#new writings in sf 5

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

John Carnell (editor) - New Writings in SF5 - Corgi - 1971

[23fallencomets]

chapter 7: the one i was supposed to get done last week but didn’t

anyway, tough fp3 and qualifying huh, just really disappointed on how this session went especially since the williams looked really good and were projected to do well but i guess when one door closes another opens.

moving on, i think im gonna wrap this up around the tenth chapter or something. it’s been a real blast and im currently in a writers block (with like three/four fics on the list) so these help moving the writing juices.

enjoy 💞💞

[twitter]

user81: logan had a priv???

user82: yesss he was so unhinged on it

user83: he was so funny during fashion week of 2022

user84: brother had no media training back then

user85: bring back unhinged logan

user86: found it!!

user85: ahhh 23 year old logan you will be missed

user86: WHAT

user87: LOGAN JUST DROPPED IT AND MADE IT A COLLABED POST

user88: WHAT IS WEONG WITJ THEM

[instagram]

logansargeant made a new post!

logansargeant and oscarpiastri

liked by oscarpiastri, landonorris, lewishamilton and 10,289,378 more

logansargeant: surprise! the dynamic duo is back with the 2024 Summer Collection!! it was an absolute blast doing this campaign with Ozzie and i’m glad it’s finally out

landonorris: me next

logansargeant: i have an opening during summer break

landonorris: meet me in ibiza

oscarpiastri: hella respect for modeling because this was tiring 😓

logansargeant: i should bring you along to a fashion show

oscarpiastri: i love you but please don’t

logansargeant: 😞

user89: HELLO???

lewishamiltion: 🤫🤫

logansargeant: 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

user90: what do you know??

user91: why is no one mentioning ozzie

arthurleclerc: logan gave all of us nicknames

user91: share with the class

liamlawson30: 🙂‍↔️

liamlawson30: (im)patiently awaiting my turn

logansargeant: LIAM WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN 😫

liamlawson30: training, practicing you know the usual

logansargeant: then answer my text messages you dick

logansargeant posted a new story!

logansargeant made a new post!

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logansargeant: absolutely deserved!! we have been dreaming about this moment since we were kids and im absolutely ecstatic for you!! im 100% sure i cried, love you man!! future wdc in the making!! onto the next one

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logansargeantoffical made a new tweet!

logansargeantoffical: well he can, i actually have a job to do

liamlawson30: take him along like you did that one time when i was in SF

logansargeantoffical: you complained the whole time??? and i was only in japan for three days

user92: are you guys not spending it together 😞

oscarpiastri: we are it’s just the someone 😒 has to make up all the work he missed

logansargeantoffical: you make it sound like if i work a 9-5

logansargeantoffical: and it’s only a week, you’ll survive

oscarpiastri: or i can join you

[nikachansstuff]

A fellow Elriel was rebloging old theories yesterday!

Old like before Silver Flames. I’m talking 2017 posts. And the crazier thing is that even people who didn’t like Elriel, recognized all the build up in the first trilogy. People who didn’t like the ship are mainly divided in two groups: Lucien supporters and people who simply didn’t like Elain.

Then, this comment caught my attention:

We had people shipping Azriel/Briar. A character that appeared on 5 pages in a book.

All to say, even before Silver Flames, we had a group of people who simply don’t want Azriel and Elain together. It doesn’t matter that Elriel is indicated on page, people have their personal taste and could be that the ship is simply not their cuppa.

Before Gwyn, there was Mor, Emerie, and even Briar. Mind you, the only ship that actually had text evidence is Moriel, because Az was indeed in love with her for 500 years.

So when you have a new female character appearing in SF, people just jumped on it and started shipping her with Azriel. I’m going on a limb here and say that Gwyn could have been written with total different characteristics and background story, it would not matter, this group that doesn’t like Elriel, would make it work somehow.

The main difference between before SF is that Azriel was not hated. He was a fan favorite too. You know when Azriel started to get hate? After the BC, when he clearly stated his desire for Elain and Elriel became clear as day. Because how can this group claim that their relationship was platonic now that we have a whole scene of pure romantic intention happening?

Strange, huh?

My conclusion? People just have a hard time connecting with Elain, they simply dislike her as a character. They don’t want to read her story, but they still like Azriel. They want to read about him, have more information, so the solution is just to separate the two. This way they can have Lucien in one book and Azriel in the other.

It’s hard to write a feminine gentle soul character these days. The girl boss sassy warrior stereotype is the default and if we’re presented with something a bit different, we get this sort of reaction, claiming it’s boring. Really hard times.

[acourtofthought]

I have seen an influx of people who claim they're Elucien's while simultaneously telling Elucien's they are delusional for thinking ACOTAR 5 will be Elain and Lucien's.

One of their new arguments is based on a fan-made bracket of SJM men that they had her do during the Today show (a fan-made bracket that the creator of said bracket left Lucien out of).

"Azriel is someone I'm going to be exploring more"

We know SJM was writing ACOTAR 5 in September. As we also know she re-wrote HOFAS in a month, chances are ACOTAR 5 has been written and is now in the editing process.

If Azriel is someone she's going to be exploring more.......than doesn't that mean he's 's not someone she fully explored while writing ACOTAR 5 back in September?

That Elain and Lucien's story is the one she wrote and that means Az will be a character in a book after theirs?

"But the crossover!" ...... Is a different series. And only hinted at future storylines that, as far as we know, have nothing to do with Koschei, Beron, Spring, Vassa. Future storylines that aren't a more pressing concern than the concerns we were left with after Silver Flames.

"But Elain was barely in SF!" She was actually, though people hate her character so much that of course they'd ignore how much we were given on her. However that's still a weak argument considering Chaol was completely absent from Empire of Storms yet got his own story in Tower of Dawn.

Elain's absence in the crossover could simply mean her journey already started shortly after Nesta's ended.

And probably the reason Az is still being pissy over not having a mate, since he knows Lucien is already on his way to ending up with his own.

"SJM hasn't talked about Elain since before Silver Flames!" False considering she is on record talking about Elain in the Eva Chen Interview, done after the release of Silver Flames, in a very major way. And in another where she spoke of Elain as a quiet dreamer. Not to mention she was excited to keep the ending of CC2 a secret as she was the Feysand reveal. Acting like her going quiet about a character means she's forgotten about them is ignoring that she enjoys surprises.

As far as I can tell, no on truly knows who is getting the next book and there is just as many counter-arguments as to why it could be Elucien's so maybe those who feel it necessary to call Elucien's delusional or lacking reading comprehension (my mother was a teacher and literacy specialist, I think I'm ok in that department thank you very much) might want to leave at least a little room for the possibility that they could be wrong.

[lilbabydilljr]

Hi I’ve been wanting to post this for a few days but I’ve got no desire to actually write a description. But it’s here if anyone wants! Description will come later, I just dropped my boyfriend off today and I’m kinda sad. Long distance. Blah.

Download (SFS)

Info is now under the cut! Look at me go.

01/18 - If you use any replacement UI built off of Clean UI, please ensure either this package loads after, or delete the turn on images that Clean UI includes. Thank you grilledcheese-aspiration for reminding me! The two turn-ons effected are ‘Musical’ and ‘Neat Freak’ which were originally ‘Hard Worker’ and ‘Unemployed.’

So I will say I probably should’ve done these differently (turn Creative into Artistic as opposed to Vampire, but whatever. They actually started out alphabetical in game which I thought was neat. They’re still fairly close!

