#it's for every verse i have that's available btw

[spydcddya]

❛ this is new. ❜ he's confused, with so little of an expression it's hard to tell what he's thinking. a blank slate desk recently adorned with a single wrapped gift ; small enough to fit in the palm of his hand - a secret admirer ? a confession ? or meant for someone else &. he was the wrong person to receive it. valentine's day was not a holiday loid much participated in, but the only thing to do was carefully pick it up &. observe it - ( there's no name on it. )

[luxshine]

So, Since I am Insane, I decided to make the Drrragon!Verse into a comic! I will be updating here and on Tapas, every friday.

If you have read the fic, you still get new stuff! Like say, this Prologue! Hope you like it!

Full comic links

Next page

And the fic!

BTW, the comic is also available on A03 so you can pick where you leave your likes and comments :D Which are my life!

[farenmaddox]

pick my WIP

yo whats up everyone

I opened up my huge folder of unfinished WIPs (all Tsubasa-related) and lo and behold, I feel energized and interested in working on (at least) one of them. Which one to work on, this is the problem.

if anybody is still following me who CARES about my writing fanfiction, you should help me pick the WIP I should make some progress on. I actually have more than what I put on the poll, but I've only listed the ones I feel like I would want to work on, not every WIP I've ever had.

*Kurogane has two hands, etc.

**Ghost story: It's literally the first scene, so this is not really a spoiler: Kurogane dies in a fight before Tomoyo can send him on the journey. She and Yuuko connect with Holitsuba-verse because that's the only one where there's a healthy and sane version of Kurogane available, and they need HIM to go on the journey in place of ninja!Kurogane. He's like "I am a gym teacher and you want me to help you save the multiverse with what??? My dodgeball skills????"

***Raise Me Up (please god let me think of a better title, this one no longer feels right) is like, probably 30% already written??? I had six complete chapters and a huge pile of other scenes done when I abandoned it?)

ETA:

btw, forgot to say this, but the already-written parts of Drinks and Aníron are both available at my AO3 account if you want to poke at them and see if it influences your decision.

Drinks and Subtle Things

Aníron

[sotwk]

Nana! I need your guidance!

But how are you btw? 🤭💙

I need your headcanon, where Thranduil and Elrond is a bestie, but Thranduil is to arrogant to admit that he is cared for Elrond. And one day Elrond got abducted by some random dude.

What he would do?!

Love you btw! 💙

Hello, my dear @thranduilswifesblog!

I hope you're enjoying your little "period break"! We've missed you, so it's nice to see you back on here for a while. I was sick with a very nasty cold virus through most of your absence, so you haven't missed much from my blog at least!

Now regarding your headcanon request regarding our favorite "odd couple" besties, Thranduil and Elrond:

What would Thranduil do if Elrond were abducted or in danger?

I share your headcanon of Thranduil being fonder of Elrond than of any Noldor in all of Middle-earth history--with the exception of his wife (Queen Maereth). Proud and stubborn Thranduil never admits his affection outright, but it shows subtly in his actions around the Lord of Imladris, and the fact that he seems to enjoy spending time around him.

In SotWK-verse, Thranduil first met Elrond in the kingdom of Lindon, very early in the Second Age and not long after the War of Wrath. However, they barely interacted with each other because of the lingering hostility between the Noldor and the Sindar. Oropher and his people were not big fans of High King Gil-galad, despite being residents of his realm.

Thranduil and Elrond finally got to know each other better towards the middle of the Second Age. Their early bond was encouraged by Lady Maereth, who shares family history with Elrond and became a close friend of his while she lived in Eregion.

Before fighting side-by-side in the War of the Last Alliance, Thranduil and Elrond fought together for the first time during the War of the Elves and Sauron (SA 1693), which initiated their status as lifelong allies.

I have many more HCs about the friendship between these two elf-lords, but I'm going to skip all that to actually answer your question!

It would take an incredibly powerful foe to abduct Lord Elrond, so it would obviously be a serious crisis that will force Rivendell to summon every available ally for aid.

The King of Mirkwood and his family would be considered Elrond's most loyal and strongest Elven ally military-wise, and I would gladly debate anyone on this opinion.

Thranduil would drop everything to answer the call, initiating emergency protocols normally reserved only for members of his own immediate family.

Assuming this event occurs at a time when his family is still intact, Thranduil will rally all five of his sons to come with him and lead their army to Elrond's rescue.

I cannot stress enough how sending ALL FIVE Thranduilion princes along with the King into battle is a huge deal, and actually unnecessary. These Elven warriors are so skilled and powerful, it is overkill to have them on the same battlefield all at once. It has never happened in the entire history of their family. (You know how Legolas can kick serious orc-ass? Well, he's the "rookie" of this team. Imagine his older brothers and their Ada unleashed.)

In normal cases, only three princes at most are sent to battle at the same time. If Thranduil chooses to muster his entire lineup of sons, then he just wants to prove a simple, angry point: you've fucked with the wrong guy and now I will make you pay to the greatest possible extent.

Elrond in danger is definitely not considered a "normal case", so yes: Thranduil would deploy all his sons for the Lord of Imladris. There is no greater sign of love and friendship from the Elvenking than this.

Unless Elrond gives him a very good reason not to, Thranduil will insist on having the head (literally) of whoever dared to abduct or harm his (not-so-secret) best friend.

Thranduil will still never tell Elrond how much he cares for him. But the message will be received and seen loud and clear by everyone.

Tolkien Headcanon tag list: @quickslvxr @laneynoir @auttumnsayshi @achromaticerebus @tamryniel @friendofthefellowshipsnerdblog @blueberryrock @aduialel @glassgulls @ladyweaslette @asianbutnotjapanese @ratsys @conversacomsmaug @lemonivall @lathalea

For more Tolkien/Thranduil headcanons: SotWK Headcanon Masterlist

[toacaldoric]

Some Stud.io stuff...

as the title suggests, have some pics of a project I was working on recently, as a result of having grabbed just about every Stud.io parts pack I could find and get my hands on.

As such, I present to you, the ‘01 combiners: the Kaita Mata, Akamai and Wairuha!

TBH, I had a different set of masks in mind when I set off to do ^this^, but apparently the KhingK pack is not available anymore (or at least it’s damn near impossible to get one’s hands on the last version produced by VootCaboot ever since they dropped KhingK’s stuff from their Gdrive of packs). Apparently, there was a lot of drama there re: KK, which I don’t have anything to do with (and thus won’t get involved with, either). Also, as I noticed due to the masks I did use, the Kaita probably inspired the creation of the original Teridax build.

As you can see here, I’m mostly using parts from @valtarshol​ and Kingsidorak’s numerous and varied parts packs, with some scattered bits from other, smaller collections (like Rothanak and Godfyr, in this example) as well. And yes, Akamai’s left arm has a universal joint in it. Thank Valtarshol for that, it’s pretty neat. And his hand on that arm is made of some of Val’s Turaga foot design, with the axle-sockets clipping through the back because there isn’t an axle hole (Imma poke Val about that later...)

Another shot, where you can see more of Val’s handiwork in the Onua digging claws. They’re articulated, with about 16 parts per claw!

Back shot. Surprise, btw! The lower torso pieces have a gearbox function available (again, thanks to Val), tho I had to cheat to do some torso piston capability on the black and brown bodies. Oh well, not like I’m making these IRL!

Wairuha, more of the same from before, though with the addition of the large Kopaka sword from Turret 3471. The large axe head (and the shield bits) come from Valtarshol, if anyone’s curious, and the rest of the axe is vanilla pieces in weird colors. The big green “hand” on the right arm is from Kingsidorak.

