#just like the wwdits season finale i can't believe this

[cookinguptales]

some feelings about wwdits under a cut, for negativity

WWDITS... I don't know. I don't think I've found the writing entirely fulfilling for a while now. s4 had its problems, but s5 was... let's just say not nearly as funny or cohesive as I would've liked, and the characterization has been... wandering, to put it kindly. Seeing it end now feels a little less like losing my favorite show and a little more like stopping it before things really start to spiral.

I remember someone asked me once post-s3 what (if anything) would make me stop watching the show, and I said Guillermo leaving for good or the characters becoming less supernatural. (i.e. Nandor becoming human for good or something.) I really hate shows where the characters become "normal" as a happy ending, so that's really my nightmare scenario. I'm not exaggerating when I say I think I'd literally rather the characters die than lose the spark that makes them interesting.

Honestly, I feel like that's probably a lot of what's made it hard for me to move forward with writing fic for wwdits after the s5 finale. It felt not only OOC for Guillermo but just... such a boring direction to take it. I feel like there were so many ways they could have made non-vampire Guillermo interesting and IC and they just. did not do that. Instead they ignored a lot of previous canon in order to cancel out an entire season while also trying to make us believe that Guillermo choosing humanity is a happy and fulfilling ending for anyone.

And when you look at characters like Laszlo... like they keep giving him plot lines that go absolutely nowhere. The poignancy of his adventures in fatherhood and his depression over losing his child were basically nowhere to be seen in s5. (I kept expecting them to tie it back to his loss over Baby Colin, like he was making Guillermo his new project because he wasn't coping well with losing his son, but they never really went there.) And then they have him doing all of these experiments in s5 that don't really amount to anything other than making it canon that he can't even remember what happened in s1.

(Or... the writers can't, at least...)

I don't know. When none of the plot lines they write are given weight, it's hard for me to give them weight. If none of the characters' choices matter because they'll just be reset anyway, why do I care about their choices? If entire plot lines are just going to go absolutely nowhere (when they're given endings at all) why should I get invested in them?

They set up a lot of interesting themes about found family, the supernatural world as a haven for those who are queer or otherwise socially othered, etc. and then had Guillermo outright choose the human world and his human family over the found family they'd been setting up for five seasons. Having Guillermo be okay with killing vampires but not humans (which... again, makes no sense with his behavior towards humans in the past, but I digress) basically explicitly tells us that he sees vampire life as lesser than human life and like ????? then how are we supposed to interpret the relationships and themes you've spent all this time building???

When you have Guillermo coming out as being gay and also wanting to be a vampire in the same breath and then have him reject that world, when you give these interviews talking about how making Guillermo and Nandor have [gay] sex would lessen their relationship... I don't know! It almost feels like they can't even keep track of their own themes and really do not care if they shit on the audience that's loyally followed them even through some really questionable writing decisions!

I guess at this point, I only worry that they really do see becoming human and leaving the supernatural world as being a happy ending for all these characters. Are they going to make the other vampires human, too? Are they going to have Guillermo leave for good and choose the human world?

Like it's literally my nightmare scenario. lmao.

I guess I just feel like I've been cutting wwdits a lot of slack because I assumed that the writers were going somewhere really interesting with these seemingly incomprehensible choices, but now that I've realized that they're really just... not great writing choices...

It'll be easier to let go, I guess. I don't have nearly the same emotional connection to this show that I did even six months ago, much less a year and a half ago. If you told me even a year ago that my reaction to my favorite show's cancellation would be "...oh..." I wouldn't have believed you. But. I guess here we are.

I keep trying to make myself feel the same love for this show that I did during the first three, three and a half seasons, and I'm just not sure I can do it. I've been going around in circles over this for months now, but I just feel kind of hollow when I reach for the joy that this show used to inspire in me. And now that I know it's ending soon, I guess my mind is just kind of going "well, I guess it'll all be over with soon, one way or another, and I'll finally be able to choose a way to feel about it all."

I think... honestly, I think the only way I can be happy writing fic going forward is if I write fic that actively ignores a lot of the canon developments. It's literally too fucking difficult to eke out coherent characterization from what they've been putting out lately, and maybe it would feel more fun and less like homework if I just stopped trying.

I really, really hope that the last season of this show is beautiful and gorgeous and funny and makes me remember exactly what I love about it just in time to mourn it forever. I hope that I will happily be able to write fics incorporating every ounce of canon and feel fulfilled by that. But... honestly speaking, at this point I'm just hoping that the last season doesn't actively piss me off. lmao

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[weepingchronicles]

Could i request headcanons for a platonic/parental yandere laszlo (wwdits) with a human teen familiar reader?

platonic yandere laszlo with familiar reader headcanons!

thank you so much for requesting! laszlo is one of my favs especially in the newer seasons

tw/cw: yandere themes, implied murder, manipulation, lmk if i missed something!

