#i wonder if the count has a fandom :0...?

[thelingering]

thanks for the tag :DD!!!

Tagging (no pressure!) @moethh @margindoodles2407 @justuravghazbin @justmossyall @aspiringbabushka (?) and anyone else who'd like to hop in here :D!!

Blorbo Poll

Rules: make a poll with five of your all-time favourite characters and then tag five people to do the same. See which character is everyone's favourite.

Tagged by @powersuitup. Probably very predictable picks for anyone who knows me but whatevs.

NP tagging @tweetthang96, @coolnerdyrn, @kayliemalinza, @raaorqtpbpdy, and @thephilosophersapprentice.

[i-may-be-an-emu]

TELL ME ABOUT THE MEN!!!!!!

HELLO!!!

GLADLY :DD

THE MEN. :)

They’re called shoot from the hip (sfth) and are @shootimpro on youtube, tiktok, instagram, facebook, x/twitter, Bluesky, as well as on linktree, patreon and ko-fi.

(Hi just a note that I’ve updated this post a bit :))

They’re London based but have done shows outside london like in Scotland (Edinburgh Fringe) and even to Spain. They want to hopefully go to other countries in the future too!!

From left to right they’re Sam, Tom, AJ and Luke :)))

Ok, so. They do improvised comedy and their shows have two halves (generally with a break in the middle) they play lots of short drama games in the first half and then improvise 20-30 minute (on average) plays in the second half, sometimes with another game at the end.

The plays are so much fun (they’ve got 43 of them up on youtube so far!! (< updated January 2025)) and they’ve also released three full specials (full shows) which you can find on their channel :)

For a few of the older ones (apart from the first one) they were filming on an iphone and just projecting their voices, so the the audio and image quality can be hard to deal with (but all their videos are subtitled by the AMAZING volunteer subtitlers!!!) the older videos are well worth watching, though!!!

They have SO MUCH CONTENT because during covid they did zoom-style improv shows with eachother and you can watch those as a patreon. (To find out what else you get with patreon go to my pinned post :))

They also have SO MANY VIDEOS that are just the regular public ones!!!! They upload short ones of the games and some 5-10min ones of the games too, as well as the long forms (plays)

Now some info about the guys :D

Samuel Thomas Russell-Holmes:

Birthday 21st July 1989 (35)

Married this year and expecting a baby!!! :)

wears a red flannel a LOT (less recently, but still a LOT, it’s his Thing)

he says some very risky things sometimes but also has the audacity to look shocked when the others do it lol

Fav colour is green

he’s 5”10

brown eyes

currently producing a radio show for the bbc called wing it (available in December!)

if he were a Disney Princess he said he’d be Rapunzel

VERY GOOD AT ANIMAL (specifically goat/sheep) NOISES

initiates kisses with the others a lot (all of them do but I’ve counted and he kisses Luke the most and initiates kisses with all of them the most overall) (in the videos they’ve posted at least))

great at talking in Spanish gibberish, often paired with opening his shirt buttons

loves fantasy things

interested in Greco Roman mythology

wrote an audiobook called “Evergreen”

his mother and grandfather are/were successful actors

Has a drama degree

Low spice tolerance

has eaten raw egg live on camera

likes to cook

Thomas Mayo-Woodman/Hodgson-Mayo:

HES SO TALL (this man is almost 2m tall- he’s 6”5.5 :0)

brown eyes

his birthday is 10th July 1989 (35)

Married to a drag king (@pipdream on insta, tiktok, youtube, ect.) whose pronouns are they/them (they’re an icon and we love them)

Wrote a graphic novel (it’s called Future it’s about space lesbians)

literally one of the sweetest and kindest souls on this planet I’ve never met him but every time he says anything it’s like WOW OK YOURE SO NICE AND KIND AND WONDERFUL (everything I’ve heard from people who’ve met him is SO NICE)

SO GOOD AT IMPROVISING (specifically Shakespearian-style) MONOLOGUES

his favourite colour is red

has two english degrees (very good with grammar and words)

has adhd

makes a garbled choking noise very well (you have to hear it to get what I mean I guess lol)

has eaten a teabag live on camera

He’s referred to as the “dad” of the group a bit

Very hard to make him laugh on stage (but he’s been laughing more, recently!!) and each one is treasured

He’s so kind did I mention he is so kind

lovingly called a squid or squidboi by the fandom because of one time (a few times actually) he like stuck his hands in his sleeves and was like “I’m a squid”

does a lot of admin work for sfth and handles the finances (at least he did, they might have someone for that now I’m not sure) and takes care of the patreon

Makes a lot of spreadsheets

DID I MENTION HOW NICE AND KIND HE IS

Alexander Thomas Jeremy (AJ):

Birthday on 4th November 1991 (32)

CONFUSION KING /aff (he gets confused easily but we love him for it)

He’s bald and gets made fun of for it RELENTLESSLY (again, lovingly)

Absolutely ANGELIC singing voice

Blue eyes

born in Manchester(UK) but grew up in France (fluent in French)

makes movies/short films on youtube!! He’s working on a new one now and you can find them @lofi_film25 on youtube (that’s also his film insta)

does a lot of the editing for sfth and has a lot of input into which longforms to upload apparently

he’s such a himbo (/aff)

fav colour is blue

He’s 6 foot tall

On their covid livestreams would always forget to get costuming ready “I don’t do costumes” (king <3)

his rapping is BEAUTIFUL (words that barely rhyme at all and make NO sense 😌)

He delivers GREAT one liners

so good at playing children it’s crazy

can do magnificent cartwheels and loves to jump on the others with no warning

lots of muscles but lost an arm wrestle against Tom

Thinks he can’t do an Irish accent but I think it’s pretty good

also has a drama degree

He creates such amazing characters in the longforms

this is more just my opinion but I love his laugh

VOLDEMORT IMPRESSION IS SPOT ON

Luke Christopher Manning

Birthday is the 23rd October 1989 (currently 34 about to be 35)

Hazel eyes

hes not short but he’s the short-EST, 5”7.5

gets made fun of for his height a LOT (lovingly!!)

SO good at accents

so good at playing women

also so good at playing children

such a good actor overall (the only one of them currently perusing acting I believe)

says THE MOST UNHINGED THINGS

people think he’s innocent (somehow) but he’s SO unhinged

took his pants off live on stage (wearing underwear but still lol 😭 he’s a menace)

lives in Spain with his long term girlfriend (can speak very competently in Spanish)

so much attitude in such a small guy (/aff)

sometimes compared to Macaulay Caulkin looks-wise

plays bass guitar in a band

Teaches acting (to kids??) in Spain

also has adhd

also has a drama degree

His favourite film is back to the future I’m pretty sure?

