#it's one of my fave fanworks tbh

[accio-victuuri]

I unfortunately saw an anti post on x which is not surprising tbh - about one of my fave og bxg fansite GlobalFever全球热丨0805x1005. i am very sensitive when so/os attack cpf fansites and accuse them of things because these jiejies work their asses off and pay real money to give us free content. so they are saying GF is from XZ’s team because they managed to obtain wardrobe fitting shots of XZ as Shiying. therefore they are an “insider” and really here for XZ and not WYB. going as far as to say that she is from XZ’s team.

this is a classic example of solo’s ignorance and usual tactic of taking something mundane and turning it into a some dark narrative. like, don’t talk about a cpf fansite, you are not even in this fandom so don’t say shit and stay on your lane.

here’s the thing. what they don’t know is she also had HD shots on set of WOF (p2) or maybe they saw it but ignored it to setup the narrative they want.

what if one day she decides to share costume fitting photos of ruolai? and then what? these could also have been obtained from a third party who sold it off. this is not new. but of course solos love the conspiracy and would love to make big name cpf personalities look bad.

yes she is an insider as you can see she has access to events like how the press would. there are also multiple photos at different events where they are looking straight into the camera like they recognize her. GF has been a fan and has supported them in more tangible ways than all of the toxic stans on x combined so sit down and shut your mouth. yibo wouldn’t even recognize or acknowledge you if he sees you at an event.

and it’s so offensive how they are claiming that GF is from xz team and in that statement is also implying that she don’t give a fuck about yibo. how about all the birthday projects? all the movie screenings she sponsored for yibo movies? not to mention the multiple public welfare projects she funded. of course they won’t say that. they want clout, so they must post something controversial about a fandom they are not even part of. pathetic. honestly. i don’t even think about hating on FLUOXETINE or Nebula85 which are WYB solo fansites. why would i even do that? 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ i can never understand how their brain works tbh.

so yeah, moral of the story is that majority of “hot takes” on places like x are bullshit. especially if it’s by someone who is not even part of the group. toxic solo accounts on there and actually any platform will rot your brain. i’m just sorry for the people who read their garbage and are tricked by them.

and people wonder why a lot of fans prefer to be cpf. this is why. we have lovely fansites and fanworks that keep us busy. we don’t get satisfaction from other people’s misery. we’re just here for xz and wyb. ♥️💚

[altschmerzes]

wanted to thank you for giving me the courage to be way more annoying about my aro headcanons. this character who pursues a new girl every week? he's aro, just thinks flirting and fucking is fun. this character who's in the center of several popular ships? she's aro. these two characters that everyone wants to fall in love? one of them is aro and it's a qpr actually. get fucked. fires my aro beam at all your faves.

YES. YES!!!!! THIS IS THE EFFECT I WISH TO HAVE ON THE WORLD

listen aro headcanons and fanworks are a critical component of any fandom ecosystem and it is a Public Service to be as annoying about them as possible tbh. im THRILLED to hear ive encouraged this. everyone should get more aro headcanons and be WAY more annoying about them. it’s what we and everyone deserves.

[shares-a-vest]

💖 Fic Writing Review 2023 💖

I was tagged by @penny00dreadful @rocknrollsalad @cranberrymoons and @unclewaynemunson Thanks everyone! You all smashed it in 2023. Here's to more words wording and fun fandom times with our faves.

Tbh, it took me a good month minute to work out how to do this, seeing as I don't post much to ao3 (something I intend on mending in 2024). I'm very much going with the 'feel free to show whatever stats you like' aspect of the rules.

But before all that, I'd like to use this post as an opportunity to acknowledge everyone who enjoys my writing. I kinda just fell into writing in this fandom and discovered that I love it!

I'm also sending love and appreciation to my beloved moots and everyone in the stwg discord server. Here's to another year of creating, sharing and interacting 💖

This fandom really is my happy place a lot of the time, a much-needed creative outlet and a space where I can talk to people who let me be my silly little old self.

I have so much I want to write in 2024 (including some in-the-works stuff listed below). One goal I know I have in 2024 is to write what I'll temporarily title, 'The Origin of Joanie Munson'. I would really like to knuckle down and write a looonnnggg fic this year that would tell that story.

Anyway, enough of me talking, I'll stop before I get too sappy...

Top 5 Posts by Notes:

Wayne and Claudia to Steve's Rescue

I'm Dating Garfield

My Prince

Eddie gets stuck in Steve's shower after the power goes off

Eddie Munson: Sparkly Vampire Boyfriend

Proudest Work & Reflections:

Wayne and Steve get hearing aids: This post was very much inspired by my pop's ongoing struggle with his hearing aids. HoH Steve is a beloved headcanon of mine so I was happy to receive so much love for a little ficlet that came from a very real place.

