#more bad 2014 tags lmao

[moonshynecybin]

i NEED to know if you have links to all of the rosquez hugs

i have links to SOME OF THEM !

okay obvi a lot are covered under maina's #everyrosquezpodium tag never forget this. BUT i also just poked around in my drafts (i treat it like a bookshelf lmao) and found some so here ya go

as with all things we need to start with laguna seca 2013, where the public and unnegotiated (cancelling them !) BDSM exercise is followed by the aftercare of vale hauling marc INTO his arms with FORCE

qatar 2013. ooh baby. RIGHT OFF THE BAT. the EYE crinkles get me here jesus christ

pre mugello 2014 slash pre RANCH VISIT karting event hug in italy. right in front of dovi's salad...

jerez 2014... little bump... just a little one. marc then slaps him on the flank, which he appears to enjoy more than slapping vale on his nonexistent ass

motegi 2014 championship hug.... this one is SO sweet... the way their cheeks brush....

qatar 2014.... he does the patented marc marquez loves you so bad head smack....

this one i wanna say mugello 2014

jerez 2015.... friendship helmet bonks PLUS the homoerotic flank pat of all timeeeeee.... marc literally loves touching his bony ass hips

le mans 2014. literally presses him up against a railing. okay.

INDY 2014.

[magicalmischel]

WIP TAG GAME 🌿

rules: make a new post with the names of all the files in your wip folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! and then tag as many people as you have wips

thanks for tagging me @regulusrules ! 💖

I have a lot of wips too 😂 most of these are for BBC Merlin, a few are for classic who. I hope I don't forget anything, I keep a list but I haven't updated it in like a year 😂

BBC MERLIN WIPS

The Crystal Hunters; 45k

a canon era time travel fic with merthur and morgwen, set during the Great Purge. There's lots of plot, magic, crystals, old castles and running.

Layers of Dusk; 17k

a darker fic where Arthur dies and so Merlin tries his hand at necromancy

Give Me Your Hand, I'll Give You Mine; 1300 words

canon era, merthur, magical injuries caused by the great purge and a magic reveal.

"the medieval roommates valentine fic" (untitled); 2500 words

merlin is forced to stay in arthur's chambers 24/7 bc of plot. Not sure if I'll ever finish this one tbh

Rhythm of Love; ??k

glastonbury festival fic where arthur returns + musician!merlin. I have no idea how many years ago I started this, definitely pre-2018 though. Idek if I still have the draft somewhere ;-;

Suddenly Flames Everywhere; 77k

;-; i think abt this fic every day and try to work on it at least once a week ;-; i wanted to post it for acbb 2023 but i ran out of time, and then once the deadline was gone, so was most of my motivation 😂 it's a merthur enemies to lovers dragon!merlin soulmate canon au that I care about very very much. pls ask me abt it if you want maybe it'll kick me into working on it more 😂

The Light of Knowledge; ?????k

oof this is an old one. started it way back in 2014 and I'm honestly not sure if I still have the draft saved somewhere. All I remember is a big maze, lots of bad poems that I wrote in like the 9th grade and merthur 😂

Falling into Empty Space (??); 400 words lmao

basically a s1!merlin vs s5!merlin epic fight with time travel to 1x08 bc obviously killing kid!mordred is wrong, right? Right??

"ghost!merlin canon au fic" (untitled); 9k

exactly what it says in the title. damn i need to return to this ;-;

"cat!merlin fic" (untitled), 1000 words

canon era, merthur, magic reveal. Merlin transforms himself into a cat bc of course that is the absolute best way to get arthur to accept magic. it only makes sense in his head lmao

Burn Us Away (But Keep Me in Your Heart); 11.8k

canon soulmate au with a LOT of angst and a magic reveal

"the bird!merlin fic"; 1000 words

first written for merlin bingo 2021 but I never finished it ;-;

No Doubt in My Mind Where You Belong; 12k

a canon era trans!merlin fic with established relationship merthur

"cuddle fic" (untitled); 1300 words

written for fluffalooza 2023 but never finished ;-;

"one bed fic" (untitled); 1900 words

also written for fluffalooza but never finished bc it felt too ridiculous/cracky/ooc, but it might be worth reworking

"the weird tarot crack fic" (untitled); 2.8k

written for tarot fest 2023 but abandoned bc i came up with a better idea for the fest. I remember it was very cracky, I might return to it. Canon era merthur.

i might be forgetting some tbh, I've written a lot of drabbles that I later wanted to expand but never did ;-;

CLASSIC DOCTOR WHO WIPS

"jamie/10 + 11 fic" (untitled); 3.5k

the 10th doctor visits all his companions before regenerating into 11 including jamie <3

"twojamie war games "make it worse" fic" (untitled); 849 words

this is theoretically a fix-it but also i make it much worse first lmao, and i'm not sure yet how it ends either, so is it really a fix-it??

ok and I think that's it!! ;-; i did write a little something for each of the titles but hopefully not too much so if anyone sees this and wants to know more feel free to dm me

i'm not gonna tag 18 people though that's way too many 😂 I'll tag @insane-ohwhyfandoms (good luck) @lair-of-the-dragon @lesbianlefay @invisibility-superiority @queerofthedagger @wolfiery @haventacluewhatimdoing and @twojamie-o-clock <3

absolutely no pressure to do this though of course! 💖

[locamotivednp]

tell me about your phannie journey?

How did you know I was in a mood to yap about dnp and myself anon?

Under a cut cause it’s long and self-indulgent

I started watching in summer 2012. I actually looked up my first video a few month ago and it was The Meaning of Life. Which yeah, tracks. I then tore through their backlog. I was immediately a phan shipper btw. I saw the blindfolded cat video and just knew.

I was on tumblr at the time (not on this blog, on my first blog) and dipped my toes into the phandom at the time. Mostly just lurked but it was fun.

Until the video leaked in October. Things were chaotic to say the least. And then there was the customer service blog which,,, was,,, bad.