The Miru is also from Rothanak, same as Akamai’s Hau.

Rear shot. Second verse, same as the first.

@wjbs-bonkle-au​ and @bethveni​ might appreciate these too, idk. Or not. Hope someone enjoys them, at least. Not gonna render them, at least not rn: got other ideas to get out of my head, as well as other plans to do things with but I’ve also been putting off because of executive dysfunction.

[papirouge]

What gives your personal interpretation any authority? Why would the Holy Spirit choose you specifically to be the person who interprets the Bible correctly compared to the 2000 or so years of other churches?

It's not "my personal interpretation".. i actually pulled out Bible verses to back up what I said you definitely didn't check out.

If anything, those disagreeing with me are those hellbent on their own far-fetched interpretation. I'm actually the one endorsing a Christ like behavior: against violence, refusing to act like some people were beyond repentance, sticking to God commandments (not adding anything to the Word), etc... A few days ago someone told me "how can you be pro life if you're anti gun violence???" I— YEAH, that's precisely because I'm pro LIFE that I value life and consider no one is entitled to take the life of someone else. Only God has this prerogative. "Vengeance belongs to HIM" and Him only. That's in the Bible - that's not an interpretation of mine.

And God didn't chose me: I have the Holy Spirit - Spirit of truth and discernment that's available for every authentic God children since as far humanity exists (this is the same Spirit in the Old Testament that inspired people into prophetizing about the coming of the Messiah for example).

Christian communities from 2000 years ago (who btw didn't have a Bible but only the Holy Spirit) definitely have more in common with what I preach than belligerent gun toting modern Christian nationalists.

Christians from the early church never resorted to violence while being shoved to the lions to be eaten alive, burned at the stale, crucified, etc. They didn't have the Bible yet walked right with God because they heard Him by having the holy spirit. The contrast with today's Christians who cannot bear with the slightest inconvenience without threatening with violence is stark.

My views are far from being iconoclast : tumblr is pathologically US centric so people like you are shook by what I say, but my views are actually shared by MANY Christians in the world. Only idolatrous USAmericans hellbent in using guns and murdering others would be remotely scandalized by authentic Christian peacefulness.

And the fact that God still answers to my prayers and talk to me shows that He approves what I'm doing. The Holy Spirit convicts me in being right. I'm very secure about what I preach, that's why I'm not remotely moved by those attacking me.

[gcldfanged]

3, 6, 18, 21, 24

3. Are there other characters you’re interested in rping or wish to?

The characters I'm obsessing over now are all Tokyo Revengers muses (as you know, LOL), so I'm trying to write down little notes in gdocs when I get ideas. But yeah I think I just might end up playing everybody at this rate.

Maybe Tifa???? I always felt like she had so much untapped potential considering what she survived and went through, like it would make more sense if SHE was the MC of FF7 over Cloud if someone really hates Shinra and has actual personal beef against Sephiroth. I actually thought her Remake personality was pretty lame in that respect, like "but but but i durn wanna hurt ppl :/ uwuwuwu", given her history it would make TOTAL SENSE that she'd believe even Fuhito's book of crazy is the answer to the Planet's ills.

Her dynamic is Cloud is pretty weird and toxic as well, so I'd be open to like exploring that and just seeing where it goes and if they can somehow move beyond it or what??? I never really see people acknowledging it's a thing, it's like the elephant in the room that everyone ignores because then it gets in the way of their 5evur tru otp.

6. Other characters/muns you’re interested in roleplaying with?

I kinda want more crossovers or reasons to come up with new verses for Jae, I just like trying to shoehorn him into someone else's lore and see what happens, LOL.

And of course Verdot... There is just SO MUCH to unpack there.

18. Your muse’s theme song.

Toss up between Yuu Miyashita's cover of Kilmaa as his origin story & Gero's cover of SHANTI as his start of darkness.

21. Three big no-nos to do or say to your muse. (their ‘berserk button’)

Call him one or imply that he is coward.

Insult Verdot/his memory.

Bring up his sister and claim he is now 'the same' as the people who kept them captive (rest in fucking pieces, btw).

24. Send ✍ for the mun to take a crack at imitating your muse. Can be a small silly reply or a more in-depth take. ( Add + plus a scenario or who they’re talking to if you’d like to be more specific)

The streets always seemed to be empty during this hour of the day, the occasional beggar shaking a rice bowl for alms. It was to be expected, they were at war and even when the radio promised victory or death for the glory of Wutai, certain sacrifices had to be made. Three dried fish, 1.8 ounces of pork fat, a sweet potato plant taken from the vegetable fields converted from his elementary school's play yard- All to feed a family of four. If they needed more protein, they'd dig through the backyard to find beetle larvae and roast them with horsetail reed. Watery gruel made from rice day after day, soup broth made from boiled sardine and miso. That was their reality.

His mother took him to the black markets in search of sugar and he'd gawked at all of the items their government claimed to have outlawed- Fine bolts of silk, expensive inks and watercolors, luxury seasonal produce like watermelon. He never asked why or how they hadn't all been confiscated, grateful simply to know that such things still existed and were available- albeit at an inflated price.

Their homeroom teacher was arrested a week later for circulating illegal literature. He and his classmates watched from the bay windows as piles of handwritten and string-bound copies of censored material were burned to ash right in the PE field. His teacher had a rucksack placed over his head and was loaded into the back of a covered military wagon. Even after it had disappeared beyond the school gates, they could hear the rifle's gunshot crack across the sky.

One day, he found a cookbook that had belonged to his nai nai and spent most of his day leafing through it's pages, staring dreamily at glossy photos of pan-seared green beans, black bean sauce with kai lan and giant scallop, salted fish and mushroom stew cooked in a clay pot. It became almost ritualistic, reading each ingredient of every recipe and imagining the taste… the texture of each dish. He swore that he would sit down and eat at least one of his favorites picked from the back index- As soon as the war was over.

Once the war was over, everything would go back to normal.

[jabberwock-the-lemur]

What's your classpect, Sam?

TL;DR - Seer of Void.

Long vers -

I've seriously identified with about 4 classes (rogue, page, sylph, seer) and 5 aspects (light, void, time, heart & breath) and at least considered all 12 of each at some point, but at this point in my life I think that Seer of Void best represents who I am in multiple ways.

There's a lot of overlap between Void/Heart/Breath and Void/Heart/Light, and there's lots of random Timey things in my life, but i think Void describes me because...

I, as a Voidbound player, largely swoop under the radar. i walk up to greet people, they jump in shock how I appear from nowhere. i raise my voice, and nobody notices i said anything. i will give others my attention before i feel comfortable being watched.

I am very, very quiet and i often forget how little people know about me.

I am quite materialistic/nihilistic. Not in a selfish way at all, just a philosophical one! meaning i think that, even if there was some Higher Realm, if no interaction is possible between it and us then we may as well treat it as if it doesn't exist.

As a Seer, the concept of oblivion's specter haunts me chronically. my ideal afterlife has always been one in which all knowledge is available, every minor event can be spectated, every mechanism intuitively understood. that is my idea of paradise, for I believe free information to be a human right and education to be a moral imperative.

I LOVE internet mysteries and am fascinated by obscure trivia of all sorts. i know a bit of biology, a bit of visual art theory, a bit of physics, occultism, linguistics, religion, geography, literature, almost any subject. but, other than my loves of music and philosophy, i don't consider myself *deeply* versed in any of these. i know enough to give the illusion of greater depth to others ppl, but in my own mind i know how little one person can learn.