But basically what I’ve done here is replace almost all the turn-ons with personality/trait based ones. I’m wishing we could mix and match individual turn-ons actually because as I write this list I’m already worried about people thinking there’s too many supernatural ones. But they’re used in my game so idk. They’re much more relevant than full face makeup I feel.

For badges sims require a silver level to have the turn-on. For skills I’ve increased it to 8 points, and if a turn-on mentions a hobby, a sim either needs 5 points or have it as their One True Hobby.

Fitness/Fatness - New icons, unchanged Swimwear > Adventurous - 3 Vacations, Adventurous, Daredevil, Sailor Formal > Alien - Trait, Skin, Eyes Underwear > Animal Lover - 2 Pet Friends, Animal Lover, Cat Person, Dog Person, Equestrian Vampire > Artistic - Artistic, Avant Garde, Photographer's Eye, Savvy Sculptor, Floral/Pottery/Sewing Badge, Arts & Crafts Hobby, Creativity Skill Stink > Athletic - Athletic, Disciplined, Equestrian, Loves to Swim, Sports/Fitness Hobby, Body Skill Logical > Bad Rep - Negative Reputation, Evil Great Cook > Bookish - Bookworm, Film & Literature Hobby Mechanical > Charismatic - Born Salesperson, Charismatic, Natural Born Performer, Schmoozer, Star Quality, Charisma Skill Creative > Content - Platinum, Lifetime Happiness Skill (side note this one will be the first one to go if someone can come up with something better it is my least favourite) Athletic > Dumb - Absent Minded, Less than 2 Logic Good at cleaning > Foodie - Natural Cook, Cuisine Hobby, Cooking Skill Zombiism > Gamer - Computer Whiz, Couch Potato, Loser, Games Hobby Robots > Good Rep - Good reputation, Good Plantsim > Indoorsy - Bookworm, Brooding, Couch Potato, Hates the Outdoors, Loner Werewolf > Magic - Genie, Witch, Fairy Witch > Mechanical - Servo, Bot Fan, Computer Whiz, Handy, Vehicle Enthusiast, Robotics Badge, Tinkering Hobby, Mechanical Skill Hard Worker > Musical - Natural Born Performer, Star Quality, Virtuoso, Music & Dance Hobby, Dance Skill, Creativity Skill Unemployed > Neat Freak - Neat, Cleaning Skill, Personality Cologne > Occult - Werewolf, Plantsim, Bigfoot, Genie, Witch, Fairy, Mermaid Facial Hair > Outdoorsy - Angler, Green Thumb, Loves the Outdoors, Sailor, Gardening Badge, Fishing Badge, Nature Hobby Glasses > Plant Lover - Eco-Friendly, Green Thumb, Vegetarian, Flower/Gardening Badge, Plantsim, Fairy  Makeup > Productive - Ambitious, Eccentric, Frugal, Gatherer, Perfectionist, Workaholic Full Face Makeup > Slacker - Couch Potato, Mooch, Slob, Personality Hats > Smart - Genius, Logic Skill Jewellery > Stylish - Avant Garde, Diva, Irresistible, Proper, Cosmetology Badge, Fashion Interest Custom Hair > Timid - Brooding, Coward, Loner, Shy, Socially Awkward, Unflirty, Personality Charismatic > Undead - Ghost, Zombie, Vampire

Version 2 Added, Choose one

Fixes Fitness/Fatness names. Those were meant for me only!

Creative > Baddie - Daredevil, Evil, Flirty, Great Kisser, Irresistible, Party Animal, Rebellious traits

[scribble-dee-vee]

Writeblr Intro circa 2024

Hi writeblr!! Sooo, I've been around here since about 2014. (Yes, I am ancient.) However, I've been dormant for the past 4-5 years. Blame college and a brief stint on Twitter. Now that I'm active again, I thought I should make an updated writeblr intro so ppl know my Deal. Basically, I want to engage with other folks who write fiction (esp original SF), and that's a little easier if I have a clear post that outlines what I do. Here to make connections and hear about your blorbos :)

About me

Hi, I'm Vee! They/them, 23, 💖 🤍 🧡

I do journalism/comms in western New York

My literary jam is feminist/adult SF and gothic lit (OG or modern) 🥀 ⚔️ 🌙

Enthusiastic about gay people, body horror, and sociopolitical allegories

I cook, run, play tabletop games, and occasionally draw. Other than that, I'm mostly writing (for work and for fun)

If you were on pre-2020 writeblr, you likely know me from my eight billion daily tag games. (I still like tag games and appreciate u for tagging me. I have also gained adult responsibilities and better mental health, so I respond very slowly now. <3)

Always happy to get asks or dms, tho as I've noted: I may reply slowly.

Sometimes open to beta read! I only read one longer project at a time, but it's always super fun :)

I tag very consistently – happy to tag triggers for followers/moots

Fun fact: I love mushroom hunting and worked as a mycology TA. #cottagecoreera 🍄 🧚‍♀️ 🌱

About my creative writing

I write,,,, feminist/adult SF with gothic leanings (surprise!)

Longform and short! Trying to do more short writing this year, and I'll likely share a bit on Tumblr. It's easier to clip a short story than a 150k novel, god bless.

The Aesthetic: moral g(r)ays, Victoriana, androids/cyborgs, Women™, monstrous femininity, incessant Hamlet/Frankenstein motifs, extremely boring socioeconomic worldbuilding, evil queens and/or dilfs, psychosexual witchcraft, probably a cat. Also, an ominous, plot-relevant letter laced with anthrax from your unhinged and brilliant ex-wife. Open if you dare.

Major projects

I'm going to be writing some short work this year, but these are the longer projects that I have going in the background. If I reblog blorbo-related text posts, they probably have something to do with these.

Let me know if you want to be added to any project-specific taglists 😎

Heart of Lead – Series

The big one

Perpetually evolving

Never ceasing

Pls send help I can't stop adding shit

5-book gothic fantasy epic that I'll definitely publish one day but probably no time soon! My bastard child, my wicked firstborn, my greatest love <3

Character-oriented political drama set in a pseudo-Victorian, dystopian oligarchy where everyone's heart is made out of metal. It's about coming of age and discovering queer identity in a world that is absolutely fucked. God is an extraterrestrial lesbian who gives ppl very traumatizing magic powers. There are cyborgs, shapeshifters, and morally gray women in STEM. It's tight as fuck idk what else what to tell u.

Book 1 is about achillean monarchists, and book 2 is about sapphic anarchists. There are only two genders, I guess.

At this point, I've drafted most of the books at least once. Working to refine a lot of raw material atm!

Tag: "heart of lead tag" or "hol tag"

Lost Letters – Book

Aka the current active HoL WIP, and book one in the revised series structure

Length: 80k as of now; around 120-140k when the first draft is finished, I presume.

Genre: adult fantasy, gothic, noir detective drama?? um?? If you want me to frame it in BookTok terms (why?) it's a dark academia villain x villain tragic romantasy. Hrgh.

Summary: Cyborg soldier goes to college, joins a shady socialite frat, and falls in love with the jilted heir-apparent to the throne. Hilarity ensues.

(By "hilarity," I mean a militant revolutionary faction and a tragedy of Greek proportions.)

POV characters: Charles (the cyborg), Dale (the heir), and Cecelia (Charles' sister, a junior detective, the love of my life and potentially the Chosen One???)

This book is twisty and dark and immensely fun to write.

I'm about halfway through the first full draft! Hoping to share snippets and vaguepost about my children here.

Tag: "lost letters tag" (also "hol tag," tho that one's less specific)

The Last of Mortal Tourists – Book

The next longform project on the docket!

