#maya answers

[moonhowler]

Hi Maya ^^

What's your favourite thing to do in the hotel?

[cable-knit-sweater]

Cries forever // same 😭😭😭 is Seb also wearing the St. Christopher necklace?

Wellll, we obviously don’t know for sure, but I’ve decided they are. I mean:

via x by @riricitaa

They just look TOO similar. And let’s not forget this:

Clearly Chris gave Sebastian one, probably during the civil war press honeymoon tour 😏 (see also: ringgate). Or at least, that’s what I believe!! Especially since they both wore different St. Christopher’s pendants before:

And now they’re wearing more similar ones. Possibly the same. You can’t change my mind 😂 And it’s so incredibly cuteee 🥺🥰

[loves-caregiving]

hihihihihi

hab you been dririnkin water nd eating nd stuffs ? takin care f youwself ?

- @deer-boy-darling

Why of course!! Maybe no water but definitely juice's! How bout you deer?

[spencer-reids-adventures]

Every time one of your fics pop up I get so happy 💕💕💕

omg i don't know how i missed this! sorry i took so long to respond. thank you so much, this made me feel so, so good!! <3<3<3

[1mechanicalalligator]

hey!! this is probably super random but why is ur jabed tag also "five gnomes"? is that a reference to the ship?? bc if thats a new ship name i love it, its kinda like how jeffbritta shippers started calling it redstreet as a reference of them

hello!! so it's actually because for a while there were a few of us all writing a ton of jabed fics, and, as michelle so eloquently put it: "the joke was that the jabed tag has doubled in two weeks which makes it seem like a growing fandom, but in reality it's just five gnomes in a trenchcoat posting fic"

idk if that helps, but... there you go 😂

[tryingmy-positivelybest]

HAPPY DAY OF BIRTH

*hugs*

THANK YOU SO MUCH ANON ❤️❤️🫶🫶

[snailianz]

Investigation time!

[doydoune]

hey have you heard of this brand new aa trend that totally just came out

[puppyeared]

Nick and Pearls

[thenewronantics]

A Questionnaire: Part One

Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four

[moonhowler]

question for Maya, how are you with keekee? Does she like you?

[cable-knit-sweater]

I watched this interview of Sebastian where he talks about meeting some fans in Berlin back in 2015 when they were shooting Civil War. Apparently that was their last day in Berlin and Seb was done early so he had gone back to the hotel and Joe Russo texted him telling him that some fans had been waiting outside all day to meet him. And Seb being the sweet man that he is actually went out to meet them. Do you ever think about how Chris might have fallen for Seb when he heard about that

Hi!!

I love that moment - Sebastian is such a sweetheart 🥺🥰 And I love your question - I think a lot about it actually, when things happened and feelings developed.

I’m not sure if this specific moment is when it happened, but it just as well could be. We all know how the CW era was special for them- just look at my Civil War Press Honeymoon tag 😂

But I do think it’s one of the reasons. Maybe not that night, but just the fact that Sebastian is such a sweetheart to everyone. Chris has mentioned it enough times, and the way he says it, tells me a lot 🥺

I have countless theories on how it could’ve happened during CA:TFA, CA:TWS, CA:CW, and even after.

But if this were the moment that it happened? Some thoughts below the cut.

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I think Chris would hear about what Seb had done, maybe from one of the Russo’s, maybe from Mackie, and when he hears it he just automatically grab his chest like he does whenever he talks about Sebastian like this. He’s not even sure why he does it, it’s just because it’s a big feeling and doing this makes it easier to process, when he can’t express things in words and just has to feel.

Chris doesn’t think anything of it, at first. He’s pretty sure he’s just feeling fond of Sebastian, like he often does. It’s hard not to, he thinks, with the way Sebastian is just so fucking sweet to everyone. It’s like watching a puppy. That’s all.

But then he talks to Sebastian the next day, and asks him about it as they’re hanging out before their flights. Sebastian ducks his head a little, and mumbles something about them waiting all day and it’s the least he could do, and the feeling returns in full force, almost punching the breath out of Chris. He just stares at Sebastian, takes all of him in, and the feeling doesn’t go away, it just burns right there under the surface, bright and warm and overwhelming.

He doesn’t say anything. Doesn’t know what to say.

“Do you think I shouldn’t have?” Sebastian asks, scrunching his nose adorably, when Chris stays silent.

He doesn’t ever want Sebastian to feel like he should act any different. “No, no, I think- I think it’s sweet, must’a meant the world to them,” he says, and if you’d ask him later, he wouldn’t really remember what he says next, if he says anything at all.

