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hi winnie! (these are for both olive and/or jean, whoever you would like to ramble on, i'd love to hear them 😉)
What was the original thought that led to the creation of this character?
Bonus question: share any additional thoughts, art, favourite scenes, anything you've been waiting for a chance to ramble about
hey, friend!!!
Olive: Olive came to be thanks to a novel I was writing; I was essentially already writing this story, but of course the setting was different (it was time travel, to 1950s Hollywood). I scrapped that, changed the setting to 1943 Thorpe Abbotts and I'm so glad I did. Olive is so much a part of me that I struggle to remember a time where she wasn't taking up most of my brain space. She had a different name and face claim in my novel but the personality and mannerisms have carried over.
Jean: Honestly, I couldn't imagine having Croz with anyone but Jean. When the idea sprouted that @sagesolsticewrites, @blakelysco-pilot and I would intertwine our stories and our OCs, I absolutely could not fathom giving Crosby a different life or a wife that wasn't Jean. I originally wrote Croz fics as Croz x Reader but since creating my own Jean, it's now Croz x OC. Jeanie is his best girl 🥺 I couldn't put him with anyone else because it just hurt too bad!
Bonus: There's so much I'm excited to share! At the moment, it's sharing this next chapter because I get to share Dougie’s playlist with you all and it's hit after hit, honestly. Then, there's all their post war life brings and ugh it's very hard to keep it a secret once you've brain dumped it. The Book Club Girls™️ finally meet in person post war and omg I am soooo excited for that time to come, too. They just love each other and mesh instantly 🥺
#ask answered#thesullengrrrl#💌#💌 answered#oc asks#oc ask game#oc: jean crosby#jean x croz#harry crosby#harry crosby x oc#it's been a long long time#oc: olive lewis#olive x dougie#james douglass#james douglass x oc#honeysuckle rose#honeysuckle rose: postwar#winnie writes#winnie yaps#dolly speaks#Book Club Girls™️
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The more William Powell and Myrna Loy movies I watch, the more I am convinced that Dougie hosts murder mystery parties every Halloween and the fellas argue over who gets to be the victim every time. The Book Club™️ girls just roll their eyes.
Sorry I don’t make the rules.
#the book club™️#the Clubmobile girls#honeysuckle rose#eight to the bar#james douglass#oc: Olive Lewis#everett blakely#oc: Valencia DiRosano#love letters#rosie rosenthal#oc: Josephine Harris
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idk what it is but there's a certain je ne sais quoi writing gabriel and ishani scenes has on my psyche. the way he's literally like "don't even test me, i used up all my love on my kid today. goodbye" after she's born (tbh even before) is amusing to me
#im not always a fan of the “oh every ship ends with them having kids” trope but i love it in some circumstances to explore inner#turmoil™️gabriel grappling with his complicated feelings on fatherhood >>>>> oh ur girl is having a fun time at the function indeed#romance club#kali call of darkness#ishani valentina basu-grant#gabriel grant#mir's musings 💬
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GG! (Good Game!) 👾🌀👾 (L.DH)



