#idk what games to ask for lol so if anyone has recs :)

[aroaceofthesea]

Does anyone have cool board game recommendations? I'm making a list of things I want for christmas and i thought about putting avalon but like in all of my friend groups someone has it already so it feels kinda useless? But i would like some board game kinda like it bc i just love the whole lying thing

[thrandilf]

do you have a guide as to the extra materials for The Dragon Prince? i keep seeing stuff about comics or books but idk where to start

Not on hand but I can make one here! :D

There are two, soon to be three, canon graphic novels.

Through the Moon takes place between seasons 3 and 4, like a little season 3.5 It isn't Necessary to read it before watching S4 but the story is cool and the extra information is neat. It feels like we might get more info regarding what happened to Rayla while she was gone later in the show

Bloodmoon Huntress takes place when Rayla is a child around when her parents leave. Lots of Runaan and Ethari, also introduces Kim'dael who will be in S5. Again, not Required reading but a fun extra story.

Puzzle House is coming out August 1st and is about Claudia and Soren as children, and we also get a look at younger Viren and other people. Harrow's father, King Atticus is still king in this one so interesting Katolis lore, SUPER hyped for when we get to read all of this one. The Scholastic link has a 15 pages preview if you wanna take a peek.

There are novelizations for Dragon Prince Season 1 and Season 2, they add a bit of introspection and small extra details. Viren in particular gets more of his internal thought processes laid out and for me it just Confirmed a lot of things. Season 3's novelization is coming out April 2nd, 2024. I'm sure all 7 seasons will eventually have novelizations.

Tales of Xadia is the ttrpg book and it's gorgeous and is probably the most lore heavy supplemental material as far as world building goes. The system also looks fun! The website has a character builder too for OC making. As a writer, it's been a great help as far as seeing some aspects of the world laid out. The system looks fun and there are videos of some of the cortex(?) team playing ToX official tales/campaigns but I haven't watched them yet. The campaigns are also available to look at online too.

I think that ToX is getting an expansion at some point since the base game doesn't touch much on Ocean or Star magic, I imagine due to spoilers for the seasons we're coming up on.

There's also a tabletop game called Battlecharged which I haven't personally played and I don't think it Adds lore but I've heard it's fun.

Also, it will likely be a long time before we see it, but there's a video game in the works as well that's in alpha testing right now called Project Arcanum. Wonderstorm is pretty busy!

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE

The Free Stuff:

Reflections are official short stories hosted on TDP's website and all of them are excellent and provide little extra scenes. Some of them are quite impactful, and the ones in this second batch are promising an absolutely wild S5. The first batch was released pre S4 and the second batch is being released now pre S5 as we count down to the new season. They aren't Required reading since the most key information from them will be in the show (going by the S4 ones) but I highly HIGHLY rec reading them all. Banger after banger. As of posting this there may be one more coming.

There's also little 4 panel comics called Everyday Xadia that have been also released during countdown mode and they're just fun/cute. Volume One and Volume 2 (still coming out). Sometimes when people say comics they might mean these, or the graphic novels lol.

Thank you for the ask, I'm always happy to share the TDP love and I hope this was helpful to you and anyone else who'd like a ref!

[lucatielsgirlfriend]

hi its really late but ask game asks LOL ive been busy 5. are you in love? (and if so, 8. describe your crush) 21. do you think anyone has feelings for you? 40. have you written a song or poem for someone? 59. what do you look like? (an dthey say post a picture but im gonna say you dont need to if you wouldnt be comfortable) 75. whats the sweetest thing anyones done for you?

hiiii its ok :3

5. yeah im in love with many awesome people!!! too many to describe them all ^w^; i do love my girlfriend a lot. expressing love so openly is kind of new to me so its difficult to describe the kinds of love i feel separately. im also polyamorous so maybe there arent different kinds idk. sorry idk if that makes sense.

21. yea i know for sure people do :> im not always sure why but it's nice to feel wanted and its been mutual so far

40. never so far! i wanna get into making music so i probably will eventually :3

59. my me! (bad at photos sorry tehe)

75. this girl sent me a love song a couple weeks ago 🧡 i really liked that. I really like when people give me music recs also, like when I do that it feels really vulnerable !

yay ^-^ !

[4th-make-quail]

☕ dragons

OOOOGH NONNY, YOU'VE UNLOCKED MY SECRET LOVE!!!!! i've been a dragon girlie since i was VERY young and found my first Anne McCaffrey Pern book in a charity shop! i was so obsessed with Pern, post Sonic and Redwall it (and dragons in general) was my biggest special interest! one of my prized possessions was the Dragonlover's Guide to Pern (a not very lore-accurate book but a beautiful one nonetheless) and i used to draw dragons all the time from it!

i had dragon art on my walls, postcards and prints and pics i drew myself; i have a shit ton of dragon figures - especially Myth and Magics which are very 80s-90s now, but i love them so much still (my fave is possibly the Firstborn because it's a wizard holding up a TINY BABY NEW HATCHED DRAGON!!!!), and then i have another beautiful fave which i think is a Tudor Mint Age of Dragons, but i'm not quite sure cos it's hard to track down info on them, but either way he's green and elegant and beautiful!!

