#i'm neutral on the majority of ships i think. there's just so many characters and so many ways their interactions could go

[td-rarepairs]

Do you have any specific rare pairs you like?

this has been in the inbox for a WHILE because i DO but my memory goes blank every time i try to think of examples gjsjdjfwjd

sometimes what's really appealing to me is characters that could have had really interesting dynamics if given the screentime.... and sometimes it's about. i like these guys individually so i think they should kiss ^_^

off the top of my head, i really like lesheather (with fanon heather </3), the h-bombs, harlightning, harold w anyone out of his league lol. i guess i'm just partial to dynamics involving my favorite characters <3

[writergeek]

Fic Writers Game

Tagged by @fidothefinch ! I'm getting back into writing after a major case of burnout so this was fun!

Fic Writer Ask Game:

how many works on ao3? 70

total ao3 wordcount? 647,949

Top 5 fics by kudos? As of 1st May 2025

TheBruceWayne of insta (7,738)

Unknown Origins (2,673)

Siren Call (1,180)

Buckle Up (its gonna be a bumpy ride) (883)

Make A Splash (770)

What fandoms do you write for?

Mostly Nightwing-centric, but Batfam/Batman to generalise it.

Do you respond to comments?

My inbox might bank up on me, but yes. The answer is always yes. I have an endnote to all my fics telling people what to do if they don't want a reply, though.

Angstiest Ending?

Oh. Heh. I have a few. The one that instantly comes to mind is Nightwing's Final Gift (tissue warning on that). If you want *dark* then its gotta be my death loop series aka Deja Vu (i still have a story -- or two -- to write for that, so take that warning for what you will) (but its definitely *dark*).

Fic with the happiest ending?

Fluffiest ending definitely goes to TheBruceWayne of insta by a large margin.

Do you get hate?

Not generally. I did get one comment that got deleted, and there's the occasional comment that I have to think how to answer... but not generally.

Do you write smut?

Nope. Never will. It's not in my wheelhouse, so to speak.

Do you write crossovers?

Uh, kind of? I do regularly crossover from Batman into his kids comics, and from there into the Titans. And I'm writing a fic rn which will use the JLA... but that's still solidly within the DC fandom.

Ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of.

Have you ever had a fic translated?

None that I know of.

Have you ever cowritten a fic?

No, can't say I ever have.

All-time favorite ship?

oh, that's a funny question. I'm proudly ship-neutral, in that I honestly don't care about ships. You do you and all that, but I seriously doubt I will ever write a ship fic, or read a ship fic. Like I said, ship-neutral.

WIPs you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I have a long standing fic, CIRCLE II: Between The Cracks. I know what needs to happen, and I can see it my head... but it requires a major action scene, and I'm just ugh. I'll write anything instead of action, lol. As you can see because this has been sitting in my WIP folder for something like ten years lol. (And I have written lots of words to avoid writing that scene, lol.)

Writing Strengths?

Angst, emotional whump, character introspection. Basically emotional scenes, which i think is funny, considering i always find it hard to know what I'm feeling at any particular moment.

Writing Weaknesses?

Action. I loathe action scenes. In fact, it's caused some powerful writing blocks on more than a few fics.

Thoughts on mixed language dialogue?

Love it! Sadly, I only speak English fluently, and I only remember a smattering of other languages from school (which was a long time ago), so... it'll have to be auto translators if I ever do it. Which I know get things wrong, so, there is that. So I generally resort to "so and so said 'this' in that language" which feels like such a cheat. And then there's how to format it in the story, which is another hurdle. Do you do footnotes, or fancy HTML? It's a whole thing. But I love it, and I wish more authors would do it.

First fandom you wrote for?

Star Wars. (First one I wrote, not the first I read, and not the first I published) :)

Favorite fic you've ever written?

Oooh. Close tie between Make A Splash and Unknown Origins. I love Unknown Origins for the sheer whumpiness of it, the detail, and the comfort ending (that I have planned) (yes, its not there yet, but its coming). I also love Make A Splash for the sheer, uh, unhingedness of it... and the whumpy angsty journey i took the characters on. I also love that both fics are leading me into a series. I have ideas. bwahahaha

No pressure tags to participate: @cdelphiki @ckbookish and @sassydefendorflower (Sorry if you've already been tagged!) And consider yourself tagged if you want to do it, too!

[littlebittyhollowbugs]

what do you think of tiso x hornet (or just ships involving hornet in general)? i'm pretty neutral on the ship but i'm curious what other people think :)

Aside from the canon couples, I have a few fan ships that I enjoy, but I almost never join a fandom for or because of romantic ships tbh.

With Hollow Knight, the family relationships are what pulled me in and what I tend to focus on.

I'm pretty neutral on the vast majority of fan ships. Hornet x Tiso included.

I have nothing against the ship, I'm sure some people enjoy it. (I actually have no idea how popular this pairing is?) But yeah, it's not for me.

The most I can get on board with when it comes to a romance between the two is maybe Tiso being infatuated with her after meeting her. She is an incredibly quick and powerful warrior who possesses focus and determination. We know that he admires those traits. I can imagine a bit of a one-sided attraction.

On Hornet's end, though, I really struggle to imagine her developing any romantic feelings towards him. Tbh I personally don't think she would have many positive feelings towards him at all.

Tiso came to her kingdom as a warrior seeking glory through combat. Which we know from the official Quirrel comic, makes him the exact type of bug she guards Hallownest from.

Quotes from the comic: "This place is a corpse. It will grant only death. As will I to those who'd seek to desecrate it."

"Yours is the stance of a warrior. Hallownest has already suffered enough like you."

He's also pretty egotistical and brash and while some people might have her argue with him over these flaws I personally don't see her giving any attention to him at all. She seems like she wouldn't waste time on a bug whom she has no respect for.

Then there's the fact that he's a fairly negative person when it comes to most anything outside of battle.

Which, I don't think that type of person would be good for Hornet, who, similarly finds most of her fulfillment through combat and is otherwise surrounded by so much regret and ruin that she is hesitant to be hopeful or think positively about the world.

I don't think she'd be the best match for him either.

When it comes to ships, for me to really get into them, I need the characters involved to improve each other in some way.

