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Things I personally canât stand in fics and writing in general. LONG rant, so stick with me people. This is a long overdue list thatâs been in my drafts for ages.) VERY SUBJECTIVE in case that wasnât obvious from the first sentence lmao. 1) Characters shipping the otp mentioned. I already like said OTP otherwise I wouldnât be reading this fic. You donât have to sell me on the concept of these characters dating, again, itâs why Iâm reading the fic. You also donât have to make characters ship them because, again, thatâs what you have friends for- you talk to each other about what you like about the ship rather than sit by as a bystander while two other people go on talking about why they like said ship without allowing you to contribute a word. This is what we have social media for- conversation and opinions.Â
I really despise when everyone in a fic suddenly decides âthese characters ought to date yes theyâre soul matesâ almost as if theyâre part of a hive-mind when this is the most unrealistic thing to expect when you put two characters in a room full of different people. Trust me, most people would be very uninterested in other peopleâs love life. The most you would get would be a few close friends making gags (but again- you donât have to sell ME on the concept of the characters dating. I fail to see both the charm and the point of this) If youâre going for realism, this isnât where youâll find it. If youâre going for a joke, I fail to see the humor in it. If youâre planning to make me resent a otp I normally would love by literally forcing me to read opinions of people I donât even know- you brought your A-game pumpkin, and you succeeded. I often get the impression characters that ship the ficâs otp are trying to either parody what I feel about the characters, or tell me how to feel about the characters, and neither of these leave a good impression. Is the point of this stunt to make the characters feel awkward? Thereâs many different scenarios you could put them into that could make them feel equally as awkward and give more rewarding results- especially since the fics iâve read including this have had the characters react very little to others âshippingâ them- it kind of just goes on in the background (why? if there is no point to it, why include it? again, it feels like youâre trying to sell me something iâve already bought). Is it written so often bc thereâs some satisfying factor in knowing everyone agrees with you both inside and outside the fic? Oh. I think weâve reached the reason this is so popular in fics. Score 1+ for the hive mind!
2) Convenient stupidity. When a character acts in a way to either mislead or derail the plot from its actual purpose without getting punished for their stupidity or given a chance to redeem themselves. Itâs such a time-waster, and often causes the plot to regress and for the characters to go through the same motions again. Itâs not a deal-breaker, but itâs a real joykill to have to read about the characters trying to fix a problem that could easily have been avoided had the character just not acted stupid when it seemed convenient to drag things out further.
3) PLEASE DO NOT COPY SITCOM JOKES FROM SHOWS LIKE SEINFELD AND THE BIG BANG THEORY I WILL LITERALLY FLIP MY LID. It doesnât take a trained eye to notice when a joke doesnât fit the phrasing of a character. Some lines from popular sitcoms work with every character because theyâre so generic, but sometimes the lines sound absolutely out of character when they come from a character who feels like theyâre being held at gunpoint just to hammer in a joke or two. I have seen characters butchered momentarily just to hammer in a few jokes that immediately lose their humor, mainly because the jokes are not funny if I can tell someone is forcing the words into the characterâs mouth. It doesnât sound like anything theyâd actually say, but something someone else wants them to say. It isnât a deal-breaker, but it really takes me out of the fic. There was one fic that actually had me dig through my bad 90â˛s sitcom archive to find 3 shows with the exact same joke as said fic. Do you know how disturbing it is to read a fic and suddenly see Jerry Seinfeldâs face pop up in your mind like a jump scare? Itâs terrifying.
4) I canât stand when a fic has all the depression tags, all the dark and tragic story tropes, but letâs throw in a joke in every third paragraph despite talking about a dark subject- letâs even ruin the most serious moments with a joke because hey jokes are supposed to break tension right. Letâs not care if it looks out of place or forced, we have to have a joke dammnit. Yes, humor is often used to lighten up the mood when things get too serious- but you actually have to allow your audience to have a pause for things to remain serious for a while before you can make a joke. A lot of the joke relies on the element of surprise (timing), and the delivery. If you donât allow us to breathe in and grow accustomed to the serious and dark tone, you wonât be able to make us laugh when you genuinely write something funny. Itâs just harder to get into it when thereâs so many jokes. Instead of being a dark fic with some nicely paced jokes, it turns into an internal conflict of whether or not you label the fic as a dark humor satire or dark themed fic with a lot of comedy in it that just doesnât pace well. Very few people can get away with this without making the humor seem completely out of place (but I have actually seen it done), and it takes a huge amount of skill to actually make dark humor work- because when dark humor doesnât work, it just sounds offensive or insulting. (Dark Humor is often offensive, but whatâs offensive has to either have some truth to it, or genuinely be funny to work as dark humor.) Meanwhile, when regular humor doesnât work, we often either donât notice the joke, or just shrug at it âyeah it was bad but iâve read worseâ and keep reading. I have seen so many fics write dark themes wrong by making light of a very dark situation and that is all fine and good if youâre writing a comedy that is mocking tragic and dark tropes in the form of a satire. However, this doesnât work if you want said fic to be âinspirationalâ or âeducationalâ (or even SERIOUS) about mental illness or disorders. It really just confuses the reader as to what your actual goal is with the fic if youâre both trying to mock the problem, and educate people about the problem. This just goes out to the smartasses that dismiss criticism bc âI has the depression so you are wrong and your opinion is stupid bc you dont have the depression so anything you say is wrong 8Dâ Please gently fuck off.
