#nobody write this pls

[nereidprinc3ss]

I like the idea tho that’s it’s not just any regular kids book, it’s like A Christmas Carol, and he reads it every year even when his babies are literally babies and can’t understand it, but every Christmas Eve they all snuggle up on the rocking chair (mama included) and listen to Spencer read 🥹

NO I KNOW LIKE imagine him reading to your baby even tho all she can do is like coo and smile up at him and😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 he’s reading through a huge smile😭😭😭😭😭😭 AND he’s TAKING HIS TIME WITH READING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE😭😭😭😭😭😭

And later on when she’s a toddler you walk past her room on Christmas Eve and he’s squeezed into her bed and she’s lying on his shoulder and he’s reading and he sees you standing there and holds out his other arm for you and you come cuddle up to him with your head on his other shoulder and he’s just😭😭😭😭😭reading to both of you😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[restlesskeychains]

For the zombie apocolypse au, I imagine that it’s Odysseus and Telemachus just surviving the world together. And Odysseus has got this radio that was given to him by Athena, and that radio plays several channels, one of which being a news channel thats run by Hermes and at the end of those broadcasts there’s a few lines of morse code that play. Those lines are coordinates and times to different locations, and Odysseus would go there and be supplied with food, medicine, anything by his mentor and previous teacher, Athena. Telemachus is like 5 years old in this au, and they’re both by themselves. Also Odysseus thinks Penelope is dead.

[moonhibs]

Au where Julian is a child of divorce

[unrealisticallyyours]

sometimes i remember that thomas was just like in a room for 3-4 weeks alone with nothing to do and like that is so insane to me how did he not go literally bat shit insane why do we never talk about that FANFICTION OF THAT NOW. NNNOOOOOWWWW

[evansbby]

started writing more of my full length sugar daddy Ari fic and I’m so in love with it 🥹💞💓 but omfg it’s gonna be loooong bc I’ve planned multiple smut scenes and there’s a lot of dialogue heavy scenes and of course, plot and drama!!! I’m really just trying to cram everything into this to make it the most self-indulgent, sexiest, smuttiest, daddiest fic everrrr 🫶🏼🫶🏼

[kinos-fortress-2]

what does one unfinished fic from like 2022 of a very rareshipp does a to a mf

and also a trashy playlist that got me in my own feelings...

[dreadintensifies]

danny phantom fic ideas

danny, living just a fairly standard 25 yr old life. working a job, going out to pubs to hang out with friends, dealing with long drives/commutes, just standard normal boring stuff

except hes still danny and hes still half dead and thats bound to impact how your day to day life looks

whats going to the bar and playing pool look like when you are half ghost and just trying to live the half life you have left, except your entire life is one weird thing after another

obviously this dosent go down the angst path of danny just giving up on life after highschool, but king danny could be a fun way to go about things. he has time to go to work and hang out with friends at pubs or fairs or what have you because he can just keep the ghosts from hurting people

[itssoinevitable]

acgas season 5 rant

well I must say it’s been some time since I wrote a tumblr essay but I think this one has been building all season. in fact, it will likely be part one of (?) because there are many feelings that need to screamed into the void. let me preface by saying that I am not a “hater” by any means, because I absolutely and unabashedly love this show and it pains me so much to criticise it, instead of celebrate on cloud nine like I usually would be after the finale. I ranked it higher than downton abbey the early seasons, which is a massive compliment for anyone that knows me. and I repeatedly told others not to worry bc it’s the show that keeps on giving and that I trusted these writers implicitly with our beloved characters.

so yes, it royally sucks that I have to eat my words, and that acgas season 5 did not bring what it should have brought. and it also sucks that this is only part one of my rant (for you and me both). if you loved s5, then I am really happy you did, and please don’t read on bc I don’t want to taint your experience. if you hated it but don’t know why, or bc misery loves company, pls read on. spoilers ahead, obv. 

