#my kingdom for 8 hours. my kingdom for 7 tbh

[fingertipsmp3]

Also while we’re here, here are some new reasons I think my stepdad is an alien:

—Has apparently never experienced insomnia, ever, in his life

—Has also seemingly never been injured in any meaningful way and therefore doesn’t know what to do for a knee sprain. He’s almost 60

[academicallyinsufferable]

Day 7 and 8.

Study hour : 3 hours and 30 min

I forgot to post well tbh I was tired but life is good lately alhamdulillah I am busy , idk but I love being busy and working and the days I am rotting in net are the worst days .

Things I did :

Attended all my classes.

Completed plant kingdom .

Isomerism lecture .

Goc start .

Hopefully I do even better.

[whiskyarts]

TIME FOR THE BROTHERHOOD ASK GAME!

⚔️🌑🛡️

1. Who is your favorite brotherhood member and why?

2. Who do you think is the oldest?

3. Who do you think is the youngest?

5. If Adira had an animal companion, what animal should it be?

6. What are some post series headcanons you have?

7. What are some pre series headcanons you have?

8. Who do you think would be better with kids?

11. How do you think they met?

12. What have you named Hector’s animals in your mind?

13. What is an unpopular opinion you have about the brotherhood?

14. Do you think the brotherhood should continue with new members?

15. What are somethings you wished we could have learned about the brotherhood in the series?

17. When did you enter your brotherhood phase?

18. What is a cool headcanon that you liked from someone else?

19. Favorite brotherhood fanfic?

Shoutout to you for just sending the whole thing ksjdhfjkdsf

Under the cut because I think tumblr will have a stroke if the post is too long lol

1. Who is your favorite brotherhood member and why?

God, choosing is HARD because I like them all for their own reasons!!! I guess I'd have to say Adira, but that might just because we got to see her the most, so she got the most development?

2. Who do you think is the oldest?

Edmund. I don't have like, exact age headcanons for them, but I just kinda assumed Edmund was the oldest? With Quirin as second oldest (Though if we wanna take some dubiously canon stuff, I think Vedis might be older than them both, but I don't really care about him tbh lmao)

3. Who do you think is the youngest?

Hector, I feel like that's kinda predictable lol. But even he's in his 40's

5. If Adira had an animal companion, what animal should it be?

I could totally see her with some kind of lizard! Like a kimono dragon or smth and Rapunzel would be like "OMG YOU HAVE A LIZARD TOO!!" and Adira would be like "please don't touch hi- oh" while Rapunzel already has the big guy rolled over on his back kicking his leg like a happy dog while she rubs his tummy <3

6. What are some post series headcanons you have?

I like to think that after everything, Varian and Eugene are actually really interested in learning more about The Brotherhood and The Dark Kingdom! Varian because he's just always excited to learn stuff, and Quirin is glad to finally be able to talk about such a big part of his past, and just finally being able to introduce his old friends to his son! Eugene is less enthusiastic at first, especially with just how clingy Edmund is and is constantly like "GUYS LOOK THIS IS MY SON! MY REAL SON!" and they're like yes Edmund we know you said that seven times in the past hour lmao. But Eugene's always had an interest in knowing where he came from, and even as a kid he was writing stories in his head about what his parents and life would have been like, so now that he can actually learn those answers, he's pretty excited about it!

7. What are some pre series headcanons you have?

I don't think they were all inherently super close to each other. Like, they talked sometimes just because proximity, and maybe had a few similar interests, but it wasn't until closer to the time the kingdom fell and they were all realizing they were the last existing members of the brotherhood that they actually felt close to each other.

8. Who do you think would be better with kids?

I think it would depend on the kid, lmao. But I think they'd all be good with kids in their own way!! Quirin and Adira are more patient (though Adira would absolutely teach a toddler how to hold a knife) because kids are LITTLE HUMANS who are STILL LEARNING!! Edmund would try his darndest to be relatable, which I'm sure works great with kids, but less so with teenagers lmao. Hector says he hates kids, but he's actually pretty good with them, though he would pick a toddler up by the leg and go "who's baby is this" sdkfjhjkf He's more of a cool babysitter than the type to ever actually be a parent.

11. How do you think they met?

Oh god I don't think I thought about things THAT far back. I just assumed they met in the dark kingdom at some point and went with that

12. What have you named Hector’s animals in your mind?

I never thought about this either, but I do think it's funny to imagine that, while his binturongs are actually his homies, the rhino was just smth he found faster than he found a horse SOMEHOW, and he just needed a mount sdjkfhjks I will think on this tho. Binturong names. My impulse is something stupid like Fluffy and Boogers, but I think Hector is classier than that lmao

13. What is an unpopular opinion you have about the brotherhood?

Answered this one! Sort of. Lol, I'm not sure!!

14. Do you think the brotherhood should continue with new members?

I like to think the Brotherhood was a much BIGGER group when the Dark Kingdom was in it's prime, but after everything, I think they'd be happy keeping it a small thing just for them

15. What are somethings you wished we could have learned about the brotherhood in the series?

Bro, fucking EVERYTHING, I feel like there's so so so much they could have done, but it was all pushed to the side to focus on the main story aauauauhghghggg

17. When did you enter your brotherhood phase?

I haven't yet 😳

18. What is a cool headcanon that you liked from someone else?

Quirin would kill and die for his pumpkin patch. Hurt his pumpkins, he'll hurt you. This wasn't a headcanon, it was a stupid joke rp on ponytown but it was too good to NOT accept into my box of headcanons kjsadhfd

19. Favorite brotherhood fanfic?

I don't really read fics, I'm sowwy 😔

[imlivingliferightnow]

let's goooo, got tagged by my best girl @federicobernardeschi !!

nickname: margarita (thanks to eve herself)

sign: saggitarius

height: something around 170cm-ish, idk exactly

last thing i googled: how to unzip multiple files at once

song stuck in my head: idk if this qualifies as a song, but the pedro pascal song from tiktok

numbers of followers: 54 lol

amount of sleep: around 6 or 7 hours?

lucky numbers: i've only got 8

dream job: fuck knows, probably something with protontherapy but who knows?

wearing: shorts bc i fell on my face a couple of day ago so i've got open wounds on my knees and a bright orange sweater

movies/books that summerize me: burlesque bc christina aguilera, do i need to say more?

fav songs: at the moment it's killing butterflies by lewis blissett, i die for the live version of if i get high by nothing but thieves. also imaginary by brennen heart. love it.

fav instrument: got to be violin i think

aesthetic: idk depressed student with a love for green and blues

fav author: i don't know actually, i like sara j maas a lot but i tend to not look at the author when buying my books. so it tends to be a lot of different autors.

currently reading: i started to read kingdom of the wicked last year, but was too busy to continue it. so that's on my to do list this month

fav color: i want to say green? but i like a lot of colors, sunset orange is lovely, same with dark purples. depends on my mood i guess.

fav animal noise: anything thats has to do with cats, i love cats.

last song: creepin' by fame of fire

last movie: i don't even remember tbh, think it was the 2009 avatar movie. i don't watch a lot of movies anymore.

random: i'm a huge completionist when it comes to gaming, i NEED to get all the achievements

i'm tagging my fav tumblr girlies @anditwentlikethis @juvlahovic

[lermisv4]

1. The Legend of Zelda - The Minish Cap

2. Not including the ones on hiatus: Fate/Grand Order, Persona 1 (PSP), Crypt of the Necrodancer

3. The above. I’m not the fastest at progressing through a game.

4. If there are any, yeah! I’m definitelly trying to get 100% completion Not always successful but hey.

5. LoZ - Tears of the Kingdom, Kingdom Heartss 4 and Metroid Prime 4 (whenever THOSE happen)

6. Castlevania and Zelda

7. Assassin’s Creed. They lost me with Odyssey (ironic since I’m Greek) and Valhalla wasn’t quite enough to draw me back in. Sad because I fucking loved Origins. Underappreciated imo

8. TBH because I have no consoles, no time and no money on my own, I haven’t played much and mostly watched walkthrough. With that in mind, I want to look into Devil May Cry one of these days.