So confident in himself I aspire to be like that

people say he “doesn’t age” and looks really young but I personally think he does look his age

sometimes called “Luke Womanning” as a play on his last name because of how amazing all his female characters are

They’re all really close friends and met at uni and started doing improv around 13 years ago together! Started gaining popularity in 2022 on tiktok and are gaining more and more fans every day!

Um. Whoops I wrote a lot lol. (It totally hasn’t been an hour of me just writing this hahahaha)

anyway I love them so much :)))) (as you can probably tell)

anyway!

THANK YOU SO MUCH ANON THIS ASK MEANS SO MUCH TO ME :DDDDD

[asher-agere]

For the ask game:

🦄🎡🔥🌷 :3

No pressure to answer any of them! I wish you a lovely time zone ^^

YAY ASK GAME. Also “I wish you a lovely time zone” is my new favorite way of saying that-

🦄 - What animal do you have the most plushies of?

Last time I was asked this I just guessed- But this time is for real! The winner is… My cat plushies! I have 10.5 (One is half unicorn…). I thought dogs would win cause of my Cinnamoroll obsession but I only have 8 :0

🎡 - What’s something nostalgic you do when regressed?

Honestly a lot of regression for me is about making a new childhood rather than reliving my own! Howeverrrr I’ve always loved to play with Legos! My dad loved Legos hehe so I’ve been playing with them since like birth

🔥 - Babble about someone you really love!

Hehehe… My time has come…

@sasha-romeave IS THE BEST CAREGIVER AND LITTLE BABY AND SHE’S SO MUCH FUN AND SO AMAZING AND I LOVE THEM SO SO MUCH. SHE DESERVES ALL OF MY LOVE EVER

@babyniigo BEST BIG SIS EVER. GENUINELY MY FAVORITE BLOG EVER AND THE FIRST PERSON I FOLLOWED (Not counting my friends who helped me learn to use tumblr-)

@twinypwupy BEST SIBBY EVER. I’m not in the fandom they post for a lot, which is sad BUT THEIR POSTS ALWAYS LOOK SO SO PRETTY AND THEY’RE SOO MUCH FUN TO TALK TO GUYS

@sunny-silly AHH SUNNY. LOVE YOU SO MUCH. THEY ARE SO SO FUN TO TALK TO. I LOVE GETTING TO SHARE MY IDEAS ABOUT CHARACTERS NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW, AND SUNNY CAN ADD TO MY IDEAS. AND LIKES MY IDEAS. AND WE SEEM TO ENJOY SIMILAR THINGS AND IT MAKES THEM SO SO AMAZING TO TALK TO

@starb4byy MY NEW RP PARTNER. THEY WRITE SUCH BEAUTIFUL AMAZING WONDERFUL WORDS AND THEY’RE SO SO CONSIDERATE AND GIVE THE BEST COMPLIMENTS

🌷 - When/why did you start regressing?

I started regressing around 2 years ago! Give or take a couple months. I started regressing because I realized. Hey! I remember like 10% of my childhood! And I feel miserable! What if I just. Y’know. Tried again? Then I’ve been hooked! I did stop for like 6 months after losing a caregiver though, definitely a low point-

YAY I FINALLY GOT TO BABBLE ABOUT PEOPLE I LOVE. I love each and every one of you! Those 5 are just like the ones I interact with most, they’re in no specific order, except for my caregiver who’s obviously in first place! Sorry guys but no competition there

[cursedcrazy-starkid]

Little detail in NPMD that’s living rent free in my mind (spoilers ahead!)

I know the fandom has been obsessing over figuring out the lyrics to everyone’s favorite chaotic™️ scene but I wanna acknowledge something in the choreography that caught my attention💃🏻

Okay so first off MASSIVE PROPS to Lauren for choreographing this so amazingly. If you pay close attention you’ll notice that each of the Lords in Black has their own cute little 8 count dance related to their character (some more clear than others).

Pokey💙

switching back and forth between his hand and the mask (I’m assuming representing him wanting to block out every voice that’s not his own).

Nibbly💗

need I explain???

Wiggly💚

I’m assuming the arm motions are supposed to represent his tentacles

Blinky💜

also self-explanatory

Tinky💛

… okay honestly this one tripped me up but it fits the vibe

Okay so this alone was a cool discovery, but THEN I noticed that the Lords in Black cycled through each other’s choreography throughout the scene. After a million watches that I absolutely don’t regret I’m pretty sure I figured out the pattern to be: Wiggly➡️Tinky➡️Nibbly➡️Blinky➡️Pokey🔁 in a looping order. There were a few discrepancies in this pattern (I think possibly either due to choreography mistakes or maybe it was just to make the choreography look more symmetrical?) but this was the order that most commonly persisted:

Anything in parenthesis is what I think they were supposed to do because it’s a simple switch that fits the pattern (Corey never did Tinky’s dance but did Nibbly’s for 2 cycles, Lauren had Nibbly and Tinky’s reversed).

Anyway this may already be a thing because I definitely need to get caught up on Hatchetfield lore but I’m wondering if there’s any significance to this order?

It almost matches the order that we were introduced to the Lords in Black in (Blinky being the one out of place):

Wiggly (Black Friday)

Blinky (Watcherworld. NMT Season 1, episode 1 part 2)

Tinky (Time Bastard. NMT Season 1, episode 2 part 2)

Nibbly (Honey Queen. NMT Season 2, episode 1)

Pokey (Yellow Jacket. NMT Season 2, episode 4).

It almost matches reverse order to when we were first introduced to all of the dolls in The Witch in the Web: Pokey➡️Blinky➡️Tinky➡️Nibbly➡️Wiggly. Nibbly and Tinky are reversed, which could maybe be connected to Lauren reversing their dances in the order but I feel like that’s too far of a reach:

It also almost matches the order that the names are read from in the black book (again reverse order and Nibbly and Tinky are switched):

^creds to whoever typed out the script cause my digital ticket expired by the time I realized I wanted to double check this

It makes sense that invoking the names ends with Wiggly since it’s been implied at multiple times that he is the most powerful and terrible of the Lords in Black but other than that I’m clueless.

One moment that perfectly matches the pattern in the dance if you reverse it is the one real picture we have of the dolls from Nick’s Twitter:

If you start with any of them and go backwards it matches the (most consistent) pattern from the dance perfectly: Nibbly⬅️Tinky⬅️Wiggly⬅️Pokey⬅️Blinky

There’s more stuff that shows up in the choreography throughout the dance that intrigued me but this post is already way too long and I’m guessing with my luck there’s probably 0 significance to the order that the dances were done in buuuut yeah I’m driving myself insane on this so if anyone has any insight let me know!

Nerdy prudes must die🤪

[utdrmv-confession-box]

WARNING: this involves serious topics such as abliesm and abusing such topics to suppress others

Can we not start lying and pretending that anybody that likes blueberry sans is abliest. lmao.

