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overthestars-and-offtoneverland · 3 months ago

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Oh wow. No one usually tags me in stuff like this. Thanks for the interest.

Last Song: Pinkie's Bard Remix (G-Slur Removed). Looking at the two songs that came before this one in the playlist history, I was obviously in the mindset of a specific OC of mine. I do that thing where I daydream when I listen to songs and make mental musical performances for my OCs like I'm playing with dolls. Ironically, this OC is actually Romani so she could say the G-slur if she wanted but I prefer the edit. (I actually replace the word with the word "magic" when I sing along. "Listen to the jingle jangle of my magic tambourine")

Fave Color: Robin's Egg Blue. Specifically the shade of blue little girls in magical situations always seem to wear. (A la Wendy, Alice, and Dorothy)

Currently Watching: Helluva Boss, if it counts (Huge Fizzarolli stan. Alex Brightman, my beloved.) If not, been watching a lot of medical shows recently. House and Chicago Med mostly.

Last Movie: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. I liked it. Felt like a very natural progression of the characters, even if a depressing one. Am I glad Lydia's trauma made her more susceptible to an abuser? Absolutely not. Do I see how that happened? Yes. (Btw, other characters even see this. They're definitely treating all the abusers like abusers.) She's still doing a bit better than her father on the parenting side. She's at least actually trying with Astrid even if she can't see past how she's being manipulated. Btw, love Astrid as a character.

Sweet/Spicy/Savory: Savory usually. My anemic ass needs salt and umami. When I'm craving sweets these days, it's more for fruit than candy or pastries. I lost my sweet tooth over time.

Relationship: Single if you want to keep things simple. Ethical nonmonagamy if you want to be specific. I am technically partnered but we aren't a couple if that makes sense.

Current Obsession: Literally don't stop thinking about ASOUE, but alternatively I'm back in my Beetlejuice kick (Specifically the musical. Alex Brightman, my beloved). Ride the Cyclone also had me in a chokehold recently.

Last Thing I Googled: Jungian Archetypes. Got interested in the concept after learning about the newest rendition of Harley Quinn in The Cape Crusader. Super into the fact they're leaning into her career instead of making her codependent on another villain (Look, I love her with Ivy, but Bruce Timm is correct that [blonde] Harley's character is very wrapped up in codependency on others). Also projecting because I love psychological theory so much that I put myself in debt about it. (I have a psych degree, but I'm a drama and art teacher, go figure lol)

Hmmmm.... Tagging @queermystic @creamsoda-slut @thatomnipresentorb @canwriteitbetterthanueverfeltit @where-the-wild-thingsgo

nine people i want to get to know better

Thank you for the tag, @slutsons-blog! Starting a new post because I'm autistic and therefore mostly only care about the "Current Obsession" question, and want to ramble excessively as usual in that one.

Last song: Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team: Pokemon Square because I'm currently playing Pokemon Mystery Dungeon with my daughter. Otherwise I honestly couldn't tell you. Whatever was on in my car.

Fave color: Purple

Currently watching: Star Trek Discovery

Last movie: Knives Out

Sweet/spicy/savory: Sweet, tart, salty

Relationship: married x 27 years

Last thing I googled: the word "dependent", for spelling assistance. which is a good thing because I spelled it "dependant".

Current Obsession: it's been spn since 2016. Truly we are the Hotel California of media franchises. I did recently play Disco Elysium twice in a row in quick succession, and I follow the DE tag. I can't recommend the game highly enough.... but I can feel my Special Interest-level obsession with it fading already. Spn has never faded even a tiny bit and I wonder if it ever will.

@slutsons-blog I feel after reading that you're watching spn for the first time, that I did you a bit of a disservice with my Sam takes to you before in that I mostly talked about Sam's evolution as a character as the show goes on and very little about him from the first five seasons.

Gotta be honest and tell you that although I liked both brothers all along, I was a Dean girl until the end of s6/beginning of s7, when the balance of who gets whumped the most started shifting and my subconscious suddenly decided to switch allegiances. It's not that I liked Dean any less; my id just loves a sopping wet pathetic kitten of a man who has been sexually abused, and Sam got suddenly way more kitteny and pathetic after the Cage. So I don't actually have a ton of takes on "what to love about Sam in the early seasons". I do love early seasons Sam too--she is my beautiful baby princess--but my early seasons takes are a lot more inchoate.

I count myself lucky about my id's sudden defection though, because I think we have limited control of who our blorbos are, and having Dean as a blorbo is a tough row to hoe as the later seasons go along. You know how you noticed that in s6, Dean suddenly gets a lot more assholey without apparent reason? Unfortunately he never gets better again, and in fact keeps getting worse and worse as the years go by, until by the last seasons he is openly far more abusive to their joint child(-in-an-adult body) than John was to him and Sam. It's a realistic picture of what can happen when trauma keeps piling up on people, but it's also honestly pretty distressing, especially if he's your blorbo.

If one is in it for the ship, there's some good destiel content in the later seasons, but if you're in it for Dean, you're left either 1) dealing with the fact he's got extremely significant interpersonal problems that he never gets much of anywhere on solving and that negatively impact his chosen family in profound ways, or 2) pretending he's the same character he was in s1 and Sam is the same Sam from s1, only more boring, and Dean is just trying to put up with him because he was brainwashed by John (or ig 3- something in the middle between those two. But that seldom seems to happen in practice for whatever reason). These two versions of the show are poorly compatible, and that's how the Sam girls and the Dean girls end up in isolated silos. A few people manage to live in both, but not many.

Anyway, I feel like without the context of how Sam and Dean change in the mid to late seasons, the two fics I recc'd as Sam character studies are going to seem insanely Dean-critical, so if you haven't read them yet, you might want to wait until s10. In the meantime, the general recs are fun reads and hopefully do a good job of showcasing both characters earlier on.

Tagging (but I would be a huge hypocrite if I didn't specify there's no pressure to respond, since I almost always fail at responding to tag games myself): @adihildilid @aliusfrater @quietwingsinthesky @sammygender @ardentpoop

@peanutbutterandbananasandwichs @schizosamwincester @normalbrothershow @jellybracelet.

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darkpurpledawn · 2 years ago

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I am way behind on my Harlivy rec posts but please enjoy these faves from this summer (June-August)!

and then, eden wept by baitedtodeath

An evocative and dreamy epilogue to the Fear State saga, the moving ending to that chapter that these two deserve!

Such Beautiful Monsters by MirroredShalott (@mirrorofshalott)

A great longfic to sink into, both a noir detective story full of intriguing plot and a slow-burn romance that functions as a character study of Harley. I love the writing style in this fic, it’s a really good time.

Laced with Fitful Red by saltwaterselkie (@the-saltwaterselkie-writer)

Technically this one was finished right at the beginning of September but I’m putting it here as well–a really fun pirate AU that works so well as a setting for the characters and does some thoughtful and interesting stuff with the Ivy-as-temptress and Ivy-as-force-of-nature concepts.

