#naty rants

[fanaticsnail]

I remember you mentioned having a Mihawk playlist, and the way you manage to find songs that perfectly fit the vibes of your fics and enhance the reading experience is one of the things I love about your writing

So I was wondering if you could share some of the songs on your playlist? Or even some songs that you associate with certain characters/tropes/scenarios?

I always love it when you send me asks, @sexc-snail.

I absolutely DO have a Mihawk playlist. I share the playlist construction with another creator on Tumblr who I love, cherish and adore: @sordidmusings. We add to it as we write, recommend songs as they come to us to help with words in works.

I could get into a long, long rant about music so I will add a page break here ❤. Lots of song recs to follow for the OPLA cast so far.

I am a violinist; have been playing for 25 years this year (I AM GETTING OLD, JEEPERS CREEPERS). Music is a great, passionate love affair for me and I adore learning about songs and pieces new and old. Here are some recommendations for songs and vibes I associate with the characters and the tropes.

I never add lyrics to my fics so the readers can visualize their own favourite melodies where they see fit, but I do have tunes in mind when I write them. The only fic I've really centralised a song about is the "You Should Be Sad" Mihawk fic I wrote a while back and the Koby series I'm writing.

Here are some song recommendations: all songs are Spotify linked. Enjoy a peek into my madness.

For the Characters

Luffy:

Long Way Home: Walk off the Earth, Lindsay Stirling

Following the Sun: SUPER-Hi, NEEKA

La Isla Bonita: Madonna

Zoro

Work Song: Hozier

Promise: Voyager

Cold Shot: Stevie Ray Vaughan

Sanji

Love Story: Indila

Know You Girls: Franz Ferdinand

Family Line: Conan Grey

Nami (She gets four, because she's amazing and I love her)

Runaway: Aurora

My Mother Told Me: NATI, Cullen Vance, Jonny Stewart

Outside: Ellie Golding, Calvin Harris

Queen of the Kings: Alessandra

Usopp

Mechanical Instinct: Aviators

The Higher Ground: Red Hot Chili Peppers

Eastside: Benny Blanco, Halsey, Khalid

Buggy

Be Your Shadow: The Wombats

Gasoline: Halsey

I Wanna Be Your Slave: Maneskin

Shanks:

The One that Got Away: The Civil Wars

Atlantis: Seafret

Barton Hollow: The Civil Wars

Mihawk

Seven Nation Army: Postmodern Jukebox

My Heart With You: The Rescues

The Snake: Lana Lubany

Koby (He also gets four, because he deserves only good things, and because Morgan Davies is Aussie like me)

Grieve No More: Patty Gurdy

Siuil A Run: Ella Roberts

Mad World: Jasmine Thompson

Again: Flyleaf

Helmeppo

Fighter: Christina Aguilera

Torn: Natalie Imbruglia

Elastic Heart: Sia

Garp

Sharp Dressed Man: ZZ Top

Under a Violet Moon: Blackmores Night

Billie Jean: The Civil Wars

For the Tropes

Unrequitted Love (My all time favourite thing)

Wrecking Ball: Beth

Can't Help Falling in Love: Tommee Profitt, Brooke

I Found: Amber Run

Comptine d'un autre ete l'apres-midi: Yann Tierson

Derniere Danse: Indila

Only in my Mind: Kenya Grace

Over and Over: Three Days Grace

Broken Pieces: Apocalyptica Lacey

Too Close: Alex Clare

Stupid Heart: Sorana

Enemies to Lovers

FMLYHM: Sether

Closer: NIN

Hella Good: No Doubt

Play With Fire: Sam Tinnesz, Yacht Money

Why'd You Only Ever Call Me When You're High: Arctic Monkeys

For when they give into their feelings:

Surrender: Natalie Taylor

As the World Caves In: Sarah Cothran

Freeze You Out: Marina Kaye

Say Yes To Heaven: Lana Del Rey

For when they give up but feelings are still there

Lose you to love me: Selena Gomez

Liar: Camilla Cabello

Darkside: Alan Walker

Say My Name: David Guetta, Bebe Rexha, J Balvin

Only Love Can Hurt Like This: Paloma Faith

I See Red: Everybody Loves an Outlaw

If you made it this far, thank you. This was a labour of love. Happy listening ❤

[mooncrack]

Gaz was a trouble maker. Him, Ghost, Price. And Soap were the troublemakers of the school. You wouldn't want to get in there way. It wouldn't be pretty. People call the 141. Nobody known how they got that nickname. They just did.