Steve spends Father's Day with the Buckleys: If there's one Steve trope I will write, it's Steve Has Bad Parents™. I always find myself writing this trope and getting Steve all sad and angsty as a personal coping mechanism/outlet for irl Dad Stuff™. I was a pile of goo over the tags and comments saying this ficlet resonated with readers! We really are just out here projecting onto our blorbos to get through shit.

Joanie Munson's First Word: I love my Joanie Munson AU. And one thing I love writing into it is Wayne being a doting Grandpa. It was a WIP for quite a while and I remember waking up at like 3am, unable to sleep and bam I finished it, proving that sometimes it's worth letting something linger in the drafts until the moment strikes.

My Fandom Events in 2023 (I did a sprinkling of others, but these I completed/worked on consistently):

Spicy Six Fanworks Challenge SPRING and SUMMER

Steddie Week 2023

Steddiemas

Upcoming Works & Events (aka, next in the pipeline):

Spicy Six Fanworks Challenge WINTER

Clarkson Mixtape Fic

STWG Hozier Project

Tagging some precious moots (plus those above) to send my love and good New Year vibes to! @thefreakandthehair @tboyeddie @steventhusiast @imfinereallyy @hbyrde36 @spicysix @momotonescreaming @withacapitalp @farahsamboolents @hellion-child @sidekick-hero (also feel free to do this tag game too if you'd like/haven't already!)

Rules: Feel free to show whatever stats you have. Only want to show Ao3 stats? Rock on. Want to include some quantitative info instead of stats? Please do this. Want to change how yours is presented? Absolutely do that. Would rather eat glass than do this? Please don’t eat glass but don’t feel like you have to do this either.

[dhmis-autism]

anyways since i hurt my wrist ive been reading a lot of DHMIS fic, and as such i have some opinions on alla them! i also have some faves that i am going to reccomend now if any of you are in the mood to read:

First up, this whole series of DHMIS shorts are SO well-written and very bittersweet. They’re both sort of mini stories AND explorations of the positives and negatives of each individual character in the trio + their dynamics with each other. Pretty accurate to the characters, I think, and just straight up, well-written, fun to read. CANNOT OVERSTATE how much I enjoyed these ones. This was my fave of the three, I think about it ALL the time. Though, honestly, you can’t just read ONE and not read the others!

Alright, next is my FAVE FAVE FAAVEE dog/dad duo fic! I love a lot about this fic! I love the in-character dialogue, I love the thoughtful way this fic explores one of my favorite dynamics in the show! It's heartfelt and awkward and jumpy and misshapen- and I think it's a pretty fantastic avenue to take when exploring these characters. There's also a bit of existential terror, for those of you who like that element of the show! Anyways, this fic is literally ALWAYS going to have a rent-free space in my heart.

THIS ONE is a really smart and thought out rearrangement of the first TV season, with a kind of emotional narrative throughline that I gotta say, I was invested in. I always like fanworks that reintegrate lines from canon in different contexts and this is something this fic really understands how to do well. The epilogue made me understand why people will buy and read books telling the exact same event from a different characters POV. tbh i’d buy this if I could.

THIS one is short,sweet and REALLY fucking funny. I literally crack up just thinking about Duck asking Red which of the other two he’d rather be stuck with on a desert island. Comedy of errors with a bittersweet ending that has really stuck around in my head.

This one is less of a singular character exploration and more of a exploration of a hypothetical character dynamic ,imo. And I LOVE the dynamic in it so much! It's compelling, it's messy, it's very push-and-pull, it's like watching two cars almost crash into each other, miss, and then smash violently into poles in opposite sides of the street. I like the OCs in it ( they have a very funny bit going ), I like the fun little fanmade songs, and I like that the relationship between the two main characters is used as a really good platform to see what their insecurities  and their worst traits are up close. I rarely see ship fics that do that! And as someone who is far more interested in the characters themselves than the ship together, I am all in on the carnage. 

[dujour13]

Fanwork Friday

Last week it was vastly under-appreciated fics, this week it’s fics I will keep forever in my heart 💘 (also vastly under-appreciated tbh)

Like the World is Ending / The Intrepid Alchemist’s Guide to Fate, Chance and Demon Apocalypses series - @arendaes

Ship: Ariadne Trias/Woljif Jefto/Daeran Arendae

First a shout out to the series title. Legendary

Pre-throuple relationship set in Daeran’s first quest in the game, with Ariadne and Woljif exploring (sneaking around) Heaven’s Edge, and all three of them exploring a certain fascination for each other. The sweet tension is palpable. Beautifully written from Ariadne’s and Woljif’s POV as they find out more about Daeran’s tortured past. Funny and full of great dialogue with the three of them teasing each other but underneath it all starting to care. Their dynamic is always a huge treat, a personal fave.