9. Shin Megami Tensei. Yes, I started with the SNES game. No, I never finished it but I regret nothing.

10. ALL OF THEM. God I WISH I owned a console.

11. That really depends on the game... I can’t project myself on a character anyway. I really can’t.

12. ...None. I can’t say I like someone above all else.

13. Bloody Tears

14. The Corridor from Aria of Sorrow

15. I use the notes app on my phone to keep track of what games I’m playing, what I’m watching, what I have completed, what I’ve downloaded etc.

16. I have replayed all of the ones I’ve completed (except Undertale but I won’t do that).

17. Plenty of them. A while back I lost all my save files and thus hours and hours of unfinished games. Most of them are Shin Megami Tensei titles. I’m especially bummed that I lost my Persona 2 Eternal Punishment one. I was in the final dungeon.

18. Oh my god um... (freaking out a bit there are so many options) The Library from Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night? The Gardens from Aria of Sorrow? The Chapel from Symphony of the Night? Literally every Metroidvania from IGA? And so many Zelda dungeons I can’t pick? Hollow Bastion? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

19. I don’t really tend to go blind so... I guess Aria of Sorrow was that moment for me, though I already heard it was fantastic.

20. Nothing made me tense up as much as Gawain from Fate/Grand Order. That was THE “Holy Shit” moment. Everyone will warn you about Gawain but nothing actually preps you for Gawain.

21. I cheezed most of what Aria of Sorrow had to offer without even knowing what “cheezing” is.

22. Link’s Awakening. Made me cry in the bathroom five minutes before class.

23. That moment in Persona 2 Innocent Sin where Sumaru rises to the sky.

24. A lot of them but I let’s go with BioShock since I gushed about everything else. Oh, and Gris. That one’s gorgeous.

25. Had to grow on me...? I guess Fate/Grand Order? It’s a weird case because it employs a lot of different artists and they’re not trying to be uniform so it’s rather jarring before you get used to it.

26. Depends on the game.

27. ...ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME. Actually, I’ll go with the underappreciated. Digital Devil Saga 1.

28. I started Persona and Shin Megami Tensei from the very first games. Let me tell you how doing this shit with no guide was really fucking hard.

29. Multiple. A lot of shifting interests from my part.

30. Persona 1. Currently in the final dungeon, grinding.

31. I’d ask them what story they’re interested in playing, what hardware they have, if they want mindless fun or story, etc. Then I’ll suggest a title

Video Game Asks!

Adding my own pool of asks about video games because I always like to talk games and asks are fun. Send numbers, reblog for yourself etc.

Last game you finished

Game(s) you’re currently playing

1-3 games you’ve played in the past 12 months that you really enjoyed

Do you like to get 100% achievements/trophies?

Game(s) coming out that you’re looking forward to

A series you’ve enjoyed since your early days of gaming and still enjoy to this day whether it still has games coming out or is one you return to

A series you’ve lost interest in

A series you haven’t played but are interested in trying

A game you played completely blind with no prior knowledge of and enjoyed/loved

A console and/or handheld you’ve never played but would like to try

Do you prefer ‘blank slate’ main characters you make yourself or otherwise project onto, or characters with a set personality and backstory?

A character you particularly like in the game you’re currently playing

Quick, name the first song from a game that comes to mind

A song that’s sure to hit your nostalgia buttons

Do you have a backlog and do you keep track of it? If so, how?

A game you’d like to replay that you haven’t

A game you didn’t finish but would like to get back to or restart someday

A game location you really like

A game you started up for the first time and you knew from the start it was going to be great

A boss you think is really cool

A boss that was disappointing

A game ending that’s really stuck with you

A “Wow” moment of awe

A game with a cool art style

A game’s art style that had to grow on you

Realism or stylized?

A game you love the atmosphere of

Pick a series you like. What was the first game you played for it? Was it a good starting point? Would it still be a good starting point now?

On average do you have one game or multiple games going?

Game you think you’ll finish next?

Someone has never played a video game before but is open to trying any genre. What game would you recommend as their first?

[thebirdandhersong]

The Year So Far Book Ask

Tagged by @madamescarlette <3 thank you, darling!! (I DO SO LOVE TO TALK ABOUT BOOKS!!!!)

1. Best book you have read in 2021 so far?

HOW can I answer that!!!! Here is a top 10 because I cannot narrow it down!!

Middlemarch: read it twice this year (liked it the first time, LOVED it the second time)

David Copperfield: my new favourite Dickens. There is a lot of joy and compassion at the heart of this book, and I Loved it very much.

The Mill on the Floss: can’t explain the feeling I got from reading this book (tbh if you know, you know!! It warms your heart but it also makes you want to stand in the rain and cry)

The Queen of Attolia: a roller coaster. Very overwhelming. Was incredibly Shocked many times. (Also, who’d have thought?? Gen??? In LOVE??? Fantastic in concept and in execution)

The Adventures of Sally: a new favourite Wodehouse. You will laugh so hard tears will spring to your eyes.

Night Watch: this one stuck a knife in me and twisted..... but in a good way.

Anne of the Island: much-needed comfort read!!!

Leave it to Psmith: another new favourite Wodehouse. Modern rom-coms wish they could do rom-com like Psmith, Eve, and the umbrella that was Definitely Not His.

The Penderwicks at Point Mouette: A DELIGHT (speechless!!)

The Penderwicks on Gardam Street: ALSO A DELIGHT (still speechless!!)

2. Best sequel you have read in 2021 so far?

Ohohoho. All the Discworld sequels. (Especially A Hat Full of Sky, Night Watch, Thud!, I Shall Wear Midnight.)

Also, The Queen of Attolia. That book decimated me. Admittedly no one’s emotions are very stable at two in the morning, but I was an absolute Wreck that night (morning?).

3. A new release you want to check out?

I am behind on the times so my idea of ‘new’ is rather skewed.... I still really want to read Spin the Dawn, The Goblin Emperor, and Spinning Silver. And am making my way through Queen’s Thief.

4. Most anticipated book release of the second half of the year?

I... don’t follow new releases that much, to be honest. I am currently looking through the lists and don’t see anything I recognise s;lfdjsdlk;

5. Biggest disappointment?

The Hunchback of Notre Dame. I knew how it was going end, but i was still mad. (These days I like books with a hefty amount of Hope and that one.... definitely did not have that.) I also read Tess of the d’Urbervilles for the first time and remember being just... really frustrated with all the characters and about the lack of Hope in that one, too. I was also hoping to love I Capture the Castle and was a bit grumpy about the second half of the book!!

6. Biggest surprise?

The books I read because my friends loved them!! Such as The Blue Castle (Eden), The Man Born to be King (Magpie), Gourmet Hound (Eden), Queen’s Thief (Fran), Blandings Castle/Psmith (Rebekah), Discworld (I think I started reading it for the first time because of Fran as well)...... I also reread a bunch of old favourites (Lord of the Rings and a few Jane Austens) and they were even better than I remembered!! Which was just wonderful!! (though not very surprising, I guess!!)

7. Favourite new author (either new to you or debut)?

MEGAN WHALEN TURNER. I also have a new appreciation for P.G. Wodehouse (after crashing through all of his Jeeves books and most of the Blandings Castle audiobooks) and Terry Pratchett (after bulldozing through a good number of Discworld books, most of them two or three times) and Georgette Heyer (read my first few Heyers this year and had SUCH a blast).

8. Favourite new fictional crush?

In general: Ik-jun from Hospital Playlist (He’s not from a book sksfjkl ;sdfj k I wanted to mention him because I just love him a Lot)

In terms of books: Sam Vimes (sdlkfjs;kls) and Henry Tilney (I loved him before, but this year cemented him as one of the top, if not The Favourite Austen hero in my heart). I don’t know if Gen counts, because I feel very friendly towards him, and alternate between wanting to make soup for him and wanting to bonk him on the head with a cardboard tube.

Mal (from S&B) had some Really Good lines, too. Especially in the last chapter of Ruin and Rising.

9. Newest favourite character?

A whole PLATOON of them. Sasha and Lysander from @magpie-trove​‘s story, Beatrice and Romeo from @imissthembutitwasntadisaster​‘s story, Emilia and Lily from @itspileofgoodthings​‘s stories, Tiffany Aching, Granny Weatherwax, Helen and Irene and Costis from Queen’s Thief, Dorothea and Maggie from George Eliot’s books, Sally from The Adventures of Sally....