5) This might be an unpopular opinion, but I personally rank a ficâs appeal by how well they conduct a premise. You might also say I rank fics by how badly they mess up an easy premise/moral they have to work with and make a simple topic seem very absurd. I donât care if the premise is simple- if they wrote it well, they deserve props for it. If they wrote a difficult premise and the fic kind of fell apart, I can still give them some props because I can tell there was effort put into trying to make something work. However, when a fic takes an easy premise and completely butchers it, ohhhh boy. It almost becomes something akin to reading my immortal- for shits and giggles- a beautiful trainwreck. However, hereâs a fun fact; I donât hate my immortal, or hellstorm evangelion, and wouldnât class them as âthe worst fics in harry potter and evangelionâ. Why? Because they started off with an absurd premise. As soon as I read an absurd premise, I know the fic is going to be absurd. The fic delivers what it promises, and I genuinely canât flaw it for that. Of course the fics are bad, OOC on top of crazy ideas, but it didnât really market itself differently or as anything but OOC and crazy- and this is why I also donât take them seriously- because in a way- they donât take themselves seriously.
What I do take seriously however are fics that try their hardest to make a point and then fail miserably because they didnât bother to do even the smallest amount of research- and I really do mean the most minuscule amount of research. I read a fic where a bruise lasted for 2 months. A bruise. Lasted 2 months. If a bruise is big and dark enough after 2 weeks you shouldnât see a doctor, you should see an exorcist- because that thing needs to be sent to the shadow realm and fast. 2 months? A simple google search would have solved this. I actually didnât know how long a bruise lasted for, but I took one look at that and shook my head, thinking âNo. I really donât think this is accurate.â but I actually decided to go look it up because âI might be wrongâ. I might be nitpicking, but when your fic is trying to go for realism it doesnât really help that you have these small bits of misinformation that could easily be corrected... One or two wonât kill the mood if the fic is good enough, but if the fic focuses on a subject that involves, oh, I donât know, doctors/medicine (which i might add- i know near to nothing about) and relies on misinformation that even I can spot?... Maybe it wouldnât be a bad idea to just skim some reliable sources for relevant information about what youâre writing about. Small aside- I get bothered when people put the word âliterallyâ in front of things they mean to say are âfigurativeâ. I can actually gloss over this most times (i do it too sometimes almost unknowingly), but when someone writes âLiterally kicked the door down-â and in the very next sentence, say the door âswung openâ- No. That is inaccurate. You canât just shove âliterallyâ in front of things and not expect it to change meaning. That is literally illiteracy.
6) Nicknames. I really cringe at âDarlingâ or âCutieâ in fics. Yes, people do this in real life and Iâm guilty of it too- but have you ever been that one friend in a friendship circle where you donât exactly feel as if you belong there and then youâre hearing 2 people call each other "darlingâ over and over again? Doesnât that feel even the least bit uncomfortable? I often get that impression when I read fics of two characters going back and forth like this- i feel like the awkward third wheel thatâs imposing on their fun. I can handle some pet names, but when they constantly say âdarlingâ and âsweetieâ over and over again, I canât help but to feel as if the characters are losing some of their character in the dialogue (it is actually very corny). Most fics of non-canon ships are already putting characters into situations that are hard to swallow- but nicknames like âdarlingâ? Thatâs probably an aspect of fics iâll never be able to handle. I canât say why I feel this way other than the fact it always feels forced and shoehorned in (unless the character themselves have also used this word multiple times) There are of course the exceptions. The exceptions are the characters who you can actually see say this kind of thing. Ringabel from Bravely Default is an easy example, or say, Cat Noir from Miraculous- but the phrases fit because they align with their character, and arenât just put there to âbe cuteâ but to be âaccurateâ to the portrayal. That doesnât mean âif you dont use pet names for these characters, youâre misrepresenting themâ- it just means that these specific characters seem like they might engage in petnames, whereas someone as... hm... letâs say Jotaro from jjba probably wouldnât do it in a serious manner, and neither would Cyrus from Platinum. Some characters fit the bill and others donât, and I know this is highly subjective, but to make things simple; the goofy characters are always the ones who I can see use such language seriously or unironically without it feeling out of place.
THEREâS MORE, But Iâm tired and this rant has been long long long and I want to go eat eat eat. Maybe later iâll add a few more in a brief because this kind of went on for a lil too long than necessary.
#tami txt#saltmine#im mocking concepts and ideas chill#people who like these things are not wrong in the slightest#we just have different tastes#that being said- i hate these concepts#also i have better taste#i am the superior race#im joking#ITS JOKE
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Hello!!!
Ahh I recently read the first chapter of 'The Sun God's Bride' and omgg I'm so sooooo excited!!!!! It looks like it's going to a fun and emotional journey!!!
I love your world building!! Its so realistic but fantastical?? Idk like it just seems sooo lovely, pls I wanna live there đŤđ¤˛đ
I'm curious! When building a world what's your process?? Do you use references such as art and photography to build the world along with your own imagination?? I've noticed that you like to draw, do you draw concept art???
