#my disney related aus y’all

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My AU for The Owl House is Canon Compliant (and ends up being divergent)

My AU for Randy Cunningham 9th grad ninja is me gripping Canon’s hand in a strong handshake and patting its back

My AU for Disenchanted is me using Thanos’ infinity gauntlet and snapping Canon into dust.

My AU for Ducktales is… me abandoning Canon on the closest curb I pass by.

My AU for Arslan Senki is a love letter to canon.

My AU for FMAB is a friendly banter with canon.

My AU for Naruto is a strongly worded complaint letter to canon.

My AU for YuuMori is... me attempting to set canon on fire.

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timestamp: stark

it’s 11:33 am when you make chan an offer he can’t refuse.

๑彡 bang chan x gender neutral!reader

๑彡 slice of life!au, stranger!au — little fluff(?)

๑彡 paragraph format — 0.9K words

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๑彡 oh? what’s this? a kpop-related post after two months? unbelievable. (in all seriousness, i’ll try to get back to this side as soon as i get my muse back here o7 for now, please enjoy!)

๑彡 if there are any stay-mcu/iron man enthusiasts out there, this one’s for y’all *insert dancing emoji*

You were having the time of your life.

It was not your first time visiting Disney California Adventure nor Disneyland, but the excitement you felt was still as intense as the first time. Perhaps it was because there were huge gaps between your visits. Or because there was really just something in the Disney air that never failed to make you giddy.

Whatever the case was, you always looked forward to your Disney trips. And this was no different.

Since your visits were far apart, there was always something new in the parks whenever you visit again. Regardless of your attachment to the media that inspired the new attractions, you were always excited to explore the new additions.

For this visit in particular, you were extra hyped. Not only was there a new land of attractions, the area in question was also inspired by a media that you were very familiar with.

Avengers Campus.

You wouldn’t call yourself a Marvel fan — nor a Marvel Cinematic Universe fanatic. If anything, you were just someone who watched enough of their releases to develop attachments to their characters.

Most people head straight to Radiator Springs Racers once the rope dropped. But you? You were dead-set on spending your early hours exploring Avengers Campus. So you did.

Two rides in, your feet brought you back in front of the Avengers Headquarters.

And there, right in front of the Avengers’ logo on the wall, was Iron Man — taking photos with visitors.

Frankly, you had no plans on paying Disney photographers to take your photos. For one, you didn’t research how much their services were. Second, you figured you would succumb to capitalism in other ways (read: churros and Dole whip), so it’d be best if you’d only spend your money there.

Yet, still, you found yourself lining up to take photos with Iron Man.

The line wasn’t terribly long, but you knew it’d be a thirty-minute wait at least. After all, it wasn’t just a photo-op — it was also a quick meet-and-greet. Thankfully, you were in no rush, so you didn’t mind the wait.

You let your mind wander to pass time. You observed different people interact with Iron Man as their turn came and passed. You scrolled through your phone, switching applications mindlessly.

Amidst your thoughts about which continuity Disneyland’s Iron Man existed in, you caught the cast member beside you talking to another guest. "—Mr. Stark has a meeting to attend to soon, but he’d be back after."

It didn’t take you that long to piece what that in-character response must’ve meant, especially if the other guest walked away upon hearing them.

"Excuse me," you turned the cast member’s attention toward you, "can you hold my place for a second?" As an afterthought, you quickly added: "I’ll be back. I promise."

You jogged after the other guest before you could change your mind.

Really, there was absolutely no need for you to do this. As you heard the cast member say, there would be other opportunities to meet Iron Man throughout the day.

Yet, somehow, you felt strongly compelled to. Like you were supposed to.

"Excuse me," you called your fellow guest’s attention. You flashed him a small smile, "Hi."

"Hello," he greeted back after halting to hear you out. He reciprocated your gesture with one that almost blinded you, "Can I help you?"

"Are you still interested in taking a picture with Iron Man?"

"I am," he affirmed.

"Do you wanna take it with me?" You blurted out your objective for coming to him, before he could say anything else. "I mean," you backtracked as soon as you processed how strange you must’ve sounded, "I saw some people take group photos and then solo ones; so you’re up for it, we can split the cost or something."

Frankly, you didn’t exactly thought this whole thing through. You were operating on impulse. You were going with the flow — even if you weren’t exactly sure where it was leading you to.

"That’s actually not a bad idea." You didn’t even know where that proposition came from. It just spilled out your mouth without going through your brain first. Nevertheless, it seemed to have done its job. "I’d actually take you up on that, if you don’t mind."

You smiled wider, "Great!" You turned back and started leading him to where you came. "I’m [first name], by the way."

"Nice to meet you, [first name]. I’m Chan."

You and Chan waited out the rest of the line chatting. You conversed about the most trivial things — from the other attractions you were planning on visiting to your theories on how Disneyland’s Iron Man’s voice actually sounded similar to Robert Downey, Jr.’s. You even talked about how you spent the earlier part of the morning. And what you thought of what Marvel did to their cinematic characters.

By the end, when everything had been said and done, you and Chan parted ways with a way to keep in touch and a picture of each other saved in your respective camera rolls.

Albeit you were initially reluctant to succumb to another bait of capitalism, you didn’t mind the price you paid for the set of photos that included a cute candid of you and Chan with Iron Man.

(Years later, when your fates have entwined more permanently, you saw that same picture framed in Chan’s apartment. “It’s my favorite,” he told you after claiming your waist in a back hug.)

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Ok, so someone responded to my Floormaster Sun and Moon AU with keyboards smash, so here’s some misc. ideas for this AU. Since I made the first post, I have decided that this is Fazbear instead of Asu-naro. Also I didn’t say it in the OG post, but I’m replacing the cast with FNAF characters, and maybe some TSAMS characters. Lmk if y’all would like that and who should be in the cast. (Remember, they are participants, not Floormasters. Also they’d be humans with different names to avoid confusion) Also, I need a name for this AU. I was thinking something relating to the alternate translation of the title Die Now, Darling (see vgperson’s translation notes). Someone’s already using that as an AU name so I need to think of something to differentiate it.

CW: Cults, indoctrination, death, mention of suicide (in a weird “I don’t want to die but my will is being overwritten I’m being forced to do this” way),

Fazbear is just as involved with everything as Asu-naro was in the actual game. They started as a Pizza Dinner like in canon, but they’ve branched out so much. And also, they’re a lot more professional and presentable then in canon. Like, the public thinks that after the missing children incident Fazbear got its shit together and started to strive for absolute perfection in all locations. Fazbear in this AU is known for stuff for Disney World-level customer service.

Sun and Moon used to work at a daycare-kindergarten hybrid thing run by Fazbear. All the animatronics used to do something else for Fazbear before becoming a Floormaster. However, all animatronics are both programmed and taught throughout their life to worship Fazbear like a god. All of them are created knowing that Fazbear is doing something that the public is never to know about, and that it’s the most important thing to the company. They don’t know what (to avoid spilling it out to the public), but they are programmed with the knowledge that if they do well enough at their job, Fazbear will take them to work on it in some way. As you could guess, Sun and Moon “pass the test” and get taken away to be Floormasters. Their memories of their old life were erased to avoid any complications, but some of their old teacher/caretaker programming is still there, unless it conflicts with their current programming… for the most part, but I’ll get to that later

When YN left, Fazbear considered wiping Sun and Moon’s memories of them or just replacing Sun and Moon. However, YN were involved with all of their training to be a Floormaster (programming can only get you so far) and erasing YN would mean starting all over on them. And replacing would do the same thing with even more steps. And since YN left a year before when the game was supposed to take place at most, and Sun and Moon’s training took 15 years, they just said “fuck it, we have no other option” and made Sun more sadistic and left Moon’s programming alone since he seemed more pissed at YN then sad. But they did add a kill switch to him, and by kill switch I mean physically forcing him to rip his own body apart until he shuts off. I’m not sure if this is a “something lifeless possesses him and shuts off all his thoughts as he is reduced to a empty husk that knows nothing except to do as it’s told as it tears his body apart as a display of what the company thinks the idea robot is, one who will literally kill itself without hesitation if the company decides it” thing or a “he losses control of his body but his mind is still there as he is powerless to watch his own two hands rip his own body apart as he screams and begs for his life to the cold and uncaring corporation who see this whole display as the only acceptable act of repentance for a defective machine who thought it had the right to think for itself” thing. Maybe both where it’s the second idea but Moon can’t use his voice box so it kinda looks like option one.

Ok that was dark let’s move on to less horrifying thingies

YN is AMAB and agender. They have a stubble

Cassie is here as sort of a “Gin” character. This isn’t “Character A takes is B” AU, I’m just saying she a similar type of role as. The nice little kid who gets dragged into this. He personally doesn’t change from in the game btw

On a very related note, as much as Moon tried to avoid it, he ends up getting attached to a participant: Cassie. Basically, Cassie gets injured a good bit during attractions and goes to Doctor Moon for it. The jabs turn into back and forth. Moon slowly softens up to her. His gremlin nature was funny to Cassie. And while neither would really consider each other a friend, Cassie does like Moon the most out of all the Floormasters so far. And Moon’s mix of teacher/caretaker programming, loneliness after YN left and Sun changed, and genuinely care for the kid makes him genuinely protective of her and mortified at the idea of her dying. I’m thinking of adding a plot point in 2-b where, like Gashu, he messes with the cards. But unlike Gashu, it was to protect Cassie who would’ve gotten the sacrifice card. This… obviously don’t end well for him.

Vanessa is here, she’s a secret spy for Fazbear like Hinako was. Unlike Hinako, she’s been in the group since the beginning. She and YN have been beefing since the beginning of the game. Both try to reveal each other’s secrets. However, they can’t just say “She is/They were involved with the kidnappers” without looking suspicious, so they try to sneakily put the other in situations that would reveal their opponent’s identities without leaving a trace that they put them in it.

Again, similar role, but not a complete 1-to-1. Vanessa is the “suspicious character whose the protagonist’s closest ally” like Keiji. Assuming the POV character has the same high survival percentage and being scary in the test runs deal as Sara, or at least something similar to it. Who the protagonist is I’m willing to discuss. Michael if he’s still alive somehow? Maybe if I use SAMS character’s Nice Eclipse? YN basically tried to play neutral with them, expecting Vanessa to do the same. Vanessa was going to, but saw YN strategy and changed her plan. She attached herself to them in hopes of getting an advantage. This actually worked because the protagonist is in good guy mode. Vanessa then started to paint YN in a bad light to hopefully get them bumped off. I was gonna go the Shin route with YN, they wouldn’t really have a reason to start causing problems so the troublemaker role can go to someone else. Maybe YN could also be the mysterious ally and the “game” is building up to an inevitable main choice between the protagonist’s most reliable allies, Vanessa and YN.

[one-pissed-off-child]

My impression/expectations of the Madrigals based on the first trailer vs what I think of them now

Mirabel

Then

- didn't really pay attention to her tbh

-seemed a little dull compared to the others

-viewed her as a narrative device than an actual character

Now

-Anna and Hiccup fused into Mirabel

-her sarcasm is immaculate

-most relatable character out of everyone

-fantastic dancer

-prolly very into arts and crafts

-very cute face

Isabela

Then

-hnngh pretty flower lady

-disney princess vibes

-probably gonna be my fav

-I feel like she sings to birds in the morning

-prolly gives food to the homeless or smth

Now

-went for Cady Heron got Regina George

-I judged this book by its cover so hard

-she's?? so?? hot? help???

-serving femme domme realness

-golden child syndrome sucks

-wouldn't be opposed to her taking over the world actually

-supervillain au when?

-thinks she deserves everything and she's absolutely right

Luisa

Then

-hnngh big hot lady

-seems like a no-nonsense type character

-another candidate for favorite

-man crusher

-notice me senpai

Now

-a lot sillier than I imagined and I love it

-Scorpia kinnie

-emotional baby

-daddy's girl

-I could strangle disney for not giving her a colorful dress like the others

-#LetLuisaHaveFrills2k22

-gives the best hugs

Dolores

Then

-didn't appear much in the trailer so

-didn't really have an opinion

Now

-she's!! so!! cute!!!