you couldn't go into a british new age shop when i was growing up without there being a fantastic array of fantasy dragon figures, but i was always very fussy with them because so many are just tacky and poorly painted, and a bit ugly lmao. but anyway yes, dragons!!!! in fact that retro sff art i rbed the other day with the dragon in space gave me SO many feelings!!! LOOK AT HIM!!! SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!! HE'S GOT A JETPACK!!!!

anyway so ofc Spyro is one of my fave games (evident from my reblogs lol) and i just love dragons in any and all forms really! i love the Pernese style where they telepathically communicate, and the Temeraire style with riding them into war, and the dnd style with all the beautiful colours??? idk i just love them slgh'fgf one of my permanent rings was a lil dragon curled around but i had to take it off for my carpal tunnel op and now i can't get it back on again 😭😭😭 i keep meaning to go get it made larger actually, i need to remember to do this!!

there was a time where i would read, watch and play anything with dragons in (don't ask me how long i spent playing Drakan: the Ancient's Gate, an objectively fucking terrible ps2 game LOL, or Dragon Rage, another objectively terrible ps2 game), but these days i'm really out of the loop as to what's out there, and there doesn't seem to be as much dragon fantasy these days anyway??? if anyone has any recs send them my way (just not Eragon)!!!

[unnamednarrator]

🛌

from this ask game!

🛌 what's a trope you haven't written, but want to?

thanks for sending this in @mage-chocolate ��!!

i guess my “problem” with everlark is that suzanne really hit a lot of tropes in canon and subverted them in an interesting way so it sometimes feels a bit strange to write (although i eat it up every time when i read fics that alter those tropes into various aus so idk what im talking about). but for example, fake dating, bed sharing, arranged marriage, second chances, amnesia (kinda?), school crushes, mutual pining, reunion, etc. already done

anyway let’s actually answer the question lol

i like the idea of a soulmate au (there’s one in particular that i read for shirbert where they were connected with flowers that i think could be sweet) or a blind date one (where both of them are pissed off to be there and decide to pay the piss offenings forward by telling their mutual friend it was a disaster except they can’t find anything to argue about and just have excellent chemistry)

i personally like fake dating fics but i don’t think i could write one and im not sure if ive read a modern au everlark one i really love so if anyone has any recs lmk!

[maidenvault]

hey! so I just watched rogue one for the first time (and realised how much I actually love the Star Wars series.. it's a whole thing) and now am about to descend into the sw canon. but I thought I'd ask where the best place to start is? comics, spin offs, books etc! (for context I've watched the prequels, og trilogy but only the first of the newer movies because ugh. and I've watched a bit of the clone wars & loved it.) Any advice you have for me would be greatly appreciated!!

Hi! If you liked what you saw of Clone Wars, I'd definitely start by watching it to the end and continuing with The Bad Batch, which I think is the most consistent in quality of the animated shows and builds on things TCW did in really smart and rewarding ways. Because TCW is so long and honestly has a lot of tedious fluff in it, I've made a watchlist leaving out the skippable episodes for anyone who doesn't want to commit to getting through it all, as you really don't have to.

And if you love Rogue One, you should definitely watch Andor. Not my fave but it's as good as everyone says. Just a staggeringly good cast all around.

When it comes to the books/comics/games, I'm honestly not the best person to ask lol. I dabble in reading EU stuff and a lot of it's great, but I feel pretty strongly that SW loses a lot of its magic when it's not on the screen and the fandom takes all the deep lore a bit too seriously. Back when Timothy Zahn's original Thrawn trilogy was published we weren't supposed to ever be getting more films, so naturally it was a big deal to people that canon was expanding in this way and luckily those books were excellent. But these days the EU seems relatively non-essential, even if many would say it's better overall than it used to be, and some of it's contradicted by the movies/shows anyway. Idk, part of the appeal and identity of the classic canon to me is that everything about the world is kind of different-yet-familiar, using recognizable archetypes and all, it's really pretty simple as a story and not hard to understand. I think fans who get hung up on the supposed importance of world-building details or expanded-universe lore can lose sight of that.

This is a long way of saying it can be intimidating how much Star Wars there is, but you shouldn't be intimidated by it. There's nothing that's essential to read to be into the fandom. A lot of "canon" is little more than glorified fanfic and we can all discard the parts we don't like. Even fans who are more into the EU than I am would probably say there aren't a lot of bad places to start, and it just depends on what kind of Star Wars you want more of. I know the ongoing High Republic series is really beloved and supposed to be very consistently well-written. Lately I've really enjoyed reading Jason Aaron's Star Wars comic (set between ANH and ESB) and Kieron Gillen's Darth Vader which can be read alongside it. If you'd be interested in reading any Legends stuff (stories that are no longer canon as of the Disney era), the Thrawn trilogy is a classic of course, and the New Jedi Order series is a sprawling storyline that even some fans who like the sequel trilogy say is a better OT sequel story than those movies. You can easily google the reading order for any of those to know how to read them. If anyone wants to chime in with other recs in the notes, please do!

[mumms-the-word]

THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT MY FELLOW WRITERS

I can’t remember who tagged me with this or if I stole it 😭

Tagging: @elspethdekarios @sorceresssundries @fantasyfictionfables @lewdisescariot and anyone else??

