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I really liked your dating HCs 😃 wanted to know if you could do the jjk men flirting with a crush HCs? 🥰 just all the stuff they try to do to woo a person if interest 😍
Aww, I'm glad you like my dating HCs! Flirting goes hand in hand with dating as far as I'm concerned, so lets do this!
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Starring Satoru Gojo, Suguru Geto, Kento Nanami, and Ryomen Sukuna
Kento Nanami
the quiet type
Nanami is so bad at flirting I'm being SO SERIOUS
He doesn't really have the time or energy for it, so it's a struggle for him to flirt.
All I can think about when I think about Nanami flirting is this clip.
I feel like he treats it as a business transaction because that's just what he knows and is familiar with
When he's not being extremely business savvy, he's trying to get to know you as a person.
If you're going to make a relationship work, you have to know that person. So he's asking you about your hobbies, your childhood, your opinions, ect.
Now, I know what you're thinking Dear Reader. "Isn't that just what friends do?"
Yes.
I told you, he's bad at this.
Honestly, you probably wouldn't have any idea he was interested in you romantically until he hits you with that, "I've had feelings for you for a while now, would you like to go out on a date with me?"
BLINDSIDED.
But, honestly? Considering all the Information he's gathered about you it's going to be one of the best dates of your life
After that, his flirting does shaft. It turns more into him sending you “Good morning 💛” texts and checking in on you throughout the day.
Also he cooks for you.
He flirts by learning your favorite dishes and learning how to cook them perfectly.
As far as he’s concerned, cooking for someone is the oldest expression of love and care, and he’s a sucker for cute traditions.
He also starts to recommend media based on things you like. He’s flexing that he knows your taste
Ultimately Nanami flirts by showing that he knows you well, which is weird to say lol.
Suguru Geto
Prince Charming
Charismatic as fuck.
Out of all of these men he's the best at flirting.
Suguru is very manipulative, and that translates Into him being phenomenal at flirting, because he can manipulate your emotions.
I'd give an example but I can't cause he's better at flirting than I am by a mile
I think it's very subtle at first. Almost like him planting the thought of you liking him into your brain.
And once that seed has grown into a full on tree, his flirting becomes more overt, so you know he likes you and you like him
He definitely pebbles.
Giving you wildflowers he picked while the two of you were walking, giving you used books he annotated for you, sending you memes that made him think of you.
Do not be fooled reader, this man is Baby's First Manipulator and this is the start of love bombing.
He writes poetry for you. The type of poetry that when you first read it, it makes you all giggly and love sick, but when you read it after the breakup you realize it was all just pretentious garbage.
SONG RECS.
Geto flirts by giving you song recommendations, sending you music that reminds him of you, videos of live performances he thinks you’d like, and the like.
Music genuinely forms the way this man interacts with the world, so when he starts sending you love songs that should honestly be the first hint that he’s into you.
He sends his homies over to go and hype him up to you, that's the vibe
The moment you say you’re cold he's covering you in his jacket.
“Where's my hug?”
Ok, no to the last point but also yes kinda.
I swear I physically CANNOT bring myself to be nice to Suguru
Satoru Gojo
the goofball
“Like my shirt? It’s made of boyfriend material.”
“Do you believe in love at first sight, or should I walk by again?”
“Did it hurt when you fell? Cause you're the only Ten I See…wait, I think I fucked that one up.”
Gojo is CHEESY I TELL YOU. MAN IS DRIPPING IN CRINGE, DO YOU HEAR ME?!
But, it’s almost charming just how earnest he is in trying to woo you.
He sends you those couple memes like “this could be us but you playin’” paired with a picture of minecraft diamond armor Halloween costumes
He takes you to watch slasher movies so you get scared and cling to him, but ends up getting spooked and clinging to you.
When he looks at you you just see his eyes glittering with adoration
When he looks at you he just sees you through the Shojo vision filter
He always looks for a reason to touch you. Brushing your hair behind your ears, his knees brushing yours when you sit next to each other, anything. As long as you’re comfortable with it of course.
He slips notes into your pocket with other cheesy pick up lines or cute little doodles.
It starts with him just jokingly flirting to hide his real emotions, but it only makes his heart burn brighter for you.
You noticed it, when slowly it turns from him laughing after a cheesy pick up line to him nervously chuckling and trying to hide his blush.
He can’t look at you without smiling, at least just a little bit.
His heart gets fluttery and he starts to get a little more stuttery.
He decides that just flirting and leaving the chance of a relationship just hanging over you, indefinite and fuzzy, hurts WAY MORE than any possible rejection could hurt
He slips a note into your pocket that's like “Wanna go on a date with me? For real this time! Yes No”
Gojo’s flirting just shows his inexperience with romance and seduction tactics, but it’s almost charming in that way
Ryomen Sukuna
The Monster
This man is Radioactive besties, idk how to tell you want nothing he’s peddling.
He doesn't even flirt.
His flirting is telling you you belong to him and slaughtering anyone who dares to disagree.
He flirts by being nice to you homie.
Actually, no, scratch that. He flirts by not being actively hostile.
His tsundere ass would literally kidnap you, force you to spend as much time with him as inhumanly possible, and still be like “I don't understand why you think i like you.”
Basic kindness is his flirting. Like, honestly I don’t know to go about his section of this because he just doesn’t flirt LMAO
Him flirting is him just like, staring at you like a weirdo and just expecting you to know what that means
Him flirting is calling you woman instead of wench
On the real though, flirting is mostly seen in him being over protective of you.
Like, god help any other person that talks to you where he can see it.
He’s going to choke slam them.
He picks on other people than immediately looks at you for approval because he thinks that sharing violence is flirting.
Honestly, that’s how he flirts. He goes out of his way to try and gain your approval.
He’s like a cat that brings you a dead bird, only the dead bird was another possible suitor.
Except he doesn’t know how to be a decent human being so it’s just him doing the most unhinged and horrific shit then looking at you like “I do good?”
No Ryomen, you don’t do good.
And yet, you’ve won my heart anyway. What a bother.
#jjk#jujutsu kaisen#ryomen sukuna#satoru gojo#kento nanami#suguru geto#gojo x reader#satoru x reader#nanami x reader#suguru x reader#sukuna x reader#gojo headcannons#nanami headcanons#sukuna headcanons#suguru headcanons#geto headcanons#jjk headcanons
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Btw what would you recommend to watch or read as a starter for understanding Pink Floyd lore?
