#idk we'll see if this turns into a full rewatch

[justalittlebluetiefling]

I tripped and clicked on the first episode of A Crown of Candy again uh oh

[stray-tori]

quick lc s2 rant about trolling the audience

Slowly but surely my patience is running out.

The LG trolling in PVs was already annoying to me. But like, sure. why not, it's all meta stuff, and the episode itself actually switched to LM (recognizeable by the choke marks) before the flatline. so, fair! easily catch-able when you pay attention or rewatch.

But this new episode...? In ep6's ending, the shot of CXS running with LTX had his eyes normal (like, in the actual ep!!).

I HATE shit like this. I'm sorry, wtf? This is not a case of "if you paid attention, you got something early". In fact, it's the complete opposite. it's turning to your audience and saying "oh, you paid attention? too bad, we lied!"

In s1 LM being possessed was obscured SO naturally through the mask and later the dark room being all red. Going from that (which is genuinely one of my favorite things from s1) to this kind of stuff really frustrates me.

In both cases (assuming this ep's ending is also misleading*) I feel like they could have edited it in a way that didn't show the eyes at all, and then use the full animation for the next episode.

Or at least make it a far shot then where non-colored eyes could be an abstraction/simplification because of the distance.

i just. i can't do this.

screwing over your invested fans who try to make sense of things they see IN THE EPISODES is just a move that I cannot understand.

Because yes, the eyes likely aren't in-universe. it's purely for the audience, but it's not like their approach changed to make for a less direct hint. They didn't keep doing it through ep7 as they did in ep6 - which proves that this is solely to be unreliable and to troll and I find that disappointing.

Because I absolutely understand the value of leaving things in the dark with this stuff - nobody can be trusted, etc. It would be great for the genre switch. But that's not how LC has operated with this until now and instead of consistently adjusting, it's done like this.

Maybe ep6 was an error, but considering how likely it is for ep7 to be doing the same, I don't think it would be.

\* reg why I think ep7 is also misleading: LG was too hurt to walk to the door without opening his wounds, there's NO WAY he could do all this. and we know that CXS possessing someone carries his physical condition over. also in a preview for s2 they showed the timestamp LG was waiting for in ep6 (18:55) with text that says "Past meets future". Idk how this will work considering he probably can't dive to save himself if he's actually taken but IG we'll find out!

edit: toned down my wording a bit ;w;

edit after ep8 came out: it wasn't trolling since they consistently portrayed him without golden eyes "before" we saw the dive happen, so that's fair game to me. Just makes me dislike ep6 end even more though lol, why did they deviate from their portrayal for that one shot ugh :(

[onmytape]

just here to say that i'm rewatching some pg cougars playoff games and realizing how much fun they are to watch...that powerplay??

my people! i'm going to rant, i made some shitty gifs for visuals, i love this stupid team, i'm so glad you're here too

where do i even start? playoffs were soooo fun especially the pg vs tri city series. they were pretty evenly matched and it could’ve gone either way (seattle sweeping pg was boring, sorry 🙄 definitely didn’t need four games of that haha) pg is sooo underrated as an entertaining team! the powerplay especially 👀 i have a whole folder full of clips from round one so maybe i’ll make a top ten moments post but the last game against tri city was wild. if anyone else is reading this, i'd recommended watching the highlights even if you don't care about the cougars. more about this under the cut

and the powerplay. the powerplay. they deserve a post of their own. probably the most exciting aspect of our team this year. i couldn't come up with a better cast of characters. fun fact: last season wheaty didn't have a single powerplay goal. oh how the tables have turned.

i'm expecting next year's pp line to be ziemmer, heidt, and funk and idk about defense. we'll see who's going to replace samson 😥

a shitty analysis of some highlights of game six 😼

the wiebecroft connection 🥺 and after wiebe gets the ot in game two!! i am going to miss this duo so much. also i need to add wheaty's comment about wiebe in the post-game show (direct quote because i recorded it haha): “that guy’s been finding me all series. it’s about time I put one in for him. yeah, he’s so much fun to play with and I kinda knew when we were streaking two on one that he was going to find me and that’s exactly what he did. i’m just happy i got to repay him for all the times he set me up and i haven’t scored.”