Price, or his acsual name John is the leader, being the oldest of them all. He's the ring leader and his older sister laswell (real name kate), always helps them get out of trouble.

Ghost, or Simon, is the most violent of all of them. He doesn't usualy 'caus trouble unless you piss him of enough. With usualy ends with the poor person having a couple broken bones. And he always wears a facemask in school with a skull on it, weirdly enough.

Soap, or Johnny is the youngest and most caotic of them all. He is the one who comes up with the 'pranks' and the poor person who's going to get 'prankt'. He's also just barely the shortist of them all (Gaz being two inches taller then him). He's also in the same year as Gaz.

And lastly, the Gaz himself. Or his real name Kyle. He is the jock pretty boy of the group. All the girls are swooning over him. He is the captain of the basketball team, and a fine ass locking man. That doesn't mean he's smart- he is falling most classes (Soap is too, but thats more obvius) sinds he doesn't care to studie. Even with all these girls swooning over him, he has rarely dated somebody. He's not really a player.

And then there is you. Your the new foreign exchange student. With cripaling social anxiety. And you just transferred for there school. Your luckly enough to fall into the background until your first lesson. Maths. Not the best first start, but it could of been worse. And then the teacher makes you introduse yourself infornt of the class. Amazing. You reluctenly and quickly Introduce yourself. You were placed next to a guy name Kyle (sinds the teacher must hate you) and the lesson starts.

But the thing you didn't know is that Gaz fell inlove with you at first sight. Your accent. Your hair. Your eyes. Everything. He was smittend. And know he was sitting right next to you. All focus is out of the window for him. He is even trying to focus of whatever that boring teacher is saying. Just. you.

Eventualy we get asignments handed out that he (the teacher) wants us ti finnish THIS lesson. What a mennis. So you focus all your attention of finnishing this asignments sinds ofc your not going to get in trouble on your first day. Minutes after the asignment is handed out you feel a tap on your shoulder. It's your desk partner, Kyle

"Could you help me with this?"

he asks you pointing to a question. You already had this subject at your previos school so this is light work. You start to exsplain the subject with leads into a convo.

When you agree to exsplain the subject and the question to Gaz he is astatic, listening to your every word. As you dumb down the subject exsplaining it with ease. With somehow makes him acsualy understand it. But he uses this as a opertunity to start a acsual convo with you to learn more about you. Like what country you come from, what your natie language is (he'd 100% try and learn or understand it if it isn't english) and what you like

As he hears you rant about things you like and your home country, he can't help but think that you would be perfect victim of one of Soap's 'pranks'. But he wouldn't allow that. But he couldn't let them know that he is head over heels for the new weird foreign kid. But the fact that you help and exsplaind maths to him. He could use the exscuse that you are tutoring him. But no matter what. Your not gonna get bullied by his boys. He won't allow that.

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Hallo, everybody. I just wanna say sorry for the spelling mistakes, I'm dyslexic and english is not my first language- I also hope yall like the story and I could posibly continue it by doing a part two? Or stick to the univers and do a Ghost, Soap, or Price fic. I'm always open to critisism, but please be kind and don't correct my spelling- (it's anoying and nobody cares). But I hope you have a great rest of your day! Doei!

[weirdthoughtsandideas]

So I am planning that dcla consent video in my head atm. And I won't say I will talk about all of these things in order, but it's basically stuff I want to bring up.