Love and War - @dragonologist-phd

Ship: Cleo/Queen Galfrey

Not only does this fic give a heartbreaking look into Queen Galfrey’s lonely life as the figurehead of over a century’s worth of Crusades, for me it’s THE demon path fic. Cleo is wonderful. From barbarian rage to demonic rage, in denial about more than one thing. This fic has given me goosebumps more than once. I need them to have their happily ever after – no two people ever deserved it more. Dragonologist’s prose always knocks it out of the park.

My Lovely Husband Part I – A Shattered Soul - @undyingembers

Ship: Lenarius/Leonosa / Daeran Arendae

Reading Embers’ crossover fic between PWOTR and My Lovely Daughters, an original story in which Lenarius/Leonosa founds a very unexpected and unusual family with his/her husband Daeran, is what first really motivated me to write an original post-Crusade fic too. Adventure and fluff with a fun mystery plot that unfolds over the course of the fic. High stakes and moments of really heart-rending drama. The homunculus girls will forever be dear to me.

[fen-the-magnificat]

literally EVERY question for &j. every single one

lets get into it!

the community, how much joy there is in the fanworks, and the music

aspec frankie - i still wouldn't personally write it, but i really really like how reggie does it, so i have definitely warmed up to it

romeo tbh. i didn't care that much about him when i first saw the show.

hrrrgh gonna give this one a miss sorry i really dislike any non-canon ships

angst for may. please keep hurting my fave i adore it

happiness. also colour

hurt may, and angst, as well as shenanigans

the pure amount of background details there are in the show - also the design of the show, like the set and the projections and i could talk about it all day its so clever

jumeo, i think. they're just kinda there i like that. also langelique

@thetisming. i will always appreciate him reaching out, i would be very lonely in the fandom otherwise :)

show me the meaning (there's something missing). that shit took me forever, I'm so glad it got the reception that it has, it meant a lot.

reg you are the amperstan, thanking you for tying the lot of us together, and for being so welcoming

we don't really have them (we should fix that)

maycois

may, but also frankie

I HAVE SO MANY but right now it's the end of confident where may runs on all happy, sees juliet and frankie kiss, and then like stumbles backward and runs of stage. hurts my feelings, 10/10

the entire show

maycois, or may and frankies character tags

there are so many. look at my ao3 bookmarks.

the darkest minds book series back when i was 11, there were less than 30 works and i read on ff.net

nevermoor bookseries. nevermoor discord i miss you everyday but i have been gone for so long and am scared to return

shadowycupcake or tillywunderwing. i wont bother them with tags but you guys were the first to make me feel welcomed in a fandom, i am forever grateful

i think caroline in the city? the last one was community but i have now watched that so

I've been able to connect with so many people that share my interests, and not be judged for it. i get to make things and people like it. i love being in fandoms rbiberkjsb crying brb

learn to take a step back. you will only burn yourself out if you don't. remember that fanworks (fanfic especially) are for yourself, first and foremost. learn to treat creating like a gift to yourself and not an obligation.

[bentosandbox]

What do you like about your favorite Arknights character(s) like what makes you like them? (If you don’t make me asking 🫣)

And do you have any character that you only like them for their designs but not their lores?

if they're a handsome gnc 姐姐 its basically joever for me jk well not jk but also uhh

gap moe (eg. earthspirit talking to her rocks, shu fishing in a water jar) idgaf spirit (chen, swire, lappland, degenbrecher & many many more)

but hmm i think characters i want to study under a microscope have something... human about them (?) like when Lin had her near-death experience and she was wondering about of all things 'hmm... at least id get a +1 to my good morality scale right' posturing still in your final moments??? I Get It Though and chen just shitposting right after that instead of asking if she's fine great example why she's one of my faves ig or even how LGD is basically just office drama in a way like yea... theyre kemonomimi slayges but they are also very humanly stubborn does that make any sense . wait no i got it 'character flaws (possibly to probably) from childhood trauma'