A dynamic duo goal! heidt encouraging fans to wave their rally towels 🥺 and then gets buried by his teammates

dubinsky immediately falls after scoring. brown's not going to not celly, even if he has to pile on top of dubinsky to do so. (also dubinsky sidenote: i'm so glad we had him this season. he's gone through so much injury wise. his final post-game interview after the second series was so sad. he sounded so choked. said he just wanted to make it to playoffs in his juniors career and he finally did! even though he didn't get to play his last game 😥)

watching this move live was crazy. my heart was going through it as brown had a perfect chance, flubbed it, managed to pass it to o'brien. the hometown connection!! this was perfect!

"chase wheatcroft sends the cougars to the second round for the first time in sixteen years!"

how can you not love them 🥲 (heidt trying to jump into the celly and falling is very on brand)

[valleynix]

I dislike that I have to work and my body needs rest, I could spend that time on more important things which is reading about homosexuals.

A bit late after the premiere but I just finished the chapter.

1. What are they so cute for AAAAAAA

2. Is there a kink for that

3.

"Why were you ever afraid she, of all people, would have an adverse reaction to you not being human"

I wonder about the logic in that too

4. BIRD LUNATIC CONFIRMED AAAAAAAA 🐥

(bird Lunatic interacting with Dani would be like that one scene when Aurora meets Diaval and calls him pretty bird, all smiley)

5. "I am… conflicted"

*gasps*

6. Googling that pink flower meaning for Lunny

7. Poor little bird they just want mama to love them but she doesn't give a damn :(

They're so sad and miserable, I want to hug them pls. They need hugs and therapy <\3

8. "Bela stands with her aunt by the fireplace"

❗❗❗❗

Naur this little scene was so sweet please. Why are you making everyone be so soft with everyone. I am at my limits. The power of a forehead kiss. PLEASE

🥹🥹🥹

And I think these two can get along really well. like Bela is a quiet kid and she's not as chaotic as her sisters so they can spend some peaceful time together. And Bela has a lot on her plate and there are things she can't talk about with Alcina and those she wouldn't like to share with Dani or Cass. And it's not like she has friends there.

So having someone like Donna would definitely be a great help to soothe her nerves and anxiety and she could find support in her :(

Crying over them.

9. <Cassandra scoffs and moves toward her aunt. “What, none for me?”>

CASSANDRA GETTING A KISS WHEN

I bet if Daniela was there she wouldn't let Donna live peacefully until she got kisses too.

10. SCREAMING

I love how Cass can be so bold at the begging and tease the shit out of them but then she's like idk what's next🧍

😭😭😭

(Rel tbh)

11. Please I love her so much, she's literally so perfect oh my goddess

12.

DANIELA

I swear my whole soul lights up just by a mere mention of her.

BUT IT TURNED UNHOLY SO FAST

Reading it now was such a bad idea. Bad idea. How am I supposed to peacefully go to sleep now??????

AFTER THAT???

THE BITE

OH MY LADY

And what do they mean they think they love her. I sure as hell do love her pls she's so precious.

13. Dani getting so much and Bela poor thing still getting nothing of Reader 😭 I think she should get them alone with her when Cass and Dani are out of the castle because IT'S ALWAYS CASSANDRA INTERRUPTING I SWEAR

14. Another lovely chapter. Well for most of the part because there are sus things. I wonder what that other version of Reader was talking about and I fear it... Don't have a brain for it now to look for symbolism and hints, might go back later but shit is about to go down, doesn't it 😭 But we'll see. Excited to find out how Reader's stay at Donna's place will go. And to read more about her. I'm also curious about Angie pls I think she might be a little annoying demon.