Also!! Pls I'm so in love with how you reference 'flower girl' in your work! Its such a cute and fun little nod to surrender!
Ahh I look forward to going along this journey with you!!! Super excited for the next chapter!!! đđđ
Hello Anima!!!!!!
I want us to live in the Sun God world too. đŠ We could be temple brats, surely itâd be easy⌠swimming in pools and idkâŚ. eating fruit, LOL. (Oh my gosh though LOL iâmâŚ. so glad you like the florist references :â) IM SORRY GUYS, but that little joke/thread makes me way too happy so iâm just going to include it in everything LOL. like a multiverse theory â somewhere out there, a flower girl version of us is just living their best life, over and over again, falling in love a hundred different ways :â)))) )
But okay, to the crux of your ask â I like to make moodboards when starting a story!!!! I do this for everything, literally, not just fanfics (I made a moodboard for my friendâs and Iâs summer trip last year LMAO no chill :â) ). But I have a weheartit account thatâs like a million years old, so I use that to collect inspo. Basically, like, if Iâve decided to write something I generally know the feel of it, if that makes sense? So I use my moodboards as a way to pinpoint key visuals/feelings I wanna convey (or just for extra inspo!). Like, for instance, this is just some of the images I have saved under my Sun God board:
Not everything will make it into the final product that is the fic â but this is generally a good way to remind myself what I was trying to achieve LOL. They also have the added bonus of being the images Iâll use when I post about the chapter updates, here on tumbles!!! But as I continue to work on a story, Iâll keep adding to each board as needed â weeding out pictures that donât work anymore, adding new ones. These are some of the latest ones for something (just like this):
My process for any kind of world building, whether itâs trying to create a fantasy world, or just expanding on a canon one is pretty much just to give myself visual keys!!! Like, Iâll make a few written notes of things in my initial outlining of stuff, but generally, Iâll know a story is sticking if Iâve driven to scribbling for it, or doing this collecting of inspo. Like, with the Todoroki x Reader fic I wanna do, after Dekuâs, Iâm currently in the âthrow everything at the wall and see what sticksâ stage:
So what I have currently is justâŚ. flat-out inspo, Idea collecting. The earlier images I have for it are very ocean/sea based, because I started musing about this before I wrote The Widening Sky â so a lot of my oceany-inspo can be seen here, LOL, I dunno if the final product will be asâŚâŚ.. dependant, on the sea, for all that it starts off on a beach.
Doodling for the fics isnât as common as it is when Iâm working on something original â what Iâll draw instead, if I need to, are like, key details. So for example, this one here is â a rough idea of like, how I visualised the cove in The Widening Sky. A priestess/temple Sister sketch for a ceremony in The Sun Godâs Bride. And some details from the outfits Iâm going to force Y/N to wear in Chapter Four of something (just like this)! LOL
What I really like to draw is how I imagine the characters to look like â with fanfiction I donât really need to do that, lmao, since most of our cast already exists, but I have drawn what I personally see the Readers as?? Iâd never share those sketches though lmao, because I wouldnât want anyone to likeâŚ. see that, instead of what they want. And itâs fun seeing other peopleâs interpretations!!!!
Saying all that, I guess the âworld-buildingâ process kind of looks like this, all together:
this is something Iâve compiled for the manuscript I currently have collecting dust lmao. Doodles, moodboard, mock covers because iâm vain LMAOOO dslkfjsdlkfjkldsfjkldsfj. Iâll have all these bits and pieces in their own folder!! they make me happy to look at ldfkjksdlfjkdlsj. I like having things in front of me, LOL.
whew this was longer than i intended dslkfjsdkljsdkljfkdlsfj i hope it was somehow enlightening??? basically â i just think of something, and then collect a bunch of pictures LOL. and if that fails, iâll draw some. :â) Thank-you for asking me LOL, i had fun talking about my little visual aids â Iâm excited for The Sun Godâs Bride, too, and excited weâre starting out on it together. đđˇ Hereâs to the adventure ahead. đ
#ofmermaidstories-asks#anima197 and the sunny days ahead âď¸đˇđž#thank u for this ask anima i took great delight in answering it LOL#ofmermaidsdoodles#the sun godâs bride - fic#mer-spoils-everything
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HS^2 blogginâ mainline 2020-08-23
More homestuuuuuck
Iâm a little tired today so I donât expect much intelligent analysis out of myself, but if anything classpecty happens I doubt Iâll be able to help myself regardless.
oh, always
(EDITS: added note on horn colors, link to ask on potential Blood powers reference)
> CHAPTER 12. Really Convoluted Metaphorical Horseshit
cuuute
In the bowels of a different ship, at a moment in time that is not pinpointable in either direction from the previous interaction, another Dave raps quietly to himself.
another dave raps quietly to himself. i am glad that phrase exists it brings me joy
(LATER EDIT: A friend on Discord pointed out that throughout this entire update, Karkat's horns are #FF0000 red. They were normal candy-corn colors in previous glimpses at the ship crew, though they used a dark single-color shortcut typical of old Homestuck at one point... but THIS time it stays STARK red even when we zoom in close later. Is this just artistic liberty? Did Karkat color his horns for fashion? Does this happen to red-bloods like the Sufferer after a certain age? Just how much time has actually passed, here? We might have to wait for the commentary for this one.)