My favorite dynamics include these two things:

- opposite or differing personality traits.

- similar goals/beliefs.

The opposite traits help them to balance each other. For instance, one character might be humble and shy while the other is bold, one might be calm while the other is quick to take action. One might be more logical and the other more emotional. All of these attributes can be good, and the characters can help each other when it comes to developing the attribute they struggle with.

The only similarity I really need is for them to have similar overall beliefs/desires/motivations. They need something to connect over, to make it believable.

And if their fundamental beliefs do not align in any way, I can't imagine the relationship would last. (Or even that it would begin in many cases)

There are some cases where beliefs and motivations shift throughout the story so that by the end the two have that connection. Or cases where they do share that connection in the beginning and their relationship disolves as those shifts occur.

I enjoy seeing all types of relationships, but for me to really actively ship something I need to belive the characters improve eachother.

I think Tiso and Hornet have almost the opposite of the dynamic I just described.

Their personality traits are similar. (Confident, brave, serious, no-nonsense, quick to action etc.)

While their goals and beliefs are very different. (Tiso wants to prove his strength and skill as a warrior. A very self-centered goal. While Hornet wants to preserve and protect her home as a way of honoring her family.)

Obviously this doesn't make it a bad ship. It's just not a ship I'm interested in myself.

Thank you for the ask <3

[strangertheories]

As someone who is neutral on ronance, I think people don't particularly like it because, from what I've seen, sometimes fics sideline, downplay, or even ignore Robin's friendship with Steve. I know this also happens in other ship fics but I think because it's his ex it gets under skin more?

Disclaimer: this is heavily sarcastic!

I agree, our fandom sidelines Steve too much. He only has over 43,615 fics written about him on ao3! Ronance must have so much more than that!

Wait...it looks like there are nearly 7 times as many Steve fics as Ronance, how peculiar.

Well I guess it makes sense. The fandom likes Steve, but the Ronance fandom ignores him. That's why if you remove the tags Steve Harrington and Steve Harrington & Robin Buckley you lose nearly two thirds of all Ronance fics!

And if you filter the completely unrelated tag Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson tag on Ronance fics, surely the vast majority of Ronance fanfiction will remain? Right?

Ok, I'm not being sarcastic now: if you want to read fan fiction including Steve Harrington or Steddie or platonic Stobin, go ahead! I enjoy reading platonic Stobin fics too, and I've defended their friendship multiple times. However, saying people dislike Ronance shippers for not centering a completely different character and friendship seems a bit unfair to me, especially when statistically (as shown above), this fandom, including the Ronance fans, are very focused on Steve.

I'm sorry if I come across as rude, I'm not trying to be, it's just quite frustrating how this f/f ship is criticised for not centering around a male character enough. You can prefer reading Ronance fics that talk about Steve and about that friendship, but it's also ok if they don't. Do people criticize Steddie shippers for not talking about platonic Stobin enough? I don't think so.

[gurt-the-great]

During Rosie's intro post, I mentioned that every Sonic character has been aged up by 10 years! Well I went ahead and designed five of them.

Most of these characters have a connection to Rosie, Shadow and Tails having the strongest bonds to her. This will officially be the 10 years later AU, or just Gurt's Sonic AU since it adds and focuses on my ocs.

The individual refs and more info for everyone will be under the cut

Sonic was a little tricky to figure out in this AU. He's not the type of character to settle down and he wouldn't have a typical job since he's not one for authority figures. Also he's 25 now, he's got to grow up at least a little bit, especially now that the down-time between Eggman's schemes have gotten longer. He needs SOMETHING to occupy the time.

Then I thought "what if he was a professional air-boarder?" Sonic Riders was the COOLEST Sonic racing game and Sonic being an extreme sports Tony Hawk-esque guy made sense to me.

The design was easy to figure out once I decided on his profession. I brought his riders sunglasses back, the SOAP shoes from Adventure 2 and gave him a cool racing jacket with new gloves.

Sonic doesn't have a strong bond with Rosie but he does know her since Tails was friends with her growing up.

Tails was easy to age up, all I did was give him a ponytail, some accessories, new shoes, and some brown fur on his limbs and ears.

Tails is an Engineer in the AU! He already makes gadgets and trinkets, why not make a career out of it? He actually made Rosie's boots!

Tails and Rosie have a very close bond, the two had accelerated courses in school together due to their high intelligence. They visit each other frequently and Tails feels like a part of her family.

Rouge was pretty fun to design for this AU! I took elements from the elite agent outfit in Sonic Forces speed battle, Rouge's outfit in Heroes, and her regular look as well. I gave her bangs too but I like to think she messes with her hair often.

I don't have many notes on Rouge, She's still a G.U.N. Agent but also she's married to Knuckles! This is the only ship I'm canonizing in my AU for now. I might add more ships later on, we'll have to see.

Rouge works with Rosie pretty frequently and tries to get her to come out of her shell. She thinks that Rosie is pretty and could use that well, but Rosie is hopeless when it comes to using charisma. Rouge still likes her though and tries to teach her.

I did not NEED to design Cream but I really wanted to! She ended up being my favorite design here. I didn't really have a major direction to go in for Cream's design since she's still a teen without any job. I took inspiration from different Cream designs I seen online and just merged some concepts I liked. The only big change is making her tall, I thought it'd be cute if I based her on a Flemish Giant rabbit! I wanted an excuse to make her taller than Tails for comedic purposes.

Cream is still the polite sweetie she was as a kid but now she does work with Chao! She volunteers and donates to local Chao gardens and trains Cheese and Chocola for races. Cheese evolved into a hero Chao! Being with Cream throughout the years and going on some adventures helped him evolve. Chocola is neutral fly type Chao! It's one of my favorite Chao evolutions and I wanted Chocola to be more different from Cheese.

Cream and Rosie don't have much of a connection but I'd say they get along well enough. They're both friends with Tails so I'd say they all hang out sometimes.

And finally we reach Shadow! Shadow was easy to design as well. I just gave him a cool jacket. I don't think Shadow would visibly age much since he's the ultimate life form.