I am also typically very out of the loop on whatever's popular or relevant at any given moment, while hardly anyone i talk to knows my fav media! 😭

in the past i have been obsessed with total clarity, however i've lately been getting much more comfortable with ambiguity and letting myself let things go: however, i do deeply wish to be entrusted with secrets.

(I say I'm a Seer and not a Mage as a knowledge class because I believe myself to be passive, in all the way it could apply to a class: patience, selflessness, willpower, literal activity, etc. Plus, I mostly learn from secondary sources and not personal experience, more like a Seer)

so, as a Speaker of Silence, a Seeker of the Obscure, Knower of Oblivion, and one who invites being seen through a shroud, I think it only makes sense to call myself a Seer of Void.

BONUS:

If one believes Inversion Theory, then my subrole would be Witch of Light: perfect for a performer and actor like me, someone who bends attention to themself and changes into a mode whereupon they clearly communicate narratively important concepts. I'm told I'm quite good at what I do, too!

... however, despite how great at this my peers insist I am, and how effortless it can seem, at heart I am an autistic introvert and this is DEFINITELY an unsustainable mask over my natural state 😅

(apologies for the mess of capitalisation btw :P)

[llsilvertail]

Okay. So. Story time.

Imagine you're a girl (who will eventually be not-a-girl-but-it's-good-enough and queer) in middle school. You've been reading fanfiction for a year or so now1 and, with all the audacity only a thirteen year old can have, you consider yourself fairly well versed in the intricacies of those websites.

Recently, however, you've been getting disillusioned with the selection of fics available to you: you can guess almost every single plot beat ahead of time, it's hard to find exactly what you're looking for, and, quite honestly, you're bored of it. You still read it of course, something is better than nothing after all, but you can feel yourself yearning for something different.

And then, by some miracle (in the form of someone you rarely talk to and the girls locker room), you learn of AO3 and this? this right here? it feels like your holy grail. There are so many stories! It's so easy to filter things!2. And all that boredom you felt? Well, it's gone.

Now. Let me tell you something about AO3. Most of the ways to filter only provide a set number of tags to choose from3 or specific options that are available there4. The only thing that's different is the language filter which provides you with a drop down menu with all the languages you can choose from5 sorted in alphabetical order. This is all to say, you're already paying attention to this because it's different from the rest of the filter system and, just by virtue of the way it's set up, the options are slightly smaller so it's much more likely that you'll misclick and choose the wrong language.

Let's skip forward a couple months, to the point where you've gained the muscle memory of how far to scroll and where to click to choose English, but not quite enough for scrolling too far and missing it to be uncommon. At that time, the two languages right below "English" were "Español" and "Esperanto"6. Being a curious youngster (ie. you had to know everything already or else you were a failure), you knew what Spanish was, but not Esperanto. You knew it sounded familiar and that it was something European but not from the north or east7.

So you go ahead and look it up. At this point, you have absolutely no idea about conlangs beyond whatever Tolkien did and that making up a language sounds neat. And learning that Esperanto was created specifically to be a "neutral"8 language is music to your "if we could only just talk to each other things would be fine" ears.

Anyway, story time over lmao. While that's about as far as my first foray into conlanging as a medium (for lack of a better word ig?) went, I remain vaguely interested and, eventually, I learned way more about it. So here I am. Writing this even though there's prob other things I should be doing lmao.

1 Mostly on FFN, Quotev, and Wattpad

2 Btw thank your local tag wranglers today! They deserve the positive reinforcement

3 And a search box for ones without a high enough fic count to show up there

4 As in check boxes vs "select only one", but I'm sure there's a better way to explain it

5 I'm not sure what their actual criteria for what languages are included is lmao

6 Right now there's another, additional language but it's (somewhat) new to the drop down menu and wasn't there at the time all that was happening

7 Most likely I subconsciously noticed it looked like a romance language (before I actually knew what a romance language was lmao) and my brain played tricks on me lol

8 Yeah. We all know. But shh. I was a baby then. I learned real quick after doing more digging later on

Im really curious how people know about Esperanto. Since its a relatively recent language (from the 1880s), its obviously not going to be as widely spoken in the world as other languages (altho apparently it is the most widely spoken constructed language). I assume most people are introduced to it later in some way?

If u know what Esperanto is, feel free 2 reblog this and say how you learned about it in the tags.

[obeymehasinfluncedmythoughts]

KINDA GROSS BUT ANYONE WITH A UTERUS HAS TO DEAL WITH IT SO FUCK IT

MC having the monster of all periods and all the boys or in the middle of it. And when I say the monster of all I mean it. Everything is happening. Clots, bloating, zits/pimples, PAIN, nausea, heat, anger, emotions going crazy, fatigue, headaches, back pain, insomnia, BLOOD, anxiety, aggression, food cravings, irritability, muscle pains and all the other gross and painful shit we have to deal with every month. How do they survive/react

This personally hits home for me 😔.

Before I was on my birth control, I had periods 24/7, all year. I know it's gross, but at my worst I went through 7 of those overnight pads in an hour. I had to go to the hospital for it (And then proceeded to get called a drama queen by a doctor). My cramps were horrible, and man, I still have bad periods but not nearly as bad as that. This is going to be a bit "gross" (Because despite how comfortable we can be discussing them, and how natural the process is, you can still be a bit grossed out by it. I mean blood by itself isn't bad, but sometimes it's like you give birth to placenta and that's pretty gross) but it's also hella fluffy.

Lucifer.

Very unbothered by periods. Out of any natural body process, it's probably the one that bothers him the least.

He pretty much treats it the same as any other basic need. Every bathroom has toiletries that he's got placed in some neat little box and their medications in any available cabinet.

But that's pretty much all he thought was needed.

When he realizes just how bad your periods are, he's a little under prepared. The household isn't exactly equipped to handle this situation, so he, and a few of his brothers (particularly Asmodeus and Mammon), scramble to gather whatever items might be needed from the various corners of the house.

Lucifer grabs you towels for your bed, in case you're the type to bleed through during the night. He finds you a heating pad, rub-on muscle relief creams, and a multitude of pain meds that exceed the typical Midol relief.

He can get a little peeved about your attitude, but knows that you can't really help it. So he'll grin and bare it, and accepts the fact that you're going to be a bit different until this is done.

Mammon

He's not extremely well-versed in the topic of menstruation.

However, I think this is one of those topics that despite not understanding, he automatically is incredibly accommodating.

There's lots of cuddles, lots of playing with your hair, and a lot of nonsensicle rambling that is mostly comforting (but sometimes headache inducing).

He is a little weird about bleeding through though. Not in a bad "You're disgusting" way, but more of a "I'm extremely confused as to what I'm supposed to do in this situation" way.

Thankfully he becomes pretty quick at just wrapping his jacket around you in public if you do start to leak.

He does think a cold wet rag is the secret to everything lmao.

At least it takes away from the hot flashes!

Leviathan

He might be a little embarrassed when there are obvious signs of a period (like blood or toiletries), but otherwise he handles it normally.

Levi doesn't point out your acne. He doesn't mention when you leak onto his sheets during the night. He won't call you out for being a bit more aggressive then usual (or even crying, because sometimes that's just all you can do).

All he does is just be a silent support. It's a nice break from the others tbh.

Like when you're in the bathroom, turn between feeling like you're going to throw up because your contraction-like cramps are wrecking havoc on your entire body, he'll be beside you. Stroking your back, holding up your hair incase you do vomit, and running around for whatever you need.

Definitely the type who, when you ask him to pick up pad/tampons, grabs every size and brand, puts them in the cart as discreetly as possible, then rushes home in a frenzy.

Satan

Satan is just as irritable during your period as you are lmao.

He's absolutely understanding, sure, but I think he feeds off of anger. So the minute you start getting pissy, he does too.

