#idle writing

[idlenight]

WIP Whenever

tagged by dear friend @heartbreakincident. 30 minutes after it already stopped being wednesday for me. so idk its thursday and im already super late with this <( _ _ )>. so nobody is gonna be tagged, tag yourself instead <3.

I don't have any art wips i wish to share (nvm that I have much of anything with the lack of me doing art recently).

So I dug up some old writing. which is otherwise not seeing the light of day anyway (its dragon age).

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"Roro," Carver squeezed out, a hand weakly reaching for his brother's. And Carver must be truly far gone if he would willingly call Ambrose by such a 'silly childish nickname' (Carver's own words).

"Carver, I love you, but this is a bit too intimate don't you think?" the joke fell flat even to his own ears, the nervous tremor making it sound like a desperate attempt at normalcy. Which it truly was.

Carver actually let out a laugh at that - one that was barely more than a wheeze, and followed by a pained groan. Delirious from blood loss, had to be. Noted.

"Just... sit still one moment."

Carver's head lolled to the side with a frown, "Where would I be going with my guts hanging out?"

He ignored the even worse attempt at humor to take a deep breath instead. Mentally preparing himself for the grossest thing he had probably ever done, or at least the most upsetting thing. "Oh and try to be quiet."

"Wha-" Carver cut himself off with an ear shattering scream as his guts were unceremoniously pushed back into his stomach.

[pipinpali]

Idk abt most ppl in the gt community,,,but like,,,,, ,if i saw an actual giant,,, i think id be so scared id faint ngl,,

It kinda depends on how big the giant is, but like

If theyre over 20ft,,,,,,,,,

Yea no i think id die maybe

ALSO THEY CAN MAKE CONSCIOUS CHOICES TOO??

HELLO???

THATS TERRIFYING,

someone of that size can do so many things to you and you cant do literally anything abt it

[randomly-generated-posts-machine]

put @i-am-a-snom and jerma985 with key plot points into a time loop and see what happens

[popponn]

Seeing the esteemed Duke of Meropide eyes a pair of decorations curiously is an amusing experience, turns out. Even when your relationship with him is pretty much an unsaid ‘almost lover’ situation.

“So,” leaning against his working desk, you try not to smile too wide, “do you like them?”

Wriothesley continues to stare and blink at the black and white dog miniatures—intended to be placed on flat surfaces, however, your creativity is your limit, or so the craftsmen of Liyue said. Straightening his sitting posture, he then leans towards the objects that sit on his desk. “…this feels like a series,” he finally says after a long while, taking one of the two dogs. He once again takes in the merry dog figurine in his hand. Slightly bigger than his thumb, carrying a ball with a tail that is depicted to be in the middle of a swishing motion.

“It is. There are actually another eight dogs,” and also another twenty cats that are a story or, perhaps, a gift for another time, “but I don’t know if you will like it… or do you even have the space to keep all ten, so I just buy you two this time.”

“Hey, hey, since when do I seem like the sort of person who is unappreciative of something people give me?” Wriothesley put down the dog, only to take another one up. In between that, a smile and a glance are addressed to you humorously, yet as softly as always. “And also…”

You realize he purposefully trails off. “And also?”

With how entertained he is at the handcrafted woods, you think he will praise the craftsmanship. Or perhaps, it is time to recall that musing of his about wanting to keep a pet and how these two will be a perfect replacement. Or maybe, he will make another unpredictable joke one would never thought would come out from his mouth.

Yet, instead of all of that, Wriothesley merely reaches out a hand to take yours while his other hand and focus remain on your present. His tone is far from anything—as if he is simply stating a fact. Despite all that, the squeeze he gives as he intertwines his fingers with yours says enough.

“This is from you,” he states, finally shifting his attention to fully land on you. “There is no way I would dislike it.”

[fatedroses]

I personally subscribe to the idea that Adventurer Zenos shows his affection and appreciation for his peers in very odd ways (like yoinking the Students' taxes and dealing with their expenses and maybe also paying for some of their expenses but shhh).