Someone blocked? me for defending someone that wondered where blueberry sans went

the person that blocked me was incredibly hostile for 0 reason and resorted to trying to make it seem like it's abliest to like Fanon swap sans/blueberry and when I WAS KINDLY explaining that they were kinda being a jerk and needed to lay off because FROM WHAT I REMEMBER and have seen in my life the fandom never considered blueberry or papyrus to have autism in canon

so how could it even be abliest if they did not even know he had autism

they claimed swap sans had autism because apparently undertale papyrus does

Which again while it's useless to mention as a autistic and minority who hates ableism

I disagree

I don't think he has it.

MAYBE it was intended to be hinted at.

But it's not confirmed

So how could blueberry have it when it's not even canon possibly

honestly as a autistic it's insane watching people attach autism to every character with their own headcanons to the point they believe they can start calling others abliest

HELL they even called what they said a opinion

they admitted it.

but for some reason since it's somehow a opinion to find blueberry gross for something that doesn't even exist they suddenly have the right to harrass others for said headcanon

The people making Blueberry probably never even knew papyrus is autistic if he truly is that is.

anyway many of yall misunderstand representation. while yes MANY characters are autism coded NOT every one is

they can have traits of autism without being autistic

anyway despite being some random innocent kid I'm sure the person who blocked me will start being like *THIS GUY IS ABLIEST*. also fuck I spaced everything out again. sorry.

[Mod note: Respectfully, I am not copy pasting all this (twenty fucking lines of text. Yes, I counted). Additionally I don’t want to hear another word about this situation again, and any confessions regarding this situation will be deleted, as well as any reblogs on this post, or replies to the previous one about Blueberry will be ignored.]

[myntrose]

was wondering if you could do Diluc, Kaeya, Venti, and Aether (if you do him) w/ a male s/o that people call mother nature cause he is basically mother nature lolz (hcs)

ex. tending to plants, having a strong dendro vision, nature-themed clothes, flowers and leaves in hair, etc.

basically just one big scary motherly male reader lolz

srry if this doesn't make sense :3

-Tea Anon | If possible plssss

welcome Tea Anon :D this was such a cute ask （ ；´Д｀）*sobs*

(✿)genshin men with a nature reader(✿)

ft: Aether, Diluc, Kaeya, Venti x male! reader (separately)

cn: established relationships, dendro! reader, masc described reader(i don't think pronouns were used tho) , reader is on the softer side :D, kaeya n venti being drunk, and shorter hc on venti cause i don't know how to write him as well t-t, sweet fluff

a/n: omg my first ask for this fandom IM SO EXCITED AHHHH I also included a mini blurb after each headcanon :D

summary: little headcanons with the genshin men and their nature oriented boyfriend :D

word count: 1.1k

Aether

being with Aether is such a dream for any botanist alike; with him going to different nations on the daily its just the perfect opportunity for you to collect different plants for different regions

oh, do some plants not survive in the same environment as the other? no worries! Aether has already built different biomes and greenhouses in his teapot for you :D

regardless of being the renowned traveler, its not uncommon for him to return back to you with some sort of injury

it really helps that your vision allows you to create medicinal herbs and plants alike

it's quite a sight for people when they see the fearless traveler being scolded by his boyfriend

matching flower crowns!!! Aether allows you to play with his hair and weave in little flowers and leaves ( 0/)w(\0✿)

After a long day of doing commissions, Aether can finally take a break. That's what he thought 3 hours ago, before he accepted another job. Well, more like Paimon accepting the job for him... "Oh come on Traveler, we need the mora!" At least it was an easy task; All he had to do was collect a bouquet of different flowers.

Aether went around the entire of Mondstadt picking as many regional flowers as he could. Before long, he completely wiped the entire area clean. Unfortunatly, he still needed a few more to complete the bouquet. Just as he started to dig his wallet to buy flowers from Flora, a ring of said flowers started to appear around him.

"I heard from around that a certain Traveler was in need of some Windwheel Asters. To be honest, I was quite disappointed that you didn't come to me first."

Looking behind him, Aether turns to face you. Oh, he recognizes you. The infamous dendro user, Mother Nature, as most call you. He's seen you around before, but has never had the time to talk to you. Just as he starts to thank you for the help, you pick up one of the Asters, placing it delicately in his hair.

You wish you could take a picture of his face, as it was a red as the flowers themselves.

Diluc Ragnvindr

guys lets all take a moment and think about all the possibilities diluc and a dendro reader would have

(im gonna write a whole different series for this later lol)

we have mr. diluc, owner of the dawn winery, who needs grapes, with a dendro user, who's strength rivals that of the dendro archon herself

yea, it's great of business lol

diluc knows a bit about cultivating and caring for plants too, so if you ever gift him any plants or flowers they'll always be in top condition

also, if you give him any cut flowers i imagine he would dry them and use them as bookmarks (◕﹏◕✿)

there were times that diluc was to scared to come near you, just because he thinks he might burn the leaves in your hair or the plants you create

he probably got people to build you a little greenhouse outside of the dawn winery to keep all your plants

Just like the wind, word travels fast around Mondstadt. It isn't everyday that the townsfolk get to gossip about the uncrowned king of Mondstadt's love life.

Many rumors sprout about how the two of you met. Some say it might be because of your elemental abilities. Other stories consist of you having a similar social status as Diluc, being known throughout the city.

Whatever the case may be, it's safe to say that meeting you was one of the best moments in Diluc's life. He finds peace and solace in you, something that was taken away from him at a young age. While Diluc is used being the protector of Mondstadt, he can't help but feel his heart beat a little bit faster when you tend to him.

Kaeya Alberich

man all the nicknames he has for you AHHH

"My Rose" "My dear Calla Lily" "My Prince"

i feel like he would be a natural romantic, always bringing you flowers + gifts on dates

before he dated you, there was never a plant inside his home. he doesn't think he has a "green thumb". but if you give him plants/bring them over, he'll try his best to take care of them

whenever he's out on expeditions, he tries his best to always bring you along (unless the mission is to dangerous) since he knows you've always preferred the outdoor

he's quite the romantic, so he definitely knows a bit about flower language

so please please give him calla lilies (◕﹏◕✿) he falls a little deeper in love with you every time you give him some

(calla lily in flower language can mean beautiful AHHHH)

sometimes diluc will rely on you to make sure kaeya gets home safe after a round or two at angel share

It's late at night when you get a messenger bird, altering you of your boyfriends most recent drinking session. You enter Angel Share, to see the scene in front of you.

There at the bar is Rosaria, who's taking another swig of whatever's in her cup, Diluc, who's cleaning the bar, and Kaeya, who's slouched onto the counter. It takes one look from the Diluc to understand that it's time to drag Kaeya out of the bar.

The wind was strong this night, with the Calvary captain on your shoulder. "You really need to go easy on those drinks, Kaeya." Said man starts to giggle next to you, before turning to face you.