Summary: Famous YouTuber and Streamer y/n just moved in next door to scholastic loser haechan! No sweat for him! No big deal! Not like he has her picture above his computer! Not like he owns her merch that he stayed up all night to get! Not like he cried when she started playing his favorite video game! Not like he’s completely and utterly obsessed with her and all his friends know it!
Oh wait…Major deal.
Genre: SMAU (with occasional written parts) , loser college student!Haechan x streamer fem! Reader, somewhat strangers to ???, fluff, angst, mostly just haechan being obsessed with reader (you’re welcome delulu fans!)
Starring: All members of NCT DREAM, all members of AESPA, Jaehyun (NCT)
Warnings: profanity, sexual themes and language, mentions of obsessive behavior, y’all are NAWT going to like y/n sorry 😫☺️‼️
Playlist: punch, NCT 127 // about you, The 1975 // the adults are talking, The Strokes // disco, Surf Curse // from the ritz to the rubble, Arctic Monkeys // spy?, WHOKILLEDXIX // mass anasthesia, Mediavolo
Notice: all depictions of artists are fictional and no way represent who these artists are in real life. Any similarities are simply coincidence. All pictures are taken randomly from Pinterest. Anything you would like to see removed, please message me PRIVATELY and it will be discussed.
Notes: yay! I’m so excited for yall to read this UGH. I’ve been wanting to get back into the swing of writing recently, and I’ve been super obsessed with SMAU’s and thought I’d try it out. Lmk what u think! I love a boy obsessed w me so it felt only right to make this. Enjoy! 🌀👾💥
Status: Completed (01.29.25)
P R O F I L E S
The Flops™️ | extra |
Bad Girls Club | extra |
Intro
Ch. 1 - the worlds tiniest violin
Ch. 2 - that dog in u
Ch. 3 - MISANDRIST
Ch. 4 - I need a gun
Ch. 5 - manifesting 🫶
Ch. 6 - wattpad fanfiction (written)
Ch. 7 - Lala land
Ch. 8 - check engine light
Ch. 9 - chat is this real (Bonus)
Ch. 10 - The Friendzone™️
Ch. 11 - lil dude
Ch. 12 - #virgin
Ch. 13- Renselle 4 life
Ch. 14 - suicide not postponed!
Ch. 15 - don’t HMU ❌
Ch. 16 - u broke him 💀
Ch. 17 - FTCU by Nicki Minaj (written)
Ch. 18 - lover boy
Ch. 19 - 12 baddies 1 Porsche
Ch. 20 - idiot
Ch. 21 - FUCKING DEAN?
Ch. 22 - TINY LITTLE HICCUP
Ch. 23 - The Big One (written)
Ch. 24 - the twilight soundtrack
Ch. 25 - #thankyouy/n
Ch. 26 - ur girl is whack
Ch. 27 - Stockholm syndrome maybe?
Ch. 28 - ur grounded.
Ch. 29 - pause.
Ch. 30 - Restraining Order
Ch. 31 - I’m fine.
Ch. 32 - all hands on deck (written)
Ch. 33 - pooja, what’s this behavior?
Ch. 34 - marry me, haechan
Ch. 35 - after all, it is Christmas (written)
Ch. 36 - locked in
Epilogue
🤖 Plot questions 🤖
Y/n and Haechan’s ages
☆ Main Masterlist ☆
#lee Haechan#haechan#donghyuck#lee donghyuck#nct#nct 127#nct dream#nct 2024#lee Haechan imagine#lee haechan x reader#nct dream angst#nct dream fluff#nct 127 angst#nct 127 fluff#nct angst#nct fluff#lee haechan angst#lee haechan fluff#lee Haechan nct#nct SMAU#SMAU#nct texts#nct texts series#Spotify
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My WIPs
My Masterlist
Hi everyone. So I've got a lot of WIPs and drafts and things and I'd thought I might share them so you can see what's in the pipeline for 2025.
A little disclaimer: these are in no way a promise to be written. These are just ideas that are in my head right now. I want to write them all but there are a lot and sometimes ideas come and go.
I'll try and update this somewhat regularly but yeh. I hope you enjoy looking through these.
Fluff | Angst | Suggestive | Angst/Comfort | Smut
Barça Femeni:
Kicked Out (R gets kicked out of her home)
Knight in Shining Football Kit (Alexia steps in to save R from an uncomfortable media interview)
Hyper (R's a little crazy at times and Alexia has had enough)
Tips (R wants to take the next step in her relationship with her gf, naturally she goes to the team for some tips)
That's a Lot of Blood (TW: medical incident; blood) (R cuts herself whilst making her dinner)
It's Ok To Be Sad (R is a ray of sunshine, but sunshine can sometimes hide the clouds)
Holidays (R doesn't feel too comfortable about going home for the off season)
AWFC
I Don't Understand Her (R has undiagnosed ADHD but the team don't understand)
Alexia Putellas
Bratty (18+) (Alexia is a bit of a brat)
Beautiful Girl
Talking Her Through It (18+) (Amor and Ale try to get Ale to squirt for the first time)
Notes in the Margin (Ale stumbles across some old books of Amor's)
Subspace (Blurb) (Ale goes into subspace for the first time)
I'm Sorry (Ale gets a little clingy)
First Time (18+) (It's Ale and Amor's first time together)
Ouch (two-part series) (Ale and Amor get into a fight)
Lena Oberdorf
New (R and Lena's relationship is very new and they're still trying to figure things out)
What are you doing here? (Lena and R have a one night stand. R gets a new job)
Georgia Stanway
Traditions (Georgia and R have their own way of celebrating big wins)
What About Me? (R has felt a little neglected by Georgia recently)
Ona Batlle
Broken (Ona challenges R to a game of football)
Lucy Bronze
It’s all my fault (R doesn’t cope very well when they loose an important match)
Jessie Fleming
A Person to Call Home (Jessie comforts R through not qualifying for the Euros)
Keira Walsh
Let Me Show You (When it hits home that Keira and Lucy are done for good, R offers Keira to show her what she's missing out on)
Aitana Bonmatí
Oblivious (R is a little oblivious to Aitana's advances)
CWFC
Benched (R goes from starting line up, to super sub, to unused substitute)
Patri Guijarro
Anticipation (18+) (2 part series) (R and Patri finally have some alone time)
Misa Rodríguez
Close Your Eyes and Feel (18+) (R decides Misa needs a little break from thinking)
English Lessons (Misa decides she needs to work on her English. And it has nothing to do with meeting her teammates best friend)
Soft Place To Land (Misa just needs a hug from her gf)
Because I’m In Love With You (Misa and R have been fuck buddies for years. Both teams are sick of the pining)
Already Written
This is a list of the fics that have been ready and are waiting to be released
Ingrid Engen: Nerves (18+) (2-part series) (it’s R’s first time)
AWFC: Hot Mess (R is having a hard time at the club)
Alexia Putellas Beautiful Girl series: Date Night (18+) (2-part series) (Ale and Amor plan and go out on a date)
Misa Rodriguez: So Ridiculous (R and Misa spend a day off together)
Barça Femení: I’m Just Tired (R has chronic pain)
AWFC: Just Some Stupid Thoughts (R has some negative thoughts about herself)
Barça Femení: Baby (It’s R’s final exams of uni)
Ona Batlle: ✨Lesbianes™️ (2-part series) (R has a shitty day and work and Ona comes up with a plan to make it all better)
Alexia Putellas: Winner Winner (R wins the Grammys)
Lena Oberdorf: The Dream (18+) (2-part series) (Lena has a dream that R helps turn into a reality)
Misa Rodriguez: Call Me Hot, Not Pretty (R just wants to feel hot for once)
#woso community#woso#woso x reader#woso fanfics#woso imagine#woso blurbs#woso oneshot#woso one shot#woso smut#woso fic#barca femeni x reader#barca femeni#barça femeni x reader#barça femeni#alexia putellas#alexia putellas x reader#awfc#awfc x reader#arsenal women x reader#Mapí León x reader#mapi leon x reader#ingrid engen#ingrid engen x reader#alessia russo#alessia russo x reader#lena oberdorf#lena oberdorf x reader#chelsea women x reader#jenni hermoso x reader#keira walsh x reader
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Deadpool Being A Girl Dad Would Include 🌸
-Wade Wilson is the biggest Girl Dad™️ and anyone who disagrees can fight me on it
-Of course, he would have been happy about a boy just as much as a girl but when you came back from a doctor’s appointment to tell him he’d have a daughter he was overjoyed
-When you ask him if he’s crying and tell him how sweet he’s being he just tells you to fuck off and you just hug him tightly
-He buys his daughter so many stuffed toys, going through the whole animal kingdom, then buying unicorns and dinosaurs, too
-He loves painting your daughter's nails and he lets her paint his nails, proudly walking around with his colourful nails and showing off how he matches with his baby girl
-speaking of matching, he will wear clothes that match the ones your daughter is wearing and it won’t matter what colour or motives they have because he’ll gladly wear matching Hello Kitty sweaters just as much as he’ll wear a matching dinosaur shirt
-You have to lecture him on safe sleeping and not letting his daughter sleep in a bed full of stuffed animals
-From the day that he found out he'd have a daughter he was going over names every day, looking them up online, asking his friends about their opinions and overall being very imaginative
-Some of the names were better than others but eventually, you two came to a compromise