No pressure friends as always and sorry for double tagging, this has sat in drafts for like days

Last book I read: For fun? I honestly can't remember. For my dissertation, Phantasmion by Sara Coleridge (and I haven't recovered, it was an acid trip of a fantasy novel)

Greatest literary inspirations: Bram Stoker (fave classic writer), Marissa Meyer (influenced my love of YA fairy tales), Ursula K. Le Guin (her style is SO GOOD)

Things in my current fandom I want to read but I don't want to write: I skim/read a lot of smut for someone who will never write it. I don't even read it that much, but occasionally something catches my eye (I appreciate you smutty, smutty people). What I'd want to read but not write is slice-of-life style shenanigans between characters, the kind that comic artists like @a2zillustration do really well. Send me recs if you know other BG3 comic artists!

Things in my current fandoms I want to write but I think nobody would be interested in them but me: my current masquerade fic I love writing stuff that is incredibly specific to my Tavs because I find it fascinating to explore different character perspectives and voices? But I know the fandom tends to enjoy generalized Tavs or "you" POVs more than specific OC characters, which is fair given the nature of the game, so I don't share as much of my Tav-specific stuff these days

You can recognise my writing by: the lack of smut...and probably an overuse of adverbs. and the fact that every chapter/oneshot is ridiculously long. I'm new to fanfic, okay, I wrote full books as a hobby before this lol

My most controversial take (current fandom): oh boy I have...many, probably...I've already gotten blocked for one hot take (I think it was a misunderstanding??) but it wasn't even my most controversial take. I think my most controversial take is that there is no One Correct Way to interpret a character, and anyone who tells you that "you're reading the game files wrong" or "that isn't what is canon" is ignoring the fact that a) that's not how interpretation works, and b) the branching nature of the game is going to necessarily mean that different people encounter different things in different orders and may not even get the dialogue that you hold so dear to your interpretation of the character, and that is okay. We shouldn't ask everyone to become an expert in every facet of their favorite character's identity because not everybody has the time or energy for that. We should just hope that people are having fun. Like I know this is a complex topic and I don't want to ramble about it here lol but that's the gist

Top three favourite tropes: in no particular order, 1) arranged/convenient marriage that leads to genuine love between characters, 2) super big tall buff scary guy (tortured past optional) is actually a total sweetheart who is a little afraid of his own strength (bonus points if he falls in love with a smol person he must protect and feels slightly unworthy of), and 3) FOUND FAMILY I love it every time

What’s your current writing mood (10 – super motivated and churning out words like crazy, 0 – in a complete rut): fic writing I'm like....idk a 6? dissertation writing, which I am actually supposed to be writing, is a solid 1.

Share a random frustration: my students keep insisting on using AI to write their assignments and it is BEYOND frustrating how much time it takes up for me to read their assignment, mark where they've used AI, and then forward it to the next tier in our "Guess what you done fucked up" system for this class

[h3rmitsunited]

Tag Game: Eight Shows to Get to Know Me

Tagged by @agent-p-94 Thanks for the tag! 🥰🥰

agent-p-94's post here

In order of nothing with added details no one asked for because I can't do anything without rambling on forever and I could talk about all these shows for literal hours (ask me to please, I'd love to):

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: My chaotic comfort show. Been watching for years and years and its always good for some stupid laughs at crazy insane horrible people doing the most whack ass shit imaginable. And like so many episodes so like endless watchability.

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: Watched for the first time in Aug 2020 and while it isn't currently as severe a hyperfixation and obsession as it was when I first watched it, its leveled out to a more stable and steady love and appreciation and like come on, the fandom is great. Ya'll are the best.

In the Flesh: This show is beautiful and heartbreaking and has a permanent place in my heart. I end up rewatching it basically every year just because I just have to. It always makes me cry.

Dead Like Me/Pushing Daisies/Hannibal: I'm just going to combine all three of these Bryan Fuller masterpieces that were all cancelled too soon to be fair. All of them are special in their own way and I adore the unique comedy, the snappy and intelligent dialogue, the irreverent and unique takes on death, and the eccentric and wild characters. (I never finished Wonderfalls, the other main Bryan Fuller show, so its not on the list sorry lol).

The Good Place: Such a good show. I went into it the first watched through (back when it was just the first season out) and had no idea what to expect and it just... I mean if you've seen it you know what the first season puts you through... and what looks like a silly dumb show about dumb bad people in the afterlife becomes this wonderful show about humans learning and growing and changing even after their lives are over. It's about our duty to be kind and understanding to other people, about finding ways to live with the gray parts of morality. A comedy show that talks about ethics and moral philosophy throughout the whole show without it feeling like a big boring slog. And ends in such a beautiful way that makes my heart ache and makes me cry just remembering it.

Community: This show is great. It's hilarious. I love the characters. I love the like theme episodes and dumb comedy and the catch phrases and wacky nonsense. It's just fun and great.

Schitt's Creek: This is a show that's just fun to stick on in the background now that I've rewatched like multiple times and know the whole story. I love seeing the characters grow and learn and get closer to each other. The way that they love each other as a family and end up spreading that love to the town, how they find their places and its just a beautiful, silly, and heartwarming show. (Will never be over the loss of Ted and Alexis. They were so special together.)

