late 2017/early 2018 (i made this side blog during oh my era but I'd been reblogging svt stuff on main before then) and I'm p sure most if not all the cc's i originally followed are inactive now :( obviously like you said content creators should make content for fun and bc they want to and not for the notes, but it's understandably disheartening when less people are interacting with it and even the people who do still see your content are (at least seemingly) less enthusiastic about it (ie liking but not reblogging it, less ppl writing things in the tags or replies, etc.)

but that's so wild to me? I've never heard anyone say someone is reblogging too many things like... how do you expect to see posts if people don't reblog stuff?? id welcome that extra content on my dash dhfjfh. i guess you can go in specific tags but like. idk reblogging is the main function of tumblr i don't know why there are people sort of against it/not as willing to use it (i mean... i suspect at least one factor is other social media platforms relying more on algorithms and likes to show people new content and ppl are just more used to that maybe?)

i feel like to some extent people feel entitled to have every or any gif or fanart or fan content on their platform of choice, but like if an artist posts something on tumblr but not on twt or instagram it doesn't HAVE to be on twt or insta. people can make a tumblr (or whatever platform) account if that's the only place a creator is active and they really want to see their content. and if people want to share something cool to another platform it is not hard to just post a link to the original post and tell people to check it out. like i do that every once in a while if there's a translation that doesn't allow reposts, but i still want ppl to know that trans exists if they wouldn't normally. and yeah!! you're gonna get less engagement that way!! but that's when you need to question whether your intention is really to share something cool w people who wouldn't normally see it or if you just want clout from this cool thing for yourself

and obviously not everyone who reposts things wo credit or permission has such innocent intentions as "i want to share this cool thing" but i think in a lot of cases it is something similar to that where ppl see something and they want to use it or share it for whatever reason and they just forget that it's something an actual person took the time to create and chose to share it. fan creations, unless otherwise specified, are not like memes in that they're intended to be shared and edited and copied to hell and back

but yeah pinterest is the worst in terms of reposts. like very little if any of the content on there (at least that's fandom related) is original content. the vast majority is reposts from other platforms without credit. a few weeks ago i saw someone on twt post like an old SVT photo or something and someone asked where it was from and they were like 'idk i saw it on pinterest' and when i tell u my blood boiled dhfkfj like!! ok!! so you're reposting a repost and u have no idea what the original source is... great

but yeah i have no idea what SVT is gonna do with pinterest... guessing it's just gonna be pledis posting official/behind photos that they also post on twt anyway. it really looks like it's something bh made them create given other bhl artists also have pinterests they're all following each other. also pledis didn't even officially announce the new account opening anywhere as far as I've seen so like. i think they really don't care dhfkfj

i really don't know what bh thinks they're gonna gain though like. ik there are active fandom pinterest users but i think most of them also have other social media like twt or insta. like they're not cracking open a huge new market, and LITERALLY NO ONE expects any musician or celeb to have an official Pinterest so. it's just so unnecessary dhfkgj

I'm glad your tooth is feeling better!!!

[cosmopoliturtle]

Cosmo Check-in/Recommends

Hello peeps, this is very uncharacteristic of me and I’m doing it for no good reason but I just wanted to say hiya since despite posting literally everyday I feel like I’ve been kind of distant. 

Just wanted to pop in and say thanks for everyone who actively follows my work and are invested in my dumbo projects. I see most comments (I think) in replies, reblogs, and tags, and I appreciate people taking the time to look and write about my stuff. I’m still flattered that anyone cares what I do on here and all the other places I post my work.

I feel like Tumblr’s changed a lot since the purge and my feed is definitely a lot more barren than it used to be. With how all these websites are fixing stuff that ain’t broke, I really wish there was a safe haven for both artists and viewers alike that wasn’t so wishywashy or unpredictable. That being said, my ass is firmly planted on this website and I’m still very happy people here enjoy my work!

So yeah, wanted to say you’re all rad, and anyone who’s out there trying to make or do their own thing regardless of how chaotic everything is right now, keep on doin’ you. 

Also if you wanna see some cool shit, I would recommend following @goat13, @jboh-art, and @cortoonyart. Their art is very unapologetically their own thing and they’re among some of my favourite artists on the interwebs. I don’t got many mutuals but I see your stuff and you’re doing great!

I dunno why I made this, don’t think anyone particularly cares but yeah, stuff, things. Cool cool. 

[cleodobelle]

Rules: pick 5 shows, then answer the following questions, tag some other people

Peep Show

Charmed

Girl from Nowhere

(cinematic masterpiece) Boys Over Flowers

Strong Woman Do Bong Soon

thanks @youcancallmedoctor​ and yes i did for a bit consider just putting cmbof for every choice first because i was like ‘have i ever seen a single other show’ and then because like, this would be work for my doctoral thesis to be completed after the airing of the king (of romance): the eternal monarch (of romance)

who is your favorite character in 2?

(Charmed) Piper! It’s Piper, nobody else need apply.

who is your least favorite character in 1?

(Peep Show) Ben! Every interaction with Ben when he is not unconscious is so horrible. “It’s not a fucking love story, it’s a fucking fuck story, it’s about animal lusts and dirt and fluids” is enough to keep me from rereading Wuthering Heights ever again.  

what is your favorite episode of 4?

((cinematic masterpiece) Boys Over Flowers) Episode Four! Making date plans without even making sure the other person heard them! Waiting in the snow without a cellphone for hours because you’ve never waited for someone for a date before! Namsan Tower! The coffee! The blankets! The marker! Hair straightening! Those are absolutely the only things that happen in that episode and it is a perfect episode. To pick a different episode that doesn’t also feature things that disturb me to my very core, episode 25, because it calls back to all of the good parts of 4 without any of the parts that are terrible which I’m choosing to pretend don’t exist.

what is your favorite season of 5?

(Strong Woman Do Bong Soon) The second season, which exists entirely in my head, it’s a lot like the first season except the like 40 different extremely irritating comic relief characters are all gone, nobody ever talks about them because the show is too busy being about Bong Soon, Min Hyuk, and their very strong daughters. Until then, the first season is a close runner up, provided it’s the edited version that again exists in my mind where the high schoolers, gangsters, and any guy who just screams a lot shows up exactly once as needed and then never again in a speaking role.

who is your favorite couple in 3?

(Girl from Nowhere) This is probably the one show I watch where it’s not that kind of show, so there’s only one couple that isn’t horrible and it’s Nanno and TK. I am haunted by that episode, and also where is season two of this show.

who is your favorite couple in 2?

(Charmed) Piper and Leo! I can’t think of any other couples in this show. In fact, there aren’t any. I’m pretty sure that there isn’t another really long-standing couple that a lot of people actually enjoyed having in the show despite it being terrible for everyone. It was just Piper and Leo, their one child, Wyatt, and the show ending after assuring me that their love is perfect and will last forever.

what is your favorite episode of 1?

(Peep Show) Season 7 episode 4, “The Nether Zone” which is mostly Mark and Jez trapped in the front area of an apartment building, then one of the apartments, followed by just the bathroom, and then the shower. Mark panicking about his baby’s christening while Jez is ordering a pizza to be delivered through a mail slot in the door of the place they are locked inside is funnier every time I watch it. 

what is your favorite episode of 5?

(Strong Woman Do Bong Soon) Episode 12! Beach Date! Honorable mention to episode 1 where Bong Soon and Min Hyuk meet and where you first hear “Super Power Girl”, but like, just remembering the heart drawing, the callback to the “one step”, truly amazing. The criminal stuff picking up is also like, chillingly great, but like, I would have watched the whole show without that plot just as well.

what is your favorite season of 2?

(Charmed) This is one of those shows that I’ve never really just watched all the way through, though I did make my half-sisters who had never seen a single episode watch the finale which I, a grade school kid, definitely needed to see. I have mostly watched this wildly out of order and in varying parts while staying home from school or getting ready from school, depending on how old I was and when TNT was airing it, so it’s hard to say. Probably the first? Maybe the third? I have no problem with Paige, but I did like Prue and the episodes she was present for.

how long have you watched 1?

(Peep Show) I...don’t know. I definitely started watching it in college.....maybe since 2013-2014? I know that by the time I watched it, everything had come out except for the last season which I watched as it aired in 2015. I rewatch it probably once every month, it’s just become so easy to start it anywhere in the series, work on whatever I’m actually doing, and still be able to look up and know what’s going on.

how did you become interested in 3?

(Girl from Nowhere) It was Scary-thon! Every October, I usually just reread The Haunting of Hill House and Ring, maybe rewatch Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight, and complain about how there are no good scary movies/tv shows/books. Last year, I decided to create an event for myself, Scary-thon, in which I tried to watch and read only things in the horror genre all month to see if there was in fact worthwhile things out there. While looking for Netflix horror offerings, I saw Girl from Nowhere, thought it might be cool and that it would probably fit my theme month, and started watching it.

who is your favorite actor in 4?