10. A book that made you cry?

Literally cried so many times this year over all sorts of stories. But a few off the top of my head:

The Penderwicks (all of them): cried from sheer joy!!!

Seven for a Secret: there are so many lines in the most recent chapters alone that brought tears to my eyes.

The Keys of Fire: which is The definitive Fairy Tail fanfic for me. I just love this story so much. And i was surprised all over again by the forgiveness and the love and the grace and the healing in this story this time around!!

The Queen of Attolia/The King of Attolia: cried out of surprise and joy at nearly all the Gen/Irene scenes (not the beginning ones sl;fksdsdlfk jd but my heart did a great leap when Gen remembers seeing Irene dance)

Ruin and Rising: cried at the ending. Also because I was so happy. (There is no such thing as an ordinary love!!!)

Crooked Kingdom: cried at what Kaz did for Inej (couldn’t help it. That moment was beautiful)

(It has been quite an emotional year. The waterworks are triggered by the smallest things. But I’m happy to say that I’ve cried out of happiness mostly in the book department.)

11. A book that made you happy?

(Nearly all of them tbh!!! I have so many new favourite books from this year’s reading list alone!!!)

The Penderwicks series. Was in bliss for the whole week. I was also incredibly happy listening to the Discworld audiobooks, and reading new installments of Emilia and Seven for a Secret and The Stars Hold No Part In This!!! All the Wodehouse and Heyer books I read were delightful.... David Copperfield was so full of joy and grace and it made me want to prance in a field. All of the Anne books I reread were comfort reads. And of course The Keys of Fire, which kept me smiling for hours: I feel like a kid being handed an ice cream cone with three scoops and a cherry on top whenever I read it. Incredibly happy.

12. Most beautiful book you have bought or received this year?

The second-hand Vintage Classics Jane Austens!! :’) especially Northanger Abbey, which was in Excellent condition. Very floppy (unlike the longer Austens..... alas for Mansfield Park, which is harder to flip through) and fits comfortably in my hands.

And the Tundra Classics edition of Anne of the Island. (I liked the way the paper felt and the text was a really nice font and size!)

13. What book do you need to read by the end of the year?

OOH TONS. I’m still reading Anna Karenina (stopped because I thought: I need a happy story right now). Would love to keep reading Queen’s Thief (I’m taking it slow because they’re books that should be savoured), make some headway in Dorothy Sayers’s Lord Peter Wimsey books, read more Georgette Heyer, start on The Goblin Emperor and a Bunch of books I've been meaning to read for a while (The Eagle of the Ninth, Piranesi, Phantom of the Opera, Surprised by Joy, Crime and Punishment, War and Peace are the main ones. This is an ambitious list but I’d like to read at least two of them before the year is out sl;kffdksl;dfjslk;)

tagging: @imissthembutitwasntadisaster​ @soldier-poet-king​ @septembersung​ @lady-merian​ @called-kept​ if you would like to!! And YOU, if you think it looks fun and want to give it a try!! :D

[nso-csi]

210122 Key and Taemin Vlive ‘1PM’

Key and Taemin are talking in English a lot all the way through!

They say they changed a lot of makeup and outfits today and they apologize for turning the live on so late because they didnt have time and only have time now while they are heading home They say that their energy raises when they are tired, it will like that all of a sudden. Taemin says he normally sleeps at 1am nowadays and just now he was feeling sleeping but now he is all awake They are talking about how they are lots of viewers and wondering what is everyone doing not sleeping before realizing that there are those that are just waking up and ask fans to share what time is it in the diff countries They will be filming their music video soon so they are on diet so they are trying to not eat after 7/8 pm and taemin is saying that he is jealous of everyone. Taemin said he is curious and asked kibum what time he wakes up in the morning if he has a schedule and kibum says 1 hour before and taemin be like same! Me too! I will definitely eat before I come out Kibum says that taemin’s hair color is obvious but because it’s dark now in the car so we can’t see it but it’s obvious when they take picture they had a variety show recording but they are not saying it ( they can’t spoil it)

they have schedule tomorrow too   cr. iheartshinee_

also Taemin being nice like saying to Key “show you arr face more coz we did vlive for one hour (but you weren’t there)”   cr.

K: it is time to sleep now tbh K: but everyone's sleeping seemed to be pushed back nowadays? because of corona, you don't go out and so if you are not on a work schedule, you end up sleeping late. T: but you know what, when you are actually sleepy, you purposely don't sleep. you'll be watching videos, fighting the drowsiness. K: RIGHT T: then you half sleep thru it, have to rewind to watch the part again K: RIGHT drama has ruined my life T: im also like that. recently im watching ‘Kingdom’, falling half asleep so i gotta watch it again. I don't know how many time ive watched episode 2 of Kingdom season 2. K: yes there are times where you are just looking at the screen but not watching at all   cr.

Taemin: bubble? ah I gotta finish 'Kingdom' quickly. I used to send (bubble) when I get home but now im watching drama when I got a hobby I forget (bubble) I can only focus on one thing at a time also now we started practicing as shinee I lose focus. T: ah no, I cant use this as an excuse. It's my fault. K: anyway we will go when the thought comes up     cr.

[minijenn]

Happy Birthday, Keys to the Kingdom!

Yeah as of today my own special little slice of hell known as Keys to the Kingdom has existed for the world to see for two years now. And its still going strong even into its second half (which I’m VERY much looking forward to!) I didn’t really plan a big huge celebration for Keys’ 2nd birthday (though ya’ll are more than welcome to do something special for it if you’d like, I’d love you forever if you did) But I figured it would go fun to go back through every chapter of Keys written so far and list my top ten personal favorites. So this is that list. Enjoy!

10. Chapter 30: Recuérdame: This was a really fun chapter if I remember correctly; its a nice mix between plot progression and the Coco stuff (featuring some of my favorite scenes from that movie, so playing around with those was great) but I also loved writing the first in story reveal for Xion and the fight between Sora and Xigbar while set to Imelda singing La Lorrona? Fuckin Iconic if you ask me, this one is great 

9. Chapter 31: Destined Reunion: This is mostly a very dialogue heavy chapter where not a lot happens but honestly I just really like a lot of the interactions in it; there’s a lot of Sora being salty towards Riku in here which tbh is kinda fun to write? But there’s also some soft Sokai stuff and towards the end we get some fun/foreshadowy interactions with our resident Goth Club so overall its a pretty neat one :3

8. Chapter 24: Where the Dream Takes You: So I really love the second Atlantis chapter? It veers away from the movie and also follows it just enough to feel unique in its own right and it has a lot of plot progression for the main story, especially in regards to our good friend the Lingering Will; I like the action in this one a lot and I really love the Trinity Trio’s little emotional talk with each other at the end, it tugs at my heartstrings every time I read it :3

7. Chapter 38: So This Is Love: otherwise known as Prom! Honestly this one is just a sweet, cute fluff-fest and it was so much fun to write the kiddos just relaxing and having a good time for a change. The Destiny Trio in particular just filled my heart with so many warm fuzzies here, especially towards the end when they really start romancing it up! Plus everyone in their fancy outfits was a delight to draw and to write about, overall its a grand time for all ^_^

6. Chapter 21: Depths of Despair; golly this one is just a bit ol drama fest but I think its a pretty great one. Sora spends the whole thing captured and tortured and poisoned and it really is just the biggest shift in the tone of the story so far because of that; Maleficent gets to be the center stage baddie for a chapter, Pete gets a bit of development, and we also get some strong moments from Kairi and Axel and the Restoration Committee, and the scene where Kairi brings Sora back from rage form near the end is still one of my favorites; overall there are a lot of little moments in this one that I love in here, its a really good one. 