Swire is a special case because i usually dgaf about ojou archetypes but they cooked up a perfect storm (banger outfit character design [alter too] + irregular tsundere + girlbosses and failgirls + HK refs + world-changing kuroblood outfit. damn) with her that i'm willing to draw her drills 70% of the time (i felt some kinda deja vu when i started typing about chen so ill just stop here for now) i wouldve preferred if there was more trauma in there but its ok... thats what fanwork is for

damn i can't think of anyone for the second question tho. and i scrolled through the entire aceship gallery npcs included LMAO i can't even think of any lore i dislike tbh design for me comes first anyway since designs i like will usually mean lore i like

[yumeurl]

For the ship classification ask game:

tomdraco

tomdraco - doesn't make sense, compels me

tomdraco is fascinating to me because it honestly isn't supposed to work but in my head it really does?? tbh i don't even remember why i first got interested with this ship, it's most probable that i just have tom and draco as my faves that i decided to mash them together and coincidentally found great fanworks for them

i think i pretty much have the same opinion as the rest, i view tomdraco as a relationship not derived from a preconceived destiny or even initial attraction to help them stay together, but instead a relationship that makes a firm choice to stay together. they need hogwarts years to force them to stay together lmfao. of course tomdraco in a lord voldemort era would be really different and more on power imbalance, but it's still a relationship that stays as one because they (or just one of them if it's LV) chose it to stay like that

it's a ship that needs alot of work to stay or even be formed, but maybe that's why it's so compelling

send me a ship and i'll tell you where it lies for me

[lesbians4kurt]

hai!!! are there any sledgefu fanfics or writers u could rec to me?

YASSSS I LOVE THIS QUESTION!!!!

There's nothing else we can do by ijustlookatpictures is a 2 part series and i consider it the BESTTTTTTT sledgefu fanwork of all time, altho the second part is unfortunately eternally unfinished. regardless, it's amazing, and if u don't feel like being left on a cliffhanger, just read part 1. it's still good as a standalone piece

Insomnia by Blink23 is a must-read. it's basically about various other characters finding out abt their relationship, but it's soooooo cute and i love it forever

lest we fall into the dark by Gingerwerk is a MASTERPIECE. it's a modern flower shop/tattoo parlor au and has some of the best ptsd characterization i've ever read

got a fire but you just can't use it by getmean was the first sledgefu fic i ever read and GIRLLLL. it's so good. another modern au, this time with an AMAZING portrayal of alcoholism like it's excellent (it is first person tho incase u don't like that. characterization is amazing tho, worth a read even if u don't) honestly, i would recommend all of their fics, so here's a link to their profile

Headache by Freebooter4Ever is a oneshot abt their service in china which includes fun details from the china marine book. like i was reading this fic being like OMG I REMEMBER THAT. aside from that, it's super cute and well done and i love it. i would also recommend all their their fics, so link to their profile again

Louisiana lies between by logicalcomplexity is one of the only pwp fics i like in any fandom. basically they have a 3some with burgie lmao but it's so good tbh, really funny and cute with a well-done sex scene

i have so many more but these are my faves, thanks for the ask anon <33333

[panzershrike-pretz]

Hey there! 4, 5, 20 from you know already, the ask of the momento <3

Helloooooo!! <3

4. What's a moodboard that you just want to live inside of?

Omg I don't really pay attention to who they're from but I think it's one from @sweetxvanixlla? That one that has a lot of lavander and looks like a scrapbook I just fucking love that one so much!!

5. Fav fanwork from an episode?

Again, I am really dumb about those BUT!! I LOVE GIFSETS OF BASTOGNE!!! It's my fave episode (fun fact, when I saw it, my neighbours were fighting so bad that I thought they were gonna kill each other! Fun times tbh)

20. What characters would you assign to each of your mutuals?

Tbh at this point I litterally see u all as the characters you chose for the discord group and i don't think i'd change a single bit about it becauses it's so fun!! And like. I can't not see you as them after I had a dream we were all catching pokemon together and you guys qere the BoB men of discord xD

[revvethasmythh]

Out of all of your fanworks that include Veth, which one is your favorite?

This question made me fully reevaluate my CR fic output because somehow I've only written 8 fics that she's in?? of 25 total?? That's not even half! How could I let this happen, honestly

It feels like a cop out to point to trouble with wanting again (though it is one of my favorite fics I've written, tbh) because she's only mentioned in it, she's not actually in it. Of fic that she's actually in, probably my post-canon widobrave fic. which is only one chapter long so far and incomplete but i am 100% still writing it. They're just long chapters and I spent 6 months hung up on a different fic that wasn't supposed to take that long. But there's a lot of juicy dynamics in that one and it's like. the one where i probably gave Veth the most emotional duress to go through, which just elevates it for me. like that post I just reblogged about wanting your faves to get stabbed? I have plans to do the emotional equivalent of that in this one, so it has to be my favorite

ask me a question!