He's still a G.U.N. Agent and an incredibly important person to Rosie. Rosie idolized him as a kid and wanted to be like him. Shadow took on a mentorship role to Rosie, seeing great potential in her. He would personally teach Rosie the various ways that chaos control is used and would also teach her chaos spear. He does care about her even if he's tough on her at times.

If you read all that, thank you! I've put a lot of time and thought into this AU and I'm excited to share more! If you have any questions about my AU or ocs, my askbox is open! I hope y'all enjoyed the post!

[neonscandal]

Hi! I have a question, I hope I can explain myself: how would you describe Gojo on a moral level? I see the majority of the fandom (jjk in general, not just the shipping ones) considers him a good person, but I'd argue he's more on the grey side...and not a light grey. See, I can't really wrap my head around the way he blatantly ignores the fact the Suguru was completely fucked up, to the point that in chap 236 he wishes Suguru was with him before fighting Sukuna and imagining him (adult Suguro, the fucked up one) together with the same students he tried to kill in jjk0. How on earth? If I'm not mistaken Gojo never really says "yeah, Suguru was my friend but he used to be completely different, this is not the Suguru I used to be friends with". He never says Suguru was wrong. He just misses him, even though he was surrounded by people who liked him. At least Shoko clearly doesn't feel any affection towards Suguru. And let's not talk about the way he doesn't really seem concerned about the future of his students in chap 236. What do you think? Just to clarify: I do like Gojo. But I don't share the sentiment of the rest of the fandom: he's not a good person. I guess Nanami was right

This is a (somewhat) fair assessment.

Character alignment wise, I think Gojo enters into Jujutsu High as a Chaotic Neutral and transcends into more of a Chaotic Good or maybe Neutral Good? It's hard to say because, if in universe, Gojo is the perceived solution to every problem then why are there still so many problems? Including Geto's 10 year stint running amok?

Morally, Gojo absolutely exists in shades of grey. He uses his power to do the lawful thing but... at the same time, could, on a whim, use his power to do what he or Geto feels to be the right thing. The biggest example being the fact that they were willing to protect Riko Amanai's right to choose whether she wished to merge or not even if the latter would have catastrophic ramifications. Based on the needs of society, Riko needed to merge with Tengen, but Gojo recognized erasure of one girl for the security of others wasn't necessarily right. As an adult, again, he does what needs doing but pushes back on elders that would rather see the likes of Yuta Okkotsu or Yuji Itadori dead.

We have to understand that jujutsu society, with all its rules and hierarchy, isn't a morally upright system to begin with. Gojo, as a Big Three Family heir, is deeply entrenched in that. But he has enough sense to, in his own way, try to correct what he perceives to be travesties.

Suguru Geto is a casualty of this imperfect system and Gojo's initial inability to recognize Geto's struggle was the fatal flaw that put the final nail in his coffin. Discovering the twins was the hand that swung the hammer and he was subsequently radicalized. Gojo wasn't the only person who still kept space for Geto. Nanami and Shoko could also understand that the slaughter of that village was wrong but not find it in their hearts to condemn Geto or hear ill words spoken against him. None of them condemn him because, even if his method was wrong, they understand why he desperately wanted to change the way things are.

Gojo's affection for Geto, in my mind, does not necessarily make him a completely bad person, though. For one, while he doesn't outright condemn what happens in the village, he is clearly dismayed by the murder of Geto's parents. We see that he does in fact understand the wrongness of Geto's transgressions. Bear in mind that, until broken by the system they all served, Geto was a gentle and just person with a noble idea of what was right. So earnestly that Gojo allowed space for Geto to influence his own morality. So this radical change in behavior is a shock to Gojo's system and, even though he was used to deferring to Geto's judgement (like not killing the Time Vessel Association), he very clearly and autonomously recognized Geto's sins. Gojo had an unconditional acceptance or love for Geto which is why, despite everything, he would still find satisfaction in closing the loop, as it were, with Suguru right beside him.

⚠️ Spoiler warning for JJK chapter 236.

The man is dead, what more do you want from him? He knew he was going to die and fought hoping that those who remained could pick up the slack of the weakened opponent. 236 was merely an echo of the same faith he had after he was sealed - that he trusted in the people he left behind. I think Gojo has also come to terms with the fact that all he can do is throw everything he's got at the situation. His failure is unfathomable to most but he's been shown the limits to his power before so perhaps that's why he's overly cavalier. In most situations, he's the first line of defense so if that doesn't cut it... what more can he do?

Bear in mind, what we see of Gojo's afterlife in 236 is more than likely what he hopes for in his heart of hearts. But I'm not really subscribed to the idea that he's Gojover. I could be wrong, especially since Gege Akutami keeps comparing other people to Gojo in his absence to fill in the gaps and explain how they could possibly hope to beat Sukuna. But I think what we saw was an extended version of what Nanami experienced before passing.

You can go left or right - Yuki to Geto about his radical ideals

You can go North to start anew or South to your old self - Mei to Nanami and actualized in his dying moments with an apparition of Haibara

These are choices and the second is as explained to Gojo as if he has the same choice. From his hope that it isn't all in his imagination and the setting therein, it would seem he's leaning toward accepting his fate but I just don't think that's the case. If anything, this prolonged ideation is possible because that brain of his is intact. Gojo even told Toji that he should have cut off his head if he wanted to kill him so, who's to say whether that applies now.

Regarding Nanami being right, I assume you mean the Nanami in chapter 236. In which case:

Hypothesis: The reason we see Gojo surrounded by younger versions of those he lost is because they are attached to the version of himself that died. Gojo will come back as a more enlightened person.

Keep in mind, in a way, Adult Nanami understands Gojo. Every version of Nanami is annoyed by Gojo but there's still a respect that goes both ways, even when their ideals differ. I think Nanami's assessment that "You live for jujutsu. You don't wield it to protect something. You use it solely for the sake of satisfying yourself." is apropos for high school Gojo. But that was before he lost Geto, developed a resolve to take in Megumi and Tsumiki (albeit selfishly), protect Yuta from the elders with his life, and protect Yuji. Empirically, there's a facet of Gojo that uses his power for good and it feels like the versions of Haibara, Nanami, Geto and Yaga that he encounters would be unaware of that. I think that's what makes the fact that Gojo visualizes Adult Geto celebrating him stick out even more. Why the mind games, Gege??