Tied for the final place: Parks and Recreation, Merlin, Doctor Who: These are shows that had a major impact on me, but I haven't actually rewatched in a few years. I used to do so many watches of Parks and Rec and I still have a love for the show and Benslie is a true OTP. Merlin is great and I'll rewatch episodes here and there but it can be a bit of a slog getting through entire seasons especially knowing how it all ends (😭). And Doctor Who, I'll say probably was the show that made me end up here (on tumblr). I watched in 2012, freshman year of college not really knowing anything about fandoms or like forum places like this, ended up on Instagram to check out more Doctor Who pics and memes and saw a ton of screenshots of tumblr and then finally gave in to make my own account in 2013. And now it's 10 years later and I'm a disaster. So thanks a lot Doctor Who...

Tagging... uhhhhhhh.... idk @hbdttg @trash-mammall @mowi0205 @definesupposedtobe @lavinialost (but like no pressure just ignore this if you dont wanna) plus anyone else that wants to do it!

[hullomoon]

(Idk if you’ve done the self-rec ask thing yet, i am so late to the game on this and tumblr search is garbage lol, but i wanted to pass it along anyway just in case! <3)

tumblr is a bitch and i foolishly saved the first ask you sent about this as a draft and then tumblr ate it. thank god i preemptively copied what i'd originally written.

i have done it already but i love a bit of self-promo and since i just finished up this year's Voiceteam all my recs will come from that!

Hello! - A Filk about Blanket Permission | multivoice | G | 02:58

This is a filk about requesting authors post a blanket permission statement, set to the tune of Hello! from Book of Mormon.

minutes into hours (hours into years) | T | 21:13

Lup gets her life back, gets her body back. But those ten years in the Umbra staff have changed her, and Taako too, and bridging the difference proves harder than they expected.

[Filk] We Don't Talk About Lucius | multivoice | G | 3:49

A new crew member thinks they have a stowaway. The crew of the Revenge let him know what's up.

[Noun] Never Says [Verb] | multivoice | G | 16:00

A series of madlib style stories.

[podfic] night shift | M | 39:59

The man gripping on to Ed’s arm like a lifeline has wind matted hair, a rough jaw, and fingernails blackened with dirt. He’s no longer the same person Ed laid on a dock and waited an entire night for.

He doesn’t know whether to laugh, or cry.

or: Stede and his crew return to the Revenge. Ed isn't quite ready to deal with that.

i don't remember who all i tagged when i last did this. so if anyone wants to play they are welcome to do so!

[samwpmarleau]

Jamie/Sam? I do know what the slash means lol

Saw this come in then promptly forgot about it, sorry!

When I started shipping it if I did

I don’t actively ship it — I consider them more as just plain besties — but I don’t not ship it. If they became a thing, I wouldn’t be mad at it.

My thoughts

I love their arc and friendship!! I love that Sam wanted to be friends from the very beginning (offering to help Jamie up in the pilot, then being eager to get some pointers from him). Now they are friends, but what I also like is that Sam wasn’t a pushover. Jamie had to work for that forgiveness. And the parallel of the pilot — where Jamie refused Sam’s help — and 2x06 — where Jamie instantly accepts it — is so beautiful.

I really hope we get to see more of it next season!

What makes me happy about them

All of the above.

What makes me sad about them

Nothing really? If you’d asked me in season 1, I’d have a much different answer, but I can’t think of anything about them now that makes me sad.

Things done in fanfic that annoy me

I haven’t read any fic about them yet!

Things I look for in fanfic

See above. If anyone has a favorite fic of them to rec, feel free to send it over.

Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other

Answered here for Jamie. For Sam ... idk, I’d be happy with most anyone except Rebecca (which doesn’t look like it’s going to get rekindled anyway). Maybe Dani because they’re both such wholesome rays of sunshine 🥰

My happily ever after for them

More of the same, I think. Whether as friends or eventual partners, I’d love to see their bond continue and grow. I don’t know if the show is planning on doing a World Cup storyline, but regardless, something I’d also love is to see a game between England and Nigeria where they get to face off against one another. They’d put their all into beating the other’s team, of course, but they’d be happy for whomever won, and their postgame drink/hangout/whatever would be nothing but a good time.

Who is the big spoon/little spoon

Hmm ... I feel like they might trade off. Maybe Sam being the big spoon a bit more often?

What is their favorite nonsexual activity

Something fairly subdued, I think. Video games, passing a ball back and forth, watching a movie, that sort of thing.

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send me a ship or character(s) and i will tell you ___

[bonvoyagenoona]

Check In Tag ✨

Thank you for tagging me @purplehearts1996 and @floralseokjin!! 🥰

1. Why did you choose your url?

Truly fell in love with BTS after stumbling upon the Bon Voyage series. (And all the crack videos.)

2. Any sideblogs? If you have them name them and why you have them?

No, but having lots of fun with this one!

3. How long have you been on tumblr?

Had a Tumblr a loooong time ago.  Used to post under calmdowncheryl. Here is a sampling of what I would post about: Danny Castellano’s side eye, Parks and Rec, and Pitch Perfect  

Also, if any of you are Mindy Kaling stans, here are my old The Mindy Project spec scripts from those days. I’m actually quite proud and fond of them. Aww.

