#me vs having an inconsistent writing tag

[al-luviec]

something simple to try to get out of art block (it didn't work)

[aloesarchives]

Tags/Warnings: Fem!Reader/Pronouns, Swearing, Gojo has a hard crush on you, Gojo vs Toji Part 3, The word ass being used, Toji straight up having beef and fighting a bunch of teenagers, Nicknames such as beloved and hon(ney), JJK OCs, Out of pocket moments and sayings, Me being an annoying narrator

[Semi-proofread, informal formatting, and edited as of 12/22/2023 10:18am CST]

Summary: One of the truths behind Toji's beef with Gojo

Word count: 2.8k words

(A/N: I spent 10pm-6am writing this because I just need to or I would never forgive myself if I didn't! I promise I will have some of the "Toji lives" AU posts ready by next week because your girl got her ADHD meds back in stock!! Thank you for being patient with me and my inconsistent updates!!) (12/22/2023 6:05am CST)

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The REAL reason Toji has major beef with Gojo is because Gojo had a crush on you during his high school days when you would sub for Yaga in the classroom and training sessions. He did try his best to keep it under wraps but Geto was like,

"Bro, she's the same age as Yaga-sensei. . . Stop reaching, Satoru. . . Do I need to remind you who (L/N)-sama is married to again?"

The Gojo responded with, "Suguru, I don't give a shit about that loser. He's a bum, anyway. The question you should be asking is why (L/N)-dono is fucking married and still in-love to a deadbeat like him. I would have been a better option. Face it Suguru, I'm right."

While Satoru has a point, as Suguru noted, it doesn't change the fact that Satoru was crushing on a MARRIED woman who had TWO kids.

Though it was true, Satoru would have technically been a good husband/father/lover. However, there are many reasons why it must be ruled out.

Satoru is over half your age. Picking him meant allegations and a prison cell. Gojo tried reasoning with you, "But (Y/N)-dono! Age is just a number, give me two years!" "And Prison is just a place, Satoru-kun. I don't want to be labeled as a child predator, let alone be framed for "seDuCinG" the Gojo heir. I want to have a clean record."

While his personality brought you happiness, his carefree nature would clash a lot with you. He can mature but his child-like spirit and carefree persona isn't something you would personally deal with.

He was more of your protégé/junior/student if anything. You saw him more as your son and acted like a parental figure. You wanted to watch him grow and mature. Not become his lover.

To spite the higher-ups and Jujutsu elders(excluding your clan). Given you were a powerful and skillful sorcerer, marrying Gojo would be "BeNeFiCiaL" to Jujutsu society. However, it meant that you were on a watchlist 24/7 and pressured to have an HeIR. It made you physically sick and ill thinking what those old useless dementia white-haired cowards are allow to do that just to better "society" but not its citizens.

You are MARRIED to a man who is trying to step up after his major fuck ups. It's not perfect but Toji is his best trying after you gave him his life and freedom. Since he technically can't leave your home or go to Jujutsu High without your supervision, he's basically househusband duty. And he was getting pretty damn good at it too. Plus Toji's hot, he got you feral and gnawing at your teeth with his signature smile and smirk. And the way his arms flex when he crosses them, or how they feel when you link arms together.

While it wasn't super obvious, okay it was obvious, you always shot down Satoru's playful confessions and light-hearted shenanigans. Basically rejecting him every time. Usually, Suguru would warn you in advance but you know it would happen with each interactions. While you firmly turned him down, you made him understand why it can't and WON'T happen. You still care for him, just never romantically, only platonically and motherly. You made it clear that his "love" for you was just a strong admiration and infatuation disguised as a crush.

Though he was heartbroken, at first. Satoru slowly understand what you mean and his crush slowly fades away as it's replaced with immense respect for you.

HOWEVER, it still linger and not widely known because Toji finally gets word of this through the grapevine. A.K.A, through his two children Megumi and Tsumiki. It happened one day when you brought the two to the school so you can keep a close eye on them since they didn't have school that day. Toji was out doing errands so the two kids are accompanying you. Megumi and Tsumiki were occupied with their books and toys while you taught and trained the students. Megumi and Tsumiki went to find you because they were hungry and you had their lunches. As they looked for you, they see you talking to Satoru. They meet him a couple of times but he's still a stranger to them compared to Shoko or Suguru. So when they see Gojo with you, all alone with no one around, they thought it was major sus.

As they snuck closer, they could hear bit and pieces of what Gojo is saying to you. Megumi lowkey thinks Gojo is super annoying and acts more of a child then he does. But what catches his ears first was something with along the lines of, "(L/N)-dono, please consider it-" "Satoru-kun, how many time will I need to say no to you? You know I can never feel for you that way. Plus it's bad for me to agree to it. You know that it's admiration and infatuation if anything. Not love."

See Megumi knows you only use love as in 'I love you" to him, his sister, and his dad. But to this dude? Nah, something fishy is going on and Megumi gotta tell his dad about it. Megumi comes running, yelling "Mommy!!!". You and Satoru turn to see your son running to you and colliding with your legs. You crouch down and pat your son's head and smile at your daughter following behind him. Megumi hands your hand tightly as you lead them away to have lunch with your kids. Satoru made a face at Megumi when he saw the kid glare at him.

Once you three made it home, you're in the bathroom changing into some home clothes. Meanwhile, Toji was cooking dinner while Megumi and Tsumiki were waiting for you at the dinner table. As Toji was asking them about their day with you, Megumi brought up Gojo's advances and confession towards you. When Megumi said this, the beef Toji was about to flip plopped right back onto the pan. He looks back at Megumi and asks if there's anything else that he can share. As Megumi shares what he has seen through his perspective, Toji asks Tsumiki to confirm is this is all true, to which she said yes, backing up Megumi's claims.

"Yeah, Papa. Satoru-kun is weird. Even though Mama keeps saying she's married to you, he still does it. Tsumiki saw it too."

"I see... Thank you, Megumi and Tsumiki for watching and taking care of Mama for me. I appreciate it a lot. Can you tell her that dinner is almost ready?"

The kids nodded and went to go get you. After dinner and putting the kids to bed, you were sipping your favorite drink as Toji is doing the dishes. You would have helped him but he said no. While you two were talking, he brings up Satoru and his school crush on you.

"Toji, beloved, you know that it's just a small crush. It's nothing more then puppy love for me. Nothing more and nothing less. And you know that you're the only man that I am willing to give my heart to."

"I know that, (Y/N). But what does this brat got on me to think he's a better match for you? Just because this kid is practically a god doesn't mean everyone will bow down to him. I'm definitely not one of them. And to know that said brat is flirting with you even though you're visibly married with kids, he needs to read the room. I will be going with you to school tomorrow. The kids go back to school the next day, and I already got this week's groceries and cleaned the house."

You would have protested if Toji didn't give you a searing kiss while caging you in his arms. Fuck he looked so hot. Curse him and his good looks *punching the air*.

"Fine, you can come. BUT, Toji you need to behavior yourself. You already knew the deal. You better not be doing any funny business."

"Yes, Ma'am. You're the boss, I promise you." Toji says as he gave you a kiss on the cheek before lightly patting your ass.