[beelzebby666]

whats your favorite fic uve ever read

Entirely unfair question lmao. I don't have one. I've got a collection of over 500 fanworks that have completely changed my outlook on life. Some are gone! Some are still out there I just don't have a way to find them again. Etc etc.

I couldn't even really pick a fave out of one specific fandom tbh. Trigun alone has given me a bunch of stories that I hold really dear. ❤️

[nostalgic-bee]

30, 20, and 9 for the yuri on ice ask game?

Have a nice day!!

Hii!! Thank you so much for the ask! I hope you have a nice day too!

9. I’ll have to go with Hatsetsu! It’s so pretty and the scenery is very lovely I absolutely love it

20. I actually haven’t thought of that much! I’ve seen headcanons that Yuuri majored in something business related, but I also really like the hc that he majored in something video game related bc he canonically likes video games! So one of those two for Yuuri, for Phichit probably film or something like social media related? Like social media management or whatever it’s called XD

30. Ahhh that’s so hard!!! I can’t choose my faves but I really love animatorroseoak on Twitter/Instagram as well as schornee on Instagram/ Twitter (I thought they had a tumbler but I can’t find it but their art is amazing) as for fanfics I have so many favorites but Linisen has great fics and I love ‘The tale of ten Yuuris” by SassySalchow, my writer friends also have some amazing fanfics that I adore (and would recommend) theres so much great fanwork in this fandom it’s kinda impossible to choose favorites tbh

[ectogeo-rebubbles]

Hey! I'm curious, what does your writing process normally look like? So for example how do you come up with ideas and build upon them? Everyone does this differently so I'm curious what this looks like for you! Thanks for entertaining this gay plebian's ask.

Hello, friend, thanks for the ask!!!! <3

I get ideas and inspiration from a ton of places! Main sources: other fanworks (art and fics and amvs and meta and shitposts...), discussions with friends, sitting down and closing my eyes and thinking "hmmmm what would be an extremely silly scenario I could make my faves have to deal with?", trying desperately to sleep and instead having intrusive fic thoughts, rewatching DS9 eps and trying to figure out the absolute minimum that would have to change/occur in order to get any given characters to kiss during or after the events of that episode...

As for the rest of the writing process, it varies a little bit but generally starts with me writing down bullet points about the key details/plot points of the fic (and I gotta do this quick, before I forget!). Then I start writing prose from whatever is the earliest point in the fic that is calling out to me, screaming to be written (and go back and fill in more setup later if it needs it), to get my momentum going. Or sometimes a part of the outline gets a little out of hand and turns into pseudo-prose bc I can't contain my excitement about that one bit, so I start by cleaning that part up and writing that part of the scene out while it's clear in my mind how I want it to go. Often my multichapter fics start with one chapter or moment clearly in my mind, and I have to, like, extrapolate the rest of the plot from there (which I sometimes do not figure out until a few chapters into the fic lmaooo! I cannot recommend highly enough starting a multichapter fic with a solid premise but no idea where the fic will go, and then coming up with the full outline only after you get your bearings by posting a few chapters hahahaha).

As I write, I skip over hard parts or stuff I haven't figured out yet and leave placeholder notes for myself. Then, after I've jumped around and written all the parts I'm excited about (which usually happens at about 75% of the eventual total word count of the fic), begins the less fun task of connecting/rearranging the disparate chunks and editing them for flow, internal consistency, and characterization lol. Well, I shouldn't say less fun, sometimes it's very fun and it can feel like solving a satisfying puzzle, but usually this part is much, much harder for me than the initial drafting stage (but it's usually a necessary step, for me anyway, bc I cannot ever seem to write fics from beginning to end without skipping over stuff, and usually my idea of how things should happen in the fic changes constantly).

Also, woven throughout all of this process is the CRUCIAL step of inundating my friends' DMs with my unhinged fic thoughts, and brainstorming solutions to plotholes/characterization issues with them, and testing out ideas/snippets on them, haha! I LOVE this part of writing tbh, the part where you tell people what you are writing (or simply what you want to write) and they say "bestie you are insane" and egg you on! ^_^ <3

[atariakana]

Hello and welcome!

Finally making an intro/navigation post! You can call me Kip or Kana, and use whichever pronouns you like. I've had this blog since 2013, and it is and always has been a dumping ground for whatever strikes my fancy (which mostly ends up being art reblogs). Hope you enjoy your look around! ☆*: .｡.（＾∀＾●）ﾉｼ .｡.:*☆

(More info under cut)

About me!