It's like a sympathy period thing, but uh, more linked to his sin then anything else.

Everyone is absolutely tired of you two squabbling by the end of your cycle.

Someone probably tries to lock one of you away tbh. You two are just extremely annoying.

It's even worse that after every fight you guys just cuddle. Like nothing ever happened. And everyone else is just kinda left there tense as hell because you two were arguing over fucking fruit for no reason.

Asmodeus

He's kinda like a big sister in this situation.

Asmodeus will give you acne treatments, run baths for you (always makes sure you don't worry about cleaning out the tub!), and gives you massages that sometimes get a bit spicy (But he always makes sure you're okay to handle it).

Yeah, I'll say it, Asmodeus isn't scared of period sex.

This is like the one time of the month he actually breaks his "strict" diet and junks out with you.

Cue lots of food photos! And a few that he sneaks of you for his personal folder. Expect to see your rather bloated self as a part of his aesthetically set up phone background. He thinks it's cute!!

A lot of body worship and praise is going down. Between him and Beel it's enough to make your head spin.

Beelzebub

This is like prime Beel time.

Cuddles, food, and massages are his speciality.

(Also not opposed to period sex but tbh he's like, extremely concerned about your well being the entire time.)

He's like, always kneading your muscles and thighs. Whenever you get self-conscious about your pre-period or period body, he'll always be ready to lay down a thick layer of praises that seem almost too good to be true.

Always let's you finish the snacks ❤

He gets you heat and cold packs. Well, tries. Somewhere along the line he gets distracted and tends to come back with cold peas instead of a ice pack. Works the same way, just, uh, food driven.

Beel is extremely calm during this whole thing. He rarely ever gets offended by your emotions or aggression either. Probably just pats your head and walks away when you're getting a bit too much for him to handle.

Belphegor

He is like, the biggest fucking asshole, but like in the funniest way.

Genieunly doesn't care about toiletries or whatever, but he's so blunt about it

(What size pussy kinda guy)

Oh you leaked and bled onto his sheets? Go back bed. Throw a towel over it. He'll sleep on that side if you want.

Absolutely no help to your insomnia btw, unless he's like blessed with magic sleeping powers, you're going to need to stay up with someone else.

Honestly though... he's not the best with handling periods but I think he's extremely casual about it. He doesn't look down on you, or your cycle, an does whatever you ask.

Extremely passive lmao.

[shieldedsouls]

droppin a lil psa

i was planning to do this more Formally, but honestly this blue hellsite doesn’t really need Formal because we’re all gremlins doing as we do for the fun of it 

anyway, the actual point: i’m doing a soft reboot/refresh for this multi.

longer bits under the cut.

this includes a new blog with different url, new gdocs with updated information, new organization, clean slate for following, all that fun stuff. and it’s been coming for awhile, as its something i’ve discussed doing on and off at various points, but really it comes down to needing to refresh my own stuff to feel comfy here again. 

 a lot has changed in dumblr rp, especially after the mega-crash that followed IW and EG releasing. this community has been around for a long time, and i’m hoping it’ll stay around, but there comes a point with canon material (this is for every fandom btw, having been thru quite a few) that it Peaks and then dramatically drops off for whatever reasons. and i need to adjust myself and my approach on here if i want to keep writing my muses and keep writing with people, which i have been very reluctant to do, as anyone who has known me the whole time or a long time can tell you.

i thought it was a step i had at least sorta taken when i deleted a bunch of my archives/old solo blogs. but it didn’t. not really. that was my choosing to not give myself a way to back into having a million blogs again, so i could try to focus here and in having everyone in one place. that was part of my process of allowing myself to fully embrace being a multi, and adding to the fact i could more easily craft separate spaces by having my muses separated by fandom for a total of a few blogs rather than 30+.

but i’ve spent so long on here that i realized something: i hadn’t actually gone over my own rules and disclaimer information in a HOT minute. just copy & pasting from myself to set stuff up quickly and kinda keep organized. and some of that needed editing, updating, removing, the works.

and my alternate timeline? listen, i love that project. but at some point i got so set in going THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED ACTUALLY that i stopped allowing spaces for being able to wiggle around with other people and their timelines, their muses, their crafted spaces. i was cutting potential partners and current partners off, i was limiting myself, by sticking more and more rigidly to the timeline (which i’m going to keep in a doc somewhere but i’m not making it the Main Point anymore). universe 77483 is my baby, i’m proud of it, i love it. but its so categorically huge and overwhelming that it’s more suited to say fic worldbuilding than for rp worldbuilding.

i have a lot of headcanons that, honestly, same thing: i’ve been copy/pasting from myself for years and not really reading over the information anymore. its just rote movement of text thrown into the tags. and i stopped writing verses because i was bogging myself down with other elements, and getting caught on needing them to be perfect rather than letting them be blurbs to serve as baselines.

somewhere along the line, i genuinely got sidetracked from the crafting and writing with other people part, and focused on the detail-building and setting up things like i’m the only one writing or involved. rp is not a solo project, and i am dealing with the repercussions of behaving like its one. my dash slowed down because i did. my threads dwindled because i stopped reaching out as much, stopped being as available or open to things, beacuse i focused on the wrong aspects. that is entirely on me and my choices, my behavior.

so this reboot is needed, desperately. my attitude and approach needs to change from what it was, because that wasn’t working. i’m hoping that this, that acknowledging that i chose wrongly and repeatedly, will bring back the joy i’ve had and the joy i miss in writing with all the lovely people out here. i miss the energy and enthusiasm i would have here.

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The (delicately implied) monsterfucker is further down if you want to skip. Like Arthur MacArthur, he only seems polite about it.  At last, I am (physically) free of the day job, but…uh…wow. The recovery might take a while. I’ve worked for corporations, with bosses that literally gave me panic attacks. I got fired once at a small business because I wasn’t nice enough to a rich lady. (This is true. I literally was not nice enough to a friend of the owner’s wife. I was nice. Just not nice enough.) I think, with this place, in addition to Covid and all the fires and floods and the very American business expectation that you will just keep working no matter what is going on around you, the way this place, which prided itself on being more mom-and-pop/small business than corporate, but still was fine regularly exhausting me, took a little more from me emotionally than an impersonal corporation would have. A boss, and coworkers, who like to think and say that things are friendly and good, while content to use me up, is just… something I am still dealing with. Part of this is, I think, a particular thing that happens to people-pleasers (a term I hate because it’s not accurate. Emotion-managers fits better, to me.) and ND people, and like, oldest daughters with oldest daughter traumas, and well, basically anyone who masks their responses/emotions in public and who will Get the Work Done regardless of what is happening because of their own history and needs telling them they should. Those sort of people (myself included) are easy for workplaces to take advantage of. Some workplaces not even realize they are doing it. Though some definitely do. (And I should include families and friend groups as well as workplaces, but today, I am talking about shitty jobs, so.) All of this sort of ties in with a bunch of personal issues I’ve been dealing with (*cough* not dealing with *cough*) and which I am still processing. (I am sure it will show up in future stories. Lol. Just what we need. More Clematis-levels of trauma in our happy banging fairies and werewolves fiction.) But anyway, with that and grief and pandemic everything…I am still not working as quickly as I would like. This is okay, they tell me. Rest is good, I know. It just…is another personal issue I am working on. But I want to thank you all for your well wishes and encouragement! <3  Onward to story stuff!