"...thank you, for caring for me, my prince"

Venti

is Venti a whole god and can handle himself? yes

does he still need monitoring with his alcohol intake?

yes

while he may be so shamelessly flirty, he really is so in love with you

besides the usual "windblume", he would also call you "dandelion"

his favorite spot to hang out with you would be the tree in windrise

he likes sitting on one of the branches while you tend to the tree and create foliage as you go

(has asked you to help in the making of grapes for wine lol)

Many have been thanking the anemo archon for the calm and cooling breeze that has been passing by all week. Some believe that something good must have happened to him, or that he's decided to bless the land of freedom for the fun of it.

Venti can't help but laugh while hearing all the prayers and thanks from the people of Mondstadt. Looking down at your lap, you're met with the most love-struck gaze and lopsided grin you've ever scene.

"What's gotten you in a good mood?" You ask while combing through his hair, removing the leaves and flowers that were previously braided in them. All you get back is a small "ehe", before Venti goes back to humming a small tune.

i rly hope this was written well a lot was written during 12-3 am lol

[daily-rayless]

AO3 Wrapped: Writer Edition

Got the idea to do this from @deemoyza

Words written this year: 25500

Works written this year: I wrote four fics this year, though two of them came pretty late and haven't been posted yet: "After the First Time" (Aerith, Final Fantasy 7), "Tenuto" (Tales of the Abyss -- I'm counting it as one fic because it's a drabble collection), "Matter Recollected" (Fate, we'll see about that title), and "Mother Paws" (Narnia, we'll also see about that title). (Other fics I posted this year had been written earlier.)

Work Most Proud of: "Matter Recollected". Most of the word count comes from that one, but it was an attempt to tell a bigg-ish story in a short-ish amount of space. I think I did pretty well establishing scenes and the characters' circumstances, then letting them stew in their own angsty juices for a while.

Work with Most Hits: Between the two that have been posted, definitely "After the First Time". FF7 is a much bigger fandom than Abyss.

Fav title: "Tenuto" gave me so much trouble, trying to find something to unite ten drabbles, so I fell back on music (appropriate for Abyss), and the fact that ten is there in the word was a bonus.

Pairing You Wrote the Most For: None of the pairings overlap, though the ArcherHakuno (technically ShirouHakuno) "Matter Recollected" is the longest, so we'll say that.

What Work was the Quickest To Write: "Mother Paws". I was thinking about Narnia while I was exercising (sure, that's a thing that happens) and ideas started leaping out of my brain; so I stopped what I was doing and hammered it out in thirty, maybe forty minutes.

What Work Took You Longest To Write: "Matter Recollected" took about a month, in forty-ish minute bursts every night. "Tenuto" also took a fair bit of time in the editing stage, getting the drabbles down to 100 words.

How Many WIPS do you have for next year: No first drafts. Things are being edited, though, right until they're posted, so we can count stuff from The Muse Trilogy there. Still wondering if I should even post the earlier Fate stuff, and I have one outstanding Abyss fic from a few years ago I might post.

Longest Work of the Year: "Matter Recollected" at 21100 words.

Shortest Work of the Year: "Tenuto" at 1000 words.

Fav character to Write: I really enjoyed dipping into different povs for "Tenuto", including characters I'd never really touched before. But if I'm honest, I love writing for Hakuno, my impression of her as a character is still developing, and she's just a lot of fun. So we'll say Hakuno.

Which work of yours have you re-read the most: Maybe "Tenuto"? Editing was all about repeated whittling.

Total Kudos this Year: 55. (Most of that is for Aerith.)

Total Hits This Year: 497. (Ditto!)

Total Bookmarks This Year: 6

Total Subscriptions This Year: 0

What Do You Listen To While Writing: I tend to listen to my music on shuffle. In most cases, having lyrics doesn't bother me, and I listen to a lot of folk and piano pop, so it tends not to be very intrusive to start with. It definitely helps mentally separate me into a writing mindset.

Fav line or passage: I don't know if I have a favorite, but I like this one: She watches Cloud walking ahead of her, turning to say something quiet to Tifa. She has to pull away from him now. But in the days that follow, she doesn't. Maybe she can't, but she suspects she merely doesn't. She did, after all, warn Cloud that the only thing she was really good at is giving up. Because she knows she'll probably die, and the Whispers still cluster around her and take from her, and the Lifestream, as beautiful as it is, doesn't have the same tenderness of being alive.

[lock-my-feelings-in-a-jar]

Hello, I have a tiny question.

Lately I've started to publish gifs and the thing is that I don't see a lot of people reblogging them. I've been wondering if I make them in a bad way or is it just that they need time to get more attention?

As the fellow gif maker I think you should have the answer. Thank you in advance.

this is such a precious ask that also kind of makes me sad. and a very good and real question.

without even seeing them, i'm like 99.9% sure it isn't your gifs that are the problem.

this has been a thing that a lot of people have been complaining about, actually. i've seen so many posts basically yelling at everybody to reblog from creators because otherwise people get discouraged and stop posting, that the lack of reblogs is slowly killing tumblr. especially if people come here hoping to meet/interact with others over common interests and they don't get that. the loneliness is real.

i mean, this place used to be more populated too, so less people is probably part of it.

it also depends on whether you're posting things related to a big fandom or a small fandom, or if it's not really fandom specific stuff.

in a bigger fandom, reblogs should be more common but some people still complain about the reblogs/likes ratio, with most notes being likes instead of reblogs.

in a small and/or nonexistent fandom, you'd probably be like me with around an average of 0-4 total notes on a typical gifset, reblogs usually being very rare(not counting the times i've reblogged my own posts).

some fandoms might have more rebloggers in them than others regardless of whether it's big or small, depending on the people in it.

if your gifs aren't always fandom specific, it might be hit or miss where an occasional post might blow up, while most of the rest might get very little. (in 2020, i was making gifs of various bands, i made some of a guns n roses video and one gifset has over 400 notes, over 100 of them being reblogs, while the rest of the gifsets from that video have like 15 notes total. i never know what will happen, but now i know people love guns n roses)

if you're posting on a new blog, you could just need time for people to find your posts. be sure it's all tagged so people can find them, especially in case anybody is following a specific tag.

it's also fine for you to reblog your own posts to bring them back into the light once in a while. some people feel weird about doing self-reblogs, but otherwise your followers might not even know they're there unless they're put back on their dashboard or if they're specifically searching it(which is sometimes unsuccessful with tumblr's search problems). some might miss them when they were first posted depending on the time of day and their timezones and how active their own dashboard is, things like that. i reblog my own stuff all the time, especially if i have something new in mind to say about it later on or if i'm just browsing my own archive for fun. i made them, i figure i'm allowed to have fun with them if i feel like it.

if you're making the gifs just because you enjoy making gifs, just keep doing what you love doing, don't worry about the notes so much. eventually you will attract the right people. sometimes it can just take a long time to get there, especially in tumblr's current state where it's harder for people to discover you when nothing's getting reblogged by other people. but if you decide it doesn't feel worth it, i wouldn't blame you because i've felt that too, many times. i'll probably feel it again eventually. but i have a few different reasons i continue making and posting gifs despite that.

it feels weird too when things happen like, you'll be posting about one thing for a long time and then one of your followers will reblog one of the posts one day and it turns out one of THEIR followers is very interested and had no idea your blog even existed for all that time. it's like. HOW LONG HAS THAT PERSON BEEN JUST SLIGHTLY OUT OF REACH?

but everybody's blog is their own, i personally wouldn't ever tell somebody what they should or shouldn't post on their own blog. it's just sad to me that so many people seem so separated these days. i hope that changes and people start wanting to be involved in each other's things more without being pressured to. but also, this is the social anxiety website.