KARKAT: I WAS SAYING I THOUGHT WE MIGHT GO, I DUNNO, ANYWHERE ELSE ON THE ENTIRE SHIP WHILE THE CLOTHES WERE WASHING. KARKAT: SEEING AS THIS DECREPIT MACHINE WE WERE SO BLESSEDLY PROVIDED WITH MAKES A WHIRRING SOUND SO PANCHAFINGLY ARHYTHMIC THAT IT THREATENS TO ERADICATE THE ENTIRE CONCEPT OF TEMPO FROM THE UNIVERSE.
Karkat really has chilled out hasnt he? like this is surprisingly level for him, and that fact is hilarious.
KARKAT: AND YET SOMEHOW BASICALLY ALL THAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE WE STARTED THE LOAD IS THAT YOUâVE BEEN USING IT AS A FUCKED UP BEAT TO WHISPER TO YOURSELF ABOUT FLOWERS TO.
oh gosh thatâs why heâs rapping
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DAVE: kanaya was telling me this kids story the other day about this dude who didnt cherish a flower enough until it peaced out to do flower stuff idk its not pertinent to the story DAVE: except the flower was a person DAVE: because it was a metaphor
Oh right, coming back to the Little Prince stuff I was too lazy to metaphor-deep-dive into, and literally asking the same questions we were asking about who the Little Princeâs story applies to mapped here if anyone at all, like Dirk and such, or what biases were in the retelling of it and the way Kanaya phrased it. So now weâre practically mocking it by deep diving it here, hence the last pageâs âDAVE: i was just thinking through some really convoluted metaphorical horseshitâ, which means weâre both about to further explore AND shit all over the existence of this story metaphor until it doesnât mean anything and most of the meaning we drew from it earlier is made a joke~
well, not âweâ, cause I was too lazy, so... yâall
DAVE: anyway what goes down in the story is that once the flower lady is out of the picture DAVE: the main character goes around making all these connections between her and everything else in the universe until every damn thing feels like a symbol for how much he fucked up and how much he will never see her again KARKAT: THIS SEEMS PRETTY FUCKING INTENSE FOR A KID'S STORY DAVE: yea thats pretty much what i said
Oh holy shit. Thatâs yet another way to put it. Are we doing a whole moral takedown of the Light aspect today? cause it sounds like weâre taking a dump on the Light aspect and RoboRose getting too obsessed and immersed in it, which would be excellent
DAVE: but i guess its not so much what the story was technically textually about but more like the version of it kanaya internalized and then told me when we were talkin about how she misses rose
exactly
DAVE: so like now im taking the story she told me she was projecting her feelings onto and projecting my feelings on top of that
yes absolutely, you just rephrased it a different way with that exact same bias
DAVE: this is just one big game of emotional projection telephone so feel free to go paraphrase it to roxy later and make it about whatever fuckin thing youre currently missing
perfect. i need an emoji for that Italian thing for when you pinch your thumb and forefinger together and kiss it
ah thisâll do:
its like the expression âchoiceâ but in nonverbal form
[...] whatever fuckin thing youre currently missing KARKAT: YOUR ABILITY TO GET TO THE POINT DAVE: gotem DAVE: anyway youâre not gonna have to miss that skill of mine for long DAVE: get ready for this shit because i am about to slap you with the point so hard youll fall ass first into the washer DAVE: just scrambling around in there getting all sudsy DAVE: but your brain is gonna be so blasted from the mindfreak of a point im about to make that there wont be anything left to clean
Anytime dave is told to get to the point he is contractually obligated to spend at least 20 seconds talking about how heâll get to the point in a way that is not getting to the point
DAVE: so its genuinely cool that kanaya can go around creating meaning that may or may not be actually present in every little thing DAVE: connecting every feeling she has to the idea of her wife existing out there DAVE: so i told her she should keep that shit up DAVE: but im having the opposite issue where im struggling to find anything to be that kind of tether because every single thing i could possibly consider about what it is were doing just reminds me of yet another thing to be afraid about
Great examples of Light being good and bad! Attaching strands of connective meaning to everything. --though, in Daveâs case AND Kanayaâs case you could argue itâs both bad in terms of effects. That itâs great for Kanaya to care, but that she should be able to divest herself and live on her own terms without idealizing Rose literally everywhere she looks, personal growth which would be useful in helping bring Rose back to her in the first place. The struggle theyâre looking forward to is largely philosophical, not just physical, and until Rosebot acknowledges that she was wrong itâs not over.
DAVE: everything fuckin sucks huge cosmic donkey sack and im terrified KARKAT: OK, SO I FEEL LIKE YOU SKIPPED A COUPLE NECESSARY STEPS IN YOUR POINT CLARIFICATION PROCESS.
Pretty sure Dave was on the same page as most Epilogue and start-of-HS2 readers. This situation is pretty bleak to dump our heroes into, no matter how much we believe will be resolved in the long run.