After dropping the kids off, Toji accompanies you to the school. Toji is just silent and sits in one of the chairs as you do your lessons. Toji is leaning on the chair with a smirk plastered on his face. Not a care in the world. After a few lessons, you were going to teach and train Gojo, Geto, and Shoko for the rest of the school day. As you went to their classroom, they greet you, especially Gojo. However, the mood changed when they saw Toji walk in behind you, wearing nothing but a black slim fit t-shirt and grey sweatpants. Toji gave a head nod to the teens while he just takes a seat in a chair to lean on it. The three were shock to see him.

Particularly because they did expect him to come with you to the school at all. Suguru had an idea but he hoped it wasn't going to be it. After teaching a lesson, you told the three to practice their curse techniques and let their curse energy loose. While doing so, you told them that you would have to speak to Yaga for a bit on something and would be back 15 minutes tops. You told Toji to behave, and he nodded and gave a thumbs up. As you leave the kids and your husband on the train grounds, that's when the storm started brewing. Toji walks up to Gojo and is 3 feet from him. He smirks while looking at him up and down, sizing him up. Shoko and Suguru are on the sidelines as Toji, a married adult male in his 30s, was beefing with a 16 year old high school student.

Suguru: "Satoru, I don't think this is a good idea-"

Satoru: "Hush now, Suguru. . . It's my time to shine. . . Watch the master at work."

Suguru proceeds to roll his eyes but becomes a little weary after his last encounter with Toji was. . . unideal. Given one of their teachers was shot in the throat by Toji saving Anamai, and himself getting injured. It wasn't something he wanted to constantly get reminded of. But ever since you liberated Toji from the higher ups and explained it to your students, Suguru has slowly been changing his views on Toji. It will take a while but it's getting there. Anyhow, Suguru told Shoko to book it once the two were going to throw down.

Satoru: "So, what brings you back here, Toji~? You just couldn't get me out of that little mind of yours~? You're mad I'm 1-0 with you?"

Toji: "Kid, I'm pretty sure that it's 1-1 since I won our first battle. Anyway, I heard through the grapevine that you gave (Y/N) a love confession. Don't you know it's bad to confess and hit on a married woman who has kids? Were you taught any manners? Then again, by the way you act, you probably have none."

Satoru: "You're just mad, Old Man. That I, Satoru Gojo, would treat (Y/N)-dono better and treat her worth. Face it, Old Man. I'm a better match for her than you'll ever be."

Toji: "Like she ever goes for someone half her age, Brat. Plus, you'll never look at you as a lover ever. You're more of a son to her and that's the closest you'll get."

Satoru: "Well, she doesn't need a bum like you around. Imagine fighting a bunch of teens and getting your ass beat by said teens. Skill issue if you ask me."

Toji: "Watch your tongue, Boy. Remember who made you struggle for the first time in your life and actually killed you. While, you know, fucking up your best friend, the second strongest sorcerer, with no curse energy? I got your ass with no gifts other than being a superhuman with weapons. You can never beat me, I'm just built different, Kid."

Satoru: "You wanna test that, Toji~? You got no curse weapons with you. I can pack you up like you're a school lunch."

Toji: "Kid, please. I don't need any weapons to beat you, let alone kill you. You see this? This is a rock, and I can use it to beat you. I also still have my hands too. And I am more then willing to give it to you, Gojo~kun."

Satoru: "You think I'm scared of someone like you? I've ascended, enlighten if you will. If you even know what that word is. Throughout Heaven and Earth, I alone am the honored one. Remember those words, Fushiguro-san? Remember them good because I will put you six feet underground."

Toji: "I see then, Kid. . . So you're playing God? I guess that makes me a God Slayer then. . . Prepare yourself, Kid. . ."

Satoru: "Alright, bet then, Bozo."

Thus, Gojo and Toji started to go at each other for round 3. Shoko was already gone and the two started fighting in the training grounds. Five minutes have already passed and they have made five decently sized craters. Just as both of them were about to throw a punch at each other, they suddenly felt a powerful presence which halted them. They turn to you walking towards them with a furious face unimaginable.

"GOJO SATORU AND TOJI (L/N) FUSHIGURO!!!! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!?!?! I LEAVE FOR LESS THAN HALF AN HOUR AND I GET CALLED BACK BECAUSE OF THIS!?!?"

"(Y/N)-dono!!"

"(Y/N)!"

You moved like a blur and appeared next to them vice gripping their forearms tightly. You dragged them to the nearest empty classroom you can find or any room. You were just so livid that you didn't hear Gojo whining about your grip and asking to let you go like a child. As you let them go once you dragged them far enough, you smacked both of them hard on the head. Shoko and Gojo were watching this as Yaga appeared right next to them shortly. It was interesting seeing two of the most broken people in the world kneeling with their heads down in-front of a woman who doesn't have god-like abilities.

"GOJO, WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT USING BOTH OF YOUR ABILITIES DURING TRAINING SESSIONS!?!? YOU KNOW THE CALAMITY AND DAMAGE YOU COULD'VE CAUSED!?"

"BUT (Y/N)-dono! He-"

"NO BUTS, GOJO!! AND YOU, TOJI, I LITERALLY JUST SAID NO FUNNY BUSINESS AND YOU'RE ABOUT TO CREATE THE NEXT SECOND COMING OF CHRIST. I DON'T NEED ANOTHER RAPTURE HERE. I'M STILL DEALING WITH THE AFTERMATH FROM THE TWO OF YOU AS IT IS!!!"

"Okay, Hon. I take full responsibility for my actions today."

"YOU BETTER, TOJI!!! YOU'RE A FULL GROWN MARRIED MAN WITH TWO KIDS!!!"

"But (Y/N)-dono, I was not going to kill him last time-"

"NO ONES DYING HERE!!! NEITHER OF YOU WILL NOT DIE AS LONG AS I AM AROUND. I WON'T LET THE BOTH OF YOU KILL EACH OTHER OVER SOME PETTINESS AND A BOY CRUSH."

You start to calm down but you are still firm with them.

"I know this started because of Satoru's crush on me. . . Satoru, I will not love you romantically and date you. Please understand that. I care for you like family and that is said for the rest of you. Yes you, Suguru, Shoko, and Yaga. And Toji, I'm not leaving you for a child. I would be in jail and not working here. . . Geez, I saw this from a mile away but never expected this to happen. Now, you two better behave yourselves or else. You two don't have to say sorry or anything like of the sort. Just don't go tearing at each other's throats when I both am and am not around. Please, for me. . ."

The two looked at each other before saying a soft yeah. After that, Yaga told you to go home early and he would take it from there. You had to patch up Toji a bit but it wasn't anything of concern. From then on, Toji and Gojo just banter and bicker with each other. It's funny to watch except for Megumi since he's seeing his dad beefing with his unofficial adoptive older brother 24/7.

Satoru eventually grows out of his crush for (Y/N) but Suguru and Shoko never let him down. Hell, it's a running gag in the school about Gojo's old crush on you. Gojo always gets super embarrassed about it, especially when you join in but it's all fun and games with you all.

The only person who genuinely hates it is Megumi because the thought of Gojo having romantic feelings for you and trying to woo you made Megumi visibly ill and sick to his core. He would lowkey help his dad beat up Gojo if Gojo's crush on you became serious again.