Chris’s brain is too busy trying to figure out what it all means to have any recollection of what’s said next. Thinking about what those feelings mean. It’s a lie. He knows what they mean, he’s just not sure he can wrap his head around it. They’ve been friends for so long now, working together on these 3 movies.

He won’t lie to himself and say he’s not thought Sebastian was attractive, or thought he was an incredible human being, but this is different. This is very different. And he doesn’t know what to do.

“Chris?” Sebastian asks, a hand on his shoulder. “You okay?”

“Huh?” Chris replies, blinking until Sebastian comes back into focus.

“You zoned out a little. And you keep touching your chest, are you okay, are you hurt?”

Chris blinks again. “I’m sorry, I’m fine, just thinking,” he says, giving Seb a dumb smile.

“That does sound like it would hurt,” Sebastian replies.

Chris chuckles, and pushes at Sebastian. “You asshole,” he says.

“I think I might be in love with you,” he thinks.

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So there it is lol, I seem incapable of giving normal lengthy answers to these questions 😂 Thanks again for your ask, and I hope you have a wonderful weekend! 💗

[loves-caregiving]

HAVE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING!! ok i just got home from a field trip and it was so cool!! We went to this place called Jefferson lab were they work with a particle accelerators and what that does is they send it through these really cold tubes and it goes super fast to the point where the atoms literally break apart so they can study them sadly we couldn't see it as its not open to the public BUT their is this open house thing were you can actually go and see it i really hope i can go !!

the person doing the presentation had liquid nitrogen and it was like so cool like he was throwing it on the tables and at the end we got these glasses that separates lights into their different colors!

Then we went and had lunch at the mall food court i got some pink jasmine tea with dragon fruit boba it was super good and one of my classmates got me a Reese's blizzard because i didn't have enough money for it !!

Oh my gosh!!! That sounds like such the science adventure!!!!

That absolutely sounds fascinating!! The nitrogen and the lights sound so very very cool!! I'm glad you got to go!!!

Also that tea sounds so good and with the boba I bet it was amazing!! And that's so sweet of your classmate!!!!

It sounds like you had so so so much fun!!! Im glad!

[spencer-reids-adventures]

🤡 and 🍦 please! I love you! You're awesome!

(Mer! I love you too!!)

🤡 What's a line, scene, or exchange you've written that made you laugh? The first one I thought of was this exchange from my Discord fic:

Rossi Luxury auto accessories

Rossi Seat covers for Maserati 

Rossi Luxury auto accessories Washington DC

Chocolate Thunder What the hell?

Baby Girl <3 rossi, honey, do you think you’re typing into google right now?

🍦 What's the sweetest fic you've created so far? Honestly, probably you don't have to be sorry for doing it on your own. I don't write a lot of ship fics so I don't know if I have many really sweet moments, but I feel like this one has a lot of very sweet ralvez stuff!!

Thank you!!

fanfic writer emoji asks

[1mechanicalalligator]

happy birthday maya!!! <333

thank you!!! 💗💗

[s-aint-elmo]

*twirling my hair* do you have some good yuri manga recs?

(lying on my stomach and kicking my feet) i'm SO glad you asked!

to preface this i'll be excluding better-known yuri or yuri that's recently gotten its flowers (whether thru virality or adaptations) (e.g. in love with the villainess, love bullet, bloom into you, etc. etc.) and will instead be recc'ing works i don't often encounter in the wild. some will be more well-known than others, but all of these i've enjoyed and would encourage others to check out! under the cut because. this got. so long. i heart yuri <3

multi-chapter

the princess of sylph (ongoing; self-publishing): plot-heavy fantasy yuri between a bereaved princess with the aura of a thousand sad hamsters and a persistent nun whose silliness conceals a deep well of trauma. gushed about it plenty here. i recommend starting with the serialized version, the proceeding to the twitter version + extras. cw: blood, violence, dismemberment (nothing too graphic, more standard monster-fighting fare).

i love amy (completed): school loner strikes an unlikely friendship with the girl known (and feared) for her violent tendencies and single-minded obsession with the school prince. cute but striking and skilled art with a surprisingly nuanced handling of trauma and neurodivergence. cw: attempted child murder, animal death (non-graphic). there are also depictions of standard yandere fare (kidnapping, torture basements) but they're always presented comedically.

i see you, aizawa-san! (ongoing): girl who steadfastly pretends not to see ghosts meets one she just can't seem to ignore: a deceased classmate and former j-pop idol, who has taken to haunting their classroom. ft. art that harkens back to classic shoujo and a supernatural mystery centred on the relationship between the two leads--that one of them can't seem to remember. cw: blood, body horror.