DAVE: ok but were you going with sweet or savory please give me that much at least KARKAT: YEAH IT WAS GOING TO BE SUNDAE-BASED. DAVE: nice KARKAT: YEAH. KARKAT: DO YOU WANNA WATCH MORE GBBO AFTER THIS? DAVE: absolutely
--ah, Great British Bake-Off, canât say Iâve indulged
do they still have that?? did they save it from old Earth? or did they go where unflooded Britain used to be and say hey, new show reboot
KARKAT: GREAT. ANYWAY, LIKE I WAS SAYING, FOR THE LOVE OF SWEET HUMAN CHRIST, PLEASE BACK UP TO WHATEVER THE FUCK YOUâRE ACTUALLY SCARED OF. KARKAT: ALSO COME HERE, IDIOT.
That last line is like, exactly as fucking sweet and awesome as we imagined their relationship to be. :)
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OH MY GOD THATâS ADORABLE
DAVE: ok yeah this is a better position to unleash all my inner fears n anxieties from
indisputably.
DAVE: those times its like my mouth was saying words about the situation wherein our friends are AWOL and maybe dead but my brain wasnt fully letting me experience the emotion that goes along with them DAVE: man its like i cant even start genuinely thinking about how afraid i actually am for rose and john without my brain flippin its wad and whiting out DAVE: like haha fuck i hope theyre ok DAVE: now i better make a fuckin joke before i succumb to the gaping mouth of despair waiting for me to fall in it as soon as i look down and acknowledge that its there ogling how juicy my ass looks as it trembles with terror
I really hope that the writers of HS2 know full well that this feeling? the one Dave is describing here? is what many of us who got way overinvested in the well-being of Homestuckâs surviving characters felt reading the Epilogues and Homestuck^2. So I really hope theyâre working through it in a way that will result in a preponderance of GOOD THINGS happening and hope-filled situations. Cause that âcanât even think about Xâ feeling is too familiar, and if they understand it as well as it LOOKS like theyâre getting to, Iâd really like them to give us a helping hand healing.
I think thatâs what theyâre going for? Seems hopeful for me to think so, but they HAVE been doing better as HS2 has been going forward, from an emotional standpoint anyway; definitely better than the Epilogues. And Iâve worked through some of that stuff with the help of that, because itâs MUCH easier nowadays to think about Homestuck without my gut clenching.
DAVE: i guess im just fucked up about how to worry about dirk and be angry at him at the same time DAVE: because if i get as unholy pissed at him as i sometimes wanna be i also gotta admit to myself that maybe i coulda done something different there
Mhmm, Karkatâs potentially a pretty good person to speak with here since heâs done so much work trying not to feel responsible for everything thatâs ever gone wrong.
DAVE: also like DAVE: and this by the way adds a whole other layer of guilt on there that i dont really know how to fuckin reckon with but DAVE: even with all the shit hes pulled and the fact that we are more or less heading toward having to take him down DAVE: whatever that is gonna mean and whether or not he planned it like that DAVE: i just DAVE: me and him had come so far with each other and it was really cool for a while to have him and i DAVE: ugh DAVE: i dont WANT to hate him
Yeah, Dirk and Janeâs heel-turns were really shitty for anyone who was a fan of them in the fanbase, as well.
KARKAT: WELL THEN QUIT FUCKING PICKING AT THE SEAM ON MY SHORTS AND SPIT IT OUT. THEY'RE BARELY HANGING ON TO THE DEFINITION OF "SHORTS" AS IT IS.
That is an adorably real boyfriend-laying-in-boyfriendâs-lap thing to do
DAVE: the part i mentioned before about how we really have no goddamn clue how long this trip is even gonna take DAVE: i cant help but feel like its barely getting revved up DAVE: and for me and roxy and jade and callie and kan thats normal shit at best and boring at worst but we all have our immortality to thank for that DAVE: we can just dick around in space for near-eternity waiting to catch up to our friends who may or may not be our enemies now and itll be fine DAVE: i mean no itll be categorically miserable DAVE: but well survive it KARKAT: HOLD THE FUCK ON. DAVE: but you KARKAT: DAVE. DAVE: no lemme say this
Oh god damnit. Karkatâs limited lifespan. As if we hadnât ALREADY covered a nauseatingly extensive gamut of disheartening topics of conversation. We really have to confront every shred of misery in their past, present and future one after the other after the other in the Epilogues and HS2, donât we? >:(
I guess it had to be discussed, though.
DAVE: we dont talk about it much and i got shit to say about it DAVE: its not like i never thought about how youre mortal before but i just thought wed be able to figure it out before it mattered DAVE: come up with some kind of plan DAVE: i was just distracted being happy with you i fucking guess and so i didnt think up a way to fix it DAVE: and now thanks to dirk we have to work it out right the fuck now DAVE: because i cant spend this trip just sitting around watching you get old and die
Jesus. I mean, WE know(?) that itâs not gonna be THAT many years, but THEY donât know that.
Unless it really IS going to be that many years and HS2 is going to shamelessly take a fucking sledgehammer to our feelings for no goddamn good reason. Which it wonât! Right??? >:T
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Dishwasher ding
> Dave: Grapple with the clean, soggy consequences of the passage of time.