I would definitely start off with these two books:
Comfortably Numb: The Inside Story of Pink Floyd by Mark Blake
and
Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd by Nick Mason (<3)
I cannot tell you how many posts I've made that are derived from passages of these two books. Nick has the benefit of having been there, and he has sense of humor that literally made me laugh out loud many times while reading it, but Mark Blake has a bit more of an objective stance on events and adds details that nick wasn't willing to (such as their coke use in the 80's). They offer a good balance.
You can access pdfs of both of them here:
As for videos I'll defer to others' recommendations in terms of broader-scope floyd lore (e.g., a good documentary that's well-balanced and not weird about syd – any recs?).
The obvious answer would be to make sure you watch Live at Pompeii early on, or at least the accompanying interviews because that's where a LOT of the memes come from. (in general, the benefit of being a pink floyd fan is that they avoided the media so much that it doesn't actually take that long to catch up with Actual Footage of them – at least from while the band was active)
#probably goes without saying but#i learned a lot of surface lore (and deep lore) from just picking out my favorite songs/albums and google searching for quotes about them#that's where you find out shit like#'comfortably numb was inspired by roger getting hepatitis from eating bad seafood' or#'he thinks andrew lloyd weber stole the theme for phantom of the opera from echoes and is SO mad about it'#idk if this is for yourself or someone else but i hope this is helpful#asks#pink floyd
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but now the cosmos crawls with monsters
KACY. 30s. She/They.
This blog contains adult content, please do not follow if you are a minor.
hi friends! I'm Kacy, I write fanfiction! I like ducks and heavy metal! I mostly use this space to talk about The Vampire Chronicles, but I also like Sheith, and horror films, and kink theory! I am an asexual porn writer and I'm obsessed with Marius!
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I mostly use this space to talk about VC since the fandom is either dead or toxic as fuck on other platforms. I've been into VC since like THE YEAR 2000 LOL. I had fics that got taken down in the FFnet purge! Ancient! Marius is my favorite character and I'm more partial to Marius subplots/timelines. I'm also really into the Devil's Minion and Trinity Gate! I'm super into whatever the fuck was going on with Marius & Daniel! I could talk about Armand all fucking day! Pandora is my hero! Please expect posts about these things! I didn't love the AMC adaptation so I don't talk about it very often, because I try to focus on stuff I enjoy. ♡ TAGS
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INTRO POST
I realised I never made an intro post so here I go:
I’m James! Or James-Spooky 🙂↕️ I’m 18 and use he/him pronouns. I have the displeasure of unfortunately being british but the plus side is living in one big tma reference. I post mainly magnus verse content here and I’m very active (probably too active) on Pinterest where you might’ve seen me before! I love making silly posts and memes for tma/gp 🙏 My ao3 is james_spooky if u want to indulge in my malevatouille madness - I’ve been posting on Pinterest for 2 years and have become more active on tumblr this year :)
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I’ve written four books 🙂↕️🙏 planned like a billion (countless pinterest boards on my acc) I have like 6 active wips 😭 (☠️) Also writing a podcast which is really fun! I’ve thought about making writing posts etc. but also that’s scary lol 🥴 I might soon though!
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PAC: I am donating hella clothes and had a deep clean session where I had an existential breakdown because I realized my sense of self has been ripped away from me 🧸
Disclaimer: please take what I say with a grain of salt and not as the gospel. I just want to share some ideas of practicing and giving advice using the medium as often as I can with school, work, and my own personal studies and practice. Doing a lil event!
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Completion ⭕️
Four of wands, Venus in the 3. Aries, Chesed through Fire
To actually understand yourself you must strip away the titles that you hide behind. Change is not easy its actually incredibly laborious, remember to rest and to keep making steps. Every step you take which will better you is worth it.
Adjustment 🫖
Venus in Libra, Saturn, Libra, Geburah to Tiphareth, Air
You need to be fair. To grow you need to find the balance between instinct and the reality from which you live in. To gain knowledge, to learn about yourself, you must take those steps outside of your comfort zone. You must strive for balance between work and rest as well.
Princess of cups 🦢
Venus in water, Earth in the waters of Briah, Malkuth
Nostalgia will drag you down and keep you complacent in a floating island of tenderness. Its good to be tender especially in such a hard world but you cannot allow it to in prison you. You must explore your inner world as well.
Extras: 🫖
Story/vent:
My event for tarot pulls, book recs, and magic advice is still going till the 16th! But also my asks are generally always open im just making an effort to respond with work and school etc
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UPDATED 11/26/23
In the summer I created a discord server with a "book club" approach to reading and reblogging fanfic for Bucky Barnes. It was a mix of readers and writers - some I knew a bit before the server, some I was getting to know for the very first time. We had weekly themes, a couple of sleepovers, and lots of connections were made across the group.
We're inviting new members for winter!
Our purpose is simple: READ Bucky fics (with an emphasis on works that have been published over the last year), REBLOG them with some commentary, and REVEL in doing that with other book club members.
There will be a new theme each week now through the new year, and fic recommendations will come directly from our members. There's not a quota of reblogs to fill every week to be part of the club, but I AM looking for our book club to have members who generally want to participate - no eternal lurkers. We will be encouraging the highlight works of different lengths (flash fiction, short and long one-shots, and multi-part works) so each member can engage as they have time and energy.
While Bucky fic recs and reading is why we came together, it's only part of what we do - there are areas for pets, plants, memes, general chatter, writing and brainstorming, birthday celebrations, sleepover games, thirst channels, and just general fun to be had all around.
THIS IS A STRICTLY A 20+ SERVER.
The other thing that's vital to me for this book club is the sense of belonging which being part of a group like this can bring, and all of our current members know and understand that and have built a unique culture of genuine connection. Some are active multiple times a day, some we just see a few times a week, but there is commitment to show up and engage to get to know each other. I've been part of two book clubs where I both met strangers that became lifelong friends and got to know people I already knew better by bonding over the reading/discussing/general book club antics/discussions (both ridiculous and heart-to-heart kind). B&N is proving to be a place like that for the membership that have made it what it is now.