5. Chapter 33: Song as Old as Rhyme: A great example of a Disney chapter where the overarching plot kind of takes more of the center stage. This one is a wild ride for sure with a lot of action and intensity, and its Not a very good time for our boy between him having a panic attack over Maleficent confronting him again to getting shot in the damn shoulder to being grounded by his boyfriend for lying it really does tear Sora down quite a bit but I looooooved wriiting all that so its high on my list for sure because of it 

4. Chapter 36: Return to Depart; this chapter features two really great scenes right at the start of it, Sora bonding with Aqua and soft Soriku fluff/angst hour. But then I doubled down by giving the boy an identity crisis between all of the different hearts inside of his and wooooooow I love how I wrote it, its trippy and wild and intense and dramatic; even to the end this one is great because we get our first hints of the bond between Sora and Ven and its soft yet solemn all at once and wow despite carrying some scenes from the game I still think this one is pretty standout 

3. Chapter 35: Distorted Reflection: Whoooooo boy this chapter is hella dark and kind of a mind fuck but golly if it wasn’t such a delight to write. Having Sora essentially hear himself list every fear he has and everything he hates about himself is some quality Character Study stuff; there are so many lines in this chapter I keep coming back to in more recent chapters and I really will continue to do reference it as we move along; it’s also pretty standout that Sora doesn’t even win against his phantom in this chapter, my original plan was for him to win but then I was like “no that’s not thematically right, the entire story is basically about him fighting a battle against himself that he can’t win so why should he win the literal battle against himself?” so I made it sad and had him lost until the Mystery Light came around to help him (I also love that entire part, its such a nice bit of comfort after all the angst this chapter brings). Overall, I love the deep intensity and feels of this one its a classic.

2. Chapter 22: Rise and Fall and Rise Again. Basically a biiiiiig ol bundle of hurt/comfort with some soft angst and romance mingled it. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, this chapter really is just another big long character study for Sora and golly if it doesn’t have some of my favorite moments in the entire fic so far, despite those moments being quiet and understated and mostly emotional more than anything else; I also really love Kairi in this chapter and I love how it develops her relationship with Sora even more towards their eventual Relationship Upgrade. Its also the first chapter of Keys I got teary eyed while writing soooo ya know there’s that. 

1. And finally, my favorite chapter so far: Chapter 27: What Once Was Mine. Gooooosh this chapter has EVERYTHING. It starts out soft and fun and fluffy with some cute romancy moments, then it gradually starts getting more tense and it builds until basically everything’s gone horribly wrong and ends in a really sad kind of solemn place and we get such nice pairing between the Tangled stuff and the Keys overarching plot stuff. This chapter has so many exceptional moments but I really love the entire section where Sora finally comes clean to Donald and Goofy bc I’m destroyed by Trinity Trio feels every time I read it. Overall, I adore this one but I really do think that it’s very soon about to be outclassed by some stuff I have planned for Keys in the very near future :3

And some Honorable Mentions: Chapter 20: Immortals (mostly for its second half, its first half is pretty weak which is why its not on this list); Chapter 10: Sinister Whispers (aka the chapter where Keys finally starts fucking picking up the pace XD), and chapter 16: Unspoken, Unheard (a nice little Kairi character study)

And those are all the chapters of Keys I really love, feel free to drop me a line about what your favorites are (or even just your favorite moments, general discussion about Keys, things you’re looking forward to seeing, stuff like that). A HUGE thanks to everyone who’s stuck with Keys thus far, I can assure you that the best is certainly yet to come.... :3

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2020 in writing

tagged by the wonderful @feeisamarshmallow and @b99peraltiago! thank you, this took me seriously three hours but it was fun. 

tagging whoever has three hours to spare!! but i’d love to see @amydancepants-peralta, @letsperaltiago, @johnny-and-dora, and @fezzle do this, although no pressure because this took me the entire evening. 

1. List of works published this year

oh god this is going to take forever...

i’ll walk through hell with you, chapter 5, 6 & 7

all the kingdom lights shined just for me and you

a single kiss and i’m under your spell

paper cut stings from our paper-thin plans

dust off your highest hopes

i can’t see the future, but i know that it’s there

look now, the sky is gold

look at where we are, look at where we started

bracing for the winds i always summon

just know that i’m already home

there’s magic everywhere you go

we’ve found a love to cross the ages

all my days, i’ll know your face

hell was the journey but it brought me heaven

(three times ‘cause) i’ve waited my whole life

if devotion is a river, then i’m floating away

when all your heroes get tired (i’ll be something better yet)

evermore

i am not a stranger to the dark

in the cracks of light, i dreamed of you

rare as the glimmer of a comet in the sky

21 works!! 

2. Work you are most proud of (and why)

I am really really proud of finishing i’ll walk through hell with you, that’s still one of the highlights in my writing “career”. bracing for the winds i always summon and (three times ‘cause) i’ve waited my whole life, because they were both longer works with a lot of introspection that focused a lot on jake and amy’s feelings about upcoming parenthood. especially the last one I still love dearly. i’m also really proud of the fics i wrote all from rosa’s perspective (paper cut stings from our paper-thin plans and when all your heroes get tired (i’ll be something better yet)).

3. Work you are least proud of (and why)

none! I guess a few of them are shorter and written way quicker than some others, but I always take that into consideration when “evaluating” how proud I am of them so no. personally, I’m proud of everything in different ways. 

4. A favourite except of your writing

referring to the creator tag meme for this where I posted excerpts from the five works I’m most proud of!

5. Share or describe a favourite review you received

questions like these remind me that I need to start saving my favorite reviews somewhere! that’s a goal for 2021, haha. but every comment that have listed their favorite moments in the fic I reread like five times over and smile every time, and all the comments people left me on the last chapter of i’ll walk through hell with you were so wonderful. and the rosa fic. and the -

you know what, I just started reading through old comments and I can’t pick one, it feels too unfair to all the other incredible ones I ’ve gotten. so. all of them!!!! I love you guys!!

I will mention this one that someone sent me in the middle of summer, during a period when I wasn’t writing or publishing so it ended up meaning that much more for that reason as well. comment on look at where we are, look at where we started (in the brief period of time when we thought peraltiago baby would be named Leo)

“Idk why, but the way Jake was talking to Leo made me wonder if my parents ever talked to me like that right after I was born. I've been told the story of my birth every birthday since I was born, so I know it by heart, but despite the countless Peraltiago baby fics and other fandom baby fics I've read, this is the one that made me wonder what my parents were thinking when I was born. And then it made me wonder what I'm gonna think when I give birth to a kid, or if I adopt a kid.” like, I was just so floored that something I wrote made someone reflect so deeply on their own life. and I want to underline that I have so so many favourite reviews but yes, this one stuck with me!

6. A time when writing was really, really hard

this summer was the hardest it’s ever been. first the (rightful) hesitance and reflection that followed the BLM protests and then some trauma and deep depression added onto that for me was… yeah. it took a really long time to find real joy in it again. 

7. A scene of characters you wrote that surprised you

Jake and Rosa’s friendship in i am not a stranger to the dark! I’ve written a bit of Rosa and Amy and feel quite comfortable with their friendship and dynamic but far less of Jake and Rosa! 

“At least this is still way better than... that.” “Literally everything is better than prison.” “True that.” Rosa looks up at the tv, realizing she’s missed at least ten minutes of the movie already. “I’m glad we got out.” “Sometimes it still feels like a part of me didn't,” Jake says, quietly. “You ever feel that way?” “Sometimes,” she admits. “We did, though. That's what's important.”

Rosa can hear someone talking in the background on the other end, and Jake mumbling something back in reply. “I have to go,” he tells her, and it makes her a little sad, because he's good company. “I can't miss dinner. Wouldn't want to piss off the entirety of my fiancées family before I’ve even married her, right?”

8. How did you grow as a writer this year?

I wrote more Rosa! that’s probably the single thing which helped me grow most, because she’s arguably a much harder character to write than Jake and Amy, since most of the time you really have no clue what she’s thinking. I have to think a lot harder about how Rosa thinks and feels and reacts to things and I feel like that makes me a better writer overall. 

9. How do you hope to grow next year?

I don’t have any big expectations tbh. I know next year is going to take so much of my energy “”professionally”” or well, study-wise, so I think it’s the wrong year to set ambitious creative writing goals for me. then there’s also the inevitable fact that I’ve written a whopping ninety-nine stories for this show now and I’m always asking myself for how long it will last. there was a point in april-may where I thought it was going to be the end and during the entire summer as well. so… we’ll see. I don’t have any WIP I’m aching to finish right now. 

10. Who was your greatest positive influence this year as a writer (could be another writer or beta of cheerleader or muse etc. etc.)?