Length: a standalone work that will hopefully fall on the shorter novel/novella spectrum.

Genre: literary SF, cyberqueer, psychological space quest

Summary: The consciousness of a dead coding genius, trapped inside a spaceship, seeks a new planet to sustain their sister, the last surviving human, after the destruction of Earth.

If you're here to get wildly philosophical about gender and the myth of essential self, this is the story for you! That's why I'm writing it, lol. 🏳️‍⚧️ 🚀 🤖

This one started out as a short story (100% finished) which I want to expand.

POV: Archer Alto, the coder. Spaceship? Human? Soul?

Supporting Cast: Pandora, the last human, and Abby, a holographic impression of Archer's childhood consciousness

Tag: "the last of mortal tourists tag" or "tlomt tag"

If you read all this way, you get a whole bouquet of flowers that are certainly NOT poisonous: 🌸 🌹 💐 🥀 🌺

<3

[watercolor-hearts]

Thank you to @rednyx-sf for tagging me in this, it wasn't an easy list but I really liked making it. 😊

Pairing/Shippy list!

Here are the rules:

1. List your top seven ships.

2. Put them all in order for your love for them; 7 to 1, 1 being your favourite.

3. Name the fandom.

4. Put a picture of the guys in question.

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(There will be a few FE ships too but I didn't count them as individuals, I just put them as a second ship to certain numbers.)

7. Simi | Sebastian Vettel/Kimi Räikkönen [Formula 1]

I would like to apologise to all of my Simi fan followers for this. ��

I love Simi, they're my comfort pairing when it comes to reading (and writing) but to be honest I prefer ships that are still active, have new content etc. and not only old pictures, videos etc. So yeah, this is the reason why they're seventh for me.

6. Galex | George Russell/Alex Albon [Formula 1]

I don't really know what to add to this. I just like them. ❤ (Also, for me they're the most difficult to write because they have a personality that's (for me) very difficult to portray right.)

Also, funfact, I don't really like the popular Galex fanfics. This is the ship where I prefer the reality and my imagination, and not the fanfics.

5. Dando | Daniel Ricciardo/Lando Norris [Formula 1]

Dando was THE hurt/comfort ship for me last season. This photo of them is in my top3 favorite Formula 1 related photos.

I have a very strange relationship with Lando but I loved them together. ❤

4. Sam/Mitch | Sam Bird/Mitch Evans [Formula E]

Do I need to add more? I don't think so. Cock hug and lovely lifting is all I neeed. They were insane for this. ❤

4. Carlando | Carlos Sainz Jr./Lando Norris [Formula 1]

Again, can't really add anything, I just like them. I like a lot of ships, I don't have any rules like if I like Carlando then I don't like any other Carlos and Lando ships. I'm here for the comfort, it doesn't really matter which ship gives it to me. Also, I'm kinda open to polyamory so shipping for me is a bit different than to others. 😃

So yeah, they're cute, I like them.

3. JEV/André/Sam | Jean-Éric Vergne/André Lotterer/Sam Bird

I don't even have a pic of all of them together (and I can only put ten in one post) but I read a story or two with them being in an open or polyamorous relationship and I really liked them. I have a feeling that Jeandré is the ship that is perfectly ideal to transform into a triad because I think they can be mature enough to communicate well and manage the relationship well.

3. Riccussell | Daniel Ricciardo/George Russell [Formula 1]

I love Daniel and I love George, so this ship is perfect for me. ❤ George's support to Daniel last year was everything to me. They're my special little ship. 🥺❤

2. Maximilian/James | Maximilian Günther/James Rossiter [Formula E]

When I joined the FE fandom and Maximilian became my chosen one, I was kind of surprised that there wasn't really any Maximilian ships. And then somehow Maximilian and James became a thing and GUYS the stories on Ao3. The stories. Oh my god. They're AMAZING. Like truly amazing. I don't really like to read long single chapter stories (over 5K is long for me, 15K is my limit, I don't really read longer ones if they're in one piece) but I love reading those Maximilian and James stories because it's amazing how well those authors can capture their personality. Sometimes I'm a bit jealous because I still don't know enough about the FE drivers' personalities to write about them (yes, I'm too lazy to watch the documentaries and things like that). So yeah, shoutout to the Maximilian/James authors on Ao3, you're doing God's work, guys! ❤

2. Charlos | Carlos Sainz Jr/Charles Leclerc [Formula 1]

The heart eyes. The "baby"s. The touches. The jokes. The "violence". They're everything. They've grown on me and I think about them a lot and I don't know what I'll do when they won't be teammates anymore. They're so perfect together. Another emotional hurt/comfort ship. The pain is almost always there, I don't have to introduce Ferrari to you, so yeah, hugs and cuddles and comfort and understanding and everything. And love. ❤

1. Jeandré | Jean-Éric Vergne/André Lotterer

The husbands (my original husbands were Vandevries | Nyck de Vries/Stoffel Vandoorne but I couldn't really fit them here but still wanted to mention them because they're special to me as they were the ones I wrote my first English story about). They're so funny and perfect together, another comfort ship like almost all the others. 😂 I love how close they're to each other. ❤

1. Maxiel | Max Verstappen/Daniel Ricciardo [Formula 1]

Okay, so, Maxiel is my number one, the order of the list can change every hour but Maxiel will always be my number one. They were the ones that make me fall in love with Formula 1. Max's past and his relationship with Daniel is also a really good hurt/comfort material to fanfics and exactly this is what I look for in fanfics in this fandom.

I wanted to be a Maxiel author for so long but for some reason I still only have a zine that is Maxiel, but I have some Maxiel stories planned, I'm just really slow writing them because it's usually easier to write for the prompts I get and sadly I don't really get Maxiel prompts so my Maxiel stories are only in my head for now. :(

But yeah, I have one/two very specific Maxiel ideas and I hope one day I'll be able to write and post them.

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Tagging @charlosgoggles and @wolfsbanesbite, if you haven't done it yet and you want to. 😊❤

[submissivefeminist]

✨🌿 4/20 ASK GAME 🌿✨

Happy 420! I wanted to celebrate the occasion with a little tumblr game to keep busy today while I get baked out of my mind in honor of Weed Day™ so let's do it!

MAIN RULE

I will take [X-amount of vape hits] per ask I receive, starting at 1:1. The amount of hits per ask will increase as I get more asks. There are also several "reward" levels with bonus activities for celebrating the holidaze and fueling my own intox kink. 🥴

CHECKPOINTS/REWARDS

✅ 5 Asks: I will wear nothing but lingerie all day. ✅ 10 Asks: Hit to ask ratio raised to 2:1. ✅ 15 Asks: I will write and post a photo of the words "stoned slut" on my tits. ✅ 20 Asks: I will edge non-stop for 4 minutes and 20 seconds. ✅ 25 Asks: Hit to ask ratio raised to 3:1. ✅ 30 Asks: I will fill my ass with a plug covered in THC lube (oops it expired) and smoke a joint outside ✅ 35 Asks: I will purchase new weed-themed kink toys for my collection. ✅ 40 Asks: I'll post a video of a topless blinker hit. ✅ 45 Asks: Hit to ask ratio raised to 4:1. ✅ 50 Asks: TBD? (I am open to requests)

Send as many asks as you'd like, let's have fun with it! Happy smoking & toking y'all! 💨✌💚

SEND ASKS

xx SF

[samcat71470558]

ok so I'm making a Transformers AU

This'll get updated when I get more ideas, check reblogs for the newest developments.

as the title says. Here are some things I'm gonna do involving the seekers:

1. the seekers are officially brothers and have an entire hangar in the Nemesis to train and live.