#harlivy #poisonquinn #harlivy fic recs #harlivy summer fic recs #batblogging

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lovequinn · 3 years ago

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Taylor Swift songs for Jackie/Shauna, go

this message is a sext. you do not know what you just got yourself into. like there is an entire dissertation under the cut.

i believe in the uniquely homosexual power of warping any taylor swift song into the exact situation you need with one or two lyrics and a little imagination, so i could technically say "all of them." however here's a long, exhaustive list of what i personally think ACTUALLY fits them the best overall and why (but please god feel free to send me your reasons for other songs too, this is the crossover area where i thrive like a fungus):

i almost do - this could honestly be about jackie and shauna both refusing to be the bigger person and apologize/go outside/come inside even though they both want to, leading to jackie's death, OR my favorite, au where they both live and are still pissed at/hate each other but also love each other

sad beautiful tragic - self explanatory (and you've got your demons and darlin' they all look like me?????)

fearless - jackie and shauna driving around wiskayok pre-crash, both so in love with each other, both too afraid to say it, but imagining what would happen if one of them finally did

you belong with me - HELLO SHAUNA PINING VIBES????

tell me why/breathe - the codependent relationship finally deteriorating and breaking i.e. the cabin fight, honestly listening to tmw right into breathe is a #journey with that context

the way i loved you - can be either a) jackie thinking about wanting to be with shauna/her feelings for shauna and their intense relationship when she's with jeff pre-crash, or b) shauna missing jackie and wanting for jackie when she's back with jeff post-crash and post-dead!jackie (this is a fave shackie song)

come in with the rain - shauna at the window watching jackie outside, knowing she should literally come in, but refusing to go get her and just hoping she'll do it on her own

gold rush - HELLO SHAUNA PINING VIBES PART 2?????

tolerate it - shauna feeling unappreciated/stifled by jackie leading to the blowup (break free and leave us in ruins, took this dagger in me and removed it, gain the weight of you then lose it, believe me i could do it)

coney island - just general heartbreak disappointment vibes between the two, not feeling like they know each other anymore, idk i feel like coney island fits any troubled couple lmao (esp. thinking of jackie @ shauna with "the question pounds my head, what's a lifetime of achievement if i pushed you to the edge but you were too polite to leave me")

ivy - i mean. come the fuck on.

marjorie - shauna haunted by jackie and missing jackie and reminiscing about memories with jackie and wishing she'd had more time with jackie and wishing she had salvaged their relationship before it was too late

right where you left me - shauna is mentally stuck in 1996 when she loses jackie. everyone else seems to be better at managing to move on, but shauna just can't cope. and jackie is literally, physically, right where they left her (did you ever hear about the girl who got frozen time went on for everybody else she won't know it yessir we love pain)

my tears ricochet - vindictive, heartbroken ghost jackie haunting the SHIT out of shauna. i just got worked up thinking about it my god it's so them

mirrorball - this is such a jackie pining song honestly, in her uniquely sad way?? she thrives when she's useful to others, she lives off of the knowledge that she lights up a room and makes other people feel good, she seeks that out. and she especially wants it, NEEDS it, from shauna. and when she doesn't succeed at that, she shatters and gets desperate and lashes out.

seven - little jackie playing with little shauna when shauna's parents get divorced :(

august - see you know a ship is *chef's kiss* when they have the angst to fit august. jackie gets with jeff and shauna feels like she's losing her even though jackie was never hers to lose. she's still at the mercy of her feelings for jackie, cancelling plans and dropping everything whenever she calls even though she's someone else's, missing the times when it was just the two of them and it was enough to just hope that one day they'd be something more (this all eventually grows into the resentment and overwhelming jealousy that leads to shauna fucking jeff)

hoax - jackie's heart breaking reading shauna's journal

the archer - hello jackie's crippling insecurity, fear of everyone seeing past her carefully crafted façade, and fear of losing shauna, + shauna's self-destructive behavior and need to just "blow things up and see what happens." this song is honestly such a good character study on both of them and how they're clinging desperately to each other (though in the end that doesn't save them from tragically blowing it up anyway)

death by a thousand cuts - these two are so goddamn codependent on each other, they're written all over each others' lives and if you were to rip them apart they'd struggle so hard to find anything untouched by the other. there's nothing strong enough to dull the ways they've hurt each other!!!! so they'd both just fall apart and wonder when it'll be alright again!!!!

afterglow - this is just both of these messy bitches to each other after the fight, taking ownership of what each of them did and regretting it (why'd i have to break what i love so much?)

it's nice to have a friend - self explanatory

look what you made me do - shauna having a fed-up girlboss moment and screwing jackie's boyfriend and probably immediately crying afterwards lol

gorgeous - jackie pining jackie pining jackie pining jackie pining

dress - jackie pining ft. picking out the red dress for shauna just so she could imagine her out of it (all of this silence and patience, pining and desperately waiting, my hands are shaking from holding back from you + say my name and everything just stops, i don't want you like a best friend, only bought this dress so you could take it off UGHHH KILL ME)

new years day - in the end it'll always be jackie and shauna there for each other, good, bad, and ugly.

out of the woods - this is the quintessential shackie toxic friends to uncertain lovers song. the rest of the world was black and white but we were in screaming color???? we were built to fall apart then fall back together???? your necklace hanging from my neck????? i walked out i said i'm setting you free????? yes.

i wish you would - refer back to i almost do.

bad blood - i feel like i'm obligated to include this one for obvious reasons but it isn't gay enough to really dwell on it

you are in love - the perfect soft best friends to lovers confession song we deserve if you're willing to flip some pronouns around

sparks fly - jackie pining part 3, ESPECIALLY if you read the lyrics as jackie asking shauna to whisper soft and slow that she's captivated by her (and also the irony of "give me something that will haunt me when you're not around")

the story of us - god there really are just so many great "we're fighting and there's tension fuck please just talk to me" songs aren't there. this takes the cake i think.

better than revenge - same as bad blood lol

long live - honestly this is just a wiskayok yellowjackets song in general but i'm including it

teardrops on my guitar - some serious name and pronoun suspension of disbelief needed here but also i could totally see shauna playing guitar as an extracurricular for her brown application and writing this sappy ass song about how she's yearning for jackie while jackie is raving about jeff

mary's song (oh my my my) - jackie and shauna growing up together and falling in love over the years, thank you

i'm only me when i'm with you - this is what plays in my head whenever they talk about knowing they're each others' best friends

i would like to conclude this post by saying yes, i am in therapy

#this took me two hours it's literally 4am #yellowjackets #shackie #jackie x shauna #shauna x jackie #taylor swift #q gets an a

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anyoneseenadam · 4 years ago

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Hii

Can you please write something for fenrys? first meeting maybe? And the bond clicks? Thank you 🥺🥺

pairing: Fenrys x reader (throne of glass)

warnings: implied smut, kissing and nudity, lil bit of blood and injuries but mainly pure fluff

a/n: fenrys is my fave and u can tell in the fic omg!! i hope you enjoy it cause it’s probs my fave one i’ve written yet :))) (i also made it a teensy bit ddlg but that’s just cause i want Fenrys to baby me lol)

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Shit

Fenrys pressed his hand to the wound in his side, feeling the slow pump of blood seeping between his fingers as he stumbled through the woods. He had won the fight. The other guy now lying in the dirt, however not without consequence. And he wasn’t entirely sure he would stay alive unless he could find a healer soon.