[vraisetzen]

on nanami

sometimes i forget that a healthy part of the fandom hasn't read the manga, and that nanami's death actually came as a shock to some this week.

which is warranted, given that nanami is one of JJK's better written characters – a rare breath of fresh air, maturity, and warmth in a story that often speed-runs character development.

but i've also seen people bringing up this tweet, expressing a bitterness at gege for killing nanami when he initially intended to let him off with losing an arm:

now, don't get me wrong – gege has had his fair share of bad writing moments (more to come in future seasons when we finally get to the culling games and, uhm... you'll see).

what he meant by a "character taking their own life" referred to the natural end of a character's narrative.

nanami was introduced in JJK as an opposite to gojo – he's aloof, he's too serious, and he just wants to knock off work on time. but as we come to know, nanami also has a softer side to him – one that instinctively protects and cares for the young jujutsu sorcerers, as a result of his traumatic past after the death of his best friend.

and in the story, nanami served as yuji's mentor. he defined, for yuji, what it meant to be a sorcerer, and more importantly – a young jujutsushi.

in many ways, he wrote and defined the moral compass that yuji would lean on subsequently in the story.

i wouldn't go as far as to make this post a "why nanami had to die" – but i would also like to make it clear that nanami's role in the story besides being a board-certified dilf™️ is to root both the readers and yuji in the realities of being a jujutsu sorcerer.

and for mahito – his thematic opposite, someone with a complete disregard and disrespect for humanity – to kill nanami, while allowing nanami to pass on his final words to yuji...

he is not only resolving the conflict he has within himself – because he is able to die with the knowledge that yuji will not be "cursed", that yuji will continue as a jujutsu sorcerer with the right moralities, capable of facing the demons nanami once tried to run away from as a teen.

so, no, gege did not get carried away with killing nanami, as some have opined. nanami's narrative – as a character saddled by the burdens of being a sorcerer, who escaped from his responsibilities as a teen only to return, and to pass them on to a young boy who also has too much to shoulder – simply came to a close. x

[cruel-hiraeth]

mfw yutamaki tell me they’re adopting me as their new pet and i’ll never leave their sides again

[karizipan]

🦐🦐🦐

[peppermintquartz]

Tan stretches out his legs and Street sits besides him. "For real?"

"For real."

"Wow." Street drinks from his bottle and then angles his body to stare at his best friend. "For real real?"

Tan rolls his eyes. "Yes. Deacon and Annie are getting a divorce."

"Wow. But... Why? He loves his family. He thinks the world of Annie."

Shrugging, Tan says, "I tried bringing it up but he just says, quote, it's complicated, unquote. Hondo isn't talking either though I'm sure that he knows why."

Shaking his head, Street wipes the sweat off his neck. "Man. I always figured Deacon to, y'know, be the guy to have it together. Wife, four kids, nice place, cool job."

"And now he has three of the four." Tan rolls his right shoulder to loosen it. "From what I heard, it's going pretty smoothly. Neither of them want it drawn out and they definitely don't want the kids caught in the middle."

The two of them share a moment of commiseration with the absent Deacon. Then a car pulls up outside the basketball court and Chris comes out, bearing three smoothies.

"Hey guys," she calls out. Street jumps to his feet and runs over, kissing his fiancee on the cheek and taking two of the smoothies from her. She gives Tan a quick hug too, heedless of his sweaty state. "Hey, Tan. I heard from Luca that Deacon and Annie are splitting up?"

"We were just talking about it," Street says after the first mouthful of his avocado pineapple smoothie. "Ooh, babe, this is delish. Is it from the-"

"Yeah, that one down by the bridge."

"Niiiice."

Tan thanks her for the smoothie and says, "Only Deac and Hondo know the details. But everyone is buzzing about it."

"Annie's practically an institution in SWAT," Street points out.

Chris frowns. "I wonder if that's to do with... Hmmm."

Both her fiancé and Tan perk up. "Wait. You know something?"

"I don't know anything, I just have some suspicions, but that's not my secret to tell," Chris says with a warning tilt of her head. The guys subside. She asks, "So where's Deacon staying now? With Hondo?"