I was 16 almost 17 and fully aware I was queer. A lot of the conversations at the time from the phandom (and from dan sorrryyyy) were not great and I didn’t really want anything to do with it.

So I had left the phandom pretty completely in 2013 although I still kept up with their videos and would occasionally lurk in the tag.

And then I started college in 2014 and completely left fandom. I stuck around on tumblr for a little bit longer and never left YouTube but I was pretty offline (comparatively). I was living a party hard, study hard lifestyle which didn’t leave much time for online life.

I do remember most of the big phannie stuff. Gaming channel. TATINOF/TABINOF announcement and the fallout from that. BONCAS. So I was kinda keeping up.

Until around 2018, when I started grad school. I was still watching their videos but I was fully off tumblr and wasn’t watching livestreams or anything. So I was aware of the changing vibes in their videos but not thinking much about it. I missed a lot of the II era.

BIG dropped when I was at my job in the state capitol lmao. Absolutly totally blindsided me. Had to wait hours to watch it. Which these days would have been torture but at the time I was less emotionally invested. Still cried tho.

Finished my masters program in 2020 (lol) and moved to Nashville. I worked from home and didn’t know anyone besides my roommates so I got back on tumblr and returned to my chronically online roots.

I was super into the stereos and Phil’s videos at the time. I was aware of WAD and watched Dystopia Daily. I also caught up on a lot of the stuff I missed.

But I didn’t join the tumblr phandom until gaming channel came back. Pretty much as soon as it was announced I was dialed in. I think I made this sideblog when the catboy sweater and pictures dropped. And now I am way more obsessed with them then I ever was in the last 12 years oops ����🏻‍♀���

To get sappy, the past year has been the most into phandom I’ve ever been and it’s come at a really important time for me. Real life is so kicking my ass right now and the phandom is such a source of joy and connection for me 🫣

[clairedaring]

tag game ✨

huge thank you to the lovely zey @thasorns for thinking of me. i love you too (´▽`ʃ♡ƪ)

1. why did you choose your url?

no one remembers her but claire dearing from jurassic world will always hold a special place in my heart.

2. any sideblogs? if you have them name them and why you have them.

poomphuripan - the bl sideblog that i started just because my main got deactivated for a bit but i guess for now, it's mostly uppoom and msi-focused. in december, it'll probably be torjj and spare me your mercy-focused. i think i'll probably just be using these for the ql series i have a crazy hyperfixation about.

huiyanan - a pentagon yanan/hui focus sideblog

coryjeacoma - my musical theatre sideblog for random audio bootlegs and sometimes musical gifs

ryuvachirawich - my unused (mostly lakorn) gifs blog for extra gifs i make but that doesn't make it into any main or sideblogs. at first i was trying to keep this sideblog lowkey but then i needed to tag the gifs w my gif tag anyway so i could search for them so disclosing is fine 🤣

3. how long have you been on tumblr?

2014... what do you mean it's been a decade since i started using tumblr.... time isn't real

4. do you have a queue tag?

i tried but i've given up on queue-ing in general so i don't. my tumblr is constantly in two modes: super active or going months without a single post lmaoooo.

5. why did you start your blog in the first place?

i wanted to be where all the gifmakers are but i have too much interests so this shall remains a multi-fandom blog or more like a "whatever media claire is consuming atm" blog 

6. why did you choose your icon/pfp?

dirk gently is the single most perfect holistic detective in existence. sometimes i'm too attached to my url and my icon, i don't think i can ever change them. headers i can but i haven't changed my url/icon for 3-4 years i think.

7. why did you choose your header?

i feel you linger in the air is THAT series for me. dethroned almost every other thai series on my all time fave list (i say almost because bad genius series is still holding its crown well)

8. what’s your post with the most notes?

i just checked and apparently it's my first and only merlin gifset 😅

9. how many mutuals do you have?

i have no idea but i love all my mutuals （づ￣3￣）づ╭❤️～

10. how many followers do you have?

i hit 1k recently. crazy to me because i've left this tumblr empty for months before starting being active again last october???

11. how many people do you follow?

4000+ but that's only because i'm too lazy to unfollow people. so yea i rarely see things on my dash. i just end up scrolling through my fave gifmakers tags to find things they make.

12. have you ever made a shitpost?

i don't think so????? i mean the closest is probably me saying super random things on this tag.

13. how often do you use tumblr each day?

it used to be once a week... but these days it's really a daily routine lmao. although i'm pretty sure i'll leave my tumblr dusting once my stand-in ends... who knows... we'll see...

14. did you have a fight/argument with another blog once?

how can i? i'm so non-confrontational, i reblog things in private to argue with op 😭 lmao (arguments that op will never see lmao, i'm saving them and me both the trouble really). just enfp things.

15. how do you feel about ‘you need to reblog this’ posts

huh why do i never get them on my dash (⊙x⊙;)

16. do you like tag games?

sometimes i forget but i love being tagged in them because i get to know about all the great mutuals i have on here, especially music tags because i always get incredible new music recommendations

17. do you like ask games?

apparently i had my asks closed without knowing for quite some time so i haven't received asks for so long. maybe one day i'll do them but i have bad records of answering asks so ƪ(˘⌣˘)ʃ

18. which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

i'm not sure if being THE certified way apologist/way gifmaker qualifies her as tumblr famous but maybe sasa @zhouxiangs is the most famous mutual i have

19. do you have a crush on a mutual?

let's call this mutuals whose editing skills i wanna steal (´▽`ʃ♡ƪ)

lana @sherrymagic whenever you see me reblogging lana's joe sets every week, you'll see me gushing about the consistency in her coloring and that's because that's something i'm obsessed with, especially considering my stand-in's grim/dark cinematographic coloring. also i don't know how lana chooses the perfect lines from each eps to do her recap sets because most of the times i can't even choose between which scenes to gif.

eva @alienwlw eva makes the most beautiful lyrics set and is willing to do my most niche requests and i'm always looking forward to seeing her gifs because it's always so warm and grainy and crisp and i'm just like wahhhh *heart eyes emoji* every time

20. tags?

no pressure tagging anyone today ヾ(⌐■_■)ノ♪

[fulltimeviking]

I'm gonna throw your question right back at you!