So if you read this and you want to join based off what I'm putting down here, please join us.
I feel like this goes without saying, but I'd rather state it outright than have anyone get the wrong idea: this is a Bucky Barnes book club. We will be reading/reccing Bucky Barnes fics only. Additionally, it's gonna be majority x reader. If Bucky x reader is not your jam or on regular rotation, then this will not be the place for you. (And that's okay for us to acknowledge and accept.)
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Pen Pals(Veneer X OC)Chapter 1
AUTHOR’S NOTE: Oh my god, I fell in love with Veneer and Velvet the moment I heard their silly little quotes and songs. I also have fun drawing them!? Anyway, this story is completely for fun, though it’s been a while since I’ve last written a fanfiction. Nothing is beta read in this chapter, so be kind if pointing out mistakes. Below is something I drew specifically for this fiction (though obviously it was inspired by the Barbie and Ken meme)
Also located on Wattpad and AO3. Chapter 2 and 3 are already located there, but soon will be here as well.
Once they had been arrested, Veneer and Velvet were booked and thrown into prison immediately. Well, it was more of a correctional facility if anything. A place where they wanted to prepare young adults who had made stupid mistakes for the outside world. Velvet didn’t take the change well but Veneer made no complaints, believing that it was the right thing to do because of the crimes they had committed. All those Trolls they had hurt…It weighed on him more than it did his sister. Velvet received a harsher sentence compared to her brother. Veneer’s was smaller because his heartfelt confession helped save the Trolls from his sister and expose their scam right away.
However, the two shared a cell in the correctional facility due to a bit of a crowding issue. Their rooms were split in two, one side for Veneer and the other for Velvet. It wasn’t the ideal living situation, but Velvet was the only one complaining about it.
The siblings looked completely different than what they used to. With no access to makeup in the facility, their faces were blank and deprived of any makeup and creams, and both adored the orange jumpsuits that read “Mount Rageous Correctional Facility” on the back. Velvet complained about her looks and image on the daily, as if it had not already been diminished.
Veneer sat at his desk with one of the books checked out from the Library, trying to somehow read and drown out the voice of his sister whining in the background. It was hard to do both at the same time so he closed the book with a loud sigh, “What is it this time, Vel?” he asked and spun around in his chair to look at his sister.
Velvet was half laying on the bed, her knees hanging over the edge. She threw her hands up and around dramatically as she spoke, “This isn’t fair! They took away another hour of my rec time from me just because I wanted an extra five minutes to eat. Didn’t I tell them I’m a slow eater?” She kicked her feet around as if she were a child having a tantrum.
Veneer leaned against his palm, unimpressed. As always. “And how did you ask for this extra five minutes?”
His sister glared. Did he Really ask her that as if she had done something wrong? “I asked, like a normal person! DUH!” she retorted sarcastically, throwing her hands up.
Veneer rolled his eyes. He seriously doubted that, but he wouldn’t say that out loud. “Maybe…just maybe Vel, you should ask a bit nicer,” he suggested and added before she could interrupt, “Unfortunately, the people here don’t like to deal with our attitudes.”
“Me? An attitude! As if! This place is worse than a shoe store with no branding,” she groaned. “And a restaurant without lobster.”
Veneer gave up talking to his sister and turned back toward his desk. There was no use arguing with Velvet. She was an entitled brat. She always tried to get the last word in, and it was impossible to point out her mistakes, or her flaws. In her eyes, she was flawless and never did wrong, and only did right. He’d dealt with that entitled attitude his whole life, and that attitude was the reason that he was in the correctional facility right now. It was honestly pathetic, but there was nothing that he could do about it except not give in to her tantrums and ignore them when they arose. Of course, it was easier said than done. She practically threw a rich snobby princess tantrum every day. “Why don’t you back me up anymore, like you used to?” Velvet abruptly sneered. Veneer could already see her expression without turning back around.
“Veneer, don’t ignore me.”
Over time, Veneer had found ways to stand up for himself. It was easier when they weren’t next to each other, but also because he was over her and her dramatic antics.
“Because.” Veneer closed the book he was trying to read, “It’s your fault we got into this whole situation in the first place.” He had to resist the urge to turn around and throw the book directly at her head.
“You didn’t exactly stop me when I kidnapped the Troll.”
“Because I couldn’t Velvet!” He argued, finally turning to her, “You took the Troll without even telling me at first. You put him in a diamond perfume bottle without a word. I knew it was suspicious when I suddenly caught you singing one day, or remotely have any talent. I bet if I didn’t walk in on you in your room that day with the Troll, that you would have kept all of that stolen talent yourself and left me at home with our parents, which by the way, I CARE about the fact that they disowned us. They get death threats because we scammed everyone, and can’t practice their dentistry anymore. They sold their business to pay off our debts, and you think they hate us? I know you hated them, but do you honestly think that they deserved all of that?” The entire ramble left him in a single mouthful it felt, leaving his sister appalled. He had so much to say to her that his words tumbled out almost all at once.
Velvet gasped, her jaw wide open and a hand over her heart, as if he tried to strike it. “They deserved it, Veneer, for the way they treated us growing up! They were nobodies and didn’t give us anything.”
“How did they treat us, Vel?! They literally did nothing wrong our entire lives! We had everything we wanted! You got a car for your sixteenth birthday and you pawned it off to buy a stupid golden ring! You don’t even have it anymore, you threw it down the drain when we became total frauds and got more money, which you used to buy worthless junk. Our parents are saints compared to how you talk about them.”
“Are you saying this is all my fault?”
“It is, Vel. It’s your fault we’re in here because of you. And I won’t change my mind about that.” He turned his back to her once again. Ever since they had been arrested, it had been nothing but anger between the siblings, bubbling over the tea kettle. Veneer swore that his steam was running out fast around her.
“It’s your fault too! You used the Troll as much as I did!”
Veneer ignored her.
“Veneer, you can’t throw all the blame at me!”
Veneer ignored her again, at least until he heard her stand up and stomp toward him. Right as he flipped around, she grabbed the front of his orange jumpsuit and began to shake him. She bared her teeth in anger at him, shaking him until his neck popped, “You can’t throw all the blame on me, Veneer! That’s just not fair. You used the Trolls just as much as me, so you’re not a perfect saint. Neither were our parents. You don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“What do you mean?!”