"Nah. They come in at different times," says Tan. "Probably with a friend. I doubt he'll stay in the house with Annie and the kids."

Street makes a sympathetic grimace. "Man, if Annie has to bear the mortgage of the house..."

"Deac won't leave her to flounder, don't worry," says Chris. "They're probably gonna sell the place. And Matthew and Lila are old enough to help with Samuel and Victoria."

Tan nudges her. "You're Victoria's godmother, you could visit and ask?"

She wrinkles her nose. "Annie and I aren't that sort of friends though. I mean, we're not unfriendly, but we're not exchanging messages and all that." Street rubs her back in understanding.

"I know it's a private matter and everything but man, I'm just dying of curiosity," Tan complains. He glances at Street. "Was that how it was for you when I was divorcing Bonnie? No, y'all already know why." He suddenly straightens from his slouch. "Did Annie cheat?"

"She... doesn't look the type," Street offers. "And Deac loves her. Remember when she had that brain tumor? Deac would've offered up his own life for hers."

"Deacon isn't the sort to stray either," Tan argues. "He always been about family."

Keeping her face impassive, Chris sips her smoothie as the gears in her head spin. Finally, she says, "Maybe they just don't see a future together."

"After almost twenty years? Come on, Chris."

"Tan's got a point."

"Maybe they found out something that changed the way they viewed themselves and their marriage. People change all the time," Chris responds. Finishing the rest of her smoothie with a slurp, she gets to her feet. "Alright. Shower and dinner at our place, Tan?"

"Only if Street isn't cooking," Tan says, grinning and dodging the towel snapped at him.

"You should be so lucky!" With a little jog, Street catches up to Chris and drapes his arm over her shoulders.

She takes the hand on her left shoulder and squeezes. The only question on her mind is, Who's the guy Deacon's fallen for?

[baeshijima]

wowee it's really 2025, huh... we all know what time that means :D

to start off, i just wanted to say: if you're reading this now, i'm proud of you for making it to the new year. i probably said something like this in my last new years post, but it still holds true. this year has definitely been a tough one for many different people, and for many different reasons. just like any other year, we have all had our own difficulties to overcome but, regardless of how major or minor you believe these hardships to be, that doesn't take away the courage it took for you to press on and be here right now. thank you for not giving up and persevering through another year <3

as for me, i want to thank everyone for being here with me in 2024. my activity has been up and down this year (stares at uni. and also when i was away for like the whole summer,,,), but thank you for still sticking by me up to today. regardless of whether you're an older or newer follower, a friend i've had for a long while or one i've made recently, someone who regularly interacts or someone who chooses to quietly follow along, i'm glad we have seen the end of this year together !! here's to another year with more fics and brainrots <33

happy new year everyone !! i sincerely wish for all of your health and happiness in this next year to be plentiful, as well as the many years to follow o(●'◡'●)o

[runawaydr3amerao3]

🎙️Idling In the Impala and 🌈 @supergaysupernatural

It's time for a new episode of the @idlingintheimpalapodcast with Kasey and Sandra! 🥳 This week they have an interview with the hilarious, lovely, talented AJ aka @supergaysupernatural aka Imagination_creation over on AO3.

AJ's writing (primarily Sam/Dean and John/Dean) isn't for the faint of heart (nor are some of the subjects covered in this episode! 🤭), but I thoroughly recommend checking it out—just heed those tags, people!

Along with her fic writing, the interview covers subjects like: how personal experience can soften your views of conflicting characters; getting caught writing gay incest porn in your highschool science class; and how seeing yourself reflected in a show like Supernatural can make feeling isolated a little less lonely.