Please give me your list of httyd recs. Just, all your favorites. The ones that are classic to you.

Sorry it’s taken so long to answer but !!!!!!!!! I love you for this ask alkjdhkahgdlks.

What’s awkward is that I don’t really have many titles to give you because aside from the fact I don’t read fanfic that often most of my favourites aren’t just straight up fics, they’re mostly short Tumblr drabbles or fanfic.net exclusives that have since vanished from the face of the earth 😭 but I can definitely still name some.  

So my favourite Drabble writers that come to mind are CuriosityRedux/Hiilikedragons and Avannak - I couldn’t name any particular fics haha but they’re just total nostalgia bombs for me. Hiilikedragons was maybe the first Tumblr blog I ever followed back in 2014 when I joined the fandom, and I used to keep up to date on her countdown to httyd 2 drabbles religiously. There’s something I can’t quite place about Avannak’s writing as well that I’ve always really admired. I think the way they write the characters manages to feel both true to the source material whilst still having their own unique spin on them? without feeling false or out of character? Especially for their httyd 2 era fics I just get lost in those so easily. 

Also she’s not really written many fics I don’t think, I think she mostly just did head canons but I have to mention how much I loooooved edge-of-bizarre’s modern au’s back in 2014, especially the beach fics omg - the entire gang getting up to frat kid activities, deffo my guilty pleasure (and idgaf about an oc usually but I really loved grimhilda and tuffnut 😭)

As for FIC Fics:

One of my favourites that I haven’t read in FOREVER… I don’t actually know the name of or who wrote it lmao. I have mentioned it before on this page though, it’s a short one that takes place right after the events of the second movie and it’s about Astrid’s guilty conscience over leading Drago to Valka’s sanctuary, Stoick’s death, the siege on Berk etc. It’s so good and angsty and I love it so bad, just wish I could find it and read it again (this is also a cry for help, if you know who might’ve wrote it PLEASE let me know I’ll owe u my life)

Some others off the top of my head that are rlly good are Ripped by Tysonrunningfox and The Elements of Surprise by Ecoutez! 

There are so many more writers and fics that I know I love that I’ve forgotten to mention haha, but these are the ones I have on bookmark that I revisit the most! Thank you so much for asking it genuinely made my day when I saw this in my inbox (however many months ago that was now 💀).

If anyone knows of any good fics/writers like the ones I’ve mentioned as well pleaseeee give me some recs or tag your favourites, cos I’d love to read ‘em! 

[redrocketpanda]

20 Q's for Fic Writers

Thanks @spacejammie-eimmajecaps fren for the tag :3

1. How many works do you have on Ao3?

I currently have 12! 11 from this year, and 1 published in 2014

2. What's your total Ao3 word count?

78, 238! (75, 322 from this year)

3. What fandoms do you write for?

I mainly write for Haikyuu, My Hero Academia and Bluelock, but have also published for BG3 + Buddy Daddies. And I have some JJK in the wips

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos? 

Just the Way You Like It (kngr, bllk): 150 Miri's First Swimming Lesson (buddy daddies): 133 Cater to You (kngr, bllk): 116 Interlude: The Senses of You (kazurei, buddy daddies): 113 Strategies for Play (bokuakakuroiwa, haikyuu): 85

I am still a baby writer but I hold all of my little kudos to my heart very fondly

5. Do you respond to comments?

Most of the time I will respond, yes!

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Oooh... I don't know that I write angsty endings. Usually it's angst all the way till the end. Maybe Interlude: The Senses of You as although there's comfort at the end there's also lots of crying? I think overall it's my most angsty fic as well

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Hmmm... most of them have happy endings so idk... maybe Strategies for Play bc Kuroo's "masterplan" worked and it ends post great sex with everyone cuddling in bed being super cute?

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Nope, not ever received hate on my fics but I have received hate about my fics on here (the Astarion one)

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Most of what I write tends to be smut lmao. And I guess all kinds but usually with some kind of bdsm/kink dynamics to them? 4 of my published fics are smut (cater to you, he was made to be broken, strategies for play, and the miya atsumu humilation show), and an additional 1 has some sexual content in it (just watch me). My more "risque" content is currently languishing in my wips waiting to be finished (yeah i'm looking at you inumaki/itadori/sukuna fic)

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

Yes, but none of them have been published yet LMAO. I can't tell you about one of them that'll be published soon for the They Were Roommates big bang, but I did/do have a bluelock/D&D cross over that's probably the "craziest" one (and also SO much fun to plan). Deep in my wips I also have a BokuAka Greek Mythology AU and sketches for a Haikyuu/Dirty Dancing AU

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Hope not!

12. There was no question 12 so I'll make one up myself: What's the longest you've ever spent working on one fic? And the shortest?

LMAO. I love this because who made this one up? idk! If we're going by published fics then The Miya Atsumu Humiliation Show took me from May to October 2023 (5 months), and I've been working on my TWRRMs bang fic since May (currently 6 months). I've also been planning/writing Fire On the Horizon since Jan 2023!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

I've co-created a fic, as in coming up with the idea with another person, and I've also co-created in the sense of working with beta readers for bang fics. I've not co-written anything yet though, but I would love to!

14. What's your all-time favourite ship?

Nooo... what a cruel question. I'll give you my top 5 bc I simply cannot choose: krbk (kirishima/bakugou), stsg (gojo/geto), skts (sakusa/atsumu), bkak (bokuto/akaashi), bokuroo (bokuto/kuroo)

15. What's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

gods. So many of them tbh... I might one day muster the will to finish he was made to be broken. I want to finish the kunichi (kunigami/raichi) one but idk if I will ever get round to it. And the bllk/D&D one would take a lot of work, but maybe if/when I get back into bllk that'd help

16. What are your writing strengths?

I always struggle with this question bc I have really bad writing insecurities but recently I've been able to conclude that I think I'm reasonably good at comedic writing (people tend to find my fics quite funny), emotive writing (I make people cry/feel Emotions, even if said people don't usually when reading fics), and descriptive writing (I get lots of compliments that people can visualise exactly what I've described)

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

idk if it's a "true" weakness but I'm always paranoid that my dialogue is weak as balls. I also don't have much experience with writing long fic, and thus also character + plot development, but this is something I wanna work on. Oh, the biggest one is probs confidence in myself though!

