#makicarn

[nostradamus0]

do you think maybe @makicarn is like a pigeon that’s learned how to get onto tumblr???

i am a huge fan of this hypothesis. how shall we test it

[eqt-95]

HELLO AND HAPPY FANFIC WRITER’S APPRECIATION DAY!

i was suddenly reminded by @makicarn’s tags on your post of this OTHER set of tags by @makicarn:

#more importantly#quinn#does mrs. fischer also think sam is a harlot

🤓🎣

what a FANTASTIC question.

the short answer is 'no, mrs. fischer does NOT think sam is a harlot.'

but not because her reckless treatment of clothes doesn't fall under 'harlot activities' because boy oh boy it does.

instead, it's simply because mrs. fischer doesn't know sam exists. unlike kara, sam knows what it's like to live out of her car, to rub pennies together, to hustle. things like paying for tailoring, while totally within her tax bracket now, is still something she can't bring herself to do. when ruby was starving, the last thing on sam's mind was getting a patch fixed or a button replaced. which means she's gotten especially good at repairing her own clothes.

even more of a reason is because sam is freaking the heck out that all of her clothes are magically buttonless. she's... hang on let me just:

- - - - - -

"Ruby, if you aren't ready in the next five minutes I am going to toss that phone in a blender and drop its sad remains over the balcony-"

"I'm up, jeez," called Ruby's sluggish voice from behind the door. "Why choose violence so early?"

Sam shoved her toothbrush back in her mouth, a tiny smirk of victory made less effective by the drool of toothpaste on her chin. She traipsed her way into her bedroom then into her private bathroom then further into her walk-in-closet. It was still so much space to get used to.

Toothbrush hanging idly in her mouth, she whipped through hanger after hanger of blouses. Blacks and greys and creams and off-whites... maybe Ruby was right. Maybe her wardrobe did need a splash of color.

Though What it needed now though were less empty hangers.

Which was... odd.

She looked again. The click of hangers rapping against each other faster this time.

Odd.

Again, faster. Her eyes glanced to her hamper.

Odd.

It was overflowing. It was never overflowing.

She huffed and marched over to the nest of clothes. A yank sent an avalanche of fabric to the ground. Sam held up the first garment.

Odd.

The second, third, and fourth were all the same. All missing buttons. All frayed with broken threads. All in a state Sam certainly would have remembered leaving them in.

She did not have time for this today. She had meetings lined up and lunch with Lena and Ruby's recital and... the list was endless.

It didn't matter. It was a problem for later. She dropped the shirts back onto the ground and reached for the closest blouse on the rack. Disgarding her toothbrush and giving her mouth a quick rinse on the way to her bedroom, she didn't think twice about the ease with which the blouse came off the hanger. Or the way it fell open when she dropped it over her head. It only raised a red flag when her fingers grazed the edges of fabric and felt... nothing.

Sam looked down, a breath caught in her throat.

Odd.

So odd that it sent her tearing through her bathroom cupboard, ripping bottles of moisturizers, make-up, and cleaning supplies onto the floor.

"Mom? Mom we're gonna be late-"

"Just a second," she called from the floor, fingers shaking, thread wavering, needle trembling.

A prick. An instinctive hiss. A quick press to her mouth.

She pulled her finger back; examined; scowled.

There wasn't a mark. There wasn't any pain at all.

Odd.

[sssammich]

ok sam, obvi Nia and Brainy are great, but because you've already emptied out the box of corps, what about dreamercorp??

i do not ship it because they are sisters to me. i just never got the vibe of romance from them. it's the same way that i don't really ship nia and kara.

what i DO believe in is the sisterhood. or, more aptly, the potential of their sisterhood. especially with their relationships re: mothers, siblings, etc. what i think nia can represent is the barometer for the rest of the world outside of the superfriends bubble. and i think that lena wants that, and nia offers that without requiring anything in return. i think there's kind of a different level of sisterhood as well that exists in comparison to alex and kara. kara is her mentor at work and i think because alex is so...alex, nia just falls in line like kara but almost has the Youngest privilege about it, you know?

the point is that i think the kind of relationship fulfillment that they have is more familial than anything else. i think it helps that there's someone around lena whose path she understands having taken not too long ago even if the circumstances are different, and just being able to lend a listening ear and not try to Solve or Fix or give advice is something that lena realizes she appreciates more since she's rarely allowed herself to just be in that situation.

but lena comes around a bit more laterally, so to speak, but there's like a crush that nia has. that's one thing i will definitely believe though, that nia has a girlcrush with lena and at first is like freaked about it (not because it's a woman but because she's so Affected by lena's presence) and then eventually, once she's learned about lena a bit more and spent more time, she really leans into it. it's all the more supported by brainy before they're a thing. and i just imagine that lena has to sit nia down and is all "listen i like being your friend but that's all we'll ever be"

and nia's all "because you're in love with kara. got it. say no more, sister." and that's a whole host of things.

(for non-supercorp version, nia's all "yeah babe chill. but also the night is young, who knows!" kisses her on the cheek and skips away for the bit. anyway it's a fun confusion for lena and that's what she deserves)

[ekingston]

“This is going to be a thing now, isn’t it? The two of you ganging up on me?”

—from Treats and Collars on ao3

This is part 2/2 of the artwork the wonderful @makicarn commissioned for @trashpandato’s adorable fic. Thank you, again, it was an absolute joy working with you both!

[ekingstonart]

“Here they are. We have a few different lines of toys here, different sizes, and the squeakers themselves vary from brand to brand. Some of these are very loud.”

—from Treats and Collars on ao3

Thank you so much @makicarn for commissioning me to illustrate this scene from @trashpandato’s ADORABLE fic! It has been an absolute pleasure working with/for you both!