[summerongrand]

20 questions for fic writers

I was tagged by the wonderful and talented Lana @cfr749. She’s a gifted writer and has 19 works with a WHOPPING 354,235 words on Ao3!!!!!! She’s a gem, a fandom OG (I think), and began writing Chenford since before they were canon. I like to read an author’s fics in chronological order and am reading hers this way. There’s a charm about reading pre-canon works in this fandom because it’s like time traveling and seeing a shipper’s heart through their writing and their belief in this ship that may or may not come true. And Lana on top of all of that has a way of combining words in a way that tugs at the essence of human emotion. Go read her fics!!!

1. How many works do you have on Ao3? I’m honored to be recognized as a fic writer despite having zero works on Ao3. Lana was incredibly thoughtful to tag me and I *think* it’s because she saw some tags where I mentioned that I write fic. Noticing small things like that is one of the many reasons why she is an awesome human being.

2. What’s your total Ao3 word count? Currently 0. In total, I have around 80,000 words that I haven’t shared yet. 

3. What fandoms do you write for? The Rookie.

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

I’ll use this space to preview 5 fics in various stages of planning:

1. Psych professor Lucy and student Tim. Tim is married and Lucy’s in a relationship, so Chenford will be riding down Angst Avenue for a while … even as they ride their s/o’s.

2. Psych professor Lucy and student Tim. A companion story to the first.

3. Tim meeting Lucy’s grandma. There are a few OCs in this one including Lucy’s grandma. This is planned as a one-shot with potential for more chapters. I’m currently “face casting” Lucy’s grandma, so if anyone has suggestions, feel free to send them my way.

4. Soulmates AU. I have five separate Google docs with five separate ideas of how I want to write this. I’m leaning towards writing this from a historic angle where there’s a huge geographic separation between Lucy and Tim.

5. Found family goes on vacation. Patrice or the Thorsen family owns a huge resort up in the mountains (because of course they do). Our favorites spend a few days of fun up there. Thinking of writing Chenford as either having a secret relationship or in a pre-relationship. I just returned from a vacation in the mountains and this was in no way inspired by that. Nope.

5. Do you respond to comments?

If someone takes the time to comment on my stories, I definitely will reply.

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

My fics will always end happy because Lucy Chen deserves for Tim Bradford to give her the world.

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

Psych professor Lucy/student Tim is the only one that has an ending so far. But dunno yet if I’ll keep that ending.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

No, because I currently don’t have any fics on Ao3.

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

Psych professor Lucy/student Tim is my first fic in over 20 years and first foray into smut. They just wanna bang … their s/o’s and each other.

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

As a kid, I wrote a fic where BSB, NSync, Britney, Christina, Mandy Moore, Jessica Simpson, O-Town, A*Teens, etc. all stayed in a hugeass chalet and performed sets. BSB and NSync kept throwing shade and snowballs at each other.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Nope.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? 

No.

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

Not yet.

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

Chenford!

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

I started writing psych professor Lucy/student Tim over six months ago and I honestly don’t ever want to finish writing that fic. But that's also partly why I haven't shared it yet. The story keeps evolving which makes the front end still a work in progress.

16. What are your writing strengths?

I can’t comment on my strengths as a fic writer because I haven’t gotten any feedback on my fics in over 20 years. But I guess I have a lot of cultural awareness and this helps with characters as diverse as what is on The Rookie. For example, I'm aware that when Colin O’Neil (Mel’s bro) drinks, his face turns tomato red. He wrote about it in an Instagram post. Same thing happens to Melissa and to a lot of other East Asians but there are ways to circumvent redness with pills and such. So yeah, with that tidbit in mind, there's a scene in one of my fics where Tim clocks Lucy’s tomato red flush after a night of drinking.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Transferring complex plots onto a page. It makes sense in my head but it may not make sense to readers.

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

Haven’t written dialogue in another language but I’m not against it either. I know enough Spanish to be comfortable writing in it without butchering it. I'm so game for Lucy to speak Chinese to Tim and Chenford kids, but I don’t know if I can pull it off. I can try though!

19. First fandom you wrote for?

S Club 7.

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

Professor Lucy/student Tim. 

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Thanks again for the tag, Lana!

I'm tagging @onlyforchenford (because I'm an instigator and would love to read her fics), @poppypickle, @goodgirlssayiloveyoutoo @rememberthismomentx, @lovemesomechenford, @randomlittleimp, and @sailorslut111 (apologies if y'all have already done this and I missed it)!

[citrusotakutea]

Hey op just curious what makes you hate the new Hellsing fanbase. As a fellow Hellsing fan I was wondering if I’ve completely missed something strange going on lately.

The new Hellsing fandom honestly irks me because of the surface level probing of the source material*. Yes, to most it's a hard core, dark, violent, mad and bad-ass anime but, like I've said so often, for so long on this dumb blog, it has the BEST female characters I've ever seen, recently rivaled by Arcane. Incredible depiction of platonic relationships and morally grey characters. To me, it's primarily a found family story, among other things.

The side characters are incredible, Yumi and Heinkel are the most underrated of the show. I mean come on priest and nun lesbians (lesbian used liberally). Heinkel is confirmed by the author to be an INTERSEX HUMAN. Alucard shapeshifts into a female (which, looking at the Devilman fandom, everyone took for an obvious trans metaphor, why not here?). The source material is as homoerotic as it can get between a lot of the characters (the tension between Sir Integra and Seras during the blood scene). Let's not forget Rip van Winkle, Pip, Walter, and Alexander. Alucard's teasing, Seras' naivety and subsequent maturity, Pip's endurance and playful wittiness. These characters and relationships are stuck in my head forever, they're all incredibly unique, fleshed out and worth remembering, no matter how short a time they spent on screen. And the character designs? As a long-time vampyr and catholic guilt fan, can I just say. Rawr. This show shaped how I dress like irl and my own shitty characters, as well.