((cinematic masterpiece) Boys Over Flowers) Asking me this is like asking me to pick a favorite child. Like. Okay. Like, in terms of actually being in stuff for me to watch and not just terrorizing me over instagram, it is Lee Min Ho, but like, I love Ku Hye Sun for terrorizing me on instagram.... If we’re just talking about acting in the show specifically, then like, it is Lee Min Ho because Gu Jun Pyo is exactly my favorite type of kdrama male lead, and like, he did it!

which do you prefer, 1, 2, or 5?

(Peep Show, Charmed, or Strong Woman Do Bong Soon) Hm. I mean they all have very different places in my heart. I’ll say Strong Woman Do Bong Soon, because I recently finished a rewatch with my youngest brother (his first watch) and it was really fun despite the parts of the show that are teeth-grindingly annoying. I remember the most things about it of these three shows, and I love the soundtrack, am always waiting for the leads to be in more things, like it’s that show.

which show have you seen more episodes of, 1 or 3?

(Peep Show or Girl from Nowhere) Peep Show has more episodes, so Peep Show.

if you could be anyone from 4, who would you be?

((cinematic masterpiece) Boys Over Flowers) Okay so like...realistically, I can’t imagine surviving a day in the life of either of the leads. I think I would settle for being either the head maid at Jun Pyo’s house or the guy who owns the porridge shop that Jan Di and Ga Eul work at, like I feel like that’s just close enough to witness the stuff that the leads get up to without really having to be actively involved with any of it, or even worse, interact with Ji Hoo, who I would kill if given the opportunity.

would a crossover between 3 and 4 work?

(Girl from Nowhere and (cinematic masterpiece) Boys Over Flowers) Oh my god no, like... Okay the bullying and things that go on at Shinhwa High probably desperately need someone like Nanno to put an end to like, all of that, forever, but like....I don’t want all of them to die or go through horrifying things.

pair two characters in 1 who would make an unlikely but strangely okay couple?

(Peep Show) Hm. I’ve...honestly never cared to think about this. I’m going to ignore this question a bit because Peep Show is kind of a show with exclusively bad couples whether they’re likely or not, and say Elena and Zahra, because they’re kind of similar but in like, opposite directions if that makes sense. Of Jez’s girlfriends who were dating other people first the whole time, they’re kind of similar but they never meet because Jez has just probably ruined Elena’s wedding at the end of the sixth season before meeting Zahra in the seventh, and Elena never shows back up. They would not make a strangely okay or even slightly okay couple, but I would enjoy seeing it.

overall, which show has the better storyline, 3 or 5?

(Girl from Nowhere or Strong Woman Do Bong Soon) I mean...they’re different.... I guess Strong Woman Do Bong Soon has more of an actual storyline throughout since Girl from Nowhere is...I mean it’s Nanno every time but like, the...storyline really isn’t clear until the end...  I don’t know.

which has the better theme music, 2 or 4?

I can recall exactly one song from Charmed, and it’s great, but nothing compares to any song in (cinematic masterpiece) Boys Over Flowers.

[letamreviews]

Top of 2019

With 56 films watched and 27 favorited in 2019, I composed a list of my top. By pure happenstance, the list is almost an exact third (18) of the total films watched. Be aware that I don’t have as much to say about some of these because I took no notes after.

Because I’d be biased towards them, I don’t count the National Theatre Live plays.

Since the list is likely to be altered between now and the end of February (to accommodate for films missed), check the Lettboxd list later on to see an up to date listing, but be aware that it intentionally lacks the details provided here.

EDIT (01/04/20):

Woke up this morning religiously re-reading this and caught some grammar errors. It’s almost like staying consistently well-rested is actually beneficial. While I’m at it, Blind Rating (BR) is how worthwhile the film is watching “blind” (or knowing nothing). The scale is 1 (worth it) to 5 (you must). ‘Eh is essentially a 0.5.

1. Midsommar (USA)

Saw the original and Director's Cut in theatres and discussed them with a group immediately after both times. I’m somewhere between really liking it and loving it. Still unsure. Hell of an experience with a lot to notice, debate over, and pick up on during the second viewing. Don’t even get me started on the Christian/Dani matter. Dat tension, tho. Blind Rating: 4/5

2. Us (USA)

Saw in theatres and discussed with a group immediately after. I’m digging the allegories and the way (I think) it reflects on society. Dem reveals, tho. Blind Rating: 4/5

3. Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (USA)

Saw in theatres and discussed with a group immediately after. Two things probably play a huge hand in this not being atleast 3 spots lower: my demographic and the fact that her older self constantly reminded me of my grandma and a certain middle school teacher. Regardless, it’s an entertaining, interesting, and lively documentary with its many personalities on-screen all giving their take on matters along with Ms. Morrison herself. Glad they managed to finish and release this 1.25 months before her death. Blind Rating: 0/5

4. When They See Us (USA)

Saw on Netflix over the course of a month. Y’all, this one hurt too much to watch again any time soon. Admittedly, part of the reason why it hit me so hard is because I could easily have been one of them. Dat ending, tho. Don’t forget to watch the Oprah followup When They See Us Now after. You’ll ball (again). Blind Rating: 3/5

5. Parasite (South Korea)

Saw an advance screening in theatres and watched a live post-film Q&A. I really like it. This hit me in such a way that it’s one of three films I’m writing an essay on. Planing on watching it a second time soon so I can finish with a sense of accuracy. This isn’t one that I would recommend looking at images for. There are some that will spoil the experience of the second half. Seriously, block the “Parasite” tag from your feed if you can. Blind Rating: 3/5

6. Luce (USA)

Saw in theatres and discussed with a group immediately after. This was is so~ good as a thriller and especially in regards to being Black in America. Wanted to watch it a second time but never managed to squeeze it in before it left theatres. Dem performances, tho. Dat tension, yo. Dat score, bro. Blind Rating: 1/5

7. Them That Follow (USA)

Saw in theatres and discussed with someone immediately after. I love it. Blind Rating: 1/5

A drama influenced thriller about a religious and somewhat self-isolating community that's effectively blanketing a realistic romance. (snip) —Letterboxd review

8. The Souvenir (United Kingdom)

Saw in theatres (partially because so many movie peeps were shitting on it). I love it, but I didn't fucking love it. Was tempted to see it again, but didn’t get the chance. Dat ending, tho. While it was a movie peep telling me the whole plot that caused me to gain so much interest in it [Cabin in the Woods (2011) all over again, amiright?], I must say that the less you know the better. It’ll make for... a more immersive experience. Blind Rating: 3/5

9. After the Wedding (USA)

Saw in theatres and discussed with a group immediately after. I thought I really liked it, but I love it. This was a trip down unexpected lane, le'me tell ya. The trailer is a spoilerful lie, but the Landmark's description is very accurate. People's experiences will have a heavy hand in how they react to it and feel about certain characters. The way they made this feel like a constant thriller was excellently done. Dat cinematography, tho. Go in knowing nothing more than what the previous link provides. Blind Rating: 1/5

10. Joker (USA)

Saw in theatres and discussed with a group immediately after. I really like it. Blind Rating: 1/5

(slight spoilers)

This was difficult to watch at times, but hella captivating throughout. Arthur's reasoning is believable, his sanity is questionable, and his life is indeed one hell of a joke. Like watching an extreme example of what happens when people on the lower end lose access to social programs. This can very easily be taken as a commentary on mental illness kept unchecked. More than that, it's a story about a guy who accepts his "crazy" and transcends poverty, circumstance, and societal bullshit... at everyone else's expense. (snip) —Letterboxd review

11. Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (USA)

Saw in theatres and discussed with a group immediately after. I really like it. Captivating documentary in a very similar style to Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, but with Mr. Davis never joining the “talking heads” (as people like to call it) and instead being heard as a constant narrator of his own biography. Regardless of how I feel about him on a personal level, this shit was a great watch and the ending hit hard. Still need to get his autobiography, though. There’s a nostalgic factor for me here since I was partially reminded of my grandpa while watching it. Blind Rating: 'eh

12. Queen & Slim (USA)

Saw in theatres and discussed with someone immediately after. Fuck yeah, I enjoyed this one. Dat soundtrack and cinematography, bruh? 👌🏿 The throwback soundtrack, main characters’ racial group, and fact that they went to New Orleans definitely play a hand in why this one’s not atleast 1 spot lower. Blind Rating: 1/5

13. Dwelling in the Fuchon Mountains (China)

Saw in theatres during festival and attended discussion days later. I really like it. Was long, but in a good way. Similar to Ash is Purest White (2018) in that I kept thinking "please end here," but would be glad it didn't later. It's beautifully slothy and has absurdly long tracking shots. The cinematography during walking conversations is notable. Dat trick, tho. Blind Rating: 'eh

14. A Girl Missing (Japan)

Saw in theatres during festival and discussed with a group immediately after. Bruh~, this is a hell of a personal trial. Didn’t expect it to go the places it did. Blind Rating: 1/5

15. Dutch Angle: Chas Gerretsen & Apocalypse Now (Netherlands)

Saw on MUBI on phone. I love it. This goes over his childhood (for 8 minutes), career paths, photography of 9/11/1973's Chilean coup d'etat, the 6 months he spent on-set photographing Apocalypse Now (1979), and him as a person. What I didn’t expect was how much he would get into the details of things happening during that film’s development. Along with those details are interesting photos presented excellently in a way that’s reminiscent of manga at times. I like the way the photos take center point and are treated like the foreground. It’s like the director and editor forced themselves to remain aware that the documentary was showcasing 15% of the total slides housed in the Nederlands Fotomuseum’s archives in Rotterdam and that most of his Apocalypse Now photos were never seen. Dat score, tho [Ex Machina (2014) vibes]. Blind Rating: 0/5

BTW, it had its official (Dutch national) release by EYE Filmmuseum on 12/19/19 in the Netherlands, so maybe it’ll come to the USA soon. 🤷🏿‍♂️ Forgot to mention it’s been added as a special feature to the 40th anniversary 4K blu-ray disc of Apocalypse Now: Final Cut (2019).