But like all Idling episodes, there is so much ground to cover and never enough time! AJ is thoughtful, funny, and intriguing, and it was so nice hearing another Aussie accent on the podcast. I'm rapt we finally got to listen to S&K pick her brain. I always knew it would be an interesting landscape. 👏😁

Listen Now: 🔴 YouTube 🟢 Spotify

You can also check out the Tumblr post for episode timestamps if you want to tune in to something in particular:

Oh, and here's a puzzle for you. We couldn't quite decide on a word in the Idling In the Impala discord server, but what do you call someone who's not quite a John-sympathiser and not quite a John-apologist? I liked John-thot, personally. 😏 I mean, AJ will fight you for him regardless of her own feelings, but a label might still help. 🙃

Don't forget that likes, comments, and subscriptions on YouTube and Spotify are super helpful for the podcast in battling the algorithms. They also support Kasey @sam-is-my-safe-word and Sandra @talltalesandbedtimestories to continue bringing us this excellent content, and content creators keep the fandom turning, so let's show them all the love we can! 🫶🥰

[lightningidle]

Fig's line "I don't think I'm an artist, I think I'm just a good friend" has not left my head at all. Just...

You're Fig Faeth and your horns came in over the summer and you pick up the bard class as a form of adolescent rock 'n' roll rebellion, and it works! It's exactly the outlet you need! You give a guy you just met drumsticks and you start a band and it's good enough that within a year and a half you're touring. You are, in every sense, good at being a bard.

And then, finally, your junior year, you start to take it seriously. Your art goes from an outlet and a form of rebellion to a practice. A discipline. (Can rebellion exist within a discipline?) Your classmates know what they want to do with their work. They all have a thesis statement. And yeah, there's cohesion in the music you make, but you've never had to think about why you make it. You've never sat down and dissected what it is about bass that speaks to you. You've never poured over your lyrics to pick at any deeper meaning. Why should you? You don't play music for a grand design, you do it to... huh, why do you do it?

(Your art is the one form of self-expression that feels as safe as Disguise Self does, because even if you're pouring your heart onto the page and then screaming it in front of thousands of people, it's not like you're really making yourself known. You can sing I'm lonely, I'm scared, I'm furious, and your fans will sing it right back, and there will still be the distance between performer and audience to keep your heart safe.)

Now you're being asked to look inward to explain the artistic choices you're making, and you can't help but recoil at that, because you'd rather do anything than look inward. Meanwhile, your classmates have no problem with it, so you start to wonder if you're a real artist at all. Can your art be authentic if it only exists to bolster a thesis statement? Has your art been unauthentic this whole time because you've never really thought about a thesis statement before? Is that what makes it art, and not just the next track on somebody's teen angst playlist?

You can't think about yourself— acknowledging your own existence makes you want to puke. So if your music is an extension of yourself, (and it is, even if it's just because the spotlight reveals only what you want it to,) you can't think about your music. You can't. You have to. Your grade depends on it.

You're Fig Faeth, and you keep multiclassing because you'd rather be a good friend than a great artist. If introspection is what great art demands, then fuck it. You must not be a bard at all.

[cherrywperson]

they make me so so so so SO sick

[quirrrky]

hello, everyone! I'm currently on vacay 😎 visiting my grandma here in nyc 🗽 do you guys have any suggestions etc?

[wolfofcelestia]

R18 ! Sugar Daddy Sylus

He'd hand over his card and let you go on unlimited shopping sprees whenever you want, but when he can't accompany you, he makes sure you remember him by holding you down and fucking you hard and fast. You both have places to be and things to do, but this is a necessary step. Because he needs to mark you both inside and out before he lets you go

He'd fuck his cum into you, then push a plug in to secure it all inside you, making sure that every drop stays in place. He wouldn't let you wear pants when you leave to go shopping. You'll wear a short skirt to keep your attention on any possible leaks. Maybe he'd allow you underwear if you've been good

But every step you take on your shopping spree, every time you slip off your clothes in the fitting room, every time you take out his card, you're hyper aware that every new outfit, pair of shoes, or handbag is yours thanks to him

[fictionallemons]

I was on a podcast!! Sandra and Kasey invited me to talk SPN, fanfiction, and my favorite dinosaur on their awesome SPN pod @idlingintheimpalapodcast. If you've never listened to them (and you like SPN and podcasts), you should! It was so fun to chat with them. Also, I've literally always wanted to be on a podcast and they made that dream come true! ❤️🎧🍋