(-I personally headcanon his daughter's name to be Bea after Bea Arthur from Golden Girls because in the first Deadpool, he wears a shirt with her face on it, I just needed to share this)
-He adores dressing his daughter in cute outfits, not necessarily in the sense of dressing her in puffy dresses or clothes covered in bows, but in clothes with cute prints
-Wade gets that a baby needs comfortable clothes but that doesn’t mean they can’t have cute kittens on them or be brightly coloured or covered in a glittery print
-He would also totally let his daughter choose what she wants to wear, letting her pick the wildest mix-matched outfits ever
-When his daughter gets old enough to actually understand what books you two are reading to her, he goes out of his way to look for ones with positive female role models
-He buys books where the girl saves the day, where the female characters are strong and independent, where they have agency and big dreams because he wants his daughter to know that she can be anything she wants to be and that she can do that on her own
-That doesn’t mean he isn’t protective because if any bad guys catch wind of the fact that he has a daughter and threatens her, he’ll go ballistic on them
-Spends hours watching Barbie movies with your daughter and then dances around the flat singing along to the songs with her while she pretends to be a princess or fairy
-Wade tries to learn how to do your daughter’s hair and spends countless hours on the internet, looking up tutorials on how to do elaborate hairstyles
-He is always distraught when he can’t get it right and you have to come in and help him
-Totally has tea parties with his daughter and her stuffed animals
-He’ll also be super interested in her hobbies, be it football or ballet, baseball or horseback riding, he will let her talk his ear off about it
-Speaking of ears, when his daughter wants to get her ears pierced he goes with her and lets her sit in his lap so she won’t be afraid but it’s actually him who ends up flinching more than her when he sees her little face scrunch up in pain
-Then he’ll buy her twenty new pairs of earrings while you go on telling him that the piercing needs to heal first and she won’t be able to wear them for another month or so anyway
-Wade is the Dad his daughter's friends feel safe around, and they ask for help if anyone makes them feel uncomfortable or unsafe
-loves watching stereotypical girl shows with her, like My Little Pony or Winx Club
-listens to boybands with her
-has pyjama parties with her where they paint each others' nails, watch romcoms, eat popcorn and do face masks
-Wade is the Dad who loudly cheers his kid on during school functions, big games, dance recitals, you name it and he never misses one of these events
-If he has to show up in full Deadpool gear so he will make it on time then he will
-When his daughter gets older and gets her first period, he panics a little but when you sit down to talk to her about it he is there to reassure her, too
-never embarrassed to buy pads or tampons for his daughter and brings home her favourite sweets to make her feel better
-imagine him standing at the cash register in full Deadpool getup buying menstrual products and chocolate for her
-he is also very good at getting blood out of clothes, so that comes in handy, too
-he will teach her self-defence, showing her all the ways she can protect herself, verbally and physically
-insanely proud when she managed to take him down and slam him onto the floor
-isn't the biggest fan of going shopping but will do the stereotypical dad thing where he sits down and lets his daughter put on a full fashion show to show off her new clothes
-he knows what it's like to feel insecure about your looks so if his daughter ever feels insecure or not pretty enough he will actually sit down to have a serious talk with her and tell her how beautiful he thinks she is
-has the sweetest nicknames for her, from regular ones like "Honey" to things like "Light of my Life" or "My Little Princess"
#textpost#writing#my writing#marvel x reader#marvel#mcu#marvel cinematic universe#mcu x reader#fanfiction#deadpool#wade wilson#wade wilson x reader#wade wilson headcanons#headcanons#deadpool is a girl dad and i will not take criticism on that#no y/n#deadpool x reader#kid fic
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Hi!!! I’m just wondering about any kinks reader might have in the poly!plasticsverse, and you know maybe any kinks the girls might have too
Poly!Plasticverse Kinks (18+):
Gretchen is a PILLOW PRINCESS
Has a praise kink AND a degradation kink
LOVES to be eaten out
Crazy for nipple play (she can cum just from that)
Loves to be choked (chokes herself sometimes)
Loves, loves, LOVES, dry humping
Loves being spanked (floggers, hands, etc.)
SHE HAS A PAIN KINK
HAND. KINK. (She gets caught staring at Y/N's hands while they play guitar and 9 times out of 10 leads to her getting plowed)
She loves being overstimulated
Gretchen is a squirter
Once in a blue moon, she will top one of the girls or Y/N (double-ended dildo)
Karen has a massive toy collection
COSTUMES!!
She loves to be gagged
She loves being tied up
She goes full shibari sometimes
LOVES SENDING NUDES TO HER GIRLS
Sends them spontaneously
Karen is into butt plugs and things of that nature
She misbehaves one day and Regina makes her wear a butt plug to school. Y/N makes her wear a bluetooth vibrator too.
MAJOR service submissive
She likes to clean the house, wash the dishes, gets punished when she doesn't do her tasks
BRATTY AS FUCK (Runs her mouth a little too much for her sake)
Knows her tits look great so she wears things that accentuate them.
Likes getting marked by her girls, likes wearing hickeys like they are accessories.
Karen is ticklish (sometimes its foreplay for her)
Regina George has a major breeding kink
Loves getting her hair pulled
Her neck is her weakness (kissing, nibbling, licking, etc.)
Regina gets WET (like dripping down her thighs wet)
Likes being bitten
She scratches down her girls backs
Likes to leave marks on her girls
Financial Domme
Def has an OnlyFans
MAJOR LEATHER KINK (leather, latex, PVC girly)
Sadist™️
Only lets Y/N top her (only lets Y/N fuck her ass)
Calls Y/N "daddy", makes Gretchen and Karen call her "Mommy"
Loves high/drunk/crossfaded sex (If Regina smokes, Y/N knows they are fucking)
Major exhibitionist (has a "places to fuck" fucket list)
The class she shares with Y/N is after lunch and on the days Y/N skips lunch to go smoke with Aaron and Shane, when they’re in class, all Regina has to do is whisper the word daddy in Y/N’s ear and she’s getting fingered while learning about the French Revolution
HAS A PINK STRAP
The council (@yungpoetfics) and I have decided Cady is babygirl and that is her kink.
Top-leaning switch
Sadist and Masochist
Very into suspension
Foot fetish
(Has chatted to Shane about celebrities feet)
Blood kink (loves period sex) (allegedly a vampire)
Knife kink
Bondage
Very into edging her girl
CNC
Wax kink
BODY PAINTING
Janis fucks her girl in the art room (has used a paintbrush as a makeshift dildo)
Collars/chokers
Girly is a GIVER (iykyk)
Y/N has topped her (multiple times)
Breath play
Loves Regina's boobs (the boobs that made her a gay boob girly)
Has read the kamasutra front to back
100% a switch (emotional bottom physical top)
Likes unusual positions
Super flexible
Firm believer of "sit on my face, don't hover. even if i die, SIT"
Proud member of the Mile High club (on a no fly list)
Shower sex enthusiast
Somnophiliac
Lactation kink
Dry Humping
Thigh Riding
SIZE KINK (2/3 of the plastics are taller than her and she's taller than, Gretchen, Janis, and Cady)
Likes being blindfolded
SEX ON THE BEACH
Fucking in crowds (fucked Regina at a Paramore concert)
Loves being called Daddy
HAS PEGGED SHANE
Wears a packer
BOTTOM!Y/N HCS BELOW
Whimpers if overwhelmed
Her sensitive spots are her back (scratches, massages, etc.) and her thighs
Brat
Likes being forced to submit (puts up a hell of a fight)
Thinks veins are hot (she likes fucking her girl after gym when she can see veins popping and her girl is sweaty and breathless)
Likes being choked
Likes being slapped (yes on the face)
"Hit me harder" "Show me no mercy"
Later regrets those sentences
VOYEUR (watches Regina fuck Gretchen and Karen and rubs one out)
Likes giving Shane head (He's rough) (SHE SWALLOWS)
Has had a threesome with Aaron and Shane (and a foursome including Cady in that group)
Note: @yungpoetfics and I got very VERY carried away with Y/N. Just know, the smut you guys will get from the poly!plasticsverse/y/n's harem is going to be HOT
#regina george x reader#karen shetty x reader#gretchen wieners x reader#mean girls imagines#poly!plasticsverse#poly!plastics x reader#cady heron#janis imi'ike#aaron samuels#shane oman
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23.5 - Sapphic Highschool Fluff Done Right