Metal clanged on metal and the siblings turned around to face the door of the cell. One of the Correctional Guards stood at the door, his baton against the cell bars, clinging back and forth until he had their attention. He glared at the two, though mostly at Velvet—the universal trouble maker. “Behave yourself Velvet, and stop arguing. That or I can extend your banishment from the rec room to the whole week. You wouldn’t want that would you?”
Velvet, still holding onto her brother’s shirt, glared at the officer, debating in her head if this was still worth it. If fighting her brother was worth the only freedom that they got in that joint. The two shared a long eye contact battle before she gave in, letting her brother go after shoving him back into the chair, and returned to her bed. “Whatever,” she snapped before rolling onto her side with her back facing the two.
Veneer adjusted his shirt before looking at the guard, a bit frazzled and his heart racing. Even she got to him sometimes. “Whew…” Saved by the guard.
The guard watched Velvet and when he felt as though she was calm enough, looked to Veneer, the one he really wanted to talk to. He took out his keys from his side pocket and the clanging of the metal made the two perk up. “Veneer, your counselor wants to see you now.”
Velvet immediately interrupted, sitting up, “What about mine? Doesn’t she want to see me?”
“She would, if you would stop destroying her office at every appointment.” He stopped fiddling with the keys and glared at the sister, waiting for her to settle down again. He looked to Veneer and waited for him to approach the bars, as part of the protocol for entering and leaving the cells.
“What for?” Veneer asked, approaching the cell door. “It’s not time for my appointment, is it? I don’t think it would be…” He sounded panicked.
The guard opened the door. Veneer was required to step out and press his back to the wall with his arms out and palms faced down. Veneer was a low threat so only one guard was needed, though at some point Velvet needed four. He quickly locked the door because as expected, Velvet threw herself against the door and grabbed the bars in rage and growled. She even reached down to try and swipe the keys as they were shoved back into a secure pocket. The guard scoffed in her face and turned to Veneer, patting him down. The guard took his shoulder and pulled him in front of him, letting him walk where he could see him.
Patting Veneer’s shoulder, he chuckled, “We really need to get you your own cell, buddy boy. Your sister gives me an ulcer everytime I open her cage. She’s like a dog who’s had everything handed to him, but still darts out the damn door whenever it opens.”
Veneer chuckled nervously, “Yeah…Uh, do you know why my counselor wants to see me? I didn’t do anything bad, did I?” He tried not to panic or ruminate like he used to. Besides, nothing he did was as bad as his sister…Though he honestly still felt as though he was a kid again, being sent to the principal's office, just multiplied by ten and with more consequences.
“I dunno, they don’t tell me anything. She didn’t seem mad, if that makes you feel any better.”
“I think it does.”
Veneer fidgeted his hands on the walk to his counselor’s office, guided by the guard. The guard opened the door and only shut it once Veneer sat across from his counselor. His counselor was a middle-aged blonde Mount Rageous person. She was prim and proper, and despite her strict posture and formalities of speech, she was a caring woman with bright blonde hair and honey amber eyes. Her office space matched the same atmosphere of her person. Everything was neatly arranged. There was a funky splash of red paint on the wall, pictures of cute animals under cheesy motivational quotes. There were also nick nacks scattered across the room. One of them was one of those solar powered bobble heads dancing along to no beat, sitting across from Veneer with a playful catty smile.
Linda greeted him with a warm smile. Veneer was still getting used to having someone like Linda to talk to. She always listened and never interrupted him, like his sister did.
“Dr. Graham…Uh, why am I here?” he asked and the emotions immediately flooded in, trapped within from where he had been dealing with his sister all day. He sunk down into his chair, trying to hide, “I’m in trouble, aren’t I?”
Linda gasped and reached across the table. She knew that Veneer wasn’t a touchy-feely person, so she touched the desk right in front of him instead. “No, no, no, dear! Actually, I have something exciting to share with you.” She waited for Veneer to slide back up into his chair and sit properly.
“What…is it?” Veneer asked hesitantly. He expectedly leaned forward.
Linda bounced, her own excitement showing as she pulled out a folder from her file cabinet. Everything was so perfectly organized that it took no time for her to find anything. “Since our system runs on good behavior, and you’ve been on your best behavior—might I say even better than those who have been here for years—we decided to give you a huge reward. Now, we don’t just give these away to every patient here!” Her hand was on a document, which she pushed across the desk then flipped it so it faced him.
Before him was a blank tan file cabinet folder.
Veneer’s eyebrow raised. “What’s in that?”
“You won’t know until you open it. Go on!” She pulled her hands back and clapped as Veneer reached for the folder. He picked it up and opened it to the first page. He read it and frowned.
Before he could get words out, Linda cheered and clapped her hands some more, “It’s our Pen Pal Program! We like to give these out to our top most behaved patients here. We were quite surprised to see how well you turned out, and how quick and well mannered you were, so don’t take this reward lightly!” She said and took the document back, flipping through the pages, explaining every single one of them until Veneer’s eyes couldn’t keep up with his brain.
“Wait, wait…So I earned this?” he asked and put his hands on the papers, taking them when Linda let go of them. “What do I do with this? How does it work?”
“It’s easy!” Linda began to explain, “You fill out these forms and I scan and put it into the system. After a bit of Beep Booping on the keyboard, the system finds a pen pal that will be suitable for you! The system is surprisingly 95 percent accurate. When a Pen Pal is assigned to you, you receive their first letter and then write a response to them. After that, you basically send letters back and forth to each other. It’s very old school and the only part that technically plays a role is to keep your documents up to hand and sort out who your Pen Pal is!”
Veneer was distracted by the exaggerated hand gestures Linda made as she talked. He shrugged it off and began to flip through the papers, looking at them carefully to make a decision. Having someone new and different to talk to sounded…different.
“If you fill this out right now while I still have you in my office, I should get everything uploaded and submitted within a couple hours.” Her fingers clacked loudly against the keyboard. Then she looked to Veneer and gave him one of her trusting, and warm smiles. “Is that something you’re interested in, Veneer?”