And literally even with all the pain and angst this story contains it's so comforting in a way, please. Gotta repeat myself over and over with this but I love it so much how the characters are so sweet to one another and this chapter was full of it as well ❤

who needs work or rest when you have homosexuals 😒😒 (please take care of yourself 😭)

1. HEHEHE I LOVED WRITING THIS SCENE, Alcina is so soft for them </3

2. the kink is just Alcina. that’s it

3. listen it’s a reasonable fear-

4. CROW!LUNATIC IS CANON ‼️

(i need to go rewatch that scene just to remember it vividly)

5. ITS HAPPENINGGGGGG

6. i have the meaning up somewhere on my computer if you can’t find it 😭

7. THIS SCENE HURT ME SO MUCH TO WRITE BUT GODDDDD I LOVE THEM, it literally makes me cry thinking about the tragedy of their character :(

8. the way you got it perfectly- like Bela doesn’t really think she can trust anyone to tell them about her problems (save for maybe Reader), but Donna can be like that for her :( it’s nice to see the poor girl finally de-stressing a little and getting to talk about things that bother her. i like to think they may send letters back and forth and Donna helps her anxieties and let’s her vent

9. Daniela 100% gets little head bonks from Donna as well as kisses (she initiated and Donna can’t help but smile as her niece just lightly smacks against her head)

10. CASS IS SO FUNNY SKFHSKFJSJD I LOVE HER, she’s got the teasing down but had NO idea what she’s supposed to do when the other person is actually into it

11. GRRRRRR SHE TINGLES MY BRAIN PLS

12. DANIELA IS SO DIDBSKDBSKF RRRRRRR I LOVE HER SM, LITERALLY MY FAV FRUIT FLY. she’s so sweet and precious and i just RRRRRRRRRRR

13. i have some plans for Bela getting her time >:3

14. AAAAAAAA IM SO GLAD YOU LIKED IT, honestly i get kinda nervous when y’all who give me analyses write me one 😭 like i’m genuinely so afraid THIS chapter will be the one that makes you like “ehhh dropped” EVEN THO IT NEVER IS-

please reading those last two parts literally made my night, i’m so happy. i’m gonna start steadily working on the next chapter since school ends this thursday (yay!) and i should be able to actually post regularly :3

BUT YOU BETTER BE TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF OR ELSE 😠😠

[chaotic-plotter]

@dreamerinsilico <3 sent me a lot of emojis and i'm going to answer them all. from this ask meme

✨What's a fic you've posted you wish you could breathe life into again and have people talking about it? (or simply a fic you wish got more credit)

is it cheating to say "any of them"? 😂

i haven't written all that many so there's not a lot to choose from. we'll go with "a lighthouse five hundred yards down". at the time, i never planned on writing it, but the idea hit me like a damn anvil one really stupid humid day in summer 2021 and i was haunted until i finally wrote it.

💫what is your favorite kind of comment/feedback?

the kind where people either tell me why something struck them or where they dive into language/images/etc. mostly because that's what i like to do when i read something (dive into language, images, etc) and also because, even though it's a super limited dataset, fic is the only place i can get random reader feedback (not writer feedback, i have critique partners). i come from throwing myself against (....and sliding on down) the glass hill of trad pub and had never actually gotten any kind of feedback/response from people who didn't know me or my writing before and it was really useful to see what people responded to, if they liked my style, etc.

💘Is there any posted fic you want to rework/re-edit/re-write?

funny enough.....yes? and also funny enough, i sort of get to? in a sense?

i started my long post-fall fic right after my first rewatch back in 2021 and i planned out the whole thing (yes it's still taking me 800 years to finish it, i apologize). but in reality, i sort of have a different outlook on will and hannibal post-s3 than i did at the time. and i'm really going to be rethinking the back half of that fic as i work towards finishing it.

so, essentially, yes, i wish i could rework those first 6 chapters (especially the first 2, wrt to writing style and tone especially!) to better fit whatever pivot i'm going to do in the last 4. i wouldn't change any of will's internal arc, i'm still happy with that, but there's plot stuff that i would.

🕯️was there a fic that was really hard on you to write, or took you to a place you didn't think it would take you?

not one that anyone can read, but i tried, thinking it would be darkly funny and maybe a good time (why i thought this is a mystery) to write about will post sex with margot. but writing about it in a "will has had sex that was Not Enjoyable but hey it was Sex With a Real Human Person and is reminded of his profound loneliness and has a little cry in the bathtub about it" way.