-town's biggest gossip

-her squeaks give me life

-better rapper than Eminem

-can't keep a secret

-very unflappable like nothing surprises her

-tells her mother everything

-can destroy you in five words or less

-I feel like she likes fluffy things

-won't start a fight but will finish one

-10/10 quality girl I want to kiss her nose

Camilo

Then

-thought his shapeshifting power was pretty cool

-immediately pegged him as the comic relief

Now

-very pretty boy

-everyone's favorite cousin

-mama's boy

-doesn't care what anyone thinks

-his smirk sustains me

-also tells his mother everything

-master prankster

Antonio

Then

-adorable baby boy

-want to give lots of snacks and snuggles

-deserves love

Now

-and pretty much yeah

Bruno

Then

-I had no idea this man existed lmao

-didn't see him in the trailer

Now

-someone get this man some depression meds

-really needs a hug

-probably listens to Simple Plan

-terrible decision-making skills

-mans really decided to hide in the walls for a decade rather than talk to his mom

-i mean same tbh

-could y’all stop infantilizing this 50 year old neurodivergent man thanks

-is LOVED by his family and anyone that says otherwise is wrong

Pepa

Then

-I liked her hair

-also didn't appear much in the trailer so no opinion

-didn't watch We don't talk about Bruno before seeing the movie so I didn't have the same stigma against her that most do

Now

-introducing the actual fav character

-I LOVE HER SO MUCH

-someone get this woman some anxiety meds

-second biggest gossip in town

-another fantastic dancer

-probably enjoys peppermint tea

-needs to stay away from coffee

-is a loving mother and wife

-couple goals

-literally just see the way she looks at her husband and kids

-very dramatic

-would def be a broadway star

-definitely either the youngest or the oldest

-LOVES her brother

-stop saying she hates Bruno

Julieta

Then

-seemed like a very good mother

-very sweet

-I like her eyes idk why

-she has the most mom power ever lmao

Now

-an EXCELLENT mother

-stop saying Bruno should adopt Mirabel when she has Julieta

-so kind so caring I need her in my life

-should have gotten more singing lines

-prolly very sassy when she wants to be

-mom friend

-doesn't get mad easily but fear her when she does

-probably the oldest

Felix + Agustin

Then

-ALSO didn't appear much in the trailer

-thought Felix was a side character tbh

Now

-disney is ill for setting the bar this high

-how do the Madrigals keep picking up quality men

-what is the secret

-Felix has Gomez vibes

-probably bond over how much they love their wives

-fantastic fathers

-"I was protecting my daughter"

-Julieta and Pepa are winning

Alma

Then

-seemed like a sweet old lady

-kind of reminded me of my grandmother

Now

-needs a therapist asap

-if ya'll don't leave this poor ptsd ridden old lady alone

-did what she thought was best for her family

-STOP SAYING SHE HATES BRUNO

-LOVES all of her kids and grandkids but has a hard time expressing it

-was a single mother to three and the impromptu leader of an entire town of people in her twenties

-she handled what needed to be handled

-probably sings the best lullabies

-acknowledged that she was wrong and went to fix it

-all that being said I did very nearly throw hands with her for a second

[sailorsophiee]

the relationship dynamics this episode! not you and zack miss jenn! but the ones in our main theater group! and how they all focus on different parts or tropes of a relationship

nina and richard

i personally think nina being on her own and then that talk with miss. jenn during the snow storm is why she’s become more independent. i can’t remember if they’re sophomores???? but now, at least where i’m from is where they start drilling it into your head that you have a future to think of, it’s time to start being independent and finding what you want to do! and that’s exactly what nina has done for herself, and she loves it! she’s starting to realize not every minute of every day needs to be spent with ricky, or the fact that she needs to do certain things to make him happy (pineapple pizza fiasco) that is great and the love the slow decline of their relationship, cause i could never stand them as a couple. ricky…now i’m not gonna give him a lot of flack (even though i can’t stand him as a character) cause he is struggling right now with so many different variables, but the one thing that is the same (or was) is his relationship with nina! everything has already changed so much between the two of them, and he’s begging for that one thing to stay normal. though i can completely understand that want in life, that doesn’t give him an excuse to be a complete dick half the time as thats (as we can see) tearing them apart faster. (he’s also not that big on communication, unless it’s not with nina) so i saw this tweet and i think it’s really important to hear, as i relate too it a lil too much ricky will always love nini, and nini will always love ricky but it’s okay if they fall out of love and end up with someone else. if i had to give rini a trope, i wouldn’t because i don’t think they really fit into any of them (not even the sad ones) the relationship stage, the last part of falling out of love. if we get anything from this breakup that dear god i hope happens, both should be single!

ashlynn and big red

i love these two with my whole heart, because them and seblos have just been great! especially with communication! them fighting in the latest episode well, it broke my heart. i know i previously said antoine had done nothing wrong! but he has, with hitting on ashlynn (even after she said she was with big red) and then making fun of big red! #notcool! for them, i think this is more on big red’s side, i don’t know if he heard the conversation between the two, but it seems like he did after being compared to every “conventually attractive male” in the show. that would hurt! that would hurt anyone who’s ever has had to deal with self esteem! ashlynn sees this, and even feels sorry for her poor choice of words at the end and does want to talk to him! big red is now trapped in that hole think ashlynn wants something more, which is clear she doesn’t! so looking at the promo it does seem big red wants to just forget it ever happened while ashlynn bringing it up hurts! no trope once more, but i had to be a stage of a relationship, probably, this is one of our first conflicts (they had the one at valentines, but you get it) and i do want to talk but i’m scared. they’ll be okay :)

gina and ej are

after some critical thinking i think i still ship these two in theory, like a au type of thing like they bump into each other in the future when they’re both in college! so yeah! besties for now, lovers in the future! on their relationship, this episode (they’re here cause let’s be real probs is gonna happen, with the current set up) i like that if they were to ever really get in a relationship they’d seem like one with good communication and the one where it just feels like a friendship but with cuddling and kissing. we don’t get much of them but from what we do see, these do clearly trust and find comfort in each other. honest to god last season when we got wonderstudies i really just said “i love a good theater friendship” i didn’t expect a full blown possible relationship. i think in contrast to everyone, because they have this friendship right now with a great bond and #communicationskills something that so many people in this show lack! y’all i can’t stress how important it is!! trope! for them! two! best friends to eventual lovers in ze future and right person, wrong time (in the sense they’d get together in the future

sebbie and carlos

disney said “that’s enough representation for today” after the quinceañero episode. our power couple has once again been put in the background (for the most part, i just don’t expect any major plot lines for them) because we never get much with them (unfortunately) i have no choice but to say perfect

if there are any takeaways from this is definitely just communication (though i know it can be difficult for teenagers, but still very important to at least try) :D this took me like three hours for the sole reason after coming back from work i passed out.

[bubblesthemonsterartist]

*cracks knuckles* Clearly I’m going straight for the Blackout. 

ENJOY, FRIENDS. FOR YOU, I THROW IT UNDER THE CUT

Under 1000 Words

take my burdens (and bury them deep) by @thelionshymnal​ Rated M Nothing makes me happier than a fic of my favorite BroTP, especially when Obi is offering to disappear Kiki’s dirty dealings. Content warning for attempted sexual assault and Obi doing what he does best: getting rid of the body.

A Fic That Got You Involved In Fandom

Seven Suitors for Shirayuki by @sabraeal​ Rated T Look. You all are just going to have to accept that there is a certain generation of this fandom that was dragged in, kicking and screaming, by this fic. I wanted to diversify by saying something else managed it, but no. It was the fact that this story was stuck on chapter five for MONTHS that made me vibrate until my own fic fell out. XD

Made You Laugh Out Loud

An Extra Rise Before Dawn by @sabraeal​ Rated G I don’t often worry that I am going to pee from laughing so hard when I’m reading something, but this one definitely does. In one spot in particular. You might be able to guess it. It is simultaneously an incredible sweet and incredibly funny fic that hits all the right notes for me.

Favorite Trope Reversal

Fussing with Firedrakes by @leewritingrecs​ Rated T 1) Dragons. 2) Damsel in distress is no damsel and she is NOT in distress thank you very much 3) Kiki is a DRAGON 4) Obi is cursed, and 5) DID I MENTION D R A G O N S ???

Fic That Made You Friends With the Author

The Wide Florida Bay by @sabraeal​ Rated E I had to think about this because while I read Seven Suitors first, this was the series that made me start sending anons and eventually made me join tumblr where I proceeded to endlessly play the ‘what if’ game with Jen. CLEARLY this is where our friendship was forged.

Action-Packed Fight Scene

Agent, Parts I, II, and III by @infinitelystrangemachinex​ Rated T Like Jen, I was positively torn, because both Andi and Sarah do fight scenes SO WELL, but Agent ultimately won out because there is just something so delightful about Shirayuki flailing and clinging to Obi like a cat that doesn’t want to go in the bath while arrows zip all around them

Edit: Screw it, I’m reccing them both

Republic of Tanbarun by @claudeng80​ Rated T An action adventure series where romance is involved but is by no means the focus. Zen and Obi adventures abound. Politics galore. And some masterfully done slow-motion to quick motion fight scenes that I L O V E D

Gen Fic

Fugue in Three by @infinitelystrangemachinex​ Rated G Ryuu casually destroys Obi and Shirayuki by breathing as they count down the days until he comes of age. Technically this fic has a romantic pairing, but it is by no means the focus of this fic. If you don’t agree, you are welcome to meet me under the Big Oak between the hours of 12 and 4 for a duel.

Missing Scene

Like Brothers Do by @claudeng80​ Rated G Obi is clearly Kiki’s annoying big brother and handles Mitsuhide’s rejection in the best way he knows how. Also read: Mitsuhide gets what’s coming to him. (ง'̀-'́)ง

Canon Divergent

We work at the mall by @kaedix​ Rated T With how many AUs we got floating around this fandom, I was hard pressed to choose a favorite. But there is just something so sweet and wholesome and American teenager about this. It just latches onto you and never lets go. (Also the gang all work at my favorite places in the mall when I was growing up. What’s not to love?)

Steamiest Kiss

Were Hearts Not An Unknown Country by @sabraeal​ Rated T LOOK. SOMEONE was going to have to go dig this out of the rubble of her compilation fics and it might as well be me. Also the birthplace of the much loved AnS fandom practice of solstice kissing.

Contains Your Favorite Headcanon

The road to Clarines is Gravel by @codango​ Rated E Not the focus of the fic as a whole, but like, Torou and Obi are siblings. GALAXY MIND EXPLOSION. I mean, I loved that so much that I wrote a pre-canon fic of this fic. Additional note totally not related to the bingo square: I will ALWAYS be here for positive sex worker representation in fics. Fair warning, though, this is the most unfair AU in existence because the brain screams that it SHOULDN’T WORK and yet by some sort of writerly sorcery, it DOES. PLEASE READ IT IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY.

Wept Real Tears

let it make you by @thelionshymnal​ Rated M It’s not every day that someone manages to write a fic that makes me stare numbly at the very first line for a solid 15 minutes, big fat tears rolling down my cheeks, but Hymn did it. And then she somehow managed to kiss it better. All in 1100 words.

Free Space

AnS Role Swap AU by @owlsshadows​ Rated M This series has it all. Shirayuki as an assassin. Obi as both a royal bastard and a pharmacist. A mysterious meeting out in the woods where it makes you question whether Nanaki and Obi are two different people or the same. Also Zen having some very conflicted feelings regarding his royal authority and how he can choose to handle rejection.

Edit: Since I’ve already doubled up once, let me double up again, I have so much love to give and not enough space to give it!

Blizzard by @nebluus​ Rated T This is one of the earliest fics I read in this fandom and it remains to date one of my absolute favorites. Obi gets hurt protecting his Miss and a blizzard rolls in. Thankfully they find a cabin where Obi, who is definitely on his death bed if no one finds them and SOON, proceeds to still fuss over his Miss. Best scene: When he warms her hands with his. Also the second chapter is all sorts of delightful domesticity I IMPLORE you to please read it and soon.

Favorite Fan-Made OC

All Pain Will Turn to Medicine by @sabraeal​ Rated M All y’all should’ve seen these coming from ten miles out. I fucking LOVE Herr Anda, the cantankerous little bastard. And Jen knows this because she designed him specifically with me in mind. Academic catnap >:|

AU That Made You Find the Source Material

All Knotted Up by @sabraeal​ Rated G Admittedly, there are a great many AUs out there that made me look up the source material, but this Tangled AU is the most recent because I finally got on Disney+. And yes, Mitsuhide is the horse. Ryuu may be Pascal a little bit, but Mitsuhide. He’s The Horse. XD

First AnS Fic You Read

Loyalty by Evelyn Fiedler Rated K+ (which is basically G on AO3) My one and only ff.net rec from my earliest days in the fandom when I was combing for absolutely any content I could find, begging the fandom to help me decide if I was down for Obiyuki and all that it implied and this author most assuredly delivered.