I always have trouble paring myself down to fit into a snappy little bio but here goes: In fandom spaces like this, I'm mostly a cheerleader and sometimes an artist. Queer as in gay but also as in weird but also as in "fuck you." I have too many interests to fit in one post or even one blog, but I especially like spooky things and ghost stories and mysteries and puzzle games. I love music (I make it sometimes! I never share it, though) and urban design and curating things. If I want to leave any sort of impression on people it's that I am kind. I'm always doing things scared. And no, I don't use a queue, I really am just online that frequently.

Fandoms

My current most active fandom is Dead Boy Detectives (may it rest in peace), but I also still carry a torch for:

Star Wars (mostly Kylux)

BBC Merlin

Simon Snow/Carry On series

The Witcher (books & Netflix series; one day I may get around to playing the games)

Dan and Phil

Twoset Violin (may that channel rest in peace too, apparently??)

Professor Layton (all games, movie, anime)

Spiderman (like, conceptually. I've seen a handful of movies/cartoons and am slowly dipping my toes into comics but mostly I've consumed fanworks tbh)

plus honestly a bunch of stuff I never got ~into~ into but still blog about sometimes. I contain multitudes and all that. I also sometimes reblog art for fandoms I'm not in.

I'm generally a multishipper and will get on board with almost anything with a little convincing lol, though Payneland is the OTP these days. I'm a Cat King enjoyer (he was initially my favorite character actually. I know he's weird and annoying, that's why I like him. His arrogant charm and grey morality compel me.) My current faves are Niko and Charles, but tbh I love that whole damn ensemble cast ❤️💜💙💖 Casefic will always and forever be my favorite.

Chronic tag skipper (bad habit, I know), will read almost anything, and firm believer that (fan)art and other (fan)works have a right to exist, even if they contain things I don't like.

Housekeeping/Tagging

I consider this to be an 18+ blog, not necessarily because I post a lot of nsfw, just because I make no promises that I won't. That being said, I don't vet ages or anything, so just consider yourselves warned, take care of yourselves, etc.

The only content warnings I tag consistently are #gore and #nsfw. If we're mutuals and you want something else tagged, please let me know! For everyone else, I'm sorry but if you ask me to tag something less common I'll probably forget about it, and I don't want to make you any promises I can't keep.

I tag asks and personal text posts with #chatterbox. The rest of my tags are for internal organization, but here they are if you want to use them anyway:

#for later to bookmark things

#keepsakes for poems, text posts etc. that I find touching/motivating/especially funny/whatever

#ref is self-explanatory I think

#dbda for general Dead Boy Detectives content; fanart used to be #dbdart but is now #dbdaart (was afraid that the first one was still showing up in the Dead By Daylight tag). Similarly, analysis posts about the show used to be #dbdanalysis but are now #dbdaanalysis. Meta posts are #dbda meta and headcanons (mine or others') are #dbda hcs. Cast pics, bts etc. are under #dbda cast. I have a separate tag for all the George Rexstrew cameos I could find, #gr cameos.

For specific character tags I use the character's initials, so #ep for Edwin, #cp for Crystal, #cr for Charles, #ns for Niko, #ck for Cat King, #mf for Monty, #jg for Jenny, #nn for Night Nurse. I don't always tag Esther but if I do it's with #ef. No tags for Mick or Simon. I also tag #core four for posts prominently featuring all four main characters. Genderswapped main chars are tagged #dead girl detectives. I also have an #orbwin and chorb tag :3

My old tagging system included #feel better tag for things that made me laugh/happy and #its me for stuff I felt related to me (I guess?) Everything in there will be from my high school era, though.

Where else you can find me

on Tumblr:

art blog @atariakana-art

insp blog @colorbbomb

archived/deleted urls:

@sraawrats (Star Wars/Kylux; inactive since 2019)

@scalamanderish (FBAWTFT/HP; inactive since 2018; deleted 2024)

@deadoved (gore blog; inactive since 2019. now i just post all my gore here :))

@germanic-panic (langblr; inactive since 2018, but i'm considering resurrecting it)

my art blog was previously called artiswheremyheartis.

other sites:

tumblr is my only consistently active social media nowadays, but i'm atariakana anywhere i'm willing to be found, including artfol (online gallery), reddit (for the really niche interests), spotify (blorbo playlists), and deviantart (inactive but still up, if you want to see what my teenage art looked like). I used to be on twitter at atariakana and instagram as tsv.brainrot and then atariakana.art, but deleted both due to making me sad and scraping photos to train AI, respectively.

That's it, that's all!