After looking through the last of the papers, Veneer took a second to think it over in his head. It would be nice to have conversations with someone from the outside world, considering he no longer had his parents. For once, he wouldn’t have a conversation centered around how did you get here? How did you get busted? Best of all, he could have someone to communicate with that wasn’t his sister. That was the icing on the cake. That’s what stood out to him the most.
Placing the papers back down on the desk, he looked to Linda with a determined expression. He held out a hand to her, brows knitting together. “Pen, please.”
“That’s it! YAY!” Linda took out a pen from the pen box that was organized by type of pen, colors, and probably even ink levels. Veneer took the pen and began to read everything meticulously and filled out blanks while he glanced over the paper. Linda was quiet, but played calming and relaxing music that she knew Veneer liked to help him focus.
The paperwork didn’t take long, and he finished it in less than thirty minutes. “Can you look it over and make sure I didn’t forget anything?” he asked, sounding timid as he handed the papers over.
Linda took the papers and flicked through the pages at lightning speed. A smile crossed her lips. “It’s perfect, I’ll get everything ready for you and you should get your Pen Pal within a week or two.” She looked at the watch on her wrist. “Woo, look at the time. You have to get back to the cell for quiet time. Your favorite time!” She clasped her hands together. “Veneer, I’m so proud of the growth you’ve gone through these past months. You must have been eager for change before you walked through our doors.”
Veneer blushed at the compliments and rubbed the back of his neck. She wasn’t necessarily wrong. “I’m not used to all these compliments…I don’t think I deserve all this praise.”
Linda shook her head and placed her hand back on Veneer’s spot on the desk, giving him a soft and understanding smile. “Just because your sister made you fight for affections, and do terrible things, doesn’t mean you’re less deserving of love. Remember what we talked about, okay?” She leaned back in her chair. “Also, Veneer?”
“Yeah?”
“I received your report for transferring rooms and approved it,” she answered, watching as Veneer became brighter every second. “We just have to wait for a room to become available, alright? You’re next on the list, I promise.” She nodded her head.
Veneer was disappointed knowing that he had to wait a bit longer, but nonetheless was happy that there was at least one person fighting for him. He nodded his head, determined before standing. “Thank you, Dr. Graham. For everything.” He felt appreciative of the woman, who had gone out of his way to help him become a better person.
A different guard stood outside when Veneer came out of the room, and nodded to the male. Walking in front of him again, he walked all the way back to his room. He felt an anxious pit in his stomach, knowing his sister was there waiting for him and already heard her voice hounding him to tell her everything he discussed with Linda, as she always did. And he didn’t want to do that. Sure enough, his sister was waiting for him with her hands on the bars, and once again the guards had to fight simply to keep Velvet within her cell. It was the same thing everyday, and maybe this Pen Pal program would help change things.
Veneer was tired of this life.
#veneer#veneer and velvet#veneer trolls#trolls veneer#velvet and veneer#veneer fanart#veneer fanfiction#trolls#trolls3#trolls fanart#trolls band together#trolls fanfiction#veneer redemption arc#veneer x oc#trolls oc#oc story#art#fanart#artist#digital art#my art
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Dreamling Nation proudly presents:
1st Sandman Anniversary Celebration ✨
On the 5th of August of 2022, Neil Gaiman blessed us with the TV adaptation of one of his most beloved works, The Sandman. 365 days later, the Sandman fandom has blossomed into a beautiful, brilliant and unhinged community. This week, we celebrate this community, the show that brought us together, and all the amazing creations that were born from it! 💖
We want to dedicate each day from August 5 to August 12 to the Endless and all the great fan creations they’ve inspired. For this event, we’ve come up with a list of activities and prompts, so everyone can participate in their own way! Wether you choose to share your own works, your favourite fics and art or to create something entirely new, this celebration is for you!
We look forward to celebrating together and wish you a wonderful Sandman Anniversary! ✨
✨THE EVENT✨
5/8 - Saturday - Death
share the first post/creation you saw in the fandom!
6/8 - Sunday - Desire
share your favourite smut creation!
7/8 - Monday - Despair
share your favourite song/playlist/video!
8/8 - Tuesday - Destruction
share your favourite pairing (non dreamling only)!
9/8 - Wednesday - Delirium
share your favourite meme/crack post!
10/8 - Thursday - Destiny
share your favourite meta and/or headcanons!
11/8 - Friday - Dream
share a fic rec list with your favourite fanfics!
12/8 - Saturday - Hob
share your favourite side character!
✨PROMPT LIST✨
5/8 - Saturday - Death
ankh / darkness / “come with me”
6/8 - Sunday - Desire
kiss / longing / “I need you”
7/8 - Monday - Despair
sadness / hope / “I’m afraid”
8/8 - Tuesday - Destruction
endings / new beginnings / “let’s do it together“
9/8 - Wednesday - Delirium
drugs / imagination / “what are you thinking about?”
10/8 - Thursday - Destiny
fate / book / “that could change everything“
11/8 - Friday - Dream
story / dream / “am I dreaming?”
12/8 - Saturday - Hob
trust / friends / “what would you do without me?”
✨tag us and use #DNSandmanAnniversary and #1st Sandman Anniversary to be featured on the blog! ✨
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Master Recs: Webcomics (Vol. 1)
I enjoy webcomics. I like being exposed to accessible art, to witness the evolution of artists and storytellers who bring their individual viewpoints to the table, expressing themselves through the medium of free comic books! I spend an inordinate amount of leisure time perusing the old sequential literature. As a result, I follow a ton of people that would give it to me. Now, I wish to recommend a few of these works from my constantly expanding list. I shall begin with a small taster of five, currently ongoing projects to wet your appetite. Let us go.
Preeny Has to Repeat 6th Grade by Jasmine Coté
Preeny is a brush-tailed kitty, fluffy both in appearance and personality, and she might just be the Chosen One to save the world from Darkness – as it is often the case. This comic vaunts a peculiar shtick: the setting is populated by adoptable furry OCs the artist has bought from DeviantArt kids, effectively creating a Kingdom Hearts style fictional universe for the Mid-2000's Sparkledog subculture. This works both as a unique selling point and as a clever metatextual conceit that informs the themes of the story, which is an earnest celebration of creativity, childhood and self-expression, untainted by the cynicism of "You Posted Cringe." It's funny, cute, sincere and it hits you right in the feelings.