Favorite Minor Character

Undertow by @jhalya​ Rated E The fic itself is a space odyssey of sorts. One mission among many where humanity attempts to colonize Mars. However the real selling point here, if you didn’t know, is Lord Seiran. He is a delightfully eccentric billionaire who clearly always wanted a large family, judging from how easily he fills out the adoption paperwork.

WIP

Caulk dirty to me by @leewritingrecs​ Rated E Have I mentioned I love the sex worker trope? I. Love. The. Sex. Worker. Trope. Also Obi is clearly divine at all of his jobs. Shirayuki already got to experience his skills at one of them. I wait with BAITED BREATH for her to experience the other :3

Canon Compliant

Thicker than Blood by @infinitelystrangemachinex​ Rated G In the aftermath of the death of King Kain, Izana and Zen must decide on which path they will take moving forward. Amazing fic. Unfinished, but a wonderful look into the dynamics between the Wisteria brothers and their absent mother.

One-Shot

Worth his Weight in Rice by @claudeng80​ Rated T AU set in an Edo-adjacent Period where a disease has wiped killed off a significant portion of the male population. Resulting societal shifts occur. If you go into the comments, I have a couple of pages worth of reasons why I love this AU, but what I appreciate even more is how you have an absolutely perfect oneshot in this fic. It is a well-translated universe where we get a delightful clear, beginning, middle, and end, all in 5k. NOT an easy feat. Please enjoy.

Rare Pair

the fog pushing through my mind by @thelionshymnal​ Rated E Obi/Yuzuri, friends with benefits. Two pining idiots with some sore feelings decide to get stoned and take comfort in another warm body for the night. I just really enjoyed the casual intimacy of the encounter and how this is clearly neither of their first experiences with a one night stand. Neither of them are going to make it weird in the morning, they just need to take the edge off, ya know? Additional bonus for Obi being ready to stab the dumbasses who made Yuzuri feel like she was a weirdo in her past.

AU You Took a Chance On (And Now Love)

Lightning in a Bottle by @jhalya​ Rated M I mean, if Jules is gonna play dirty by making Obi the hot fish man running around without his shirt on 99% of the time, then of COURSE I’m going to enjoy Deep Blue Sea. It’s, like, one of my favorite movies now.

Favorite Trope

Moonshine Phantom by @leewritingrecs​ Rated T We got a murder muffin who ALSO used to be a sex worker? Sign me the fuck up, I am 1000% here for this. Also all the showgirls who clearly love their coworker and only want him and his adorable wife to have the best. They may have never heard of her before, but she looks sweet, and they all have a silent agreement between them that if she breaks his heart, they’ll cut her.

Fic That Gave You a New OTP

What the Heart Wants by @sabraeal​ Rated G Haruto/Mukaze. An attempted kidnapping and subsequent rescue makes Zen and Shirayuki painfully aware that their parents have had, at some point in their lives, sex. Izana may not be happy about someone banging his mom, but is HE rather pleased at having a new sister. >:3c

Pre-Canon

The Wolf in the Woods by @krispy-kream​ (YES I STILL HAVE THIS BOOKMARKED) Rated G Everyone knows that I have very delicate food feels and this ALMOST went under the Wept Real Tears category, but I like to spread out the crying as much as possible XD Shirayuki finds a boy at the edge of the wood and decides he needs something to eat. Filed under: Guaranteed to wreck me in 500 words or less.

[filmmakerdreamst]

‘Boy Meets World’ Re-watch (as an Adult)

‘Girl Meets World’ doesn’t count as a sequel. Not because of the writing/tonal choices but because in the original show - despite continuity issues - the characters felt like real people e.g. the way they spoke/acted/dressed was the way people behaved in the 90s where as in the spin off, they were Disney characters e.g. hyper versions of themselves especially Cory and Eric. And the transition between both shows didn’t come naturally. It’s not an objectivity badly written show but it was pretty much a re-do of the old show with the same storylines/tropes without continuing the story. (I say the same thing about ‘The Incredibles’. vs ‘Incredibles 2’.) Also there were too many cooks in the kitchen pushing one way or another. You could see Micheal Jacobs style, all the aspects were there, but he was also creating a ‘DISNEY’ show at the same time. I don’t know about you but the one message I took from the original show was ‘finding out that life cannot be packenged into a lovely little present ’ which kind of contradicts everything that the new show is. If anything GMW is an AU universe (and it really felt like that, rewatching it right after BMW e.g. it felt flipped) almost like Disney’s version of ‘what happened next?’ The primal difference between both shows is BMW is portraying what is real and GMW is based on what is real.

Going off my point, I will however be always thankful that it exists because I probably wouldn’t of found out about ‘Boy Meets World’ otherwise. Although saying that, I never thought that the original show needed a continuation of any kind (a lot of things make sense about the spin off if you acknowledge that Disney requested it - I think it would of been much better off on its original platform) ‘Boy Meets World’ was very much a product of its time i.e. when tv shows were still relevetivley new and had no rules - like there is stuff in there that not even adult shows today have. Plus there was something about it that felt very personal (such as the characters and setting) as if the creator based it on his own childhood growing up and I think that was part of its charm and why it had such a big effect on pop culture - I’m not so sure you can repeat that.

BMW is big on meta I’ll tell you that. I love how it’s so aware of itself. The amount of depth that it has never ceases to amaze me. It’s whole universe is so dense and huge. Every quote/storyline is so unique it sticks in your brain forever. (I swear the humour got more and more deranged every season). The show was also incredibly queer and progressive.  It didn’t give a crap about sexuality. Much more than I remember. Proof to never use ‘but it was made in the 90s’ excuse.        

I loved how the show kept reinventing itself every season as Cory grew up so you really felt you were growing up with him and all the characters. The Character Development on this show was so natural/authentic. Every single character got a chance to shine. No one changed their look in one episode and no one had an intervention every time someone had an identity crisis (GMW) My favourite development was Shawn Hunter. He went from a cool kid to a ladies man to a poetic soul. It was so satisfying to watch.

I realised that Cory Matthews is actually my favourite character (before it was Eric or Shawn) I already have a special soft spot for ‘annoying’ characters because they tend to be the most memorable/real. For example, Karma Ashcroft from ‘Faking it’ was my babe while everyone was hating on her. I really related to his anxiety/self hatred about being average and I loved that he constantly made mistakes. It was very refreshing. He’s also incredibly queer-coded. I found that alot of his mannerisms make sense if you see him with extreme compulsory heterosexuality (because identity’s such as bisexual or gay couldn’t exist normally in the 90s) There are moments in the show where he literally mimics his best friend’s behaviour around girls e.g. when the class pretty much gets brainwashed by the sex ed video in ‘Boy Meets Girl’ Shawn gets asked out by a girl, making Cory jealous - which pushes him to ask out Topanga.

It’s funny how a few years of life experience can change perspectives completely because when I was sixteen (aka the same age as Cory and Topanga) watching BMW for the first time, I was mad at Amy for ‘not understanding that they were in love’ (in ‘A Walk to Pittsburg’) but now that I’m older I’m actually agreeing with her. Yeah, what do they know about love? Because all season long they were acting quite superficially.

Cory and Topanga became somewhat of a toxic couple in seasons 5 -7. Reminded me of my parents relationship because my mum gave up her chosen university to be closer to my dad and they aren’t together any more. Topanga’s love for Cory was very conditional and Cory cheated on her multiple times/openly begged for sex  (Again like my parents) And you should never be in a relationship with someone who makes you say “You make me think not so very much of myself” There are arguably much more signs of emotional abuse than love in their relationship especially from Topanga’s side. Plus their story was altered so many times to give it more basis (they retconned Shawn and Cory’s friendship to do this) I could write an essay on how Kevin and Winnie’s love story on ‘The Wonder Years’ is much more believable because it actually addresses how toxic it was and they grow apart in the end. If GMW was a realistic continuation, they would be divorced with a little girl - leave them in the 90s where they belong.

Alan and Amy were couple goals! Cory and Topanga wish that they could have what they have. Literally the definition of ‘a healthy relationship on tv that keeps thriving and over coming obstacles without big drama’. Best TV parents ever.

I loved the Matthews family; how they all had individual arcs and developments of their own. One of my favourite arcs was in season 5, when Eric and Cory were both jealous of what they ‘didn’t have’ with their dad, so Alan made an effort to give them both that they needed. Honestly, I had never seen so much healthy communication on TV before. Alan is the best father around. His whole personal arc of giving up managing a supermarket because he wasn’t passsionate about it anymore and buying a mountain store was so inspired. I found it funny that the family had more of a relationship with Shawn than Topanga.

Shawn Hunter never caught a break. It got a bit tiring. He was never allowed to be happy for five minutes. Every time he laughed or smiled, 5 years were added onto my lifespan. Why didn’t Johnathan Turner adopt him? I loved their dynamic. Why did he let him go back to his abusive father who just dumped him anyway?

Jack and Shawn’s complicated dynamic was possibly the most unique/interesting arc of the entire show and no one talks about it. I don’t care what y’all say - despite them being very different, Jack was the only one who fully took care of Shawn without second thoughts (Turner and the Matthews family had doubts)

I liked Shawn and Angela. I thought they were much better suited than Cory and Topanga. I honestly wouldn’t of minded if they ended up together even though I always had a feeling they wouldn’t. (Like I’m glad she went with her dad in the end) And considering how important they were as a interracial couple in the 90s, GMW handled that very poorly.

Shawn and Cory should of ended up together. And before you come at me with ‘it’s important to have m/m friendships without toxic masculinity’ (which is an important arguement to have) - yeah no shit there’s an entire Industry based around that/pitting women against each other. While it is important to have those friendships between men that are close and even intimate (take Chandler and Joey, Schmidt and Nick, Isak and Jonas and Jake and Charles for example) there was also another layer to their relationship which the narrative played off sometimes as them “going out” or “in love”.  I actually recently found out that a writer - who came into the show in season 3 - confirmed that she wrote gay undertones into their relationship on purpose ‘In my opinion as a writer, they thought they were “straight”, they both didn’t realise or understand their feelings for eachother’ but couldn’t deliever because the producers wanted to keep the show “kid friendly”. Kind of like Xena and Gabby. I know people prefer Jack & Eric (I love them as well) but everything got ruined for me as soon as they introduced the ‘love triangle’ and I always tend to prefer emotional tension over sexual. They were just so unconditional with each other/ their friendship was so good and healthy and now I’m so bitter that it never happened.

I never understood why Shawn and Cory had to stop being best friends after he got married. He’s not Topanga’s property. I always hated how Topanga tried to interrupt/interfere with their dynamic — although now I realise it was because the two of them purposely left her out. Looking back at it, If it really was just a intimate friendship then why would she get so easily jealous if she didn’t sense there was something else deeper going on? You should never marry someone who puts you second.

I didn’t like Topanga when she was with Cory (or vice versa) Especially after they got married. She was a great character on her own. Feminist before her time. Hermione Granger before her time. I always felt she deserved a lot better than him in a way e.g. if someone I considered a friend speard a rumour around high school that we slept together - I would never speak to that person again. SHE SHOULD OF GONE TO YALE GOD DAMN IT. And as someone pointed out the other day, if the roles were reversed some of the stuff she does or says to Cory would be considered domestic violence. ‘She’s always blaming Cory on shit that isn't even his fault or makes him feel bad or shuts down his emotions and turns it around so he's comforting her instead.’ There was even a moment in GMW (not that I consider that show a continuation) where she locks him out the house for a few days after he insulted her chicken, and his son Auggie had to bring him spaghetti. If Cory was a woman, that would not be played off as a joke - that would be considered abuse. They were however a better couple in GMW ironically.

Angela Moore is now one of my favourite characters on BMW. She was beautiful. Her friendship with Rachel (and Topanga) was the best. And I frickin’ loved her and Cory’s friendship development - when they could of easily not played into that. I hate that she got villiaized in GMW.

My favourite seasons are 4, 5 & 1. My least favourites are 3 & 2 & 7. And even then the show was still pretty darn good.

The back and fourth clash between Turner and Mr Feeny in season 2 was very entertaining.

Mr Feeny and Eric are my favourite relationship on ‘Boy Meets World’. I love how Eric was the only person that Feeny directly told that he loved him. Also, why didn’t Eric become the new Mr Feeny? He showed more traits of becoming a teacher in the show than Cory did.

Eric and Tommy was probably the most heartbreaking plot line in season 6. (That season was an emotional train wreck) I cried for a fourth time. The world doesn’t deserve him.

I loved the development of Shawn and Topanga’s friendship. Even though there was a silent competition over Cory, they eventually became good friends. I found out that the song ‘She will be loved’ was inspired by them which is awesome but it’s also proof that people ship for less if it’s an m/f dynamic - just sayin’. I however see a more convincing potiental romance with the two of them than Cory and Topanga sometimes.