2. TC is the medic of the seekers.

3. SW is the youngest of the trine, then TC and SS is the oldest.

4. TC has Buster because that's cute <3

5. SW watches cartoons because I said so.

6. They sleep in bunk beds and sleep in order of their ages, with SW being top bunk and SS bottom bunk.

7. SS is still a scientist and is interested in Earth's history.

8. SS is still cool with Skyfire and he let's him visit the trine regularly with new, cool things he's found.

9. They have some human pride flags in the hangar because they either got stuck in them while flying over a pride parade or just straight up stealing them to support their crewmates (and SS)

10. TC writes poems and musicals and orders his brothers to help him play out scenes. They don't like it.

11. TC always forgets there is one door that is a little lower than the others on the Nemesis and hits his head on the doorframe sometimes multiple times a day

12. SS is dramatic and fusses over small things. These include: trash lying around, SW lying on *his* bunk, TC asking him to play a scene...

13. They hold movie nights for the entire crew (except Megatron)

14. They once abducted Laserbeak and claimed he was their pet (Soundwave almost burned their hangar down because of that)

15. SW has a bad habit of hiding in small spaces and either getting himself stuck or scaring the spark out of his brothers by jumping at them from said space.

16. They collectively hate Megatron and Skybyte (because his hate for SF)

17. TC has a collection of action figures, including some crude recreations of him and his brothers (ahaha in-universe merch go brrrr)

18. SW was forced to crash into the ocean and still complains about water in his circuits (this was like 5 years ago lmao)

19. SS has abandonment issues.

20. SW listens to heavy metal, mostly Metallica and Slayer. He also learned to play guitar and has his brothers sing with him quite often.

ahaha if you read all that, thank you and sorry for wasting your time :'3

[remembertheplunge]

12/31/2011 5:57pm Saturday

Beginning of a new year’s journal. Andrew’s Hotel. SF CA

MAC showers.

The mood is different than last week. Arm bands required. Don’t drive. No guests. No room partys..

Hard to find a place to eat.

I’m a bit beat up—He’s been a bit grumpy.

But, we’re here. Not drinking. Away from Modesto.I got the letter yesterday from”my neighbor” who said that our car port is “a disgrace”.

I talked with Linda, Jeff and the guy who moved into Alvin’s house. 

They all said “what’s he gonna do?”

“Alvin” said “You’ve been working on your house”.

Jeff said “must have been someone from your side” (of the court we lived on)

All supportive.

__________________-

MAC’s shower ends—should perk him up. He missed his dosing today.

Hotel man trys to find us a place to eat. Really helpful. Friendly. So is Mary, his fellow desk person. So, the City New Years Eve. Clean and clear.

End of entry

Margin note to the above entry December 31, 2013 Tuesday 8:50pm

Now it (the car port) is graced by a pink chandelier

Time Square Live is on  the computer in the computer room. MAC TV’s in the living room.  2 full calendar years clean have now passed.

End of entry

Notes: 9/28/2024

After my partner Jim died in November 2009, I decided to do some rearranging of the massive amount of things thatt we had collected through Nour lives. I’d movesd things ourt into the car port which was visible from the stern. The anonymous neighbor complaint eventually  resulted in in a fine by the City. I assumed that the complaint was anti gay more than messy carport motivated. So, after the car port was cleaned my friend installed a pink very gay chandelier in the car port. Later, much later, I learned that the actual complainer was gay! But, the Chandelier glows on and my neighbor who has a view of it out of her living room window says that she loves it!

More tales from suburbia.

MAC lived with me off and on from August of 2010 to December of 2014. He has been homeless since 2018. I write about him now in then in my blog. He still says hi now and then.

I quit drinking 2/21/2011. New Years 2011-2012 was my first sober new Years in decades. I have been sober now over 13 years. 

MAC was going to a clinic to take methadone . He missed his dosing to go on our new Year's trip.

Linda, Jeff and "Alvin" were my neighbors on the Court that MAC and I lived on .

[loftec]

Last week's Weekly Tag Wednesday!

Because I was festival prepping last week and had zero time for anything else but now I'm back and ready for some tags! Thank you @wehangout @mmmichyyy @michellemisfit for the tag (and also @deedala & @jrooc for the picrew tags!) <3

Name and A03 handle: lofty / loftec

Current Location: Sofa, living room.

Favorite picrew (don't have one? you can skip this or do this one)? I can't remember if I have a favourite one, so I'll just do this one!

The "SF" probably stands for something, but I immediately thought of Svensk Filmindustri and thought that was fun.

What's one thing you want in a picrew?

MORE GLASSES OPTIONS omg please. Colour and shape. I also really love it when I can build the hair in sections so I can colour my roots differently than the rest of the hair. Also, worse hair options. Come on, normalise 'I've got no hair texture or interest or time to do anything about it'. I feel like an imposter whenever I pick one of these perfectly swooshy dos.

Favourite thing you’ve created (or seen created) for the fandom?

None the wiser

Why is it your favourite? It's mad to think about but it was the first thing I decided to make for this fandom, and I'm still working on it (very very slowly) I don't know if I've ever spent this much time and effort on anything else. It's very special to me.

Did it come easily or was it hard to create? Both, right now it's very hard, but it usually comes back around.

Last ao3 fic you commented on? A Dead Boy Detectives fic, I'm pretty sure.

Biggest WIP heartache you’ve ever experienced? I'm embarrassed to admit that I don't usually read WIPs, not really because they're unfinished but because I don't often read long fic lol. My ideal fic for reading is a concise 5k oneshot, I am a terrible hypocrite.

Favorite trope or head cannon you like included in a fanfic? I do love a good outside perspective on Ian and Mickey's relationship not fully getting their dynamic and misunderstanding their special flavour of love. Also really like different canon-divergent stories where they get separated in different moments and then reunited in the future in various ways.

Least favourite? For most ships / fandoms I read fic of, I usually develop a set of icks that cause me to click out more or less immediately, often it's to do with a certain nickname or expression or act that I can't physically stand, or, you know, which signal a fundamental mismatch between mine and the author's focus/interests/views. Unfortunately, any mention of anything happening after season 5 has become a bit of an ick for me, which is deeply unfair to writers who embrace the later half of the show.

Secret or surprising kink or trope? No, I'm extremely basic tbh. My favourite time to read fic for a new fandom is always at the very start when everybody is writing the same super basic story over and over again.

Describe how you feel after you’ve created something new? The best feeling is when I know I've written the last sentence of a story or a chapter, it's always so clear that this, this is it, that's where it ends. I feel really accomplished and complete in that moment and it's great. Then there's still hours and hours of editing after that and it's usually 4 in the morning and I'm feeling slightly unhinged when I actually post.

Top hype man you have that always helps you get across the finish line: I tend to keep to myself when I'm working on something, but I can always rely on @mittimellan @wideblueskies & @the-rat-wins if I ever need to ramble about anything.

It's been a bad day, you turn to the fandom and you _____? Lurk and enjoy the good vibes and crafts. I probably also find something in my bookmarks that I've already read a thousand times and read it again.