Sorry this post about 3 miles long, I'm a certified yapper 😅 Thanks for taking the time to read, I hope you enjoy your stay in my little corner of the internet 🫡

[miasmaghoul]

OOOOH, love this!! Thank you for the tag, Blue! <3

Tagging @forlorn-crows, @askingforthesun, @endopyre and @belle--ofthebrawl :3

Also under the cut for Long! I've also included any pairings I enjoyed, just for funsies.

Kingdom Hearts - Creative Enjoyer

My very first active fandom experience was with Kingdom Hearts. Started on deviantart (hiss) and eventually moved to y!gallery where I wrote my first fics! Axel is still a comfort character for me (i sleep with a plushie of him every night), and no matter how incomprehensible the plot (lmao) gets it will always hold a special place in my heart. Pairings were numerous - Sora/Riku, Axel/Roxas, Seifer/Hayner, Saïx/Xemnas, Xaldin/Demyx, Lexaeus/Zexion and Vexen/Marluxia. God I hope at least one person unfamiliar with this series sees these names.

FFVII - Creative Enjoyer

It's not my favorite of the FF games I've played, but it's still real good. I played this after I played KH2 for the first time, and I'd had the Big Moment spoiled for me so it probably didn't hit as hard. I DID unironically love Advent Children though, and the few fics I wrote for this fandom were almost all set during/immediately after the movie. Pairings were Zack/Cloud, Reno/Cloud, Reno/Rude and honestly I could be sold on Reno/anyone.

FFX - Passive Enjoyer

Now THIS is my favorite FF game. First one I played, first one I 100% completed, the whole deal. I didn't know fandom really existed at this time, I didn't grow up with a computer in the house (poor) and how else would I have known? I did get into the fandom years later though, but I never ended up creating for it. Definitely read some fic though! I didn't really have an OTP for this game though, just a massive crush on Lulu lmao

FFXII - Creative Enjoyer

One of the gayer FF games, and grossly underappreciated if you ask me. I know they changed up the battle system and it was weird and over-involved but god the characters are some of my faves. This was a small fandom even back in the day, I only wrote a single fic for it, but there was some good shit! Pairings were Vaan/Balthier and just the entire concept of Fran tbh.

FFXV - Passive Enjoyer

The GAYEST FF game, I couldn't NOT fall in love with it. Sweet goofy road-tripping boy band my beloved. Couldn't tell you a damn thing about the actual story if I tried, but UGH THOSE BOYS. Prompto my bb liu 5ever. Pairings were every iteration of the foursome that you can imagine, but especially Noctis/Prompto and Gladio/Ignus.

Mass Effect - Creative Enjoyer (Technically)

One of my FAVORITE series, almost entirely for the characters. The story of the main games is...fine, but it's all the wacky aliens that I adore. I was very late to this fandom, some might say too late (two years ago), but it has some really fuckin excellent stuff. Technically I did write for it, but it's just a couple WIPs that'll never be shared. Pairings are Shep/Garrus, Shep/Thane, and the three of them together lmao.

Naruto - Passive Enjoyer

Kakashi my beloved first husband. I was a late arriver to anime, and catching Naruto on Cartoon Network was my intro. Never finished it, which I've heard is probably for the best, and honestly it's probably good that I wasn't super active in it because holy FUCK was that fandom toxic. Still found some great art and fic tho! Pairings were Kakashi/Sasuke and Genma/Raidou.

Bleach - Creative Enjoyer

The one anime fandom I really Got Into, and the only one I wrote for. Another one where I never finished it, but I really enjoyed it while I was there lmao. I made friends with a couple of really cool people there too! Pairings were Ichigo/Uryuu and Ikkaku/Yumichika.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Passive Enjoyer

Ah, my true first fandom. The first piece of media that I cared enough about to seek out fanworks, because I just couldn't get enough of it. I rewatch my favorite bits every now and then, and honestly the camp of it only improves with age. 90s fashion really was something. My pairing of choice was Buffy/Spike.

Supernatural - Passive Enjoyer

Sigh. S i g h. Pleased to say this was a passive experience - I was around in the days of the mishapocalypse and even then I missed out on a lot of the drama. Another one I abandoned before I finished it, but that seems to have been for the best lmao. I didn't delve too deep into fanworks, but I was a Dean/Cas enjoyer once upon a time.

Doctor Who - Passive Enjoyer

I fell in hard while Eleven was the Doctor, but I never really liked him so I didn't settle in very well. I read a few fics, but I mostly kept to myself. I fell off when Twelve took over and Ten will always be my Doctor. Ten/Rose 4 lyfe.