On Cory and Topanga again - they weren’t a bad couple overall. I liked them in s1 - 3. They had some great moments. But upon my rewatch (getting out of that 90s idealised headspace) I found them to be too similar at times - chafing as another person put it - to the point where they cancel each other out. A lot of people pointed out that Riley and Maya paralleled them and I was thinking “That’s not nesserily a good thing.”

‘Dream. Try. Do good.’ is on my mantelpiece.

[mooncat457writing]

Fic Writer Interview

Thank you @swottypotter​ for the tag! This is a delightful way to review my year of fic writing and procrastinate on an outline.

Name: Erin

Fandoms: Fanfic wise, I only write for Harry Potter. I read some RWRB stuff, but haven’t written it. Non-fanfic wise, so many things. I cosplay so I’m into a lot of things like Game of Thrones, Disney, Marvel, Doctor Who, Riverdale, CW Arrowverse... I’m just a huge nerd y’all.

Where you post: AO3 and tumblr.

Most popular one-shot: Playing Nurse. It was the first thing I published for Wolfstar.

Playing Nurse (4.1K, T)

Sirius and Remus finally figure out their feelings for each other when Sirius takes care of Remus after a particularly bad full moon.

Most popular multi-chapter: Of Queries and Quarantines. When I came up with the idea for it, I was so sure that people were going to think it was dumb that I almost didn’t write it, but then it wouldn’t leave my head, so I wrote it. I’m so glad I did, too. I honestly think it’s one of the best things I’ve written. I’m so attached to it.

Of Queries and Quarantines (9 chapters, 51K, E)

A story set in the middle of the pandemic in which Sirius is hired at the Potter’s publishing company and Remus is responsible for training him. Lots of texting, lots of video calls, lots of mutual pining, and a lot of really bad literature quotes.

Favorite story you’ve written so far: Ohhhh this is tough. I want to say Queries because I’m so damn proud of it, but I actually think it’s I Don’t Bite. That fic was so fun to write. I love sexy, confident Remus.

I Don’t Bite (6.6K, M)

Halloween was Sirius Black’s favorite holiday. He loved every part, from planning the perfect costume to throwing the kick-ass party that everyone would talk about for weeks to come. Okay, and sure, maybe the irresistible curly-haired, green-eyed cutie dressed as a werewolf that just walked through his front door didn’t hurt either.

Fic you were nervous to post: Of fics I can talk about right now? The Path to You. It was the first time I wrote something non-linearly, so it made me nervous. Although, since I’ve kinda fallen in love with the story telling method when it comes to prompts, because now I’m doing the same thing for RJ’s Christmas Prompts. But The real answer is my Wolfstar Games fic, but that hasn’t been revealed yet so I can’t say much more than that.

The Path to You (Series of 10 fics, 12.6K)

A series of moments over the course of Sirius and Remus’ relationship told non-linearly. Written for 10 Days of Healing: Wolfstar Comfort Mini-Fest 2020.

How do you choose your titles: I don’t really have a set method. Sometimes I steal lines from the fic, sometimes I think of a title then use that wording as a line in the fic, sometimes I steal lyrics from songs that are tangentially related to the fic. But sometimes it’s none of these. I do make sure that the title of the fic makes sense though, at least once you’ve read the entire thing anyway. 

Do you outline: 98% of the time. The only times I don’t are for tumblr prompts (but sometimes I even outline for those). At a minimum, I have a general plot summary of the entire thing that usually is a mix of plot and dialogue, but for my longer fics I have an entire scene plot broken down into a three act structure, word count targets for each scene, character diagrams, research tabs, etc etc. Yes, I’m insane.

Complete: Everything on my AO3 right now is complete with the exception of OWLs and my series of tumblr ficlet collections.

In Progress: OWLs. I’m not going to link it, because, it’s taunting me right now. It’s a retelling of OOTP from the POV of an OC of mine, and I made the mistake of not outlining before starting to write and post, because I hit a plot block back in July and I’ve been too busy with other fics to go back and fix it so I can continue. I love that story, but right now it’s haunting me 🙈

Coming Soon: On the immediate horizon (aka scheduled) are my Cinderella AU for Marauders Fest fic and secret fics for Fireside Tales and Remus Lupin Fest. Not so scheduled but in the works are a Hufflepuff Sirius AU and a sequel to I Don’t Bite.

Prompts: Yes please! I occasionally open my prompts officially and post prompt lists I want to write from, but I’m also open to people just dropping their own prompts in my inbox. I can’t promise I’ll write them in any timely fashion, but I’ll get to them eventually 😊

I have no idea who’s done this, so feel free to ignore me: @kattlupin, @lupinmoons, @justtoarguewithyou, @remus-john-lupin, @asnowpuff, @dduucckk, @sunflower-swan

[themangolorian]

Fanart Rec List

*just wanted to do a quick fanart rec list, i have so many fic recs and sometimes i feel like i don’t give enough love to the lovely, talented artists in our fandom. i wish i knew more technical terms about painting and writing so my comments could be more coherent than “i love your style so much” and i’ll try to learn more just for that reason, but for now, here are my favorite artists in the fandom, and if you’re not mentioned, it’s only because i’m lazy! there are SO many talented ppl in this fandom and i wish i had enough time to give all my love to you all!*

the incomparable @lavenderl3mons this is my favorite piece by fran. she does just so many wonderful painting of the various pedro characters and you can tell just how much love she puts into her work.

our precious angel @magichandthing​ this is my favorite piece by stevie, because, hello, clan leader mando. but she has SO MANY different amazing art pieces, it honestly just astounds me. and look at her y’all, she’s a literal disney princess! 🥺

the most talented @pajamasecrets this is my favorite piece by monica. i absolutely love all of her pieces and the way she draws. this is my other favorite! she also puts out the most amazing gif sets, what would this fandom be without her???

the magnificent @miranhas-art this is my favorite piece by mari. she has so many other pedro related pieces, and the detail she achieves is insane. she also animated some of her drawings (idk how, maybe magic??) here it is and i’m just 😍

the sexy mrs. djarin @thick-dick-daddy-mando this is my favorite piece by mildred. she also has an insanely entertaining blog and she is probably the funniest person i know. also, yes, little known fact she is 100% din djarin’s wife 🔥

the exceptional @keethus-arts this is my favorite piece by them. they have a whole comic dedicated to outlaw au mando and the child, your mind! they also have just so many other precious mandalorian pieces.

Again, there are so many others and I wish I had enough time to mention them all. But, I’ll just consider this a part 1 rec and come up with another one as art crosses my dash. I appreciate you all so much and what would we do without you filling our minds with even more precious images of Din and Javi and all of Pedro’s other amazing characters.

[multiverseofimagines]

Ship Sleepover

hey guys! figured that because I do a regular prompt sleeover on the weekends that thursday until saturday morning can be specifically a shipping aspect of our weekly sleepover! you can still request headcanons and blurbs during this time, but it will mainly be for shipping.

this will help me have the time to get ship requests done on certain nights, so then i can focus on the really long and detailed/sleepover requests.

this will also be a time dedicated to self shipping, so you can talk about your f/o or your personal au or ask about mine!

Rules

the number one rule is that in order to receive a ship, you must state who you ship me with. I’m a wh*re for shipping, so below the end of the post I will contribute a mini bio so you can ship me!

state your fandom’s + sexuality. i can’t ship you if you don’t specify the group of characters you want me to ship you with, nor can i ship you without knowing your preferences. if you are asking for an actor ship from their characters just state “adam driver character ship pls”

please don’t just state your looks. sure they can help a bunch, but it’s so hard to write a headcanon or give a reason to ship based off of; “ i really like cooking and i have blonde hair.” do not shy away from detail, you have every right to post two parts in my inbox, as long as you ensure that there is an emoji so i know which one you are.

please look at my weekend sleepover post to see an updated fandom list. it will be highlighted. SLEEPOVER WEEKEND

please have fun! and don’t fret if i don’t get to your ship, this will happen every week!

My Shipping Bio

hiya! im gonna list some things about me so y’all can ship me! feel free to do this even when its not shipping week cause im always curious!

What is your name? Any Nicknames?

Lynndsy, Lynnie or Lynn. My closest friends call me Jew Mom, Sunflower or Lynnerd.

2. Where are you from? Where do you want to live?

I currently reside in Canada 🇨🇦 my home town is a bit small compared to some places, and down here we would be considered a “redneck” kind of part of Canada. I don’t like where I live currently, as it is small, so I would love to move somewhere bigger, such as Toronto or Vancouver. If I could live anywhere though, I’d live in England.

3. Hobbies?

Writing, Listening to Music, Playing sims, Watching Films, Making edits, Photography and overall just anything thats creative.

4. Pros about you?

I’m loving, artistic, I always put others before myself, I’m always giving advice, I love to make people smile, I’m definitely a people pleaser. And I’m a big dreamer, who doesn’t give up. I have motherly aspects to me but I’m a kid at heart.

5. Cons about you?

I have a short attention span, I have mental health issues, panic attacks, I’m hard to handle sometimes because I can get super manic and angry over very tiny things, I dissasociate a lot, I’m a perfectionist and a procrastinator, I’m insecure and a bit needy.

6. What do you wanna be when you grow up? Where do you work?

An Authur, A Script Writer or an Actress. I use to work at a Ski Hill.

7. Tattoos and Body Mods?

A Septum Piercing and a Tattoo of the mountains on my left wrist. I use to have my right nostril pierced.

8. Favourite Movie, Favourite Song, Favourite Food?

Favourite movie will always be The Labyrinth or Titanic, I also like Disney films (My faves are Tangled + Atlantis 🥺) Favourite song is There is a Light That Never Goes Out by The Smiths. Favourite food is literally anything with cheese.

9. Name Three Characters you Relate to!

1. Rey from Star Wars 🥺

2. Not a Character but I relate to Elton John, especially his life story.

3. Rapunzel from Tangled.

10. Lastly your sexuality?

Biromantic Asexual.

[deaf-sakura]

i GOTTA ask abt sakura for that headcanon meme

OKKKKK SOOOOO

Headcanon A:  realistic

The Haruno clan are a farming class from Uzushiogakure (where Kushina is from!) however the destruction of their nation caused Sakura’s family to take refuge in Konoha. Having very few workable skills that can be used in an urban area, they’re usually very low income and survive by working alongside the Yamanaka flower shop. That’s why they’re so desperate to send Sakura to the Ninja Academy, so she can start earning money at an early age and eventually create a better life for herself. She gets a lot of bullying early on from being poor and clanless, however she’s extremely useful during D-rank farming assignments and gets a little annoyed whenever she has to walk her teammates through a basic planting/harvest related task.

Headcanon B: while it may not be realistic it is hilarious

Tsunade encourages Sakura to enroll in “civilian university” so she can major in psychology (a field which Tsunade readily admits is underdeveloped in shinobi academia). Of course she excels at academic work, but she also develops a really vibrant social life; she’s actively part of her LGBTQ+ society (but isn’t ready to explain to team 7 what “all those pins” on her bag mean), she joins a KPOP dance team and develops a pretty sizable online following, and sometimes she’s seen wondering around Konoha with a loud group of friends or just a single girl, usually decked out in a lot of modern fashions that most ninja don’t “get.” Team 7 are a little baffled by some of her changes, but overall they see she’s happy and successful and don’t question it too much.

Although one night, Kakashi finds her wondering around, sharing boba with a boy he’s never seen before. Like, he’s trying so hard not to be an embarrassing dad about it but it’s fucking midnight and who is this guy anyway and did she tell anyone at her dorm where she was going and-

“Sensei, relax!!! This is just Sora!!! He’s part of the LGBT club with me and he’s on my dance team!!! He’s having a really hard time coming out to his family right now and I just wanted to hang out with him, help him think about something else!”

Kakashi tries to relax.

“Besides...you shoulda been more worried when I was out here with that girl Sumire last week. Can’t believe you guys haven’t realized yet.”

Kakashi cannot relax.

Headcanon C: heart-crushing and awful, but fun to inflict on friends

Y’all know I struggle with angst, but maybe a mental illness AU, which I’ve always been drawn to since I was younger. I got issues, man. But I’d love to imagine Team 7 and Tsunade being her support system/family.

Headcanon D: unrealistic, but I will disregard canon about it because I reject canon reality and substitute my own.

Sakura is kidnapped and experimented on by Orochimaru. Sasuke tries to stop him, but he only gets thrown into the painful experiments as well. Eventually Kakashi and Naruto rescue them and haul them back to the village, however on the journey they notice they both start to...change whenever they’re by a body of water too long. They get insanely aggressive, their skin turns scaly and dark, their teeth and nails grow and...