He stopped to lean against a tree, breathing heavily as he held himself together. He transformed into a wolf, moving faster, and trying to pick up a scent, any scent, that could possibly help him, when he caught the sweetest smell he ever had. It was a female, smelling like peonies and blackberries, sweet but with an underlying smoky smell. She smelled of long days in flowers fields and even longer nights beside campfires, evenings spent curled in hand woven blankets and mornings spent drinking dark coffee and eating sweet toast.

He whimpered and began running in the direction of the scent. If he wasn’t so focused on not bleeding out he may have stopped to consider why the scent was pulling him in the way it did. He would have considered the direction he was running into, the direction of his future, his past and his present. But he just kept up, going as fast as his injured body would allow, concentrating on the sweet smell and putting one foot in front of the other.

He felt the change almost immediately, the cold snow and rough bark being swapped for cool moss. The pine trees swapped for tall, oak trees teeming with life. The silence of a frozen forest swapped for the rustling of bushes as nocturnal animals moved silently under the guise of darkness. The chill of the snow-covered woods swapped for the warmth of a summer evening. He pushed between two bushes and found himself facing a clearing, in the middle of which stood a wooden cottage, the wood dark and the roof covered in more moss, flowers growing from every surface and ivy peeking out of the crevices in the house. He stumbled down the path to the cottage, turning back into a male and crossing a small bridge over a stream that separated him from the intoxicating scent he chased.

He let out what he could only describe as a bark, calling for the female that carried the scent he was growing addicted to, collapsing onto his knees, feeling his conscious fade as he held to the side of his stomach, searing pain replaced by fiery veins as his head swayed. He barely heard the door open, only noticing the scent get so much stronger. He attempted to look up, the movement making his head spin as he collapsed, the last thing he saw, a girl in the halo of the moon.

Fenrys awoke in a foreign bed. An unbelievably comfortable bed, but foreign all the same. He pushed up on his forearms, gritting his teeth at the reminder of his wound.

The room he was in was dark, not just in light source, but also in décor. The window was cracked open with lacy curtains half closed, there was a tall bookshelf sat next to a desk with leather-bound books lining it, and tall candles flickering and casting the room in a golden glow. The bed he was in was small, clearly just for one, but so soft. He had blankets surrounding him and copious amounts of pillows, some that appeared hand made. In fact, upon closer inspection, a lot of the room looked handmade. Art covering the walls depicting crying women or bloody scenes that he presumed had been done by the owner of this house, given the pallet and assortment of brushed he saw on the windowsill.

And then there was that scent. It was stronger here and he pressed his face into a pillow tentatively, breathing in through his nose as he picked up on the deeper undertones. Fresh picked daisies, melted wax, the pages of old, worn books and something he couldn’t describe. Something so intoxicating he felt tears spring to his eyes, his body reacting in an unheard-of way, so overcome with emotion from scent alone.

He heard footsteps approaching the closed door and hastily put down the pillow, sitting up straight and readying himself to fight whoever it was if they were an intruder. But when you entered he faltered.

Mate. The word clanged through him as he came face to face with an angel. You were wearing a dark brown broderie dress with white hearts lining the hem, your feet bare and toenails painted black. Your hair was falling around your face, messy and untamed, and you had dark smudges around your eyes, makeup that accentuated your features and made you look like a character from the scary books he read as a boy. However right now you looked more like a teddy bear.

He briefly remembered the tail of a witch he had read. An evil witch who lured men into her house with whispered words and sweet kisses, only to steal their hearts and use their blood to keep her skin young and eyes bright. This girl however was no witch, you had elegantly pointed ears and a graceful way of moving that only came from being Fae. He watched as you moved to his side, silent on your feet, putting a tray down beside him before moving an opening the curtains further, letting in more natural light.

“How are you feeling?” your sweet voice interrupted his thoughts. His mind coming to a halt as he heard you speak.

“I- er fine..?” His voice was rough, and you smiled, a reserved smile. Moving to his side and sitting at the edge of the small bed he was on, pouring him a glass of water from a small decanter you had brought through.

“(Y/n.)” you answered his unspoken question.

“Fenrys.”

He muttered a thanks as you passed the glass to him, noting the crystals that hung around your neck and adorned your fingers.

“Crystals?” he asked, and you looked down, playing with the rings you wore nervously.

“My mother taught me about their meanings, they’ve always helped me.” You bit your lip and Fenrys decided he would never meet anyone as cute as you again, it simply wasn’t possible.

“Me too, my mother used to carry them everywhere.” You smiled at him shyly, a beat of silence passing between the two of you as he listened to the birds outside.

“Can I see your wound? I want it make sure it’s healing properly.” You asked and he nodded, pulling the blankets down slightly, grinning as your eyes widened as you took in his physique.

“I’m presuming you’re the healer I have to thank for letting me see another day.” He flirted playfully but you shook your head,

“I’m not a very good healer I’m sorry, but I did stitch it up and it should do the rest itself.” You pressed gentle fingers against the skin surrounding his wound and he glanced down, seeing it was already practically healed.

“You still saved my life.” He said, completely serious and you looked up at him with wide, innocent eyes.

“I’ll let you rest.” You said quietly, standing to walk away and he smiled, feeling more at ease than he ever had since the war, watching his little mate leave.

He woke up again a few hours later, wound completely healed and puckering into a scar. Standing he stretched his arms above his head, not bothering with a shirt as he left the room in search of the girl that had occupied his dreams.

The rest of the house was alike your room, tall candles and worn books everywhere. He passed a kitchen filled with copper utensils and a living room with an old armchair, a half-filled mug left next to it, but still no you. He saw the front door was cracked open and wandered over to it, pulling it open and stepping into the fresh air, barely feeling the chill on his body as he found you kneeling on the moss-covered ground facing away from him.

You were muttering under your breath and as he got closer he saw you were cradling a small bird with a broken wing. He watched as you closed your eyes, the ground and air seeming to still as you called upon your magic, a soft white light flowing from your hand into the bird until its wing was healed and it could flutter away.

“I thought you said you weren’t a healer,” he broke the silence and you turned to him with a small smile.