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💙Author's Notes💙: 💙I am truly grateful to each and everyone of you in showing me that my writing is enjoyable to read!!! I appreciate you all from the bottom of my heart for making my comeback worthwhile! I hate to sound giga cringe but every single one of you that likes, reblogs, and comments on my writing post make me want to continue writing because I know that there are people out there that like what I make.💙 💙So once again, I am truly grateful and feel appreciative that everyone single one of you enjoy what I have been writing. I hope you all stay healthy, drink your water/favorite drink, treat yourself kindly, and take a break because you earned it!💙🥰 ❄️💙💙Happy Holidays to all of you, my GOATS!!!💙💙❄️

[throwawayasoiafaccount]

When I see stuff like this I kinda want to bash my head into a wall:

To start off, I’m not sure whether this person was commenting on book or show Cersei, but honestly, it doesn’t even matter because she’s so much more than the ‘ambitious villain’ or the ‘murderous girlboss’ tropes in both the book and show.

(Of course, I do have my issues with the way Cersei was written in the show like most people but this is simply a rant post so I’m not going to go through the differences of Show vs Book Cersei)

Cersei is a female character who was shaped by her environment, who’s insecurities were created by her environment, and she’s a woman who’s idiotic mistakes can be traced back to how her environment shaped her. She’s much more than a murderous girlboss, she’s both a victim of the system and also a beneficiary of it, while also acting as an agent of it to keep the status quo while also desiring what the system denied her.

Cersei is NUANCED and complicated and even now people hate that about her and want her to have been a purely evil woman handcrafted in a vacuum, ignoring the context of her life because readers would rather not engage with Cersei’s victimhood and nuances because that ruins their idea of: She Was The Problem and Always The Problem. (People would rather say that she deserved her walk of shame instead of interacting meaningfully with the theme of systematic gender-based violence that is so prevalent in Cersei’s story. The exploration of patriarchal violence in Show Alicent’s story is done so horribly in comparison.)

And what really pissed me off about these tags is that this person has clearly decided that they don’t care to interact with the nuance of Cersei and are fine with flattening her, and yet they shit on others for not liking Alicent.

Because of the way Alicent is written in this show, she almost always has a ‘woe is me I can do no wrong’ attitude, which of course drives people away from the character (woe is me I deserve to take a child’s eye 🥺). However, what actually annoys me is how she’s made out to be stupid, foolish, ignorant, and inconsistent due to the horrible writing of this show, all of which are deviations from her book characterization. Also, I despise it when people want me to support writing decisions and changes made in adaptations that are downright misogynistic and are meant to attract the male gaze.

But what pisses many people, including myself, off is how the changes made negatively impacted many other characters. Alicent’s terrible characterization is like a black hole that distorts and warps the whole story! It’s annoying af!

So when people like this say: ‘She’s nuanced and people just can’t handle it 🙄;’ I say: No. She’s horribly written and a different character from the book and people have a right to be critical about these changes that stripped a female character of 1) her agency and 2) her intelligence!

And the thing is, there was little reason for the writers to have made all these changes to Alicent’s characterization! In the book she is an interesting character with clear motives and understandable reactions. She’s cunning and ambitious and acts the way a noble lady who became queen would. And despite her clear ambitions and dislike of Rhaenyra, she still makes a comment wondering about who would protect the Princess from Ser Criston, and yet she then takes Cole into her service after his falling out with Rhaenyra. That’s a perfect example of nuance! Show Alicent could never compare to book Alicent’s clear moral values and consistent disregard of said moral values in pursuit of power.

And because of this, Book Alicent isn’t easy to stomach. It’s hard for most people to come to terms with a character like her and it’s even harder for people to feel sympathetic for her at the end when she went mad with grief.

On the other hand, Show Alicent was designed in a way to garner pity, and when the writers felt like her current arc wouldn’t be enough to garner the specific reaction they wanted they would then throw in a time skip and suddenly she’s completely different and yet still Thee victim. She’s designed to be as sympathetic as fucking possible! The camera angles, the background music, and the lighting is set up in a way to make sure you the viewer feels pity or sympathy for her! Cause that’s her role in this series! She’s thee Ultimate Victim!

But too bad for the writers as many people are fed up with this kind of inconsistent writing. Even when the writers created a whole new challenge for Alicent where she’s shitted on by the green council and forced to face the beast she helped to raise, I and many others could never feel any satisfaction as it was clear that once again Alicent was being made to be Thee Ultimate Victim who was just led astray by the patriarchy and was a victim of it and was only just realizing it so don’t you pity her don’t you feel sad for her and now she’s trying to do the right thing so pls pls pls pity her 🥺~ So it shouldn’t be surprising that many people are annoyed by these eNLiGhtEnEd changes that have led to a complete deviation from the source material.

To summarize: Cersei is an excellent fucking character who’s by no means easy to stomach, and because she’s not easy to stomach she’s often reduced to annoying ass tropes by dumbasses who are reading above their comprehension level. But when you actually try to understand her, you can easily see why she turned out the way she did and you can feel sympathy for her while understanding that she’s both victim and perpetrator! On the other hand, Show Alicent is a mess and HOTD is trying to make her serve a different narrative role than she did in the books so ofc people are going to be unhappy with the changes as book readers are once again faced with the annoying reality that the writers don’t give a fuck about the source material.

[gunrave]

Ideas that I want to discuss on this blog

This isn’t in any order or anything this is just a bunch of thoughts I’ve wanted to talk about regarding this lovely series.

Trigun/Gungrave narrative & themes comparison: On a scale of "love and peace" to "kick their ass"

Brandon Heat is a combination of both Vash and Wolfwood

Is Bunji Kugashira similar to Nicholas D. Wolfwood in certain aspects besides appearance?

Vash & Knives vs. Brandon & Harry: Expectations of trust/loyalty

Bunji Kugashira's hangups about brothers (first Juji then Brandon?)

What's the history between the Kugashira brothers?

How canon is the Gungrave anime to the first Gungrave video game? Was Overdose supposed to bridge the two (appearance of Sherry???)

Why isn't there more Gungrave/Trigun crossover content?

Tsuneo Imahori is so good at music dude: How the Gungrave soundtracks create another layer of atmosphere & emotion

What the fuck was up with Gungrave VR & Gungrave G.O.R.E.?

How and why is Rocketbilly Redcadillac?

I want to see more hijinks with Juji and RB, they are sooooo

Why is Juji not in G.O.R.E.? (Sad but probably not canon idea that he was eventually overcome by the SEED in him)

What it's like to be a deadman aka why don't we let the Gungrave cast experience body horror too

Madhouse wanted the Gungrave anime to be a spiritual successor of the 1998 Trigun anime

Will there ever be another entry in the franchise after G.O.R.E.?

Trigun and Gungrave say aliens are real folks (maybe canon maybe not)

Beyond the Grave & Vincent Valentine: Two ultra sad goth bois that just want to take a nap in their coffins

Feel free to make your own post for any of these ideas or something. As I said before my activity on this blog is going to be pretty inconsistent so don’t expect anything from me anytime soon. Then again just last night I started writing a short little Juji story but I don’t know when I’m gonna finish it. I also plan to do fanart but motivation to draw has honestly become more evasive than wanting to write. If you have any questions or suggestions I’d love to read them in the comments or tags at least. See you guys later!