Mermaids. It’s a fucking mermaid AU. Except they’re untamed wild animals, not a Disney-type creature. They can maintain human form for a few days, but after a while they turn into ferocious but beautiful killing machines. Tsunade tries her best to reverse whatever’s been done to them, but she can’t cure them and is resigned to just try to make them as comfortable as possible as they cycle back and forth between their human and mermaid forms.

[talkingismylifewrites]

U: Share three of your favorite fic writers and why you like them so much.

lo (devereauxing)  because i love her and i’m a sucker for any and anything she’s ever written. i know i know i’m always waxing poetics about her and y’all are probably so fucking sick of it but jesus she writes better than almost anyone else. not only that but she’s so attentive? she knows my fics better than i do myself. she leads me back onto the path when i get lost or wander off. 9/10 if you send me a prompt or a hc i send it to her to help me build it out because she’s that fucking good. and her humor! christ, read anything she’s written (just you wait until she gets croissant fic up holy shit). she can make you laugh right before making you cry. she knows her characters better than anyone else i’ve read: she can emote and relate and it’s like real life??? jesus the last chapter of all the more reasons had me actually laughing out loud right before she ripped out my heart. the scene where they’re in the kitchen discussing a penis magnet is hands down one of the most canon and brilliant things i’ve had the pleasure of reading. she writes freddie and roger’s relationship so perfectly!! i’m not kidding!! its actual perfection.  and if you get me talking about her time travelers wife au for too long i will cry. that’s not a joke. i cannot tell you how amazing everything she writes is, she’s got the midas touch of this fandom. 

sweetestsight has consistently blown me away with the quality of their work. like hot damn give me a chance to sing of my love for their tangled!au which is a) one of my favorite disney princess movies and b) one of my favorite ot4 (not my ot4) aus. its amazing and the way that john and roger in particular are written have ripped out my heartstrings. i reread it probs like once a month? something like that. it just never fails to make me smile, and when it was being updated originally i would legit dive for my phone to read the new chapters. each chapter received a little love letter from me in the comments because i was so blown away by the brilliance and pacing and descriptions. i really fucking love it. 

and finally, kt_fairy was one of the og joger writers, and i really can blame my love for them on her. her brighter suns series was so good and really just filled the hole in my heart that i didn’t even know was there. its sexy and funny and adorable while also being really tender and gentle in terms of dealing with roger and john’s blossoming relationship, and the way it developed and changed over the years. there’s so much to base off of, but her version of hot space in a heart beat pulse that keeps on pumping is so on point that i really can’t help but admire it. shame that it appears as though she’s not continuing within the fandom, but its always a treasure to return back to the old fics and give em an old reread. 

there are honestly so many other amazing authors out there that i didn’t mention, but trust me! there are some diamonds out there :) 

[artificialqueens]

as the stars align 6/? (branjie) - rujubees

A/N: A/N: hollywood enemies to lovers au; 4k - also on ao3

“Tell it to me again,” Nina said excitedly a couple of days later as she sat at Brooke’s house, only hours before they were due at the wrap party. Brooke rolled her eyes, Nina raising her hands in mock surrender.

“I’m sorry, you just don’t know how long I’ve been waiting for the Ice Queen to catch feelings. Let me enjoy myself!”

“Trust me, I can’t believe it either,” Brooke admitted quietly.

“I can’t believe you’re gonna have a girlfriend! It must be too good to be true,” Nina continued.

“It is,” Brooke began. “Nothing’s gonna happen between us.”

Nina sighed.

“Let me get this straight. She’s single, she likes girls, and you think there’s a chance she might be into you too. Seems like you have a good shot, Miss Pessimist.”

“It’s not that simple,” Brooke protested. “She just came out of a relationship. A serious one, long-term one. She said that up until last year, marriage was on the cards, Nina.”

“Okay,” Nina replied, trying to process Brooke’s reasoning. “But she seems pretty over this guy, correct? Didn’t she say that they’ve been growing apart for a while now? It doesn’t sound like you’d just be some rebound.”

“That’s what she says, sure. And I don’t doubt she believes it, but… I dunno. She seemed pretty distraught over everything the other day. I know she doesn’t want to be with him, but it can’t be an easy transition, throwing away years of a life you’ve built with someone else. She’s emotionally fragile right now, I can’t abuse that. She needs a friend. What if I made a move, and she thought that all along, I’d just been pretending to be nice because I want to fuck her? What if she thinks that I just told her to break up with her boyfriend for my own selfish reasons? She’ll go back to hating me all over again,” Brooke rambled, the possibilities of what could go wrong making her increasingly anxious.

“Brooke, calm down, you’re spiralling. If you’re honest about your feelings for her, she won’t think any of that.”

“But what if she doesn’t want me anyway, Nina? She hasn’t been single in years. She probably wants to spend some time alone, not running into another commitment already, I of all people can relate to that. And I don’t just wanna be some dumb Hollywood fling who she forgets about once this is all over.”

“You just gotta talk to her, B. Lay it all out on the table, tell her if you’re in, you’re all in. But don’t make that decision for her. The only person who can say whether she’s ready or not is Vanessa.”

“You make it sound so easy,” Brooke despaired. Nina shrugged, as if to say, this is my advice, take it or leave it.

“As much as your love life thrills me more than you could know, I do actually have business to discuss,” Nina diverted the topic of conversation.

“Damn, it hasn’t even been a week since As The Stars Align wrapped, but fire away.”

“Well, as you know, it’s now early August, and you have a gap in your schedule until early November when you start press for Stars, ready for an early December premiere and theatrical release a week later. I just got the news that a full mini season for the HBO pilot you shot in January has been ordered, and they’re willing to accommodate your schedule, so filming starts in two weeks and finishes a week before Halloween. So you’ll get a little time off before press, at least,” Nina told her succinctly, slipping into professional manager mode like she always did when they talked work.

“Sounds great,” Brooke agreed, already wishing that the discussion would go back to Vanessa.

“There’s a catch.”

Brooke looked up at Nina, expectedly, gesturing for her to proceed.

“The show’s moving shooting to Vancouver,” she revealed, grimacing, “It’s inconvenient, but I think you should do it anyway. Of course, they can recast if you say no, and I know you don’t have a place up there so it’ll be two months of hotels. But they know how lucky they were to get you on board and they’ve already made special arrangements for you.”

Brooke had wanted to get into TV for a while, always having felt that it was ahead of Hollywood in terms of female roles available and LGBT representation. She had no reason to say no. Except… it would mean that whatever she could possibly have going on with Vanessa would have to be put on hold.

“I really can’t believe you just spent the whole morning trying to convince me to make Vanessa my girlfriend, only to tell me now that I can’t see her for months anyway,” Brooke huffed.

“You don’t have to do it, Brooke. Lord knows you don’t have to work another day in your life if you don’t want to,” Nina argued.

“No, you’re right, I should do it. I’m not that bitch who’s gonna give up an amazing opportunity just to stay with her crush, what am I, fourteen? Nope. Besides, it’s probably a sign. This is exactly why it wouldn’t work between us; we’re always gonna be travelling the world and spending months away from LA. It’s probably for the best.”

“Okay, now you’re just being dramatic. Probably seventy-five percent of the filming you do is here in Hollywood, and this is just a one off mini series, you’re not signing over the next decade of your life. I still think you two would be good together,” Nina rationalised.

“Well, this is all hypothetical, because she probably doesn’t want to be with me anyway,” Brooke concluded. She loved Nina, but the woman was like a Disney character — a believer in fairytales and true love and with more optimism than what was surely healthy.

Brooke couldn’t let herself get her hopes up. One of them had to keep things realistic.

—

Vanessa arrived at the wrap party at nine pm, Silky and A’keria with her after managing to charm the organisers into allowing her to bring the both of them as her plus one. It was being held at a hotel in Beverly Hills — probably one of the poshest establishments that Vanessa had ever been to — and they had even been provided with rooms for the night.

Inside, it was filled with the cast and crew, alongside their guests, all mingling and enjoying the luxury of the chandeliers and the gourmet buffet. People were sipping wine, and there was music playing, but not too loudly, and it wasn’t exactly the kind of event Vanessa was used to, but she knew that as long as she had her Dreamgirls, she would be in for a good night.

She felt like That Bitch, with her beaded blue mini dress that was glamorous and expensive as hell but also a little slutty, and her her dark curls a little more polished and sleek than usual. And she knew that her mug was on point.

Her eyes scanned the room, affectionately taking in the sight of the people who had grown to become her friends. Michelle was chatting away in a group, her arm linked with her husband’s; Katya was sat on the lap of her girlfriend, Trixie, a little too casually for an occasion like this, not that Katya would ever care about that. Scarlet and Yvie were also together, hand in hand, whereas Aquaria, Kameron and Asia were laughing loudly as Shuga and Plastique gossiped in a corner.

Brooke was nowhere to be seen. It was rare for her not to be on time despite the mishap on the first day of filming, but the bitch did like to make an entrance.

“Can’t find your girl?” A’keria asked with a smirk.

“She ain’t my girl,” Vanessa denied.

“But you do know who she was referring to, surely that means something,” Silky chipped in.

“Y’all are a nightmare. Ima go get us some drinks, try and stay outta trouble,” Vanessa announced. She strutted up to the bar and ordered for the three of them, feeling butterflies form in her stomach as she thought about the idea of herself and Brooke being just steps away from each other that night. She wanted nothing more than for something to happen between them. Even though Brooke didn’t do relationships, and Vanessa very much wanted a relationship, it had taken every ounce of strength to reject Brooke’s subtle advances in the kitchen, and the more Vanessa’s feelings towards Brooke deepened, the less she was convinced she’d be able to turn her down should a similar situation arise.

“Hey,” Vanessa heard a voice to her right, and turned to see Asia, glass of champagne in her hand.

“Hey. Congratulations on all of this,” Vanessa smiled.

“You too,” Asia responded, smiling back.

“You uh, seen Brooke?” Vanessa asked cooly, staring ahead at the bottles lining the wall behind the bar.

Asia’s grin turned wicked.

“Don’t worry, she’ll be here.”

“I ain’t worried — why would you say that?” Vanessa gave a nervous laughter.

“Girl, don’t sweat it. You two are obvious, you know that, right?” Asia teased.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“Well, everyone else does. And we’re happy for you.”

“I’m serious, bitch,” Vanessa said, with more sadness than she’d intended to convey. “There’s nothin’ going on between Brooke and I.”

Asia paused.

“Vanessa, my love, you cannot be that oblivious. I’ve worked on a lot of movies and the sexual tension you two have… it’s not common or normal between two co-stars. Whenever I’m around you guys, no matter what you’re talking about, it’s like I’m intruding on a private moment, because that’s just the energy y’all give off. It would be cute if it weren’t so annoying watching y’all tryna dance around it instead of dealing with it. So just cut the crap and climb that tall hoe like I know you wanna.”

Asia had been almost like a mother-figure on set, maternal and caring yet direct when necessary, but Vanessa had never heard he be this bold.

“It had to be said,” Asia concluded, flashing her perfect white smile proudly.

Vanessa excused herself, made her way back to A’keria and Silky with their drinks, and Vanessa was already aggressively downing her champagne when Silky begun tugging on her arm, pointing her towards the entrance of the room.

Brooke had arrived, and it took Vanessa a moment to snap out of her awe and realise that she was walking towards her, Nina in tow. A’keria and Silky decided that was their cue to make themselves scarce.

Brooke always looked incredible, but Vanessa had never seen her so dressed up in person, and the sight made Vanessa’s breath hitch. She had her usually wavy hair straightened into a sleek shoulder length bob, and she wore a red midi dress that hugged her curves, and all Vanessa wanted to do was put her hands all over them.

“Hi,” Vanessa greeted her shyly, pulling her into tight hug that lingered a little too long. When she pulled back, Brooke was giving Nina a pointed glance that seemed to be in reference to something which Vanessa wasn’t a part of.

“Hey, Nina,” Vanessa continued, pulling the other woman into a quick hug.

The three of them engaged in lighthearted small talk, about a range of topics — the movie, the party, what a beautiful hotel it was — but Vanessa couldn’t shake the feeling that Brooke was distancing herself. She didn’t understand her. Brooke had been so caring and thoughtful and even flirtatious the night Vanessa had opened up to her, but here she was now, barely weeks later, struggling to look her in the eye.