I recently (yesterday) put up a free story on my Patreon. A Beings Verse AU for Vincent’s Thanksgiving Date (which btw is free/reader sets the price on Smashwords) I was exhausted from just leaving my day job on my birthday, so the birthday short was truly short this year. But you can find it on my Patreon or on my tumblr. The Honeybee and the Bear, a Bartleby/Piotr arranged marriage AU which is vaguely historical. I also lowered the price on the Familiar Spirits ebooks, and the paperback on its way. Any day now, really. The new paperback has all three stories, A Little Familiar, Holly and Oak, and Nothing More Certain, plus three accompanying shorts, along with a whole new cover. I will probably get rid of the single paperbacks because they were an experiment and I do not like the look of them. Also, this is a shameless and repetitive plug, but the audiobook for A Little Familiar is available at all the audiobook places. No, it has not earned back the cost of production yet, which is why whenever people ask me about more audiobooks, I will say this. (I would love to do more audiobooks. But, at least for me, for these and not the Beings, they don’t earn out. And I don’t even know if the Beings would earn out now since I’d be paying the upfront costs myself and not DSP. Also, when new Beings come out, do people want The Tales of Two Seers on audio or is that one just not a big deal to people?)

Okay. Into bigger news. Yes, I did start a new Beings book a few months ago, but I stopped for a while to work on a smaller winter release project because the Beings book (being a full novel) will take a while. I am four chapters in, jsyk. Progress is being made. Now, the winter project. I am hoping to get this out after Christmas. Maybe shortly before but probably after. It is not even remotely Christmas-related, don’t worry. It's when you are a pushing 30, bookish, nerdy sheep-man with hormonal issues, who foolishly leaves the house to go get laid, only to run into that coworker who makes you feel things you do not understand but which are obviously terrible and not at all sexy or adoring, and then discover he was actually out hunting a terrible monster who has now taken a liking to YOU and uh oh, guess that coworker has to protect you now. Also there might be a hint of found family perhaps... you know how I am.  Wait. That might be better than the dumb official synopsis I am still working on. …….. Oh well. It’s still a work in progress, but to give you a taste… (ahaha that is sort of joke. Nevermind. Sorry.) The title is Ravenous. Oops. Forgot that part.

Ravenous Those who come back from the Realm, if they come back, are changed. That is why children are taught to never go near a Ring and to never listen to what the Rings whisper. Some return haunted. Others, for reasons unknown, come back seemingly untouched, with the magic of the Realm at their disposal. The peculiari, as these few are called, can venture to and from the Realm without consequence, but are tolerated at best, feared at worst, for being as potentially monstruous as anything else that dwells there. Nicodemus has never stepped into a Ring. As an asterion, an unwanted child of the Realm, some might expect him to, but, for the most part, he is content to keep house for the peculiari of the Arawn Agency and rarely ventures outside of the manor they all call home. Asterion are also thought of as monsters, and Nicodemus, human in appearance except for the ram’s horns growing from his head, prefers the company of those who do not judge him. There’s just one little problem. One awkward, inconvenient, twice-a-year problem in which Nicodemus goes into what can humiliatingly only be called a rut. It’s a secret he keeps from the others. But this year, unable to stand the thought of spending his rut alone, he ventures into town in search of company—only to run into a familiar face. One of the Arawn Agency peculiari, Bel is powerful and fearsome enough to make even other peculiari wary, and far more experienced than Nicodemus in the ways of the world. But tonight, raffish, licentious Bel isn’t out seeking pleasure. He’s on the hunt for a creature that has slithered out of the Realm to hurt people, a true monster. According to Bel, the Realm lures people who want, and sheltered, lonely Nicodemus, with his rut approaching, is nothing but want. If he can’t get Nicodemus to safety, the best way for anyone to stay protected from the temptations of the Realm is to indulge themselves enough to make their wants manageable. But, alone with Bel for the first time, Nicodemus starts to wonder why it is that Bel understands the appetites of a monster so well, and what it is that Bel wants, and if perhaps Nicodemus should follow Bel’s advice and indulge some desires of his own.

...It sounds sexier than it is probably. One of the things that is good (more readers) is sometimes worrisome to me because readers who are used to me sort of know what to expect, and newer readers… well… do not and are often not happy. But then, to quote peepeethecat, I Amn just…….. a litle creacher. Thatse it. I Canot change  this. After Ravenous, and the Familiar Spirits paperback being out, I go back to the big thing, *fingers crossed* and maybe, maaaaybe, a smol charity thing in December. But that really all depends on my brain. (Oh also, I was gonna do a Patreon thing for patrons this year but this year has been… this year. So it will likely be January or February next year. It’s a small thing but I’m gonna do it, I swear!)

See you in December, probably! Stay safe!

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Alright! this is my dream topic.

Please, when choosing a translation, keep in mind which Greek/Hebrew text it was translated out of.

95% or more of extant Greek and Hebrew manuscripts agree with each other on everything. These are the texts that have been handed down as far back as history can remember. 5% or less of the extant manuscripts disagree both with the majority text and with each other; yet scholars debate about which of these differences are right, and some even speak of 'reconstructing' the original or 'figuring out' what the original said, when a 95% consensus is standing right in front of them.

The differences are extremely important. Whole passages are left out. Parts and fragments of verses. Some versions add a 'not' into a verse to completely change its meaning. One verse that tells us how to get rid of a particular kind of devil possession - a devil that affects children - is missing entirely. (The way to get rid of the devil is by prayer and fasting, BTW.) Is the woman's curse that your desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee, or is it that her desire will be against her husband? The very passage that says all Scripture is given by inspiration by God and is profitable for instruction, reproof, etc - one of the most clear-cut verses for inspiration of Scripture - is changed to all Scripture THAT IS given by inspiration, indicating that not all Scripture is inspired and only the inspired bits are useful to for instruction, reproof, and so on. I won't even get into how the name 'Lucifer' is changed into 'day/morning star' when morning star is JESUS'S TITLE. (See Isaiah 14:12 and the veryyy end of Revelation, I think chapter 22? It's like the last few verses in the Bible.)

Scholars - textual critics - argue that the oldest manuscripts available to us (dated as early as 130 AD, but only discovered in 1946) support the 5% reading. In secular textual criticism, the oldest text is the most reliable as it is nearest in time to the writing of the original; however, when handling the Word of God, this particular secular practice holds no water. God promised us his Word would endure forever, and he clearly intended it to be read and used for reproof, instruction, edification, etc. These 'oldest manuscripts' might have been around for longer, but a key point is that they weren't discovered until 1946, only seventy years ago. If these oldest manuscripts are the true Word of God, as opposed to to the traditional text handed down since we can reember, then God has hid his Word (or allowed it to be hid) for two thousand years, unusable and unknown, and we have been spreading words that are not his. This is not in God's character and I believe it is the majority text, the traditional text, that is the true Word of God, preserved and in use for two thousand years.

I feel that this evidence completely dominates the argument, to the point that I feel I only have one side of the debate. However, I have not been able to find anyone who argues against the majority text - the Textus Receptus - with the assumptions I have outlined about traditional text versus oldest texts - nor have I been able to find anyone who challenges those assumptions.

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Nilstheweber says they's no longer in the KJV-Only camp, but I'm going to address this subject anyway. A lot of KJV-onlyism doesn't make sense and doesn't hold up (I've heard some KJO's believe King James was a contemporary of David's??). I don't know what nilstheweber heard or was taught about KJV-onlyism; however, there are many valid reasons to believe the King James Bible is the Word of God in English (I'll be brief though!).

My strongest evidence lies in the way every word is important; the KJV defines its own words consistently throughout the Bible, leading to knowledge and understanding that would otherwise be lost. Even the number of times a word is used in the Bible relates to the numerical symbolism the Bible uses and that symbolism lines up with the meaning of the word.