“I said I wasn’t a very good healer.” You replied, standing with green stained knees, your hair now piled atop your head and lip gloss coating your soft lips.

“What are you then?” he came closer to you, unable to resist holding his mate, even if you weren’t aware yet.

“My mother said we were natural faeries.” You said, looking at him shyly, “we derive our power from the earth, crystals, sea water, dirt, fire, stuff like that.”

He hummed, “So technically you could have any type of magic?”

“I guess, but I’m not very good at magic,” you muttered, hands fiddling with your rings again as he wrapped his arms around your waist. “Fenrys?” you asked, all pouty lips and wide eyes.

“Have you realised yet darling?” he asked, and you bit your lip. He knew he could tell you, but he wanted to hear you say it.

“I- we’re mates I think.” You were practically shaking, and he didn’t know why he suddenly had this burning desire to scoop you into his arms and protect you against the horrible world that was out there. He nodded with a smile, watching as awe took over your stunning face.

“Can I kiss you princess?” he asked, and you felt your face heat up, looking down as he pulled you closer. “Have you ever been kissed before angel?” he asked, his face hurting from the grin that was spreading over his face when you shook your head.

He tilted your head up to his, looking deeply into your eyes as your breaths came out quicker. “Not many people can find our cottage, my mother put up wards when she got ill, our family wasn’t well liked by the king. You probably only got here because we’re mates,” You muttered.

“Can I kiss you?” he asked again, running a soft hand over your head, smoothing your hair away from your face as you nodded sweetly.

He smiled before leaning down and kissing you gently. Pulling away and feeling as smug as a thief when your lips followed his, pouting at the loss of contact so quickly. He chuckled at your put out expression and leaned down to kiss you again, deeper this time, his tongue slipping into your mouth when you gasped against his lips, quickly beating your own in a battle for dominance and taking his time exploring your mouth.

He laid you down that morning and took you for the first time in the soft moss. Then again in your even softer bed. Now you were sitting in his lap, eating strawberries of a bush you had in your back garden as he pressed dizzying kisses into your neck, both of you still as bare as the day you were born, Fenrys having forgot how much he missed skin to skin contact, when you suddenly remembered.

“Fenrys?” he hummed in response, completely enamoured with the feel of your soft skin against his rough calluses. “Why were you hurt last night?”

“I didn’t tell you my job did I angel?” he asked, the pet name making you giggle as you shook your head, “I work for the queen of Terrasen.”

You gasped, “But she was killed!”

“Oh angel, when was the last time you left this cottage?” he asked, worry coming over him as he realised you had been holed up alone for so long.

“Not since my mother died. She said the king was dangerous and that he would hurt me if he found me,” your bottom lip was wobbling and Fenrys quickly kissed it away, shushing you as it dawned on him just how innocent his little girl was.

“No baby, he’s gone now, the new king of Adarlan is a very kind man and the Queen of Terrasen is wonderful,” he promised, “Will you let me take you to meet them?”

You nodded enthusiastically, bouncing slightly in his lap making him groan. He nipped at your ear lobe and you squealed as he pushed you down. You could meet them another day, today he was too busy with his little mate.

#throne of glass #tog #fenrys moonbeam #fenrys x reader #fenrys moonbeam x reader

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terrainofheartfelt · 3 years ago

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*pirouette**arabesque* just dancing in to give another unsolicited song recommendation - "love you like that" by dagny is the song for all your "blair fell first" needs (and workout/power walk mixes). I would include my lyrics of choice, but really it's the whole dang thing, so I'll just drop in part of the chorus: "you know when they say you got the real thing / and nothing else matters? / I love you like that / I love you like that." INSTANT SEROTONIN TO MY BRAIN.

*clumsily soft-shoes in* soooooo funny thing about these lovely unsolicited song recommendations (which are always welcome)…I made you a Thing:

nevertothethird’s Unofficial Dair Playlist

(aka Dan Humphrey and Blair Waldorf Are Total Saps: the Album)

So I took all of your recs from the ask box and ao3 comments, added a few of my own selected tracks and made 🥁🥁🥁 this playlist!

Youtube link here. Tracklist & annotations under the cut. I hope you enjoy! 💖💖💖

Young and in Love - Ingrid Michaelson

Starting strong with this absolute BOP

And you break my walls down (Coming down) / 'Cause you make me fall apart in a good way

Only You - as performed by Joshua Radin

Pulled directly from the ao3 comments on the milo-verse. I was immediately interested bc I love the original so much. Which may or may not be Captain Swan related

Wonder if you'll understand / It's just the touch of your hand / Behind a closed door

Like Ships Need the Sea - Emily Hearn

Another ao3 comment rec

Finally, you gave me the hope I'd awaited / Finally, you gave me your heart

Storm Comin’ - The Wailin’ Jennys

The first of my own inserts to pad out this playlist. I picked this one because a) The Wailin’ Jennys are an all-time fave and their albums were the soundtrack of my writing the “I know a place”-verse (plus that series title is a lyric of theirs!) and b) it’s hella sexy

When that love calls, open up your door

Souvenir - boygenius

Pulling thorns out of my palm / Work a midnight surgery / When you cut a hole into my skull / Do you hate what you see? / Like I do

Best Friend - Ingrid Michaelson

It’s the friends to lovers angst of it al

I keep my mouth shut tight / 'Cause I won't want to lose what's not even mine

Love You Like That - Dagny

Blair Fell First™

I know when I say it, it doesn't say enough / With you close, I'm the happiest I ever was / I tend to avoid getting emotional / I'm not shutting you out

So Long, Honey - Caamp

And there’s this feeling I get / When you’re in the room / I want you to stay

The One You Love - Passenger feat Kate Miller Heidke

Another insert because the VIBES. Something something pure & simple love etc etc

Oh, and if you find someone / That doesn't undermind you / If you find someone / That doesn't drag behind you

ivy - tswift

I wish to know / The fatal flaw that makes you long to be / Magnificently cursed / He's in the room / Your opal eyes are all I wish to see / He wants what's only yours

Strawberries - Caamp

Be my books, head on your shoulder with damn good looks

Jealous - Ingrid Michaelson

I used to be so sweet / Now I see a change coming over me

High and Low - Joshua Radin

This is technically my addition, but only bc there was already so much Radin. I’m not mad about it.

Don't you worry, now / Don't let life get you down / Just remember you're mine

Sweet Love of Mine - Joy Williams

Another insert from me. Joy Williams post-Civil Wars era is SO underrated and anyways she wrote this gorgeous love song/lullaby to her son who happens to be named Miles which is a coincidence I will milk for all it is worth.