@fezzle, @johnny-and-dora, @vernonfielding, @amydancepants-peralta, @feeisamarshmallow, @amazingsantiago and @letsperaltiago all deserve their own shoutouts here for various reasons!! (if you want to know more about why just message me!) 

11. Anything from real life show up in your writing this year?

always, in different ways in how I relate to the characters and different feelings and moments and experiences that would take way too long to explain. but if I could choose one fic it would be paper cut stings from our paper-thin plans. I worked through a lot of feelings about a breakup I went through in this one and they were ones I hadn’t really had the chance to let myself feel before writing this. It isn’t similar to how my breakup went, at least I didn’t mean for it to be and haven’t put any intentional similarities in there (although I guess there are a few if you look for them) but some of the things Rosa thinks, says and feels after being broken up with were quite personal. i am not a stranger to the dark and the way it focuses on healing after trauma was also partly personal although way much less obviously so because the experiences are quite different lol.

12. Any new wisdom you can share with other writers?

make writer friends! talk to other writers! you’ll both learn so much and it makes writing and developing fics so much more fun!

13. Any projects you’re looking forward to starting (or finishing) in the new year

I currently have zero WIP and zero real plans so genuinely who knows. all depends on what my life will look like and what s8 will bring us! 

14. If you could recommend only one work from yourself published this year

all the favourite five, but maybe when all your heroes get tired (i’ll be something better yet). I think it’s a great complement to the Rosa and Amy action we saw in season 7 and it has a lot of peraltiago from someone else’s viewpoint as well. 

15. Year word count

are you kidding meeeee okay here we go.

okay, so adding everything I’ve published this year together… 111 283 words.

😳 😳 😳 

DEAR GOD.

additional trivia: the shortest fic was 651 words (evermore), the longest if you exclude the three chapters of i’ll walk through hell with you (they are 24.6k together though) (three times ‘cause) i’ve waited my whole life, and the average word count for a fic of mine this year was 5 299 or 4 838 words, depending on whether you count the chapters of i’ll walk through hell with you as one or three works. that makes sense because i feel like i’ve written a loot of fics around that length this year! 

[artemis-lesbian]

I was tagged by @stormysapphic​ tysm !!

rules: answer the 30 questions and tag 10 blogs you’d like to know better! 1. name/nickname: alex 2. gender: who knows 3. star sign: Leo 4. height: 5′1″ 5. time: time rn??? just after midnight 6. birthday: august 8 7. favourite bands: queen .....tbh I don’t listen to many bands atm adjhfgajh 8. favourite solo artists: hozier, mitski, Hayley kiyoko, dodie, dorian electra, keiynan lonsdale, Alyson stoner, Matt maeson, billie eilish 9. song stuck in my head: montero by lil nas 10. last movie: ocean’s 8 11. last show: one day at a time 12. when did i create this blog: 2018 I think?? 13. what i post: gay stuff, random text posts, fandom stuff once in a great while, anything I find interesting it changes on the daily lmao 14. last thing googled: some stuff ant unemployment in my state lol 15. other blogs: aesthetic blog @silverylesbian and kingdom hearts blog @roxasapphic and acnh blog @animalcrossapphic 16. do i get asks: hardly ever 😞 17. why i chose my url: I'm a lesbian and I like artemis 18. following: 120 (pls rec me new blogs my dash is dead so many of the blogs I follow are on hiatus) 19. followers: 437 20. average hours of sleep: usually like 8-9 but the last couple days like 6 lmfao 21. lucky number: 3 & 8 22. instruments: I don't play any 😞 23. what am i wearing: shorts w celestial pattern and pastel tie dye sleep shirt 24. dream trip: rn id love to go on a road trip with my best friend 25. favourite food: rn oatmeal with peanut butter 26. nationality: American 😞😞 27. favourite song: arsonist’s lullaby by hozier 28. last book read: red, white, & royal blue by Casey mcquiston 29. top three fictional universes i’d like to live in: uhhhh idk? maybe the universe from carry on (by rainbow Rowell), the pjo universe, and I honestly can't think of a third one lmao 30. favourite color: turquoise and baby pink 

I tag @cloudedsunshines @gayafmermaid @chapstickmcdyke @orangecolored-sky @thatdancingperson @sapphic-maiden if y'all wanna do it !

[enclure]

30 question ask game

Got tagged by @engiqueers and @judyscalabacita... imagine that im actually doing it for once~

1. Name - Andrew but that’s not usually what i go by! 

2. Gender - Cis male (he/him or they/them)

3. Star sign - Aries! thats all i got tbh idk the rest

4. Height - 5’7″

5. Time - rn? like... 10:21pm PST. 

6. Birthday - Mid April, 

7. Favorite bands -, Marina and the Diamonds, Panic! At the Disco, Queen, Powfu, Florence and the Machine, Blink-182

8. Favorite solo artists - Lorde, Cavetown, Halsey,  Ariana, Lizzo

9. Song stuck in my head - Whatever It Takes - Convolk + others

10. Last Movie - Honeyland (a documentary technically) 

11. Last show - One Piece  (trying to catch back up so im on Cake Island now)

12. When did i create this blog? - Back in 2012 or 2011 i think thanks to some Uni friends 

13. What do i post? Mutual selfies, memes, aesthetic photos, my own photography/modeling photos from time to time (im not really a  model but i guess it counts, one time in a photoshoot a kid asked if i was an IG model lmao)

14. Last thing i googled - Qingxing farming guide (for Genshin impact, getting ready to farm for Xiao’s release)

15. Other blogs? - Just this one, ive made a  few others but deleted or just dont use them anymore

16. Do i get asks? - on occasion i get this one or two anons and then the mutuals asking me stuff which i greatly appreciate the interactions

17. Why i chose this URL? - Has to do with the last of us. Endure and Survive, a sorta phrase i adopted to keep myself mentally stable and remember things pass and i just gotta do my best to keep going. Endure was already taken so i subbed the “d” for a c and an l to make “cl” which looks like d thus... Enclure

18. Following - 695

19. Followers -  1016 

20. Average hours of sleep - 6 hours

21. Lucky number - dont have one! not that i know of at leats

22. Instruments - Trombone, and attempted to teach myself guitar, uke, and piano. only two of those are semi-ongoing and semi-successful

23. What i’m wearing -  black adidas track pants, and a grey google shirt 

24. Dream job - Working at a hospital inpatient pharmacy or like a bakery lmao 

25. Dream trip - Id love to make a trip out to japan to visit my  friend Joel and see Tokyo disney and just check out the culture and architecture. 

26. Favorite food - honestly a good bowl of ramen, enchiladas, or some sushi 

27. Nationality - Mexican-American

28. Favorite song - Home by Cavetown probably but ive got a lot and it changes from time to time. 

29. Last book i read - the Kyoshi books. I have a few books i need to read though

30. Top 3 fictional universes to live in - Pokemon, Final Fantasy/Kingdom Hearts (same developers and cross over a lot so), Genshin Impact

If  you wanna do it please go ahead i love learning more about everyone but imma tag  @alanhungry, @iamthatswimmerguy, @goncstate93, @letshavechildren,  @longjump506

[worth-the-fall]

All the uneven questions for the film ask :))