.......yeah i legitimately made myself upset with that one and had to stop. maybe i'll circle back around to it when i'm not so profoundly lonely.

🪄what is your post-writing/sharing aftercare? How do you take care of yourself or celebrate yourself when you've finished a fic?

i don't have any writing aftercare 😛 i probably should though

mostly i just take a couple of days off from writing after i finish something. idk, does checking your email hoping someone comments count as aftercare? i'm afraid i'm a terrible obsessive and putting things down is not my greatest skill, even if i am exhausted and glad to be done with actively working on them.

💌share something with us about an up-and-coming work (WIP) that has you excited!

hmmmmmm. well.

the next wip i actually have on the docket is a s1 nudist will au. i'm excited to jump back into hannibal's headspace after being outside of it for so long. he's absolutely insufferable and i can't wait to go full goose menace on everyone in the story (until it turns back on me and he never shuts up 😛)

and then, well, i've got another one-shot challenge after that, which is all about stretching muscles i rarely stretch 😏. i'm still deciding if i want to run a poll about it or if it should be a complete surprise

send me more asks if you like! i love these emoji meme post things

[aobawilliams]

okay okay okay top ten detective conan things? what do u like most, what do you like to write about/think about, who's your favourite character, that kind of thing

I'm not sure it's actually gonna be in order but whatever

1) In case it wasn't obvious I love Kaitou KID. He's an absolute little shit and each time he smirks I'm like "oh no". I have a stupid crush on this idiot. He's so fucking dramatic. My rewatch of detective conan ended up in a "let's rewatch all the movies with KID and then we'll catch up with the rest".

This is his first appearance but he's still a dumb teenager

2) I miss the style of early Conan it was so so good, around when the FBI arrived I think it's when it started to really change and I found it sad. Conan little round face. Full of unbridled rage. All his littles expressions.

3) Speaking of early Conan he had such a strong gremlim energy. Like sure Shinichi as well but Conan had no limits. He got turned into a kid and decided it was going to be everyone else problem.

4) The manga is getting way too long and while I understand it's probably partly due to editorial decisions and the fact it is somewhat due to the kind of manga it is, the fact it's both trying to have a plot and stay plotless is starting to get tiring, plus we are starting to have a bit too many characters to care about,,, gimme back the original crew, I feel like we haven't seen Sonoko or Kogoro in ages.

5) For some reasons I just don't like Eisuke. No particular reason I just don't like him djdjdjd. Also for the longest time I only knew of him from fics and was expecting him to look different and when he appeared in the manga I was like shockedpikachu.png.

6) Idk I'm just rambling at this point. When I got back into the fandom I started with reading fics for a while before reading the manga and I shipped KaiShin a lot then. But after reading the manga I was like, ShinRan is so perfect and beautiful together. I love them so much. And I guess in a way KaiShin has lost some of his luster to me now djdjdj even though I still love their relationship in a platonic kind of way.

7) The latest case with the kidnapped kid is so fucking dumb,,,,, I'm like, that's not even suspension of disbelief at this point,,,,,,, I understand they want to put forward Amuro/Rei and his police friend who all died because Rei is one of the fandom favourite but also, that's why flashback and spin-off exists.

8) I still have a very soft spot in my heart for the Detective Conan one-shot I wrote about Haibara being able to say goodbye to her sister. Related but I love how Akemi's death and the Moonlight Sonata case stuck with Conan. How they influenced his character, and they're some of my favourite cases overall because we get to see how he deal with "failure", how human he is.

9) Desperate revival arc my beloved. The scene in the cave where he got Shot and the detective boys are all trying to get him out and bring him to safety and Conan still trying to guide them but passing out and aaaaaaaahhhh I just loved this so much. Another passage I really like is the halloween party where there's like Heiji disguised as Shinichi disguised as a Mummy. As a rule I just love the use of disguises. The theatre where Haibara was disguised as Conan and Heiji as a poorly done Shinichi and Shinichi as the black knight 10/10

10) I also love the way Aoyama draw when Shinichi feels his heart going when he turns back into Conan. It's just. *chef kiss*.