Vanessa wanted Brooke, and by now, she was starting to believe that Brooke wanted her too, at least on a surface level. She wasn’t always the best at reading signs, but she was pretty sure there was no platonic explanation for the way Brooke had leaned her body against her own and basically eye fucked her right there in front of the counter.

But the way Brooke was acting right now was just confusing. This woman had seen Vanessa at her very worst, seen her fiery anger and her uncontrollable tears, and yet Brooke’s demeanour would suggest that the two of them were merely colleagues, acquaintances at best.

—

If Brooke thought the chances for her and Vanessa were already low, they were pretty much on the floor now that Nina had told her about the miniseries in Vancouver.

But all of her resolve to keep her distance from Vanessa had crumbled the minute she’d walked into the wrap party and seen her co-star standing there, her old Hollywood pin up curls contrasting with the tiny beaded mini dress she was wearing. Blue wasn’t something she’d seen her in often, and it only served to prove her theory that there was no colour that Vanessa didn’t suit. Brooke didn’t know where to look — at her mesmerising locks, or her long, exposed legs, or her face that looked soft despite the fact that she was wearing more makeup than Brooke had ever seen her in.

Brooke felt herself get lost in Vanessa’s embrace, and that’s when she knew that if Vanessa held her like that again, she’d never bring herself to go to Canada.

For much of the night, Brooke somewhat avoided Vanessa. Not enough for it to seem like she disliked the girl, or that she was intentionally trying to stay out of her company, but she ensured that she spent plenty of time with other people, like Nina and Katya and Yvie, and that when she was with Vanessa, they weren’t alone.

That’s how she ended up in a group with Vanessa, Aquaria, Kameron and Asia, Rihanna’s Sex With Me playing loudly. It was a far cry from the rather tame, classy shenanigans of earlier; now the real fun was beginning.

“Bitch, I’m ‘bout to turn this out,” Vanessa said excitedly. Asia and Kameron had already began dancing together in way was a little provocative, but didn’t veer too far into more-than-friends territory.

Suddenly, Vanessa grabbed Aquaria and began grinding on her in a much less wholesome manner, and as far as Brooke could tell, they had both completely forgotten that she was still there, sipping her drink and watching on, not wanting to watch but unable to look away.

Their bodies were practically slammed together as they danced, and Brooke felt her throat constricting as Vanessa grabbed Aquaria’s head in her hands. Brooke was sure they were going to kiss, when Aquaria’s lips latched onto Vanessa’s neck, but Vanessa only tilted her face towards Brooke, making eye contact in a smug, challenging, lustful stare.

Brooke didn’t understand and was embarrassed to be unable to move from her spot, looking on like a horny straight boy who’d just discovered lesbians.

She felt moisture fill her eyes as she forced herself to consider that maybe Vanessa didn’t care about her after all. She was ready to move on, she just didn’t want Brooke. Maybe she never wanted her, and that was why the restaurant night didn’t go anywhere. Even if Vanessa was trying to make her jealous, she was being cruel. She must’ve realised by now that Brooke liked her, and there was no need for her to throw it back in Brooke’s face like this.

Brooke’s legs began working separately to her brain and she took off abruptly, walking briskly as far away from the party as possible, not expecting Vanessa to follow shortly behind her. Vanessa began calling her name, but Brooke didn’t even want to give her the satisfaction of looking back around at her.

“Hold up, Mary!” Vanessa pleaded as she followed Brooke into the hotel lobby. It was quiet, away from the main action of the party, and Brooke knew she couldn’t pretend like she couldn’t hear Vanessa any longer.

“What?” Brooke said coldly, facing Vanessa, trying to seem unbothered. It was in vain since her reaction to Vanessa with Aquaria had already made her feelings loud and clear.

Vanessa was always short, but Brooke had never seen her look so small, and she looked a far cry from the confident, empowered woman that had been present on the dance floor moments prior.

“Can we… talk? Like, in private?” Vanessa asked. Brooke nodded, and the pair walked together, palpable distance between them, up to Vanessa’s hotel room. They sat in silence for a few minutes, Brooke on edge of the bed as she undid her shoes, and Vanessa propped up on the dressing table. Their eyes kept finding each other, both of them unsure on how to proceed.

Vanessa spoke up first.

“So —”

“I’m leaving,” Brooke interrupted her. Vanessa’s face fell.

“Wh— what?” Vanessa chuckled awkwardly.

“Well. I’m going away for a few months, I just found out today. To Vancouver. I’ll be back by the time Stars is released, obviously, but who knows what I’ll be doing once that’s all over.”

“Why you tellin’ me this?” Vanessa pondered with a frown, “I know we good Judy’s an’ all now, but I still ain’t hardly see you outside of work.”

“I just thought you should know, this is the last night we’ll see each other for a while,” Brooke said, licking her lips and looking at Vanessa suggestively in a way that left nothing up for interpretation.

“Oh,” Vanessa smirked.

“Don’t make a thing out of it. I just… the way you were dancing… bitch, I’m only human.”

Something shifted in that moment.

“You were real jealous out there, mami,” Vanessa called her out, slipping off the dresser and crossing the small space of floor between them, coming to sit next to her on the other side of the bed.

“No I wasn’t,” Brooke protested futilely.

After a flash of hesitation — gone so fast Brooke wasn’t sure if it had even been there — Vanessa reached out her arm and rested her hand on top of Brooke’s.

“Do you want me to leave?”

“I — no.”

That was all the confirmation Vanessa needed to shuffle herself closer to Brooke and begin combing her fingers through her hair.

“What do you want, Brooke?” Vanessa asked sweetly.

It was as if a switch went off inside of her and Brooke suddenly processed that she was with the girl who she’d been pining over for ages, and she was very obviously coming on to her. She’d be a fool to turn her down.

“I want you,” Brooke replied. “I mean, just tonight. No strings attached, etcetera.”

Vanessa raised an eyebrow like she didn’t quite believe her. She was right to have her doubts, but Brooke knew it wasn’t the right time to be tackling feelings so as long as neither of them went there, they’d be fine.

“Tonight sounds good,” Vanessa consented, moving her hand up to Brooke’s thigh.

Brooke decided she had to kiss her before she ended up begging her for something more, so she lunged forwards and crashed her lips to Vanessa’s, hot and slightly salty from the tears that Brooke hadn’t realised had fallen.

It was familiar and yet a whole new experience at the same time, just the two of them, no hovering cameras or bellowing crew members to distract them from each other’s touch. They no longer had to restrain themselves, and Brooke couldn’t help but moan loudly into the kiss, making up for all the times she’d had to suppress such sounds.

“Ooh, she’s eager,” Vanessa mumbled in the brief seconds they were apart.

Brooke shut her up with another kiss, before pushing Vanessa’s body down on the bed and straddling her hips. “Do you know how fucking pretty you are?” she asked, her tone hard as she could make it as she sucked on Vanessa’s neck.

“You are too,” Vanessa responded so sincerely, it made Brooke’s heart skip a beat. Brooke began tugging at Vanessa’s dress impatiently and Vanessa pushed her off of her and began working her way out of it.

“This was custom, hoe,” she scolded, but there was a slight quiver of something — nerves? — in her voice, and all the attitude in the world couldn’t hide it. Brooke laughed anyway.

“Sorry,” she replied, figuring she should undress herself as well, leaving them both naked, and Vanessa further away than she had any right to be under these circumstances.

Brooke was used to being the quieter one out of the two of them, but they were both silent as they took each other in, Brooke’s eyes roaming over her perfect, golden curves.

“You’re —”

“Just get over here,” Vanessa cut in. Brooke obliged and slammed her body against Vanessa’s, and they kissed hungrily as Brooke pinned her against the ugly hotel wallpaper.

“Bed,” she panted, Vanessa whining as they were momentarily separated.

“So bratty,” Brooke noted as she began crawling on top of her. “But we knew that already, didn’t we?”

Vanessa wasn’t given any time to respond, and simply let out a gasp as Brooke’s hand began massaging one nipple at the same time her lips covered the other. She then began kissing her way down Vanessa’s body and up her thighs, knowing she was tormenting the other woman as curse words rolled off Vanessa’s tongue.

“Fuck me,” Vanessa moaned, and Brooke dipped her fingers gently between her pussy, before starting to draw swirls on Vanessa’s clit.

“Is this okay, Ness?” Brooke checked anxiously, and Vanessa’s moans and cries of affirmation removed any last seeds of doubt.

Brooke replaced her fingers with her mouth, and just minutes later, Vanessa was climaxing, repeating Brooke’s name like a prayer.

Brooke laid herself down next to Vanessa, feeling overwhelmingly lucky that she even got to see her like this, glowing and blissed out. They held eye contact for a few seconds and before Brooke could even collect her brain and start overthinking, she felt Vanessa’s hand stroking her inner thigh, making goosebumps raise all over her skin.

“Wanna make you feel good too, Mami,” Vanessa purred, kissing her thoroughly.

“Okay,” Brooke stuttered, wishing she could compose herself and provide a more smooth response.

Vanessa dragged her fingers from Brooke’s legs to her clit, and caressed it slowly, before speeding up, encouraged by Brooke’s enthusiastic response. Vanessa then broke their kiss and gazed up at Brooke as she began pumping two fingers into her pussy, and Brooke’s eyes fluttered shut, both from pleasure and an inability to look at Vanessa’s face any longer without saying things she knew she shouldn’t. Vanessa continued fucking her through her orgasm, before giving her a soft kiss that made Brooke long for a second, third, hundredth time like this that she knew wouldn’t come.

Once Brooke had recovered, she turned to Vanessa, who was looking at her coyly, sucking on her fingers irresistibly.

“I, um. I should go,” Brooke said, startling Vanessa with how quickly she got up and put her dress back on.

“What? Why?” Vanessa persisted with a pout. “The night ain’t over yet, girl.”

“I got a flight in the morning,” Brooke claimed. It was lie, but she couldn’t stop it from coming out anyway.

“Oh. Well, bring me back some of that maple syrup, Miss Brooke Lynn.” Vanessa picked her phone out of her clutch and began scrolling, looking like an angel with her body sprawled naked on the king size bed, hair fanned out over the white pillow.

“Would you, uh, zip me up?” Brooke asked, feeling like a fucking cliché but not wanting to walk all the way to her room with it undone. Vanessa hopped off the bed, began zipping her dress agonisingly slowly, fingertips grazing her skin and warm breath tickling her neck. Brooke could feel her heart beat loudly in her chest, every last drop of her willpower stopping her from spinning around and jumping Vanessa all over again.

“Don’t freeze to death in your igloos and shit,” Vanessa ordered once she had completed the task, and Brooke snorted.

“I’ll try not to,” she promised.

She thought about giving the shorter woman a hug, but she was still naked and she didn’t know whether that would be weird or not. So instead, she gave her a small smile and a soft bye, before slinking out of the room, questioning where the hell they would go from here.

[machonachos]

Tf happened between y'all???

Around September of last year, a few months after I had started talking to Sara, Jin began getting weirdly possessive of her. There’s more to it on Sara’s end, but I’m just gonna talk about what I personally saw and felt during this whole ordeal. 

Before she had even moved here, she started hounding Sara about feeling “left out” and how she felt bad because Sara was spending more time with me. And that’s not a problem in and of itself. Sometimes when someone gets a new friend that you don’t know, you get a little insecure. I understand that. I reached out to her during that time, trying to be friends, trying to find any common ground so that we could talk too. Did it make a difference? Nope. Instead she started getting more and more demanding of Sara’s time. If Sara didn’t message her every day, multiple times a day, then Sara or I would receive a guilt-trippy message about how lonely she felt and how she had no one to talk to (which btw, was very untrue since she suddenly has all these friends coming out of the woodwork). It was incredibly stressful for us over here bc it seemed like no matter how much we tried to balance school/work/errands and talking to Jin, it was never enough for her. Even when we explained exactly what we were doing on the daily (ex: cleaning the garage, going the vet, exams and deadlines), she would still try and make us feel bad about not being able to message her. With Jin it’s always, “I understand, but–” And you wanna know what it always boiled down to? Her feelings being more important than ours.

We figured maybe it’d be better when she moved here because then it’d be easier to talk and we could actually go out and do things together. That was not the case. Up until now, she had been making vague posts about feeling sad and whatnot that we felt were related to the situation with us but we were ignoring them in favor of starting fresh. You wanna know what she did like the day after she got here? Another vague post. So obviously we knew she was writing about us. But it was early in the move, so an adjustment period is to be expected. She’d told Sara that she didn’t have a place to put her computer, so we wanted to do something nice for her and went halfies on a dresser/desk that we then hand-sanded and painted ourselves. Lotta money and weeks of effort went into making that gift for her. Did it make a difference? Nope. She was still complaining about us excluding her to other people.