when laszlo first got you as his familiar he didn't expect much, he assumed you'd be like everyone else, desperate to become a vampire

his obsession starts small, he never realized how young you actually are until one day...

laszlo calls you several times before finally searching for you, he starts to lecture you for ignoring him- until he sees you crying

a pang hits his undead heart and he insists you tell him what is wrong

you explain to him that your parents are threatening to kick you out or send you somewhere else because of your lacking grades and how you've been out all the time doing god knows what.

laszlo knows it is his fault and for once he feels guilty for his actions. here he has you working almost 24/7 and you haven't been taking care of your future because you believe theres a chance for you to become a vampire.

from then on laszlo makes sure to pamper you a bit more, he lets you take time off from being a familiar and if nadja or nandor yell at you for someone he makes sure to step in to defend you.

nadja complains that he is becoming too soft for a human but she just doesn't see how vulnerable and young you are. laszlo always agrees with nadja except when it comes to you.

with more free time you start studying and getting your grades up in high school, your parents still reprimand you for staying out all night but you ignore them.

even though laszlo is the one who let you have more time to yourself he cant help but miss your presence, he never realized how much he liked you.

he invites you over to study more even though he is so bad at any modern day education. the only thing he really aids in is english and history but you can't really put him as a reputable source.

laszlo eventually gets sick of you being away for too long and kind of acts out as a way to bring you back more often

he kills more and leaves the bodies everywhere, purposefully breaks things without saying anything(just forget guillermo in this)

your grades drop once again because of your increasing duties, even getting detention a couple times for always being late.

your parents threaten to kick you out again and they finally do. you run to laszlo crying about the whole situation.

laszlo acts completely oblivious as he consoles you, saying they were never real parents to you anyway, your home is here with him.

you move in with laszlo, creating a little cozy bedroom for yourself in the basement.

you end up dropping out of school, tending to only your familiar duties and besides who needs education when you're gonna be a vampire?

oh, and you don't have to worry about your parents trying to find you, laszlo payed them a little visit and their entire house was burnt to the ground the next day, the cops never found an actual reason how.

laszlo feels a little guilty especially since he never plans on turning you, but he uses it whenever you get too fed up with his antics.

if you do actually try to leave? ..who is to say what he might do to keep you?  🤷 

[vonlipwig]

tagged by my dear friend @appleteeth <3

Rules: Go to your published works on AO3 and list the first fic you ever published there, the last fic you published, any fic that you wrote for a fandom/ship only once, your favourite fic you wrote in the fandom/ship that has the most works, the fic you wish more people read, the fic you agonized over the most, the fic that sprang fully formed from your mind without any effort, and a work you are proud of—for whatever reason. <3

First fic: A Little Dramatic - a Hot Fuzz fic which I stopped writing after one chapter. Accidentally abandoning WIPs is a running theme for me.

Last fic: Are You There, God? It's Me, Aziraphale - my Good Omens Season 2 Fix-It fic. I have a part-written companion fic from Crowley's perspective languishing in my google docs. Will I finish it? Who knows (probably not).

Only once: Honestly, most of them. I only have 11 fics published on AO3 and 6 of them are a one-time-only fandom post. It's not that I go through hyperfixations/fandoms quickly; it's more that I can seeminly only write if I'm properly ~inspired~. If I can't write the thing in one or two sittings, it's not getting finished. Don't blame it on the good times, blame it on the boogie ADHD.

Favorite fic from the fandom I've written in most: Urgh. OK. So, I have 3 Stardew Valley fics and, I'm not going to lie to you all, they fucking suck. That's not even me being performatively humble - they are Not Good. So, I'm not really proud of any of them. I'm keeping them up because I don't really like deleting things, and I haven't orphaned them because I believe in standing by my mistakes. But yahh boo we hate you.

Fic I wish more people read: check my spelling, wring my neck - my Alone Rangers fic. The potential readerbase for this is incredibly niche to the point that I am genuinely surprised it has just over 100 hits - I honestly believed it was going to tap out at 20. I mainly wrote it for my friends on discord but I think it's quite good and I'm rather proud of a couple of the jokes in it.

Fic I agonized over: you pulled me into focus - as yet unfinished but NOT ABANDONED Ghosts Patcap AU WIP. I continue to agonise over it because it is unfinished and I want it to be finished. I have the final three (ish?) chapters planned out and part-written. The engine is revving but the handbrake is on. Someone please help me.

Fic that sprang fully formed: 'cause you're in my brain, taking up space - Viago/Anton WWDITS fic. The only not-one-shot that I've ever finished. Sure, it's only 2 chapters but that's not the point. The point is that it whizzed out of my brain over 4 days with very little straining involved.

Work(s) I'm proud of: Are You There, God? It's Me, Aziraphale - I'm more proud of this than anything else. I'm not sure why. I just think it reads well. I think I did an alright job in trying to emulate the narrative style of Good Omens.