I was broken, I was blind / Lost in a moment I thought I left behind / Then you woke up this dark soul of mine / Carrying a light I thought I'd never find

Me & My Dog - boygenius

I had a fever / Until I met you / Now you make me cool

Any of My Trouble - Sawyer Fredericks

I’ve thought this was a “Dan Humphrey is a giant sap” song for quite a while but it didn’t feel right on my other playlist(s)...THIS one though…

So set my heart down in the cold / Let it freeze so I will know / How it feels to be shattered / When you go

Missing You - Ingrid Michaelson

Never, you said this had dan/nate vibes so now everytime I listen to it that’s what I think…I may just have to write a fic about it and it’ll be YOUR FAULT <3

I'm in his bed again / Feeling like a stranger / When he's kissing me, I'm missing you

Hate You - Ingrid Michaelson

Okay normally 2 consecutive tracks from the same artist feels Wrong to me but here I think it works.

So much swirling up inside my head / Of what I didn't do or what I should have said

Skinny Love - Bon Iver

I tell my love to wreck it all / Cut out all the ropes and let me fall

Stay Down - boygenius

Wasn't a fighter until somebody told me / I had better learn to lean into the punch / So it don't hurt as bad when they leave / There you were, turning your cheek

Walking on a String - Matt Berninger & Phoebe Bridgers

I knew that I was dead before you touched my lonesome skin / You're never running out of ways to worm your way back in

Hey Kid - Ingrid Michaelson

This song was not one of your og Ingrid recs, but I thought it fit, so it had to go in here.

These arms and this heart / They are the only things that I have left to give

Little Giant - Roo Panes

Have the heart of a giant, but know you're a man / Start small, grow tall

By and by - Caamp

Just wish I'd spent more time / Listenin’ to her speak her mind

Call It Dreaming - Iron & Wine

Say it's here where our pieces fall in place / Any rain softly kisses us on the face…For all the love you've left behind / You can have mine

Today - Joshua Radin

it’s got the romance AND the found family

And you are the one I've been waiting for today

Feels Like Home - Caamp

Know that I lived my whole life long / And gave all the love that I could've given

The Muse - The Wood Brothers

Included for many obvious reasons, the title of course, and the dilf!dan of it all

Times like these so sweet and so true / Thinkin’s the last thing that you wanna do

This Is Why I Need You - Jesse Ruben

it’s about how living is hard but this is what makes it worth it.

You are the who, love is the what, and this is the why

My My Love - Joshua Radin

a simple sweet unadorned song. the perfect finale

It's something new because of you

#*tswift voice* look what you made me do 💕#asks #nevertothethird #this was a delight to put together I hope you like it!!!#playlist #dair

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mrs-nate-humphrey · 3 years ago

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I am curious: what are your favorite scenes from your main ships (date, dair, derena...)?

scenes involving milo don't count, sorry!

for me, it's really not just scenes, but body language & just in general, how they are with each other, you know? dan and serena grin at each other and hug SO much, you can tell that being around each other in s1 made them both so happy, and even after that glow fades the way they look for comfort in each other... top level stuff. the way blair looks at dan... we never see her as radiant at any other point. she was not looking at anyone else like this. and gosh, dan and nate. they're both so comfortable around each other that there's absolutely nothing weird about like. discussing that one ex girlfriend whom they both share AND both were in love with. there is literally no other duo who trusts/enjoys each other's company so much that they're comfortable in a love triangle. (probably because they're more in love with each other than with the girl, but that is not the point. or is it?)

anyway, more specific answers. under the cut. this is one of the longest answers i've ever written on this blog possibly but you KNEW that would happen when you sent this ask, didn't you? (affectionate)

derena: i tagged one of my ds reblogs as 'the grumpy one is soft for the sunshine one' and like. look at them! this hug from 1x10 kills me in the best way. they are both the literal embodiment of :D when they see each other! i love 1x10 as a whole moment, their entire thing at cotillion is so sweet and they're both so happy. the fact that he is talking about his chemistry teacher during this kiss in 1x07. that bit at the end of 1x05 when they talk about their siblings (being there for their sibling because of fallible parents being a derena parallel makes me simultaneously really sad and really soft, tbh). 1x05 gives me SO MUCH SECONDHAND EMBARRASSMENT but the way they walk off together arms around each other does something to me - these are two people who are still getting to know each other but who really like what they see, and who trust each other and. are just having a good time together! back when derena was my OTP, the 1x11 "your story's about me?" was absolutely a fave, too, and i still adore it, albeit in a different, more nostalgic way. i like a dan who writes cute stories about serena. no empty shell sabrina van skoneker bullshit. she is so much like you, daniel! you'd be shattered if she did this to you. don't do this to her. tbh, most derena moments from s1 are just A+ romance. the bit in 2x02 in the jitney is so funny, they're SO bad at being exes. the bit in... 3x03 i think?? i don't remember... on the contrary. when they're talking about dan's fling w/ georgina and serena's relationship with carter, the ease with which they talk and how happy/supportive they are of each other's new relationships... yeah. love to see it.

i also really like any instance of them having honest/open conversations. 1x13, talking about how serena is concerned about blair. 1x08, serena talking to dan about feeling jealous of vanessa. this bit from the touch of eva or whatever that episode is. 4x04 i think. this is the conversation everyone is trying to get dan to have and he's avoiding EVERYONE else. derena interactions in 3x21 (can't find a gif right now) - the fact that dan is with serena when her dad abandons them, the fact that he goes all the way there with her. 2x07, "i'm really glad you're nate's friend. he really needs someone like you right now" (though i'm cheating, that's technically a d/n moment too klhdflkgf). there's a bit in s4 where he's advising her against having an affair w/ colin, i don't remember the ep number, but the way he takes her side so easily and naturally and puts due blame/responsibility solely on her professor... yeah. 4x10 i think this ep is?? idk. but like my tags say, im sentimental about this moment because while what dan was doing was irresponsible, sneaking her out of the ostroff, he was the only person in this episode who was actually talking to her and listening to her and taking her seriously. nobody else was doing that!!

i probably have more moments i'm not remembering, but we're only 1/3 into this answer and LOOK AT THE WORDS, good lord, i'm sorry.

dair: my favourite dair episode is hands down despicable b (5x21) which i have heard is an uncommon answer. i just love the conflict resolution of it all, okay!!! 1x04 & 2x08 are like. standard answers any dair shipper will give, and i'm no different. i love dan being able to give blair advice and blair actually taking his advice even though they're not friends yet!!! be right back, yelling at the intimacy of it all!! 5x16, with their getting together (this little kiss and dan being so startled by it), blair admitting a flaw she genuinely does have and dan saying it's not awful because it's her, which is just. romance at its finest. those vows, good lord. 5x18.... they're having fun! blair showing up at the loft in lingerie for dan... the delight on her face.... (i know this moment blows up in their face but when she's there she looks so happy and proud of herself and this was like THE moment when i was like. oh. dair is really the heart of this garbage show huh).