I wanna start with discussing how these shows like to use "surprise kissing". Which basically means "I didn't know, or were prepared, for you to kiss me but I am fine with it". With this, we can start to see what was actually consentual and what was not.

Violetta did not know Leon was gonna kiss her in their first kiss, BUT she very much liked it and sees it as a happy memory. It became consentual.

Violetta technically kissed Leon without his consent in 3x06, since he was asleep. However, in this case it was to mimic the way it happens in fairytales, and I like the trope of the princess waking up the prince instead of reverse. Also, it did cause Leon to wake up, and HE does not seem to have minded this. And if we'd elaborate on this we'd have to dig in the whole fairytale kissing people sleeping problem. In the end: We'll let this slide because it was supposed to be a romantic fairytale moment and everyone involved was ok with it. But, please do not kiss sleeping people irl.

I don't think Yam was that prepared that Ramiro would kiss her in S1, but when she saw the situation he was in, she went from "WHAT are you doing?! >:(" to "Oh! I see you need to get out of this situation! Okay!"

Maggie randomly kissed Rey on several occasions without him being prepared, just to disguise what they were actually doing. I don't know if he was that ok with it but he let it slide.

Naty was quite shook when Maxi kissed her in 2x71 but she liked it seemingly and then wanted him to do it again so.

Angie and Germán have "surprise kissed" each other several times and like. Germán at least liked it. He's like a sim, he got kissed once and got in love and so now when you don't control him he's gonna go kiss the other sim automatically without you wanting to

Ludmila and Federico's first kiss is very unclear

I mean when Leon kissed Roxy he did it mid sentence of her trying to talk and tbh out of context he was kind of pushy when she tried to talk herself OUT of the situation, but that whole scene I feel like we should pass

And then there's moment where people are non-consentual and it leads to nothing.

Beto kissed a random lady, and he thought it was Jackie?? But HE WASN'T EVEN DATING JACKIE TO BEGIN WITH so even if it was her it would've been just as strange

Jade kisses Germán without his consent on multiple occasions. This does not lead to very much other than them being awkward and moving on from it.

I will discuss Benicio later. I don't know why Ámbar keeps forgiving him for assaulting her...

I will then proceed to discuss the cases on non-con kisses that affected the plot somehow. Starting with Andrea kissing Maxi without his consent in S1. Yeah, remember Andrea? She had 2 actresses for some reason. Anyway, she was played as completely delusional and kissed Maxi without his consent, and then HE got the blame for it. After discussing that case, I will be like "so that was just one case... but there's a BIGGER ONE" and then BAM, we cut to the Yo Soy Asi duet. I will have my big fair share about Diego here. Maybe I can go tease the Diego supremacists who thinks he's perfect and that "Violetta is not the victim" in S2. Also I'm gonna question Pablo as a teacher for even trying to enforce them kissing.

When I am done with the Diego rant, which will be glorious, we shall move over to Matteo. This will be epic fun. Especially since I know many Lutteo shippers LIKE the scene you know I will talk about. So I will be like "I know many would see this more as a surprise kiss... but it's not. I have heard the argument that 'Luna didn't pull away from him so she must not have been that uncomfortable'. So this is why I disagree with that:"

With Matteo done, I can just slip in about Emilia. "Now when this happened to him, these were the consequences". Emilia definitely needs to be held accountable for it and I am glad the show DID hold her accountable for it. But, it also feels weird that, when Matteo does it to a girl it's romantic and when a girl does it against him she gets held accountable immediately. I know it was different situations but STILL.

We can then move over to Michel. I will discuss how out of all three of Luna's love interests, only ONE of them have had their first kiss with her consentually.

Then we can go to Eric and how Nina and Luna sort of bond over being kissed without their consent ??? and continue to ship each other with the respective boy????????

Yes... then I will mention Felipe Diaz. Fuck that guy I hope Ludmila and Naty kissed each other in front of him while flipping him off and then threw him into the river.