school zone girls (on hiatus): slice of life yuri comedy ft. a massive interconnected web of girls spanning at least three schools. it juggles gut-busting comedy with genuine heartfelt moments of character growth and connection and expresses it all through a solid, dynamic art style. the sprawling cast also makes for incredible outsider pov moments that lets us really appreciate how far some characters have gotten. this genuinely motivated me to revamp how i approached ensemble casts for my ocs.

brides of iberis (completed): wedding planner unenthusiastic about her engagement falls in love with a bride she's taken as a client. bittersweet but deeply loving; and so compassionate to each and every character, even the men the female leads have relationships with. cw: infidelity.

destroy it all and love me in hell! (ongoing): model student finds her miserable, tightly controlled life unraveling after being blackmailed by the class truant into indulging her ugliest impulses. toxic yuri extravaganza eleganza between two girls desperate for escape and the catharsis of fucking! shit! up!!! also hits that sweet sweet "love triangle as a conflict of ideals" beat. cw: blackmail, coercion, bullying, violence, emotional abuse, physical abuse, verbal abuse, adult/minor relationship.

yuri is forbidden for the yuri otaku (completed): passionate himejoshi enrolls in an all-girls private school to observe class s yuri in action, but never to engage in it herself--at least, until a misunderstanding wins her the resident gyaru's heart. a surprisingly poignant exploration of being queer in a repressive society and experiencing your queerness through the safety of unobtainable fantasy.

the superstar idol crushes on me today too (ongoing): failed idol-slash-middling radio personality finds an unwanted superfan in the country's biggest superstar. explores the merit of pursuing your artistic passions in the face of repeated failure, and what makes an emotional anchor in the fraught seas of showbiz. they are also just so so funny. what if i emphatically declare you my rival in show business but you've been in love with me since you saw me in a cooking show as a child actor and you take any excuse to spend time with me and have my attention with blinding enthusiasm

normality and monsters (ongoing): outcast weirdo witnesses the class idol devour their homeroom teacher in one bite and begs to be trained in the art of appearing normal. the art is snappy and charismatic, the monster design is properly grotesque, and the friendship of convenience between the two leads teeters between overcoming the monster's nature and just being a prelude to the monster acquiring a new meatsuit. cw: blood, gore, death, body horror.

a monster wants to eat me (ongoing): suicidal girl meets carnivore mermaid who promises to eat her if she develops a desire to live. it's been a while since i read this one, but the monster designs are once again sick as fuck and the drama of being cared for by a creature that finds you tantalizing is sooo juicy. cw: suicidal ideation, blood, gore, violence, body horror.

liar satsuki can see death (completed): high schooler who can see corpses before the death occurs strives to save as many lives as possible despite being branded a liar by the entire student body. this and ryouko's other manga, a walk to death, are pretty banging declarations on the value of living ironically (or maybe aptly) wrapped in so much death. blanket cw for blood, gore and death bc i tell you every mini-arc somebody dies in a fun new way and we'd be here all day if we listed them out.

anthology:

i'm the villainess but i'm being captured by the heroine?!: an anthology featuring heroines of otome games swerving hard and sweeping the villainess off her feet. i am such a sucker for villainess yuri. mean women forever. my favourite chapters are vol. 1 ch.1 and vol. 2 chs. 1 and 4.

honourable mentions:

my idol sits the next desk over! (completed): loner idol otaku ends up deskmates with her oshi and between jealous sabotage from a rival stan and the herculean task of acting normal around your fave, lands herself in the first and closest friend group of her life. one girl does explicitly have romantic feelings for another girl, but i bumped it down here because it isn't explored to the extent it could have been. it felt like it was setting up a slow burn only to end abruptly. do not recommend if you want a love story, do recommend if you want lonely people forging deep and enduring bonds of friendship.

the one within the villainess (ongoing): the villainess of an otome game reawakens for her condemnation and sets off on a path of vengeance for the sake of the beloved transmigrator who's occupied her body for years. it's ostensibly het, but to hear the way that the villainess speaks of her transmigrator, the first person to love her wholeheartedly and wish for her happiness and so inadvertently prevent her from becoming the hollow bitter woman she originally grew into...... like. that is yuri. like what if i knew your life in its entirety and loved you for it and i found myself in the position to give you the happiness i always wished for you to have. what if we wrote fix-it fic for each other on the fabric of the universe. what if we never even had a conversation but we knew each other the best and loved each other most. and we were both girls. do you understand why i'm insane about them. cw: blood, gore, violence.