In summation, Gojo continues to exist swathed in shades of grey. He could be better but he could definitely be worse. He is a reflection of a corrupt system that masquerades under the impression of working in service of the greater good but ignores the problematic elements of the likes of Mei Mei, and Naoya Zenin.

[good-beanswrites]

I've been thinking about alien stage and milgram so

All in (Hyuna and Till) but it's with Kotoko and Fuuta

OOHH I've been going crazy over this -- I've only touched on Milgram/Alien Stage aus a bit but now I'm hooked 👀 I was playing around for a while with how to incorporate the song specifically, and had a ton of fun with this lyric/scene experiment, haha! I was shocked at how well the song would suit them even in Milgram canon... I used gender neutral descriptions for the Mizi-character because I'm not sure who people would picture for that role, and wanted to leave it open. Also um. tw major character death :( sorry.

Your eyes grow wide at my dazzling entrance, and your heart beats fast, OK! There's no point fighting back – this is the march of the fools.

The rebel leader stands proudly on the stage. Her followers practically howl at her arrival. Their gathering spot may have been a secret, but they didn’t bother being quiet about their excitement. The tides are turning, and everyone feels it. It doesn’t matter what kind of front the aliens put up; everyone knows the fear that their leader strikes into her enemies. Every planet, moon, and ship knows what she’s capable of. They know that going up against her brass knuckles will only have one outcome for them. No matter the cost, Yuzuriha Kotoko will come out on top.

Endless cheer and applause – I hear the song grow louder and louder. Fill up the entire nebula!

The contestant brings his guitar down with all the force he can muster, sparks flying out and scorching his hands. The audience roars at the display. He’s tired of all those eyes watching him, but at least he’s making them all watch as he destroys some little piece of them. For now, they only find morbid curiosity in his fruitless rage, but someday he’ll sing loud enough, act loud enough, scream loud enough that the galaxy will be forced to hear him. To alien and human alike, the face of Kajiyama Fuuta is an icon of rebellion.

Just laugh, hey kick and break ya! To the galaxy shining bright, chi-cheers. Change the game with a single action. Trust me and I'll show you, chi-cheers.

Kotoko’s boot cracks bones on impact. It wasn’t even her steel leg that had rendered her enemy into this mess. The alleyway is too hidden and the neon city street too distracted for anyone to hear the alien’s final cries at her feet. Her team catches up with her, breathless with exertion and shock at the victim she leaves in her wake. As soon as she holds up what they came here to get, all doubt leaves them. Their ship will echo with celebration tonight.

We only get one life, so I'm living mine for me, cause I'm the one from your wildest dreams. I'll create a fantasy in this crazy world and change it all, I'm going all-in. 

“Ha-ha –!” Fuuta hasn’t heard himself laugh in a long time. It isn’t a pleasant sound, and neither is the chaos that follows as the fight escalates. But damn, did it feel good. The lights of the paparazzi blind him as he’s yanked out of a magnetic train car. The crowd deafens him. The aliens around him bruise and break him down. But he holds tight to the things deep in his mind. He imagines himself as a shining hero. He thinks of them – his own hero. He conjures up a world that’s better for both of them. It’s for this reason he wrenches his arm away from those holding him back. Though his collar buzzes with electricity, he takes another swing.

A universe brimming with dreams… Who will remain standing at the end of it all? Don't you wanna know? Caught within rules without rules, a bird is set free. I hear the song grow louder, fill up the entire nebula!

As the glass shatters around her, Kotoko can’t help but savor the moment suspended in the air. Given her many escapes over the years, she hadn’t been worried about making it out in one piece. And yet her heart races each time she tastes freedom again. She lands on her feet, pausing to make sure her newest recruit is keeping up. Kotoko flashes a wide, toothy smile at them, and they return it shakily. They seem a bit shaken by all the blood that had been spilled on the way, but Kotoko is proud of how quickly they’ve adapted to this liberated lifestyle. She’s riding the thrill of success, knowing she’s changed the outcome of Alien Stage once again. Another weak human saved from their captors. Another victory.

Just laugh, hey kick and break ya! To the galaxy shining bright, chi-cheers. Change the game with a single action. Trust me and I'll show you, chi-cheers.

Smoke chokes Fuuta’s lungs, but it doesn’t hold him back. The private dinner room is full of the rich and powerful as they eat, smoke, and laugh at humans’ expense. They place bets on the upcoming competition rounds. They harass Fuuta to perform for them, eyes of all shapes and colors boring into him. Through the haze and dim lights, the spark of resistance is burning as bright as always. He dares to talk back at a figure who is not used to being talked back to. Fuuta dodges a few strikes, even getting in a few kicks of his own before he’s overwhelmed with a blow to his right eye. 

We only get one life, so I'm living mine for me, cause I'm the one from your wildest dreams. I'll create a fantasy in this crazy world and change it all, I'm going all-in.

Kotoko tries to hide her snarl at the massive advertisement screens they pass. Even flying by at these speeds, she gets a clear look at the Alien Stage champion and his coy smile. It churns her stomach. She had always wondered why any contestant would willingly stand up there and sing, knowing it would get someone else killed. They were complicit in murder, if you asked her. But this man – his actions were far more than “complicit.” The face of a tiny girl flashes through her mind. For a moment, she’s lost in a vision of the girl by her side – still laughing, still carefree in the world that Kotoko is working towards. Reality returns to her. She discharges her weapon directly into an alien’s face.

Every obstacle in my way, I've crushed them all. Step all over me but I'll rise again. It's you who's in the wrong, bet you had no idea.

The lights go up, and Fuuta sways on his feet. He finds himself instantly winded as he starts to sing. The heat from the show’s pyrotechnics make him even dizzier. His good eye surveys the crowd. He would not let these villains win. They took the people he cared about. They took the people who cared about him. Hell, they even took his guitar. He knows that by the end, they’ll take his life, too. It’s all the more reason to continue. He sees now that his intensity had inspired others, even if it hadn’t saved them. Fuuta refuses to go down quietly. He refuses to stop singing. He opens his mouth:

“Hey!”