And then Benicio. Of course <3 I will make sure to also mention the kiss at Dia de los muertos. That was a curious case where the kiss was intented to be consentual and then BECAME non-consentual when she realized who she kissed. Good job Benny boy.

Then I guess I'll just take things I've missed. Maybe I can mention Tomas' "Your kiss with Leon was my kiss" even if it doesn't have to do much with consent but rather just because I wanna complain about it

[valkyyriia]

🎆 ☂️!!!

🎆: "Honey, I just tested positive for Hapsburgs." - My friend Ryan, who didn't know who the Hapsburgs were while I was mid history rant.

☂️: Mmmm this one is hard. I would likely choose either a vampire (hush, Nati!) or your typical fantasy type fairy. I do have reasons though!

ask game

[supernova-151]

2, 3, 4 for the fic asks 👀👀👀👀👀👀

since you didn't specify what fic im just gonna cheat a little bit and answer for lost in madrid :) (it feels weird to write the actual name - its been The Madrid Fic for so long now lol)

2: What scene did you first put down?

as in writing, again, i wrote down the chapter exactly as you see it...but as in idea, you know just as well as i, the thing that started the whole idea was the scene where diego lies about the crystal star. to have him tell ludmila naty broke it bc she was jealous, when he knows that even before fede, the most important bond ludmila has in the studio is naty so breaking their friendship is even stronger than breaking a gift from fede and can hurt her even deeper. to have ludmila get everything she thought she wanted but being utterly devastated by the time she's about to make her dreams come true. and the fact that it's diego's retaliation, because who else could it be? who else could know exactly what to do, exactly where to hit?????

also, for anyone who didnt know, the crystal star and the madrid fic were supposed to be two separate concepts until i merged them for maximum hurt :) thank you to everyone who's heard me rant and rant and rant until i eventually did write it down and now its officially my second multichapter fic <3

3: What’s your favorite line of narration?

from what i've written so far, i really like this part:

i think it pretty much sets the scene for disaster, especially when it comes in such contrast with the next scene (ludmila finding out she got picked for the trip). she's so happy that she's actually going to madrid that she doesn't even stop to think about it - to read that paper sheet that ultimately dooms her. and then it just keeps getting worse with priscila piling on and all...yeah its a lot for baby. but i always make it a lot for baby, don't i.

4: What’s your favorite line of dialogue?

again, i can only pick from chapter one, but:

i just love writing fran/ludmi interactions and ludmila being an absolute insufferable fool. i can never get tired of it!!!!! also ludmila se va...a madrid should be put on a shirt

[ourafterstory]

» name: J

» nicknames: MJ, MayJay, DJ, Dreamie

» pronouns: they/them

» system info: OSDD-1a / Dreamscape system / bodyage 18+

» hi there! this is a blog for me to dump all things after story related somewhere! [Monika After Story, Just Natsuki, Just Yuri, Forever and Ever, and any others that spot my eye!]

it can range from rants/rambles, spritepack releases, tips and tricks, and anything else i cant think of

i usually post on reddit, but i'm trying to branch away from it, you can find my lil landing pad of information here for now ! but i'll try to make a proper page here too~!

my sysmates and i have 4 monikas, 1 natsuki, 1 sayori, and 1 yuri altogether [long story, i know its a lot-], their nick/names in order are; monna, celina, kia, TTM, nati, sugar-sayo, and ri ! but i'll mostly be posting our monikas until further notice!

i'll update this with more info as time comes but for now, that's all, see ya~!

[whokenobi]

Nati, came across an interview of Pamela Anderson regarding her upcoming Netflix special.

She talks about P&T and how the show retraumatized her. How she felt they should've gotten her permission before persuing it and she refused to meet with Lily. I didn't know she spoke to Tommy as well about it. He apparently told her not to take it as hard as she did before. She admitted it just enhanced Tommy's rocker persona when it first came out and pretty much ended her career.

It totally reminded me of why i refused to watch P&T and why i was pissed with Ana De Armas over Blonde. Like, she said she asked MM permission to make the movie by visiting her grave. Like some stuff just needs to be left alone.