1. What’s the most depressing movie you’ve ever watched? i can’t watch the notebook because i think of my grandparents and i start sobbing (both of them are still alive but it makes me think bad thoughts and literally as i type this atenciòn from in the heights started playing so im nOT OKAY RN) 3. An actor/actress you’ve seen in more than 8 movies? Name the movies. E W A N M C G R E G O R MY BELOVED. so obviously the star wars prequels (3/8) moulin rouge, robots, doctor sleep, christopher robin, and the impossible. (side note- i realized like last year how massive my celebrity crush is on this man holy fuck i love him very much. for a 9th movie too imma add big fish. it’s one of my faves a long with moulin rouge). 5. What’s the very first film you remember watching? a lot of my first memories of movies are from my grandparent’s house because my grandma would babysit me and my siblings when we were super little. i think it’s either spirit (the horse one), shrek, and the nightmare before christmas. we would watch nightmare before christmas every time we went over to my grandma’s to the point i would call her jack.  7. A film you wish had a sequel? i swear i was talking about this with someone the other day but i straight up cant remember what it was tbh. can wishing the incredible’s sequel was better count for this?  9. The most aesthetically pleasing movie you’ve ever watched? probs moonrise kingdom only cuz wes anderson’s style is cool as hell. i wish i got to finish that class tho but nO. a global pandemic rocked my shit.  11. Your favourite movie genre? idk to be honest. i guess anything fantastical. or anything with a shit ton of things to analyze cuz i hate writing essays but i love searching for that deep shit  13. Your favourite comedy film? not to be gen z on main but any john mulaney and bo burnham netflix special. or pitch perfect. or mean girls. or secret life of walter mitty (but idk if that counts as a strict comedy) 15. A film everyone loves but you hate? i really don’t like a christmas story. tbs would have the 24 hour marathon of it on christmas eve which was when we would go to my other grandma’s house and my uncle would keep it on all night. i can’t handle anything with a ton of second hand embarrassment plus those kids are all annoying as fuck (and i know that’s the intention) 17. Which cinematic universe would you like to live in? barbie fairtytopia. i wanna sleep in a giant ass flower.  19. Mainstream movies or indie movies? i really dont have a preference tbh. i wanna watch more movies in general but my attention span really said “n o” 21. A film with an amazing soundtrack?                                                                  is moulin rouge a cop out? okay straight up literally any nature doc tbh

[sunbellylou]

ask for writers !!

thank you @tomlinvelvetfics​ for tagging me! and thank you @soldouthaz for making this tag!

1. describe how you first started writing and when you first posted: i’ve been writing for years now, i started with het (ew!) 1d fics in portuguese back in 2011, it was actually those little imagines we used to write, don’t know if anyone remembers hehe. i posted them on a facebook page i was part of and i remember the first thingy i wrote was something with niall, but i really don’t remember any details (but was probably bad as heck since i was 11).

my first larry fic i probably wrote around 2012 when i found out the gay fanfics world haha, i don’t remember what it was or anything tbh, in my head i always wrote and posted gay fanfic.

my first fanfic in english was a little one shot (like 400 words honestly), it was a translation of a previous work i wrote portuguese. i posted it a year and a half ago and it’s called playground love (please don’t look).

2. which of your characters do you typically resonate most closely with? do you base any characters off of yourself?:  i usually write from harry’s pov because i love love l o v e describing louis and how angelic he is, so usually i tend to see louis as this ethereal ish character, cause it’s usually about harry falling in love with him. so whether i like it or no, i tend to be closer to harry’s characters in my fics, i always like to put a bit of myself on him and make the character real, you know?

3. where do you often find inspiration?: honestly? anything! i’ve written fics inspired by tumblr posts, tweets, pictures, songs, movies, things that happened in my real life, books. i literally wrote a pwp because i couldn’t stop thinking about leather pants (go read my robin hood au).

4. has quarantine helped or hindered your writing process?: in the beginning it was really helping me, i’d stay up till 4am everyday just writing like crazy, but then i got into the worst writer’s block and didn’t write shit for months. (and of course right when i started getting new ideas, i started working so i have no free time).

5. do you listen to music/noise while you write or do you prefer silence? always listen to music, all the time. i can’t do anything without music. mostly because my brain is a mess and music helps me concentrate. i usually go for some chill songs, some indie pop and stuff.

6. what is your biggest writing pet peeve in your writing or in general?: oh my god, when i’m writing and two or more paragraphs start with the same word, one after the other. it drives me crazy!!!! and sometimes i spend hours looking for ways to word differently the sentences, just so i don’t have two paragraphs starting with “the”.

also when my paragraphs are two (or one) lines long, i can’t! it has to have three or more lines.

7. describe your ideal writing setup: at the dining table, in the middle of the night, with some soft music playing in the background and some popcorn with me!

8. favorite time of day to write?: well, just said it hehe i like writing at night.

9. favorite genre to write + one you’d like to try writing in the future?: woah, that’s tough because i literally write any genres! i really love writing fantasy and horror stuff, but i feel like it’s not really well accepted in the fandom? (spec horror). and when people like it, they only read from bigger authors so i usually keep myself from writing those. aaand tbh i probably already wrote most of fic genres out there, so there isn’t much left to try.

10. do you struggle with writer’s block? how do you typically overcome it?  i’m writer’s block bitch and i do not know how to overcome her

11. what is the easiest part of your writing process and the most difficult? outlining tbh, i usually don’t (and it comes back to kick me in the ass). i always have too many ideas at the same time and can’t stick to one, so outlining and finding the right plot is really hard.

12. how do you come up with original characters? (if applicable): lately i haven’t really had the chance to come up with ocs, but when i wrote original books (not fanfics and stuff), i usually started with the gender and one outstanding personality trait and went from there.

13. what is your favorite and least favorite word?  i love the words ethereal and breeze, omg you’ll find them A LOT on my fics. and my least favorite word is growl.

14. what is one thing about your writing that you’re really proud of and one thing you hope to continue working at?: i think i describe the vibez in the scene really well, it’s my favorite thing to do. and i need to work more on building my sentences, because theyre always supermessy.

15. what work of yours has your favorite ‘verse/world building? how did you come up with it?:  definitely the fic i’m working on right now! i’m putting so much work on the world building since it’s a fantasy fic, so i’m planning every little detail about it. i hope other people like it too when they read it !!

16. what font and size do you write in? single spaced or double?: comic sans, 12pt, single spaced. don’t come at me.

17. what is a typo(s) you find yourself making consistently?: because english isn’t my first language, i always change like ‘th’ for ‘d’ (because it has a similar sound in portuguese), so catch me typing ‘de’ instead of ‘the’ or ‘dey’ instead of ‘they’.

18. (if applicable) do you separate fic writing from fandom?: i didn’t understand the question so i’m pretending i never read it hehe

19. what emotion is your favorite to write? which is the most difficult?: my favorite to write is probably,,, love/adoration, like harry looking at louis like he’s the whole world and thinking about how amazing he is? i love it.

and the most difficult is probably anger, i find it really hard to write like fights and stuff like that because usually i make the characters sound more sad than angry.

20. what is one thing you hope readers always take away from your works?: i never thought about that but,,, i hope they start finding joy in small things that happen in their day. that’s something i use a lot in my fics and i think it’s very important to bring it to real life. like enjoy that late night tea, showering in the morning, spending a summer day in the house, cleaning, etc.

21. what is the best and worst writing advice you’ve ever received?: i think the best advice is one i got from someone i no longer talk to, they told me this when i first started writing in english and it is to stop trying to write fancy or like native english speakers, because it’s much better to write simple sentences that i’m confident about than write sentences with words i barely know how to use.

and the worst advice is TO OUTLINE! i know i should maybe i dont know but leave me alone, i hate outlining bye

22. which one of your works would you most want to see turned into a film/television show?:  ok so,,, it’s a book i wrote like three years ago with original characters. it’s called great evil and i wrote it in portuguese. it’s full of violence and acid humor, about a very evil and sarcastic demon and an angry hunter. (one day i’ll translate that book and turn it into a larry fic)

23. do you write scenes chronologically or out of order?: chronologically. always

24. how do you handle criticism?: really bad. please be careful with what words you use. i’m already really hard on myself when it comes to my writing, so sometimes someone says something and (it might be dramatic but) i feel my world crumbling and i want to stop writing right away.

25. what is the advice you would give to someone who is looking to start writing?:  just,,, do it. there’s no right or wrong way to do it. there’s no such thing as too much or too little, bad or good plots. every idea is a good idea. write it for yourself, write something you like. go ahead and just do it. there’s always someone out there who will enjoy your work, no matter what.

26. what kind of feedback on your work always makes your day?: any comments make my day tbh, if you comment on my fic i’ll be forever grateful and will be smiling like a fool the whole day. honestly, even a “omg i loved it” comment can make my day.

27. which fic ‘verse of your own would you most like to exist in? which fic’s characters would you most like to befriend?: the one i’m writing 100%, please i want to live in a fantasy world. i wanna live in the water kingdom and have faerie louis as my king please.

and i’d like to befriend louis from my fic kiss me in your chevrolet, he’s a sweetheart and i must protecc.