i think for me, the thing that really sells dan & blair together is the serena of it all. both of them love serena more fiercely than anyone else, and that is what brings them together. (fwiw i definitely think nate loved serena this much and this deeply, too; the writers just wanted to pop the serenate balloon, which even i think was extremely unnecessary and ooc.) but (& i have so much meta about this) their relationship grows beyond serena. their entire s4 arc is SO good. i love how comfortable around each other they are, in such an adult way, in the sense of like. they both bring so much stability to each other? morgan tagged this edit "the marrieds" and like. yeah. b offers to help him shave. they're having breakfast & reading the paper together.

all the love declarations we got that weren't a simple 'i love you.' be your charming wonderful self (how could she not love you/ tell me what would make you happy, dan) i told chuck he doesn't have my heart anymore (you spent your life earning the keys to set you free when you were free all along!!!!) dan's pep talk to blair in 5x21 (already linked a gifset earlier, here's another one if you want i guess). there's definitely more... but honestly, the way the dair arc was executed was so good - while i do have my complaints, i also think keeping those aside, it was SO close to perfect. i love dan & blair's banter and gradually becoming closer and closer and closer. it felt very organic and real and GOSH. the way penn & leighton looked at each other while playing dan and blair...... it's just SO MUCH.

date: this is the hardest, because it's. *screams*. maybe you saw me losing my mind over those 2 seconds of nate handing dan a waffle? i love almost every scene with these two, even the hellish s6 breakup scene. my favourite episode for d/n (& also favourite gg episode in general) is 2x06 - i love the homoerotic subtext of it all. nate pretending to be dan because dan's name is the first name that came to his head. dan flirting w/ nate while tied to that thing, in his underwear. them becoming friends. and 2x07 as a follow-up to that! dan getting nate to live in the loft with the humphreys for a while. i am so soft.

4x09 is a terrible episode in general, especially for serena my beloved, but the d/n moments in that one? off the CHARTS. this weird overly macho flirting, in some ways THE most iconic d/n line. this entire finish each other's sentences nonsense. someone (i think it was ana but im not sure?) compared the energy of those scenes i just linked to the book blairenate love triangle resolution, blairena choosing each other over nate in the books, date choosing each other over serena in the show (if only! RIP.) after the saints & sinners ball, this cute little moment of 'youre the only one who understands me. please tell me they went home together. i mean. how could they not have.

3x07, them watching vampire porn together. a tag i used on ao3 (& also on here, once) is 'nate brings out the himbo in dan'. here is a prime example. 'is she levitating?' i don't fucking know, dan, what do you think?? (i was telling my partner that that's what i love abt dair vs date. around blair dan is an intellectual, a librarian, an art historian, a museum curator. around nate it's like dan is competing to be #1 himbo on the show. can my girlfriend actually fly? i don't know, dan. i can't believe you're seriously asking such a question.)

3x12 pep talk. (sorry about the shitty quality!) essentially nate telling dan that he (dan) is hot and that he shouldn't talk himself down so much.

dan making nate gay in his book. you know. his book from which blair found out he was in love with her. nads (who i will not tag in this billion word long gushy meta, because i value her sanity) once called inside "wish fulfilment' and. i mean. yeah

nate checking dan out at the derena wedding continues to be hilarious. hilarious in the same way as dan sexually fantasising about nate. canon really went 'let's give ivy some special easter eggs' and i appreciate them a lot!

i love the way they are around each other - so quietly attuned to each other. i showed my sister my date!husbands gifset, and she was like. yeah they're so married. and it's just stuff like how dan looks for nate over his shoulder, it's not even an active action, it's as easy and natural and intuitive as breathing, checking to see if nate is still there.

oh, that wasn't as hard as it could've been! okay. cool. im SURE there's more things i could scream about, because it's DN, the fact that they're non-canon makes me THAT much fiercer about them than dair/derena, to be honest. so many dots to connect!! anyway.

#meta #derena #dair #date #anon #this is SUCH a gushy essay but like. what did you expect #how else could i have answered this #this took. an embarrassingly long amount of time #but i had SO much fun so #citations for my ships #don't mind me *whistles under my breath*

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lolacouldnotcareless · 3 years ago

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top 9 current faves

tagged by @ambivartence, thank you! :3

there's no order please do not torture me like that thank you :'3

suga (bts) (his lyrics and his music take so much place in my heart. it's my safe place)

jimin (bts) (his voice and his dance style. fell for them years ago, never looked back)

han (stray kids) (the first time i clearly heard and identified his voice was while he was singing and i fell right there. still not over him being a rapper.)

bangchan (stray kids) (his voice? his smile? he's such a good leader? the way he treats his members and calls them "kids"? "since when did you grow so much? i can't hug you anymore" this guy is making me cry.)

handong (dreamcatcher) (the less we talk about my growing crush on her the better)

soobin (txt) (he has such a soft and calming voice?? i enjoy his personality a lot)

yeonjun (txt) (this dude is made to be on stage. he really is impressive. but outside of the stage? what an adorable dork jdfk)

choi in (e'last) (his smile! his voice! his dance! his group isn't well-known but they're so good!!!!)

seonghwa (ateez) (my friend insisted that i remember the name of one of the dudes that makes me go "gender envy" each time. i remember now. i have watched videos. help it has gone worse.)

special mentions, bc choosing only 9 was a nightmare and i limited myself at 2 per group:

rm (bts) (clumsy, gentle, lyricist. tbh he and suga just. bias-wrek each other every few weeks or so)

siyeon (dreamcatcher) (her voice!!!!!!!! her stare!!!!!!! the way she holds herself!!!!!!!)

hongjoong (ateez) (i love his voice but i love him from afar, bc i feel like if we were in the same room it would end in a fistfight despite all his qualities that i sincerely admire. when he’s not looking i go 🥺🥺🥺 and when he is i’m like “you and i cannot coexist in peace”) (at least he only has 3-4cm on me and i have a few more kilos on him so it'd be a fair fight)

lee know (stray kids) (i've learnt he had 3 cats. he's been growing on me. i do not dislike it.)

seori (technically not an idol but i'm in love with her voice way too much for her to be ignored)

beomgyu (txt) (he is loud and a softie by heart! my mother loves his voice)

i’m tagging: @ivy-lavender @pvddins-art @isthisatlantis @vtae-hyungs @ephemeralsolitude @chillycookies and whoever wants to! :3

#thank you this was. hard but fun kjdngjsnfj #i cannot decently call you op anymore i've been thinking about this for weeks by now sjkfhskjfh sorry #i'll send you an ask with a proper introduction bc honestly i don't feel like i can call you by your name otherwise kdjhskdfj #i'm sorry i'm ridiculously formal for no reason sdfjlsk #anyway #truth to be told if you're a small male idol apparently the chance of becoming my bias have doubled #except for txt where it's ironically enough the tallest one but also they don't have a 'small' member (no 1m77 is NOT small)#djsfsjkd reminds me i saw stray kids near soobin the other day and. yeah. stray kids are fun-sized indeed #if you see me falling more and more into the skz hole no you don’t #ivy this is your fault this is your design AND NONE OF Y'ALL KPOP MUTUALS HAVE HELPED #also i do not have many pics of idols in my phone except for. memes and memes purposes. or to send them to a friend so.#we do with what we have and we google the rest kdjdhsjs

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transcognizi · 3 years ago

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if its okay, train lore (both crews) hcs?