You'd think that a "classic highschool romance" is easy to do - but sometimes what seems easy takes a lot of effort to pull off right. 23.5 is simple, silly, lovingly crafted fluffy excellence with a fantastic cast and will give you butterflies like you didn't expect it to! Here's my full review - totally spoiler free this time!
Summary: Overall: 9/10 - I really, really loved it! Genre: Highschool Rom-Com Watch if you're looking for...: tooth-achingly sweet fluff, a wonderfully diverse and well-developed queer ensemble, a classic teen rom-com that will still get you in your feels Watch out for...: no warnings necessary Length: 12 episodes averaging about 45 mins each Where to watch: GMMTV's YouTube channel, all episodes are available with subs in multiple languages!
Full title "23.5 องศาที่โลกเอียง" (The Earth's Axis Tilts by 23.5 Degrees), based on the novel of the same name by author Blue, the show strides new territory as production company GMMTV's first major lesbian/GL show. It stars "Milk" Pansa Vosbein and "Love" Pattranite Limpatiyakorn, who have previously played sapphic side couples together on other GMMTV shows and now get their time to shine as 23.5's main characters.

Ongsa just moved from Phuket to Bangkok and knows no one at her new highschool - except her older sister, her weird cousin, and Sun, a girl in her new class who she's had a crush on for months. While incredibly awkward in real life, Ongsa's online persona "Earth" is able to communicate with Sun effortlessly and soon, Sun falls for Earth - thinking it's a guy, and not knowing that it's actually Ongsa. At the same time, Ongsa and Sun get closer at school as they try to revive the school's astronomy club with their friends.

If I could just sum up the show in one word it would be silly. It's funny, cute, and whimsical like you'd expect what happens when you revolve around a mostly nerdy and/or awkward cast of teenagers. There are tons of goofy sound effects, cute music ("Tilt", the shows opening title sequence, is the best opening of any GL show I've watched this year), and we get all the classic teen rom-com tropes happening. Just gayer. It was cringey in some parts - mainly why I feel like I can only give this show a 9/10 - but inoffensive to me and I still really enjoyed it.

Ongsa: One of the strongest points this show has is that it has an excellent heroine - Ongsa is incredibly fun and relatable. Whether it's watching her spiral when she gets into something too deep, or fearing for her as she traps herself in an increasingly greater net of lies, she's entertaining and captivating and I found myself really rooting for her through it all. Her decisions feel real and even when she fucks up, you can't help but want to help her. She's kind, but incredibly scared and cowardly too. Milk is great at physical acting, it really makes Ongsa feel like this awkward, lanky teen that wishes nothing more than to have a quiet life but keeps getting into Situations™️. She's just a baby closeted lesbian stuck between her first romantic feelings and the pressure of everyday highschool life, and badly equipped to handle either of those things. Even though she has no idea what she's doing, ever, ultimately she decides to be better and admit that she needs to work on herself, for herself. Ongsa is one of my favourite protagonists of this year, and I think she really deserves it.

Sun: Much like her namesake, Sun is a ray of sunshine. She's popular, pretty, smart, and kind to everyone, not to forget confident and selfless. Also, she drives a cute yellow scooter. You immediately understand why Ongsa has a huge crush on her: she's the classic crush in any highschool rom-com. In the beginning, that's all we really see of her - the way Ongsa sees her through her rose-tinted glasses. But what really makes Sun interesting is what we see in the second half of the series. When things start to go wrong, Sun starts to really open up and becomes touchable. She's easily jealous, irritable, and a bit of a crybaby. Just like Ongsa, communication is hard for her (even if she is doing marginally better than Ongsa), but unlike Ongsa, she thinks she's straight. Seeing her start to put 2 and 2 together about her feelings towards Ongsa is wonderful to watch, and I could watch her little face of queer joy any day on my screen. Sun's side of the story is given just as much thought as Ongsa's is and I'm incredibly happy that we got to see it. She's just too damn cute!!