16. Receiver (Ireland)

Saw on MUBI on phone. I really like it. A very interesting short film in three odd segments. First was disturbing; second was about activism, protests, and politics; third was about the person I assume the film was made for. All compose what I took as a film about the importance of having reliable sound and hearing. Needs to be watched alone with good sound quality (for immersion). Blind Rating: 'eh

17. Bacurau (Brazil)

Saw in theatres during festival. I really like it. This was some Most Dangerous Game shit with a hell of an ending. The whole game is an allegory of civilized people's obsession with hunting wild animals for "sport". I really like the portrayal of history here and enjoyed the racial matters it lays bare. I can only imagine someone watching this without knowing a thing. Kinda wish I didn’t even read the description beforehand. Digging the soundtrack. Blind Rating: 1/5

18. Little Women (USA)

Saw on 35mm and discussed with others on separate occasions. I really like it. This was just warming and sad. I felt for the main characters and actually felt satisfied with the way it ended. Considering the type of film, there are handful of typical things for me to complain about. That being said, the movie earned its stars back. I mean, did you not see their attic performances? Shit was dope. Blind Rating: ‘eh

[midnightsdarkangel]

The Woes of Duality (3/?)

Summary: Patton always sees the good in everyone, even in someone such as Deceit. But while he slowly helps the dark sides to see the good in people, something else is changing, and not for the better

Notes: and we’re back again peeps! slightly longer update this time round as we get the other sides now coming into the story~ 

Taglist:  @hufflepuffgirl01 @septic-fallen @sanders-sides-rebloger @notveryglittery @quantumducky @warnadudenexttime @devil-towne/ pm if you wanna be tagged in this)

Patton had no problems going home that night, slipping back through the door to the warm embrace of the hallway he had grown so accustomed to. He followed the trail back to his room only to notice that when he passed the living room the TV was on and playing rather quietly. Virgil was curled up on the sofa, a hand on his cheek as he was dozing off. Smiling softly, Patton knew he could take a detour as he walked up to the anxious side quietly. Nearly half-asleep, Virgil hadn't noticed Patton take a blanket from the basket beside the couch and wrapped it around him, taken back by the sudden warmth as he looked up to see Patton wave at him quietly.

“Pat…? When did you get home?”

“Oh just now, I was busy doing some errands today.” He whispered taking a seat next to Virgil. From observation,Virgil was playing one of Patton’s favourite films, which made his heart swell with happiness as he took the blanket and shuffled himself inside so the two of them could share the heat together. Their knees pressed together as Virgil hummed at Patton’s response, trying to look for the remote to pause the TV.

“Did you sort it all out?”

He asked quietly grabbing the remote from under the pillow behind him and paused it leaving nothing but the soft glow from the tv to illuminate their bodies. Patton focused on his breathing as he smiled gently;

“Yeah…I think I’m starting to get a break through.”

Virgil stared at him quietly. He was quick to notice Patton’s dreamy look as he sighed and curled his knees to his chest. A part of him wanted to question what he had been doing all day since Virgil couldn’t find him in the kitchen at any point of the day, and the others hadn’t seen him either. But it was already midnight and Patton looked exhausted from an observing glance. Shaking his head, he sat up and turned the tv off,extending a hand out to Patton.

“Come on, it’s getting late and you need rest.”

“What about you?” Patton asked taking his hand and was lifted onto his feat.

“I couldn’t really sleep so I was trying to distract my mind; I might take one last walk around the place and call it quits for the day.”

He could tell Patton was giving that same look of concern per the norm on his habits of avoiding sleep. It wasn’t as if Virgil was doing it on purpose however; being anxiety meant a normal task became ten times harder for him to cope with. Even sleeping alone brought too many thoughts he didn’t want to deal with. Fears that while sleeping something might happen to Thomas, or what if he makes one wrong move that ruins everything, or that he might forget something they needed to do the next day. It left him tossing and turning restlessly, feeling guilty that he could even think he could sleep…Patton knew this also; he had tried many attempts to help Virgil sleep at night and while it would work when the moral side was around, Patton couldn’t just babysit him every night. Virgil had to find his own method and so far it seemed walking was a good cool off to get all his troubling thoughts out of the way before returning to his room.

Sighing, Patton nodded and walked out towards the door. “I guess I’ll see you tomorrow kiddo, make sure you rest well tonight!” He said, booping Virgil’s nose teasingly before turning the other direction and walking away. He wasn’t aware that Virgil was looking at him questioningly as he turned a left and began his route to his room that he memorised many times before. However, something felt odd when he took the second right; normally at this point he’d be passing the kitchen, but he was in a hallway filled with doors untouched by the other sides. Confused he decided to backtrack and perhaps take the left instead- but the same result happened. Patton KNEW where his room was, it was easy, it was one left, two rights and straight on. So what on earth was going on?

Feeling a headache coming on Patton stopped and leant against the wall in thought.

“Are you lost?”

Screaming in shock Patton jumped up almost whacking Virgil in the face who quickly had to dodge out the way. “Virg...?”

“Yeah, you almost hit me there. Are you alright?”

Patton opened his mouth, wanting to laugh it off and give an excuse but honestly, he was just so…taken back that he couldn’t find his own room. Virgil had seen his lost expression and shook his head taking his hand tugging him along. Patton didn’t argue and helplessly followed along behind the anxious side. He kept looking at his feet in thought. The ground below him wasn’t glowing and he was certain he wasn’t still in the dark scape, so then why was he getting lost now? His hand gripped Virgil’s tighter and a second later he felt his hand squeezed back, which helped him feel grounded.

Taking the second left, Virgil led Patton to his door which glowed softly with fairy lights around the border flickering on and off. He took a step to the side to allow Patton to go through but paused when he saw the side looking at the door in thought, his expression stern as if he was taken back that Virgil would lead him here. Before Virgil would ask Patton what was up, that once troubled expression switched back into a cheerful smile;

“Thanks kiddo, I’ll see you tomorrow!”

And with that he was quick to hurry inside and close the door, leaving the taller side to stare in confusion. Virgil shrugged his shoulders, making his way back to his own room. Whatever the problem was with Patton, hopefully it would be sorted by the next day, right?

--

“How about we play twister?”

Roman had held up a box in front of the others the next day rather proudly. Patton had finished cooking breakfast for everyone and it was one of those days when no one had to really run off to any pressing matters. Patton was surprised by Roman’s outburst, imagining that he would just slip back into his room after food and do his own thing- normally it was Patton who suggested doing a family activity together. Yet all he was thinking about was when he could see Deceit again, though it wasn’t fair on the others if he kept slipping away. And while he wouldn’t say it out loud, he knew Virgil caught on that something wasn’t right yesterday- and this morning! Once again Patton found himself frustrated trying to navigate his way to the kitchen, managing to get there in half an hour through persistent running. Luckily Virgil hadn’t brought this up to him, most likely respecting Patton’s personal issues and hopefully chalking it up to perhaps being clumsy and tired since he came back to late.

Alas, maybe it would be nice to do something with the others since it had been so long since they really had any time together. Logan looked up from the book he was reading to see what Roman was holding only to sigh and fix his glasses. “I’d prefer something along the lines of scrabble, we don’t even have the space for you to set up the game-“

“I’ll do it!”

Both Patton and Roman called out in unison as they looked to each other with a grin. Thank god also, Patton thought, cause moving the sofas was never an easy task and thankfully Roman was the stronger one of the two. Skipping over to the Prince’s side,they took both ends of the sofa and lifted it up to move it to the corner of the room. Virgil watched them move furniture back and forth as he sighed and stood up, grabbing the game and starting to lay it on the floor. Once everything was set up, Roman beamed proudly at their work and patted Patton on the back before taking his boots off and throwing it across the room.

“Ok someone has to be in charge of the wheel, whose doing that first-“

“I’ll do it!”

Logan called out quickly knowing Virgil was about to do the same thing. Virgil pouted that Logan got there before him as he reluctantly took his own shoes off and placing them against the wall. Patton had already kicked his shoes off and was bouncing from one foot to the other grinning. Knowing how this game was going to go, it was clear it was going to get competitive fast. Roman was too prideful to lose and Virgil’s goal was both to throw Roman off and to survive for as long as he could. Meanwhile, Patton only found the whole thing enjoyable and didn’t mind losing. Logan took the board and sat down on the floor in front of them spinning the wheel;

“Ok, left foot red.”