IS THAT WHAT WE'RE CALLING IT-

I'm doing Cyril's crew first because these are technically canon when I say them:

The Engineer only wears her coat to look cool and for the autism. When she's actually working, she's dressed more like a lumberjack lesbian and Yes, It Is Hot.

The Inspector actually spends most of their time reading. They have lots of books, some old faves brought in their bags from NM, some they've gotten at other planets, some they borrow from the other crew members!

I am thinking about The Pilot's gay little book club we talked about daily.

At least half of The Pilot's scars are because Ben got hungry again. It doesn't even ask. Just comes in and starts rooting around for organs in there. He doesn't mind, so long as he's not the one to clean it up after everything regenerates and he's up and going again.

The crew members I mentioned that Cyril doesn't like actually are the only ones who don't have some form of immortality, so I guess they're right to be distrustful.

Ben is technically Space Australian.

NOW for my headcanons about Jinx's crew:

JINX MY BELOVED I just think she's great,, I like to think sometimes she tries to teach Cyril the dances she knows and they're Horrible at it but this is fine,

I love Reggie so much and I like to think about it and Cyril making things in the kitchen when they're visiting!!

SHRIMP LYF I'M THINKING ABOUT THEM... They've got antennae and I like to think the antennae move with their emotions. Like they get excited and the antennae are just like !!! straigh up OR when they get said and the antennae go down like cat ears. THINK ABOUT IT.

I am thinking about Jinx and Hereward's sparring practise. I am also thinking Hereward is a himbo.

THINKING ABOUT ULYSSES REMINDED ME OF THE POLYCULE AND NOW I'M THINKING ABOUT IT... THE VIBES...

SPEAKING OF. Aldwing my beloved <3 I think they should be allowed in the gay little book club when they learn Basic. Maybe even sooner if Ivy can translate.

#I left the most devastating bit of canon for last on cyril's crew

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you-are-crazy-beautiful · 3 years ago

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I agree 100% with you now I don't mind first loves but I don't know if the actresses didn't have chemistry I just didn't ship it or any other ship on the show except I thought HammilFox were cute. I still think Wildmoore would've got more hints like we originally got so I don't think what happened is too far off. Is Sophie a canon character after all? I know Kate ends up with Maggie Sawyer. I love how Sophie is ride or die for Ryan I love those types of couples. If this Kate is nothing like

the one from the comics then is Ryan anything like her? Not sure if Ryann existed in the comics or they made a brand new character for her.

So, Sophie is a canon character in the comics, but she only really appears like in max 6 pages across all comics. It was the same story as in the show, Kate was outed and Sophie remained in the academy. Then her next appearance is years later once Kate has been Batwoman for a while. Sophie is still in the military and still closeted. Rip comic Sophie Moore ✌😔 Her and Kate just bump into each other again. Sophie asks if they could meet for lunch sometime? And Kate is quick to end the convo.

It's funny because even though Kate is with Maggie in the Batwoman (2011) run, Kate is first introduced through Renee in the 52 series, and it's her first appearance as Batwoman. Kate and Renee just continuously find each other in all comic runs. They're the canon soulmates. They are actually my comic otp ❤ It is a ride! 😞

Kate and Renee both meet when they're young, once Kate has left the academy and Renee is a rookie cop. So, technically they should have dated pre S1. It actually sounds like they've replaced Kate with Ivy, but changed some details. One of the reasons I hate this ship of Renvy. Renee is my fave comic character ever, so I'm so protective of her. I love Ivy, but no, no 🤢🤮

Ryan is a brand new character that they made up for the show and now they've written into the comics. I would love a Batwoman comic run with Ryan!😀

It's funny because for me, Ryan is more similar to comic Kate than tv Kate. I feel the writers very much incorporated Ruby's personality into Kate. In the comics, she's so loyal and dedicated. She isn't a player at all.

Probably my fave thing about Kate is the fact that she's so cool in the suit, but out of it she's such a dork! She's more like Ryan. Heart on her sleeve, cracking jokes.

They did Jacob so dirty. I can't stand him on the show. In the comics he's a pretty solid guy. He is really proud when Kate tells him she got kicked out of the academy because she refused to lie about who she was, and he is the one that builds her suit and trains her to be Batwoman.

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danijimenezv · 3 years ago

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Ma’am, I saw Sara ask a few writers about their E x MC weddings and I got curious about Jill, so now I have to ask

1. How touchy are they on their wedding day? Affectionate or more subdued because all of their family is there?

2. Is Louise there?

3. Do they sneak away during the reception for a quickie?

4. When do you see them getting engaged?

5. How long of an engagement do they have?

6. Is Ethan into planning it or does he let Jill do whatever she wants? Or does he only care about the "important" things?

7. Do they have any fights about the wedding? Like little baby fights

8. Where do they go for their honeymoon?

9. Do either of them cry during their vows? Or the first dance? Or the speeches?

10. Best man and maid of honor?

Anon, I love you for asking about my babies, I could talk endlessly about them! Also yes, I believe @thesassywitchofthenortheast started the wedding fever in the fandom 😂❤

1. How touchy are they on their wedding day? Affectionate or more subdued because all of their family is there?

They are all handsy. Jill tends to be a bit more subdued when she's around family because they are all about formality and stuff, but it's hers and Ethan's day and she can't bring herself to care about anything else. And Ethan is still processing that he got her as his freaking wife. So yes, super handsy

2. Is Louise there?

Yes and no. She doesn't attend their wedding, but she stops by at some point to wish them the best and to see her son on his happiest day.

3. Do they sneak away during the reception for a quickie?

They do 😂🤷🏻‍♀️ but only a couple of people notice their disappearance

4. When do you see them getting engaged?

About a year after OH3, when they are 39 and 29

5. How long of an engagement do they have?

I'd say about a year long

6. Is Ethan into planning it or does he let Jill do whatever she wants? Or does he only care about the "important" things?