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I think it sounds like a cool idea if it works within the context!

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Hahaha so technically I think the first fandom I ever wrote for was Spyro the Dragon when I was like... 6 or 7. On Ao3 though it was Harry Potter in 2014. When I returned to writing in 2022, the first one was My Hero Academia

20. Favourite fic you've written?

Oooooooooh. I think my favourite is Strategies for Play. I adored writing it and it was the easiest one I've ever written. Plus writing Bokuto/Akaashi/Kuroo/Iwaizumi dynamics was *chefs kiss*. Otherwise, the [redacted] TWRMMs bang fic I'm writing at the moment is one I've had lots of fun with and am excited to share (very, very soon!) Just Watch Me is also one of my favourites bc krbk my beloveds and it's the one that brought me back to fic writing so its v dear to my heart Tagging some of my fave writery friends as I'd love to read their answers, but join in too if ya want!: @mari-writes, @mooifyourecows, @axreliono, @ciunasboinin, @howlsmovinglibrary

[nostradamus0]

20 QUESTIONS GAME

Thanks for the tag @bronzeagepizzeria!! :)

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

39 works

2. What’s your total AO3 words count?

111,601 words

3. What fandoms do you write for?

whatever i’m hyperfixated on lol. my more recent writing has been for Supergirl, Once Upon a Time, and Doctor Who

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

swing low, supernova, & come to carry me home

love me like you mean it

we'll still be here (when it's all said and done)

you remind me: that it’s such a wonderful thing to love

the other side (of a world without you)

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

yes, but sometimes it takes me a while because of the raging adhd. i love the community aspect of fanfic, talking about writing makes me happy, and i’m always so grateful when people leave comments and i want to say thank you!! :) 

i saw someone say once that they don’t believe in responding to comments because they think people who do it are just trying to “inflate their comment count” or whatever and that is so depressing. i hope they see the light

6. What’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

probably i couldn't say: i need more time. that’s a real depressing fic, ngl. i remember i got really invested in writing it, even though the plot goes against everything i want for the characters

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

most of what i write is stupidly fluffy and/or sappy as hell lmao. but if i had to pick the most fluffiest, i might say what kind of woman loves like this.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

not really? i’ve gotten a few rude comments, but nothing super mean

9. Do you write smut? If so what kind?

no lol

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

i’ve never written a crossover. i’ve written, and have in progress, fics based on other media, but no actual crossovers.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

not to my knowledge

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

yes! i'm sure they did a great job but i don't speak russian so i can't actually tell

13. Have you ever cowritten a fic before?

yes, a very long time ago, and it’s lost now. the internet is not always forever. save things if you don’t want to lose them, kids 

14. What’s your all-time favourite ship?

what kind of sick question is this

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

all of them lmao. seriously though, i started a Finding Neverland supercorp AU and i dream desperately of finishing it, but likely never will.

16. What are your writing strengths?

i’m first and foremost a poet, so i’m good with sentence-level things like diction and the way lines flow and sound. alliteration and i are besties. i’m also not bad with imagery/description.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

dialogue. endings. middles. beginnings. i struggle a lot with describing actions. did i mention dialogue?

honestly, when it comes to fanfic, i think my biggest weakness is my own anxiety. i have zero experience with romantic attraction or anything, so i’m always worried i’m doing a shit job portraying it and then i get caught up in my head.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

i wish lol. i know bits and pieces of Polish and Spanish, but i’m only fluent in English. i’d love to find an excuse to use Polish, but that feels unlikely. i have a wip (that i haven’t touched in ages) that’ll eventually be supercorp but starts during Lena’s early childhood, and i’d love to use some Irish, but i have zero knowledge of Irish

19. First fandom you wrote for?

either Doctor Who or Once Upon a Time, i think? somewhere around 2013–2014? all that stuff is long gone, though.

20. Favourite fic you’ve ever written?

your voice is the splinter inside me. i poured my heart into that fic, and i’m still pretty proud of the result. i started a part 2, but i’m not in a headspace right now to finish it.

no pressure tags! @mulderscully @sssammich @benwvatt @pretty-pony plus everyone who wants to because i'm sleepy and can't think all that good right now <3

[immunetoneurotoxin]

Just wanna drip by and say Incendiary has made itself a permanent resident in my brain.

Your writing is absolutely amazing, every scene got me gripping my seat in excitement. Seeing someone write a Pyro-focused long fic, let alone texas toast is so so so rare, I think I've only read 3 (including incendiary) that I've liked so far.

I love this little fire guy with all my heart, and I absolutely adore how you didn't make him too much like a child like how many mischaracterize him. There's the childlike wonder in him but he is capable when push comes to shove and I like that a lot! Every single characterizations in this fic is wonderful, I would love to give Engie a little kiss on his bald head.. he's so adorable.

I'm probably rambling but I just love this fic so much. I'm dealing with semester's midterms, stressed as all hell and this fic has been keeping me going. I practically cheered when I saw chapter 10 update in my inbox lmao. I would love to maybe make some fanart when I have the time, should I just tag you on this site?

Thank you so much for writing Incendiary dude, no kidding when I say it changed my life. I can't wait for the story to unfold! Please take care of yourself and rest well. Good luck on the job hunting as well!!

