#like i could just create a sideblog like a sensible person would

[natasha-in-space]

Aaah Mia I was so excited to see that you watched Barbie! What did you think of it?

Alright, I'm gonna put this under the cut for anyone who wants to avoid spoilers!

Faye, would you believe me if I told you that this was very out of my usual comfort zone? :D Because it was! I never really watch movies like these. Actually, pretty much the only movies I make a point of checking out nowadays are horror movies. Especially indie horror movies! (A24 my beloved) I don't talk much about my love for horror genre on this blog, since I know it's definitely not for everyone, but I am, in fact, a huge horror fan. That aside, I went to see the Barbie movie mostly for the aesthetic of it. I honestly didn't have any expectations for it, and that's how I like it. We're all there to have a good time! It doesn't have to be groundbreaking or anything. (I'm looking at you unnecessary internet discourse, I am shooing you away with a comically large broom!) And... I had a good time with it! Had quite a few genuine laughs, was very impressed with the production of it, and the acting was great! This movie was made with love, and you know? That's what I appreciate the most about it. We don't get that often nowadays, sadly. (Definitely not the fault of the creators, the movie industry right now is absolutely horrendous with the way it treats its creators)

I even cried! Wow! But, uh, that's not that impressive, since... I cry at everything. Show me a video of a cute cockatoo snuggling, and I will sniffle away. Well, I do have two specific scenes that are definitely stuck in my head. In a good way!

I couldn't help but think about that scene where Barbie asks permission to be herself, and then she gets told that she doesn't need permission for that as I got back home. That no one can give her permission to do that, because that's just something you start doing yourself. I definitely thought about that scene for some time.

But, oh, my absolute favorite scene was something else.

The moment I cried was when Barbie was admiring the old lady sitting next to her on the bench. Because that's what it means to be human and that's what life is. And she saw her imperfection, and aging, and realized that it was beautiful. Barbie was so afraid of being imperfect, of getting old and dying, and then she saw that all of this could be beautiful too, and she cried, and I cried too.

Overall, I recommend it! It's a heartfelt movie that you can laugh at, cry at, and just have a good time with it. I can see myself rewatching it when I need a pick-me-up :)

What about you, Faye? What are your thoughts on the Barbie movie? 👀

[aroaceleovaldez]

what type of powers and themes do you think would work for a child of chaos (op and Mary Sue-ish Ik)? Also what type of personality or fatal flaw might they have?

This is a really interesting one! (Also never apologize for op/mary sue demigods. that's like, their entire thing)

Themes:

Creation, new beginnings

Making something out of nothing

Chaos vs Order (And possibly balance/understanding between them)

Power ideas:

Not to be a homestuck on main sideblog but you know Roxy Lalonde's powers as a Rogue of Void? Stealing from Nothing, ergo creating something? That. The ability to summon, create, or generate new things out of "nothing." This would probably require a lot of focus and energy, or else would just result in half-baked semi-amorphous blobs of void with weird stuff jutting out of it. You could also include a caveat on that with something along the lines of Momo from BNHA - to create something, they need to have a deep understanding of the thing they're attempting to create.

Possibly branching off of that, the ability to create new things out of preexisting things. You look away and look back and they've somehow fused together a frog and a bird into some poor abomination and are active trying to figure out how to graft a fern onto the thing.

Air powers! Particularly relating to the lower atmosphere. Maybe they would get floaty powers like how Jason can fly? Maybe also refined control over heavy gases specifically, just for fun.

Can talk to birds, or maybe even turn other things into birds.

Turning invisible/into mist, highly refined and strong control of The Mist (demigod kind).

The ability to make things vanish, either just visibly or entirely.

Shadow-travel feels like a given.

Personality/Fatal Flaw:

A resistance to sensibility, order, and authority. They enjoy things that are nonsensical and/or natural. They dislike structure, order, discipline, or schedules.

They tend to be very in-the-moment and laissez-faire.

People may perceive them lazy, but they aren't resistant to acting in general. They simply have strong opinions about when is the "right" time to act or interfere with things. This often makes no sense to anyone else. Or maybe they are lazy. Who knows.