[ardentpoop]

guys please. you can’t be pissing in my cornflakes like this do you even know how fucking insane I am abt sam. is it not clear from the posts I make that you are adding tags like this to 💀

1) the thing abt “vibes” vs story structure is exactly what I am calling the fandom out for - going for the low-hanging fruit (pun intended Ha Ha) every single time rather than putting serious thought into the central characters and unpacking the horrific biases in the canon which are what contribute to sam being such a one-of-a-kind and easily life-changing character.

2) people who “like good writing and care about the mechanics of a story” DO last long with spn, and most of them are sam stans for a reason. it is a buffet of storytelling challenges (only lightly picked-over by the writers) and we’re here to actually eat lmfao.

3) I’ve said it before and I’ll say it a million more times if I have to - dean’s “struggle with masculinity” (debatable) is NOT inherently queer. he is in fact a character that perfectly embodies the ideal (hyper)masculine hero and is very clearly a product of the misogynistic and homophobic beliefs of the writers who shaped him. the fandom seizing on tiny moments where dean deviates from performing his masculinity as strictly (which btw is TYPICAL and EXPECTED for most if not all cishet Manly Men irl) as proof that he is secretly an entirely different person even though his identity is at its CORE one of the Good Son and the American Soldier and the Playboy and later the Tough Father like his own Tough Father before him… is frankly infuriating to me. he is not a subversive character - he is the archetype. what you should be questioning about dean is his framing as a hero and a family man based on his series-spanning patterns of behavior, but this fandom largely does not do that even a little bit. because they are here for “vibes” and ship bait and not storytelling.

4) sam is THE. the SINGLE most interesting character in this entire mess of a show by leaps and bounds if you’re watching closely. there are infinitely more layers to him to peel back than there are for any other main character in large part because of his position as the sidekick, the partner, the other, the “freak.” dean speaks more loudly than sam does which in a story with writing this inconsistent and periodically inept, means that a far more competent fan writer can come in and tease sam’s voice out based on the abundance of character-building potential the show’s writers dropped or eventually undermined.

TL;DR mandatory full rewatch for everyone in this fucked up fandom with their eyes glued to sam and a paper bag over dean’s head. or I’ll kill myself <3

[nctsworld]

GIFSETS: 148 FANFICS: 3 FOLLOWERS: 10K+ STATE OF MIND: SURPRISINGLY GREAT!

this will be a modified version of what people have been tagging me as i'm inconsistent with posting and i'm a hybrid cc.

thank you so much to @bethereforme (lia's year in review), @jjsungie (angi's year in review), @lee-minhoe (mel's year in review), @ambivartence (siyuan's year in review), and @fadedinmysong (n's year in review) for tagging me! love you all ♡

TOP GIFSETS THIS YEAR:

mark on expectations for him vs. his brother - nct 127: the lost boys ep. 1

mark + the compression sweater // mix&max choreo-record

xiaojun // nct nation: tokyo

xiaojun // i'll pick you up [the show 230704]

johnny on taeil's role in nct 127 - nct 127: the lost boys ep. 2

johnny x longines x esquire korea

doyoung in the black turtleneck for anadktfab series

mark - golden hour || favourite lyrics

j³ + glasses // dream loop: the last midnight #1

jaemin - areanahomme+ china behind

SETS THAT DESERVE MORE LOVE:

jeno x the black tank top // nct nation 2023

johnny + yangyang + jaemin from nct connection 2023 (it never showed up in the tags T_T)

mark's birthday set

best nct 127 album

quick workout with jaehyun!

that one renjun fancam for anadktfab series

NOTES ON GIFSETS THIS YEAR:

as y'all can tell, i make the most sets during my break time from work LMAO i cannot believe i've made almost 150 sets this year! during summer, i'm pretty sure i made almost 1-3 on average a day haha. as many have mentioned, it's disheartening to see the notes on the sets, but we do it cause we love to, right?

FICS THIS YEAR:

fever pitch - pro!baseball player mark

at your earliest convenience - in which haechan asks convenience store clerk!reader on a date

8:38pm - dance and college au with jisung (pwp)

NOTES ON FICS THIS YEAR:

i am so happy that fever pitch got so much love because it took me two years since beautiful mv came out to finish it. it's now officially my second most popular fic on this blog! i'm also pleased people enjoyed ayec; it was just a cute little fun fic. i really hope i continue writing the connection series and i hope to post at least one christmas fic soon! (i also have a slytherin!yangyang fic in the works too...)

LAST NOTES:

a big thank you for all of you who follow me and support me, whether it be for my gifs or stories or both! i can't believe i hit 10k followers this year - that's crazy! i know i had the celebration, but i honestly had only 2-3 requests, so it was a bit disheartening and a little embarrassing for me to want to do it TT nonetheless, i love you all! have a safe, happy holidays and i wish you the best for next year ♡

TAGGING (if you've done this already, ignore my tag + on the flipside, if you decide to do this, please see the other year in reviews i linked for a different version!):

@huangrenjuns @hyuckworld @hy-ck @neocitycafe @neoneun-au @sehunniepot @twiceland

[ragnarokhound]

your tags on that post you just rb’d (about dc being inconsistent and thus more open to fan interpretation) are so real that’s exactly how i feel about it

haven’t been reading the comics/watching the various animations + films for long but i have noted how differently characters and dynamics are portrayed per source

some of the writers (comics not fanfiction) can be a bit annoying when it’s clear that they don’t like the character they’re writing and it’s directly affecting how they write the character but for the most part it’s honestly kinda refreshing imo that dc has this yesterday does not reflect today sorta vibe when it comes to characterization and how the characters interact

like yeah let them be insane in different but complementary ways throughout the various forms of media <3 it’s a treat

they seem to do this especially with jason todd and like i’m all for it bc it opens up so many different ways fans can interpret his character in fanwork

there’s not really a right or wrong way to go about interpreting dc characters bc chances are, the source material has already portrayed them in that manner years back before scrapping it for a slightly different characterization (that still maintains a few core personality traits that act as the character’s signature)

kinda pick your own adventure in the sense that you can choose which canon version of the character/plot you like the most

(I got excited, wall of text incoming lmao)

Yes!! Exactly, yes - the funniest thing to me about writing fic for comics is that I'm p sure the Official comic artists and writers basically get a set of golden rules on the characters they're going to be writing for (batman must be x, dick grayson cannot do y, gotham must be grungy) but a lot of things are up to them.

While their stuff goes through edits and vets to make sure it will fit the canon...the canon is already one big, ongoing game of telephone. It's why we can sort comics ala the "golden age" vs the "silver age" and why these tonal shifts happen. So when you write fic, you're basically hitching a ride on this grand tradition lol you just don't have any industry standards you have to follow or edits that you have to make

And oh god, yeah, it can be very annoying when you figure out that a writer simply...does not like a character lol. Like, excuse me, DC, could you tag this for character bashing please

But I 100% agree, and i love that way you put it, that 'yesterday does not reflect today' - absolutely the vibe. The desire to be evergreen in comics means that they Will scrap things at a certain point to reintroduce a character so that they can tell a different story with them - which is fun! And very, very close to the nature of reading fanworks!