Omg stranger whoever you are, I just about teared up seeing this in my Inbox -

This is the most grandest, heartfelt comment I think I've ever received in my entire writing career and my heart is GUSHING rn!!!! I was literally out running errands when I saw this and I couldn't stop thinking about it -

When I joined the TF2 fandom in like... oh god, 2014 I think, I was really shocked to see throughout the years that there weren't many Pyro-centered stories out there, which blew my mind. Like how could there not be a deluge of fanfic for Pyro, who is this extremely mysterious, multi-faceted character with so much room for interpretation?! When I first watched Meet the Pyro, I KNEW I had to write a novel about Pyro. Who they are, where they came from, and what happened to them before the events of the gravel war. Massively inspired, of course. But still nonetheless, an origin story that could very well be canon if squinted at, hehe.

This rings true for texas toast content, too!! There isn't a whole lot of it out there and it makes me so sad - I love their dynamic so much! When Incendiary is finished, I do plan on writing some more texas toast oneshots on my AO3 to fill that void. <3 One of the plans is to write a short story about their relationship during the gravel wars as well, that takes place after the events of Incendiary. (plus, Incendiary has only just started to crack the surface tension of the slow burn, and it's only a matter of 1-2 chapters away from when the texas toast really starts showing through so there is that to look forward too as well. (｡˃ ᵕ ˂ ))

also I literally hollered when I read your comment about Pyro's characterization in this story especially, because THAT is THE ONE THING I have been working so incredibly hard towards holy shit - when I tell you the amount of stories I've read that writes them off as this danger-child that needs supervision - which don't get me wrong is not an entirely bad thing!! they do have this massive childlike side to them, but there is also so much more to them than how the fandom perceives them, not taking into much consideration how they typically canonically act in the comics/in-game, and taking into LARGE consideration Meet the Pyro. I was reeling when I realized that a lot of people seemed to completely forget about that interview. I could go on a whole rant about this sdfghjkl but yes, Pyro is definitely more than capable when push comes to shove! they are in a war, after all ;)

and engineer, oh man. I love that soft Texan so much. :') I could talk your ear off about him too!

man I am definitely rambling now, but I literally cannot even express how genuinely happy I am receiving this message, it means the actual world to me. and FANART?!?! oh my god YES - you can definitely tag me here if you do make fanart for Incendiary!! I would be BEYOND honored omg

Thank you so so much for brightening my entire year with this feedback literally - I'm so honored to have you here as a reader and a fan. <3 And I'm sending you all of the luck with your midterms!! You've got this!!

[lonepower]

i was tagged by @cronchcake for a 10 characters from 10 fandoms thing (tyvm!!) much like you and your tagger, however, I have NO idea what the rules are so i just went mostly with characters i consider my Blorbos Ever over characters that might be more current 😅 in no particular order, we have:

Evelyn Carnahan from The Mummy (1999)

the Hollow Knight from Hollow Knight

Frey Holland from Forspoken

the Lone Power from Young Wizards (aka my other canon url which I'll probably go back to sooner or later, but right now the bottles are stillllllll popping lmao)

the hybrid from Prey 2017

The King in Yellow (and his errant children) from Malevolent

Spock from Star Trek (leonard nimoy only. that new shit butchers my boy ):<)

GLaDOS from Portal/2

Eris Morn from Destiny (2014-2016, rip 😔 it's too bad they never made it into a series like they said they were going to...)

Davy Jones from Pirates of the Caribbean (<- him. he's The One. my absolute blorbo ever. one blorbo to rule them all. the BOAT, if you will. i will have too many feelings about this shitty octopus man until the day I die, presumably from having too many feelings about this shitty octopus man)

there's others, some of which may ultimately rank higher, but these are the ones that sprang to mind as being either particularly long-lasting, Feelings-inducing, scrunkly, and/or machine washable. honorable mentions include Nie Huaisang and Wen Ning from The Untamed, Ed'rashtekaresket from Young Wizards, Daud from Dishonored, Freya from God of War, Vaurien Scapegrace from Skulduggery Pleasant (I just think he's neat!!!), Dairine Callahan from Young Wizards (are we noticing a theme here?), His Imperial Majesty Joshua Abraham Norton I (By the Grace of God the Emperor of These United States and Protector of Mexico) from real life, and Sasha James from the Magnus Archives.

idek who to tag for this. I always feel like it's presumptuous to do to other people even though I am never anything less than DELIGHTED to be included. if you see this and you want to do it, consider yourself tagged (and tag me I want to see-)

[pop-punklouis]

hi hope i’ve seen a lot of opinions about the 1975 lately both good and bad and then of course matty healy and his comments. also seen people talking about their hype. when i looked through your concert tag i saw you’ve been a fan of theirs for a long long time so just wanted your opinion as someone who knows music why are they so hyped/were so hyped? i wasn’t around when they were big until now. thanks for answering!

Hi babe.

yeah i’ve been a fan on/off of theirs since 2013, and per usual just when i’m starting to get back into them matty healy annoys me and turns me off again lmfao like clockwork

but, their initial hype was enraptured with the 2013-2014 tumblr era. that’s when they began gaining momentum. like most bands/artists of the tumblr era (such as arctic monkeys, the neighborhood, lana del rey, halsey, marina & the diamonds etc.) they had a very distinct silhouette and aesthetic which drew in the tumblr crowd which featured creatives, young people, hipsters of the time blah blah. their leather jackets/fashion, black & white minimalism, very sleek branding, lyrical content, brash yet romanticized stage show, dark wave content etc. was strong parts of who the 1975 was when many people first stumbled upon them. they also took a lot from the new wave era musically and appearance-wise. they were one of the main bands that helped bring back the resurgence of eighties synth wave, so their music although broody was fun and refreshing and experimental during that time. this was only amplified as they ventured into their ��i like it when you sleep” album.

they were also liked due to their “who gives a fuck” attitude when it came to criticism especially from the media and music journalism over their sound. in their music video for “The Sound” (which i still consider one of my fav music videos to this day), it features very blatant commentary on the music business, being put into a glass box as an artist and gawked at or observed/criticized, the pressures of conformity and branding, and near the end it has a montage of quotes that have been said by different media/music outlets that are negative about them as people (mainly matty lol) or the band’s music. so it was refreshing to see a band be so unapologetic about who they were and the music they created.