Sir Integra is my favorite character of the show and one of all time. Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing. Like, an actually good depiction of a no-nonsense, androgynous as hell, unabashedly commanding (dare I say) woman? And it's played completely straight? No "Whaaa that's a woman?" every 2 seconds or "heh, you will listen to me despite my womanhood" from her. Powerful in her own right despite being the few "magic"-less humans of the series. 0 sexualized Ultimate scenes (sorry Seras and the "hot down there" comment doesn't count, that was banter). She was fucking knighted by the Queen of England before she was even 25, hence Sir Integra. Canonically bi-racial and South-Asian. I'm not even going to go into her character's willpower and values but. Hellloooo??? 

Not to mention, something noteworthy about the series, but Hellsing works because Hirano made time for silly moments. I mean, hell, one of the scenes I remember most vivdly was the gag of Heinkel lighting Sir Integra's cigar and being mega-pissed about it during the final battle, it's funny yet in character, despite many fans saying the humor throws you out of the "reality" of the show.

Oh no, but what do the new fandom gremlins talk about? "Alufart rails Y/A" "OMG VLADCARD'S BARA HAIRY TIDDIES I WANNA RUB MY FACE AGAINST THEM" (you know who you are) “I drew the most fucked up version of Alucard I could think of in my twisted mind”

and my personal "favorite":

"omg 🥺 what if intewa and alucard kisswdd", it's almost as bad as Seras x Alucard.

Unfortunately, I am a part of the ship police, so I'm gonna say right now that these two are my most hated ships:

1) Sir Integra and Alucard's relationship goes beyond romance to me. Since none of the new fans know the lore, Sir Integra is and will die a virgin (canon), it's literally plot relevant because by having sex, if she gets bit she will become a zombie slave (obvious but apparently needed to be said) and, taking a note from the 2001 anime, gone is any chance to continue the Hellsing mission. If she was bitten, plot armor aside, she'd have to off herself instead of becoming a vampire. (and for you freaks out there/pos, dare I say… ace representation? you can argue about desire and subtext later)

2) Seras and Alucard's relationship was specifically noted by the author to be a father/daughter dynamic, which is kind of obvious in the show. Like I said, fundamentally a found family series. Yeah, you don't need to treat found family like family family but I gen can't stand this ship.

I know that people will ship characters who've never been in a room together before. I can't stop people from shipping them and these two ships have ALWAYS been popular in the fandom. I typically ignore this and, yes, "don't like, don't interact" is my main rule. However, new fans ONLY talk about this stuff. None of the rest of the show seems to matter, just Alucard's hairy mustached tig bitties and him fucking one of the two women in the main cast. Or someone's self insert.

((tangent but personally my favorite ships are Alexander x Alucard (obviously in an enemies to enemies way), Heinkel x Yumi, and a romance only Seras x s.Integra. Like, you want old women yuri??? There ya go! They were in a mansion for like 30 years (I forgot) together, probably going missions alone and sharing their grief over Alucard and their unique experience/history. Like I said, I can't help who people ship, I'm not trying to say the source material is in favor of my ships or "how dare people interpret these obviously gay characters as straight". like no, that's not why I'm upset and ik alucard and alexander weren't yaoi-ing it up but like. alucard and s.integra shippers dni /j))

Not to mention, I couldn't help but notice, despite this information being readily available to my middle school self, no one knows the fckn lore or background of this show?? I honest to god saw someone comment that Hellsing Ultimate™ was a bad “remake” because it diverged from the original anime.

Here's SOME fun facts:

-the 2001 version of the show has a different ending than the manga because it wasn't finished yet (duh). Hellsing Ultimate is "soooo short" because production took almost a decade and it was trying to be a faithful, well-animated (that takes time bruv) adaptation. Oh, and a bunch of directional changes that I won't get into.

-there are multiple OVAs following Walter's youth in WW2 (Hellsing: The Dawn). Young Walter's design honestly was one of my favorites from the series so. Walter enjoyers. Check it out.

-there is a bonus book explaining a lot about the characters and process of creating Hellsing written by Hirano himself. whenever I got a hold of it, though (8+ years ago) there was no English translation.

-Alucard didn't just transform into a girl that one time, he was in his girl form the entire time during WW2 (hence why when people mention his possible affair with the Queen it might've been a sapphic thing but I think that mostly stems from the abridged series. the queen thing not the girl thing)

-Hirano used to be a Hentai mangaka and actually designed many of Hellsing's characters in said hentai or in short stories (such as Crossfire, it's basically extra, non-canonical Hellsing content) beforehand. Which, this used to be the most popular "fun fact" but has been lost to the sands of time now, so prepare for a lot of people rediscovering this.

-personal lore is I almost named myself Rip van Winkle bc of this show (quirked up Portal, Grell Sutcliff, queer-coded, rifle-wielding shawty)

Anyway, to sum it up, I hate when people don't interpret characters in the same way I do. Yes, I am a bad “fandom elder”, idgaf I am fundamentally a hater.

*I keep seeing this happen with old shows that resurface. Unlike newer or more popular shows where every scene gets scoured, characters who showed up for one scene get analyzed, and endless cafe AUs are made- older shows mostly get fan art of the main charas and the ships of the two hottest characters and that's it. Discussion of lore and themes are completely off the table. So I'm not surprised, just disappointed.

[kaidynsarell]

20 Qs for fic writers

@slytherizz you're a gem. Thanks for the tag, darling

How many works do you have on AO3? Exactly 1. There may be more eventually, but for now, that's it.

What's your total AO3 word count? 36,549

What fandoms do you write for? Hogwarts Legacy

Top five fics by kudos? Top 5? I have exactly 1 lol. So, here's to my baby: Sanguinis et Omnium Fractorum!

Do you respond to comments? Yes - I get nervous sometimes, though. Like not knowing exactly what to say back. So sometimes it takes me a bit.

What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? I haven't officially published any of my angsty endings. Though, I might have a few others in the works with much more bittersweet endings

What is the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? SOF will eventually get a happy ending so I guess it will be that one whenever it gets finished.

Do you get hate on fics? No - I'd probably crawl into a hole never to return. I only want to be perceived for praise. Thanks.

Do you write smut? Sometimes....I don't share it often, though.

Craziest crossover? The Secret History x Hogwarts Legacy

Have you ever had a fic stolen? No, I'd be very surprised

Have you ever had a fic translated? Not unless you count me translating my own garbled thoughts into something mildly readable

Have you ever co-written a fic before? Ah.. nothing official. Though the Willow girlies all have a history of bouncing ideas off of each other that sort of end up cohesive lore/writing.

All time favorite ship? Willow has my heart (Henry Winter x Sebastian Sallow) It was written in the stars, and you'll never convince me otherwise. Fav crackship

What's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? Oh gosh. There are so many in my head that I've yet to put onto paper. More Wilow ramblings, I've got a Seb Dad/Daughter fic thats been playing around in my head for some time that I keep meaning to write down but never get around to for some reason.