28. what do you always enjoy getting asks about/wish people would ask about more?: anything! i rarely get asks so anything is good hehe

29. what has writing added to your life? how has it changed you?: it’s such a big part of my life, i spent all my teenage years writing and it really is what built my personality. it helped me being more creative with all aspects of my life and take life lightly, enjoy little things and moments. 

30. why do you write?: i just love having ideas and putting out there, playing with words and finding new ways to describe daily things.

boost yourself + tags!

1a. share the last sentence you wrote:

The path through the dense forest, covered in slippery rocks and burning trees is already difficult enough, but it becomes ten times worse when you’re being pestered by small, demonic creatures. 

2a. describe the wip you’re most excited about:

i’m honestly only working on one fic right now and i’m super duper excited about it

3a. share the piece of dialogue from one of your works you’re most proud of:

"I mean, I still don't plan on watching Star Wars, so…" 

The boy groans playfully, throwing his head back and Louis' eyes are suddenly really interested in the column of the guy's throat. 

"Americans really have no culture." He shoulders Louis slightly, warmth spreading through Louis' dainty shoulder and making him trip to the side lightly. With a faux outraged scoff, Louis waves a dismissing hand. 

“What do British people know about culture? All you do is drink tea and talk about the weather all day,” Louis teases with a mischievous gleam in his eyes. “Also, Star Wars is American, just so you know.” He rolled his eyes playfully, feeling surprisingly comfortable in his presence.

Skater Boy sighs comically, shaking his head, his wavy locks falling gracefully on the sides of his face and Louis can’t stop thinking about how soft his hair must be. 

“You got me there.”

not posted but i kinda like it (i’m not really good with dialogues, so it was really hard to find one lmao)

4a. share the best first and last lines from your work(s): I will do only those that are already published:

best first lines are from a halloween fic i never finished: 

Louis’ blue eyes snap open. His heart pounds fast inside his rib cage, making something as easy as breathing almost impossible. Sweat drenches his body and he feels like drowning. He feels too awake and wary as his breathing calms down, as well as his grips on the sheets under him loosen.

best last lines are from my 2019 BLFF there’s more than one place to call home: 

Their life was utter chaos, and they were definitely complete opposites, and sometimes Harry wished Louis would just shut the hell up, but at the same time, Harry wouldn’t change a single thing about his life, because he had Louis, and that was all that mattered to him. 

5a. link the last fic you read: it was the devil's in the details by @raspberryoatss​

6a. link the last work you published: you could take a lick (but it’s too cold to bite me)

7a. link to your ao3 (if applicable): cinnamons

8a. someone that inspires you: louis hehe 

9a. a comfort fic/work that you’ve been grateful for this year: tbh i don’t read a lot of fics, but there’s this work a friend of mine wrote. it was in portuguese and she ended up deleting it but it’s amazing.

10a. other writers that you’d like to tag! @bottomlwt @raspberryoatss 

[themoonstarwarrior]

PLAYLIST SHUFFLE TAG!

Okay, so @viterbofangirl tagged me in this and I need to start learning to post my own shit, so what the hell, why not?

Rules: you can usually tell a lot about a person by the type of music they listen to! put your favorite playlist on shuffle and list the first 10 15 songs, then tag 10 people. no skipping!

(I couldn’t stop at 10 so I added 5 more, sue me)

I have very random music taste and I listen to my music on shuffle alot, so I made a playlist of the ones I like the most (that way I don’t hafta skip 150 songs to get to the one I feel like) so I’m gonna use that one.

1) History of Violence - Theory of a Deadman

Hoo boy starting off light huh?.... Yeah so, I was in the drive thru at Sonic when I first heard this on the radio and was immediately like “holy shit”. Instead of like metaphors and poetic subtlety, it’s just straight up like “here’s a poor abused woman who resorted to murdering her shitty boyfriend/husband cuz she couldn’t take it dum dum dum”. Even though the actual situation is not the same, this song is perfect for getting across the internal issues and turmoil of my character Mikey. Its so perfect I’m even planning to animate something for it...... if I ever get around to learning animation that is.....     

2) The Vengeful One - Disturbed

Two songs in and I look kinda emo.... But hey this song is soooooo cathartic! I love me a good heavy rock song, and the drums and electric guitar are perfect for my ears to absorb. This song gives off a feeling of overwhelming power mixed with a coldness and disdain for the bad in the world. Obviously, thats not my usual temperment, but its an interesting one to explore! Especially when I’m trying to get into the head of characters that exude that like my OCs Spark or Ryu. Plus its fun to sing in the car X)

3) Enter Sandman - Metallica

Okay this one is just a classic! Same thing with the drums and guitar they both slap SOOOOO GOOD. I don’t really associate this song with any of my characters or fandom favorites, but it DOES give me a super strong urge to learn the drums. EXXXXXXXXIT LIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT! OFF TO NEVER NEVERLAND!!

4) We Are Giants - Lindsey Stirling ft. Dia Frampton

I don’t really to listen to music by band or artist, but I LOVE Lindsey Stirling!!! She’s probably my favorite musician! This is such a good song, especially for someone like me. Its a positive song that talks about feeling alone in a crowd and unimportant to the world, but how you really do matter and shouldn’t be afraid to dream big and shoot for the stars. It really speaks to me and the vocalization is so good (especially for singing), not to mention the official music video is animated and AMAZING!

5) Cetus - Lensko NCS

I dunno if anyone knows this song, but damn its good. Its one of those Royalty-Free songs that people look up for their channels, which is how I found it in the first place, but I loved it immediately. Its a peppy 8-bit electronic bop that turns a little Irish jig at the end and honestly I think if I ever start an animation channel I’m totally gonna use it! (Also go support Lensko he make good beats!)

6) Sanctuary - Utada Hikaru

I did not grow up with Kingdom Hearts, and only played KH2 within the past year n’ a half. But good God, the moment that Cinematic Opening came on and this song started playing I swear I astral projected into a daze of feelings without names. I know that “Simple and Clean” is the quintessential Kingdom Heart song that gives everyone feelings, but IMHO Sanctuary blows it out of the water. As beautiful as the animation was, or how curious the occasional backwards lyrics are, or how weird it is having high-res Goofy and Donald in what is essentially an anime opening, I really can’t be distracted from this song when I play.

7) Chemical Plant Zone (Rock Remix) - Zerobadniks

Chemical Plant Song is like, one of the TOP Sonic songs by popular vote (and we know how awesome the Sonic series is musically so thats saying something!), but I could never quite vibe with the normal 8-bit version. I think I first heard this as someone’s ringtone and was immediately like “THATS PERFECT THATS EXACTLY HOW I NEED IT!”. The rock makes the song soooo much better and honestly gives the song the perfect vibe. Unfortunately, it took FOREVER to find cuz none of the Rock Covers of this song were the right one. In fact, tbh, I’m not even sure whether Zerobadniks is the correct artist..... that’s just who everybody was crediting when I found it. 

(imma include the link i found since its a little hard to find: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqJiZEM6aPI )

8) The Wolf - SIAMES

YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT ANIMATED MUSIC VIDEOS???? THIS IS A GOD-TIER ANIMATED MUSIC VIDEO. I found the video first, and seriously, if you haven’t seen it YOU NEED TO!!! The beat works perfectly with the images on screen and the story being portrayed is really intriguing, with the lyrics adding to atmosphere without necessarily describing the visuals shown. Even without the animation, the song itself is a banger. It bring to mind the feeling of intense motion forward, but unable to decide whether its movement TOWARD something or AWAY from something. I love listening to this on a nighttime drive.

9) Burn the House Down - AJR

If you ask me, the best way to make a pop song better is to add either violins or trumpets. For this song, it was definitely the trumpets that first caught my attention, and the rest of the song kept me listening. I don’t really know how to describe the vibe of this song, and I don’t have a specific character or story in mind when I listen to it, so its a little hard for me to talk about it. I think the best way I can describe this song and what draws me to it is a feeling of nonchalant go-with-the-flow attitude to shenaniganry. Almost an undertone of “We’re hooligans in a situation that we probably should get out of, but hey we’ve got life and each other so why worry?” At least that’s the closest I can get to a verbal description heh...