1. episode structure

yes so — structure wise, it was a hot mess. I can definitely see what they were going for, in that they gave the limelight to a pair of characters every episode, and thought it would be fine like modern family style episodes. except, another spoiler alert: it was not fine at all, unless your faves are the featured couple for said episode. I would do an episode by episode breakdown but @owlsiehoot already did that. suffice to say, it is not the kind of show where you can enjoy 40 odd minutes when it’s not “your” characters’ turn to shine. they have nearly an ensemble cast, but chose not to treat it like an ensemble show. and while I can see what they were trying to avoid, the chosen execution method was far far worse imo. (we may never know the real reason for this change, but I hate whoever greenlit this decision).

even if they wanted to keep the longer scene structure, fine, maybe it could have worked. but if I could have recommended one change in the writing room, it would have been to split the main cast into threes every episode, instead of pairs. that would resemble the formula a bit more like the prev seasons, and would’ve given much more interesting and diverse back and forths to play off of and keep more general balance. some ways the dynamics could have been done:

Tris & Carmody were fine in ep 4, but keep it in skeldale more and add Mrs Hall into the mix to mother them, even better. (reminding the audience she has a biological son too, and not just these surrogate dumbasses whom she loves would have been a bonus.)

Helen & James are always lovely together, but add Tris in there for some mischief or more Jenny and Heston Grange for some sisterly bonding. 

Tris & Siegfried were cute too, but again they were away from the house, and usually Audrey was right in there with them and added something to all their interactions. 

Alternatively, give the ladies something to do and put Audrey, Helen and Mrs Pumphrey together again. (I will say though, at least Mrs P had more to do this season). 

Where the show suffered most was giving Carmody two stand-out episodes tbh, when in reality, they only had time for one.

2. tone

not only did the previous seasons have an amazing balance of all characters, they also managed to balance the darker story threads with lighthearted humour in an inimitable way. usually three concurrent storylines, two being more serious, and one more lighthearted to break it up. some episodes of course, were more lighthearted than others. but season 5 seems to have turned that on its head because almost all storylines were quite silly?? I respect there has always been a certain amount of physical humour, but it seems now that the gags have now replaced actual plots and meaningful character development. this is not a sitcom after all, unless they’re trying to change genre at the nth hour. notable exceptions include Bingo’s storyline ofc, and Candy & Joan (both which were early in the season btw) and James’ war and brucellosis experience right at the end. the middle was mostly twaddle if you ask me.

which reminds me: overall, the animal storylines seem to have become something of a joke too. the animals used to mean a lot more to their clients before, and the vets used to show them a great deal more love and respect. contrast to this season, many vetting scenes feel almost cavalier. the poor dog with the phantom pregnancy was played for laughs, which I don’t think it would have been in prev seasons. the horse that fell down after the injection, had no greater mystery to solve. Siegfried and Tristan barely seemed to care, and chalked it up to shock. it is quite unforgivable to me, as their great reverence for the animals was one of the things I love(d) about this show. 

imo a few subtle changes could have elevated many of the stories to their usual form. I gave an example on discord, but I’ll repeat it here. it’s episode 5, and picture Bosworth coming into Skeldale the same was as he did in canon, asking Audrey to come out to investigate a potential bomb. everything could have remained the same except that Audrey could have told the others where she was off to, and Siegfried or Tristan maybe asked her not to go. the whole family would have gathered together for a moment, expressed their fear for her and she would have said it’s her duty to go and check anyway. in this version, we would have felt the tension and the stakes, and it would be a looming threat of the war finally touching Darrowby. the end would also be the same, a false alarm and nothing more but the emotional impact of the episode would have increased tenfold.

and to me, the worst part of it all is that the season actually started off so promising. the first two/ three episodes, combined with the interviews by the cast, it honestly felt like they were exploring some very interesting things. but they dangled the carrot, only not to deliver imho. 

it seemed that Tristan was hiding something painful under his playful exterior, eventually to be teased out, but apparently he really came back from war completely trauma-free.

I was under the impression that Siegfried was supposed to have an identity crisis, where he was feeling left behind, but it didn’t seem to pan out properly either.

Audrey was supposed to be overworked, right? but we didn’t see her actually buckle under the strain of her many, many duties because she’s basically superwoman I guess?

James had this beautiful connection with Banerjee, only for him to be alive but never show up again I guess? really thought James would bring him to Mrs P’s convalescent home but guess not.