[hananoami]

[ Directional Orbit ] Ice - Stage 120 Clear VOD

This post is very late but I've finally cleared Zayne's Directional Orbit: Ice - Stage 120 on June 9th! He is the second love interest to have successfully clear all the Deepspace Trials currently available. If I were to be honest, his last stage really gave me a lot of trouble in spite of him having the most high leveled memories out of the three in my collection. I'll go into more details about that below. For now I want to give attention to what you should expect from this particular stage. At this time Stage 120 is the final stage available for Zayne's Directional Orbit: Ice. Like all x0 stages with red hues around its orbit this stage will require you to use two separate teams. Team 01's Protofield Stellactrum is 6-Ruby memories and Team 02's Protofield Stellactrum is 6-Sapphire memories. Matching the Protofield Stellactrum will grant you additional bonuses to your team. By matching the colors completely you will have a 'perfect match' which allows you to break 2 protofield shields in a single strike. This will ultimately save you some time by quickly bringing those wanderers into a weakened state. You also get an Attribute Bonus (up to 30.0%) for every color you match - increase DMG boost 5.0% and DMG reduction 5.0%. Of course, you could opt to go off color and try to brute force it. That's what I ended up doing for these fights. I don't mean to sound repetitive when I say this, but I still want to reiterate that there is no right or wrong way to play the game. Game play will vary from player to player. You have to take into consideration the memories you have in your collection, protocores used, their stat attributes, levels, etc. So I hope you wont be discouraged as you work on your own trials. If it's any consolation know that I am cheering for you, and am always willing to help~! Fighting!! ଘ(੭˃ᴗ˂)੭♡

Okay, let's rewind to when I first unlocked this orbit. Zayne was actually the first love interest to reach Stage 120, much thanks to the sheer amount of love and dedication I put into his Sapphire build. Low key I was pretty confident that he would also be the first one to clear stage 120... that is until then I saw the all ruby Protofield Stellactrum for Team 01-- I knew i was gonna be in trouble. (｡>﹏<) If you've been following along with my Deepspace Trials journey, ever since I've been playing this game and blogging about it, it's well known that his Ruby sets always give me so much grief. [Neon Night] was the last memory I was missing, but after 79 days it made is first appearance on 04/06 after roughly ~2k pulls since I started playing on day one. This memory eluding me became a meme amongst my friends so of course I had to write about it coming home. Originally, during my first attempt on 05/14, I had his 4-star NT solar pair equipped but historically for some reason I was never able clear any of his orbits that used all ruby. I opted to brute force those stages by going off color, however, that isn't possible to do here. Which is why I mentioned in my prog notes for this stage I was going to take a hiatus from any attempts until I was able to obtain his new ruby solar myth pair on 06/07 -- but that's a whole different story. After I got those SF memories and leveled them up it was time to go back in and see what I could do in order to finally clear this stage. During my early attempts my teams looked like this: Team 01 with 6-Ruby memories (Master of Fate build) and Team 02 with 6-Sapphire memories (Foreseer build). I chose to match the Protofield Stellactrum for now to see how things would play out. Real talk the damage output difference between a 4-star solar pair and a 5-star solar pair is kinda ridiculous. I had previously struggled to clear the first half, but with Master of Fate it was a breeze. I was finally able to see and prog the second half of the fight with Foreseer on 06/08, but wasn't able to clear the fight in the end. I thought maybe it was a protocore difference, as most of the memories I had for that half were max level (minus the 4-star memories, those were at 70). During the hiatus I focused on leveling up his sapphire protocores, yet it still wasn't enough. My mind was thinking of what else I could do in order to close the final gap between my prog and a clear. So I decided to do a different strat taken from a different playbook that I used in my previous 120 clears (open orbit / Xavier's Directional Orbit: Light) which was to swap my solar memories, but keep the respective lunar memories for team. Now here is where things got spicy.

Remember when I said I was confident with Foreseer? That notion quickly faded as I was struggling to clear the first half (2x lv 80-FS, 4x lv 70 ruby lunars). By this point all of the lunar protocores were maxed out at +15, yet I still wasn't doing enough damage to clear the first half of the stage before the timer ran out.

Okay then, since I can't level up protocores anymore and don't want to farm protocores with hopes to find better ones I decided to level up one of the lunar memories to max. The pattern was level up a ruby memory to 80 > run an attempt > fail > repeat until all of the ruby memories I had equipped were level 80.

AND EVEN AFTER ALL THAT EFFORT I STILL HAD TROUBLE... HAHAHA 💀

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Like damn, Foreseer what happened to you?! It wasn't an easy fight to clear and I struggled to do enough damage before the timer ran out since I wasn't able to shatter the protofield shields in a single strike. That's the down side of going off color and trying to brute force it. Yet I was stubborn. I was so determined to clear this fight with Foreseer... and for one of my attempts I was super duper close! I had 1% left on my last wanderer's HP, but due to my mistake of trying to multitask / stream the fight for my friends mid combat, I wasn't able to finish the job and failed that run. Out of all of my defeats this one hurt me the most. Needless to say I WAS SO TILTED I ACTUALLY CRIED OUT OF FRUSTRATION. Hard lesson learned: don't turn on a stream until after you cleared the fight. I thought Foreseer would be able to finish the job, but the timer got the best of him. I was so upsetti.

For the next hour I kept going at it. Miserably might I add. There were countless defeats, but none of them even came close that one run that tilted me off this astral plane. Eventually I got lucky and had the wanderers group up at the end so I completely shatter their shields to AoE them down with my < ARDENT OATH >.

My advice to anyone attempting this fight is to try and stick close / focus on the CARMINE TALON first. Auto target is shit, but at least by sticking close to those the THUNDEROAR will jump to you instead of you trying to chase them down... Of course, if you're going off color you'll need to press your abilities on cooldown in order to bring them into a weakened state as fast as you can. Having Duo Rank 1 for Foreseer meant I didn't need to have a Oath Recovery Boost beta protocore equipped, but if you don't have that then you'll definitely need to use one here.

FINALLY, after all that pain and suffering I was able to get back to my prog point.

Because this was my first day using Master of Fate's kit in an actual timed battle my runs with him were very sloppy... I've mentioned in an earlier post using the demo they provided in the events page that his kit felt very quick and spammy. Even after doing some research on the Love and Deepspace community groups, every one also agreed that his blade play style using [Sacred Rainfall] was very fast...

For this build I had two +9 Ruby Expedited Energy Boost beta protocores on the SF memory pair. Because I didn't have much practice with this blade I just spammed all of my abilities with hopes I didn't accidentally overwrite / cancel any of them. It'll take some time to get the timing down with patience and more practice, but at this point of the night I was so down bad for a clear I just wanted to get this fight done and over with since I was still upset from that 1% defeat in the first half of the stage. It took me a while to bring the final boss into a weakened state because I did not have a perfect match. So it was crucial to use resonance skill on cooldown as soon as it came back up. The three charges you get after using it is an interesting kit, but slightly confusing cause we never had something like this before. Still, I made an effort to press everything on CD anyway so my timer wasn't off. If possibly I would also highly suggest you try to get perfect dodges for the extra support damage. I want to say a lot of time and resources went into obtaining this clear. And when I say a LOT I seriously mean it. The diamonds and irl currency used to obtain R3 Master of Fate. The amount of stamina that was dedicated into farming protocores, bottle of wishes, and ascension materials. This clear was not something I was able to do in one go, but took me almost a month to do. I understand that not many can replicate what I've done and I'm not saying you need to do what I did in order to clear. The purpose of this post/blog is for me to reflect on my journey and to share my experience. The happy moments, the sad moments, and even the ones that were upsetting-- I'm glad I found a way to use this space as a positive outlet. Thank you all for taking the time to read all of this, and for following along my deepspace trials progression. As always if anyone has any questions or wants additional tips/advice with their own battles I would be more than happy to help to the best of my ability.