4. Do you have a queue tag?

I use #that’s my queue because I love puns; I used it under calmdowncheryl (back when an apostrophe would end the tag); and I liked the idea of liking a post so much that I had to leave out of excitement.

5. Why did you start your blog in the first place?

First of all, Indigo, that was a really sweet shoutout. Thank you!! I’m glad that you’re posting as well as reading. You’re incredible. Imagine if you had never sent that message! Where would we be?? 💜💜 And I started posting again because I wanted to get back into fic writing. It’s filling my life with so much joy, truly!

6. Why did you choose your icon?

I really dig the artists at ICHOISM‘s take on Yoongi (my bias). The Warriors style it’s got. The whole aesthetic. The fact that Yoongi has an axe. So cool. SUPPORT AND BUY THEIR STUFF IF YOU CAN!

7. Why did you choose your header?

I love how much fun the guys seem to be having, and Jungkook bent backwards like that is equal parts adorable and devastating.

8. What’s your post with the most notes?

Hideaway, a Jin x Reader fic that warms my heart, and for which I am still writing drabbles!

9. How many mutuals do you have?

I’m not sure how to check? But I’ve been really entertained by the posts about xkit and “this hellmouth of a site” lol.

10. How many followers do you have?

548, which, idk, thanks, I-- 🤯 I’m not a huge account, but even with my old tumblr, I would have never dreamed I would have this many followers. Honestly though, I’m just having a ton of fun getting to know people, and reading, and writing, and sharing. 

11. How many people do you follow?

534

12. Have you ever made a shitpost?

Yesterday, my brother and his gf sent me this photo of their cat, Kuma, with the caption, “an evening with kumsters”:

and I immediately made this in response:

So yes?

13. How often do you use tumblr each day?

Wait, do you... do you all actually close tumblr?

14. Did you have a fight/argument with another blog once? Who won?

No. We don’t have enough time for it, right? Too much other dope shit to do.

15. How do you feel about “you need to reblog this” posts?

Very fond of the style and memories of anxiety of “wait what if I don’t reblog” that would follow immediately after scrolling past. Very Pascal’s wager. 

16. Do you like tag games?

Yes!

17. Do you like ask games?

Yes!

18. Which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

I think it’s more that I can’t believe that the tumblr famous know that I exist, much less follow or even tagged me! (hi jordan omg 🥺 also still chuckling about “villain origin story”)

19. Do I have a crush on a mutual?

Yes! 😏

20. Tags?

Tagging some authors I’ve read recently. Thank you for your service lol. 💜💜 (Apologies if you’ve already been tagged!)

@helenazbmrskai (hi!!) @missbickerbocker @sahmfanficbts @svgahigh @jinpanman @adventuresinwonderlust @artistkoo @ppersonna @jeonstudios @burningupp @jjungkookislife @noteguk @cinnabun-faerie​ and anyone else who would like to do this!

[illneverrecover]

Check-in Tag

I was tagged by the always amazing @xjoonchildx, thank you for thinking of me and also checking on me cause someone should  🤣

1. why did you choose your url? When I first got tumblr, I didn’t know what I was doing. Most of my usernames that I’ve used over the years had my name in them, and I didn’t want it associated with my name. A few of the other ones I tried were taken, so then I decided to base it off a quote I really liked by F. Scott Fitzgerald - “They slipped briskly into an intimacy from which they never recovered.” which then became, illneverrecover. 

2. any sideblogs? if you have them name them and why you have them I have a lot of them, but I don’t actually use any of them on a regular basis (with the exception of the net I help admin, @noonasinnetwork ) Some highlights: @national-anthem-awake @taehyungsbnch @baekhyunshoodrat @illneverrecover-recs

3. how long have you’ve been on tumblr? A long ass time. Like, since 2014.

4. do you have a queue tag? I do, though I’m bad at keeping it all running tbh. It’s “are queue calling me a sinner?”

5. why did you start your blog in the first place? Because I couldn’t stop watching Teen Wolf and I was obsessed with Dylan O’Brien. I still have his twitter notifs turned on, no regrets.

6. why did you choose your icon? I didn’t choose it, it was made for me by the lovely and talented Kimmy who’s blog I cannot find for SOME REASON on this hellsite. Anyway, she helped me make my blog on mobile/desktop look as rude beautiful as it is today.

7. why did you choose your header? 1. Kim Taehyung is the only man, 2. 5th Muster Taehyung lives in my head rent free, 3. Taehyung rapping ddaeng is the reason I am still alive today.

8. what’s your post with the most notes? Its either my “V/Ray Route email guide” or my very first Taehyung fic, The Point of No Return.

9. how many mutuals do you have? Idk how to count this even if I wanted to lmao but I have a lot! I like to follow people who follow and interact with me and vice versa.

10. how many followers do you have? I’ve never been really concerned with follower count, but I’ve been around 2.4k for a bit now.

11. how many people do you follow? a lot, more than follow me thats for sure  🤣

12. have you ever made a shitpost? I mean, one could argue that anything I post is a shitpost.

13. how often do you use tumblr each day? It depends on the day - some days I’m able to be on it for a decent amount, others I’m not able to check it at all. I try to at least check my notifs daily.