I'll give you 'repent' and its various forms (repented, repents, repentance, etc) as an example. Off the top of my head, there are 39 uses of the word in the Old Testament, and there are 39 books in the Bible. God repents of some intent or action seven times (the number of completion), and only repents in the OT. Man repents of two categories of things; one is moral (repenting from sin, etc) and one is not (repenting of an action that was taken that was not necessarily sinful, etc). Man repents of non-sin-related things six times, the number of man. I could go on. All the words in the Bible do this.

I cannot, of course, force you to accept KJV-onlyism. If I tried, you would just have to laugh at me, because I'm a stranger on the internet and have no power over you, lol. I have cited no sources or even Bible verses, and for that I apologize, but the internet is a vast place to find information for the discerning mind.

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I would leave you with this last particle of information: I believe the KJV is God's Word in English. However, God's Word also exists in Greek and Hebrew, and people made do with non-inspired translations for quite some time before the KJV was translated. Non-inspired translations are still decent and good! God works in people's lives even with partial, incorrect, paraphrased, or simply clumsy renditions of his Word. Man paraphrases God on a daily basis, and this is good. But please find a translation that comes from the Textus Receptus.

Some keywords for further research:

Don't trust anything that is translated from the Dead Sea Scrolls, 'newly discovered manuscripts,' the Vaticainus or the Sinaiticainus codices, or anything from Westcott, Hort, or Metzger.

Many translations - including the NKJV and NRSV - claim to be 'descendants' or 'revisions' of the KJV - but this is false. They are translated out of different and fallible texts, and I for one will not stand for fallibility in my Bible.

The King James Bible was translated from the Textus Receptus (TR) compiled from the available extant manuscripts by the Greek scholar Erasmus. It also goes by the names Received Text, majority text and traditional text, and acronyms of all of these (TR, RT, and TT at least, I haven't seen MT used).

I hope this has been of some help to you or to my followers!

Which Bible translation should be seen as the best? I've been saved on October 30, 2017, and in December 2017 discovered the old King James. That lead me to the KJV only camp, but I ain't there anymore. I believe the Young Literal's Translation and the Thomson's Translation are a good bit better (not sure if you're familiar with them). I believe the first I read was either the NKJV or the ESV. I can't remember.

There is a lot of freedom in the translation you choose, though some are better than others. You want to find a good balance between literal translation from the original text while also keeping understandable readability in your own language. This is a good article for that

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[OM!] (American) College!AU Demon Brothers

Scenario: Headcanons on the demon brothers as college students (specifically in the US because I don’t know how college works elsewhere), their possible majors, career goals, extracurriculars, ~GPA~ and whatever else I could think of + how meet you in college

Note: I’m hoping to do a Part 2 with the Undateables but honestly… we’ll see lol. This is based off something ~A~ and I thought of for our specific university but we’ve made it broad enough to share HAHA this turned out VERY long

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Lucifer

Majoring in Political Sciences with a minor in Psychology

Pre-Law-- most likely immigration law or child custody (there’s definitely a backstory here)

Initially went to community college for the first two years to save up money to take care of his younger siblings

Rejected an offer to go to an Ivy League because it was too expensive; if his siblings ever found out they’d be furious that he’d give up on that chance, but he knows he can succeed wherever he goes (and besides, family is first) 

Transferred into a 4-year university his junior year 

Very high GPA-- VERY

In a professional fraternity with Diavolo and Barbatos 

He didn’t think he’d join one either but Diavolo was the vice chair when he transferred in and the president the year after so… ~nepotism?~ and also Lucifer is charming as heck so no surprise he’d get in

Also rooms with Diavolo and Barbatos

Goes to the gym regularly just to keep fit; gets goaded by Diavolo and Satan into joining an IM team with his frat brothers and actual brothers-- probably basketball or flag football

Probably meets you at a interclub council meeting and mutters under his breath how useless the board members are and you overhear 

“Never have I met more incompetent people.”

“Lmao mood”

“!!!”

Keeps sitting next to you at every interclub meeting then after because at least there’s someone that can keep his mind stimulated (thinks you’re hot if you’re competent btw)

If you somehow meet him on campus, he’s the type of guy to put his hand up and pretend he didn’t see you (just kidding, he always ends up saying hi anyways) 

Will Absolutely Lecture You if you are procrastinating on studying especially if your midterm is, like, TOMORROW

Always ends up studying with him because he’s actually focused on studying and glares at you if you get distracted (but hey you get good scores in the end)

Mammon

Majoring in Business Econ/Economics, Minoring in Statistics

(always ends up in the middle of the “is econ a humanities or a STEM major” debate that leaves him left for dead) 

Planning to work in Business as Finance -- probably has been treasurer or finance director for a club; can even see him being a banker if it suits his plans better

Goes to a four-year university

Decent GPA (or Lucifer would absolutely destroy him), and does REALLY well in mathematics classes

Would room with Lucifer and his posse if they all go to the same school 

Probably in a Business Frat as well because he’s pretty charismatic when it comes down to it but  was an RA for some of his years for the free rooming and dining hall privileges 

Is a very chill and understanding RA (as in he smokes weed with you when he’s off-duty) but is surprisingly well-versed in dealing with roommate issues

Works part-time (gasp) to buy stuff off of Amazon and go out to places 

Spends a lot of time exploring places with his friends, going hiking, rock-climbing, clubbing-- which is expensive, as it turns out, so he needed to be able to afford it somehow

Meets you when you’re eating your lunch outside somewhere and he asks you if you have a dollar he could borrow for a vending machine snack

You exchange numbers with him so he can pay it back (even though you honestly don’t really need it, but why not) and turns out he’s in your GE class

“Heyyy wassup! So glad I have a friend in this class” 

“Oh by the way, did you finish the homework? Haha, I forgot it.” 

Mammon always repays you for your help in food though so you aren’t complaining

Leviathan

Majoring in Computer Sciences

And honestly that’s too much for me already-- the man is doing computer programming, coding-- WHEW-- and they do NOT rest

Goes to a community college but honestly has no problems cinching internships. The computer is his domain-- online applications are EASY, doing projects NOT as easy, interviews? HARD-- REALLY HARD (someone help him)

Probably intends to work with a big company like Google if only to help supply his income so he can live his life going to AX and buying merch 

Most likely moved out of his house mid-college with his online friends (who are luckily compatible with him living-space wise) and visits home once a week 

There’s two potential sides you can meet first: 

Either you meet him at a convention and you both gush about the same character and anime and somehow find each other online (not college related) 

Or his favorite Ruri-chan keychain gets broken off in the computer lab, and you’re the one running after him to give it him

He may or may not owe you his life after that (and if you enjoy anime, well that’s a bonus)

Both of these meetings can happen if he doesn’t recognize you in class because you were in cosplay-- imagine the surprise

The two of you as friends are MASTER PROCRASTINATORS at every assignment the two of you have-- so low-key not a great influence-- but you have fun together watching animes, playing games, talking about life-- anything but actual work 

Always ends up scrambling to finish things-- but he keeps doing it because it’s been working for him so far

You help him prepare for interviews because he’s always nervous before each one regardless of how well his application looks

Satan

Majoring in Comparative Literature AND Anthropology (ya boy is doing the whole nine yards)

Planning to get his Master’s and then a PhD in one of his majors (whichever proves to be more engaging for him)-- visibly excited to become a Professor

College was meant for Satan-- like REALLY; the man is in LOVE with learning; most likely to go and be accepted to an Ivy-League after Lucifer but... truly believes you can get a good education anywhere so it depends on his financial standing (and how much scholarship he gets)

Does get a little disgruntled when his classes aren’t available but doesn’t mind learning something new-- if the professor bores him to death, he’ll read the book

Really good at tutoring people; someone suggests that he works as a peer-learning facilitator/writing tutor and he does-- might as well make bank doing something you always do anyways   

Joins a writing/journal club as an extracurricular and a club that provides tutoring services to the underserved community-- surprisingly good with kids!