ADDITIONAL SCREENSHOTS

Companion: Zayne's Foreseer [ Defend | DMG | AoE ] Weapon: Everlasting Song [ Support | AoE | Heal ] Attribute Bonus For each matched stellactrum, increases DMG Boost 5.0% (currently increased: 20.0%) and DMG Reduction 5.0% (currently increased 20.0%). ♡ Affinity Bonus: 97 (Zayne’s Protective Skill) When you take a fatal blow, Zayne teleports to you, blocks a hit, and counter attacks. Enemies will be knocked back. [ HP 3xxx || DEF xx || ATK xxx ] Pair Bonus [ FS ] - Starting Effect: increases team DMG by 8%, and reduces team DMG taken by 8%. When fighting together with Foreseer, your Active Skill DMG is increased by 25%. - Duo Rank 1: boosts Ardent Oath charge by 20%. When you and Foreseer are granted with Wards of Curses, team DMG will be increased by 12%.

5☆ FOREVER SEALED (sapphire/solar) Lv 80/ awakened rank 2 using +9 and +14 SSR protocores

5☆ PROMISE EVERLASTING (sapphire/solar) Lv 80/ awakened rank 1 using +9 and +15 SSR protocores

5☆ COZY AFTERNOON (ruby/lunar) Lv 80 rank 3 using +12 SSR protocores

5☆ DRUNKEN INTIMACY (ruby/lunar) Lv 80 using +9 and +12 SSR protocores

5☆ MEDICAL RESCUE (ruby/lunar) Lv 80 using +9 and +12 SSR protocores

5☆ EXCLUSIVE TUTORIAL (ruby/lunar) Lv 80 using +9 and +12 SSR protocores

Companion: Zayne's Master of Fate [ DPS | Burst | Sustained ] Weapon: Sacred Rainfall [ DPS | Burst | Single-target ] Attribute Bonus For each matched stellactrum, increases DMG Boost 5.0% (currently increased: 20.0%) and DMG Reduction 5.0% (currently increased 20.0%). ♡ Affinity Bonus: 97 (Zayne’s Protective Skill) When you take a fatal blow, Zayne teleports to you, blocks a hit, and counter attacks. Enemies will be knocked back. [ HP 38xx || DEF xx || ATK xxx ] Pair Bonus [ SF ] - Starting Effect: increases team DMG by 8%, and reduces DMG taken by 8%. When the enemy is in [Shattered Jade] state, reduces its DEF by 10%. - Duo Rank 1: boosts Ardent Oath charge by 20%. When fighting alongside Master of Fate, the enemy's weakened state is extended by 2 seconds. Each time an enemy in weakened state is hit, the damage it sustains increases by 0.5%, up to a maximum of 10%. - Duo Rank 2: increases Energy Charge cap by 1. When [Jadesunder] is triggered, restores a small amount of Energy Charge. - Duo Rank 3: increase team DMG by 8%. Increases DMG of [Jadesunder] by 100%. When [Orchid Metamorphosis] is replaced by [Piercing Rain], there's one more attempt of using [Piercing Rain] hitting an enemy. The cooldown reduction can be triggered once when unleashing [Piercing Rain].

5☆ SNOWFALL ENCOUNTER (ruby/solar) Lv 80/ awakened rank 3 using +9 and +12 SSR protocores

5☆ SNOWFALL EMBRACE (ruby/solar) Lv 80/ awakened rank 3 using +9 and +12 SSR protocores

5☆ HEARTS WITHIN REACH (sapphire/lunar) Lv 80 rank 1 using +15 SSR protocores

5☆ BUSINESS TRIP (sapphire/lunar) Lv 80/ awakened rank 3 using +15 SSR protocores

4☆ FRAGMENTED DREAMS (sapphire/lunar) Lv 70 rank 3 using +12 SSR protocores

4☆ EVERLASTING SNOWDROP (sapphire/lunar) Lv 70 rank 3 using +12 and +15 SSR protocores

[anneimaginesundertale]

The Best of All Timelines -- 5 Years On!

Surprise! We're doing a time skip! The story of The Best of All Timelines (with all the skeletons who I write about on this blog) is jumping forward by five years. In this time, some of the skeletons have made big changes in their lives, and some of them are still doing the same thing they were before.

The UT, US, UF, SF, HT, G!bros, and MT bros are sticking around the area and are still available for in-character asks and story stuff. The rest of the skeletons have moved out of the area and are kinda busy. They're still around if we really need them, but they're not there every day. Below the cut are details of where everybody's at.

If a Friend of the Blog was in a relationship with a particular skeleton, they're included in those details. None of those relationships are exclusive. If you want to ask for a romantic (or platonic) relationship with a character, you feel free to ask. I'm not going to say, "No! You can't have Sweets! He has a wife and children!" We just plop you two in a relationship and it's like a little split on the timeline. In one world, he's married to me. In the other world, you're his datemate and he adores you! (Does that make sense?)

Anyways, this is long even before the cut so I shall stop blathering and let you get to the fun part. I hope you enjoy reading about where everyone is now and feel free to send asks to the lads to find out more about how they're doing after this time skip!

These skeletons still live in or around Anne's house. (A couple of the married couples have new houses. We're calling the little neighborhood we're building Skeleton Acres.)

Sans is still working at the planetarium/hands-on museum. He really enjoys his job. He also loves inviting family to come visit him at work.

Papyrus has passed most of the Ambassador duties to Frisk, who is doing a great job with it. Pap has moved on to working for social services, helping orphans find homes. He really loves this job and he's really good at it!

Blue got his teaching license! He's officially a resource teacher at Toriel's school now! Blue and @pureangleda are still married. They now have two kids: Randy Bistroke, who recently turned 5, and Cherry Swash, who is two years old.

Stretch has started a new book series in a new genre! He's left detective fiction behind (for now) and is writing a fun fantasy series based on the Enchanted Forest AU. He took @queen-lethargy with him on his last book tour and they had a lot of fun together.

Red owns his own repair shop now. He's named it I PCed It Together. (Boss hates the name but wants to promote his brother's business, so he always conveniently forgets what the place is called. "It's on Such and Such Street. You can't miss it!") @skulls-and-cypresses often comes into the shop to keep Red company and help him piece things together. The two of them are happily living together and enjoy cuddles and flying together.

Boss is now in a higher position at the big company he works for! No one really remembers what his official title is, but Red calls him the COO--chief organizing officer--because he organizes everything. (Red also pronounces that title like what a pigeon says, which drives Boss nuts!) Boss is still happily married to Trashy. They live in a fantastically Gothic house and plan to fill said house with lots of kids. Currently they have one little girl named Poppy and another baby bones on the way! Poppy is two (there’s a lot of two year olds around) and is a sweet nature loving girl whose favorite phrase is “Lookit!” (usually uttered right before she shows you whatever bug/rock/flower/piece of moss she found).

Black is still a detective on the police force. He recently solved a big case and was offered a promotion (and a big reward and a medal and everything) but he refused. He likes being a detective and moving up in the ranks would keep him from solving some of the cases he's still working on. He took the medal, but insisted that the reward be given to the police dogs' retirement fund.

Rus is very happy working at the animal shelter. He's recently also started working with retired police dogs, helping them find new homes. He and Laurel (@aizawasluckylady) got married a little while back. They live in a lovely cottage in Skeleton Acres with a lot of animals. They are tooth-rottingly sweet together and still very much in love.