Sorry for the rant boo. But when her (Pamela) special comes out I'm totally watching it

The double standard of it destroying her and enhancing his reputation is upsetting. And she is right, they should have gotten her blessing. One of them tried, and she wasn’t willing to give it, and that should have been the end of the conversation.

And today the news dropped about Madonna’s biopic that she was heading getting scrapped which is disheartening to see. I’m not Madonna’s biggest fan by any means, but she should be the one who gets to tell her story on her terms and not later on in some explotative, gross fanfic-esque project. *Ahem, looking at Blonde and Dahmer getting awards and noms*

[numbersthunder-blog]

shit i just binged fuck fuck fuck

[itsjustnatyyy]

You will miss me

When you need someone to talk to, you will miss me.

When everyone else is busy, you will miss me.

When you’re horny and lonely, you will miss me.

When you’re bored, you will miss me.

When everything falls apart and there is no one to pick up your shit anymore, you will miss me.

When you get yelled at and I’m no longer there to tell them off, you will miss me.

When you can’t be bothered to do your homework, you will miss me.

When you’re mother asks you to clean your room, you will miss me.

When you arrive several hours late to literally every fucking meeting, you will miss me.

When you’re lost and need someone to pick u up, you will miss me.

When you get too drunk, you will miss me.

When you need attention, you will miss me.

When you miss me, you will miss me.

You will miss me for all the things I did for you, for all the time I invested you, for the attention I gave you, you will miss me that I’m sure

but you won’t miss me for who I was. You will miss me for what I did and that is exactly why I’m leaving you.

[ugh-tsumu]

:(

🥺🥺🥺

[natarisaru]

You know, I’m kinda torn on the new Scooby movie that’s coming out next year. One hand,, I really like Scooby and Shaggy’s designs so far and the fact that all the other Hanna-Barbera characters will be there (what can I say, I’m a sucker for crossovers and multiverses). On the other hand, I really hate the fact that WB replaced the current Scooby Doo voice actors behinds their backs without even telling them they were being replaced and I’m kinda nervous on how they’ll’ handle everyone’s personalities, doubly so for the other non Scooby-Doo characters given that they haven’t been in the spotlight for more than 20 years or so. I’ll still watch it once I have more info about it when I can, I’m just gonna wait and see.

I’m more shocked that they’re making a horror movie out of the Banana Splits Show given that it was pretty much just as corny and cheesy and silly singsongy as a lot of other live-action/animatronic/puppet shows made at the time the original came out. Then again, they’re probably either doing this to cash in on FNAF or to poke fun at how weird and creepy 70s mascots and dolls look to us. Well, then again, Hanna-Barbera did make a ton of obscure, short-lived adult shows in the late 60s and early 70s, and Adult Swim pretty much made and aired more mature versions of their older shows like Sealab 2020 and Space Ghost Coast to Coast/the Brak Show, and Harvey Birdman, so I guess it’s not too weird.

[marinette-adrien]

Divide the plot by seasons

Here I come again to make a post about my unsolicited opinion, but the possible plot of Oblivio brought back to me something I’ve been thinking for a while.

Several people have complained that the plot is basically the same it was in the first season. And they’re right.

Some defend it’s because of what Austruc said: the show has to be able to be enjoyed in whichever order the episodes are released.

But.

As a content creator, saying that you’re limited by your media, is... well, it sounds like an excuse. If you have to work inside some parameters... then you adapt to them?

If you can only have development within seasons and the order of the episodes have to remain changeable, then fine. But work with it.

For example. You know you have material for six seasons. Perhaps you still don’t know if they’re gonna be approved, but your story is six seasons long. Well, then. Divide your plot in those six seasons. It’s not that hard. If they get approved later, then perfect. If not, you at least told the beginning of it.

Not that I want to tell another content creator how to tell their story, but now that I’m giving said unsolicited opinion, here is how I would have resolved it:

First season is to introduce your main characters and the dynamics of the plot. They actually did it. So check.