Every time I open a new fic, I have to reset the characters in my brain because a different author is writing them and will cherrypick the things they like about canon and about the characters. It's like a faster, rawer, and generally hornier version of picking up new source material lol (with many caveats about accuracy, something something industry standards something something "i know them best" but i digress)

"like yeah let them be insane in different but complementary ways throughout the various forms of media <3 it’s a treat" - points at this. yes. YES. YEESSSSS

And Jason. Ough. Jason is such a fascinating character to me, not just because of the whole black sheep of the batfam thing he has going, but because of the absolutely divisive nature of him. (I still reel over the whole 'do you HATE this child? Would you like us to KILL HIM FOR YOU? Vote now and we'll brutally murder a teenager!' thing. Like what!! That happened!!)

You can't get away from how brutal he is (cool backstory, still murder) but there is a wiiiiide range of sympathy to play from. You can figure out a lot about how a person feels about the death penalty based on how they treat Jason Todd lol

But yeah, I kind of love the modular nature of comics - from a writer's standpoint it makes it so much easier to relax about getting it "right" because like. There is no right way and also a hundred right ways, and you're doing fine sweetie <3

[quuma]

『 ℕ𝔸𝕍𝕀𝔾𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ : 』

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hello, it’s nice to see you here !! i’m q, an ever-so tired 18-year-old student that’s trying her best to juggle studying, working, and posting !

my blog is mainly twst and jjk (only recently started actually making content for that though :,) ) related! expect many rambles about my favourite characters [i.e. bbygirl jamil <3, ruggie, + ace]

i post both digital art and the occasional piece of writing for all of those fandoms^^

uploads will be inconsistent because of the aforementioned studies + just life in general !

/ᐠ - ˕ -マ♡ ꒱ ˎ feel free to send me asks whenever you’d like ! my askbox is always open ! i may take a while to respond to them because of school/work, but i always enjoy reading through them all !! they rlly brighten my days !! (ㅅ´ ˘ `)୧ ‧₊˚ ⋅ ☆

i also have two dogs !! one is a cavalier/maltese, and the other is a maltese/lhasa apso ! koko (born 2023) - the love and light of my life, who i love and cherish every day, and suki (born 2024) - who i hope has a terrible day (affectionately) <3

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journal:

[2022] TWST STORIES (they're ooc and kinda cringe but still feel free to read them hehe)

"thinking of you <3" - jamil viper (it's been 2 years but im still such a whore for the 'buying a clothing item that you think your s/o will compliment you on' trope FBDHASJFBHDJS)

"(not so) unrequited love" - part one [jamil, ace, deuce, + kalim]

"(not so) unrequited love" - part two [jade, jack, silver]

"twst students vs toilet etiquette" - all twst students + crowley (brother what drugs was i on when i wrote this)

sketchbook: 

no longer going to link all of them here (because there is simply too many posts), but still feel free to browse the tag !! just dont scroll further than 2023,, my pre-yr 12 2023 art is,,, indescribable (dare i say,,, mortifying)

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instagram.

tiktok. [i’m rlly funny sometimes teehee]

etsy. [international shipping is available!]

discord. ququqq #2037 [feel free to DM me whenever you’d like to, because i really enjoy talking to you all <3 !! but also realistically i get kinda freaked out responding to private dms sooo uhmmm maybe just send an ask on tumblr instead LMAO]

ko-fi. [can’t accept any coffees bc I'm banned from PayPal (wild story), but i’ll link it regardless !]

i’m also on twitter (let's be honest here, all i rlly do on that acc is retweet xiumin-related content) and artfol (generally inactive) under the username @/quuma !!

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16, 18, and 19 for the A03 wrap asks!

Hello, hello, sorry for being so slow to respond to your ask! I've been meaning to get to this, but it's not the sort of thing I like to do on a phone, and I've been avoiding my computer during this holiday break (except for writing and such) so that I don't do silly things like open my work email or do any lesson plannings while I'm off from school.

But! I have the time and the bandwidth this evening, so I'll go ahead and do this now!

16. What’s your most common “Additional Tags” tag?

I'm really inconsistent with my Additional Tags on AO3, honestly. I tend to be one of those folks who just tags characters and pairings and big genres or tropes, and possibly things like violence or content warnings. Other than that, I don't do a lot of additional tagging? But I think my favorite additional tag I used on AO3 this year was "Rampant backstory speculation that will likely be undone in future episodes but I'm okay with that." Because that is what happens when you're writing during a season of episodic television instead of after the fact.

18. The character that gave you the most trouble writing this year?

This is going to be so unsatisfactory, but-- none, really? I don't really think of it as having trouble writing a character, honestly. The trouble comes in writing something that isn't true to a character, or doesn't make sense for the character's understanding of a situation. I've definitely had trouble writing scenes before, or figuring out how to resolve a situation, but generally if I just think, "Well, what's the natural way for this person to feel about this situation? What would they say? What would they do? What are they noticing?," I find that I know the answers to those questions. So the issue it's so much having difficulties writing a character-- it's finding that the situation I've written is inconsistent with the honest portrayal of that character and their reality. And so long as I'm willing to delete the stuff that doesn't fit and move with the internal logic of the characters and their world, I can find my way out.

That said, I had such fun writing Clem and Cassian and Maarva. They're probably the easiest, most natural-feeling characters I wrote all year. I think one of my favorite bits of character-building where everything just flowed and felt right was the bit in It's the same old theme where Cass has just gotten into a fight at school. I felt like I understood a hell of a lot about those three characters in that passage, and I'm really proud of it. (And yes, I know it's a controversial take in ANDOR-fandom, but: I find Maarva fascinating, and I am going to write about her a lot, because it's so complicated and dense and I eat that shit up. YUM.)

19. What’s one pairing you want to explore next year?

Eh, I dunno! For all that I've read a ton of it, I really haven't written much in the way of direct Jyn/Cassian romance-- my only other ROGUE ONE fic previous to this year alluded to a Jyn/Cassian relationship, but it was in the past and never onscreen, as it were-- and I think I'd like to see if I can find my way into writing something that lets me dig into that in a way that feels earned and meaningful enough for me to be content. And while I am MASSIVELY uninterested in paying any attention to ship wars or any of that nonsense, I could definitely see myself writing about Cassian's relationship with Melshi, or another male character-- because he does read as bi to me, and I'm interested in how he relates to men vs. women in the show, and what that means in terms of desire and its expression.* Honestly, my feelings about pairings (or moresomes! let's not be limiting!) is: whatever, man. I like what I like, I write what I want, and y'all should do the same. This is how we build a fandom that is low drama, which is all that I want.

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*Okay, I'm going to ramble a bit here about something that I've been considering wrt Cassian and desire, okay? Okay. So: has anyone really grappled with what it means that Cassian was a thirteen-year-old boy who was incarcerated for most of his mid-teens? Prisons aren't exactly known as locations with a great deal of respect for bodily autonomy, and the Empire and most of the Core worlds seems to have a strong heteronormative traditionalism to them-- so it seems to me that if you were a boy who might be discovering that you're attracted sometimes to other boys, Sipo would not have been a kind place. And if you take that into consideration with how aggressive Cassian can get when some men get into his physical space (think about Taramyn, and Cassian's sharp, "Don't touch me"), versus how willing he is to be in close physical proximity to women-- I dunno, man. Something happened there, and it wasn't good. What I'm wondering is if Cassian desires both men and women (and all the spectrums beyond, perhaps), but feels less safe with men unless he really knows them. Because the way Cass relates to that unwelcome touch doesn't seem to be an expression of performative hypermasculinity, or anything like it-- Cass is more than willing to touch men, to hug them deeply, and let himself receive physical affection from them. Brasso and Pegla and Melshi all hug him, and he lets himself be vulnerable in all of those circumstances. But I think it happens less often with men for Cassian, because he feels at far greater risk.