Kotoko shouts it after the new recruit, but their mind is made up. She’s left clutching at her injury and frantically typing on the huge machine, trying to complete their original mission. The screen streaming the event flashes with images of the redhead pouring his heart out onstage. Kotoko lets out a strangled sound of frustration and stands to follow.

Just laugh, hey kick and break ya! To the galaxy shining bright, chi-cheers. Change the game with a single action. Trust me and I'll show you, chi-cheers. Whatever comes to mind, give it a chance. Contemplate all you want, won't change a thing. 

Blood pools around the losing contestant. All that shouting and he can’t even choke out a goodbye, now. The intruder stands in the one place she spent her life fighting tooth and nail to escape forever. They lock eyes. They’d only heard accounts of the other, but in that brief moment, they understand. They are just two humans, two loud humans, who had a vision of how bright the universe could be someday. Despite it all, they both ended up here, doomed to die on this stage after singing out to an uncaring audience. Fuuta’s gaze slips away. He offers one last smile to his hero. For the first and last time, he is content.  Kotoko turns her attention away from them, to the audience. She clenches her fists and feels very far from content.

Don’t you dare stop now –

Justice assemble! Till the end –

Ride the waves of passing time, and run with the wind 'til morning, don't stop.

[rosesradio]

Putting this one on anon to avoid the Backlash™ but genuinely thank you for being one of the few profiction people in the Riordanverse fandom who actually makes a point about how oversaturated the solangelo and percabeth is. I love percabeth, don't get me wrong, and some of the solangelo art has some true heart and emotion put into it, but acting like these ships are somehow "pure" and "unproblematic" is ludicrous. Will regularly cotton-wools Nico and underestimates Nico's ability to know his own limits. Annabeth can be downright possessive of Percy to the point it makes her aggressive towards others. Just because a ship doesn't involve *checks notes* a miniscule age gap between *checks further notes* characters, that are still BOTH minors at time of writing, and are *taps sign* capable of having a relationship that's entirely *taps sign louder* platonic and NONSEXUAL, doesn't mean it's absolved of any "problematic" elements. But I guess Will shows up and suddenly all the people who were formerly frothing at the mouth over percico or lukabeth have to shove their pre-2010s ship art under the rug and abandon ship lest they be seen as "pEdOpHiLeS". Like... I'm no lukabeth shipper either, I'm pretty much neutral on it, but it's like... who the fuck cares? Everyone in this series is fictional. No real people are being hurt. Sure, don't normalize anything that could be abusive, but abuse isn't intrinsically tied to an age gap of, need I remind people, less than five years. Half these people would probably lose their minds if they actually read the original Greek myths in which there's age gaps, incests and bestiality left right and center. Zeus turns people, including himself, into animals and coerces people all the time. So does Poseidon. Apollo chases after a nonconsenting Daphne. The original myths are full of rape and misogyny, people and animals being tortured, and many other things that by today's standards would be immoral. And yet people still love these myths enough to write various beloved media adaptions about them including musicals, books, videogames, tv shows about the children of these messed up and chaotic entities. Either way, OP, unless you're actively endorsing and condoning real world, non-fictional abuse of animals, children or otherwise nonconsenting parties, then WHO. THE. FUCK. CARES. keep writing whatever you want. or don't. i'm not a cop.

😳

i mean…yeah, that sounds about right. it’s honestly a wonder to me how many people in the fandom are so extremely pro-censorship & sensitive to any dark themes in media when pjo itself is rooted in (admittedly glossed over for the middle grade audience) Greek myths that are…messy on a good day, lol.

also the toxic side of percabeth & solangelo intrigues me, but not enough to really explore it. plus like you said, the Backlash™ would be insane. but you make a lot of really good thought out points.

also, of course i would never condone the things i explore in fiction to happen irl—oftentimes some of the things are explorations of my own traumas that i wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy (not to say you need to be traumatized to write darkfic or ship xyz, but that’s another post i’ve made before).

i honestly really wish people would come forward as being profiction in fandom more often, because to be honest, i think we’re the majority. but at the same time i know from experience that the Backlash™ can be pretty nasty, so i understand wanting to stay anon.

[dangerpronebuddie]

At first I was cool multi shipping because I'm fine with casual multishipping but then the bucktommys got annoying and now I want them to breakup not just because I ship buddies as an endgame ship and because I felt like that's where the plot was headed but also out of sheer spite like even if I didn't think buddies would go canon I'd want them breaking up by any means necessarily because those shippers don't deserve to win I don't even want them to break up for some neutral mature reason they deserve to suffer more than that

I was cool with it at first too, I will admit that. I was riding on the high of bi Buck and thought a short term ship would be kinda neat.

But no.

No no no.

I've never seen anything like this. I have friends who ship both and they're completely chill about it and don't mind that I despise it. But the majority of them are honestly out of their minds. I've never seen so many shitty, racist, vile (and downright just bad) takes in my life. Their entire ship is riding on headcanons, and if you disagree with one, you're attacked for it! They try to rewrite canon and take it as gospel. They worship the ground Tommy/ Lou walks on (despite both being racist assholes with no growth or change to be found). They don't know the characters and they don't care.

What has pissed me off more than anything is the fact they attack the actors and other fans. It's not their fault. BT shippers decided there was more than there actually is, thanks to Lou exploiting them for money and fueling their ideas. I could go on for AGES, honey. And it's sad.

I am all for "multi shipping" (such a bizarre thing anyway, I didn't know we had to classify whether or not we enjoyed more than one couple 🙄 but I digress). Ship and let ship, but when you turn to calling fans homophobic for disliking a literal racist, a line has to be drawn.

I love buddie, and I want it so bad, and it seems to be the natural progression of the plot, but I'm letting whatever happen happen. I'm not going to attack actors and writers and other fans when I don't immediately get my way.

As for the breakup, I understand your want for it to be bad. The petty in me would feel extremely vindicated. I think, with Buck's storyline focusing on Gerrard right now and the fact Tommy shows no interest in supporting Buck through it all (even before Captain Bigot took over), I see it all tying in somehow. But that's another conversation entirely.

[chocolatepot]

I was tagged by @edsbacktattoo and @chaotic-neutral-knitter to share my favorite fics that I’ve written!