They enjoy sitting back and just watching things happen, with as little interference from themself as possible. They generally prefer to be an audience rather than participant (as opposed to perhaps a child of Eris, who may prefer to get involved and stir things up). It can be difficult to spur them to action, but when they do get involved it quickly becomes wild and confusing. (can you tell i am trying to avoid the word "chaotic")

They are very impulsive and lack foresight or any thought of repercussion for their actions.

They may be highly experimental and curious in nature, often interested in science experiments and examining cause and effect. They may be particularly fond of topics like biology, ecology, and chemistry.

Being resistant to authority, they often find themselves in trouble, and frequently make more trouble for themselves as a result.

They are difficult to reason with, and it is even more difficult to understand their own reasoning behind things.

These are just a couple of thoughts, but hopefully they help you brainstorm!

[bitchfromtheseventhhell]

tagged in some memes

Tagging anyone who wants to do any of these memes!

I - tagged by @gendryxaryatrash​

-> What made you sign up to Tumblr? I used to get into gif wars with my college roommates so I needed to be able to gather.

-> What did your blog start off as being? My old blog used to be a hodgepodge of stuff I liked.  When I rebuilt I put all ASOIAF content on this sideblog and my main is still a hodgepodge of stuff I like minus ASOIAF.

-> Have you ever received any creepy asks, and if so, what did they say? Not really.

-> Have you ever had a bad experience on tumblr? Yes, several, but I try not to dwell on it because at this point it was years ago and letting it still take up a lot of my thoughts is not worth it.

-> If you had to pick a favourite English monarch, who would you pick? ...I’m not sure I care enough.  I guess Elizabeth I because she is one I kinda know things about?

-> Do you prefer hot or cold? Cold

-> Do you have a special skill or talent? Writing.  I’m a decent singer. I can whistle through my teeth in a nonstandard whistly way.

-> Do you have a phobia of anything? Heights.

-> If you had to pick a favourite real life villain from history, who would you pick? Honestly most of the evils I see in the world are usually perpetrated by more than one person/not a person at all, so I’m not sure I know how to answer this.  Like individuals who do bad is less fascinating than societal ills and how they are enabled if that makes sense.

-> Do you have any dark traits? Probably.  Don’t we all?

-> If you could do anything, literally anything, like fly on a unicorn or something, what would it be? Apparating.

-> What is the scale of the worst argument you’ve ever had? IDK.  I like debating, so I wouldn’t call arguments a bad thing.  Fights can be brutal but fights and arguments aren’t the same in my brain.

-> What is your favourite slush flavour? I don’t think I’ve eaten enough of this to know.

-> If you could bring back any food or drink from your childhood that has been discontinued, what would it be? IDK what they’re called, but there was a strawberry candy I ate a lot that came in a tin and I can’t find it anywhere now D:

-> What is your favourite and most vivid childhood memory? When my dad was driving me and my brother in the rain and we rolled the windows down and stuck our heads out the window and my dad would drive into puddles to splash us. 

-> If you could bring anyone back from the dead who would it be? Max or Rachel.  

-> If you could go back to any time period and live there for a week, which period would it be and why? Nah.  I have no desire to live in the past.  I’d rather think about a future in which things are better than they’ve been in the past.

-> If you could visit any abandoned place to take pictures, where would it be? Not really sure.  I hope it’s mountainous though.

-> Do you have any particular, peculiar interests? Bulgarian folk music counts probably

-> Do you have a creepy/scary experience that has happened to you, and what was it? Not really

-> Do you like/read creepypasta stories? If so, what’s your favourite story? Not really sure what defines creepypasta tbh.  

-> If you were in the Wars of the Roses, would you be a Lancastrian, or a Yorkist? I....am not enough of an Anglophile when it comes to history to care.  It’s all fun to watch on TV but I can’t think about it without my historian cap on my head and I just don’t really have enough knowledge to pick a side here.

-> What is your recurring nightmare? I don’t have recurring dreams.

-> Have you ever had a lucid dream? I think so?  I’ve at least had a dream where I keep trying to wake up and then wake up but it’s still a dream and then I realize it’s a dream and try to wake up.  It was really jarring.

-> If you could go to another planet, which would it be? Mars would be cool.  I feel like Venus would be too warm for me.

->What is your religion, if any? I’m Jewish.

-> Have you ever got so drunk, that you did something really embarrassing, and if so, what did you do? I once vomited in one of the main auditoriums at my college during a drunken halloween concert.  I became that which I scorned my freshman year.  