then of course we have the matty healy™️ syndrome which was the fact that he was a Tumblr IT boy. he fit that dark, broody, waxing poetic, artsy boy in the philosophy section of a bookstore, lips stained with red wine, hopeless romantic type that had everyone in a chokehold lol he was a “bad boy” but with a “soft boy” edge and that was all he needed to be. he also had a brain with wrinkles and said smart things sometimes (which still rings true) even though that brain also said stupid, raging, insensitive word vomit most times (which again still rings true lmao). and then we had his and halsey’s fling/relationship which was a moment™️ for so many people (me included fkfkfk) but yeah matty healy and the 1975’s hype was a product of the time they grew from. and also a lot of their music kicks ass unfortunately so that held its own footing over the years even though i hadn’t personally liked a full length album of theirs since 2016 until their record last year.

but in present time, matty healy’s ego is even more inflated than it’s been in a long time bc of the album’s success and he just says whatever shit he wants bc he made that good point about m&gs and has tiktok and twitter clout so he thinks people want to hear his fungus spore opinions or want to be kissed at his concerts when in actuality he’s just a nepo baby riding this reawakened exposure high who can be a raging asshole more times than not lmao

[tiny-tokunaga]

I FORGOR TO DO THIS EARLIER, thanks for the tag @sunlightfeeling ILY 😘

Last song: 無我夢中なLIFE by SMAP (I'm watching Mr. S again with mom and we're paused momentarily LMAO)

Favorite color: piiiiiiiiink but this time I'm gonna be more specific. Pastel pink, ideally a warmer tone rather than a cooler one.

Currently watching: Jinsei wa Jojo Da for dramas! I am LOVING IT despite it being a detriment to my health with how pretty Takuya is (and how it still hurts to laugh post surgery LMFAO). But also SMAP'S 2014 Mr. S concert, as stated above! It's a comfort one, and mom and I are just both very tired today LOL

Sweet/Savory/Spicy: my most American trait is my sweet tooth. There are few things that are too sweet for me LMFAO

Relationship status: single and YEARNING. Do I have a real crush I'm yearning for? Nope. Just yearning for romantic attention LMFAO. Do I have many fictional crushes and a really bad celebrity crush? Yes.

Current obsession: SMAP/Kimura Takuya, crochet, judgment/lost judgment, pokemon, etc. but also the past few days I've been obsessively playing mahjong...

Last thing you googled: ...mahjong set... They're so pretty... But very expensive...

Tagging: throwing some smapchat peeps in here for funsies, but no pressure if you don't feel like it! @darinyan @offhandway @lunar-gl1tch @skajador @hyenatron @littlechibs (and anyone else who sees this and wants to do it!)

[transhuman-priestess]

#my story is much smaller so ill leave it in tags feels disrespectful to add on after that#but in my freshman year of high school some kid lied that i was going to shoot up the school#cause of some angsty emo stuff i posted on my private Instagram (literally just goth makeup)#and the admin who already didnt like me for being a lil emo kid tried very hard to expell me#they legally couldn't so they didn't+ my mom lost her absolute shit at them#youd think that's nice but my mom considered it my fault so she took it out on me too#i was in highschool in *2014* these attitudes still prevail#i never felt safe in that school because they refused to expose who did it#i never tried to make friends because my entirely elementary/middle school experience was already#that common autistic thing of thinking someone genuinely wants to be my friend but they're judt#pretending so that they could use things against me later/hurt me just for fun#private schools i think get away with more heinous shit than people realized because for the 4 years#i was there i was being harassed by both students and faculty and i had absolutely no support#my mom told me it was my fault and for months forced me to dress 'like a normal girl'#the whole thing really fucked me up i still have a complex over the notion of being feared#because ive expérienced firsthand the violence people will enact out of fewr#and the way people will claim its justified even if youre innocent because 'you scared them they had to'#i never even reported being bullied except when it was by 1 teacher who i knew was getting fired#i wanted to add my experience w her to the reasons to fire her. she is the only person to have#ever faced consequences for anything#man high school is miserable im just now remembering lmao. i also spent those 4 years trapped with#the girl who tried to assault me as well. never reported that either cause i knew no one woulr give a shit#when it comes to fancy private schools theyll only handle something if it makes them look bad#and if youre innocent but they think your existence makes you look bad then god help you.

prev this isn't minor or small and your voice deserves to be heard.

For those of you under about 25 I don’t know if you realize just how much damage was done in the first decade after Columbine by the myth that the shooters had been victims of bullying.

Like this was just completely accepted as truth at face value and it made every bullied kid’s life a living fucking hell of being hauled into the principal’s office or the school cop’s office (the school cop itself being a post-columbine invention) anytime you got beaten or reported being bullied.

And then the 10th anniversary rolled around and whatever weird legal thing surrounding Eric Harris’s journals expired and people got to read them and found out that actually he was just a thrill killing creep who wanted to outdo Timothy McVeigh but was hampered by his inability to solder.

Literally the entire motivation was just to be famous for mass murder. And rather quickly the narrative of the poor little meow meows just got totally memory holed, but I remember. I remember because I was one of those bullied kids, treated as a ticking time bomb because of a media friendly narrative that cast a couple of children turned spree killers into a hallmark-channel tragedy.

[chronotopes]

@little-vulcan tagged me in a getting-to-know u thing; i’m not tagging anyone bc i’m problematic (as we all know) but answers under the cut

NAME: katia

SIGN: leo

HEIGHT: 5′4″

MIDDLE NAME: ‘petrovna’, which as per russian naming conventions is just a derivative of my father’s name.

PUT YOUR ITUNES SPOTIFY ON SHUFFLE, WHAT ARE THE FIRST SIX SONGS THAT POPPED UP?