Roman, having to be extra, already threw his foot down on the nearest red spot. Virgil followed but made sure to give Roman a quick nudge as the game started off simple at first. It wasn’t until the tenth spin that limbs were now entangled in each other’s. Patton was the lowest to the floor,with both his hands stretched out on the two marks. Virgil and Roman were just above him in a tangled mess with their arms and legs; scowling at each other the entire time taunting the other one to fall over. Honestly Patton couldn’t help but laugh at how silly the two were being. He started to wonder what it’d be like if Deceit would play with them. No doubt it would become hectic as the other side would most likely sneak his way around the matt and slip the others up. Patton could only imagine the playful smirk on his face watching Roman fall over in victory.

Sigh.

He missed Deceit…Patton wondered how he was holding up from the last visit. No doubt he must have had a lot on his mind…. Speaking of mind…

He knew Logan was speaking but it was starting to get muffled out, a ringing headache forming in his head as he took one arm that was free again to rub his temple. The room was slowly starting to spin as he kept blinking to get rid of the black spots. Why was he feeling so dizzy…?

Thud.

Patton had tried to put his hand back on the same spot but managed to slip up and lose his balance falling face first into the mat. This caused a ‘oooh’ from Roman who watched Patton fall over, he was about to reach out to see if he was ok, but Virgil took the opportunity to quickly trip up Roman as he soon tumbled over as well, making Virgil the winner.

“Hah, should’ve been looking at what you were doing princey.”

“No fair, it wasn’t your turn!”

Roman exclaimed sitting up frustrated as Logan cleared his throat to get his attention; “Actually, it was. Virgil wins this round.”

Patton grumbled, feeling the plastic cover smush against his face. He could faintly hear the muffled argument between the two sides above him as he slowly sat back up rubbing his eyes. The headache soon fading as if it was never there in the first place. He felt a hand on his shoulder soon after as he turned around to see Logan standing above him looking concerned. “Do you want to sit this one out?” He asked curiously as Patton took a moment to gather his thoughts together. After a moment he nodded and stood back up wobbling slightly before getting his footing and giving Logan a warm smile;

“Yeah…I guess I don’t want to fall-ter again now do I?”

“Oh my god. Just sit over there already.” Logan grumbled handing the board over to Patton and grabbed the other two sides by the collars yanking them up and away from each other. Roman flailed his limbs about demanding a rematch to which Logan rolled his eyes and told him they were. Patton sat down on a chair that was moved away from the action as he sat on his legs and curled up spinning the board resuming the game. The game carried on for an hour or so as Patton was starting to get tired and distracted, his hand pressed against his cheek bored calling out the colours. In the corner of his gaze through something was bothering him; every time he wasn’t paying attention he swore he could see something moving, very faintly without a noise. Yet every time he took a quick glance nothing was there, apart of him thought it was a mouse but there was no such confirmation yet as it was starting to bother him;

“So, What was all that food you cooked yesterday Patton? I don’t think I saw any of it today.”

“Huh?”

Patton snapped back into focus to see the others seemed to had been in a conversation while all caught up in each other. Roman was looking at him expectantly as he fumbled to quickly spin the wheel. “Right hand blue- I had it yesterday, no need to go to waste really.” Roman was quick to get ahead of the others and literally dove towards the nearest blue spot causing the others to groan knowing they weren’t fast enough and had to twist their bodies around for a more inconvenient spot.

“While I do agree with you Patton, food shouldn’t be left alone for too long. It is curious that all the food you cooked yesterday was eaten by you alone, seeing as you had served for nearly a dinner of three that day.”

Logan muffled out hidden underneath Roman at this point trying to perch his glasses back, up on his face from slipping off. Virgil was barely keeping balance at this point, sweat falling down his cheek as his arms were trembling from the awkward position he was in. Patton was fumbling, wondering if he should spin the wheel again seeing how one of them was going to drop soon, and once one did they all would. Roman noticed and groaned irritatedly, being determined to keep steady while the other two were already starting to wobble from the strain.

“Well…” Patton thought about how he was going to answer it but decided to quickly spin the wheel once more resulting in both Logan and Virgil shouting No in horror as the next spot was certain to topple them over.

“Left foot green!”

And with that Patton saw the evil glint in Romans eyes; he was quick to thrust his leg in the air, avoiding the two and grabbing the green spot closest to him, causing the other two to scramble and fall over with a thud. This ended the game once and for all resulting in a chorus of groans from Logan and Virgil helplessly face down on the floor. Chuckling softly, Patton stood up and skipped over to them, lending a hand so each of them could get their balance back up again.  Thankfully after that stunt, Roman and Logic had forgotten all about the food and instead had to listen to Roman boast about how he had been training building up to this day (And by training he meant he was cheating since he was on quests almost every day while the other two didn’t have the time nor energy to do such dangerous stunts.) And while although Virgil didn’t bring it up at first either, it was clear to Patton that he was looking at him questionably knowing Patton purposely threw that game in early.

It wasn’t too hard however to dismiss everyone after the game, offering to cook up lunch for them when they wanted it. Roman and Logan nodded in agreement and went off to their own respective rooms, while Virgil hung around afterwards, his hands in his jacket pocket looking awkward as if he wanted to speak up but wasn’t sure how to go about it. Patton smiled softly at that and gently walked over taking his arm into his linking them together. “How about you help me cook something today?”

He had enough time to kill before he tried his little trip again, and seeing Virgil visibly relax when Patton understood his intentions warmed his heart significantly. The two shared a bond that Patton never wanted to see be forgotten, to see the anxious side soften up around him. The two had an unspoken agreement that sometimes words weren’t needed between them, that their presence alone was comforting to the other one. Out of all the sides, they had clicked rather fast the moment Virgil began to lighten up around the others and be who he really wanted to be inside. Sure, they had their ups and downs, no friendship was always sunshine and rainbows- despite how much Patton would’ve loved that. No, compared to Roman and Logan, Virgil was someone special and as different from Patton as he could get. There was times Virgil thought Patton’s overly affectionate manner was a bit too much to handle, and sometimes, while not intentionally, Patton felt upset when Virgil thought that he could do everything on his own without consulting the moral side.

This…This was why also Patton hadn’t bothered to bring up his trips to Deceit just yet. While it wasn’t said between the sides, it was known that Virgil was once a dark side. Before he was friends with the others, he used to live in the dark sides mindscape and visited on occasion. Patton could still remember the days he’d come at night for a water in the kitchen only to see Virgil curled up on the chair with his knees up holding a cup of coffee. When he saw the moral side he’d initially panic and promise he’d leave, but Patton shook his head and took a seat beside him, offering to bake him some sweets to go with his drink. This was before he had his revelation with the other sides however, so Virgil at the time wasn’t so kind to the others in the way he spoke or held himself; always hunched up and glaring as if he was ready to attack at any minute. And yet the two always shared a cup together at night for a while, Virgil not being ready to come to the mindscape during the day as he felt more at ease, he used to say;

“It’s nice…the darkness, I can slip away easily if I think something might go wrong.”

But it was Virgil who knew it more than anyone else how terrifying the darkness could really be.

While he never spoke about the dark realm when he lived with the others, he thought about the place with a sense of disgust and fear. As if there was something there that wasn’t natural… No doubt if Patton told him he was going there he’d have a heart attack. Virgil took the dark sides and their home very seriously, telling the others there was never any worth for any of them to go over there, and if anyone did need something from that side, Virgil would offer to go in their place having known the place for years and how to navigate the area with ease.

There was something however that interested Patton now that he thought about it as he tugged Virgil to follow him to the kitchen.

Virgil was the only side to be able to navigate both realms with ease.

It was never something Patton thought he’d have to consider, but after his trip and how much struggle he had just finding Deceit, he wondered what really the nature of the mindscape was. Could you easily just swap just like that? If so…could Patton, then be able to navigate the place with ease without needing Deceit to help him? Beaming with the idea he managed to get to the kitchen rather easily this time and pulled Virgil a seat.

“You want your coffee black right?”

“Just like my soul.”

Patton giggled at Virgil’s response as he made small finger guns as he got himself comfortable. Pulling the cups and saucers out, he made sure to separate the tea from the coffee and let the hot water boil. While he was doing this he couldn’t help but tap the counter in thought; maybe he should bring some of his old equipment with him? When he stopped to pay attention, there was a lot of trinkets he didn’t really need in this kitchen per se.

Virgil was observant to notice Patton starting to collect some pans and plates and putting them on a pile in the corner.

“You uh…doing ok there Pat?”

“Hm?”

Patton spun around to him confused but looked down to where Virgil was pointing as he felt his cheeks flush with embarrassment. He was balancing a plate and a couple of wooden spoons and spatulas in his hand that he was shoving to a corner to collect later.  “Ah this? I um…. Oh! Silly me I should’ve told you sooner, I was thinking of painting some of my utensils. I realised I have so many and it’s so boring if they’re all the exact same.” He explained, putting them neatly in a pile together and turning to Virgil with a small smile, waiting for his approval.