[aniron48]

Hi! 3, 9, and 16 for the ao3 wrapped?

And apologies if you already answered these and I didn’t see it!

Hi, @themirokai! 👋🏼 thanks so much for this ask! I’ve been having so much fun with these.

3. What work are you most proud of (regardless of kudos/hits)?

After much deliberation, I think it’s got to be ‘tis the damn season. I’ve written a little bit about this elsewhere, but this was the thing I’ve written that felt the most independent from me, in some respects: it felt like the storyline had clear places that it wanted to go, and I had to figure out how to write in a way that honored that. Conversely, in other ways, this fic also had a lot of me in it—a lot of deeply personal topics like living with sadness, figuring out what we need, and how to let other people care for us without having to earn it. And the story felt risky in that the version of Bond I wrote here might not resonate with everyone—as noted elsewhere, his needs are close to the surface, his humanity injured, and his emotions on the brink. It can be controversial, sometimes, to write such a strong character dealing with such personal hurt, but it was something I felt I needed to do. So, yeah, I am proud of this one, I think, in many ways because I wrote it for me. 💜

9. Favorite pairing you wrote for this year?

I wrote 00q for the first time this summer, and I think it’s safe to say I’m hooked. There is just so much material that is ripe for exploration, there: duty, love of country vs. love of others, morally grey jobs and how we negotiate them, fidelity, second chances, performance of masculinity, love in the face of the risk of loss, overcoming first impressions—I could go on. 😂 I don’t think I’m anywhere near done, yet, but in the new year I’m hoping to write more NomiPenny, too, because I had an absolute blast with their storyline in Treat. Here’s hoping for lots of writing time for all of us!

And I’ve written a bit about 16 here—alas, I was deeply inconsistent with my tags, but hoping to work on that in the new year! 😁

Thank you again for this, and hope you have had a lovely weekend!

[cadmium-ores]

ok so I'm going to reblog A Post and I was like YEAH I'M GOING TO ADD A FEW TAGS TO COMMUNICATE WHY I FIND THIS RELATABLE + NUANCE but then I'd written two billion words so we're in our own post now

so ok ok this is the post: https://cadmium-ores.tumblr.com/post/761822297355108352

& so a while back while having like a Writing Crisis. which arguably I'm still having. like a "is my writing even good? if not, why? more importantly, is it worthwhile?" etc etc kind of crisis.

anyway so amidst this I was like alright well an evident difference between my own fanfiction, which feels mediocre, and lovely fanfiction made by other people, the ones that really hit for me, is the level of care paid to upholding a certain degree of historical accuracy. vs like my MO previously was often doing a lil Googling then deciding hm. well. interesting, but inconvenient, so I will ignore that.

but a lot of times good art needs constraints. a lot of times good anything needs constraints. so I'm like ok, I want to get better at this, so I should start doing more research.

except. now we are in a Trap. now we are encountering Problems. for example, it's extremely easy to end up doing more research than writing. honestly I keep thinking how it would be great to go check out some memoirs or some shit and just Absorb more amalgamate knowledge about my target time period. and like, I went as far as to buy a handful of magazines from the 20s, but like, I haven't taken the time to read them yet, b/c it's like...!!! ok but I'm trying to WRITE!!! and I have such limited time that if I READ a thing (or idk ramble a big long tumblr post into existence) I won't have time to WRITE any things, and then we're back to a completely different section of the crisis called "am I a writer if I don't have time to write for months on end?" which is NOT what this post is about SO

so like, looking smthn up is one thing. like Googling when X was invented is fairly quick and easy. and then you get to questions like the one in the post which like require some actual research, potentially, right? like, sure we know Z was around, but was it common? in what regions? among which economic bracket? etc. and — and this one is probably More Important for my purposes — it's not just the facts, it's the Vibe. there's a manner of speaking or whatever, and when people get it right, it hits!!

"why is the vibe more important," you ask. so then we're onto Big Problem Number 2, which is that I'm writing in an alternate universe!! a SIGNIFICANTLY alternate universe. and ok ok all of this is up for interpretation. in fact, despite the general fandom consensus to put WKM in the 20s, Mark NEVER stated a canonical time period beyond, and I quote here: “As far as, like, if you needed a time zone, from like the 1920s to the 1950s would be the time zone that I would imagine” (timestamp is around 04:12:55 in the "I EXPLAIN EVERYTHING" livestream)

that's it!! that's all we get from metacanon!! and like, it is Shown (in actual canon) that they have more advanced technology than the local 1920s did. obviously, canon is a little bit of a clusterfuck, you almost have to wave away at least some of the more inconvenient inconsistencies. And you can just pick the year that speaks to you and write as though it happened in that year, as that year played out in our dimension, sure.

but for me, the differences are alluring. that's part of what compels me. it's part of the brainweird I've got, so part of what I'm doing here is to explore that, unravel that. I don't want to ignore the inconsistencies, and to steamroll over local historical fact is equally to disrespect what I'm working with

so I DO want to do the research, but even when it is "was X invented by the time I'm writing this?" it's not as simple as finding out when X was invented in our timeline. like, ideally, I'd have a good working conception of the thing as it existed from like 1900-1940, and why — was it shaped by the wars? was it spurred by a particular event that happened in our timeline? etc — and then it's, okay, so how do I place this among the fibers of this timeline I'm uncovering, I'm weaving? if that event didn't happen, did something similar occur? would they be ahead of schedule, or behind, because of XYZ? if a thing was invented, but just recently from their POV, how would the characters' relationship to the thing be different from my own, since I grew up with it?

so it's like, to really do what I'm trying to do, I want to have enough knowledge to make thoughtful decisions

but also, like, I must put WORDS on PAGE. I am not writing if I'm not putting Words on Page, and it does not seem to be good for me to Not Write for extended periods. and besides, that's part of what's necessary, I think; I can intake a bunch of Information And Vibes, but if I don't play with it, move the pieces around, produce something, I'm not going to know what's right here, what really fits here. like, sometimes you don't know if the curtains were blue until you confidently say "the curtains were red" and get the visceral EYUGH? NO. that tells you apparently they were not, in fact, red

sigh ok. so there are two wolves inside me (and they're both gay) (and neither of them are writing right now) (and they're both beholden to the muse)

[shimmerbeasts]

how much do you proof-read as you are writing vs. proof-read at the end?

Roleplay Habits||Accepting.

I think I can say I am doing proofreading not that much in the rp space. Most of my proofreading is actually reserved for my original fiction or fanfiction. Again, I presume I didn't do too much proofreading because of my huge thread amount. Now that I plan on having fewer threads, I hopefully can also give them more care before I queue them. Not that I did too much for an individual thread. Over the years, people somehow beat formatting quirks out of me to the point, that I barely even use italics (save for thoughts) or bold (for emphasis) anymore.