Side Characters: In my opinion, 23.5 especially shines in its supporting characters - and this is never more true than with Aylin. I think I'm not exaggerating when I say you should watch this show just for her, because she's the best character of the show. I off-handedly referred to her in my summary as Ongsa's "weird cousin" but Aylin honestly deserves an entire essay of her own - I love her so much. Aylin is alone, and she's alright with it. The only people she talks to is her family, and she refers to everyone simply as "human". Aylin is obsessed with finding aliens and spends all of her time with her gadgets trying to receive signals or crafting and researching in her room. She involuntarily gets dragged into Ongsa's love troubles as she becomes her confidant, and although Aylin is stand-off-ish at first she begins to really start caring about Ongsa and the others. What I like about Aylin is that her loner nature or strange hobbies aren't mocked or fixed by the show, she only expands into unfamiliar territories she was too scared or hurt to do before. She starts making friends, she starts sharing her interests, and she falls in love.


Other than Aylin, the most fleshed-out side character is Alpha, Ongsa's older sister. Her little arc of trying to take care of her sister and her younger cousin but also being frustrated at always being left in the dark was nice. Alpha's friends from the student council - Marwin, Ton, and Luna - are also fun, especially Luna, who gets her own sideplot as the first person to befriend Aylin. In Ongsa's class, we also have Tin and Charoen as her first friends at the new school, who quickly figure out that she likes Sun and support her. Each character is distinct and meshes well into the ensemble. And having so many fun characters together makes the show lively and feel real.


I could not leave this review without talking about the side couples. And we get 2 entirely separate sapphic sidestories, additional to OngsaSun's main story.

Nida, Ongsa's English teacher, and Bambam, who is the astronomy club's supervisor, have their own little romance when the kids are asleep. Although both of them are adults, the characters are goofy enough to still fit well into the show's tone - and they are just so stupid and CUTE. I was utterly obsessed with their scenes and I'm glad we got to see them. The actresses are also both trans, so to have a middle-aged, sapphic sideplot about two trans women was heavenly. I could watch a show just about them.

I could say the same thing about the other secondary romance plot, which revolves around Aylin and Luna. In a really interesting way, they are the mirror pair to Ongsa & Sun, fulfilling the Popular Girl X Weird Girl trope, but the dynamic is completely different. Seeing Luna claw her way into Aylin's heart and then have Aylin come out by herself and let Luna in all the way was just kind of a show-stealer. Whenever we got to the two of them, I got giddy. Not to bash OngsaSun in any way - but AylinLuna was my top pair of the show.

Visuals: 23.5 also looks great. The colors are nice, camerawork is good, and like I said, the opening title sequence is amazing also in visuals. It's the one I actually go back to watch and don't mind not skipping. The theme of the solar system, particularily for the Earth & Sun metaphors and the recurring alien theme give everything a nice framing and allows the characters to come together organically. I thought it was used pretty well. We've got so many space lesbians this year, man.

"Is it for me/you?" - Conclusion
Now I'm gonna be totally honest: I've been out of highschool and lost interest in highschool stories for a while, whether it's manga or dramas. I'm just not 17 anymore, and I don't need to revisit my own 17-y.o. drama via proxy. When 23.5 was recommended to me, I wasn't sure if I'd actually end up liking it. And don't get me wrong - although I'm not the target audience, that doesn't mean I don't love that shows like this exist. Quite the opposite actually. There always needs to be more queer stories told for all different kinds of demographics!
All that being said - I went in with low expectations and was blown away just how much I loved 23.5. It is so well made, characters are relatable and taken seriously by the narrative enough for everyone to enjoy, even if I don't have the problem of failing my classes anymore. While all things around highschool anxieties are discussed - your first love, first kiss, bullying, clique anxiety, and what you're going to do after graduating - and maybe that won't be relatable for you, I personally found it all packaged up nicely within the different stories of 23.5. Things like sex and homophobia don't really come up. So if you're looking for something spicier or more angsty, then I suggest you go looking elsewhere. For everyone who's on board though: I highly recommend giving 23.5 a try!
I've been extremely impressed with GMMTV's shows so far - I'm currently watching Pluto and impressed and obsessed with it - and so I'm already excited for Milk & Love's next projects together that have already been announced. 2025 is looking delicious, and I hope they can keep improving further. Until then, my time with 23.5 will remain in good memory.
Thanks for reading! Go enjoy watching, and if you do, leave me a message. Cheers!

^ me when I'm born swagless but forced to be a natural girlcharmer
#23.5 degrees#23.5 the series#thai gl#mono reviews#thai drama#shoutout to the mvp of this review: the official 23.5 twitter.#i've written a few reviews of these shows by now and you guys are the best so far in providing nice episode stills.#so many good ones godbless.
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Kastandrazi (she/her)
Character design by @jackshiccup
Preferred Name: Drazi
Likes: sweet bread, shiny things, research, reading, writing, dancing, sparring, teasing, taking naps on Auðumbla (Njótr’s dragon), being the prettiest person in the room
Dislikes: being the oldest, when her siblings are brats, responsibilities, authority, when people are mean to those she loves
Weapons: Club (redesigned by Loafie), throwing knives and dagger (made by Loafie)
Dragon: Scuttleclaw named Drool
Fighting style: prefers hand-to-hand, can and will spin her club at any given point, new to knife/dagger combat, trained by Loafie, eventually trained by Njótr

Art by @midoristeashop
Personality/Fun tid-bits: curious(nosey), stubborn, flirty, bratty, smart-ass, vain(on occasion), believer in the “finders keepers” rule, keeps nonsense/paper and charcoal in her pouches, terrible at stealing, Berk’s self-proclaimed Hot Girl™️
Background: the eldest of three, raised her siblings, has never left Berk, occasionally works in her mom’s sewing shop, dad is a merchant(supposedly)
Crimes include but not limited to:
Theft (guilty)
Loitering (guilty)
Disturbing the peace (guilty)
Arson (guilty by association)
Witchcraft (guilty by association)
Reckless flying (guilty by association)
Vandalism (guilty by association)
Breaking and entering (guilty)
Being too cute (guilty af)
Art by @yanleafy
Drazi during the dgtfhsd arc: “Njótr, please. I’m a tenth century girl. I think I know a thing or two about a thing or two.”