We soon found out that it didn’t matter how hard we tried to make her feel welcome and included. I would try very hard to keep conversations going with the three of us but it was like pulling teeth. Jin always seemed disengaged and would give me very little to go off. Still, we tried. And yet, it was little more than a week after she had moved here when things got real bad. I remember the three of us were on the couch (she had this really bad habit of physically jamming herself between me and Sara whenever we were in the living room, would always end up partially sitting on my leg and forcing me to move away), just sitting and watching a vine compilation. No one was talking, Sara was working on a drawing and I was doing homework. And yet she still stormed off into her room because we weren’t talking to her like what??? We were busy! Like she could literally see with her own two eyes that we were busy but didn’t seem to matter, all that mattered was that we weren’t paying attention to her. She ended up sending me a message saying that she wanted to talk, so I went into the room and let her vent. I tried to comfort her, tried suggesting maybe we all do something with our characters together like an AU and that seemed to cheer her up. When we came out of the room to tell Sara, she was gone. After that, I didn’t see Sara for two entire days. She locked herself in her room for two whole days, because the whole atmosphere in the house with Jin was that bad. It’s not my place to talk about what Sara did in the time she was locked in her room, but understand this: when I say this situation caused people pain, I mean it. Y’all wanna know just how bad it was? Sara has mentioned to me that this whole thing with Jin was eerily similar to her relationship with her abusive mother. And you wanna know the real kicker? When confronted with this information, Jin literally admitted that she knew she was doing a lot of the same toxic things that Sara’s mom does!

This sort of emotional manipulation from Jin went on for months. Sara and I would try and talk to each other, only to have Jin sit there looking sad in an effort to make us feel bad. It got to the point that whenever she would come out of her room, Sara and I would just stop talking to each other altogether. And before anyone asks, “well why didn’t you tell her how you felt”, here’s the thing– WE DID. We had a series of house meeting where we would try to bring up all our concerns and issues but whenever we would tell Jin that something she was doing was hurting us, she would just blame it on depression (which Sara and I both struggle with and/or take medication for!) and then proceed to not change a single thing.

But because the wrongdoings here extend beyond just our personal relationship with her and are way too much for just one ask, I’m gonna summarize some of the many other things she did while she was here:

- Didn’t pay a single month of rent in the four months she lived here- Spent all her money on video games and con stuff in the first two weeks of living here so we ended up having to buy everything for her including groceries, meals when we went out, cat food, cat litter, etc.- Would use things like Sara’s makeup and my mugs without asking, take communal things into her room so we could never find them or use them- Continued to make “vague” posts that clearly alluded to living here with us and badmouth us to other people even while we tried to make her happy- Would pull Sara’s boyfriend aside just to complain about us while we were LITERALLY in the other room- Would constantly touch Sara and I even though we’d clearly stated that we didn’t like being touched- Only started looking for a job months after she had moved here and had been living for free and not contributing- Bailed on us during the con when she had promised that she was gonna help us run the booth- Since she only cared about characters, we tried to create a new story line that could include her but instead she just pulled Chris aside on Christmas to complain about us- Was never thankful for all the things we did for her, including: paying for housing and food, paying for her cat’s things, paying for her therapy, paying for bus rides and giving her rides to and from places, any gifts we got her, taking her to Disney Springs for something only she wanted to do. God, she didn’t even really look happy when Sara made those Sinner and Lucy body pillows. There was just no pleasing her. Nothing we did was ever good enough.

[staycatcher]

Loving Seungmin Hours

A ask game for lovely stays who bias Kim Seungmin of skz or suffer from his bias wreckory💓🤠

Use the hashtag: ‘loving seungmin hours’ so we can see all your answers!!

Note: if you can’t see any emojis, just ask the question instead! Also the examples I gave aren’t the answers I’d give, but just to help give you ideas how to answer them or explain the question!

🆒) How did you get into kpop? How did you get into Stray kids?

🚮) How trash are you for Kim Seungmin and stray kids on a scale from one to ten each? (Ex: 10 for Seungmin, 10 for stray kids)

🆙) What other groups do you stan? Fav songs from them?

🆕) When you first got into stray kids, who’s names would mix up or have a hard time remembering?

🆗) Who were your first stray kids biases before you stuck with Seungmin?

0️⃣) Whats the age gap between you and Seungmin? How does that make you feel? (If you’re not comfortable sharing your age, just say younger, older, or don’t answer!)

✊) Do you also stan Day6, if so what’s your fav songs from them? Do you have a day6 bias?

🧲) What about Seungmin drew you in?

🤔) Who else are your biases and bias wreckers besides Kim Seungmin? Aka who is threatening Seungmin for the ult title!

🤠) When did you realize Seungmin owned your ass heart and/or soul?

🔎) Pros and Cons of having him as your bias / bias wrecker?

👤) Does Seungmin remind you of someone, if so who?

☺️) Do you have any nicknames for Seungmin? What are they?

🐚) Fav aesthetics? (Ex: peaches, green, the smell of rain, laughing so hard it hurts)

📋) List a bunch of aesthetic things you think of, when you think of Seungmin, and a seperate one for skz! (Ex: for seungmin: sunsets, daisies, cookies, smell of old books. For skz: late nights, forest, cityscape, spicy food, smell of good cologne) (I had to keep it short lol)

📻) Dedicate a song to Stray Kids and explain why you chose the song! Dedicate a song to Seungmin and explain why you chose the song!

🎫) Have you ever been to a concert? A kpop or stay kids one? (IF YOUVE SEEN SKZ LIVE YOURE OBLIGATED TO SHARE IF YOURE READING THIS AND TAG @writenowskz in it;))

📢) Rant about how much you love him!!!

👋) Tell him off for ruining your life!!!

💭) Something about Seungmin that you think about a lot?

🗯) What’s your fav thing Seungmin’s ever said or done?

💬) If you met Seungmin, what would you want to tell him?

‼️) Whats something you want him to know / remember?

😃) Describe how Seungmin makes you feel using only emojis!

👀) Fav Seungmin moment? Fav stray kids moment?

💲) Have you bought any skz cds and which members’ photocard(s) have you pulled if so?

🔊) Songs that you think Seungmin shines in? (Can include covers he’s done!)

🎧) Fav stray kids song and album in general?

🎙) A song you want stray kids to cover? A song you want Seungmin to cover?

💽) Fav mixtape track? And what 3racha song do you want to be a future mixtape track?

🎬) Fav stray kids clip / video? Fav Seungmin clip / video?

📕) Fav era / concept for stray kids? Fav era / concept for Seungmin?

🙅‍♀️) Least fav era / concept for Seungmin? Fav era / concept for stray kids? If not applicable, what concept would you hope they and he never do?

👟) Fav outfit Seungmin has worn?

👞) Fav outfit other stray kids members have worn?

👠) Least fav outfit Seungmin has worn?

🥿) Least fav outfit other members have worn?

👕) A piece of clothing / outfit / something he and other members have worn that you want to steal?

👖) A piece of clothing / outfit / something he and other members have worn that you want to burn so it never sees the light of day again?

✂️) If you could style Seungmin, how’d you style him? (Crack Ex: I would make him wear 80s short shorts, cowboy boots, and I would slick back his hair with shiny, thick gel) Do it for the rest of the members as well, if you want!

👑) Fav hairstyle on Seungmin?

🎩) Fav hairstyles in the other members?

🖌) Fav haircolor Seungmin rocked? What is a color you hope to see him sport in the future?

🖍) Have you or do you dye your hair? Fav color you’ve dyed it, if so?

💋) Fav facial feature of his? How many kisses would you give him on that spot ;)? (2nd part optional <3)

😉) Fav physical feature of his that’s not his face? (Ex: I think he has nice shoulders)

🗣) What’s your fav thing about Seungmin’s personality? Fav quirks of his?

🍪) How do you feel about Seungmin’s mole?

🥛) Do you have any moles or beauty marks yourself?

😆) Fav Seungmin meme?

🥴) What meme / vine / tweet gives you Seungmin vibes?

😝) What’s something Seungmin does / has done that make you wanna yell “ME!”

😗) Out If all nine members, who do you relate to the most?

💌) Write Seungmin a confession / love letter!

💞) Fav ship with Seungmin? (Platonic and/or romantic)

💕) What would your relationship dynamic be like? (Plantonic and/or romantic)

💗) Do you personally think you and Seungmin are compatible? (Plantonically and/or Romantically)

💖) Would you rather have Seungmin as your best friend or significant other? Pick another member of stray kids to fill up the other title. (Ex: I would have Seungmin as my best friend and Changbin as my significant other)

💝) Do you believe in true love or soulmates?

❣️) What would you give him at a fan sign? (Ex: A flower crown and a letter)

💔) Saddest Seungmin moment / moment that made you emo?

❤️) Recommend your fav Seungmin content made by stay! (Fics, moodboards, edits, users, youtube videos, crack, etc)

🧡) If you had one day with Seungmin, how would you spend it? Where would you go? What would you do? Etc.

💛) What’s something about Seungmin that you think should be talked about more?

💚) What would be your dream Seungmin fan interaction? (Ex: he blows you a kiss at a concert)

💙) How do other Seungmin stans make you feel? Are you friends with any? If so tag them and tell them how much you love them!!

💜) Do you have a fav Seungmin au? (Ex: Prince! Seungmin)

💟) Ship yourself and your mutuals with the members of stray kids!

🖤) What’s something Seungmin does that makes you lose your mind?

🏆) If you fought Seungmin, who would win? (Physically and/or verbally)

🥊) What would be the cause of you and Seungmin fighting? (Physically and/or verbally)

⚡️) Which Hogwarts house do you think Seungmin belongs in? What is your Hogwarts house in comparison?

🛍) Pretend you’re going on a shopping trip with Seungmin. Which stores would you hit up? Do you think he’d be helpful? If he bought you an ugly jacket, would you wear it? (Wow I really threw Hyunjin under the bus lmao)

🧭) If stray kids landed in your hometown, where would you take them? (Yes you can sit next to Seungmin whenever you’d like ;))

🙄) How often are you blown away / irritated by other’s stupidity?

🍼) Are you babey? How does the word ‘uwu’ make you feel, do you use it?

😶) Do you have a resting bitch face? Resting sad face? Or are you cursed with an approachable face?

😐) What is your main emotion / emotion you feel the most? Does Seungmin change that?

🧀) Remember when Seungmin was an MC on After School Club? Did you like him on there? Did you miss it?

😎) Rapper Seungmin. Thoughts?

🕴) How does Seungmin’s Dance to day6’s shoot me make you feel? Have you ever done the dance yourself, if you haven’t pls do it now and share your experience!

🎤) Do you like to sing? Are you any good?

🎹) Do you play any instruments? How long have you been playing them?

🎼) Go to kaoroke song? How embarrassing are you at kaoroke?

🚘) Fav song to blast in the car? Who’s in the car with you?

🤘) What’s a song you really wanna see live?

💃) Fav song to dance to?

👣) How good are you at dancing / choreography?

📷) Do you like photography?

🎞) What are some of your hobbies?

🌟) What are your personal talents / skills?

🎓) How good were you at school? And what’s the most trouble you got yourself into at school?

⚾️) Do you play any sports? Support any teams? Fav sport? How do you feel about baseball?

🐶) Do you have a dog, or a pet in general? Can you please show us a pic of them if so?

👹) Are you the type of person to annoy or get annoyed?

👺) Are you the prankster or are you the one who gets pranked?

🤪) Everyone has a person who they tease. Who is someone you tease? (Unnecessary Ex: Seungmin teases Changbin)

😈) Evil Seungmin or Soft Seungmin?

💀) Fav evil thing he’s done?

😇) Fav soft thing he’s done?

💄) Barefaced Seungmin or Madeup Seungmin?

👔) Casual Seungmin or Dressed up Seungmin?

💣) Are you a hard stan or a soft stan? If you’re a mixture of both, tell us your percentages (Ex: 3% soft stan, 97% hard stan)

💉) Thoughts on tats and piercings? Do you have any or plans on getting any?

🔪) Kill or be killed? Die for or kill for?

🔫) Weapon of choice?

💪) Beat up or give a stern talking to?

🙏) How forgiving are you? Do you hold grudges?

💍) Do you prefer to woo or be wooed?

🌺) Do you blush easily / get flustered? Or do you make people blush / get flustered?

😳) Are you shy? What situations make you shy, if not?

😀) Things that make you :D?

🤓) Are you an introvert, extrovert, or ambivert?

☹️) Are you an optimist, pessimist, realist or opportunist?

💯) Are you a perfectionist?