For me, making sure my thread is easily readable was always more important than any fancy accessories. That is why I use small fonts for different things like the stuff in tag games. Something, I could see myself doing in the future when it comes to proofreading, is editing the replies to for example cut things and make them clearer and more streamlined. I mostly rely on Grammarly to catch inconsistencies and misspellings. Luckily the extension works on Tumblr.

[ao3feed-crimeboys]

Isn't Life So Fucking Inconsistent

by XylstGlitch

A collection of what happened and happens in the ‘Wild Birds Cannot be Tamed’ universe; the past, the present, and the future. AKA a further expansion of sequels and prequels I have yet the chance to write or insert in the main storyline in time, just a jumble of drabbles and me rambling :]

I. The aftermath 3 years after the ‘Factory Incident’, and how two brothers cope with the past.

II. How the Syndicate came to be, starting with a particular blond and a teen with flowy hibiscus hair.

III. Two strangers imprisoned in the same cage opened each other's hearts slowly but steadily.

IV. The daily life of two professionally trained doctors, cleaning up after their family who all have no self-perseverance.

V. “How the fuck did you adopt so many children (and adults)?” -Wilbur

VI. A little bonding between a former mafia member and a mafia boss.

VII. “No, I’m not Phil’s secret biological son so shut the fuck up.” -Tommy

VIII. The daily shenanigans of Benchtrio with an occasional Fundy visiting.

IX. “Necromancy is poggers.” -Tommy again, probably

IX.2. The SBI chapter that should have existed but doesn’t until now.

 (To be updated if I have more ideas!)

Words: 4332, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 3 of Wild Birds Cannot be Tamed, Part 3 of Xylias’s TWB MCC 2023 Fics

Fandoms: Minecraft (Video Game), Video Blogging RPF

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Categories: Gen

Characters: Wilbur Soot, TommyInnit (Video Blogging RPF), Phil Watson | Philza, Technoblade (Video Blogging RPF), Fundy (Video Blogging RPF), Niki | Nihachu

Relationships: Wilbur Soot & TommyInnit, Fundy & Wilbur Soot, Wilbur Soot & Technoblade & TommyInnit & Phil Watson, Niki | Nihachu & Technoblade, Wilbur Soot & Phil Watson | Philza

Additional Tags: He/Him and They/Them Pronouns for Wilbur Soot, The Writer's Block MCC Lime Llamas, The Writer's Block Minecraft Championships 2023 (Video Blogging RPF), TWB MCC Event, TWB MCC Event Lime Llamas, TWB MCC Event Bingo But Fic, Alternate universe - Mafia, Identity Issues, Identity Reveal, Wilbur Soot is Not Okay, Wilbur Soot is Bad at Feelings, Wilbur Soot is a Mess, Wilbur Soot-centric, Wilbur Soot Gets a Hug, yippeeeeee, Dreams, Dreams and Nightmares, Dreams vs. Reality, Inspired by Dreams, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Blood and Gore, Murder, Character Death In Dream, Not Really Character Death, Swearing, Gore, Flashbacks, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Fluff and Hurt/Comfort, Fluff and Crack, Fluff and Humor, Song Lyrics, Title from a Lovejoy Song, Reunited and It Feels So Good

[knightorchids]

22 for hand holding !!

Thank u for the prompt anon! This was my first time writing angsty middle of the war catradora so i hope i did okay!!

Hand holding 22 – grabbing the other’s hand to pull them back from something

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Their fights were a flawless routine at this point. A snarky quip here, a dodge of the blade there, the swipe of sharpened claws through the air as they inevitably scraped against She-Ra’s sword. To some, this routine may have become boring. They may have moved on to try something new and left the other behind, perhaps to dance on their own or find a new partner.

But not Catra and Adora.

Every word spat at each other, every hit landed – it meant something. Their moves were calculated. There was a routine, a dance, one they knew by heart and they stuck to it.

Today, however, was different. Today Adora decided to break the mould and try something new. It threw Catra when there was a flicker and buzz of light around She-Ra and suddenly, she was faced with Adora. It was always She-Ra. The routine was She-Ra, not Adora. It was easier to fight She-Ra. Catra could separate She-Ra from Adora every time her claws scraped through her flesh or she picked a well-worded sentence that left a verbal blow that hurt more than a physical one.

Catra took a step back when Adora took one forward.

“Aren’t you sick of this?!” Adora started.

“What?”

“Us! Fighting! I can’t keep doing this, Catra. I can’t keep fighting you.”

“Well, you don’t exactly have much of a choice.”

“There could be.”

Catra folded her arms, defending her fractured heart where it sat in her chest beating rapidly at a conversation she didn’t want to be having.

The pause between them felt eternal.

“There’s not.”

Adora won’t let Catra shut it down. Of course. They’re as stubborn as each other. “You’re the one with the power to change that choice, Catra. It’s not too late for you. I know you. You can still join the rebellion. With me.”

Catra scoffed at the offer, “Or, how about this, Adora. You don’t know me. You could just stop being She-Ra. You could admit defeat. I’d say come back to the Horde but I think I made it pretty clear I don’t want you to.”

Adora’s arms flew out to her sides as she took another step forward. This time Catra held her ground, claws digging into the dirt along with the flesh of her arms.

“I don’t get it! Why are you so dead set on staying with the Horde?! You hate it there. They treat you horribly. Why do you want to stay?!”

Catra’s frown deepened. “They don’t treat me horribly anymore, Adora. Do you know why?” Catra stepped close enough to push the tip of her claw against Adora’s chest. She pressed hard enough to prick. “Because you left. You leaving made space for me to take up an opportunity that never would’ve happened with you there. I would never have made Force Captain with you around. I would’ve been stuck as just another grunt. Your little sidekick until we got to the top. And even then we wouldn’t have been equals!” Catra shoved Adora as her anger rose. “I told you that you leaving was the best thing to ever happen to me. Did you think I was lying?!”

“Yes!” Adora shoved back. “Of course I did! Do you really think I wanted to believe that you never wanted me around?! That you weren’t just saying those things in the Crystal Castle just to get a rise out of me?! Just to hurt me?! I’d never want to believe that’s really you, Catra because I mi–”

Adora cut herself off, fists clenching as she looked away. Catra’s gaze was becoming too hard to hold. All of this was becoming too hard.

“Because what, Adora?”

Adora’s shoulders slumped as she sighed heavily, “Nothing. It doesn’t matter. There’s no point in saying something I know you’ll mock me for.”

Catra tried not to let the sting affect her. Though she can’t help but let her own poison run through her veins. The poison of her own cruelty that Adora now just assumed. Catra didn’t know how to respond, so she left Adora to continue through the building hum of something in the distance that made Catra’s ears twitch.

“You’re better than the Horde Catra, I wish you could see that.”

Catra hissed in response, her ears still latching onto the sound of the evergrowing hum. Adora was still ranting at her when recognition set in – cold and hard and deep in her bones. The hum grew and grew, morphing into a blinding blast that shot out the canon of a Horde tank. Its target? Adora.

“–this because you’re smart and strategic and agile. You’d be invalu–”

It was instinct, Catra realised, when she grabbed Adora’s hand. The yank so hard that it cut Adora off and sent them both tumbling to the ground milliseconds before a laser shot through the air right where Adora had been stood. It felt like slow motion as they fell. Catra’s hand was still a death grip around Adora’s as her heart pounded and lungs froze halfway through a breath before her back slammed into the dirt and kicked up dust around their slumped forms. It was when Adora’s body crashed into her own that the remaining air in her lungs was sent flying outwards with a wheeze.