10) Slim Pickens Does the Right Thing and Rides the Bomb to Hell - The Offspring 

DANCE, FUCKER, DANCE, LET THE MOTHERFUCKER BURN!!!

So this also has a KICKASS animated music video, but its technically combined with the song “Dividing by Zero”. Now the video works SO well with both, and the shifting artstyles reflect the differing tones of the songs PERFECTLY. However, I have a preference for both the animation and the song on the Slim Pickens half. Its fun to listen to and sing at the top of your lungs and its SO CATHARTIC. Again I cant really describe what my head does when I hear it, but I think you can probably feel a similar vibe if you watch the music video. 

11) No Heaven - DJ Champion

The first time I finished the original Borderlands, I had been playing for days on end, had just finished a long battle with the Destroyer, and sitting back relieved to have beaten it and reflecting on how much I had enjoyed the adventure. Then this song started playing. For what I believe was forty minutes this song looped on my TV while the credits rolled. By the time the credits finished I was pulling up the song to listen to again! What an absolutely PERFECT cherry to add to this experience. This song perfectly encapsulated the chaotic, trigger-happy, morally ambiguous craziness that I had enjoyed and absorbed in this game. Every time I hear it now, I imagine myself in the wastelands of Pandora, driving haphazardly across the sandy dunes as my companions and I shoot and blow up everything in sight. You know, living the dream.......     

12) Hit & Run (Wolfgang Lohr Remix) -  The Electric Swing Circus

I fucking LOVE electro-swing! The electronic beats and rhythm blend so well with the wild and energetic freedom of swing. A lot of electro-swing gives me a vibe of wild movement, reckless abandon, and freedom from constraint. I think this song melds all of these feelings the best! As the last song might have indicated, despite my general nice and sweet temperament, there is a part of me deep down that is an absolute gremlin secretly enamored with chaos, insanity, and a general disdain for law and authority X). But whereas anything Borderlands related has a more “morality is an illusion blowing shit up is real” air about it, this song is far more peppy. More of a “good-hearted but insane” type of chaos, like an 100mph car chase where you end up sailing over the train tracks JUST as the train passes.

.... I may have gotten a bit off track lol 

13) Kickstart my Heart - Motley Crue

I love this song, but I have to be VERY careful when and where I listen to this. I love songs that make me feel like I’m going a million miles per hour, like I’m gotdam Sonic the Hedgehog. Unfortunately, I may or may not have had multiple instances of listening to this song in the car and abruptly realizing that I’m going like 15mph above the speed limit...... So yeah, regardless of absolutely perfect it feels to play this song while speeding down a nearly empty highway, please be careful and drive responsibly!!!

14) I’m Born to Run - American Authors

Imma just up and say it. This song is a Sonic song; like not like actually from the series but a song for the character. This song encapsulates Sonic as a character better than some of his ACTUAL THEMES (and remember Sonic music are bangers!). Its a song about freedom, living life as it comes, and not letting anything slow you down. Frankly I’m surprised they didn’t make this song FOR the Sonic series, or even the movie! Speaking of which, ironically I heard this song right after watching the Sonic movie in theaters, so yeah there’s no way I can associate it with anything else. 

15) Opa Opa - Antique

Oh, what a PERFECT way to end this list! This may be one of my absolute favorite songs of all time! I don’t remember exactly how I found this song... I think I had just relistened to Dalar Mehndi’s “Tunak Tunak Tun” and was looking for other catchy non-english songs and BOY HOWDY I found one! I know nothing about the band or what the song’s about (its in greek and i dont speak it), but this song is just a masterpiece of retro, pop, and dance sounds. This song feels like the musical and lyrical manifestation of dance and movement. I really REALLY wish I could dance JUST so I can express how happy and free this song makes me feel! This is the BEST song for me to end this list with!

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JESUS, this got long..... Sorry about that XD. It was fun though, and hopefully somebody was vaguely interested in my ramblings.

Guess I need to tag people now? How about @tharkflark1, @rockmilkshake, @neonbuck, @drawingsdrawingseverywhere, @birthgiverofbirds, @puccafangirl, @kalcat, @biblestudybussybopsbabey, @monstrous-milktea, and @memecage! I think there are a couple of people here I haven’t talked to though soooooo..... hi, I hope you don’t mind the tag X)

 Anyway hope you enjoyed and/or want to do this too! This took for-fucking-EVER to type, so imma go fuck off and watch youtube or something now...

[hollowbastion]

30 Questions About Me

I was tagged by @lightkeykid (ty!! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*.✧)

1. Name: Cia

2. Gender: Female

3. Star sign: Leo ♌

4. Height: 6'0

5. Time: 11:44 p.m.

6. Birthday: July 31

7. Favorite Band/Group: Too many favorites to list. I go through phases of music. Lately I've been listening to KH and various anime/game OST's, AnimeVibes playlist on Spotify, and Studio Ghibli lo-fi.

8. Favorite Solo Artists: There are a lot - too many to list.

9. Song stuck in my head: Don't Think Twice by Hikari Utada

10. Last Movie: Mad Max Fury Road

11. Last Show: Code Geass

12. When did I create this blog: I honestly don't know. I think it's been around 10 years. There was a long hiatus. Is there a way I can find exactly how long?

13. What do I post: Kingdom Hearts and other things I like.

14. Last thing I googled: chai latte recipe

15. Other blogs: nope I don't have any other blogs.

16. Do I get asks: almost never

17. Why I chose this url: I post a lot of KH and my favorite world is Hollow Bastion and X's were popular back then lol.

18. Following: 232

19. Followers: 1,034

20. Average hours of sleep: 7 to 9

21. Lucky number: 8

22. Instruments: None.

23. What am I wearing: comfy home clothes and slippers

24. Dream Job: I'm not really sure tbh

25. Dream Trip: anywhere historical/ancient, or nature/scenic

26. Favorite food: ugh so many... 🤤 Tostones de pana, fricassee de pollo, phó, sushi, oreos, brookie (cookie/brownie)

27. Nationality: Puerto Rican-American

28. Favorite Songs: way too many!

29. Last book I read: Death Note (Special One-shot)

30. Top Three fictional universes I’d like to live in: Elder Scrolls, KHUX, Harry Potter

Thanks for tagging me! This was fun! I'll leave this open to whoever wants to fill it out next. 🎉✨

[onlythesweet]

17 questions, 17 people tag

Thank you for tagging me @always28lou​ and @rahashirley​ you’re both the sweetest!! 🌻

nicknames: Liz (or Liv, as you prefer)

zodiac: Virgo

height: 1m64, which is around 5′4

hogwarts house: supposedly Slytherin but I’ve never been that good at introspection so who knows

last thing i googled: my dentist’s address... (I just came back from an appointment and my mouth is still asleep from it)

song stuck in my head: Be Kind - Marshmello & Halsey

number of followers: I have around 10 because I made this tumblr like last week 😂

amount of sleep: I’d say between 7 and 8 hours

lucky number: one day I randomly decided it would be 4, but it has yet to prove to be of any luck

dream job: Number 1 would be being a full-time writer, number 2 is being an editor, which I already am hehe

wearing: hmm one of those icelandic grey sweaters, tucked in high-waisted black jeans

favourite song: I have many, Defenceless by LT being one of them (as it should) but I think an all-time classic that has defined me for years is Laughter Line - Bastille

favourite instrument: I like the piano and it’s the only one I know how to play ahah

aesthetic: I really don’t think I have one, it’s just maybe casual with a hint of preppy i guess...? but I love clouds, and all shades of blue 

favourite author: Fuyumi Ono!!! She’s everything I aspire to be as a writer. (The French translation of The Twelve Kingdoms is incredible, which apparently can’t be said about the English translation 😔)

favourite animal noise: any noise my cat makes tbh

random: I started crocheting this year and managed to make some cute tops/amigurumis, and right now I’m attempting to make the watermelon top Harry has in the Watermelon sugar mv, since there are so many youtube tutorials about it ahah

🌿 ok so I will be tagging (bc I’d like to get to know y’all) : @louluvscarrots @adorelou-28 @onlythelarents @canyonlouis28 @a-single-thread-of-gold

(Sorry if you’ve already been tagged / already done this challenge in the past!! Of course you don’t have to do it, it’s only if you want to 💙 feel free to ignore!!)