HELLO FROM HALO HEAD by Batshaped
The author describes it as "An exploration of the multitudes a person experiences as a response to trauma. Also cartoon animal adventures. I promise it's mostly funny. it's a trauma comedy! a TRAUMEDY!!!!" Indeed, I would say it's an apt summary. The strip began life as a series of Animal Crossing fan comics which would eventually spin into a darkly humorous, twisted yet oddly wholesome deconstruction of kinks and emotional repression. Soon enough, it was rebooted and morphed into the understated, original masterpiece that it is today. Every page oozes with ethereal colours, a delicate yet decisive trait and subtle foreshadowing as a yet unclear narrative starts taking shape behind the surface of "cartoon animal adventures." A rewarding read for those who enjoy to obsess over every detail and pick apart allegories. It's the Thinking Man's TRAUMEDY, if you will.
Haus of Decline: Gay Comics by Haus of Decline
Sometimes, all you need to create a widely appealing classic is a good set-up, a punchline and impeccable comedic timing, all of which encapsulated into the confines of a traditional 4-panel strip. Actually, now that I have typed it, that is one of the most difficult crafts to master. Haus of Decline is a ubiquitous work that has managed to achieve the coveted "Meme Status", swimming in the immediate periphery of your Internet experience. You might be aware of it thanks to that one Steven Universe joke that stands tall as the most succinct and accurate parody of that show. As of right now, I am yet to encounter a single strip that isn't a comedic slam dunk or at least chuckle worthy. If you enjoy a spoonful of irreverent, queer, scatological, sometimes personal humour in your breakfast bowl than this is the cereal box for you!
Molly's Future Mishaps by Peyton Partyhorn
It's the year 2000, the Earth has blown up. Right before that, humans managed to send a rocket full of sea slugs to Europa, one of Jupiter's satellites. It is now the year 3000 on Europa. Molly the slug meets Jo, a sea bunny time traveller from the year 4000. After a soda-related debacle, they both wind up at the end of Time itself. The titular mishaps ensue. Molly's Future Mishaps presents an overly complex amalgamation of premises, each more outlandish than the last, that lays the foundation for what is, in essence, a straightforward character-driven piece. It explores a group of people attempting to finagle their way across Life, their feelings, anxieties, societal pressure, self-worth, many "What If's" and "What Could Have Been's", with timey wimey shenanigans serving as the backdrop for their reasonably scoped adventures. Their personal and interpersonal journeys keep the bizarre, somewhat nonsensical nature of the Universe grounded in a familiar space - in a manner not too dissimilar to that of a Douglas Adams' novel. In truth, the initial run of the comic mostly focuses on comedic high jinks, which tend to be hit or miss, but the writing improves dramatically when it starts exploring the characters' psychology and emotional hang ups. For me, personally, the turning point was the (inevitable) Time Loop arc, which I enjoyed for reasons that will become obvious if you know about my feelings for In Stars and Time. In short: this comic has a high-stakes Absurdist/Existential Sci-Fi premise that belies a refreshingly "Down-to-Europa" story about a bunch of 20-something cartoon slugs. It's relatable!
Dolmistaska by AngusBurgers
In many ways, this one defies description. You should just go read it. Seriously, go read it! It's great! Exceptionally well-drawn too! It looks like an underground Punk comic from thirty years ago. It lures you in with the understated intrigue of its unclear premise, its oppressing atmosphere, environmental storytelling, savvy use of lighting and shading, before dropping everything on you all at once. The protagonist is a non-binary cat person with gremlin energy and a knack for vehicle-related heists. Read it. You'll thank me later.
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That would be all for now. There might be more webcomic recommendations in the future, whenever inspiration shall strike - or I get in a writing mood. Thanks for reading... and happy further reading!
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#madhog thy master#webcomics#comics#molly's future mishaps#hello from halo head#haus of decline#queer#furry#comedy#trauma#dolmistaska#punk#preeny has to repeat 6th grade#sparkledog#kingdom hearts#webcomic day#master recs#recommendation#LGBTQ+#Queer#steven universe#queer comics#gay#batshaped#peyton partyhorn#deviantart#tumblr#review#allegory
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SoTFD Ask Game!
Adapted from @stephofromcabin12, I present to you, my rendition of the Ask Game™
Send in the following, and I’ll reply accordingly:
🍇: Give a random fun fact about a character (canon or OC! Please specify which)
🩻:give me an Out of Context CapCut meme
⚰️:give me a random PJO!Sona Lore Drop!
💻:out of context [insert Fic Title] line! (Please specify which fic!)
🗣️: Write a blurb about [OC] (please specify which oc)
🤍: random song that fits [Character/OC/Fic] (please specify which!)
😎:give me a SoTFD meme!
🫥:give me behind the scenes peak!
🌈:Make a new oc! Using only three words [please include 3 words]
🪐:give me Fic recs!
✨:Shout out my fics!
⭐️:give me random headcanons on the gods!
🍪:Give me random mortal parent headcanons
🏛️:give me random Cabins headcanons!
🔏:Make AJ write for 10 minutes
✂️:share a line of dialogue that’s been cut from SoTFD
🖋️:Share a Line of Dialogue in SoTFD
🧸:write a blurb about [Character/OC] as a child!
⚔️:Give me an out of context SoTFD spoiler (meme format only)
⏱️:write as many words as you can in [specified amount of time]!
🤔:Tell me your projected plans for SoTFD!
🍕:Share [Character/OC’s] favorite foods!
🌻:Got any advice for [topic]? (I’m not the best at advice but I’m the dad friend so I’ll try my best!)
🥀:give me an out of context ANGSTY SoTFD meme
🍀:Tell me about your writing process!
🦋:apply the butterfly effect to [Character/OC]
💙:favorite RRverse moment?
💜:Least favorite RRverse moment?
✏️:one moment you’d change in the RRverse?
🔎:Share some of the canon divergences you’ve taken
📸:share a photo from your Pinterest that fits [Fic title/Character/OC]’s Aesthetic
🎥:Who would you fancast for [OC]?
🎮:give me some game night headcanons!
🖍️:show us some of your art!
📖:got any book recommendations?
🎤:give me one song that helps you write!