What are your writing strengths? So much angst. lol. I've been told I'm quite descriptive.. So I guess that's a strength.

Thoughts on dialogue in another language? My Seb is very much a polyglot. NERD. So I may try to incorporate some other languages into my fic, though I do cringe a bit at using Google Translate. So we'll see how much ends up there

First fandom you wrote in? Hogwarts Legacy was the first I've ever written for. I never even really wrote before this at all other than some random little stories when I was a child

Favorite fic you've written? Oh Gosh. There are some longer HL works I haven't published that I do love looking back on. They're a bit rubbish, but I can see my writing grow through them and that's very cool to see. Otherwise, SOF was the first I ever put into any kind of public space, so it will always be special in some way I think.

No twentieth question - I've met so many delightful/wonderful people through this little fandom and I'm so grateful for all of them. You darlings all know who you are.✨

No pressure tags💕: @diligentcranberry @sunnyrealist @juneymont

@rypnami @quackwizardry

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[randoimago]

hello !! i was wondering if it's ok to get "yes, these last few years have been a living hell, but... i'd live them a thousand times over if it meant you being safe and happy." with 9S from nier? :0 thank you in advance !!

"yes, these last few years have been a living hell, but… i'd live them a thousand times over if it meant you being safe and happy."

Fandom: Nier: Automata

Character(s): 9S

Type of Request: Headcanons

Note(s): God 9S has to be protected at all costs.

Also this doesn't technically have any spoilers, but a lot of the personality and feelings I gave 9S would make more sense if you've played the game to get the first canon ending (idk where the anime is at to know if this has been touched on).

9S

He's gone through so much, he's killed so many. Although can you count machines as something to feel guilty about killing? They don't have souls.

And yet, he shouldn't have a soul either. He knows he feels things but thinks it's some black box issue or something to make him seem more like the humans he's sworn to protect. But he still feels things, particularly strong things towards you and he doesn't know what to do. They feel nice and make him happy, but with all that's happened, does he deserve happiness?

9S has caved and told you these feelings and how he's handling them, or how he's unable to handle them. And your response? "Yes, these last few years have been a living hell, but... I'd live them a thousand times over if it meant you being safe and happy."

That phrase you told him has stuck. It goes through his head when he kills more machines, when he's running around to help the resistance, when he's trying to find A2. Those words have stuck to him and made him feel things so intensely. He wants to tell you the same, but feels unable to. Not yet. But when he has finally achieved his goal, then he will try to give you all the happiness and safety you deserve.

[crazy-grrrl-on-the-computer]

2024 Archive of Our Own Wrapped

Since @spicedrobot was kind enough to share this 2024 AO3 Wrapped template, I decided to fill it out as an excuse to talk about my writing attempts for the year. And because I didn't feel like stopping there, I have also taken inspiration from another wrapped template I found by dreputationera~ ^^

AO3 Username: Girly411

Total Kudos: 6

Comment Threads: 3

Bookmarks: 2

Total Subs: 4 (I'm counting this as fic subs, not user subs)

Word Count: 13,353

Total Hits: 180

This year, my AO3 account has seen the most activity since its creation in 2015 because I finally cross-posted my backlog of old FFN fics. Five of those fics were updated with new chapters that I had forgotten to post years ago when I actually wrote them, so after subtracting them from the word count I ended up with a pretty small but not insignificant number... because I'm a wordy bitch. uwu

Most Popular Fic In 2024: Stay Cool (It's Just A Kiss)

Hits: 36

Kudos: 2

Comments: 2

Bookmarks: 0

I won't even pretend to wonder why this, out of the three new fics I managed to post this year, got the most attention. It may be about my beloved Ichiban/Ryuu rareship, but that Io & Ryuu tag is no doubt pulling in curious readers! Chapter 2 will be done as soon as I can shake the words for one more scene out of my brain, but I'm just grateful that y'all are giving my ship a chance even if I'm still slow at writing it. ;;3;; <3

Fav Fic You Wrote In 2024: Into The Deep

Hits: 8

Kudos: 0

Comments: 0

Bookmarks: 0

While I love all three of the fics I wrote this year for different reasons, Into The Deep holds an even more special place in my heart simply for the childhood nostalgia I have for the Hidden Expedition series. I started writing it because I wanted to manage my expectations by writing something short for a basically nonexistent fandom and I succeeded at that! But I expected 0 hits and somehow there are (potentially) 8 people out there staring at me silently asdhklf please tell me your thoughts X'D

Most Written Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Most Written Category: Gen

Most Written Fandom: Boueibu and High School Musical are tied, marking two distinct and formative eras of my life that will remain a part of me forever

Most Written Relationships: Ryan Evans & Sharpay Evans (my fixation on their sibling relationship in high school really says so much about me) and Naruko Io/Zaou Ryuu (where would I be without my Boueibu ships truly)

Favorite Characters To Write: Ryan Evans, Sharpay Evans, and Original Characters top the charts from my high school era because I desperately needed someone to project onto and that hasn't changed! Nowadays, I'm not sure if I have a specific favorite character to write, but I do really love writing the Loveless (and other side characters) in my Boueibu fics~ <3

Favorite Additional Tags: Humor, Fluff, Romance, Friendship, and Crack seem to be the tags I'm most drawn to. Angst should probably be in there too because that accounts for a lot of what I write! XD

Favorite Dialogue Snippet/Paragraph You Wrote: Truthfully, most of that can be found in this tag game here, but this part of A Rose's Thorns still makes my heart wibble. ;;w;;

Chizuru let her fingers find their way into the hair at the nape of his neck as she thought it through. He would need a trim soon and she was quite good with a pair of scissors. His face and voice were kind, and his heart was strong. It would be nice to come home to him. Someday.

WIP Ideas For Next Year: There is a mountain of old WIPs sitting in my archive that I plan to (hopefully) chip away at, especially my rareship fics! Boueibu is still a pretty big focus for me because I have so much left unfinished (and new ideas crawling into my brain all the time), but maybe I will manage to dip my fingers into some other fandoms as well. Goodness knows I also have so many WIPs hanging from FFN too. o.o'

What You Learned From Writing This Year: My 2017 burnout may have taken a huge toll on me, but the ability to write still lies deep within my brain. Having an ample supply of WIPs to rework/continue has been crucial to getting me back into the habit as long as I have the health/energy to stick with the simple method that I know has always worked for me (yet every time I'm still surprised):

1) write at least one sentence a day, it doesn't even have to be good or a complete thought meant to be part of the same scene, it's just practice and the rest will come together later

2) write it bad, write it the worst it's ever been written, and then rework it later with fresh eyes, just get SOMETHING out of the brain and onto the page

3) writing is fun, just do whatever sparks joy, you make the rules uwu

I'm also a lot lonelier than I ever was at any other point in my writing journey. Many things have changed in my life and I have less people (and animal companions) around me to share my enthusiasm with now. I have to learn how to cope with that because it's been very hard, especially when the larger fandom culture has shifted so completely to private groups and a reluctance to offer kind words to creators in lieu of companies largely treating us like content farms.