Second season is to evolve your characters. Marinette and Adrien didn’t know each other very well, then make them know each other. Give them plenty of interactions. Let the viewers see their interactions and make them clear on where they stand with each other. It doesn’t have to have an order, just make plenty of concise interactions so nobody doubts where they stand. They are friends. They are falling for the other side of the square. They have conflicted feelings. They’re partners. I don’t care, just make their interactions clear.

Third season is the middle of your storyline. Make the reveal. Do a twist. Reveal some secret relevant to the plot. But for everything that’s holy, don’t take it away because then you’re not advancing the plot. Make it at the end of the season, but advance something. You’re literally at the middle, you should be starting your climax, not stuck exactly where you were at the beginning. 

You have two conflicts: the love square and the actual villain. Resolve one.

The villain is not the best option to take away from the equation right at the middle. So let’s go with the love square. 

If you can only achieve actual development at a season finale, then, once again, fine. But give the rest of the season something solid. Make them conflicted for whom they really love. Make them ponder in several, different episodes about who they think the other is or why it hurts them or annoys them that they can’t reveal themselves or that their feelings can not reach the other. Just... tease for the plot point that is about to come.  

Make the fourth season the aftermath. Show how they deal with this situation. Now, you have been giving hints of lore and general plot (that in any other series could have been explained in the first season, or maybe a season and a half tbh), well then make a twist. Or reveal some sort of information that can change the game for the better or worst. And actually, you can make that either season four or season five. 

Season four could have a twist and season five could have a secret revealed that can change the game for better or worst. Or you can have a secret revealed for plot purposes at the end of season four and then make a twist out of it for season five. See? There goes your excuse of “it should be watchable in whatever order”.

Season six is to resolve your story. The series finale. That’s it. 

This way, you can have an organic relationship between your main characters, and show us that the happy ever after is not when you get the love of your life and that’s it. This way we get to see them work together as a team and a couple. You can give them other conflicts and we could watch them resolve them. Heavens know we need more animation where this happens. 

And by that, I’m not meaning adding a secondary love interest because if you can’t solve your main conflict, then why the hell are you adding secondary problems to it?

The story is not over, emotionally speaking, when the love square gets together. You have plenty of emotional plot points. The villain is the father of one of the main characters, for goodness’ sake! You can have a whole series about that only. Or a character arc, for that matter. But oh, don’t get me started on how Adrien is getting zero development when the opportunity is just right there, just take it!

Granted, they have added more heroes and another villain, but again. It has done very little to the plot. It’s almost as if they’re making a show to just sell merchandise, but I have seen better shows that have been made for the sole purpose of selling merchandise that are way better, so...

If Oblivio happens and there’s a reveal and then it gets erased... No, I don’t think I would scream. I would just majorly siiiiiiiigh.

[nat-tea-n-coffee]

Idk if we should keep calling them "Christians" when they don't even follow their own doctrines. I've taken to calling them "Evangelists" because that's really what they seem to worship, the idea of being right by whatever means and convincing everyone else of the same. The god they claim to worship preaches tolerance, acceptance of sex workers, and seperation of church and state. And there are christians who DO live by these doctrines and they have been forced to share a name with these poor excuses for human beings. Im including all the way back through the crusades. It's literally become the worship of this false pale skinned blond haired idol.

[weirdthoughtsandideas]

You know how Mara used to rant about Carmín, when she was alone? I think Naty did the same thing, when she was annoyed by Ludmilas attitude.

Maybe.

But tbh, Naty knows Ludmila like no one else and I think that, while she definitely could rant, I think she also a lot of the time just sat alone and giggled about Ludmila to herself.

I'm picturing Naty lying in bed and going "LUDMILA! >:(" and then going "Ludmila <3" the next minute

[fourspiceblend]

Ppl out here really getting offended over zelink fanart and calling it "forced heterosexuality"... Y'all need bigger problems to complain about

[pichitinha]

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