He practically lets Jill do whatever she wants, because he knows his fiancee is a perfectionist and already had a lot of things envisioned years before he popped the question, and he wants her to have her dream wedding. Though, Jill runs everything by Ethan, to make it feel like they're planning it together, and Ethan indulges her most of the times

7. Do they have any fights about the wedding? Like little baby fights

I don't see them fighting about anything. Jill has a very classic taste that goes well with Ethan's taste, so I think everything goes smoothly for them (and also the fact that Ethan just wants to see her happy so he goes with whatever she says). Maaaaybe the only thing I see them disagreeing on is the amount of guests

8. Where do they go for their honeymoon?

Costa Rica baby 💁🏻‍♀️ my country. The Papagayo Peninsula is stupidly stunning! Or maybe Nosara, which is my fave vacation spot. Still to be decided, but definitely Costa Rica 💕

9. Do either of them cry during their vows? Or the first dance? Or the speeches?

Not during the vows, but Ethan lets out a few tears during their first dance as spouses, and Jill cries like a baby after the speeches

10. Best man and maid of honor?

This is still undecided, and I might need help plotting this so I'll summon @jamespotterthefirst, @aestheticartsx, @liaromancewriter or anyone who wants to help me figure it out 😂. I feel the slight obligation to pick either of Jill's sisters, she's closer to Ivy than to Kat, but I also see Sienna being a great potential and kinda want her to be. For Ethan, I picture him growing really close to Tobias again (after they fix things, of course) and growing close too to Jill's older brother Luke (because they are the same age), but there's also Naveen, and Bryce (they technically are in laws and they become bros, even if Ethan would never ever admit to it). So who knows, I need help

#ethan x mc #ethan ramsey x mc #ethan ramsey x jill valentine #dani answers

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gotolunarvalleys · 3 years ago

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fave taylor song babe?

The hardest question EVERRRR! Okay technically it’s august that’s my #1. But honorary mention to: I wish you would, cruel summer, the other side of the door, enchanted, you are in love, treacherous, right where you left me, ivy, holy ground, dancing with our hands tied

#stopped there bc I’d be here naming songs all night lmao #omg thank you for asking that it was so fun to think of this list and it’s not even nearly complete 😭#ask

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third-rail-vip · 4 years ago

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fic writer interview

Tagged by @adventuresofmeghatron

I’m late so you’ve probably already done this but tagging: @laurelsofhighever @tanaleth @asaara-writes @allisondraste @pchberrytea @red-hot-chili-tiefling

Thank you for tagging me! Sorry it’s taken me forever, my imposter syndrome has been laughing loudly in my face at the idea of being considered a ‘writer’. Please, come in, sit down and have a look see at my complete lack of process or general idea of what’s going on :)

Name: Ginger

Fandoms: Fallout 4 currently. Dragon Age a while back.

Where you post: I put all my full fics on AO3 and if it’s a shorter one then I post the whole thing here on tumblr too. If it’s giant then I post a snippet here with a link to AO3.

Most Popular One-shot: Based on kudos The Wanderers - yeah i’m surprised too. It was my first venture back into writing after taking time out and it was a whole new fandom and a game I was new to. It was a fun silly little exercise in me learning my new otp and working out their fairly early days dynamic.

By comments, it’s Complicated. I’d had that one in mind for a while before writing it (probably why it took 4 rewrites before it felt how I wanted it to). It’s a good bit of post-feral encounter wound tending and hurt/comfort with some feels starting up (or becoming harder to deny).

Most Popular Multichap: I don’t have any multichapter fics any more. Once upon a time I had a Dragon Age Origins one. I’m not good at the commitment of multichapter. I made it 14 chapters into that one and it took me so long to drag myself out of Lothering I took it out back and shot it.

My Fallout one shots are part of an ongoing series - Then I Met You - which is a series of snapshots of Ivy and MacCready relationship (it’s still in pre-relationship stages right now). It’s mostly character driven rather than main plot driven, but it does fit within the fallout 4 canon with some backstory and timeline canon divergence.

Favourite story you’ve written so far: You know what, it’s my least popular Fallout one, but I have a soft spot for Blood & Rain. It’s the second one I wrote and it’s Ivy’s pov with a hint at her pre-war life (she’s a non-canon origin sole survivor). I got to indulge myself in writing descriptions and some action - my old faves from when I used to write (pew pew is way harder to write than stab stab). It’s also got a really important bonding moment between Ivy and MacCready.

Fic you were nervous to post: Every damn one. Sharing anything you’ve made really is putting a little piece of your heart out on a platter for everyone to see and waiting to see what will happen to it. I guess The Wanderers was extra nerve wracking because it was the first thing I wrote after telling myself I’d never go back to writing, it was kind of a make or break experiment. Blood & Rain because of the potentially triggering material, hoping I’d touched personal subjects with enough sensitivity but also still telling the story I needed to.

How do you choose your titles: hahahaha WELL, I finish faffing with the main story in AO3 and then am outraged that I’m expected to have a name ready before I can post it. Honestly though, I’ve no formula. They all have working titles in google docs which tend to be either a vague description of what’s happening, or a song title/lyric that’s running through my head while I write. Like, the current fic I’m working on is ‘mass pike pt 2’ which is a useless title since the part 1 was actually called Gunners & Grudges. And I won’t know until posting day what I’m going to call it.

I did put some serious thought into a title for my series - Then I Met You. I was cycling through song lyrics or things that might be a general vibe for them but settled back on one line from MacCready’s final affinity chat, “then I met you”. And it just fit so well. Meeting each other is a turning point for both of them; whether you just look at it as making a friend in the wasteland, or finding some direction after drifting for too long, or there finally being a glimmer of hope after a long time in the dark (this all counts for both of them), something changed when they met.

Do you outline: Sort of. I have a massive ‘fallout notes’ document where i just jot down whenever i have an idea of something i want to write, or just random bits of dialogue that spring into my mind (that may never see the light of day again). From there, if I want to expand them I tend to bullet point with plot ideas, more dialogue, key backstory or important things I want to cover. I tend to have multiple fics I’m doing this with at once and I bounce between them depending on where my mind has drifted off to that day. By the time I actually come to write something, I tend to have a lot of notes to work from, in fact quite often I have to cut back on all the ideas I wanted to cram in and some things get slotted back into the giant fallout doc for future reference.

Complete: I only have one shots, so technically they’re all complete and can be read, for the most part, individually without you needing to have read the others. They will make sense, there might just be some context from previous one shots in there.

In progress: Then I Met You is an ongoing series for my Mac x Ivy one shots.

Prompts?: I do put prompt list out there for Mac x Ivy when my brain isn’t cooperating and I feel like a need a little extra inspiration. For the current series I’m hoarding them and working them into the context one shots I have planned. Pretty much all my Dragon Age Origins one shots over on AO3 were prompt fills.

Upcoming work you’re most excited about: Ugh guys we’re getting close to them getting together territory and boy do I wish my brain was being cooperative so I could get these couple of stories in between down on the page and could start working in earnest on those ones. There’s a lazy morning in bed after a big party fic I’m really looking forward to writing (I’m looking forward to both tbh) - any excuse to explore stories behind scars and tattoos and I’m there for it. I’m even getting a commission from the amazing @tarberrymentats for it *discord wiggle*, so yeah, I’m excited about getting to that one!

Anyway thank you for reading my ramblings x

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