My main fandoms are small (or nonexistent) and my friends are busy/tired/interested in other things (all of which is fair and understandable), so part of this is my fault for not being where the people are.... but for now I will continue to reach out to writers and artists to let them know their work has been appreciated and hope that eventually comes back around to being the norm again.

[marythegizka]

THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT MY FELLOW WRITERS

Tagged by @illusivesoul! Thank you!!! 😊

I'll tag: @deedeemactir @mxanigel @dairine-bonnet, @moravel. As always, only if you want to take part, otherwise consider this a "hi!"

Last book I read: (I've been reading quite a bit for work and uni but it's been a while since I could finish a book I was reading for fun, so I'll bend the rules and go with currently reading: One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

Greatest literary inspiration: can't think of any. There are lots of things I like in classics (Poe's sense of rhythm, Austen's irony, Dickinson seeing depth in small things...) but very little I consciously use myself.

Things in my current fandom I want to read but I don't want to write: Anything about the origins of the Blight and the Black City. Or what becomes of the Architect if the Warden didn't kill him in Awakening.

Things in my current fandoms I want to write but I think nobody would be interested in them but me: crossovers. Specifically, a crossover in which Tavalyn, Astarion and Gale mistakenly open a portal to the Deep Roads (which they initially mistake for the Underdark) and stumble across Erin, Loghain and Threnn at the end of my DA one-shot series. I started writing this because I wondered what would happen if someone got careless and bit darkspawn, but now I can't bring myself to write it, so I made Scratch bite the bullet instead, but now I feel bad about it, so they're gonna have to find a cure because I am not killing Scratch... anyway, I'm just rambling now.

You can recognize my writing by: "Not that [xyz]", "Then again, [xyz]", characters mentally grumbling, or the fact that I mostly write one-shots because longfics are just... scary. (Specifically, the commitment that goes into them is scary.)

My most controversial take (current fandom): idk, I think most of my takes are pretty vanilla? I mean, aside from liking Loghain a lot as a character? Oh, and also, it's a little grating that so many characters focus so strongly on Ostagar as his 'capital sin' when it's actually one of the very few that doesn't scream "hey guys, I'm loosing my f***ing mind".

Top three favourite tropes: I love redemption arcs in general, and 'unloveable' characters being loved but aside from that I'm not sure I have any.

What’s your current writing mood (10 – super motivated and churning out words like crazy, 0 – in a complete rut): maybe 1? I did ~ some ~ writing yesterday so that has to count for something? But these days it's difficult to find long enough chunks of time (she says, after spending half an hour on tumblr.com)

Share a random frustration: the fact that I can't finish my KotOR longfic

[iliveforyouilongforyouvesuvia]

Not an ask, but a question

What is your motive to creating this blog? Is it :

A. You create this blog for a very heartfelt reason that everyone just go 'aww🥺❤'

B. You just feel silly and create this blog, not expecting that this blog will be famous

Or

C. You hold too many headcanon in your head, but everyone you know irl aren't too interested or don't know the arcana, or even both. And you can't hold all of this hcs anymore. And so, you created this blog.

@zedibleandedible Does all of the above count? XD (CW for a big, mushy heartfelt gratitude message below the cut)

I actually got the tumblr account because I wanted to find the Arcana fandom somewhere and I wasn't able to find much on any social platforms that I already had.

Then I binged all the content I could find, and found myself getting frustrated when a whole day would pass and nothing new would show up on the arcana tag.

So I thought, hey, I love reading headcanons, and my mind is overflowing with brainrot about the Arcana, so maybe I should try my hand at writing a few.

I had 0 plans for the blog when it started. For all I knew, I'd make a few posts, I'd find another obsession, and I'd move on, but WOAH!

There's so many wonderful people in this fandom, and you're sending me ideas, and then there was a playlist, and then there was a barnyard full of animals, and now I'm somebody who has a content creating schedule when I've never really thought of myself as much of a creator in my life! Not to mention all the honorary little siblings/cousins/cryptid family members I've somehow collected along the way. ^.^

Anyways, now my goal for the blog is a place where Arcana fans can find equal amounts of content for each LI they're interested in and where people can (hopefully) have a space to rest and be happy.

Much love to you, friend, and to everyone else who's DMed me, sent me asks, left notes and comments on my posts and generally been present to see how things go! You all deserve the world :D

[myers-meadow]

Yep, I've definitely lost count. 🐾 If it wouldn't be a bother to you, then I think I will take you up on that offer to help me figure out those numbers.

As for your pace, you do it however fast or slow or anything in between that you want to. Just know that I always smile when I see you respond in any way to one of my thingies (but don't feel obligated to pace yourself around trying to make me or anyone else happy; that is not your responsibility and will inevitably lead to burnout, which I think is the last thing either of us wants).

Then for the tags, that was just me giving my two cents on it and—at the risk of sounding like a broken record here—you should ultimately do whatever you want with those, too. At the end of the day, this is your blog and, if you ever feel like I am overstepping, you have every right to tell me to go bury my two cents in the litter box. Interacting with a fandom is all supposed to be something one does for fun, it should never feel like a chore.

I just answered a bunch, and scheduled two more to post at night (so you'll see those during when you often send them to me). I always smile when I wake up to a new ask too. You're not overstepping with anything, I never feel pushed to do anything by you or your asks. The pressure i feel is just from within and its something im working on, when my mind is not plagued by visions of me intertwining my tail with Haarlep's.

Fandom is really fun to engage in! I'm just nervous, but the benefits of making friends and getting to share hcs and art and fics is easily worth it.

currently in my inbox are (if i counted correctly):

Halsin: 3. Gale: 1. Astarion: 0. Haarlep: 1 fluff, 3 older ones (working on short fics for some of those). Raphael: 2 fluff, 6 other. Rolan: 2.

With how many I've answered today, and the motivation i have now that i am off work for two weeks, don't worry about it seeming like a lot. I am having a lot of fun with them, and every time i get a new one it makes me really happy and inspires me 💖✨. I'm usually the kind of person who has a lot of fics going at the same time, to switch between when it strikes my fancy.

Lately my dreams have been plagued (quite literally) by the Dream Guardian (not the emperor!! I'm vegetarian I don't eat squid ✌ /joking). And then there is He Who Was, who even though he has only one scene haunts me with his mysterious vibe and beautiful black eyes. Do you also like them perchance? Totally understandable if you don't have anything laying around for them! So please don't push yourself for me <3. I'm more than satisfied with the wonderful asks that are patiently waiting for me to answer them ✨