For a long, painful, moment that was full of deep, relieved breaths they just lay there – until Adora pushed herself up from where her face was buried in Catra’s neck.

Their wide eyes locked, and they stared.

How could they look away after that? After what Catra had just done. A million questions flew through Adora’s mind as Catra’s own drew blank. What the hell had she just done?

The closeness left them speechless. The heat of each other’s bodies, the proximity between their faces – heat coloured both their cheeks at the easy reminiscence their current position left them with as their minds flashed back to nights in the Horde lay together in Adora’s bunk, huddling close during the cold nights in the Fright Zone.

Scenario after scenario soon began making their appearance in Catra’s head while her eyes remained glued to Adora’s, her brain short-circuiting when it briefly locked onto a scenario that involved Adora’s lips. Her whole body buzzed with the anticipation of it, of what could have been, what she knows can’t be, so – she shook off the feeling and forced herself to be the one to snap them out of it.

“Get off me!” Catra yelped, her voice cracking as she resisted the final squeeze she wanted to give to the hand still clamped in her own. Catra shoved Adora back with a grunt, watching as she almost lost her footing before steadying herself on the uneven ground.

Adora scoffed, her arms jumbled and flailing like her thoughts, “You’re the one that saved me!”

“I didn’t save you.”

“Yes, you did! You saw that tank. You pulled me out of the way. You saved me…” Adora stood stunned for a moment, “Why did you save me?”

Catra felt sick at the question. Did Adora really feel she had to ask that?

Catra’s gaze dropped, looking anywhere but at Adora. The shame was too much. “I told you I didn’t–”

“Save me. Yeah, I know. Keeping lying to yourself, Catra, but you know that you did. You proved my point that there’s good in you.”

“We would’ve both got hit if I hadn’t moved us. Don’t think this was some act of kindness, Adora. It was for my own benefit.” Catra folded her arms as she spoke. It was easier to lie when she closed herself off. She could see it in Adora’s eyes though, she didn’t believe a word of it. Adora always tried to see the good in people. To a fault. Isn’t that part of what broke them?

“If I was She-Ra – would you have done the same?” Was a question Catra wasn’t expecting. It left her with an opportunity. One to change how Adora saw her now. She could give her hope in this moment, or she could crush it.

Catra hated false promises.

“I don’t know.” Is what she said.

Yes, of course. Even when you’re her, you’re still you – is what she wanted to say.

Adora’s face dropped. Catra hated the sight of it.

“Because I would’ve been fine, right? Because it wouldn’t have affected She-Ra like it would’ve me?”

Catra kept her face blank when she replied.

“If that’s what you want to let yourself think.”

Catra watched the crease of Adora’s brow grow, the slump of her shoulders, the disappointment and pain in her eyes. Catra’s gaze fell past Adora’s shoulders. A bunch of trees was far easier to look at than the expression on her face.

Adora’s lips parted for a moment as if she were about to say something. She didn’t. Instead, she turned away. The routine was done for the day. The crescendo of the dance had risen and fallen and Adora had walked away.

Catra wasn’t sure whether Adora could feel her eyes boring in her back. She didn’t care. She couldn’t look away. So she prayed Adora wouldn’t look back.

She didn’t.

[ot3]

having a no fun allowed moment abt college age phoenix and how ppl treat him as a completely different character than phoenix when hes LITERALLY phoenix. bratfeen is the bane of my existence also. anyway this was brought to u by me rereading qm and loving how well u depict him as one character and then making the mistake of going through the feenie tag bc i like the colour pink

Right its frustrating to me too because I love that little hot pink bitch with rocks for brains SOOoo much but most of the content featuring younger phoenix is really not to my tastes at all. To a lesser degree people sometimes do the same thing with aa4 phoenix vs trilogy phoenix and i think it's such a shame that people dont really seem super willing/interested in meeting his character writing in the middle... one of my favorite parts about phoenix as a character is how much change his outward mannerisms go through while still being the same character down at the core. It makes him feel very human in a way a lot of characters in comedy franchises don't often get to be.

I know some people are of the opinion that phoenix is written inconsistently between his eras but I genuinely do not believe that to be the case at all. Like his character motivations and core belief system stay consistent but as he ages his sense of morality and the methods he uses to engage with the outside world become increasingly complex which feels very par for the course with aging through and out of your twenties, imo. I like it a lot for him.

I'm glad you like what I'm doing with him! He's absolutely one of my favorite characters of all te from anything and I clearly spend an unconscionable amount of time thinking about him so it's great to hear when people are on board with where I'm trying to go here

[kaylinalexanderbooks]

Looovve these

The inclusion of the TikTok sound kills me lol

"What were you thinking?"

Doing honorary more characters cause I really liked this prompt

Lexi: (panicking) "Are you kidding?? You thought that was a good idea?? Someone could've gotten hurt!!"

Maddie: "You thought that would work?"

Ash: (telepath) "Why would you think that?"

Gwen: "Why would you do that? That's so disrespectful!"

Noelle: "That literally makes no sense, what you did. It's inconsistent."/"Did your mom raise you to do [X]?"

Rose: "You seriously think that about me?" vs "Weird thing to think but ok" depends on context

Kelsey: (to their face) "ok I don't know what you thought that would work, but--" (when alone) "what the FUCK were they thinking???"

Robbie: "Look at this [small detail]. What were you thinking, exactly, when you did that?" Or if he's actually pissed "Are you serious right now?? You think you could say that to me/[them]? What were you thinking? That it wouldn't piss me off??"

Akash: "I don't know what caused you to think that, but what's wrong with you??"

Jedi: "Well, that doesn't exactly seem right... I personally cannot understand why you thought that."

Carmen: "WHAT could you have POSSIBLY been thinking?" (Ensue rant lecturing this person on the specifics of this fuck up)

Tagging @awritingcaitlin @blind-the-winds @mercurialsmile @mysticstarlightduck @little-peril-stories @buffythevampirelover @sleepywriter00 @sleepyowlwrites @theeccentricraven @herrmannhalsteadproduction @dontcrywrite @frostedlemonwriter @mk-writes-stuff @infinnative @captain-kraken or if anyone wants to hop on

Your line is "well, what was I supposed to do?!"

TSP intro

TSP tag list (ask to be +/-): @thepeculiarbird @illarian-rambling @televisionjester - y'all get an honorary tag to do this to if you want!!

character voice tag

@dyrewrites got me back! thank you <3

using the cast of my untitled vampire story for this one!

My line is: "That will never happen."

Amelia: "I'd sooner dig a six-by-six hole in the dirt and dance in it 'til kingdom come." Silas: (that tiktok sound that's like "be nice" "i'm finding it" "it takes you that long to find it?" "it does") Through gritted teeth, "I don't think that's the best course of action, but I appreciate your input. I suggest that you don't press the matter." Nicolai: "Do not waste my time or your breath with such inane requests." Montgomery: Laughs. "You serious? Oh. You are serious. Not my tempo, I fear. Best of luck to you, s'long as you're elsewhere."

Your line is: "What were you thinking?"

tagging @kaylinalexanderbooks @illarian-rambling @k-v-briarwood and YOU! if you see this, hop in! :-)