Squinting slightly at Patton’s lie, he eventually shrugged resuming to drink his coffee. Breathing out quietly Patton resumed to collect all the utensils he was going to bring with him in a neat pile. Once he was satisfied Patton tapped his foot in thought, a hand covering his chin as he hummed wondering what he should cook today. It had to be something short and simple, mainly because he did want to go to the other side before it got dark out and, he wasn’t feeling too adventurous today. After a moment, he snapped his fingers together proudly; why not cookies?

Rolling with the idea Patton was now back in his element, collecting everything he needed and throwing it on the table in front of Virgil.

“Let the cooking, begin!”

It had taken them at least two hours to bake the cookies, probably because during the process Patton and Virgil ended up play fighting by throwing flour at each other and laughing when the other looked white as a sheet. The cookies were finished baking in the oven as Patton pulled them out, giving a noise of content of how good they smelled. Virgil was not too far back either, closing his eyes and embracing the delicious aroma as he reached out to grab one from Patton but was stopped when Patton patted his wrist shaking his head; “Let them cool off silly! You’ll burn your hand. Now shoo, back to the table and I'll give you one.”

Virgil pouted at that slouching in defeat as he made his way back to the table patiently. When Patton eventually placed them in front of him, he could feel himself almost drool at how the steam gently came off the cookies, the melted chocolate imbedded inside oozing out on the plate. Not wasting a second, he was quick to eat as many as he could, earning a well-earned laugh from Patton, who was pleased that they came out well. With that sorted, he looked under the sink to grab a bag from the cupboard and started to pack the pots and pans into one bag, and another for the tiny equipment as he hoisted them both up trying to balance.  

“I’m off to paint kiddo, I’ll see you later.”

“Don’t make too much of a mess.”

Virgil hummed in response, waving as the moral side hurried away. Though he had a lazy smile seeing him go off, the smile soon faded into a concerned look. Standing up he took the baked goods into his hands and peered around the door.

It wouldn’t hurt to see where Patton was going, would it?

--

Today was irritating. Deceit had found himself tapping the table in front of him impatiently as his snake had decided to accompany him today, coiled around his fingers and moving ever so slightly to get accommodated. He was summoned by the other dark sides that morning for a ‘meeting’. It seemed Thomas was falling into a dangerous territory in real life due to the actions he was taking, even if he himself was not aware of it. Now while the light sides would be over there fixing the problem, it was the dark sides job to see if they could spark the fire of  the issues further. They were currently sitting in the living room which had one long oak table in the centre and some chairs while the floor and walls were pitch black, making it look like they were in the void of space in this meeting. Shadows perched themselves around the table, their eyes glowing with their respective colours. No one was truly distinguishable in this realm; all their forms were blurred to the other and looked like a blurred image.

Deceit had offered that perhaps he should take the helm and make Thomas lie to his friends. It would buy them time and would mean no one had to do any arguing today. An idea he hoped they would just agree and end this meeting for the day, but one spoke up in retaliation;

“Lying can only get us so far Deceit. Its clear we must let Thomas act before they have a chance to have a go at him.”

“Why even is Thomas acting like this anyway? I know we cause him shit at times, but it seems he’s actively decided not to care about his friend’s dilemma because it didn’t seem important. When we all bloody know fully well how much he cares for his friends.”

Another side spoke up, dragging their finger against the table irritably. It wasn’t hard for the sides to notice Thomas’s lack of care as of late was something they all didn’t expect, and from countless hours of arguing. It was agreed that none of them had done anything to provoke this situation. Now Thomas was dealing with a pissed off friend because of how insensitive he was towards them. Deceit couldn’t deny he also was intrigued by this sudden shift; it wasn’t anything major, but it was enough to cause concern from all of them, though he had no doubt that the light sides would probably fix the situation before they could even conclude.

No doubt Patton could fix this problem with ease-

That made Deceit pause internally at the very notion that he was thinking of relying on Patton on this occasion. But when he did take a moment to think about it, Patton was perfect for this job- he was Thomas’s moral side. No doubt he could find out what was troubling Thomas’s faster than the others. Meaning….He would have to see the light side soon. That didn’t exactly bring a bad feeling in him this time around, he had slowly come to terms that Patton just simply was a new experience Deceit had to endure with now. Even if the other sides mocked him relentlessly over the ‘acclaimed’ friendship, he was curious what would Patton do now with this new development.

Groaning lowly under his breath, he was irritated that he couldn’t get his mind off the moral side. The others were arguing around him and yet he was more impatient that he couldn’t go to the light side and just find out the root of the problem.

And stare into those ocean eyes once more-

Okay. Now he needed to stop that.

“Got a problem there, Deceit?”

“Yes.”

Deceit snapped back, hissing as he crossed his arms and glaring at the side in front of him. He needed to wash those thoughts away now, it wasn’t the time, especially if the others were now wary of him. Taking his hat off for a moment to readjust himself, he brushed the hair from his face with his gloved hand before putting it back on and leaning forward on the table. His elbows were planted firmly as he looked up into the mirage of shadows with a glare.

“It’s clear isn’t it? We watch and see what happens. Thomas is going to solve this situation easily and it certainly won’t escalate. Something we wouldn’t want to see happen to the light sides now do we?”

His tone brushed with the lies he was so accustomed to spill with such ease.

The others failed to speak up at that moment, but it didn’t matter cause there was a sound of clanging and crash sounds deep within the halls causing them all to stand up cautious. None of them spoke in that moment, waiting to hear if there was more crashing, but soon their tension let up when they heard a voice faint from down the hall.

“Ahh its all over the floor…”

Deceit felt his eyes widen when he realised who it was as he was quick to leave the room, ignoring the snickering from the shadows. Down the hallway, he sprinted towards the sound till he was brought to the kitchen, his hand gripping the door way hoping to god he didn’t get caught or hurt-

“Oh hey Dee!”

Huh…?

Deceit looked up out of breath to see Patton was laying out the equipment he brought onto the kitchen table, however some of it had fallen to the floor. He was on the floor currently trying to pick it all back up but was fumbling and making quite a lot of noise. Knowing he wasn’t in any real danger let him sigh and sink his shoulders in relief.

“What are you doing?” He asked walking inside now lending a hand to pick up a pan from the floor and handing it to the moral side.

“Well, I had an idea today. I thought I’d give this place a little touch up- Don’t worry, I’m not going to completely change everything. I was thinking of just giving you guys some of the spare kitchen equipment I barely use anymore and perhaps cleaning up the mess around the counter so that it’s a bit easier to cook in here.”

He said proudly, putting both hands on his hips waiting for Deceits reaction. He honestly looked like a puppy in that moment, waiting for approval to continue what he was doing as he rocked back and forth on his heels excitedly. Chuckling softly, Deceit nodded, “I won’t lend you a hand.” He murmured causing a squeal from Patton who was already starting to scan the area for places he could put the pots and pans since the structure of the kitchen was different and the drawers were filled with dust and cobwebs.  

Taking a few plates himself, he went to the nearest closet and wiped the dust away from the surface before putting them in.

“So, you didn’t make it here on your own then?”

“I was so relieved let me tell you, I did get lost for a few seconds but then I remembered the route you showed me, and I was able to make it here in one piece!”

Deceit looked to Patton surprised; there was no fixed route- so how did he…?

“God these dishes are dirty! I guess you and I have a lot to work out, today don’t we?”

He supposed that had to be a question for another time.

[coup-de-maine]

How to enter a fandom - RPC

Hey guys, time for a friendly PSA from yours truely~

So I’ve been in and out of a lot of fandoms, made friends, enemies, frenemies, grave mistakes and happy accidents. I also see a lot of people come in other fandoms. Most of yall do great but I see some people carry in this weird sort of self deprecating attitude that can immediately turn rpers away from them, which results in; more of that self deprecation. So Im here to hopefully help out with the best ways to enter a fandom or an rpc, make your presence known and make lots of wonderful friends.

Now the first, and most important thing, and I notice a ton of people struggle with it is:

General attitude. 

Let me give two examples of some first time posts.

“Hey! I’m new to the fandom. I know my bio and my theme sucks but would anyone like to rp? Maybe?”

VS.

“Hey! I’m new to the fandom. My bio and rules are located here, though they’re still under construction I’m really eager to develop them with interactions!”

Now I know the first one is tempting for a lot of reasons. You might not even feel like its all that bad, but up next to the second one it actually sounds a little...depressing, monotone, dry. Even though they start the same, one ends with me feeling like: this person really doesn’t put effort into things, they dont even really want to be here. All my threads with them are going to be lazily written or probably written with half baked enthusiasm.

The second person is happy to be here, eager to interact, admits that since they’re a new blog not everything is perfect. Yet, they don’t talk down on themselves or make it seem like anyone who talks to them will only be taking pity on them.

This is actually a big problem I see in the rpc. Making people take pity on you for interactions and the rule with that is simple:

don’t make people feel like they have to take pity on you. 

It’s a knee jerk reaction, I know. We’re all awkward humans on the internet who want to play up our faults. Who wants to say “My stuff is SO awesome! It’s the best”??? 