Hey, donât make it a metaphor here. --though, fuck. I suppose we are dealing with everyones dirty laundry. God damnit. SURE, deal with it all story but then GET IT OUT OF THE WAY AND PUT SOME SERIOUS FUN AND LAUGHS IN HERE so we donât feel like weâre wading through an entire garbage dump!!! *click*
Karkatâs eyebrows-only mouthless frown is really cute.
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okay Karkat explain the nope youâre lodging
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*put*
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*foot*
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DAVE: ok go on
I mean I at least appreciate the time investment in adorable boyfriends. Thatâs definitely something of SOME good value theyâre giving us in exchange for this misery
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That Karkat image makes me wanna do that red-shaky-gif-thing with it
KARKAT: IT'S NOT LIKE I'M NEW TO THE PARTICULAR MOOBEAST WRANGLING EVENT OF SOMEONE I PREVIOUSLY LOVED BRUTALLY TURNING ON ME AND LEAVING ME TO TRY AND CRAM MY FEELINGS ABOUT THE SITUATION BACK TOGETHER ALL ON MY OWN.
True
KARKAT: HE DID THAT ON HIS OWN. AND WE MADE THE CHOICE TO GO AFTER HIM ON OUR OWN.
Yes, and youâll possibly convince him more of that over time, though not in this short conversation
KARKAT: I WAS FOLLOWING YOUR LITTLE TRAIL OF COOKIE CRUMB FEARS UNTIL IT LEAD TO THE BIG SNACK FINALE OF WORRY ABOUT MY FRAGILE MORTAL MEATSACK. KARKAT: IF I HAVE SOMEHOW NOT BEEN CLEAR ABOUT THIS WITH YOU YET, LET ME GO AHEAD AND RECTIFY THE SITUATION RIGHT THE FUCK NOW. KARKAT: HANGING OUT WITH YOU ON THIS LONG TRIP TO WHO THE SHITTING FUCK KNOWS WHERE IS QUITE LITERALLY THE HAPPIEST I HAVE EVER BEEN IN MY ENTIRE MEAGER EXISTENCE. KARKAT: I'M SO ABSOLUTELY BLISSED THE FUCK OUT OF MY MIND TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT YOUR STUPID IMMORTALLY SMOOTH HUMAN FACE SKIN EVERY DAY AND NOT HAVE A COMPLEX ABOUT IT.
DâAWWW
And with that darkly angry expression too, thatâs PERFECT
I mean itâs true. What exactly would they be doing DIFFERENTLY on Earth C other than enjoying each other like this? Itâs pretty fucking great.
...hm. Isnât this journey-not-the-destination stuff pretty Breathy? Karkatâs proving more balanced by the moment.
KARKAT: AND I'LL BE STRAIGHT WITH YOU. IT'S NOT LIKE I HAVEN'T BEEN EXPERIENCING SOME COMPLICATED GUILT, MYSELF. KARKAT: THE FACT THAT I'M HAVING THE TIME OF MY LIFE JUST FUCKING CHILLAXING AND BEING IN LOVE IN SPACE IS A CLEARLY INCONGRUOUS WITH THE REASON I'M ACTUALLY HERE CHILLAXING TO BEGIN WITH, AND I'M NOT LETTING MYSELF FORGET THAT, EITHER.
Pff. He feels guilty for ENJOYING IT so much. <3
KARKAT: BUT I RESENT THE IMPLICATION THAT MY HAPPINESS IS REGISTERING FOR YOU AS YOU HAVING TO JUST "SIT AROUND AND WATCH ME GET OLD," BECAUSE I KNOW YOU KNOW IT'S MORE THAN THAT.
Iâm glad Karkat knows that DAVE knows somewhere in him that itâs more than that, because yeah, if Karkat thought he DIDNâT know that at some level thatâd be a reason to take MUCH MORE SERIOUS offense.
KARKAT: LIKE, JESUS, DAVE. YOU KNOW I'M AFRAID FOR YOU, TOO, RIGHT? KARKAT: OR DID YOU FORGET THE WHOLE HEROIC DEATH THING? KARKAT: I WORRY ABOUT LOSING YOU FAIRLY FUCKING REGULARLY.
Hah!!! Point taken. Karkat must view Dave as practically more fragile than HIM.
KARKAT: ONE: WE'VE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH HELLACIOUS PANWARPING TRAUMA THAT I REFUSE TO NOT ENJOY THIS SHIT WHEN I FINALLY FUCKING GET IT, NO MATTER HOW LONG IT MAY OR MAY NOT LAST. KARKAT: TWO: IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE DOING NOTHING. WEâRE MOVING. WEâRE WORKING. WEâRE HEADED SPECIFICALLY TO A PLACE WHERE WE WILL UNDOUBTLEDLY ENDURE YET MORE FUCKING HELLACIOUS PANWARPING TRAUMA. KARKAT: AND THREE: WE'RE DOING THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE FRIENDS WHO WE CARE ABOUT THAT NEED US. THAT IS OUR FOCUS, HERE. NOT OUR FEAR. IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE WE HAVE TO SAVE. KARKAT: SO DON'T FUCKING WORRY ABOUT ME, DAVE. I'M FINE.
Okay, this is great and wholesome. I am now retroactively GLAD that this topic got brought up. :)
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Dave is still afraid. There is a part of him that will always be, he thinks. He has accepted this about himself. There is another feeling coursing through him too, though. Itâs something he's felt before, though never quite so intensely. He looks up at Karkat and understands, viscerally, the simple power his words have. They pump through Daveâs own body, alive and warm and true.