One of my favorite genderbends is Pretty and Witty and Gay, my second Sweet Damsels fic, which covers the clothes swap in 1x04. It still makes me so happy. It's so gratuitous and literally all of the action relates to clothes, and that all comes together to set up sooooo many thoughts and realizations on Ed's part ... Even rereading it now after a couple of years, I'm just like, "Nice one."

I've written a number of canon divergence AUs where Ed and Stede meet differently, but I really love What Else Could I Do (Again), where Stede does cancel the Revenge after Mary tells him to. They meet as a surprise when Ed's taking a ship and still immediately hit it off. I eventually went back to the same concept with it's a good day for curin' your ills, a genderbent version of the idea that is even longer and tbh even better.

And of course, Yes, Captain. Frankly, I love all of my E-rated gentlebend, but this deep dive into how much Ed likes being dominated and treated as Stede's special prize takes the cake. (And it's basically canon. It makes me sooooo smug.)

I didn't intend this to be dominated by my f/f AUs but in retrospect, I guess it's not a surprise. Anyway, I'd also add It Never Was Anywhere You to my list of favorites. This is the one where Stede seduces Izzy to keep her crew safe until Ed gets back, and it's iddy as fuck. I love darkfic and creepy situations, and also people falling for the characters I relate to, and I really delivered for myself here.

AUgust/AUpril/JanuAUry are some of the best months of the year, and a few of my favorites come from those events. I especially love Fantabulosa, the fic where Ed's an Edwardian female impersonator, and Only Chance, the Ladyhawke AU.

I've mostly talked about OFMD fic because a) the vast majority of my fics are for that fandom and b) my more recent fic is better than my older fic by a lot, and my recent fic is even more heavily biased toward OFMD. But I think about my Good Omens sideswap/genderbend fic, Important Things, on a pretty regular basis just because it's so fun, it's playing with concepts and images I like (like angel!Crowley inventing pay-it-forward chains and demon!Aziraphale climbing awkwardly out of a priest's window in her shift). From a craft perspective, though, my favorite of my GO fics is The Crow Road, a post-finale fic from Muriel's perspective and frankly I think it's really good.

It's taken me so long to get to this meme that I'm not really sure who's done it at this point D: so I'm just going to leave this open to anyone who wants to do it and hasn't yet!

[mistystarshine]

From the shipping asks post:

8, 11, 12, 17, and 18

Oh, and also 27 if you want to. I don’t personally read many Reader insert fics, but I’d be interested in hearing your opinion on them.

8. Who is the most shippable person you can think of?

Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Zuko from AtLA. But since I know that's not what you're asking for... Adam, but that might just be because I'm so experienced writing him and have an easy time thinking on Scenarios.

11 is answered!

12. What drives you away from a ship?

There are a lot of things that I don't ship just because it doesn't interest me. The only thing that will actively turn me away from it is if I actively find it annoying to watch or read in terms of the media itself. But in practice... The shippers. The two easiest and fastest ways to turn me away from a ship are to be pushy about me shipping it. That's how I went from neutral toward to disliking Charlastor and Adam/Eve. However, this one tends to be accompanied by bashing other characters or insisting that fanon is canon as well. The other one is bashing a canon love interest to launch their ship, especially if they insist that it's canon. Example: I won't touch any ships that pair Lute with anyone but Adam or Adam and Lucifer despite headcanoning her as bi because I am yet to see a single goddamn fic that doesn't make Adam abusive toward her or erase his importance to her. Similarly, although I love Adamsapple, I will only read fic from a couple of authors because the majority bash Lilith and bash or erase Lute.

17. Are there any popular ships that you just don’t like? What are they?

Yep! It's common for me. In Hazbin, the main one is Radioapple. I have no real reason for this one, I simply do not like it. Other ships I have reasons for disliking.

18. What is your favorite unpopular ship?

Adam/Lute/Lucifer! I'm a basic bitch. That said, I've got Angel/Denji, Makima/Himeno, and Yoru/Asa for Chainsaw Man and Ymir/Mikasa and Eren/Reiner, Jean/Reiner, and Mikasa/Reiner for Attack on Titan. Jean/Pieck too!

27. What are your views on reader x canon ships?

I don't even remotely understand the appeal. I read fic to read about the characters, not insert myself into the story. No hate though!

[novelmonger]

For the Random Asks Game: 3, 4, 8-10, 12, 14, 20, 22, and 23, please?

Wheeeee, lots of questions! 8D

3. traveling by train or by plane?

Train, if at all possible. I've been in far too many planes for my taste, and trains tend to be more comfortable. You don't even have to wear a seatbelt! It stays level, it's reasonably safe because it's not like there's tons of chaotic traffic every which-way, and depending on the train, there might even be a dining car! Sleeping in a train isn't much better than trying to sleep in a plane, even if you get a sleeper car, but pretty much everything else is superior other than the travel time.

4. have a scenario: you have to break someone out of prison, and you are allowed a squad of four people. they can be real or fictional. who are you picking?

Hmm...Yelena Belova, Victor Sullivan, Eilonwy, and Edward Elric. Because they all have experience related to getting someone out of prison, and because I think it would be hilarious to see them all interacting XD Eilonwy and Ed would be bickering the whole time, Sully would keep trying to hit on Yelena, and she would be the one reminding them all they have a job to do, while throwing plenty of shade herself.

8. themes and/or character dynamics in media that you are a sucker for?

BROTHERS BROTHERS BROTHERS BROTHERS. But you know this already! Brothers who are also best friends, best friends who are basically brothers, brothers who would die for each other, especially when they say something along the lines of "we're all we've got..." ooof, I'm gone! x.x

I'm also a sucker for father-son relationships, and older brother-younger sister relationships, which for some reason are much rarer to see.

9. favorite ship? doesn’t have to be specific, could just be favorite kind of water/spacecraft.

I have zero opinions about water/spacecraft, sorry.

But for characters, my OTP is and has always been Royai <3

10. name a song with impeccable vibes.

(Okay, just to narrow it down, I'm going to have to go with the classical definition of "song" as one with words. That...doesn't narrow it down terribly well, but whatever.)