Well. You do. You’re new to a fandom. People already have established relationships, character arks, possibly with another version of the muse youre playing. Backstories so detailed it’ll make your head spin. You are literally selling yourself to these other rpers. Don’t sell them “A vacuum cleaner that sucks. No, not sucks up the dirt, it just sucks. Like me, Im trash and dont even have a working vacuum” No one wants to buy a vacuum cleaner that sucks.

Hate to break it to you, but when you say you suck, or your stuff sucks; people are gunna believe you. Or they’re just gunna pity you. And thats not great either. 

Heck you might think; why not? So long as they rp with me, whats wrong with that? 

Well... lots of things but mostly; pity isn’t a good feeling. Nobody wants to feel guilted into rping with you. Imagine seeing someone on your dash constantly posting about how no one likes them, their character or interacting with them. How they wanna die because they never get asks, no one likes their starters. (Sound extreme? I’ve seen it.) It makes you feel bad right? It makes you wanna like them but like- where do you even start??? They don’t even like them?? What common ground do you have?? “Hey, I see you hate yourself... uh... I hate you too?” Not great. Actually bad. You don’t know how to approach this person without becoming an emotional crutch, and you know they’ll latch on to you and suck every positive emotion out of your body so how do you win?

So lesson one is; People don’t want to be forced to feel so bad that they rp with you, they want to feel inspired to. Inspire some dudes! (or non-dude identifying people)

Presentation!

This is everything. Present yourself. You don’t need flashy icons or a cool promo- let me tell you, I’ve made some shitty promos in my life. See Here

That was my promo for a long as time. Until it was THIS that a friend made for me (A friend that I made. Through how awesome I presented myself. Thanks Vee, if you see this I still love you)

I can’t stress enough how important attitude is because I’ve had both a shitty attitude and a great one in the RPC and let me tell you, nothing kills a blog faster than a shitty attitude. Wanna make a self deprecating posts about that meme that you got 0 asks for? NUH UH. Think again. PITY = BAD, SHORT LASTING FRIENDSHIPS. INSPIRED = SUPER AWESOME HAPPY FUN TIMES FOREVER.

Yo, present yourself in a way that makes people wanna approach you. Get them interested, say something wacky or edgy or if your character is self deprecating then self deprecate through them but DO IT IN A FUN WAY. The people who care about icons and fancy promos usually aren’t worth lasting friendships either. Sometimes they literally spend more time formatting than writings something worth while for you. (some of you really balance it and just love formatting but u know im not talking about u Im talking about those that literally wont talk to us that dont)

So present yourself well and be genuine.

--- WAIT WAIT WAIT- be genuine?? What if my genuine self is self deprecating and negative? 

[JOHNNY TEST NOISE] 

HELL NO shut the what up I know you’re not, I know that’s a reflex to cover up how insecure you are, I know you hate how pathetic and small you feel so you point out all the things wrong with you before someone else can. That’s not you, and you are capable of more than that.

Dude. (and non-dude identifying peeps) I’m gunna say it again. I’m gunna say it a million times; one day it will sink in. Everybody feels that way. 

What?? Octo ur so cool and confident tho

You know how you never noticed?? CANT SEE MY HANDS SHAKE THROUGH THE COMPUTER.

DONT KNOW HOW LONG I HESITATED BEFORE SENDING THAT ASK MEME TO YA.

The internet is a playground because you can trick people into believing whatever you want about yourself. YEP even good things!!! You don’t have to wear your flaws on your sleeve, and you certainly don’t have to wear them like a full body cast that prevents you from doing anything fun in your life.

Take the cast off, take a risk. You literally have nothing to lose. Especially if no one interacts with you as is anyways.

Be mindful

This is more of a trick I use to make myself feel better. I don’t follow a lot of people so my dash is pretty slow. It’s fairly easy to tell when people are and aren’t active/online so I literally have to trick myself sometimes but;

If you reblog a meme and get nothing, step back and ask yourself; am I sure anyone even saw it? and are the people who did maybe to shy to send anything? Or maybe nothing in that meme applies to their character.

As a mute character I am VERY restricted to what memes I reply to. As a character who speaks VERY LITTLE I am VERY restricted to what dialogues I can send at all. This means I’m required to edit memes a little (this is allowed by most meme creators btw) or I need a very good relationship with a character in order to say/sign that many words at them.

And worse case scenario, queue it and reblog it again/later. Its no biggie, some memes don’t make it.

Self reflect

Check out people on the dash. Do they have interactions? What are they like? Is their character more welcoming? Maybe you’re character is more intimidating. You might need to actually seek out interaction.

Tumblr has this huge enigma where everyone wants asks but no one wants to send them. Curious anons come from someone, magic anons come from your peers, followers, friends. Some of them are pretty obvious. Want asks? Send them. We really need to get the ball rolling with this because its honestly a problem. Show some initiative and reach out. It actually feels pretty good seeing someone react to your outrageous anon. And its a lot of stress relief if you play an otherwise very serious character to get to branch out and be silly.

So you send asks, you like starter calls- why isn’t it working?

Well, a stranger knocks on your door and tries to get to know you. Its a little awkward- it can work sure in some cases. But in most you’ll probably close the door and phone the police.

The RPC isn’t as strange as that but what’s easier? Talking to a muse you’ve never met from a blog you’ve never seen before? Or writing a thread with your best bud, throwing in inside jokes and references to your favourite shows- teasing each other about that one embarrassing thing that happened to your muse- yeah. Yeah you get it.

If you have history or at least an idea what someone is like, you will want to interact with them more. I don’t know if you’re some mean... meanie pants whos gunna smack my muse because he offered you a cookie. And maybe you are, but if I don’t know you, or know that your muse is deeply traumatized by cookies, I might take that as you saying “Ew no get away I never wanna rp with you”.

It sounds harsh, but I KNOW it happens. It STILL happens to me, even with people I’m friends with. Even if someone has multiple blogs and I get on fine with one muse, if the other hates me I might get uneasy about sending in asks cause I feel like I’m directly bothering the mun (who I love on this blog but WHAT IF THEY START HATING ME THERE TOO???)

Separation is tricky. We all get jealous or feel neglected when our partners focus on another thread/ship or send mean angsty replies which is why its important to check yourself remind yourself you have value, mun =/= muse and that it’s all in good fun.

Have Rules

UGH no!!! Not rules I hate rules, I dont want to restrict anyone!

Listen. I get it. I was a rule-less blog for a long time. But you know what? You need them. Not just for you, but for the people who wanna interact. I still feel the need to ask people who have rules what they are and aren’t comfortable with. You might not realize it but shit can go down in rps especially in certain fandoms. Even if its just the basics. Write them. They matter.

Unless you’re fine with someone literally controlling your character, or a blog you dont even follow who RPs David Letterman tags you in a smutty thread where your muse and him are married and he’s heavily pregnant with 4 narwal baby’s I- I think you can see where I’m going.

If its just the basics, thats fine, everyone loves seeing that. No god modding, not forced shipping, ect- great. Less for me to remember. Add to it if you need to. Everyone experiences rp different. Make your experience a comfortable one.

(And stay tf away from me Preggo-letterman)

Step away.

If you’re feeling negative, just step away. Do not make a big post about it alerting everyone who follows you because they might not all respond well. If you have close friends in then fandom you can go to, talk to them, vent a little, or just remove yourself and get those feelings out. But remember that no one here is equipped to be your therapist, and we cant all be expected to take the burden from you. It is up to you to regulate your emotions. Use coping skills but please don’t make the fandom or your blog a toxic place to be.

You don’t feel good, and no one reading your posts feels good, and building friendships on not feeling good is just... completely not good.

Im not saying you must be sunshine and rainbows all the time, but feeling bad feels bad and even though rping is just a hobby and a past time you are still reaching into other peoples lives. Leave a good impact, try to be someone you would want to meet in the rpc. Make it a better place.

Tips and Tricks

If you leave with nothing else, please take these:

Send Messages. 

IM people, send them asks, get to know them before RPing.

Be kind.

Be generous.

Be enthusiastic.

Be happy.

[buriedinbleach]

I’m so sad! I see some amazing blogs that write ,or start off, struggle to find the attention their writing deserves! I seen the anonymous earlier with the other writer and it made my goal to help tumblr writers even stronger! What’s a good way to help, in your opinion??

Anon, that is so sweet of you to want to help writers!! I’m sure that there are sooo many out there (myself included) that always appreciate the love and support we get from readers and fellow writers.

I’m just going to drop a few of my ideas here, but also direct everyone to this post from @chire-senbonimagines because this post is full of genius-level helpful hints for writing and getting your posts seen by a wider audience! Not to mention, it totally proves my point that admins who run these imagines blogs are really nice and we want to help others succeed. We all started somewhere guys! These are just a few ideas to help writers you like get noticed or just feel supported, feel free to add your own in the comments:

*Reach out: Tell them you enjoyed their work! I know it can be intimidating to interact with writers you admire (I get, I’ve been there! Hell, sometimes I’m still there, tbh), but even the simplest note telling them how much you liked their HC, fic, etc. can go such a long way. If you feel shy about leaving a comment under your blog name (maybe its smut and you don’t want it linked to you - I get it), send them an anonymous ask and let them know how you really feel. I actually love these because I get your legit opinion on my fic, uninhibited. I seriously love and appreciate each one!  