I'm going to tag @ghosts-of-love @oatmilktruther @bucketsofodo13 and @edandstede <3

[lornescaritas]

ep 9 of ofmd HELLO!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!&&÷&÷**@*#*@

[deciduous]

ngl, that ep of wwdits was not good

[seraph5]

*mentions of wwdits unverified S4 leaks ahead*

I wrote an outline for a fic about how I think season 4 will end. Pls enjoy:

The whole fic is Guillermo agonizing over the new woman in Nandor's life and trying to accept her and trying to accept that they're going to be together. Then they announce that they are going to get married and Guillermo decides that he doesn't want to be a vampire/stay at the house anymore. But when he goes to tell Nandor, Nandor is like I'm so happy and I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you and therefore as a thank you on the night I'm going to get married I'll turn you into a vampire because afterwards I'll have my lovely wife to do all these things for me.

Guillermo says thank you and bites his tongue and tries to be happy about it finally happening. When he looks at himself in the mirror he tries to see himself the way he saw himself when he started but being a vampire is not at all what he thought. On the night of the wedding he gets Nandor ready feeling sick to his stomach, trying to convince himself that it's just nerves. He opens his mouth to say something to Nandor and then his bride to be sweeps in. And he sees them together and in an instant knows how his eternity will play out. Nandor will get married. He and his wife will live with Nadja and Laszlo and they will all be deliriously happy with each other and he and Collin Robinson will stand on the outside looking in. Except what will nourish Collin will empty Guillermo till there is nothing left of him.

Nandor leans in to bite him and Guillermo feels like he's going to be sick with the desperate desire to have Nandor claim him in the way he's been dreaming of long before he even loved him.

Almost reactively Guillermo shouts no, shoves Nandor away and storms out. Nandor is like "Guillermo!?" In his standard winey voice and follows after him leaving his bride to be "where are you going? Guillermo!!" And Guillermo is storming out of the house and Nandor shouts from the top step this time he more serious tone "Guillermo! Where are you going? The wedding is about to start" "I can't do it! I can't have you turn me and then go to your wedding and spend an eternal life with all of you -"

"Why?"

"BECAUSE I LOVE YOU" Guillermo snarls angry heartbroken tears breaking free

"Well that is not new many familiars have loved-" Nandor begins but Guillermo cuts him off taking one step back toward him.

"I-am-in-love…with you" Guillermo says slowly and deliberately delivering every word like his wishes it was a punch "though GOD" Nandor hisses in discomfort "knows why. You're so selfish and arrogant and don't care about me at all"

"That's not true" Nandor's voice hangs onto his pouty affect and Guillermo grimaces before turning away.

"I can't believe I wasted 13 years of my life on you"

"Your mini Fridge-"

"Keep it!" Guillermo is already down the street.

***

Anyway there's my best guess about the end of season XD I won't be writing the thing I'm still writing the star trek fic I foolishly teased.

[mithrilhearts]

Hey, can I just leave a quick rant here? You can totally ignore it if you like it's fine, I just need someone who watched wwdits and I know no one irl. 😥

So anyways, Guillermo and Nandor... there's something more, right? No one can deny where their relationship is heading since season 1!

I think season 2 did a really great job of showing us more about what they're meaning and feeling for each other. I mean, just the episode in which Guillermo went to Celeste... it was perfection!

But then season 3 happens and I'm just so frustrated. I love the show and I love Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi and I don't want to accuse them of anything but boy... They're doing the thing that every show does as soon as there's some gay tension: Throwing one of the men at women like there's no tomorrow.

First Meg, then Gail and then the Jan. Two season NOTHING (I don't count the Orgy that didn't happen anyway) and then three women in one season.

Idk, maybe I'm just too much team Nandermo or I've been through too much BS in other shows, but I'm so frustrated. 😔

Hey Anon!! Always feel free to drop a rant on me anytime!

These two have been on a wild ride, haven't they? I totally understand where you are coming from in all of this, I myself had some frustration and skepticism going through season three specifically, but I think they're trying to set it up for something more.

Based on interviews I've read about what Season 4 is supposed to be about, and how they wrapped up Season 3, I firmly believe Nandermo will one day become canon. You're absolutely right, there IS more. S4 is supposed to be where Nandor finds love, and just look at that huge step he and Guillermo took in the season finale there.

Now, I can't guarantee it because I am very deep on team Nandermo and may be biased, but I think they're trying to set it up like this purposely. All of these women that Nandor's had eyes on never worked out - but he has someone who's always been there for the past what...11 years? With them being separated and Nandor truly being on his own, I think he'll come to realize just how much Guillermo means to him, how he -misses- him. (Or maybe I'm just hoping that's what it is!)

Fingers crossed we'll find out sooner rather than later. Season 4 just wrapped up filming, so maybe we'll find out come this spring!!

PLUS. Harvey is a huge Nandermo supporter, so that has to mean something!!

I know this probably doesn't ease your frustration or any doubts you may have, but we're all right there with you, Anon. Eagerly waiting to see what happens next.

💜💜💜

My inbox is always welcome to you, Anon!