Marvel - Passive Enjoyer

The Avengers fandom was the last one I was in before I left tumblr the first time around. It was a brief interest, the shortest of anything on the list before this, but my love for Hawkeye and Loki was intense lmao.

Ghost - Creative Enjoyer

And here we are! This is by FAT the most active I've ever been in a fandom, and I couldn't be more grateful for the experience. I'm so eager to keep writing ghouls, once my current massive stressors calm down some lmao. ♡

𝕱𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖔𝖒 𝖙𝖆𝖌 𝖌𝖆𝖒𝖊 ✨

I saw this little fandom game thingie on another site and I really liked it, so I decided to bring it over here to tumblr while my apple pen charges. I’m also going to change up the rules. I’m going to list the fandoms I’ve been in, and classify them by:

Passive enjoyer = simply enjoyed it and the fan content made for it OR Creative enjoyer = actively made art, fanfic, cosplay, etc etc etc.

I’m going to tag people here but no pressure if you don’t want to do it! @miasmaghoul @lonelymentality @copiasjuicebox @iamthecomet @thediktatortot Also if you see it and want to do it, feel free.

Game under the cut since mine will be long<3

Harry Potter - creative enjoyer - My very first. This shit was a family affair in my house. I went to watch parties, themed parties. I cosplayed shittily, wrote shitty fanfic, and my walls were plastered floor to ceiling in teen magazine posters. Went to the Exhibition. Every second movie would come out in July so I would pretend it was like a birthday gift to me.

Twilight - creative enjoyer - Jfc. Don’t get me started. I still have my Edward action figure whose now missing both hands. Used to write self insert fanfic on quizzilla.com. RIP you beast of a website

The Walking Dead - passive enjoyer - This was also a family affair. Every sunday we would all gather round our shitty TV for the newest episode. I was more of a liveblogger than anything else. My dad has a bit to this day that ‘Hershel isn’t dead. He’ll be back.’ Yeah, sure dad.

Legend of Zelda - creative enjoyer - For most of my childhood I was passive, only really doodling Twilight Princess stuff sometimes. Then BOTW came out and it all changed.

Lord of the Rings - passive enjoyer - I look at Legolas and Aragorn. That’s enough for me. I don’t need creative works because I just need to look at them.

Marvel (Spider-man and Loki mostly) - creative enjoyer - I’ve been drawing these guys since birth, for better or for worse. MCU can suck my nuts but so can Loki franchise /sex DC (Batman) - creative enjoyer - Batman the Animated series did something bad to me. Now I draw Joker sometimes. Watch out, stay safe out there

Sherlock and Doctor Who - passive enjoyer - I’m putting these two together since I never really made fan art or anything, but I did attend watch parties for both on several occasions.

Supernatural - creative enjoyer - Sighs. Sighs even harder. Somewhere out there, deep in the depths of fanfic.net there’s miles of really really really bad fanfic. Somewhere…. Final Fantasy VII - creative enjoyer - Sighs far more dreamily. My favvvvv my ultimate fav. Sephiroth is my fictional other and LOMF. Many, many arts of him throughout every sketchbook I own. Also some fanfics IIRC.

TF2 - creative enjoyer - I used to draw Medic and Pyro kissing<3

Homestuck - creative enjoyer - War flashbacks. Not only was I a semi-well known fanartist, I was also a semi-well known cosplayer in my city. I was a ‘friendleader’ in my cities Homestuck fangroup and attended events, dances, etc etc etc. I was on a cosplay gif blog here on Tumblr. I ran the second most popular groupchat on MSPARP.com before it was MXRP.com. I had beef with mods. Most of my relationships at that time were forged in the fires of LOHAC. I still see my art of Dave in MCR black parade uniform around sometimes. Dramatical Murder - creative enjoyer - To no ones surprise. Yeah. I like the yaoi dissociation game. Dream Daddy - creative enjoyer - SHOUTOUT DREAM DADDY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Evil priest Joseph lovers rise UP. Didn’t do much, but there’s some art floating around out there.

Voltron: LD - passive enjoyer - Thank GOD I never made anything for this. However, I was active in the kin community so thats a huge L. I also ate uppppp stuff about it and sheith still fucks.

Overwatch - creative enjoyer - Sometimes you’re a Genji main and the world is so so hard for you. That’s how I used to live my life, then I got better.

Final Fantasy XV - creative enjoyer - Second LOMF. My old art blog is stocked full of chocobro content, mostly fanart of the boys and meme redraws. Also used to cosplay Noctis CONSTANTLY! Here’s an old tiktok

The Band Ghost and Sleep Token - creative enjoyer - (((((((: Hi guys