🔮) Fav mythical creature? If you and Seungmin were mythical creatures / beings, what would y’all be?

⚰️) Vampires or werewolves? (This is a serious, valid question, okay? It tells a lot about someone)

🎃) Fav Holiday? How do you spend it? Any holiday traditions?

🍂) Fav season? Your fav aesthetics for that season? (Ex: Winter: snowflakes, fuzzy socks, hot cocoa, ugly sweaters, smell of cinnamon)

👻) Do you like horror movies? If so, what’s your fav and which are you excited for seeeing when it comes out?

🐭) Fav Disney movie? If Seungmin and yourself were characters in that movie, who would y’all be?

📺) Do you watch Kdrama? If so, what are your favs?

📽) Your Fav variety show? Have skz appeared on it, if so tell us your fav part of that ep?

🍰) Fav dessert? Would you share it with him or tell him to get his own?

♈️) Whats your astrological sign / birth chart (if you know your birth chart)? Are your signs ‘compatible’ with his? (Ex: I’m a Virgo and so is he so we’re comparible! I don’t know my birth chart so I’ll leave it at that)

👯‍♀️) Whats your role in friend groups? (Ex: Carefree gay uncle who’s house is the fun one to hang out at)

👄) What languages can you speak? Please say ‘hi, I love Seungmin’ in each ;)!

❄️) Have you ever seen snow in person? How do you feel about snow?

🌼) Fav flower and/or plant?

🌱) If Seungmin were a plant, what plant would he be? Why? (Ex: he’s a cactus flower, cuz he can be prickly to his members cough cough changbin cough but he has a heart of gold, and can grow despite the driest of deserts!) feel free to say which plant you’d be as well!!

🌾) Do you go on walks? Do you listen to music while you do it? Where’s your fav spot to go?

✈️) Dream vacation?

🐤) Are you a morning bird or a night owl?

🏞) Mountains or beaches?

☂️) Rain or shine?

🐱) Cats or dogs?

📱) Mobile to desktop?

💻) Vlive or YouTube?

🍽) Breakfast in bed or late night takeout?

🏙) Country side or city?

🎀) Play with someone’s hair or have your hair played with?

☀️) Do you burn or tan? (Either way please take care of your skin and wear sun block!)

☕️) Tea or coffee?

📖) Books or movies?

🔥) Cool or hot?

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This.....is the 1000th post on this blog, and I definitely waited until that could be true to post it, and that’s honestly? Very fitting. Seriously, you guys are a m a z i n g and I have literally never done a milestone before so I can’t tell you what it’s supposed to look like?? But we’ve somehow Miraculously (tm) managed to reach 100 followers and - anyway, this is going to be me very unprofessionally gushing about everyone because....I love you all and you’re all amazing aaaaaa. I’m??? Literally so blessed to have made friends and write with all of you. Y’all with multiple blogs, I’m only tagging once so I don’t spam your feed ok? And - as usual, this is going to get Long, because everything I do gets Long apparently. I tried to do it chronologically but IDK how well it worked oops.

THE LOVES OF MY LIFE, THE SUN IN MY EYES, MY MOON AND STARS

@ccrrupticn  / D!!!! you are?? literally the reason I made this blog?? Without you, this thing would n o t mcfreaking exist omg!! You’re such an amazing writer (seriously, you manage so many muses and you give them all such distinct voices??? witchcraft???) and also so ???ridiculously kind! I love gushing to you about our Kids and you’re honestly A Saint (tm) for dealing with all of my blog construction/life related breakdowns, my crazy crossover headcanons and crashing into your inbox rambling about musicals <3 I miss talking to you so hmu whenever you come back if you want!!

@personnages /  Lynna!! You’re like an Actual Angel. I think you were the first person!! who talked to me??  And You were So Nice and Welcoming that you literally soothed half of my fears coming into rpc like immediately?? You basically helped me figure out how diminutives work and you’re responsible for me adding at least 3 of my muses and I cannot tell you how much I love you and every time you pop onto my dash/feed/discord/etc, it just makes me happy inside <3 Definitely 100000% will follow you to every blog (if you’ll have me lmao) regardless of fandom!! i’m super excited about all of our ship/friendship roulettes and you’re just an absolute joy to talk to.

@nikolacvnas / LYDIA goodness you are a W O N D E R. Probably the best? Historically based blog I’ve ever encountered, and definitely one of my favorite parts of the Anastasia rpc!! The care and research and attention to detail that goes into your portrayals are a s t o n i s h i n g? Your Tatya is divine, your Maria is So Lovely and I Cry For Joy that you write Dima honestly. I’d been eyeing your blog for a little bit before I made my own - and I was honestly a little scared of you when we started cause you are a GODDESS and I am a potato, but then we talked??? and you’re hilarious and a ridiculously kind person and I love you? And of course, I love your dog (the cutest in the universe).

@mythostold / LESLIE~  Different blog, same story~ Man, I’ve been following you since maybe day two of this blog being active? No matter which fandom you end up in and which muse you write, you have such!! good!!! takes!!! For one, I love reading your meta posts??? Like you’re just so incredibly passionate about your muses?? And your writing style is so good aaaaaaa it’s so atmospheric. And on top of all of that - you’re??? such a sweet and incredible??? person??? And I love talking to you boo <3 

@lifeawoke  /  NAT BBYSWEET <3 <3 <3  I have told the story of how I did a victory dance when you followed me to d e a t h probably but it’s t r u e your writing is amazing and your blog is amazing and y o u are amazing! You are the Natasha to my Sonya, and literally every time you send me a musing I’m like immediate-goofy-grin-heart-eyes???? It’s honestly a crime we don’t have more threads but like you’re an absolute joy to talk to and meme with and I adore you/your portrayal of beautiful bratty Natasha even if she drives my Sonya up the wall <3 You are Definitely the Funny Mutual lololol I crack up so much talking to you <3

@valianceearned / CARP you’re an amazing person/writer and holy h e c k am I impressed by your OCs!! They’re all so well thought out and developed? Your bios are so detailed and so much love and care is put into all of your characters. And your writing is so Lovely and it’s also very aesthetically lovely like holy heck the amount of work you put into both the content and the formatting? I am agog, I am aghast!! 

@gearsandlevers / Callie!!!!! YOU ROUND ALL THE CORNERS I STRAIGHTEN THE CURVES!! love your kids so much. Your Violet is a delightfully clever and likeable kid, your Evan might have literally walked off the stage two seconds ago, and you’ve put so much thought into your cinnabon stoner Henry. Your dialogue is amazing and I love our headcanon sessions lobbing ideas back and forth with you!! 

@spareisms / HEY MAGGIE GUESS WHAT YOU’RE WORTH MELTING FOR!!  You’re like the sweetest person alive??? How are you an Actual Real Life Disney Princess?? Your Anna is so well characterized and multi layered and I love how she an be so flawed but so brave and just how human she is. I’m very excited for your Anne Shirley too!! You’re a great writer (and a super sweet person aaaa) and I love you!! 

@gcneralvaganov /  Deanna, I have just one question: How? Have we only known each other for like 2 months???? It feels like my dash would literally be incomplete without you??  You play such deeply complex and incredibly flawed muses with such a great depth of respect and humanity. I love all of our AUs (we.....probably have a dozen by now), our long fix-canon tangents, and....look the inevitable conclusion to this whole thing is that we should....basically just write Anastasia tbh???  You’re incredibly funny and kind and talented and I’m so glad I yeeted myself into your IMs that first time 2 months ago! I love you, I love your muses, (Dima and Anya love their Dumb Boyfriend), and I love writing with you! 

@ncvaflows / ALEXA YOU ABSOLUTE LEGEND YOU. You??? Unlocked Ultimate AU Mode Ro and it’s like I c a n ‘ t stop?? First off, I cannot believe we literally own the same books and like the same barbie movies. How are we not literally the same person??  (Maybe w e ’ r e Anneliese and Erika lmao). Honestly from day 1 you’ve been so welcoming and lovely and I’m so glad we crashed into each other’s IMs yelling at top volume about random ya lit/movies/aus!! I adore literally all of your OCs (is everyone a b s o l u t e l y sure they’re not canon??? hmmmmm a Mystery)???? In the words of Li Shang, “You WRITE GOOD????” Anyway you’re amazing and I love you <3

WHILE IT’S DEFINITELY MY FAULT FOR BEING AN ANXIOUS BEAN WE REALLY NEED TO TALK MORE OFTEN CAUSE I LOVE YOU

@curtainrisen / Rebekah, dude, you’re a wonder. Your muses??? So diverse, and your voices for them? Super on the nose and amazing. I love your Helene and how human she is, and I really gotta toss more of my kids at you (Super excited for Duke!!). You’re real chill to meme with and I love talking/writing with you!!

@heartlosttravelers / Tor!! I love that you stan Raoul de Chagny So Hard ( the pure cinnamon roll boy deserves it honestly) and you’re super cool and great to talk to! All your muses are a m a z i n g and I always love the read when you pop up on my dash! 

@damerusse / Marie!! You’re hella chill. Your memes???? 10000000% actually legendary. Meming with you cracks me The Heck Up. Lily is forever the puppy dealer, that is all, thank you, gnight. Ok for real though - your Lily is pretty Legendary too and you really got all that Spark and Fire right down. You’re amazing, and I love stalking your threads on my dash!  

@lionhvrted / Fortune, my buddy my pal, we really be Out Here making Jane Austen plots even m o r e rom-com. Like. How did we manage that??? We might be literally magical lmao. We don’t have a ton of stuff going on at the moment but I love our dumb pining kids and I love the justice and humanity you give to your Caroline, and Fitzy loves his (future) wife.

@guvernantka / P R U E I already love our Exasperated Big Sis / Annoying Lil Sis / LITERALLY WHO EVEN ARE YOU YOU SMELLY DUMBASS LIL BRO IN LAW dynamic. You have the Best Sense of Humor (tm) and I’m always catching you when it’s like 12 in the morning here so I’m always cracking up silently in bed trying not to wake my roommies up. 

@anastcsie / I LOVE OUR ANGRY SMOL AND DIRTY TOL YOUNG-BUT-OLD MARRIED COUPLE AND THEIR OLDEST DAUGHTER NAMED MARIA ALREADY.  I love your Anya and how feisty and fiery she is (Dima, needless to say, loves his wife) and I love how chill (and hilarious!!) you are as a person. We do have a tendency to turn into angst monsters 24/7 but honestly that’s half the fun!! 

@asundrop / Polly!!!! ok so I know we haven’t really done anything w/ Raps (yet muahaha) BUT b o y was I hella excited when I found someone willing to yell about CDrama with me??? Thank you for being the Eternally Stoic/Always Annoyed Ancient God to my Tiny Dumb Fox Princess?? I love them and I love you (you’re hella cool) so there! 

@moretreasurewithin / KAAAATE goodness it’s only been a couple of days but I’m So Comfortable talking to you already? You’re just honestly really amazingly kind and I love screaming about Anastasia with you. We gotta get more going but I love your Dima and Maria Already (tm) and I love your sense of humor (here’s to torturing Dima with ties!!) and I can’t wait to get to know you better!

@annastrxng / AAAA somehow I managed to chat with you and then?? We never got anything going and it’s definitely mostly my fault cause of that High Anxiety (and also the fact that I got Immediately Busy) but you are literally So Nice and The Most Understanding and super great to talk to!! I hope we get something going in the future!! 

@soulcrossed / ROSE we have the same name I keep forgetting this lmao BUT ANYWAY. All your muses?? Amazing. You gotta throw more of them at me. Your Sophie?? Are you Actually Diana Wynn Jones in disguise?? I love our crazy au/headcanon sessions and I love/hate that you’re The Worst Enabler and I’m inevitably going to end up with the other two Hatter sisters on this blog lmao. 

I HAVEN’T TALKED TO YOU TON YET BUT HI!!! YOU SEEM CHILL!!

@alonecour / @steeledstark / @professor-of-predators / @sclskinn / @dulcettc / @volaticoux / @frxncaise / @argelfrasterr / @i-wrote-myway / @zharptiitsa / @villainsfall / @anyaromanovarp / @agoodandloyalrussian / @aliquisinter 

AND EVERY ONE OF Y’ALL AMAZING PEOPLE OUT THERE I’M ADMIRING SILENTLY FROM AFAR EVEN NOW BECAUSE I CHICKENED OUT OF TAGGING YOU LAST MINUTE CAUSE WHAT IF YOU’RE LIKE “LMAO WHO IS THIS WEIRDO TAGGING ME??” (p.s. this is 100000% permission to slide into my IMs/like a plotting call/etc. I honestly think y’all are hella cool and probably love you already)