1. green finch and linnet bird - the original sweeney todd soundtrack

2. the times they are a-changing - simon and garfunkel (MUCH more listenable than the dylan version btw kljfskdjsf)

3. the north - stars

4. the one - carly rae jepsen

5. the rich irish lady - hedy west 

6. a world alone - lorde

so…… leftovers from my Musical Theater Phase, folk music, and the beginnings of pop music 

GRAB THE BOOK NEAREST TO YOU AND TURN TO PAGE 23. WHAT’S LINE 17?

i’m putting in the full sentence for context - “but schliemann’s excavations as troy and mycenae, as well as other sites mentioned in homer, revealed a previously unsuspected bronze age civilization; its bronze armor, its weapons and many particular objects - a cup like nestor’s, for example - seemed to correspond to homer’s descriptions, and its approximate date (determined by archaological evidence) seemed to coincide with the date assigned to the trojan war.” that’s bernard knox talking at length about the iliad btw. i may or may not have skipped the introduction bc what i tend to do with introductions for classic lit is skip and come back to it after i have the context of the book. 

EVER HAD A POEM OR SONG WRITTEN ABOUT YOU?

lfjksdflks yeah for the former, no for the latter unless you count impromptu songs audrey comes up with on the spot

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU PLAYED AIR GUITAR?

i’m gonna make an educated guess that it was at one point last december when audrey visited me

WHO IS YOUR CELEBRITY CRUSH?

saoirse ronan and sonequa martin-green own my entire ass rn

WHAT’S A SOUND YOU HATE?

the sound of someone running their fingernail along a polished photograph

DO YOU BELIEVE IN GHOSTS? HOW ABOUT ALIENS?

ghosts only in the half-jokey way that i believe in astrology, aliens fuck yeah 

DO YOU DRIVE? IF SO HAVE YOU EVER CRASHED?

i don’t drive because i’mf ucking useless. i need to get my permit this winter fml!! 

WHAT’S THE LAST BOOK YOU READ?

i’m reading the iliad rn, but the last book i finished was cat on a hot tin roof - well, that’s a PLAY i guess but whatever it counts. it was so so so so good and everyone who likes tn but hasn’t read it should read it Right Now. 

DO YOU LIKE THE SMELL OF PETROL?

fuck no

WHAT WAS THE LAST MOVIE YOU SAW?

uhh fuck i think it’s still midnight in paris from when i had to watch it for english class. fuck woody allen fuck male artists etc etc 

WHAT’S THE WORST INJURY YOU’VE EVER HAD?

i was nine years old, sitting on one of those criss-cross wire fences at the park in chicago, fell backwards off of it, put my arm between the head and the ground, and broke my arm very badly. on top of that i lied to literally everyone and said i’d jumped off the fence instead of falling. 

DO YOU HAVE ANY OBSESSIONS RIGHT NOW?

star trek lmao

DO YOU TEND TO HOLD GRUDGES AGAINST ANYONE WHO’S DONE YOU WRONG?

it’s … weird. possibly unhealthy. what i do is, like, i generally forgive them pretty easily, and i don’t think my inward outlook towards them is outwardly changed, but if i need a reason to dislike them, like, 3 months later i’m gonna remember whatever shit they pulled. but i guess in terms of being pissed at someone long-term i don’t really do that, mainly bc i don’t devote a lot of energy to thinking about people in such a capacity anyway. 

IN A RELATIONSHIP?

nope and never have been, which i used to resent but it’s like. i did in fact probably have more opportunities for relationships in early high school than i had perceived at the time, but the fact that this didn’t occur to me means that i def wasn’t emotionally mature enough to pursue them. and now it’s like. i only have about five months left of living in smalltown virginia so who knows what’ll happen then? (jk both of the college options that are currently financially available to me are ALSO in smalltown virginia but they’re, like, DIFFERENT small towns in virginia.) 

[mars-ipan]

it’s funny. bman is one of those things that takes up a lot of brain space but i don’t have enough connected thoughts to make any new points or say anything abt it

[mercifuldeaths]

Hey I saw your tags on that reblog about the Armand casting and you said that you were upset after hearing a talk by Anne. As a fellow AR hater, do you mind me asking what she said? I'm just curious, no pressure tho

Hey! oh yeah I could give you the run down. She didn't specifically say anything about Armand but...yeah, it just wasn't a pleasant experience. I'm so sorry I feel like this is going to be a whole long rant full of run on sentences--

It was awhile ago so I don't remember it all completely and totally but I do remember being disappointed that she hardly talked about the Vampire Chronicles.

She actually didn't speak all that much (maybe 20mins out of the hour or so). Her publisher (or editor? Someone from the publishing house) spoke a lot on their relationship as collaborators and Anne played into it but basically implied that she did all the hard work and only took notes when she thought it was important to. And the editor laughed and said that she stopped giving Anne notes because she knew Anne wouldn't take them.

Mostly she went off on tangents about her jesus series which didn't make a whole lot of sense to me as this was a Prince Lestat event and I personally had no interest in any of her other series except VC. And she threw quite a bit of shade at people who didn't enjoy any of her other works.

If I recall correctly this was the release day event- meaning nobody in the audience had read the book yet. We were all expecting a sort of return to normalcy in the books (not TotBT/Memnoch type plots) and she talked about how in all her previous books she was closing doors on characters and she was shutting down good things from happening, so with PL and the following books she wanted to open things up again. Which I was all for!

However, it was at this point that I think I cracked open PL just to skim for Louis (I needed to see if this poor man had at least a footnote) and I remember coming across Lestat attacking David in a forest or something? Something about it didn't sit right with me. (Totally understand that this bit was personal and had nothing to do with Anne herself or her interview but it just set the tone for the rest of the evening, I think.)

One part I have hammered into my brain is when she said how she has a separate computer screen in her office with all of the characters summaries, names, etc. SPECIFICALLY SAYING that she keeps it open to spell the characters' names correctly. Someone call my boy Daniel MOLLOY because I think he has a bone to pick.

The movie was discussed and she said that Tom was horrible but also amazing and he was fantastic but he also wasn't Lestat and didn't look enough like him but also that he had a deep respect for the material and transformed into Lestat....like. Pick a side, did you like it or nah.