Ohhhh, there are so many to pick from, but one that just popped into my head and made me gasp just to think about it is "Kaze no Machi he" from Tsubasa Chronicle. When the music picks up around 2:30 and the other voices join in...chills. Every time.

12. favorite book sequel?

As I said with movie sequels, the best book sequels are the ones that I like even better than the first installment. And there are several of those I can think of, but one that comes to mind is Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones. Everybody talks about Howl's Moving Castle, and rightly so; it's amazing. But my favorite is the second book, not least because it does such a good job of capturing that Middle Eastern, Arabian Nights/Aladdin feel that I so love.

14. describe your current dream house.

I'd want the outside to be blue or brick. Bonus if there's ivy or other vines climbing up. Pretty flowers, maybe some fruit trees, outside. There will be mourning doves roosting in the trees. Preferably a tower room, or at least a window seat. The inside will have interesting colors on the walls, not just white or that drab neutral beige/tan everybody paints new houses these days. There won't be any major issues with plumbing or mold or vermin. I'd have my own room with purple walls, and there would also be a wood-paneled library with floor-to-ceiling bookcases, maybe with those sliding ladders even? Comfy chairs and a chaise lounge for reading, and one bookcase doubles as a door to a secret room - either for the extra-special library, or maybe that's where the video games would be. The other thing I would love would be for the house to not be...regular, exactly. There would be all these steps going up and down and weird little hallways, so you never know quite how far off the ground you are at any given time unless you look out a window. (Basically, if you've ever read a description of Bleak House, I want a modernized version of that.)

20. if you had to pick a country to live in outside of your own, which would it be?

There's a range of countries I feel reasonably confident I could learn to live in without too much trouble if I had enough of a reason to move there. There's all the English-speaking countries, of course, like Canada, England, Australia, New Zealand.... I also feel like I could live in [redacted country I grew up in], Belgium, or Japan. There would be a bigger adjustment, and again I'd want to have, like...a job in place ahead of time before moving there, and the culture shock would probably be more severe, but I think I could do it.

But if I have to pick just one? Canada, where I will be getting a house to live with @rainintheevening - at least until she meets her cowboy in shining armor truck :D

22. favorite ice cream flavor?

Bride's Cake. The only brand I know that has it is Blue Bell, and they don't always have it in the stores, so I always pounce on it when I do see it. It's vanilla ice cream with chunks of white cake, and it all has this angelfood flavoring that elevates it even beyond the various chocolate flavors I like.

23. say you are taking a trip to the zoo, which exhibit do you visit first?

Realistically, I start with whatever's closest. But I always like watching the primates. I don't believe that we're descended from apes, but it's easy to see why some people do, because monkeys look so much like people, a little to the left.

Random Ask Game

[bubblegum-blackwood]

Character Ask Meme:

23. Has your favourite character/ship changed over time?

24. What's your favorite thing about Armand?

24(b). What's your favorite thing about Lestat?

Has your favourite character/ship changed over time? Definitely! I was 100% a Loustat girl when I first got into the series, and while I still ship them, they aren't my main focus anymore. Then for a while I was absolutely insane for Armand/Daniel, then I moved to Marius/Daniel and Marius/Armand, and now I'm stuck in a bit of an Armand/Lestat craze. Funnily enough, I was kind of neutral toward Marius when I read TVL, decided I hated him after B&G, then came around and now he's one of my favourites if not my favourite character!

What's your favourite thing about Armand? I think probably how versatile and resilient he is, like as a "person" but also as a character. I am putting that boy in situations. He is made to put in situations. He is also made to turn into a Creature. And he has such interesting relationships with so many major players in the Chronicles! There's just so much to work with and talk about when it comes to him!

What's your favourite thing about Lestat? He's just a silly lil guy

[kittyandco-archive]

Hi! I know you're into Star Wars and I've been considering getting into it myself (definitely not for the sole purpose of kissing one of the characters. definitely). If it wouldn't be too much to ask, do you have any tips on making a Star Wars insert? There are so many planets and characters and pseudo-canon plot threads >< aaaa I'm not really sure how to close this, but I love your blog! I love your ships! I think that what you have with Hans is great, I love seeing the two of you together on my dash 💖 I hope you're having a good week! (and feel free to not answer this bc I spent like thirty minutes on wookiepedia and wanted to cry there's so much)

OMG HI HI HIHI II THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ASKING this means so much to me!

and yes, delving into the GFFA can be a Process. it's still difficult for me and i've been here for nearly 5 years. wookieepedia is a wasteland sometimes 😭

this is one case where you should remember not to feel pressured to be entirely canon-aware, because there's so much going on all at once that you may learn about later that will affect your s/i. so just start with what you know! the GFFA is a huge galaxy with countless planets, species, battles, and the like.

here's how i might approach it if we're doing a complete breakdown (not in any particular order except for the 1st):

i would start with the era that your ship takes place in. it might be easiest to categorize these eras by film trilogy: prequel, original, and sequel. most extraneous media takes place within one of these eras/trilogies, so you can start there and take into account what's going on in canon. are you dealing with the sith, empire, or first order? are the jedi still around? what major events have already happened and which ones are happening right now?

where is your s/i from? do you have a planet that speaks to you, or do you want to make your own? do you want to be in the bustling inner rim or the mysterious outer rim?

is your s/i a different species other than human, and how does this affect their life? if they are, i would research that specific species if they speak to you. or they could be a droid for all i know!

how does your s/i interact with their environment? are they a pilot/do they travel? are they royalty or in politics? are they well-liked by their peers? do they have friends (and who are they)? do they have enemies?

does your s/i have any affiliations? do they belong to the dark side? are they a hero? are they neutral, or do they struggle with both light and dark?

does your s/i have special abilities? are they force sensitive? are they a fighter or are they pacifist?

how does their planet's climate (either literally according to the weather, or their cultural climate) affect how they dress? do they wear a uniform? (those are pretty common in SW)

when thinking of your s/i's personality, consider the ways in which a war-stricken galaxy impacts your s/i. what's their outlook on the world? how were they raised? which experiences potentially caused by this war shaped them? no matter how far removed they may be from the battlefield, it affects pretty much the entire galaxy in one way or another.

thank you again! 🥺 it means a lot that you would ask me, of all people. and thank you for appreciating my nonsense!