*Reblogs: Reblogs can be extremely helpful in getting readership! They’re something else though that sometimes be hard to come by, especially for people who blog smut-related content. Reblogging is essentially telling everyone who follows you when you really liked something, and can feel strange when its sensitive material. But, unless people actively display who they’re following (most don’t) you don’t know if your fave writer has been recognized by people who enjoy your content! You don’t even need to feel pressured to write anything with the the reblog, though adding your own tags is great! I try to peep people’s tags when they reblog my work and I always like reading them. But more importantly, that’s how you search Tumblr guys! (Minor psa to add tags when reblogging to help a writer get noticed).

*Shoutouts/recommendations: This is the big one, fam. Whether you have a bunch of followers, or just a few, every little mention you want to give a writer helps. I myself was just a wee baby blog (I only started posting my own content in late July), slowly building up followers on my own, when I asked one of my fairy smut-mothers @shadowsnlace to give me a shoutout. That’s when I started getting quite a few more followers! (Admins are usually more than happy to give shoutouts as long as they can give your content a quick review. We love spawning more Bleach blog babies, or smutty Bleach babies in some cases (you know who you are 😉). Welcome to the family!) Or you can always write up a quick post tagging your favorite blogs and letting people know you love their work. If you’re shy about tagging them, don’t be!! No one minds and its another really cool way to let the writer know you enjoy their content.

**Disclaimer: I actually don’t know how these ideas might impact blogs like mine who are still marked as explicit… over a month, and multiple ignored review requests later. Sorry, sorry. I’m projecting. But its something to keep in mind for others out there.

I hope this helps anyone out there looking to support writers. If you have any other ideas, please feel free to drop them in the comments! Or if you just want to pick my brain, feel free to shoot me a message 🥰

[dooditood]

ok so i’m like never active on here lol but the lovely @paeonelle has tagged me in one of those get to know you memes and idk when she tagged me in it but imma do it now!!! yay!!! (this is really long i apologize)

rules: ok i’m not gonna tag anyone bc i am a supes small account and only have like.... 2 mutuals lol and one of them probably forgot i exist bc we haven’t talked since like.. last year oops but it’s fine!!! i still love both of you lol

nickname: boogie (from my dad)/parky or parkie by some of my friends (only a select few)/ or little bitch lol

zodiac: virgo! but i’m the worst one on the planet and i identify myself more with my moon sign, gemini!

height: 5’7! i’m kinda y’all but the girls at my high school are all GIANTS so there i am of average height

last movie i saw: i watched marie antoinette, one of my fav movies, for extra credit but i last saw escape room for my friend’s birthday in theatres and i HATED IT

last thing i googled: the word tangled in spanish

fav musician: idk man i’m constantly listening to someone new but i really like the walters and rex orange county (basic i know)

song stuck in my head: sunflower from into the spider verse bc it’s my fav song rn

other blogs: after not being on tumblr for like.. 5 months.. i deleted my other blog and then changed the username of this one (rip superbarnes) and deleted a bunch of my posts! (which is prolly why my other mutual doesn’t remember me.... oops lol love you @poeticbarnes )

do i get asks: nah bro i’m not cool enough for that lol

following: 73 peeps! but i do need to follow more people my dash is completely covered my @biggest-gaudiest-patronuses

amount of sleep: i am a swimmer, but also a night owl, so i got 7 whole hours of sleep!

lucky number: i’m the most unlucky person so i don’t really have one?

what i’m wearing: a sweatshirt that says democracy in big blue letters and the super comfy bike shorts

dream job: museum curator, marine biologist, archeologist, or mythologist! i’ve always loved history and marine animals; my two fav places in the world growing up was the museum downtown and the science center right next to it

dream trip: probably a trip all over the mediterranean or scandinavia, but in the summer of 2020 i’m going to vienna, prague, and munich babeyyyyyy!!!

play any instruments?: i do not, but i’ve been in choir for as long as i can remember (my only talent is being the most high piched soprano 1 in my choir, other than that i’m SHIT)

languages: english and very bad, broken spanish bc the schools that i went to/go to are not helpful in conversational spanish! and i want to learn italian, a little bit of german, an little bit of french, and a little bit of danish (i’m 22% scandinavian, and i’m most likely from there!)

favorite songs (of 2018):

“sunflower”: both rex orange county and swae lee/post malone

“big sis”: SALES

“i’ll be around”: the growlers

“driving to hawaii”: summer salt

“thank u, next”: ariana grande

“ttyl”: morabeza tobacco

“bookstore girl”: charlie burg

“angle eyes”: mamma mia 2

“1950”: king princess

“boy”: willow

“absolutely smitten”: dodie

random fact: marie antoinette was the daughter of maria theresa, the famed queen of austria known for her role in the thirty years war! also, king louis XVI was probably ace or gay, as he famously had no interest in doing it with any woman, not just marie

describe yourself as aesthetic: a sunny, cool day in the middle of autumn; large, soft sweaters covering shivering bodies; a cup of sweet iced tea (country boyyyyy i love youuuu bleghhh) being drunk while reading “jane eyre”; hopeless, hopeless romantic; pushing off the board on a backstroke race, waiting for the water to hit your fingers and envelope you in cold

[mum-for-da-sons]

Answer these questions then tag people you’d like to know better

tagged by @thiswildermindofmine​ 

thank you!!!

nicknames: jill, fitz, fitzy, the occasional “jillie”

zodiac: virgoooo

height: 5′7″  I think? maybe an inch smaller

time: 7:08 pm

favourite band/artist: i guess i have to say mumford & sons, but also dawes, twenty one pilots because i’m a loser, cavetown, cubsport, uhhh the vaccines? i dunno i like a lot of indiv- oh i guess they’d be “artists,” huh, jim james, blake mills (his new album dropped yesterday!!) johnny fritz, if we’re takin it back johnny flynn too, we’ll throw in laura marling to round out the folk stuff, alabama shakes, i dunno this is getting too long i don’t actively listen to all of them i’m lying 

song stuck in my head: Dog Years by Maggie Rogers

last movie I saw: Wonder & I cried

last thing I googled: “tokyo drift song”

other blogs: i don’t have time for that lol

do I get asks: the only thing that is coming to mind is “what do you mean Not in Nottingham is THAT song? I don’t get it,” so i’d say close to never. it’s cool tho

why I chose this username: i’m as unoriginal as they come & thought of mumford & sons as “a mum for the sons.” but i guess i never put the “a” in. it’s dumb

following: the remaining mumford fans left on this h*llsite, music peeps, some artsy journal blogs, and some funny x-files people

average amount of sleep: uhhh i’ll go 4-6 at least 2 or 3 days a week, and probably 8+ otherwise

what I’m wearing: the maggie rogers merch i impulse bought for black friday that just came in and pants with a hole in the knee. the shirt looks trash on me LOL

dream job: author/something to do with music

dream trip: yeehaw, take me down those country roads of the ole U S of A, i’m boring and have a road map book currently on my bed

favourite food: rotisserie chicken. yeah, i know.

play any instruments: i guess guitar, but poorly

hair colour: is saying dirty blonde still acceptable in this day and age 

languages you speak: English and un petit peu of francais amirite

most iconic song: genuinely nothing comes to mind lol i hate myself

random fact: i’m missing a kidney

describe yourself as aesthetic things: okay uh, vietnam war, hiker, camp counselor- look i know “vietnam war” isn’t an aesthetic okay, I’m blanking. okay, “uninteresting college student” pins me down.

Thanks for the tag!! I kind of regret bolding this stuff but, here we are. I’ll un-bold this next bit. I’m tagging @jaycine​ @careymumford​ (kate if you did this one ignore this) @bowandbanjo​ @sorrowlicher​ @jaycine @hippiebenji i deleted whoever was tagged before so if you already did this, rip, I”m sorry- and whoever else!

[okami2506]

Both @starryeyed-wonder and @autumnpen tagged me on this  sooooooooooo Thank you my loves~<3

Rules: Answer 30 questions. Tag 10 blogs you want to get to know better.

Nickname(s): Okami here on tumblr or any other social media lol except fb where all my friends know my name lol. Bu-baby by a fellow scv player, dorkmate by my bestie, goldfish by my other bestie

Gender: Female

Sign: cancer

Height: 1m 62 cm 

Current time: 1:29 PM

Favorite band(s): Oh well... i don’t actually have favorite artists or bands, just songs here and there. I guess Evanescence, Little Mix, Linkin Park if i have to chose? 

Favorite solo artist(s): Same as above... just songs here and there. 