3. characters

and here is the crux of it, the beating heart of the show which is now bleeding out. because a truly good show is character-driven, and unfortunately I cannot say that was true for season 5. a glaring deus ex machina comes to mind, when the doorknob fell off in episode 4, trapping Tris and Carmody in a room. never thought the show would stoop to these cliched tropes tbh and it truly disappointed me.

not only did the episode structures do the characters a great disservice, but it seems to have foiled the overall season story arc too for each character throughline. to me, it looked as if the only two people with clear defined story arcs were James with his war trauma, and Carmody (my beloved). was it Sam West who said the characters seemed “busy” this season? bc yes, it’s accurate. but not in a good way. mostly they all had only things to do on the surface, but there was very little going on underneath. which is a crying shame because basically, characters have to suffer a little to grow and be interesting. they need to face challenges and grow and change. let’s do some compare & contrast:

Tristan changed and grew in every season, from 1 to 3 and faced many internal (and external) obstacles to becoming his best self, whether it was by being more studious or responsible and mature in his work and personal life. Now he’s back and we’re supposed to think… what? That he’s already his best self, I suppose.

season 4 Siegfried was holding his found family together, trying to cope with the workload and missing Tristan, worrying about James, terrified that Audrey was going to leave. contrast to s5, and Siegfried is… being adorable with baby Jimmy, and attracted to a goat heiress? if there was something deeper here, please let me know bc I must have missed it.

while last season, Helen was looking forward to starting a family, and then working on keeping her baby healthy and her family (James) intact despite the war. s5 Helen started off strong, struggling with balancing being a mother and big sister to Jenny, but now… she’s what? planting too many strawberries in the victory garden? being a supportive wife to James is important, but it cannot be her only feature. 

and last but definitely not least, Audrey in s4 was learning what a life outside her marriage to Robert could truly mean for her, and figuring out for herself where she belongs. conversely, s5has her making jam, and finding non-explosive tinned potatoes. yes she’s a warden, but what is she feeling on the inside?

4. conclusion — an empty vessel

to summarise this not-epic epic is that my true grouse with this season is its utter emptiness. it is truly a season where nothing happened and nobody really changed. okay, some things were different — e.g. Siegfried being better with handling his “boys”, and being more open and less grumbly in general. or Tristan being more responsible with his work, and standing his ground more firmly. but imo those were the results of previous season’s changes. within the course of s5, they did not do much growing or changing.

Tristan’s homecoming episode comes to mind the most. so many missed opportunities for deeper to surface — James being torn between treating a patient and possibly missing his son’s christening would have added some true to character dissonance. Helen leaning on Audrey for support when she had issues with her mother-in-law, could have worked beautifully and explored the character foils in an interesting way. James and Helen asking Siegfried and Audrey to be Jimmy’s godparents would have been truly touching and a testament to how deep their familial bonds are.

anyway, TL;DR I guess? maybe it’s because they’re saving most of the juicy stuff for season 6, but it mostly felt like a filler season, and if you looked forward to it all year just to get that then it’s truly anti-climactic. with all that said now, onwards and outwards. we shall see was the CS brings.

[saetoru]

with no disrespect fem doesnt equal she/her tho it would be easier to just say reader uses she/her

bro she’s fem! bc i said she’s fem! like fr y’all nitpick over everything. reader was referred to as suguru’s “sister” and used “she/her” pronouns and had a pussy like that’s very fem to me thanks !!

[the-witch-of-woods-beyond]

i haven’t seen wicked yet but from all the trailers and edits ive seen, it keeps giving me such a big school for good and evil vibe in the best way possible and nobody’s mentioning it!!!!

[kindred-spirit-93]

le trojan trio

behold designs for cassandra my queen <3 twinktron 5000 & hector

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bonus cass bc her brothers took too much room lol

i love her shes my favourite.

also forgor to add that cass has dimples, hector freckles, and paris both :3

[thesunoficarus1]

I just posted the first chapter of my first fic ever!

fists are made for fighting (8.5k words so far)

summary:

christopher is gone. eddie can't handle it.

or, eddie punches gerrard and is left to pick up the pieces of his broken life.

read here on AO3!

[gojoest]

at the end of the day i am so very picky about the satoru content i choose to consume :,)

[anonymouse5]

more marauders fame au’s, more regulus as a professor au’s (jegulus ones, oooh or jegulily yes)

[vinni-dragon]

JJK OC Piece AAAAAAAAAAAAA

My technique allows me to draw on the power of celestial bodies. At a glance, it might appear as though I am merely borrowing their strength; but in truth, the divine power of the cosmos bends to my will.

[haughttopics]

finally watched happiest season and i totally understand why people hated the ending.

except for Jane. she deserves the world.