🎰:Spin The OC Wheel ™, and tell me a cool fact abt whomever it lands on!
🃏:Wild Card; you come up with a random question for me to answer!
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I’ll probably add more later, but here’s some to start out with!
I’ll start answering them as soon as I can!
#percy jackson#pjo#percy jackson and the olympians#percy jackson fanfiction#pjo ocs#stories of the forgotten demigods#writing#heroes of olympus#my percy jackson ocs#percy jackson oc#ask game#stole this from Ame#love their stuff#ask and you shall receive#emoji ask game#I haven’t slept so this might be a bad idea#oh well I work best when sleep deprived#AMA!
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fleur's tenth tumblrversary thank you post
hello, friends! it's been a decade plus two days since i created this tumblr account, and i never could have imagined what de-lurking would bring to my life and all of the wonderful people i'd meet. thank you to all of my friends and followers for making my experience here so amazing. i love you all very much!
here's a round up for my blog pages, for any new folks or people who typically use mobile:
about / fic recs / tags / how to tumblr / & x-kit / PCOS
there’s 16 years’ worth of doctor/rose (mostly, but far from entirely, nine/rose) fic recs in those pages, between teaspoon and here and AO3, and ten years’ worth of extensive tumblr tagging, so go nuts! ;)
speaking of fic, there are two things in my tumblr experience of which i am the most proud: collaborating on two amazing stories with @chiaroscuroverse, and coining the term "smupdate" way back in 2015. :')
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a round up of some of my most used tags:
about fleur / fleur replies / fleur does the meme / fleur has an OP tag / christopher eccleston / nine/rose / simm spiral / film recs / i want this dress / pink
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since i haven't been as active on tumblr as i used to be, here's how i'm also filling my time: knitting, reading romance novels, and looking for progressive politics + progressive christianity people and spaces. if we know each other and you want to find me elsewhere and nerd out with me about any of those things, send me an ask or an IM and let me know!
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and, it's officially the weekend, so let's do a sleepover weekend thing to celebrate:
tell me about your favorite blogs and i’ll @ them
rec me something: fic, books, movies, tv, music, etc.
send me a pun or a nerdy fact
tell me about your cat, if you have one
tell me what you're crafting/cooking/making
send someone a sweet anon ask (i won’t know if you do this, of course, but you’re welcome to tell me that you did! i love knowing when people are sharing the love.)
my askbox is open
#tumblrversary#tumblr milestone#fleur has a blog#fleur has an OP tag#fleur does the meme#sleepover wekeend#fleur and csv collab on fic#smupdate#chiaroscuroverse#for tagging purposes
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Fan Work Saturday Sunday
I got featured in @dungeons-and-dragon-age's post, so I'm doing this also!
Rules: If you're tagged, MAKE A NEW POST and showcase one fanartist or fanfic you recommend (with links), and tag someone to give their recs next! Don't forget to reblog the rec you were tagged in!
I am going to bend the rules a little because I want to show off stuff both from the Dragon Age and Pillars of Eternity fandoms, so it's going to be two fanart recs and two fic recs, actually.
Fanart rec #1: @dungeons-and-dragon-age
Specifically the June tarot card. I don't know what it is but its muted colors and scratchy textures have captivated me. Somehow you got a digital piece to look like an actual scratched up collectible card someone scanned and posted online? Also it's just a really solid design, I wouldn't question it for a second if I saw this on a book cover or something.
Fanart rec #2: @ederteylegc
For this list I am asking myself "which fanart pieces live in my head rent free" and no one should be surprised that for Pillars of Eternity my answer is Edér fanart. It's just. I love it when a piece of art conveys an idea in shapes and colors and this one does Just That. I really like how it shows The Parallels and I like the color scheme and I like how this just straight up looks like a comic book page.
Fic rec #1: @curiouslavellan
Listen, I have to mention See Fire, And Go Towards Light.
I did not expect to like this fic as much as I do. Like, I expected to like it a normal amount, as in "cool, I get to read about the journeys of my mutual's blorbo! this will be fun to tune into every now and then".
I was not ready for how much I ended up liking the writing itself and the way the main character is written? Her POV as a Tranquil is more distant, but she makes interesting observations about how other people behave around her, and her non-Tranquil POV is just really lovable. The word "immersive" is used for basically anything these days but that's how I would describe the writing in this.
Fic rec #2: @solas-backpack-mug
First of all, I should probably mention that solas-backpack-mug also has an excellent selection of Pillars of Eternity fanart (especially of their ocs Rangi and Asaria, which are technically kind of the same person, it's complicated) in a variety of mediums and fresh home-grown memes.
That being said, I am going to recommend this short fic about Asaria's death, just because I really liked it. If you know the plot of POE1, it's a fun read that does justice to Thaos' whole ominous manipulative deal, and kind of feels like a flashback you would get from touching a relic that used to belong to the unfortunate POV character.
Tagging: everyone mentioned in the recs who hasn't done this yet! Pretty sure that everyone else I can think of has been tagged already.
#fan work recs#tag game#herearedragons speaks#dragon age#pillars of eternity#<- you know what. yeah. this goes in the tags#get recommended
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15 and 25, for the vid rec meme!
15. a multifandom vid
As is probably clear from my output, I love multifandom vids. I think even a lot of non-vidding fans have seen bironic's Starships! vid, and possibly my favorite multifandom vid of all time is @monkeyswithjetpacks's shot-for-shot remix of that vid using only sources from before Apollo 11:
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One of the most impressive works of vidding of all time. You can see a side-by-side comparison of the two vids here.
25. a vid that uses still image(s) or other unusual media
I have a real fondness of comics vids that encapsulate the feeling of a particular arc, book, or issue, and I could name a dozen of those, but here's one by absternr that always makes me incredibly fond of Matt Fraction's Hawkeye:
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let's do 3, 7, and 14 for the ask meme!
Hello, my fic reccing friend! Thanks for playing 🥰
😂 A fic that made you laugh out loud
Ok, so I answered this one here, but another fic that killed me was Taste the Way You Bleed by @cha-melodius, a What We Do In The Shadows AU featuring Alex and Henry as vampires who pine and bicker FOR CENTURIES, and honestly the Super Six playing the rest of the vampire crew, the use of the mockumentary format, all the deadpans to camera, everything about it is truly masterful.