14. did you have a fight/argument with another blog once? who won? Nah, in the wise words of @xjoonchildx - “We thirst on this blog, we don’t fight.”

15. how do you feel about “you need to reblog this” posts? Don’t tell me what to do!!

16. do you like tag games? YES! I really like them for the most part, though if they are ones that make me do work then I will side eye them from afar lol

17. do you like ask games? I do! I don’t get a lot of asks though so I don’t play them very often.

18. which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?@taetaesbaebaepsae has approx 509k followers reading her top tier smut, so she’s up there. I’m mutuals with a lot of talented authors who I think are tumblr famous but I don’t want to be obnoxious by tagging them, lolol.

19. do i have a crush on a mutual? I would die for any of my mutuals and that’s the that on that 

Tagging (only if you want to, ofc!): @ditzymax @taetaesbaebaepsae @jimins-ass-eater @quinnkoo @serensama @taegularities @xiaokoo @kithtaehyung @imyourhobiii @ditttiii @joheunsaram and anyone else who wants to play!

[cluelesslesbian]

Check-In Tag✨

AKA a very long post about moi and this account bc I was tagged by the lovely @katelfiredemon <3

IF YOU SEE THIS, PRETEND I'M TAGGING U like this is completely optional (and long omg) so I don't wanna FORCE anyone to do it but asjhkl I think it's cute

1. why did you choose your url?

My og url was something dumb bc I only used tumblr to keep up with artists and writers I admired… this one is revamped to be ~relatable~ bc I wanted something that I felt comfortable adding on my art?? But ok-

clueless = because THERE’S TIMES THAT I’M A LIL SLOW TO GET A JOKE SDFHJKL

lesbian = bc I’m not out to my family but my sexuality is something I like about me,,, so I wanted to acknowledge it somewhere (and the anonymity of tumblr = ideal tbh)

2. any side blogs? if you have them: name them and why you have them

I made one like yesterday lol! It’s @blue-dragon-shin-ah and it’s for Akatsuki no Yona (an anime and manga I TOTALLY rec! It’s like a historical themed fantasy, comedy, romance WITH a found family trope it’s so good)

but ngl I have no clue how to keep track of more than 1 blog so it'll be a lot more inactive than this one asdhkl

3. how long you’ve been on tumblr?

hmm according to my tumblr account it’d be 2016 since that’s the oldest post I’ve kept (I deleted everything and revamped this acc in december 2020)

BUT I did the math and I would’ve made this account in middle school so around 2013-2014 lol I don’t think I used it much until voltron was booming in like 2016-2018.. Then I lowkey stopped… until now!

4. do you have a queue tag?

oof no

……...I probably should? like 90% of my blog is queued or scheduled… but ngl I barely remember to tag posts at ALL some nights so I probably won’t (rip if that’s annoying,, but I don’t make much og content so I figure anyone following me is chill with this lol)

5. why did you start your blog in the first place?

In middle school?? To see funny posts and not be pressured into having an ~online presence~ tbh. That’s literally it lol

6. why did you choose your icon?

Matching with @lesbianklance rn! and keith's expressions r hilarious

Before I just,,, chose sokka bc I love that blue boi and the edit of him had a yellow bg that I LOVED (and matched with my pink theme)

7. why did you choose your header?

Matching with @lesbianklance rn! and klance sdjfhk

Before it was just a colour palette bc I wanted my blog to be my fav colour: PINK

8. what’s your post with the most notes?

My zukka art omg- like I did one that I put effort into which I KNOW is my top post (it’s got like 600 notes??? I still can’t believe it I love that!! 🥰)

BUT MY SECOND TOP IS A POST OF REALLY REALLY ROUGH SKETCHES OF THEM AND I LOWKEY CRINGE AT IT (it’s got like 500 notes.. And I’m like… y ?? I can DO BETTER 😭)

9. how many mutuals do you have?

…...listen I’ve literally never had mutuals until this year (minus my one irl.. I love u bitch!! but u know that bc we text on other platforms too)

idek am i supposed to be keeping track??? I just smile a lot when i see the darker-tinted notifs in my activity feed

10. how many followers do you have?

hmmmmmmm ok i lowkey don’t want to answer this bc my whole love for tumblr is that followers don’t matter? You could follow me today and unfollow tmrw bc i ship something you don’t and life moves on??? So yeah no answer here

11. how many people do you follow?

1807 babeyyyy

12. have you ever made a shitpost?

...wait define shitpost- technically any original post under #yeetidk might be a shitpost cause they’re all just?? my shitty rambles tbh???

13. how often do you use tumblr each day?

Sometimes i’ve got the app open allll day long but other days?? I’ll go on like once in the morning or at night just to check my notifs and then that’s it

14. did you have a fight/argument with another blog once? who won?

lmaoo bold of you to assume i interact with anyone enough to have a fight (AKA no)

If i did tho?? I’m the type to try and come to some middle ground before dropping the issue so idk- i’m more likely to lose bc i’m willing to （づ￣3￣）

15. how do you feel about “you need to reblog this” posts?

Wish-granting/curse stuff: no.

Politics/Donation posts: depends! I try to only reblog posts like these that I know a bit about bc I don’t really wanna contribute to misinformation ykno?