He wonders if Karkat realizes it, or if heâs just, as always, saying what he feels as he feels it. Dave doesnât attempt to dissect it further. There will be time for that later.
Every really loving moment like this is sort of undercut by the fact that itâs also, in some senses, part of alt!Calliopeâs narration and, by extension, her fanfiction.
EDIT 2: There's also either a hint to potential Blood powers or even an explicit Blood power use here that I didn't recognize. I'm leaning towards it's-laying-the-groundwork-for-future-use-of-Blood-powers-but-isnt-magical-in-this-case.
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Smooooch!
That was nice. Still gonna wait on doing any commentary til next time or a Bonus update or two, cause Iâm beat. See yâall next time!
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Broski
This is a imagine of Jerome and Jeremiah Valeska, itâs still stuck in my head how they would interact with each other after Jeremiah got sprayed! Also something for the Wayleska shippers I guess. :)
It plays after Jeremiah failed to destroy the city. Hope you enjoy! :)
Warnings: none except insanity maybe, I mean weâre talking about the murder twins.
Pairing: none. Just âbrotherlyâ interaction
It was rare that the clown twins Jerome and Jeremiah Valeska met these days. Especially since the incident that ultimately cracked Jeremiah and turned him into what Jerome believed to be his true hidden self.
Oh, but he hasnât seen anything yet, no. Not even Jerome could imagine the things his twin had in store for the city. Even though his last plan to send the Gotham back to the sone age failed, as far as he knew Jeremiah, he would just figure something out until he succeeded, that was just what he always did.
âHello Jerome.â The all to familiar voice of his brother echoed through the room.
âOh hiya there Broski!â The ginger turned around to face the pale silhouette that was his once so beloved twin. âWhat gives me the honor?â He grinned wickedly.
The black haired man rolled his eyes, signaling his disapproval of the nickname before he gave a proper answer.
âLook, Jerome. Im only here for business matters.â He began. âA little bird told me that you still plan to âpaint this town crazyâ.â Jeremiah mimicked his brothers voice in what seemed like a little bit of disgust.
Not even slightly bothered by his brothers tone, an insane smile crept on Jeromes face.
Usually the days when he was interested in being involved in his brothers plans are long in the past and honestly Jeremiah never shows interested in working with Jerome as he could never meet Jeremiahs standards.
But as it seemed tables have turned. So Jerome gestured him to have a seat at the small wooden table in his kitchen.
âOf course broski. This city needs an urgent makeover!â The ginger giggled as both of them sat down.
âYou should be fully aware that Iâm usually not interested in associating myself with you.... but... since my last concept didnât turn out as planned, I had to figure out something new.... something... BETTER.â Jeremiah explained as he took his blood red gloves off to fold them neatly on his lap.
Jerome let out a laugh. Of course he knew that exactly.
âOh man, brother. I never thought I would hear you admitting a failure! Not even in my second lifetime! Thatâs hilarious!â
âIf youâre done being childish, if thatâs possible, I would like to explain further what your part will be!â The pale twin snapped, clearly annoyed by his brothers mocking.
With that Jerome became quite and put on a fake straight face. Even though he once loved his brother and even though deep inside he might still had some love for him buried under all this pain and anger, the fact that Jeremiah failed and came to him gave him more satisfaction then killing Bruce Wayne and his butler combined.
âYou see, I met this man, Jerome. He said something about having a vision. A vision in which he saw Gotham in flames. Turned into a dark island and insanity within it. Usually thatâs not my cup of tee as you know, but given the fact that itâs for the greater good of revealing Bruces true potential and strength, I agreed.â The black haired Valeska twin explained.
Something in his pale green eyes changed. Jerome noticed that he was more driven when he mentioned Wayne. And it was true, Jeremiah would do anything to help Bruce become what heâs destined to be.
Silence filled the room for a moment. It took Jerome a while to process every detail. After all,being beaten and dead left his noggin a little mushy.
Suddenly he began to laugh like the mad men he is.
âSince when are you so obsessed with the Wayne boy?! Hahahaha! I actually planned to kill him first!â
âYou are NOT touching Bruce Wayne! Understand.. brother?!â Jeremiah hissed.
Jerome stopped laughing abruptly. âOh geez broski! That nearly sounds like you have a crush on Brucie! Ha!â Seeing his brother glaring at him dangerously, Jerome decided to play along. For now.
âAlright, alright! But I at least want to kill the butler... and Gordon!!â He demanded.
And again something in Jeremiah changed. It seemed like he had a better idea. You could even dare to say it was something more insane then Jerome. This glimpse in his eyes whenever the conversation came to Bruce.
And it was true, Jeremiah had an obsession with Bruce. He felt a love for him. Something that he could never feel toward Jerome nor their mother nor anyone else. What he had with Bruce was... special.
After another silence filled moment it was Jeremiahs turn to let out a giggle. But his giggle was colder then Jeromes, something that could give anyone the chills.
âBut why killing them? Wouldnât it be more... hi hi .... fun... to drive them mad?â Jeremiah suggested. This would give Bruce the transformation he needed.