Sansy has finally gone back into stand-up comedy! For real this time! He does a combination of videos and live shows, but avoids big live audiences for now. He also recently got a 3d printer and, after a lot of work, created a 3d-printed piece that fits into the hole in his skull. With that in place, he feels more comfortable going without his hat. He's working on more pieces for jokes. His favorite so far is the one that looks like he's got a rubber chicken stuck in his skull.

Sweets has his own private catering business now! He makes cakes and sweet treats and meals for all kinds of fancy parties. He likes the job because it means he can bake from home. That means he can set his own schedule and stay with the kids while I'm off teaching. That's right--we have kids! Our oldest girl is named Someday. She's four and looks a lot like her dad. She wears glasses. She loves helping her dad in the kitchen and playing with her cousin Randy. We also have two year old twins: Grace and Gideon! Grace hates the word "no" and really wants to be able to do everything her big sister does. Gideon is very quiet and shy. He loves to be read to. He brings books to any available adult and looks at them with big pleading eyes until they give in and read the book. We love all our kids so much!

G is still working as a private detective/travel writer. The travel writing is becoming more and more of a cover for the detective work.

- Jess (@isnt-that-something) is still his faithful assistant and the other half of his brain. On a recent trip to Paris, G tried to propose to Jess! Unfortunately, he picked a really bad moment to do it and they've both agreed that he gets a do-over.

-@scarletfry37 and G have a lot of fun traveling together. He often invites them to go along on his work trips (unless they’re going to be really dangerous).

Aster is still happily working at the university. He's built himself a very calm, quiet little life. He recently got a new apartment, which he is determined to fill with books.

Bones still works at the antique shop in Littleton, but he got a sudden 15 minutes of fame when a TV show came to film in the shop. The showrunners found out that he's kind of an expert on items from a certain time period and, after a lot of convincing, they hired him as a special expert for their show. Bones agreed so long as he didn't have to go on live TV again. Instead, he films segments for them (with help) and sometimes writes articles for magazines. He is finally dating Ziz (@aizawasluckylady). It took them a long time to get over the mutual fluster, but now they're very comfortable with each other. He often asks her for help with his TV segments. She might not be an expert, but compared to him, she's a technical wizard.

Lucky has opened his own law firm! He's pleased that he's getting fewer cases defending monsters against humans who were treating them badly. In his spare time, he's trying to teach all his nieces and nephews how to play the piano, with varying levels of success. He and Bones still live with Anne but they're thinking of building themselves a home in Skeleton Acres as the families continue to grow.

These skeletons have moved out of Anne's house and won't be regularly featured here on the blog. They're still around, just kind of busy.

Smiley and Grim moved back to Las Vegas to run their casino there. They brought along a couple of new family members: Bingo, the retired drug-sniffing dog, and Claws, a dainty white kitten who has Bingo wrapped around her little paw. Bingo came from Rus's retired police dog program. The Mafia boys love him and his drug-sniffing abilities come in handy. His name was always Bingo, but Smiley thinks it's really funny that the dog is named for a game. He likes to tell people they've also got dogs named Poker and Slots. Grim keeps Claws with him in his office. He says she's helping him watch the cameras. Smiley has walked in on him villain monologuing to the cat at least twice.

Comet finished his botany degree and got a job working for the new botanical gardens in Ebott City. The gardens are connected (via sky bridge) to the aquarium, which is where Captain still works. Since they're both working in the city, the Outertale boys officially moved there. They are both super happy! Comet is still dating @rainbowut. He loves showing her what he's working on at his new job, and a lot of their dates are at the botanical gardens.

Break and Tango have gone on a world dance tour again! Well, Tango is on a dance tour and Break is there supporting his brother. They also brought Roxanne and Jack (@roxanneandjackrp, @pureangleda) along with them. Tango has proposed to Roxanne multiple times, in quite dramatic fashion, and she recently finally said yes. Jack and Break are dating but taking things slow.

Sunny and Pumpkin are still out on the farm. They've expanded and added to it quite a bit, and they've gotten involved with the local 4H organization to help kids learn to care for animals. They've also got a dedicated vet for the farm (thanks, @pureangleda!) Doctor Patty (also known as Doc and Doctor Pigtails) is a very nice lady who loves all the animals and gets along well with Pumpkin and...seems to be Sunny's favorite teasing target. The two of them are in a kind of "will they/won't they" relationship where everybody else knows they like each other but they won't admit it.

Bubbles and Finn still live near Sweet Sands. Bubbles and Bailey (the owner of the local souvenir shop) finally stopped dancing around things and are officially in a relationship. Finn and Quinn (the marine biologist who was his Best Friend Only for years) are also finally together. Quinn has helped Finn set up an educational tour of the reef for anyone who wants to learn more about it.

Bailey and Quinn are both OCs of mine who are kind of up for grabs, if anybody wants to officially "play" them. Message me and we can discuss.

In addition (available for asks but not a skeleton):

Grillby still runs his bar in Littleton. He's finally gotten together with Jessa (@secretimelady) and they are preparing for her to move in with him. Grillby is enjoying spending time with Jessa to help her pack her things (and to cuddle her cat, who is also moving in). All the skeletons are really happy for Grillby and Jessa!

I think that's everything. I'm sure people will let me know if I've forgotten anything. Feel free to send asks to get more information on any of this. I'm excited to see where this goes!

[acourtofthought]

How would you feel if ACOTAR 5 is gwynriel instead of elucien? In one of SJM interviews she stated that after finishing acotar5 she will be working on the 1st book of a different series. So that means acotar6 will come out 2027.

Disappointed. I think there gets to be a point where an author drags out a particular storyline too long (the Blood and Ash series come to mind) and the writing suffers as a result.

Vassa was taken in ACOMAF, we found out by who in ACOWAR and that she as well as the other girls at the lake have been cursed / kidnapped by Koschei. In ACOFAS we're told her freedom will come to an end and reminded of that in ACOSF.

Spring was destroyed in ACOWAR and in ACOFAS, we're told Tamlin is severely depressed but that they'll still need Spring as an ally. SF shows it's been awhile and Tamlin isn't getting better, that they know they need a strong ally in Springs army.

Elucien's bond snapped in ACOMAF, Elain was turned fae and in ACOWAR she lost her father, stabbed a man, was rejected by Graysen, fought with her sister in SF and was rejected by Az yet we've not once been given her inner thoughts of all she's experienced. We don't even see any of the main characters trying to talk to her about any of those things.

And Lucien, the list is too long to include on all his unresolved plots.

Having Nesta's story told first made sense to me because there was never going to be Elucien progress until Nesta began letting go of her protectiveness over Elain, to accept the idea of Lucien (and technically, Nessian's bond was hinted at before Elucien's bond snapped).

Her healing arc was important to Feyre and Elain's stories too (along with herself of course) however it wasn't very plot heavy. But there was no moving forward for anyone until Nesta's anger wasn't destroying everything in Nesta's path. The series, since book 2, has been as much about the sisters relationship to one another as plot and romance and closing that out before moving into a new era makes sense to me.

But Az having his story before Elain and Lucien doesn't seem to fit especially when a Gwynriel romance would probably need at least 6 - 9 months (meaning that almost another year would go by before we even start getting resolution to the above).

I'm not sure that I see anything in his story that is necessary to lead us into the Koschei storyline.

He wasn't in Feyre's "Let's help one sister before helping the other" speech, he wasn't part of Feyre's "I want them all to be happy" speech in ACOFAS.