I did start tagging these posts as #important but I’m not like?? gonna be mad at anyone for not reblogging political posts (also a heads-up if you wanted to block #important: I also tag some lgbt+ stuff under there so you’ll likely miss those too, not a huuuge loss but just an fyi yknow??)

16. do you like tag games?

asdfghjkl this is honestly the first tag game i’ve ever been part of so i have no opinion 😭 tho formatting this post has been a bitch asdhjkl I gotta get back to my homework when I'm finally done this

17. do you like ask games?

I've done a grand total of 1 and I felt so?? ashgjl awkward and bad for asking people to talk to me about myself- maybe if I do one that isn't about me I'll like it more

I do love sending other people anons to compliment them when they do these games tho 😌

18. which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

....this requires me to pay attention to people I follow more than I have been so I literally have no idea??

19. do i have a crush on a mutual?

yes. the one readings this. love u, sweetheart 😘

/jokes

I don't?? usually get crushes? idek.. thought I was aromantic for a while bc of that lmaoo (but then I got a crush on someone irl and I was like "oooh ok so maybe im just gay then")

[sunsetcurvecuddles]

n and u if you're still answering from the fanfic asks

thank you so much anon!! from this ask game

N: Is there a fic you wish someone else would write (or finish) for you?

ooo there’s a few specific wips or fic ideas from friends of mine that i’m just DYING to read (no pressure at all but YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE). of my own works i desperately wish someone else would write the fic that lives in my head rent-free where reggie and ray talk about breaking the cycle of abuse as parents and ray tells reggie that he thinks reggie would have been a good dad :(

U: Share three of your favorite fic writers and why you like them so much.

this question is really really hard because there are so many amazing authors to pick from! i legitimately couldnt narrow it down to 3 even just from the first ones who come to mind so have 5 sdlkfjsdlkfjs THIS IS STILL NOT ALL THE AUTHORS I LOVE NOT AT ALL NOT EVEN CLOSE. should i make an author rec post. would anyone appreciate it if i did that. ANYWAY here

@sweetheartreggie i feel like this is a given but a) kat’s fics are wonderful, the way their characters totally embody the “it’s rotten work” “not to me not if it’s you” energy (their BOGGIE my GOD!!! their bobby the original petname fiend) but then the cute stuff is so fluffy and satisfying and warm and like home. plus the endless amounts of co-creating we do that never sees the light of day... plus the fact that essentially everything i write is totally interwoven with things we make, from obvious cowrites like molars to the fact that every reggie i ever write has our endless hours of discussion about him stamped on them like a wax seal. kat is in every corner of my work and i want them to stay there forever. ily kat

@chickwiththepurpleguitar hi lilly this should be obvious LOL but genuinely the way that lilly’s writing can pull the rug out from under your feet and just devastate you. unprecedented. sometimes i will sit in google docs and watch lilly write in real time and the dialogue literally leaves me breathless as it appears. the way characters look after each other in her fics (sickfic ICON for the record), the way that when i first read longfic i had to roll over and muffle my face in my pillow and scream multiple times out of sheer agony, etc. lilly’s characters make real mistakes, the kinds where you scream YOU IDIOT as you read but you also totally, completely get why they’re doing it, and they’re so raw and vulnerable in the best ways. also, lilly’s alex characterisation my beloved. also the bobbyrayrose dynamic she has painstakingly built not only lives rent-free in my head, i am paying rent to the bobbyrayrose dynamic. it’s got a whole little business up in here. it’s the landlord now.

@arolou new player on the scene but not in my heart old fandom friend <3 do you want to cry? do you literally want to bawl your eyes out over the sticky, tight-in-your-chest, complex feelings about how hard it is to be friends and to love other people well and to talk to them about it? ALTERNATIVELY do you want to laugh and be filled with joy and sunshine? BOTH OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE. i love the .. idk if grit is the right word, because it’s not quite that rough, but her characters feel like they have something tangible and real and sometimes bitey about them that makes me love them all the more. my favourite line about alex ever written is in one of her fics. also genuinely amazing aro rep. ily so much

@joyandthephantoms FIND ME A MORE UNDERRATED JATP AUTHOR YOU CAN’T. it’s the total mastery of twisted-up, angry, loving, amazing feelings for me. it’s the characters fucking up and caring and doing their best and doing badly and realising and trying again and doing better for me. it’s the tumbling whirlwind of feelings getting stopped in its tracks by the gutpunch of sudden awareness for me. it’s the catharsis for me. i can’t genuinely do justice to joy’s fics in my own words so like, just, read them and have a better life.

@julies-butterflies lydiaa what always knocks me flat is this: lydia is a total package author like other authors dream of being. lydia’s fics can be funny or absolutely heartbreaking, her prose is GENUINELY from another dimension of good, like, some of my favourite sentences in the english language but they’re just every other paragraph and it’s like being punched in the face with beautiful words, but also then things will be SO . FUCKING. FUNNY. lydia writes my favourite julie in the entire world, has mastered atmosphere so much that i feel like i breathe the same air as these characters, and is my go-to when i need to read something that feels like an actual hug is happening to me.