He knows friends in high places, so if he wanted to, could get into any party without batting an eye and his favorite professors love him

Spends a lot of his time going out to the city and exploring places, similarly to Mammon, rock-climbing, hiking, paragliding-- anything

He is VERY well-rounded as you can see; competes with Lucifer to see whose GPA is better though

You probably meet him during office hours, and you can only stare in awe as he asks questions that you had in mind, but better; if you’re visibly confused about something, he’ll take his time to help you too (it’s habit at this point)

Ask him for his contact info and you’ll get it, and maybe repay him in coffee? (You always see him at the cafe on campus.) 

Most likely to have a specific spot in a cafe that he is always at that the workers actually save a spot for him or give him his usual order before he even arrives-- may or may not have helped them edit their essays or with their homework as a thank-you so you KNOW they’ll love him forever

The type of person to help you make flashcards and cram if you need it

Asmodeus

Majoring in Dance and Fine Arts (I HC going to NYU specifically)

Considering going for an Master of Fine Arts degree but he might just move to New York and go for being a Broadway Star

College is mainly just training for him and hoping to land gigs in local theater-- and the university theater if there is one-- and building his resume for his big break 

Has SO many extracurriculars, all pertaining to his career choice, but also because he enjoys what he does: drama, competitive dance team, acapella, fashion design

Makes an unbelievable amount of friends, incredibly good at networking

The first time you saw him was when he was performing for a local theater and you were in love with his performance, and the next time you saw him in the hallway of a classroom building, you told him how much you enjoyed it

Always accepts compliments about his looks with grace, but there’s something about truly being admired for his acting and singing that has him preening

Invites you to come out to his next performance, and if not his, then to another play-- and it can be a date, but up to you ;) 

The man is the KING of Multiple Talents and has big dreams to match 

Always finds a way to hang out with you and drag you to every club that he can use his fake-id for (and when he’s actually 21 and above, gets a little offended that he doesn’t get ID’d) 

A night in the town with you is always a good night! 

Sometimes when he has practical exams coming up, he asks you to watch him perform-- and he likes your compliments but actually takes getting all the moves seriously so you better pay attention!

Most likely to move far away to reach his dreams, but he would take you with him if he could-- his little star

Beelzebub

Majoring in Physiological Sciences

Pre-Nursing or Pre-Sports Medicine 

He’s a little undecided, but he’s definitely going to go into the health field because he likes the idea of being able to use his strength to help others

Gets a scholarship from the university because he’s part of the football team, which is actually pretty hard on him because Fall Semester/Quarter he has to keep skipping classes for games  

Always brings a snack to eat with him during lecture-- and is not afraid to bring his entire lunch and make it right in the front row, though he tends to stick to the back because they tend to have electrical plugs 

You most likely meet him during lecture: he offers you an entire sandwich (not a chip bag, not fruit snacks, an entire LUNCH) because he heard your stomach growl during class 

From then on, you collect notes for him when he’s gone from games and even go to games if you aren’t usually the type to just to see how he’s doing; it’s hard trying to find you among the huge bleachers, but he always asks you where you’re sitting anyways 

Really appreciate it if you help him study into late at night because it IS hard balancing sports and academics 

He most likely doesn’t really have any time for anything else so he usually makes up for it during the rest of the year when training is less to volunteer in the hospital or at the gym as a personal trainer 

If you ask him to teach you how to properly lift weights, he’ll definitely help out and the both of you can work out together-- though you feel bad when he has to add four extra weights to each side after you finish your reps

Belphegor

Majoring in Computer Graphics/Animation

Intending to go into making animation or game design-- is one of the brothers who doesn’t really know exactly what he wants to do yet because he’s afraid that doing what he loves as a job will ruin it for him

His family reassures him that they’ll support him whether or not he continues with his path in life, but he’s considering art school and then taking internships in places so he has a better idea on what he wants

Most likely to sell his own original work and become a full-time artist regardless

I think you already know how you meet him-- he’s sleeping in a lecture hall-- either against the wall or on the small piece of wood they call a desk when class ends and he’s still sleeping; and you wake him up 

Sleepily thanks you and continues to sleep through every class that you wake him up to; when you ask him why he doesn’t just go home and sleep, he tells you he’s too lazy to walk back and forth from his dorm/apartment to campus (mood) 

When you add each other on Snapchat or something, he sends you pics of ‘places to nap’ on campus

You always end up studying together because he’s actually pretty good at understanding lecture stuff despite not being awake for most of it-- apparently he’s used to teaching himself 

Will make you art for your birthday and will vehemently refuse payment so he just tells you to take him out for dinner instead 

If you talk about how you’re not sure on what you want to do in life too, he’ll probably say ‘mood’ but is most likely to encourage you to do whatever you want to do in life too 

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okay i’m back again— SO i was rereading your tww sense8 au posts, as one does, and there’s so many THINGS IM DYING TO EXPLORE. but. um. i forgot some. i’m the worst sorry! BUT: this. “if marriage equality existed at the time, they’d have probably gotten married and toby would’ve had a Crisis about it” WHAT WOULD THIS HAVE BEEN LIKE I WANT MORE OF THIS. i love them so much. i wrote my first cjandy fic and THEY KISSED it was euphoric. ALSO 4x20 IN THIS VERSE. pls talk about any of this, whenever!!

HI BRO IT’S BEEN LIKE THREE MONTHS SINCE YOU SENT ME THIS BUT I’M STILL RIDE-OR-DIE FOR THIS OT3 SO I’M ANSWERING IT NOW!!

look. not to be that person, but toby is an insecure kind of guy. i love him but he is. he’s sad, and he’s quiet, and you know the reason why andy’s breakup conversation to him (in her dream house, right before she went into labor) broke her heart so much was because she knew how much she was hurting him. he’s used to being alone and he doesn’t LIKE it but i think he’s at the point where he wouldn’t be SURPRISED, you know?

this is all to say that he doesn’t do so great, when everything is tense and cj refuses to even be in the same room as him but will kiss andy in the psycellium for some reason. He Doesn’t Cope So Well, understandably. this is worse in an au where marriage equality exists.

presumably we’re working with an au where marriage equality is at about the same level as it is today -- so couples of varying genders can be legally married, but no polycules. in this case, we have cj less concerned about being seen with andy in public and more concerned with being seen with toby and andy in public. i’m guessing she’s still cagey and therefore the disintegration still happens (honestly, i want to say toby and andy would’ve fallen apart no matter if cj had stayed or not, but that’s a whole other discussion), which means andy is therefore available when cj finds herself living in DC with two (2) acquaintances she doesn’t work with (and the other one is her brother’s college roommate, so the choice is easy).

see i just think andy and cj get along in a way that andy and toby just DON’T. they’re both pragmatic, although cj will get caught up in her emotions if she’s not careful and andy is always ready to drop everything to start a fight. toby isn’t either of those -- toby will just stand his ground for what he believes in, no matter how people try to convince him otherwise, and this is why toby works very well as a second in command and would make a very bad leader in anything besides speechwriting. (i finally talked myself into cj being chief of staff, as you might be able to tell.) (this, btw, still means andy could’ve been the shuttle leaker -- ready to start a fight with the bartlet administration about the pointlessness of military secrets if they can’t use them to save people -- but that’s a whole different issue. the main reason why it makes sense for it to be andy and not toby is that toby is, above all, someone who’s thrown in his lot with josiah bartlet, and that means he will STAND WITH HIM in public no matter how MUCH he disagrees in private. okay seriously i’m trying not to discuss the shuttle leak here. ahem. GAYNESS.)