💯 A fic that makes you think #writergoals
Love-Love by @smc-27 , a writer who has such an amazing ability to build new AUs and set up whole worlds even in very short fics, and always leaves me desperate for more. This one is a tennis AU, and I have a big soft spot for sports fics, plus I'd recently read Carrie Soto is Back when I read this, and they've both melded in my head to form this small but strong obsession with tennis love stories. No, I have not yet seen Challengers.
🤩 A fic that made you SLAM that “subscribe” button
This is a recent one and it's not finished yet, but This Is More of a Comment Than a Question by @caterpills is a fic in which Alex is a publicist who ends up having to go on book tour with an author he once admired and now hates--Henry Fox, of course. Probably some weird psychological reason as to why I, someone who once worked in publishing, is super into a publishing fic. Do I miss it? Am I glad to be out of it? Does the snobbery make my skin crawl? Yes, to all of it.
Fic rec ask game!
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Hii dear for the fic recs how about 🔁 😊 🤩
Hi, friend! Thank you so much for the ask <3
-> A fic you’ve re-read several times
Oh man, so many! I re-read fics a lot, which is weird for me because I hate re-reading books, haha. My favorite fic to re-read is probably The Color of Love by @crimsondomingo, and of course any and all @moriavis fics.
-> A fic that made you smile on a bad day
Tbh when I’m having a really bad day I don’t usually read fic at all, but recently I did start reading Just Friends by @holycafe and it’s such a delightful read! You really can’t help but smile at the shenanigan.
-> A fic that made you SLAM that “subscribe” button
Ooh, good question. I’m not actually subscribed to a ton of fics because I keep forgetting to do it XD The last one I subscribed to was This Is What You Came For by alex_jude because I thought the concept was very intriguing (they’ve been putting the rest of us to shame—well okay mostly me—by updating almost daily!) I’m also always psyched to get emails about like a damaged nerve, like a dark bird by @coldflasher (an amazing Time Traveller’s Wife-inspired Coldflash fic, 100% recommend) and also from @softboydepot (author subscription, not any particular fic. It’s all great!)
Thanks again for allowing me to gush about other people’s fics ( ˘ ³˘)♥
Fic Recs (Ask Meme)
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my online fandom experience in 2007-2008:
-First learned about Death Note by randomly seeing L in an AMV on Youtube in late 2007 and being intrigued by how he looked. Have never watched an anime in my life but wanting to know more about this emo lookin' dude. Found some website where I could stream it, immediately getting spoiled for his death by somebody in the comments on episode 1 (the 2000s was RAMPANT with gleeful spoiler trolls, these were the days of people driving by Harry Potter midnight grand opening lineups for the new books to scream SNAPE KILLS DUMBLEDORE type shit)
-Binge-watched the whole show in a couple of days. Immediately haunted by the "what if"s of Lawlight and start reading fanfiction.net fics about it. Wrote a gushing review on a fanfic and start talking in emails with the writer who writes back to me. I think at the time the most popular Lawlight fic on the site was Poison Apple by RobinRocks (which I didn't read, because I didn't like reading AUs back then, nor did I like the idea of mixing Death Note with Disney princess imagery... my absolute fave fic was Coexistence is Boredom by sakurazukamori6, which was still being updated at the time)
-The Another Note novel and the How to Read 13 were already out, so most of the stuff the fans know now about the characters was already known and being used in the fan stuff by then. I bought the entire manga set at my local bookstore and read the first five volumes of it, but not the rest (because back then I was one of the people who lost a lot of interest in the plot once L was dead)
-Got invited to follow a popular fanfic writer's Death Note LiveJournal where people are doing most of the things you see them doing here, analysis and shipping and fic and memes. However a lot of the journals and communities were private and accessible by invite only, so I only ever saw stuff there as it was filtered through the journal of that one welcoming fandom friend I made
-Got into random private email conversations with the odd fan once I start posting my own fics on ff.net (I wrote one of the very first Beyond Birthday fics). At some point I remember a girl who called herself diane-chan from somewhere in South America emailing me a doujinshi she had scanlated (I think it was called Taikutsu by Balgus REC) and emailing some pics and penpal like letters back and forth. Connecting with other fans was a very slow and individual-like experience compared to something like connecting over social media is now. There wasn't much of anything like online group chats taking place in real-time, per se. I suppose MAYBE you could create one on MSN Messenger or something, but the experience of being in a fandom in general online was just much more fragmented and based on personal individual relationships, I think. Unless you were meeting up with people in person at conventions or something...
-Ships didn't have ship names like Lawlight back then! It was either called L/Light or Light/L, because whichever name came first in the pair indicated who you liked as the top (or the "seme;" people would often say "seme" or "uke "rather than top or bottom back then). They were treated almost like two totally different ships, and you definitely had to tag your fics accordingly or else people would get mad (I am very glad that ship names now exist)
-Omegaverse didn't exist back then either! That was a whole new world I had to get familiar with once I got back into this fandom around 2016 lol (and I still have never really fully got onboard tbh)
-Watched the occasional fan videos on YouTube, often things like Windows Movie Maker slideshows set to music with fanart of the characters or cosplays and the like
-It used to be REALLY hard for me to find clips of the show to use or edit or anything like that. The English dub still wasn't out yet anywhere I could watch it when i was into the show in 2008, but I remember hearing L and Light's English voice clips and thinking that L's was great and Light's was a bit cringe in comparison to the Japanese one. I wanted to watch it again but I didn't want to have to have an internet connection at all times to watch it, so I bought some shitty ripped illegal DVD of the Japanese dub on eBay from China, and it came with extremely lolworthy broken English subtitles (stuff like Light reading that passage out loud in class and the subtitles saying "the wisdom of the sheepus"... that one is burned into my brain)
-Trying to connect with other fans in person about it was not really possible for me where I lived? Being into anime was considered extremely cringe at my school at the time. And other people I knew who had watched or read Death Note either simply weren't that interested in it anymore to the same degree, or were usually straight dudebros who were only into it so far as to think about which character was smarter than which
ANYWAY I say all this just to reminisce, and I will always enjoy how easy it is to connect and share the content with the other fans like it is nowadays, because I remember the days when that was much more difficult hahaha
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