Song stuck in my head: Warrior by Nina Sublatti (Eurovision yay~)

Last movie I saw: A silent voice (i think)

Last show I watched: Voltron season 6 and i’m dead from feels

When did I create my blog: It goes waaaaaaaaaay back, i think 7 years ago or so but i made it just to see fanart lol i used it as an actual,living blog around 3 years ago or so

What do I post: I post fan art and Oc art, some good ranting and whining, and whatever else i feel like my friends or followers would like to see, like a dead meme or something. Such a boring main blog~

Last thing I googled: The meaning of ‘vanilla’, and no, not the ice cream flavor xD

Do I have other blogs: Nope! Multitasking isn’t my strong point!

Do I get asks: I wish! Since i’m a quiet person i guess i get some quiet time too. Only when there are art challenges my blog lives again lol Can’t say i blame anyone for this, i’m barely active haha

Why did I choose my url: Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm... I made most of my known accounts while my favorite game of all time was Okami. It just stuck to me afterwards because a) i love the game still b) Its meaning is wonderful c) it sounds frickin dope-ish

Following: 76 blogs..

Followed by: 314 wonderful peeps.

Average hours of sleep: It depends on my uni schedule but it’s mostly 7-8 hours

Lucky number: 6 and 13

Instruments: In our school we used to play the flute...aaaand that’s it!

What I’m wearing: my pjs hahaha xDD my top has a print of nemo and the bottom is a diferent pj because my other one had to go to the wash

Dream job: Mangaka or character illustrator

Favorite food: Burgers!!!! (and sushi)

Nationality: Greek

Favorite song: You’re gonna make me chose on that?!?! Impossible!! How about more than one? : Le bien que fait mal -Mozart l-opera rock , Dead or Lie from Danganronpa 3 op, Kiseki no Umi - Maaya Sakamoto, Beast - Mia Martina, Power- Little Mix ,  Lost in Thoughts All Alone - AmaLee’s version,  Håll Om Mig - Nanne Grönvall and the list goes on

Last book I read:... History of graphic design (because of my exams)

Top 3 fictional universes I want to join: hmmmmmmmmmmm....Tales of Zestiria sounds fun to be in, Pokemon universe because it’s a good excuse to have a pet in the house, MOM!! and maaaaaaybe bnha universe with cool powers and a lot of pain sounds fun too :”D

Tagging: @murderxbaby, @xyliane, @ishouldgetatumbler, @codingquest , @comsim   But you don’t have to do it if you don’t wanna!!

[daaenerys]

30 Questions !!!

Ahh sorry for taking so long to do this lol

I was tagged by @goodqueenalys , thanks boo ❤️❤️

Rules: Answer 30 questions and tag blogs you would like to get to know better (or don’t it’s up to you!)

Nickname(s): Han , Hannah banana, idk

Gender: Female

Sign: Sagittarius

Height: 5′8 / 5'9 ?

Time: 7:35 pm

Fav band(s): hmmmm I love the neighbourhood, Years and years & paramore r pretty cool.(also 1D have a special place in my heart)

Fav solo artist(s): Harry Styles (<3) , Beyoncé charli xcx , lana del rey , Børns , tove lo , florence + the machine, ke$ha , halsey, sza, grimes, lorde, rihanna, britney spears, marina and the diamonds, sky ferreira, & so many more lol i could go on forever

Song stuck in my head: i dont have a song stuck in my head rn but im currently listening to love on the brain by Rihanna

Last movie I saw : I haven’t been to the cinema in soooo long , i think it was fantastic beasts? lmao that was like in 2016 wtf. The last movie i actually watched was the Dunkirk dvd i got for Christmas

Last show I watched: currently watching it’s always sunny in philidelphia, its v funny btw

When did I create my blog: August 2017 i think. I was inspired by boatsex lol

What do I post: mostly Game of thrones with some Harry potter, stranger things and other things i like thrown in. The majority of my posts are queued bc im always busy with school & have no energy to reblog stuff

Last thing I Googled: I think it was a picture of a wolf for a biology project lol

Do I have any other blogs: …yea I kinda have a harry styles sideblog, but it’s hard to keep up 2 blogs while im in school and stuff so its not rlly active (its @stylishkiwi btw… follow if ur cool)

Do I get asks: Not often ! Send me some if ur bored , they’re fun

Why did I chose my URL: Because I was obsessed with daenerys when i changed my url. I kindaaaa wanna change it again…. i probably wont though…. atleast not right now

Following: 314 cool peeps

Followed by: 79 cool peeps

Average hours of Sleep: 6-7 ? If i get less sleep than that i cannot function

Lucky number: dont think i have one ha

Instrument you play: i had to learn the recorder in primary school, i can still play hot cross buns on it tho … does that count

What I am wearing: pyjamas my dude

Dream job: Idk mannnn dont ask

Dream trip: Mmmm i wanna go to Paris and live the fantasy u know

Fav food: idk but i love bread and anything with sugar in it lol

Nationality: Irish 🇮🇪

Fav song: probably girl crush by harry styles. I hav no shame

Last book I read: the last book i read was the great gatsby in english class but i haven’t read a book of my own choosing since the hunger games craze (rip)

Top 3 fictional universes I wanna join: definitely the Harry Potter universe. Would also love to be in the parallel universe where i have loads of money butttt anyway. honestly idk most of the fictional universes i like would be shitty to actually live in lol

Tagging: @tinykhaleesi @neuwt @firewhisks @unburntdaenerys @tqrgaryen & anyone else who wants to do it !!!!

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

[newedenhq]

JOSEPHINE "JO" WILLIAMS \ SWITCH \ 24

PERSONALITY

Josephine is passionate, but she doesn’t want people all up in her business about it. She’s always cared too much, and it’s usually bit her hard. So she learned to care less, or at least keep it to herself, so that when things inevitably go wrong she can save face. She’d give you the shirt off of her back if you needed, but all the while calling you an asshat to your face. She thinks she’s cool, but she’s probably the biggest dork you’ve ever met. Jo isn’t great with words which gets her into trouble often, that and the fact that she’s a stubborn little shit.

BIOGRAPHY

Josephine Williams came into this world softly, which her mom always told her is why she was so chaotic in life. That was just more proof she didn’t know her daughter much at all. It was true, Baby Jo barely made a peep when she was born. The nurses couldn’t believe it, honestly. Sweet, quiet, and pink all over, unaware of the harsh world that awaited her. Jo likes to say it was probably the best moment of her life, because it was all downhill from there. Jo’s mother, Caroline, a switch who’d been widowed and left with a 5yr old daughter was lost and unsure of what to do next when she met a charming Dominant. A man who made her plenty of promises, but followed through on none of them but did leave her with one last gift… JO. It turned out Caroline had a knack for picking up men who’d use her and toss her aside like trash in an effort to find some form of love she was missing, in spite of the effect it had on her daughters. Jo spent her formative years in a run down one bedroom with her big sister, mother and whatever man promised the world that month. It was infuriating even then, but at least she had her sister, her stone, her steady, and protector. When the men got too close big sister always put on her cape, at least in Jo’s mind, and stepped in and saved her. She knew when her stomach hurt because she couldn’t remember the last time she’d ate, or she was freezing because there was no heat that her sister would figure it out. Eventually her whole world was taken from her when Monica’s paternal grandparents found out she was marked a Dominant and seized custody. Jo felt as though her mother didn’t even put up a fight. Drawing was the love that stayed threw it all. Jo couldn’t think back to a time when it wasn’t there to comfort her. Getting lost in the pictures she drew and the art she created was her favorite escape. Things were always uncertain in her life; her mother couldn’t keep a job, there were never any guarantees on whether she was going to have a roof over her head or food to eat so when she was marked a switch it honestly came as no surprise. The universe was giving her no breaks. So all she had was the ability to tell her story, express her rage and sadness through her art. She carried around notebooks and colored pencils, that she “appropriated” along the way. Jo grew up and adapted to the world she lived. She was a hustler, she learned how to make a buck and slip out before things got too sticky, most of the time. Her main hustle was selling sketched portraits on the streets and occasionally she’d run errands for local hoods, and they looked out for her best they could. They cared for her in their own way and that actually meant a great deal to her. It’s all she had time to worry about, that’s why Jo, didn’t concern herself too much with any of the activism going on around her. She was a switch and no amount of marching and sign waiving was going to change that. As far as pastimes go, Jo’s weren’t always exactly legal. Oliver Mills, a spoiled trust fund man-baby, found Jo tagging a skyline on the side of a building and had an inspired idea. He called the authorities and later bailed her out of jail. His architecture firm was fledgling and he knew he could use all the help he could get. Having a creative young artist under his thumb could only serve him well. Jo went with it because she figured it was less time on the streets. He’d offered her a job as his assistant, code for “give me your designs, so I can use them as my own.” After a couple years of that Dance Oli’s firm propelled into one of the biggest on the east coast and Jo was still barely scraping by.

HEADCANONS

Jo has never scened. She gets her shot and doesn’t think about that shit. Okay so she thinks about it all the time. A lot. Whatever. Shut up.

There is a sketchbook Jo has to submit to Oliver once a month, but Jo has another book filled with her best, most inventive house and building designs. And she might secretly dream of making those a reality one day.

Jo is a Jedi Master and she practices her lightsaber technique while listening to 2pac.

Jo found a possible address for her sister and she takes the sad piece of paper everywhere but has no actual plans of looking her up.