-> Mike, Dustin, Lucas, or Will? Who??

-> Do you like Marina and the Diamonds? I’ve not aware of who/what this is.

-> Charli XCX? Ditto

-> Tag a blog that you’ve seen, and you love their posts, but have never told them, and would like to talk to them. Oof I’m not sure.  I’m slow to follow people, so usually when I do it’s because I feel comfortable talking to them already--or would feel comfortable just being like “Hi I wanna talk to you.”

-> Pick one thing you like/love from the 80s. Hopscotch

-> What year were you born, and name something cool from that year. 1991 - The Fall of the Soviet Union

-> What was your blog name originally? (If you had another blog name) I went by ​@crossingwinter​ for a long time because that’s my ao3 handle (I now use it as a fic archive and reblog all my fics over there) on my old main blog.  This sideblog used to be @thegoldofwinterfell​ after I did my rebuild.  

-> Do you follow any blogs that you know the user in real life? Yes.  Quite a few, actually.  Thank fuck I moved most of my fandom participation over here because they don’t see it haha.

-> If you are in the ST fandom, which is your favourite song off the ST soundtrack? No.

-> Finally, give your opinion on the person who tagged you! ✨ @gendryxaryatrash​ is always so supportive and honestly sometimes I feel like I am spitting things into a void so I’m really grateful to have you as someone who’s always enjoying the things I make since that’s why I make it :D

II - tagged by @savannsahstark​

Nickname: Some folks have called me Ceels, but it’s not that frequent.

Zodiac sign: Cancer

Height: 5'5″

Gender: female

Time right now: 11:35 a.m.

Last thing I googled: Double checking that the Soviet Union did in fact dissolve in 1991 (I get it confused with 1989 and the Berlin wall sometimes) (I’m an embarrasment to all historians who’ve studied communism :shame:)

Favourite music artist(s): the Bulgarian State Women’s Vocal Ensemble, Kitka, Jamila Woods, Chance the Rapper, undoubtedly more i can’t think of right now.

Song stuck in my head: This god help me

Last movie I watched: Sense and Sensibility

What are you wearing right now: an old Red Sox t-shirt that definitely is my brother’s and not mine but was in my drawer of clothes in NY so

Last TV show I watched: ....I can’t remember.  The Good Place maybe?

What do you post: ASOIAF over here.  GOT but more...curatedly.

Hogwarts House: Hufflepuff/Gryffindor

Pokémon team: Valor

Why did you choose your URL: "Not me," the Lady of Barrowton confessed, "but the rest, yes. Old Whoresbane is only here because the Freys hold the Greatjon captive. And do you imagine the Hornwood men have forgotten the Bastard's last marriage, and how his lady wife was left to starve, chewing her own fingers? What do you think passes through their heads when they hear the new bride weeping? Valiant Ned's precious little girl."

When you created this blog: 2015

Do you get asks regularly: I find that it’s either floodgates or nothing.  probably because a lot of anons pile on about my responses to other anons.  I think also not necessarily taking anon fic prompts slows stuff down too.

Do you have any other blogs: this question is a fucking callout is what it is.

Religious or Spiritual: Oh boy I won’t bore you all with my Thoughts about my relationship with music and Judiasm and constantly interrogating what both mean to my life.

Favourite colour: Purple

Average hours of sleep: I aim for 8.  My fitbit shows that it’s more flexible than that.

Lucky number: Not sure.

Favourite character(s): Donna Moss, Leia Organa, Sansa Stark, Arya Stark (lol Sav I’m just keeping yours because Accurate)

Following: 419.  Most of those are inactive.

How many blankets do you sleep with: My comforter

Dream job: Writer.  I’m feeling pretty fulfilled doing some inclusion stuff at my current job though so that’s nice.

III - tagged by @baratheons​

Relationship Status: Single and hunting

Lipstick or Chapstick: Chapstick

Last Song I Listened to:  “Go” by the Civil Wars

Last Movie I Watched: Sense & Sensibility

Top Three Characters: Arya, Sansa, Bran.  It varies from day to day what the order is.

Top Three Ships: Arya x Gendry, SanSan, and lately Jon x Dany, but I’d say that third slot revolves a lot based on my mood.  The first two have been pretty solidly there for years and are unlikely to change any time soon.