Art by @sweeetcheeese
I can’t draw but @jackshiccup really nailed what I had envisioned! A MASSIVE thank you to them 🫶🏽 She’s everything I imagined and so much more!!! I lovelovelove all the art everyone has come up with! Everyone is so talented! Now since I can’t draw all I can really offer are some drabbles (if anyone is interested) and this bitchin Drazi playlist.
#httyd oc#tdob#tdobye2ebttib#httyd sona#she’s so much fun guys#I hope u guys love her as much as I do#she’s so cute!!!#enjoy the playlist yall#I hope I spelled everything correctly#Spotify
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philm club rewatch #1
phil 7/21/12
detailed timestamp notes below the cut but my overall summary thoughts are
you could tell phil was still getting into the groove of liveshows so it's a little awkward and slow going in the first 15 minutes are so with lots of shoutouts and showing the camera random things. liveshows got sooo much better after just a year or so it's fascinating to watch them getting comfortable
mind boggling to think back to a time they were willing to show up to fan meetups and then made a point to state publicly why they weren't there AND share their location so openly constantly (obviously they were about to move but STILL they showed the outside of their flat So Much back then)
the juxtaposition of how naturally comfortable they were with each other (stealing hats, sharing food, having their little jokes and songs) vs. them remembering the chat and having to recalibrate (i don't want to procreate with you)
i'm gonna be sooooo real i still spent the entire hour kicking my legs and twirling my hair and having to pause to compose myself because that's my phil like that was my guy and it brought back all those giddy feelings :3
i love them both so dearly and i love that era despite the bad rep it gets in fandom now because it was also so exciting and new but they were growing up together and taking on the world like 2012 WAS dnp vs. the world and dnp won <3333
0:28- agrees to marry a girl and a boy
1:38- final broadcast from manchester!! moving to london
2:40- stressed bc logistics for moving (he’s trying to be a grown up). interesting that he is taking the reigns on coordinating and not dan
6:27- PIGEON NOISE MY BELOVED
8:50- phil refers to processed ingredients as “skanky stuff”. sure.
11:59- he's gonna put lion in his backpack during the move 😭😭 he doesn’t want to lose him
15:01- dan jumpscare popping into defending phil for not showing up to a meet up
16:21- dan gives him an A star….girl
21:30- american phil i haaaaate it i hate it i hate it
21:57- “everyone just says awkward for everything now” okay this but now everyone says “help??” in the replies of every tweet WHAT DOES IT MEAN???
22:35- cornelia playing harpsichord at phil’s parents
24:42- phil attempts a guest broadcast with a fan and he’s being so cute despite the horrors
28:42- they’re going to see muse again 😭😭
30ish- fanfiction segment i love his brain
33:55- dan gets caught playing gw2 and not packing asdfghjl. omg their apartment is a mess they stress me out
34:39- the way they used to show off their exact locations was truly a time like girl internet safety!!
35:21- he still wants to call his children jack and emily (cuts quickly to mo and slyvester lester joke and i won’t think too hard about what that means with this also being the era of dan being SO deadset on having 2 or 3 children like god they were just babies with dreams)
37:14- phil thinks max the guest is australian and has The Biggest Grin phil you slag ilysm and now he’s promoting him hard lmao
39:57- drawing game. he went too fast i couldn’t keep up so i stopped. unfortunate slur from the chat.
44:38- had to check his tumblr archive to see the kstew gif he mentioned and found a mv a fan did of the manchester flat to i will always love you phil reblogged (phannies never change)
45:27- sneak peak of the “new” apartment WHAT IF I SOBBED!!!! the first london flat…god they had no idea what’s coming and all the things that will happen in that house ;___; living with danisnotonfire who is through that wall and Not Packing (married babies)
46:24- NEW I LOVE YOU FOR THE ILY SPREASHEET FUCK YEAH!!!
46:41- he’s getting a bit annoyed at the go get dan comments and it’s such a specific shift in vibes which makes sense because this was younow and god knows what that chat was also saying
48:57- omg it’s danisnotonfire! what are you doing here get out of my house (you’re the same person dot gif) also sooo funny they already had their sides™️
50:36- that iconic dan hair push up and swoop is simultaneously the most comforting/nostalgic and single most anxiety inducing motion of all time
52ish- they’re sooo low energy in this one but it’s still comforting
53:35- these two…
57:52- phil putting things on dans head because of course he does and taking dans thing because of course he does
58:00- i am not immune to phil in the trapper hat.
58:24- them seeing all the screenshots and immediately making jokes (fun little note for those who don’t know is younow would have a pop up everytime someone took a snapshot so they knew every time they were being archived which had to have been a specific kind of hell and also what a shit feature??) their skin molecules are touching
1:01:48- quite possibly the single most controversial shirt dan has ever owned. people haaaatedddd it for years (now im just soft bc its nostalgic)
1:04:06- dan and alexander mcqueen 4ever truly lmao also phil immediately having an opinion on the one he liked dan in better
1:04:44- "dan played it on repeat all yesterday" “whenever i get sad i listen to it” :(( dan
1:05:15- dans fashion opinions haven’t changed and also the start of them being So conscious of revealing what they spend their money on because fans “didn’t like” when they spent a lot of money on things
1:05:46- we made it an hour before they read a gay comment but he’s handling it better than usual. phil saying “ don’t go there”
1:08:05- dan is STILL yapping about the hat god i love him he simply must elucidate
1:09:29- aweeee a fanboy <333 he’s their love child (except dan reminds phil they’re not down to procreate with each other)
1:10:24- i love that phil has always thrown a random question at people to ease the tension like it’s suuuch a phil thing to ask what your worst fear is when you’re feeling awkward
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High School AU where the X-Files gang go on wild (and sometimes stupid) teen adventures in search of the supernatural and the unexplained in their town.
Fox Mulder —17, used to be on the baseball team but quit for unknown reasons, an outcast, almost a rebel bad boy except he doesn’t get girls ever, a believer
Dana Scully — 17, in like every science club imaginable, valedictorian, skeptic
Walter Skinner — 18, the oldest in the group, class president and star football player, a secret believer
John Doggett — 18, also on the football team, the popular kid, a major skeptic
Monica Reyes — 17, works summers as a camp counselor, reads palms in the cafeteria for five bucks a hand, believer
Alex Krycek — 17, also used to be on the baseball team and quit when Fox did, the actual rebel bad boy (but Gay™️), a believer
Jeffrey Spender — 16, the youngest, no clubs and no outstanding talents, his only hobby is proving that he’s better than his big half-brother by doing nothing amazing at all lmao, a skeptic
#the x files#fox mulder#walter skinner#dana scully#john doggett#alex krycek#monica reyes#jeffrey spender#my post
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I loovovvvveee the idea of Izumi being a corruption force. She is just the plague rat of the 1A girls bringing lesbianism and sexual liberation to the masses. I like to think that none of the guys know for soooo long. Like they all think that Izumi is just innocent sweet maybe abused girl and just do not twig for ages about her extra curricular activities.
Also Aizawa wanting to bash his head into a wall when he first catches Izumi sneaking out, like he does not want to even conceive of what she is getting up to.
I need you to know that I will forever think of EotS Izumi as “The Plague Rat™️” for the rest of my life okay. Mostly because it’s incredibly accurate.
She is here to cause chaos and bring enlightenment. That being said she is also there so her friends are safe about it. She’s the friend telling them that if they want to get high to come to her so she can curate the experience or the one playing guard dog at the bar if they ever go out together or cutting in when some creep tries to get too close on the dance floor or putting some asshole through a table of they try slipping something in her friend’s drink. Truly a drunk girl paladin for the ages.
The boys have absolutely no idea about Izumi (and her corrupting influence on the other girls) for so long it’s hilarious. They have no idea why the girls laugh so hard when they make jokes about stereotypical sleepovers on their side of the dorms.
God the fucking stand off that would be Izumi half out a window in full club attire and Aizawa Shouta’s exhausted ass trying to actively block out the memory as it’s happening is so funny. He goes through every stage of grief as Izumi slowly slips back inside because he’s heard enough stories from Nem to know this will not be the last time and Izumi will only get bolder. (Something that is proven when she makes full eye contact with him before bolting not a month later)
#the elf talks#mha#bnha#the eye of the storm au#could they expel her? yes.#will they with all them wanting to help her and the focus of AfO on her specifically ? absolutely not#also Izumi as the party girl paladin is so fun to me like imagine her pulling away from Dabi’s tongue down her throat (and hand down#her skirt) to put some creep through a wall like hot as hell and hilarious
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Because somebody made a possibly targetted post misconstruing something I said in a reply and bc feeling dumb is my worst fear...
here is why some people may think that the wwdits finale was mocking shippers even if it wasn't.
(This isn't me saying it's 100% true or that I believe it was done with malicious intent, I do think it is most likely a coincidence! It's just an explanation as to why some people may have had their guard up. Especially because everyone in the replies to that post saying the ppl who felt insulted were just fucking dumb and never watched the show felt mean when 1) you don't know them, 2) shows like this have conditioned us to expect it by now so it feels like a betrayal that this one is the same. As a wise man once said (in much better words), the writers presented us with a thing and different people will merge it with their own experiences and opinions differently so you can't perfectly predict the reaction you want to receive. That doesn't mean they're dumb or sensitive or weren't paying attention, they just interpreted the facts provided differently)
There are two points that were mentioned in the mentioned post that can be either entirely innocent or echo past malicious intent towards an audience depending on the person watching:
Point 1: Nadja's language towards the audience
The first thing people say when they read this is that the people who think it was an attack on the fans clearly have never paid attention to her which just isn't true. It's actually impossible to watch the show and not notice her disdain for humans and our feeble minds unless you're actively skipping every scene with her in it! Most people saying that the direct address felt like an insult adore her, at least I do. People know that she's Just Like That™️ and most people probably laughed along with it because it is so authentically her to say that after spending the whole season trying to understand human psychology (she tried her best y'all 😭). Nobody is disputing that and nobody is saying it's mean of her to say that. She laughs at humans all the time, it's not our girl Nadja that people are wary of! It's the possibility that she was being used as a mouthpiece at that moment for the writers.
The trend of doing this isn't new. Often writers will pick a character who is Just Like That™️ as a way to give their opinion on the audience without having to stand up and say it on a stage. It's in character so they can get away with it more easily. This may not have been what they were doing but it does echo past examples so it makes sense if people connected those dots in their minds. Here are two pretty well known examples of it:


If you are unfamiliar with Sherlock and in9 (which are both shows I love despite this) I'll clarify: in the first one, the likeable, no-nonsense detective is used by the writers by remaining in-character while voicing their opinions on their audience theorising and making shit up for fics, which they later doubled down on in interviews and shit. The fan-club making silly pathetic gay theories is meant to be laughed at because it's ridiculous and they obviously don't get it the way the writes do. The second one is about a show-runner/script writer who just wants to mind his business, he is talking to a stupid crazy fan who clearly doesn't understand the text and intention and he dies and that makes him nerdy and pathetic. Simon liking the fanfic his friend wrote is stupid and framed as an insult to his intelligence, he's a loser for wanting to engage with the series beyond just watching it. The fan later turns out to be a creepy stalker who predates on the writer btw...so...there's that.
Ofc not saying this is what wwdits were definitely doing, but it's a technique that's been utilised by shows before, especially those in which the writers and directors have said similar things in interviews to Simms, so it's not surprising that people read it this way, it actually makes perfect sense. You can't hate them for being wary, even if you think they're taking it too far!
Point 2: the timing of one of the laugh tracks in the Newhart ending
This point is less stable because it is just a replica of Newhart but I also see it used to make hurt people seem pathetic and dumb which isn't fair at all. People know that laugh tracks exist, they know they're used in sitcoms, they likely know or can infer that it was used gratuitously in Newhart, even if they've never seen it or any previous parodies of the ending. The existence of the laugh track isn't the bit people are upset about, I think it's the implication that Guillermo being there is hilarious. Which, yes, is the exact timing of the laughter from the original, that's OBVIOUSLY what they were going for, but contextually it can feel a little different if you're somebody who has clung to the disappointed 'do you really want to see that?' we've heard before. The intention may be honest but people are always going to read it negatively given the context of wwdits and the crew's previous views.
Maybe they're reading 'too deep' into it in your opinion but maybe they shouldn't be called useless and stupid because of that. Instead of laughing at these people for feeling hurt by the thought that they're the ones being laughed at, maybe either leave them alone or try to NICELY say that you think they were just trying to be loyal to the original.
The bottom line is: don't be mean or dismissive to people who get hurt by the implications they take from the text! Be polite and inform them or just let them feel the way they feel. ❤️❤️ this was edited so if the reblogs look different that's why!
#wwdits#fandom rant#what we do in the shadows#nandermo#just be nice to people I guess?#hope this was intelligently articulated?#idk I'm tired man
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Kind of want to combine my hyperfixations and redesign Stardew bachelorettes and bachelors in various eras of vintage fashion?
If I don’t end up drawing this, here’s my general vision so far just because (yes I am skipping the 30s and 40s because I don’t find them as visually interesting):
20s:
Penny. Her hair reminds me a lot of the pinned up faux bobs that flappers would wear and I think she would look AMAZING in a drop waist and cloche hat.
Krobus. His little trench coat get up gives me sort of 1920s Agatha Christie detective novel vibes.
50s:
Shane, because I think he would look dapper with a kind of Cary Grant and Marlon Brando hybrid inspired look? Like with sharp lines and but because he’s messy his sharp suit is ruffled after a long night.
Abigail. I know this isn’t the obvious choice, but due to my hatred™️ of Pierre and Caroline’s parenting style, Abigail’s story has always felt a bit like her breaking away from tradition, especially for gender wise. As such, I want to draw her in Beatnik style, with a black turtleneck, a beret, slacks, and huge dark glasses.
60s:
Harvey :). His fascination with planes means I absolutely have to draw him in the golden age of travel. I’m thinking a smart suit, kind of more early 1960s, inspired by the fashion in the original Bond films.
Haley. I would probably do a different part of 60s fashion to Harvey for her, more akin to the mid to late sixties Swinging London movement, as inspired by Twiggy and Mary Quant. Boxy mini dress, Gogo boots and a Bridget Bardot-esque bouffant.
70s:
Maru. The 70s were big for jumpsuits and women’s fashion got a lot more practical, which I think works well with her personality. I love Maru and I love flared jeans so 🫠 I also think I would give her big hair (I love her older game designs)
Leah. Leah’s hippie artist vibes work perfectly for the 70s flowery hippie fashion. Please put my girl in a loose fitting prairie dress or some bell sleeves. Her hair would also work with the long natural wavy look of that era.
80s:
Emily. I know her vibes are at a first glance 70s, but the style of her dress and her hair remind me SO MUCH of Winona Ryders wedding dress in beetlejuice? So the gothy fashion of the 80s with big spiky hair and mesh and craftiness remind me of Emily.
Elliot. Once again at a first glance 70s, but I will put this man in a late 70s/early 80s glam rock outfit if it kills me. With the massive hair and the sort of military inspired studded jacket and everything. Hear me out.
Alex: the 80s were probably the start of the jock character, and Alex to me reads like he could literally be a character in the breakfast club to be honest. He must be taken back to his roots.
90s:
Sam. In the 90s skater boy fashion was literally like… the thing, so this is obvious. Give him a baggy ahh flannel , a baggier ahh graphic tee and a baggiest ahh pair of jeans. And some fugly 90s man hair.
Sebastian. Not really a huge redesign, but I’m incapable of not drawing him as like a mall goth / early emo kid (yes I know they’re different but similar style roots).
#please let me know if people want to see this#I’m finished with my final university essays in like two days so I will have ample time for drawing#im inspired#stardew valley#sdv#sdv abigail#sdv penny#sdv alex#sdv leah#sdv maru#sdv haley#sdv harvey#sdv elliott#sdv sebastian#sdv shane#sdv emily#sdv sam#sdv krobus#sdv fanart#stardew valley fanart#guess which era is my favourite challenge#it’s the one I put my favourite marriage candidates in whoops
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it girl wag era
daniel ricciardo x f!reader
i think i'm gonna make this a series???? but idk how???
fc: mainly lucy boynton
warnings: swearing, i said 'overestimated' at one point and i meant 'underestimated', kym illman