[fazedlight]

Tagged by the wonderful @casualkoalatea! ❤️

rules: shuffle your spotify 'on repeat' playlist and list the first ten songs

Starlight by The Wailin’ Jennys

Ragdoll Princes & Junkyard Queens by Ante Duvekot

Bailando by Enrique Iglesias

Fireflies by Owl City

What About Us by Pink

Starstrukk by 3OH!3 & Katy Perry

50 Ways to Say Goodbye by Train

Cake by the Ocean by DNCE

Watching For Comets by Skillet

Boston by Augustana

No-pressure tags for @beefcake-penguin @nottawriter @katiemcgrathisdaddyaf @kitch3nw3nch @makicarn @waytooinvested @rustingcat @theredcapeofk @thatonebirdwrites and anyone else who'd like to do this!

[stuckinthisdamnhellsite]

@makicarn

snow is just starting!! :D

[trashpandato]

Tagged by @makicarn , here are 4 photos from my camera roll from last week

tagging anyone who wants to participate

[nostradamus0]

Nate, I wanna hear more about this pocketknife! :D Sincerely, your fellow forest-dweller Maki who is left-handed and clumsy and thus afraid of her pocketknife

first and foremost, i am also left-handed and that is no reason to be afraid! you and your pocketknife can still be good friends <3

mine was a gift from my grandfather shortly after i began transitioning, actually! i had one before that, but it didn’t hold any special meaning. anyway, it was his when he was younger and had been a gift from his father, who it belonged to for a long time. his dad was the Actual Worst Guy Ever, but my grandfather held onto his knife and gave it to me and i felt SO special being entrusted with it.

i remember he said to me “he always wanted a grandson,” which at the time felt so affirming but in retrospect is very odd because i have a brother who had, at the time, existed already for about 13 years, and we lived less than a 15-minute drive from his house for all of them. but i digress

[sssammich]

Dear Quizno's, if you would be so kind:

💖🍰🌝

hahah thank you for playing along!

💖 What do you like most about your own writing?

pffft um that because i've thankfully always stayed loyal to myself, they're exactly the types of fics i like to read, so their value actually increases over time. i read my own fics and i enjoy that i can do that and entertain myself as planned. especially when i forget what i've written and i go "wow! i wrote this! and it's exactly what i wanted to happen in the fic!"

in terms of perhaps style and technique, that they all somehow miraculously are paced well enough to feel organic and not rushed. considering the chaotic out-of-order style of writing that i do, this is really very much a miracle tbh

🍰 Name one of your fave comfort fics (doesn’t have to be your all time fave).

like mine? or like someone else's? well you get to have both

mine: don't touch me, touch me more that i wrote for a rare pair in revue starlight remains one of my most favorite "maya unclenching" fics that i take a lot of comfort in. i really said "let me pretend i invented physical intimacy"

also mine: rituals for swanqueen is an incomplete vignette style slowburn of a story that i have. it's incomplete because i don't actively write for it only when i feel the tenderness flowing extra but it's such a comfortable universe that i actually sit in it for a while even as i think about other swan queen fics

not mine: Something Borrowed by janewithawhy is probably one of the most tender and quiet and understated fics there are and i love it so much i just cradle it in my heart

🌝 Who is one character you haven’t yet written for that you would like to?

um for supergirl i'd say probably sam or brainy, maybe nia. i've technically had them in small spots in existing fics but i'd like to center them a bit more. even sam in my rojarias fic is very much at the mercy of andrea's thoughts and emotions

i hope to have a sam-centered fic before the year ends but who knows (she's gonna be in a kind of supercorp triangle of sorts but i am not emotionally ready to write that fic just yet)

fanfic ask meme

[sssammich]

Ssssam's Club, how about 2,3 and 5? :)

lmao oh thank you, maki.

2. What are some of the things that have made you who you are?

uh moving to america??? that has definitely impacted every facet of my identity

fandoms??? honestly without fandom and writing fanfiction i probably would not have become an english teacher (which eventually led me to my career now)

beyonce? lmao (happy belated beyonce birthday to all those who celebrate (sept 4))

my shellfish allergy LOL

my hoarding mother has affected me and my own hoarding-lite tendencies

3. What are some of your pet peeves?

dirty fingernails i cannot handle

when people don't pick up after themselves (this is a shameful pet peeve yet i am guilty of it and that's why i am peeved at myself double for it)

when someone only addresses parts of your email message even though you need clarity or more information than that

when people play their stupid and dumb music out loud on the train like at that point have better music???

5. Something that makes you ridiculously happy?

many things make me happy because this world can't bring me down though it's hella tryin

when meetings get cancelled. my office job has become just a marathon of meetings so i'm always happy when they cancel

and i get the hour back.

when food in new york city is filling AND under $10 like wow live the dream

when i wake up from a nap and im not groggy

ask meme

[fazedlight]

make a poll of your favourite female characters and see which your followers like the most! Tagged by @appropriatelystupid

Tagging @beefcake-penguin @katiemcgrathisdaddyaf @kitch3nw3nch

@rustingcat @rebellionbear @makicarn and anyone else who'd like to make a poll!

[sssammich]

on repeat meme

thanks for the tag, @hakethishere!!

rules: shuffle your spotify 'on repeat' playlist and list the first ten songs

BIRDS OF A FEATHER by Billie Eilish

It Was Coming All Along by Maggie Rogers

SOUL LADY by YUKIKA

AGASSY by SOOJIN

CHIHIRO by Billie Eilish

I Still Do by Maggie Rogers

Yesterday by YUKIKA

MONA LISA by SOOJIN

WILDFLOWER by Billie Eilish

Never Going Home by Maggie Rogers

this is entirely predictable lmao

tagging some friends: @foibles-fables @sideguitars @makicarn @saunteringvaguelydownwards and any others who are feeling like it