OH- the more I'm writing the more I'm remembering omfg

Her editor said that she asked Anne to cut gay sex scenes because it wasn't right for the 'age' they were in. I interpreted this to mean the AIDS crisis-obviously implying that gay sex was to be avoided in literature. I understand this because at the time it was groundbreaking and could have stopped the book from getting published at all, but the fact that Anne nor her publisher would even say HIV/AIDS in the year 2014 gave me the ick. They skirted around the issue when I thought it could have been a really interesting conversation discussing publishing a 'controversial' novel. In short, they laughed off a serious issue that fundamentally changed the books and her vampire lore.

So. Her talkback alone wasn't TOO bad. Mostly boring, if I'm being honest. I just figured she had a bit of an ego and was an out of touch older woman. (This was before I had done any research on her. This was my first exposure to Anne. Oh god if I only knew what I know now lmao)

But what really made me an AR hater was how she interacted with people at the meet and greet.

I remember walking into the room and still being on line so I could watch her talk to people and take photos. Everyone there was lovely. The whole crowd was buzzing.

What charm Anne had on stage at the interview was completely gone. She was cold and really seemed like she didn't want to be there now that she had her say up on stage.

She was cold to me, but I got my signed copy and photo. I told her that the books meant a lot to me and that Lestat taught me that it's okay to be unapologetically myself at a time when I was still learning who exactly I was. No response. Ouch.

What really floored me was when my friend (who was next in line) told her how the books had been a safe haven for him and ultimately inspired him to come out. She gave a half hearted laugh and said 'as if I haven't heard that before'

I'm just happy Armand wasn't brought up because I think that would have been.....yep. And Louis's name was not mentioned- not even ONCE the entire evening.

Anywayyyy, my signed copy of Prince Lestat sits on my bookshelf still unread, collecting dust, because she put such a bad taste in my mouth.

[vro0m]

I'm putting this under a cut because it's getting very long also I'll just create a tag for it if some of you wanna block it

lmao sorry believe me I wish I knew less about him too. So yeah I wonder if Alonso would have stayed at McLaren (and would he have found another reason to create tchootchoo train? god knows) Also I completely respect your opinion on Barrichello and honestly it'd have been a deserved title.

So yeah back to the whole Nico issue lol thing is, the fact that they are allowed to race basically without any restriction is kind of the whole point of brocedes, yeah. Niki very much defends the idea that letting them fight against each other makes them push themselves further and get more out of it. So I don't think that without the drama that came out of it they'd treated their other driver like they did Valtteri but it's arguable, bc it's just my opinion.

I think Alonso could have been a real possibility? He changes teams often and does not hesitate to try out smaller teams as well. But would he have joined without some kind of assurance that he'd be put first? Not sure. But in any case there's the whole timeline issue : Alonso left Ferrari in 2014.

Raikkonen was free in 2013 but as I mentioned in another ask, I'm not sure he'd have taken such a risk.

Seb, maybe? If it had aligned with the time he left Redbull, so 2014? But idk, if he had had to choose between Ferrari and Mercedes, would he have chosen Mercedes? I guess it would have on the timing again, if it was at a time Mercedes was starting to get results, idk?

Massa and Jenson weren't doing great at that time but I guess they could have been contenders. I'm not aware of when their contracts ended and I'm honestly too lazy to look it up. I wonder if Jenson would have left McLaren, he's been very faithful to them. Also even if he did, would he have challenged Nico?

Massa as we touched on left Ferrari for Williams in 2013. I guess they would have at least considered him if Lewis wasn't such an obvious choice. But we get to the same question : would he have challenged Nico?

Valtteri's first season was 2013 so that was too early for him but then he finished 4th in the WDC in 2014 so they might have taken him in earlier? Plus Williams -> Mercedes, kind of a more natural change than Seb's RBR -> Mercedes or anyone's Ferrari -> Mercedes I guess? I mean that's not based on any real facts but vibes I think but you know what I mean.

I feel like the only other option we didn't mention is erm... Mark Webber? In that he retired in 2013 and was not doing so bad but uh. Yeah. I just. It feels so unnatural it makes me uncomfortable to think about lol it makes no sense whatsoever to have him in that seat

I feel like I'm gonna be thinking about this for days lmao

Okay SO i have my coffee, I went off about celtic mythology already, apparently I'm in the mood to write today, and I remembered your post last night. LETS GO

WHAT WOULD THE WORLD BE LIKE IF LEWIS HAMILTON HAD DECIDED NOT TO RACE

- shit. it would be shit, definitely

- nico would have more than one championship

- seb would have at least one more wdc with ferrari

- fernando would be a bit more normal because he wouldnt be holding a grudge about being beaten by a rookie 20 yrs ago

- i think val and nico would be teammates and i honestly have no idea how that would look; however, nico would be a fundamentally different person bcs lewis was legit his only friend, and i somehow think he would be both worse and better

- f1 would be even more unapproachable to anyone who wasnt a rich white guy, bcs lewis came in and fucking owned them all, and is the most successful driver of all times, so i shudder to think what it would be like if he werent there

- we'd probably still think some of the rich white men were decent people bcs they wouldnt be outing themselves as racists left and right

- ferrari would still be a disaster 💔

- who wouldve driven for mclaren tho? it was lewis and heidfeld i think during rbr domination era

- barichello? massa? ngl i think barichello shouldve won in 2009 (sorry jense), so how would that have played out, with jenson to mclaren

- god i dont know so many possibilities!!!

💖

Okay so. First of all you’re so absolutely right the world and F1 would have been way worse overall.

I made a spreadsheet of all the drivers who have ranked in the WDC standings since Lewis’ arrival in F1 in 2007 and where they ended up in the standings each year because I can’t be a normal person about this. Then I tucked away all those who were clearly irrelevant to the subject (and that’s most of them lol).

Here’s what I think. It’s long, because I think too much.

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