[lesbiansanemi]

Caught up on jjk. opened the jjk tag. saw the first post was a straight x reader post. IMMEDIATELY closed it and opened your blog instead. o7.

I'm so glad to be a safe haven from the hellscape that is tags. I hope you enjoyed your scrolling o7

Nah, x reader shit is a literal fucking inescapable plague and it's so fucking infuriating, I can't lie

Like, I truly have no issue with x reader stuff in general. Like the actual fics and art, of course. I have no interest in it, but other people like making and reading it, so good for them! Like, glad you're having fun

The broad community around it is fucking insufferable though and they make me kinda fucking hate anything associated with x reader stuff in general, to the point that I literally block anyone who posts/reblogs it on sight.

They are so fucking inconsiderate of everyone other than themselves in fandom spaces and ignore so many of the social niceties pretty much all other communities use to make fandom a habitable space for everyone en masse. The way they flood and abuse tagging systems is so fucking infuriating. Like, using the jjk fandom as an example (as its x reader community is one of the worst I've seen in this regard, though kny isn't much better), you shouldn't be fucking tagging your x reader smut shots with every goddamn character in the series. You want to write something of getting dicked down by Gojo? Sure, put it in the general jjk tag as well as Gojo's tag. That's valid and fair. Why tf are you tagging Maki? Or Yuuji? Or literally every other character in the series? Why are you tagging unrelated ships? It's so unnecessary and rude and self centered.

I also hate that the vast majority of them won't tag their stuff with a general x reader tag that's easy to blacklist. If I want to avoid their posts in totality, I'd have to blacklist "gojo x reader" "satoru gojo x reader" "gojo x fem reader" "gojo x gender neutral reader" "gojo x you" etc etc you get the point.... but for every fucking character in the series. Why not just add literally one general "x reader" tag that would mean people like me could easily avoid your stuff and we can both blissfully enjoy our lives? Tagging isn't just for getting exposure, it's for allowing people to avoid your work as well. That's more than half the courtesy of it

But no.... they want to shove their shit into as many people's faces as possible because they think that will get them more exposure, not just piss people off and make tags uninhabitable for literally anyone who isn't interested in it

They also have a tendency to not put their graphic, explicit porn under read mores, which is also just basic decency. Never mind that I then have to scroll through all 4K words of your OOC daddy kink nanami porn, but I had to see it when I didn't consent to it, potentially in public. Thanks for that! Also especially dumb when you put MDNI on it and then... just post it openly without even a single click to keep it off the screen. Great job! Not that MDNI always keeps minors out (obviously) but it's a useless shiny sticker when you then post the porn just out in the fucking open, not even offering one fucking click for people to consent to seeing it

I've also noticed they tend to use uncredited art in their stuff super fucking often? And no "art not mine" doesn't fucking count as credit.

Idk, I just truly have no fucking respect for the x reader community at this point considering their blatant lack of respect and courtesy for literally every other fandom subculture.

Sure, they get some hate for being "cringe" or whatever (which I admit isn't fair. I def don't get the appeal, but I don't think anyone should be getting meanly ridiculed for it, you know?) but I wish they would realize that the fucking disdain they get from the rest of the fandom is for these reasons.... Not necessarily the self shipping or even the blatant mischaracterization for wish fulfillment purposes

Idk, sorry for the rant, but the x reader crowd fucking infuriates me. Like I said, I block them all on sight (probably have upwards of 1-2K blogs blocked at this point because of it), and have blacklisted as many tags for it as I can.... and while how often I see it has definitely gone down and makes tags slightly more bearable... it's still, fucking somehow, like 50 fucking percent of them

But anyways, back to the main point! I'm glad I could curate a jjk tag that is more enjoyable and to your tastes! I know I very much like having one I can scroll through that's art and meta, rather than.... that

[yes0another0outsiders0blog]

Since I've been getting a few followers and a bit more requests, I figured that I should introduce myself, so--

Hello, nice to meet you, I'm Rae (they/he).

I write sometimes, and here I obviously write for The Outsiders. Usually, I stick to headcanons and bullet points. I ramble, but prose isn't really my thing on the regular. I might take a while on requests. I have major issues reading (ironic for a writer) and I really had proof-reading driven into me growing up, so bigger pieces (alphabets, prompts that cover a lot, etc) may take a few days. Oops.

Anyway,

Speaking of requests...

[masterlist]

I take requests for general headcanons, alphabets, x reader headcanons, and similar.

Since I'm nonbinary and I like to be reader too, most of my work will stay gender neutral by default. Feel free to request a fem!reader, but for broader headcanons that cover bigger audiences not much would change gender-wise. Anything smutty is afab by default because that's what I know best and am working with, but I'm willing to try amab!reader upon request.

With prose, short stories, dialogue prompts, and such, I'll write them if I want but I probably won't take many requests. I just need to be in the mood for that, I'll probably open temporary prompt challenges. Like, those "send me a prompt from this list and a character" types, but generally it isn't what I feel comfortable wit or enjoy doing.

Also, I'm asexual. I'll do smutty headcanons, I love talking about kink (it's one of my special interests), but I probably won't do much if any smut-centric prose. I just don't see sex in a way that lends to writing, I can rattle off headcanons like fun facts and play with a very limited set of dynamics but I struggle to relate to it in a way that doesn't feel hollow. Like, I can tell you what I think a character would be like in bed but I can't make myself be them, if that makes sense? Sorry, I know that's a big draw in x reader stuff.

While fluff is my main jam, or maybe angst to fluff, I also don't mind writing on darker topics. I have no hard limits with themes, I'll add warnings if needed but I like my fair share of "dead dove" content and no happy endings.

I also do match-ups

I like shipping. I like overanalyzing characters. I'll ship you with one if you would like.

Just provide your pronouns and sexuality, general appearance, a bit of your personality (a few sentences minimum, the more I get the better I'm able to match you with someone), and some likes and dislikes. I'll tell you who I think you'd work best with and provide a little explanation for you.

But, anyway--

I just wanted to get an introduction out of the way. So, this is it!!