SORRY THIS IS SO LONG I JUST LOVE MY TALENTED FRIENDS

[seeminglyseph]

putting together an incredibly optimistic lineup of poses I want to make for the sequence of Lake and Lucio fucking... (Though I admit it’s tempting to make it generic ‘ych’ stuff entirely because I do not want to draw all the details on his prosthetic. If everything is totally drawn out and for some reason he just has a golden hand is if I start trying I’ll spend 4 days making accurate arms for all frames and then I will hate the project and never finish it so his hand is just gold because I’m absolutely garbage at mechanisms. also I would have to deal with the details of ‘would it be more than the regular level of painful if he stuck his thumb up Lake’s ass?’ which I don’t want to. all things considered I should make it some super fuckable anime girl and use ych as a raffle but I want to draw Lake in a bunch of sex positions. other plans for Gawain as well but I gotta check some things. right now I cannot muster the energy to try and focus on drawing so I’m playing ‘collect references until I don’t feel like chewing off my own fingers’ right now.

if I did ych stuff do you think anyone would be interested in buying a slot? I’ve made some decent steps lately in art improvement so I think someone might be interested. idk gotta get some finished projects before I get too ahead of myself.... So many ideas and no time or motivation. the choose your own adventure idea I had was gonna be like do the Lake sequence as a series of audience choices like ‘ass or pussy’ ‘fast or slow’ ‘inside or outside’ kinda business and have the pov figure do the voted action but I don’t think enough people would vote.... But it’s a decent plan for a future game if I get my interaction back up (I know I’ve been distant lately. I’ve been so damn tired lol. and I keep losing too much time trying to catch up on tumblr, so I’m letting a lot of things go, but as a result I miss a bunch lol. feel free to send an ask or message if you wanna ask me something. I have a discord I can share with people but right now I’m not feeling like engaging in active conversation. might chat about smutty ship picture ideas? if you have thoughts please feel free to share them, I am not sure what I’ll get done but if nothing else I can start putting together reference pictures and make a collage monster like I did yesterday lol.

also anyone have a podcast rec that’s fast paced and entertaining enough that I don’t phase it out while I look for stuff but does have enough of a backlog that I can listen for a while without having to take a break and look for something new? bonus points for some kind of horror or mystery element? I haven’t been able to get into something enough to play it as my side media while I work and somehow that has seriously hindered my ability to work. =/ adhd problems? anyway I’ve listened to the magnus archive so not that one.

[todoscript]

20 questions tag

saw someone do this on the tl so i thought about just jumping in!

tagging @shoutogepi @shoutodoki @jojosmilktea @tsuhika @katsushimaa @shoutosteakettle + anyone that sees this and wants to join in :-)

1. what do you prefer to be called name-wise?

just astrid is fine! ☺️

2. when is your birthday?

april 4th! shigs and i’s day haha

3. where do you live?

usa!

4. three things you are doing right now?

procrastinating outlining for an upcoming exam, listening to classical music, and drinking hot green tea!

5. four fandoms that have peaked your interest.

not sure if these fandoms have “peaked my interest” but i’m also involved in the haikyuu, fire emblem, final fantasy, and kpop fandoms respectively so feel free to pop into my asks if you want to talk about that

6. how has the pandemic been treating you?

could be worse! i am definitely not going to complain about the state of my living when i’m sure there are many others struggling twice or thrice as much as me. i’m just grateful that my friends and family are safe and that all my companions live close by so i can still talk to them from time to time

7. a song you can’t stop listening to right now?

via purifico by nobuo uematsu but from the ffx piano collections! the arrangement is so beautiful! the dynamics and repetition make the piece really addicting to listen to and set the tone of the game very well! i have the song playing on the desktop version of my blog if you want a quick listen! (also play final fantasy 10–)

other than that i’ve been listening to blue hour by txt, from home by nct, not another love song by ella mai, and obvious by ariana grande (also give her new album a listen ;-))

8. recommend a movie.

princess mononoke and corpse bride

9. how old are you?

20 years old but i feel older somehow haha

10. school, university, occupation, other?

currently a uni student!

11. do you prefer heat or cold?

i prefer heat on a cold day!

12. name one fact others may not know about you.

i play gacha games 😬

13. are you shy?

it depends on the people i’m talking to

14. preferred pronouns?

she/her

15. biggest pet peeves?

when people can’t admit that they’re wrong even though they clearly are. like damn use your critical thinking skills and stop grasping for straws that aren’t there (ahem ahem, half of the people on twitter)

16. what is your favorite “dere” type?

idk i don’t usually fuck around with dere types but derederes are q

17. rate your life from 1-10, 1 being crappy and 10 being the best it could be.

7! it’s passable! maybe even borderline 7.5?

18. what’s your main blog?

@seokbwis

19. list your side blogs and what they’re used for.

@todoscript - bnha writing obviously

@bulbasamu - under construction and url may be subject to change later but planning to use for haikyuu fic recs and possibly writing in the future

@raindrift - a long abandoned gif-making blog lol

20. is there something people need to know about you before becoming friends?

when i get comfortable with someone and start talking one-on-one i can never shut up. sometimes, i just go on and on so bear with me. also, i message better on discord than tumblr dms since those are kind of a mess right now considering i occasionally use that feature to inform people i’ve added them to a taglist. so if you wanna talk just ask for my discord handle