To me the Illyrians aren't a bigger concern to their entire world than Vallahan setting their sights on the humans or Beron trying to ally with Koschei or how an entire court is now being neglected by its High Lord.

Dragging out Vassa, Koschei, Lucien's father reveal, the Elucien bond, the girls who were kidnapped, Spring, Elain healing from her trauma while she continues to remain in a court she doesn't truly belong just so Az can have his story which doesn't fit in to any of those things does not make any sense to me and honestly, I think it sends a weird message.

"I think Lucien will never be good enough for her"

"I'll defeat him with little effort"

"I know, I helped rescue Elain after all"

"There is a darkness to the Dread Trove that Elain should not be exposed to"

"She has no interest in him anyway"

Az (no offense) is kind of a dick at times outside of the priestesses.

He makes Mor so uneasy with his behavior that she feels like she needs to lie about what she's doing so he doesn't brood.

He is jealous and bitter towards Lucien and speaks for Elain without ever acknowledging her bravery and strength.

He gives off Tamlin vibes at times and to me that means he needs to be on a time out for a bit. Where he has to really sit and think on why his behaviors were wrong, why he tried to keep Mor and Elain small so he could be the hero, why he had such issues with a guy who is a very decent person.

Giving him a HEA after he treated them like that while Mor still remains unlucky in love, Lucien is struggling, Elain has no found family, it feels like jumping over an important lesson for Az to learn so he can become worthy of Gwyn. Not just in who he is when around her but who he is on his own.

I think Az seeing them happy and actually being happy for them is an important arc for his character.

But, in the end that's just my perception of the situation.

I don't know how SJM thinks, what her plan is, and if Elucien is not next than there's not much I can do but wait!

[scribblyshipping]

What if i made you answer all the sf ask game questions bcuz i wanna know all the answers

I love when you ask me to answer every question because it gives me a side project to do for the day :]

Putting it under the cut because it's insanely long.

1. favorite character?

You just can't make me pick like that! (Pim)

2. favorite ship?

Chimbly Charpim :]

3. favorite episode?

Pim Finally Turns Green! Its an episode where nothing really bad happens to Pim, and everyone has a good time pretty much. Its surprisingly feel-good in its down Smiling Friends way.

Didn't really like that Zoey was there though. L.

4. pim or charlie?

Seriously this time you can't make me pick either of them. I like them both!

5. allan or glep?

Same as the last one. Sorry chat.

6. favorite one-off character?

I have a few: Bill, Fillmore, Gwimbly, Grim & Gnarly (do not separate), "Tanning Salon Guy" (I call him Homer), and Homunculus.

7. which of the three "fifth smiling friends" is your favorite - smormu, jombo or tyler?

Smormu of course. My buddys dating that guy

8. do you have a character you think is underrated?

Eh? I don't really know... I suppose I'd like to see more of some of the side characters like Amy. I wanna know more abt the main 4's lives outside of work. But I doubt we'd get anything serious like that.

9. have you watched any other shows created by zach or michael? (hellbenders, YOLO, koala man, etc.)

Nah. I'm not too interested in it either.

10. who's your favorite guest star actor?

Nostalgia Critic was crazy I literally started yelling when I saw him ESPECIALLY because Zach has made fun of him so much.

11. how did you first find out about smiling friends?

I think through memes, but I started watching it when some of my friends started posting abt it more during season 2.

12. do you own any merch, official or fanmade?

No but I wish I did!!!!

13. have you created your own merch (shirts, keychains, stickers etc.)?

No... It'd be cool to but I don't really know how.

14. favorite fanfic?

I'm gonna tell you a secret.... I haven't read a single fanfic. Because I'm scared.

Actually thats a lie I read one but it was selfship (you know)

But I don't really want to read many fanfics until my hyperfix dies down because I tried and I kept getting too emotional. Plus I just don't want to read mischaracterization or angst. And both are pretty common.

15. do you write any fanfic yourself?

Yeah, but nothing too finished to post.

16. do you have any OCs?

A few...

17. do you have any vocal stims from the show?

A lot but heres some I can remember:

HELLO MY BABIES!!! HELLO DADDY PIM HELLO DADDY PIM HELLO

STOOOPPPPP FIGHTINGGGGG

[allan voice] what the fuuck?

Pim's picking up twigs song :]]]

Guess I'm oogily goo!

EPIIIIIC!

Doodoo feces

18. what would be your dream smiling friends episode?

A new character named Scribbly is introduced and becomes the girlfriend of Charlie and Pim. In the process, Charlie and Pim come to the realization that they're in love with each other as well. They become a polycule, and Scribbly becomes a semi-reoccurring character.

19. which of the smiling friends would you want to hang out with?

I wouldn't really mind hanging out with any of them! But uhh ranked it'd be Pim > Charlie > Allan > Glep

20. do you own the season 1 DVD/blu-ray?

No, but I wish I did! Even if I don't have anything I can watch it on :[

I'd like to find an upload where the audio is synced to the episodes but it's proving difficult.

21. what's your favorite adult cartoon aside from smiling friends?

Gonna list out all the ones I can think of!:

The Amazing Digital Circus, Futurama, & Tuca and Bertie

Original Ask Game

[nem0c]

sampled that guy's book (Disch's) and he's very much a "TV HAS ROTTED AMERICANS' MINDS AND WILL MAKE THEM INTO FASCISTS" type midwit boomer with very little to to say

so it's kind of funny how fanatically he keeps on jumping down to suck Gene Wolfe's dick just for writing an Guy With Sword book with good prose & unclear coherency

also apparently in the early 80s Wolfe's romishness wasn't known. so Disch thinks he's an Anglican.

Disch was published in New Worlds and very consciously belongs to the same group as Moorcock and Ballard (and I guess Brian Aldiss, who retained a very fannish appreciation for older sf) - who were quite polemically seeking to drive a wedge between New Wave sf and the stuff that came before it. I think Disch is more charitable than Moorcock was in 'Starship Stormtroopers' but the motivation is similar.

I would agree with his assessment (in the first chapter, which is all that I read, so we are both throwing half the facts at each other here) that the majority of sf is compensatory power fantasies written by and for lower and lower middle class machinists and technicians, and with his modifying statement that the resentments and power fantasies of the lower classes are not in themselves bad things, and his further modifying statement that when these resentments and desires remain unconscious they can be exploited by unscrupulous actors.

I would disagree with his decision to then seek new forms within sf entirely, or to seek to 'mature' the genre by hoping to attain credibility in the eyes of the Academy and become 'real literature'. Given I'm not an sf writer of the 70s, I have no motivation to create a break from what came before, and I don't think such a break is tenable in the US (in the UK, maybe) - most of the Golden Age authors became editors, publishers, teachers, encouragement to the subsequent US New Wave. There was a direct continuity in the field.

His extremely pessimistic and elitist take that Americans have become beholden to new cultural tech (as though each text has a definite, singular reading which not only can be found by readers but will necessarily be unconsciously absorbed by them with no breaks or slips or contestations) is unfortunately the source of much of what I enjoy about his fiction (particularly 334) - that detailed study of sociological changes '5 minutes into the future' using all the best techniques of 19th-century french realism and an inductive spooling out of the possibilities of current tech. I can't dismiss it off-hand.

It is also very funny to me when people who would cry horror at Robert Howard or Fritz Lieber or Jack Vance or whoever love Gene Wolfe because he makes Joyce references and so 'redeems' what is otherwise a fantastical sword-and-sorcery tale. Disch was raised Catholic and became an atheist so it's a shock he wasn't hyper-aware of Wolfe's Catholicism. He's not hiding it.