For a moment Jerome was speechless. And that has to mean something for the overly bubbly ginger. But not even he had heard his brother giggle like that ever before. Maybe the spray finally took its toll, maybe Jeremiah finally gave in to be his true self and let his old boring self die.
âWhat do you say, brother? I will turn the city into the dark island... and you... you paint crazy whatever is left of it.â Jeremiah usually had his sane guard up pretty well, but the sheer thought of the bright future just made him feel so... excited. And he would do ANYTHING to make it happen. Even if it meant to work with his maniac of a brother.
âI say we have a deal... broski.â Jerome shook his brothers hand in agreement.
And with that both of the twinsâ evil laughter filled the room. A laughter that could drive the sanest man into madness.
#gotham#gotham season 5#jerome valeska headcanons#jerome valeska imagine#jeremiah valeska imagine#jeremiah/jerome#jeremiah valeska#jerome valeska
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dorcas during the seize of st. mungoâs; a summary.Â
* dorcas was at the hospital to get a burn checked out, caused by the new dragon at the welsh sanctuary. this was something she was used to dealing with, so it was, by dorcasâ standards, a rather normal day.
* when death eaters came in, they quickly managed to strip her of both her wand and her backpack ( which contains all of her belongings; itâs her actual carry-on home ). without much of a way to defend herself, dorcas decided to slip away from the initial more uncontrolled commotion, stealthing through empty corridors and looking for ways out, until she found CARADOC DEARBORN. he was, as sheâd put it, âextremely uselessâ. when the two couldnât figure out an escape, they went their separate ways - not soon after, she was captured.
* in the first common area she was stuck in, dorcas still hadnât decided to give the situation the sobriety it deserved. truly. she took the flask she hides in an inside pocket of her jacket and was handing it around, probably having a few gulps too many. my hero.
* besides not taking it all seriously, dorcas did not understand the concept of shutting up. every death eater near her was to be a mocking target, and they quickly got tired of that. two hours into the siege, she got her first kick. from then on, it was non-stop.
* as her words grew in hatred, so did the punishments. dorcas was moved from floor to floor, room to room, meeting a lot of old and new faces on the way, and each time they saw her a new cut was on her face. more blood seeped from her knees to her jeans. quickly not only her smart mouth but her muggleborn status was spread through the death eaters, and their attacks became more personal - she was the evil they were fighting to destroy.
* MARLENE MCKINNON came across her once, as her head bled. sheâd said one word too many, and a quick sharp spell sent her flying in the hair and then hard against the cold floor. through the dizziness that followed, she saw the one person she loves the most in the world try to fix the cracked mask she wore. marlene should know that her mission should always come before dorcas.
* she remembers FRANK LONGBOTTOM passing out, and for a brief moment she thought heâd died. for one second, the concept of mortality came as an hazy idea into her exhausted mind, and she thought about what sheâd say at his funeral. of course, she didnât consider what would happen at hers, because dorcas canât imagine a world in which sheâs not. the two were trying to divert attention from more weak victims, and it somehow snowballed into excruciating torture of the likes dorcas had never experienced.
* she vaguely remembers faces as time went on. edgar, daisy, peter perhaps ? memories began blending as she grew more tired, bruises began covering her, blood was like a new layer of skin - it was also when the shaking began.
* the only other big memory she has before being in the bathroom is of BELLATRIX LESTRANGE. after years of hatred, bella at last had dorcas right where she wanted her. the girl doesnât remember for how long the torture went on, could be hours, could be days, all she remembers was pain and blood. blood everywhere. that was the encounter that scarred her.
* it is in a forgotten bathroom that she at last finds some peace, right by MUNDUNGUS FLETCHER. she loves him, alright ? heâs the best. they exchanged firewhiskey for good painkillers and dorcas had a little to much of those, ending up slightly out of it. in the best possible way.
* hit wizards are dead. chaos everywhere. thatâs when she decides itâs time to fight again and oops there she goes. dung loses her eventually, but guess who finds her ? a death eater, one of the many whoâve gotten tired of being insulted by a mudblood. as she begins hurting whateverâs left to hurt in dorcas, she falls, dead. LIAM MACKENNA stops the pain and sheâs never been more grateful for anything in her life. he gets her out of the hospital, where volunteer healers provide some basic âlife-savingâ care ( dorcas vc: u r not saving my life bc im immortal ) and try to transfer her to a proper hospital but sheâs like peace OUT.
* next anyone sees dorcas, sheâs hiding in marleneâs bedroom, exhausted in her bed as she waits for the other. thereâs nowhere else she could possibly go in that moment. the following day an auror gets her her backpack and wand back - some stuff are missing, the wand is scratched, her bruises are still very visible. dorcas leaves for romania minutes later, and no one gets any sort of warning. itâs very therapeutic for her to just chill with dragons ?? she returns two weeks later with no scars or bruises ( thanks magic and potions - sheâs too untouchable not to hide them ), and with the deepest dark circles possible. is she sleeping at all ? not really. oh well. itâs a hard time to be in her head.
#me: these will be v short !#also me: this#i will not have the same patience for the others#torture tw#death tw#blood tw#â : ( event; the seize of st mungo's. )
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