what this means is that toby gets into arguments with both cj and andy very easily, because he’ll dig in his heels and ignore them throwing every argument they’ve got at him and god can you imagine how frustrating that is. but cj and andy make a very good team, good at compromising, good at showing affection (toby tends to lock up when he’s in a mood), and really good at choosing movies for movie night. (they DO burn things whenever they try to cook together -- toby and cj are the family cooks when they’re all living together -- and andy, like toby, doesn’t speak the language of the press the way cj does, but for the most part they work very well together.)

this is a really long description to say that, yeah, i think if we were in an ideal world, andy and cj would make the best married couple. it wouldn’t be a good IDEA for them to get married, because toby would NOT take it well and obviously you don’t want to get married if it’s going to hurt your other partner in the way it would hurt toby.

also?? i just want to say you’re a genius because i had never considered the angst potential of 3x21 (edit: completely misjudged the season whoops) in the sense8 au but oh MAN it’s painful. i’m torn between my love of that shot of cj sitting alone in her gown while times square streams past her -- versus a similar shot, except toby and andy are psychically sitting on either side of her, with toby’s hand on her back and andy’s hand on her leg. LIKE?? THE ANGST POTENTIAL IS OUT OF THE PARK HERE Y’ALL, I NEED EVERYONE TO GET WITH ME ON THIS.

the image that won’t leave my head is toby, pale and shocked next to sam celebrating the motorcade maneuver, and at some point sam turns to him and asks “are you okay?” and toby, feeling cj’s pain and feeling pain for her, says “yeah” because what ELSE can he say??? pain. pain is good. thank you for coming to my ted talk.

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Wakana Covers ~ Anime Classics ~ Release

It’s officially the 9th of December in Japan which means it’s the release day of 『Wakana Covers ～Anime Classics～』! BANZAI! The album is now available for purchase in digital format in Japanese stores. 

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Here’s a quick REVIEW

THIS IS A GREAT ALBUM. I LOVE IT!! The tracklist is not what I would have hoped for but then again, I only know a handful of old anime songs so it’s really no surprise that none of them made it onto the album. I wasn’t really familiar with any of Wakana’s chosen songs but to her credit, she made me fall in love with almost all of them. The only tracks I do not like are “Yatsura No Ashioto No Ballade” and “Rain” but that’s not Wakana’s fault, it’s just that I do not care for those types of songs. Wakana’s vocals are really solid throughout the album, her voice was made for classical arrangements like this and I am forever grateful we are getting a full album and a concert on top of that. There are just a few sections here and there where I am not too happy with her choice of singing style but it doesn’t take away from my enjoyment. Question: Is it just me or are the instruments (strings in particular) overly loud sometimes? Occasionally they seem to almost drown out Wakana.

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1. 時には昔の話を (Toki ni wa Mukashi no Hanashi wo) Arranger: Sin; I understand why they chose this as the leading track to promote the album. Everything about it is absolutely beautiful, Wakana’s vocals, the arrangement, the lyrics, the PV (from what we have seen so far). I have mentioned it before but her “hashitta” in the second chorus(?) kills me every time. And the way the strings build up in the first and last chorus. Ahhh, be still my heart I cannot take it. Btw, I am still not sure if you consider those two last lines in each of the three verses a proper chorus or if the song just consists of three elaborate verses..? But for the sake of this review, I will call them choruses XD 2. やさしさに包まれたなら (Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara) Arranger: Miki Sakurai; Gorgeous arrangement (especially with the added tin whistle). Kinda reminds me of the Concerning Hobbits theme from LotR. I am a big fan of Celtic and folk-ish elements. Miki Sakurai apparently is a big fan too. After all, her “Yakusoku no Yoake” which she wrote for Wakana’s first album also had strong Celtic vibes. My favourite part of the song is when Wakana sings that final “meseeji” in the last chorus, the arrangement here is beautiful. Still think Wakana’s vocals are a bit too cutesy but hell, it’s a cute song so I guess it seems fitting.  3. Rain Arranger: Shu Kanematsu; Wakana sounds great but the song doesn’t do anything for me. T_T 4. いのちの名前 (Inochi no Namae) Arranger: Shu Kanematsu; OMG, this brought tears to my eyes. SO SO BEAUTIFUL. The way her voice just blends with the strings. Her vocals are a tad quiet though compared to the instruments. Or is it just me?  5. やつらの足音のバラード (Yatsura No Ashioto No Ballade) Arranger: Sin; I can’t put my finger on what exactly I don’t like about this but I can’t seem to get into it. I guess it sounds a little too jazz-y for me...or is it blues? Either way, not my cup of tea but I can see why Wakana would like it this way. And hey, she does pull it off perfectly so who am I to complain? On a side note, those lyrics are just so perfect for Wakana, she doesn’t often get the chance to sing about dinosaurs :P EDIT: Future!Sarah is coming back to revise her opinion. After listening to the album on repeat for hours on end, I now LOVE this song. It’s charming. 6. Get Wild Arranger: Sin; One of the coolest arrangements on this album!! The strings are just PERFECTION. And Wakana SLAYS!! Who would have thought she can pull off a song like that. I mean, we already knew from gettign that teaser video but this is on a whole other level. Too much awesomeness.  7. 風のとおり道 (Kaze no Toorimichi) Arranger: Miki Sakurai; Ahhhhh, so precious and mystical, such a gorgeous arrangement!! I love how we start with just Wakana’s vocals. And then Miki Sakurai adds her magical touch again by inserting all those Celtic elements. The tin whistle fits perfectly. A couple of Wakana’s high notes no longer sound good to my ears here but overall I enjoy her singing. 8. 君をのせて (Kimi wo Nosete) Arranger: Sin; The arrangement is utterly charming, both the piano as well as the strings are perfect here, Wakana’s vocals in the verses are literally flawless. I kinda find myself wishing she had sung the chorus with a different voice though. Mind you, I don’t hate the one she is using here but it’s bordering on being a teeny-tiny bit too shrill and thin for my taste. It’s still solid (and nothing at all like her strained “ring your bell” voice let’s say) but it’s not what I personally enjoy most from her. Either way, I think she is hitting her notes just fine (as far as I can tell at least) and the style fits the overall sound of the song. Pus, they made up for the slightly thin vocals by adding a little harmony layer which I appreciate.  9. 愛にできることはまだあるかい (Ai ni dekiru koto wa mada aru kai) Arranger: Sin; Most of you may know this already but I am a HUGE fan of the cello so I am happy we have such a strong cello presence here. Those cello parts are so cool. Anyways, this turned out to be one of my favourite tracks even though I didn’t think I would ever like this song based on the YouTube teaser we got a while back. There is just so much raw emotion and fierceness in Wakana’s voice, towards the end she is hitting me right in the feels. I just can’t help but be drawn to the song. I am surprised by how well she handles songs that are originally sung by males. Her covers of this and “Get Wild” are just exceptional imo. They bring out a new side of Wakana which I really love. 10. 夢のゆくえ (Yume no Yukue) Arranger: Shu Kanematsu; While I didn’t know this song before listening to Wakana’s cover version, the melody reminded me a LOT of the old anime songs I used to like back in the day. The feeling of nostalgia is super strong in this one so naturally I enjoy it quite a bit. It’s not an outstandingly beautiful song or anything but the arrangement is lovely and Wakana’s vocals are on point. 

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