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f1wagupdates: y/n l/n on the late late show with james corden in early 2016, months before she reportedly met daniel ricciardo at the austrian gp in 2016. the interview has begun recirculating after daniel revealed dm's that the two had been in contact for two years before they 'met' for the first time.
do we think her cryptic clues could have been a hint to the actress having a crush on daniel himself, or another driver on the 2016 grid at the time?
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user1: forget the confusion, i'm impressed she didn't succumb to corden's ridiculous peer pressure smh
user2: fr 'i hope i'm not overstepping' and then he tries to literally pry the info out of her hands
user3: 'SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW THEM, WHAT'S THE HARM IN TELLING?'
user4: also you can't convince me her 'dignity' and 'reputation' wasn't code for 'i don't want to talk about it'
user5: could you imagine if she was talking about jenson button 💀
user6: idk i think 'i'm a big fan of you' ruins that theory, i can't see it being anyone but daniel
user7: i'm so jealous of her if they started dating in 2016 because danny's curly mullet era was MOUTH-WATERING
user8: there were 24 drivers on the 2016 grid and from that 24 around 1/2 could be candidates
user9: can daniel ricciardo fight? i hope he can't
user10: 'he drives fast and he looks good doing it' miss y/n did NOT lie
user11: just thinking if she got this flustered and nervous about her crush on him to the point where she couldn't actually tell anyone who it was, then how did it go when she met him in 2016???
user12: why is nobody talking about how flirty those messages were? 'are you bribing me?' and 'is it working?' THEY CLEARLY LIKED EACH OTHER
user13: the man literally couldn't find her in the paddock and HAD to introduce himself he was clearly down BAADDDD



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f1wagupdates: monaco gp or The Monaco Incident™️ Anniversary (TV*)?
**Tame Version
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user14: we want unhinged version
user15: the one time i decide to go on twitter on the night of the 2018 Monaco GP, it descends into chaos
user16: daniel half dressed outside a club with y/n over his shoulder giggling and still holding a glass of alcohol will never not make me laugh
user17: the morning after pics hit different now you know they'd been dating for years already
user18: daniel ricciardo is one dirty mf using his shoey mouth to snog y/n later in the night
user19: the fact that it was the first time we'd seen y/n in clothes that weren't classy and ironed
user20: idc if she never comments on it but in my head those clothes were pulled from the depths of danny's wardrobe
user21: the way this moment impacted f1 from then was astronomical
user22: i've never seen 2 celebs to openly all over each other
user23: whatever you do don't google timothee and eiza ok 👍👍 promise me i need you to do that
user24: i remember the way tabloids were all over her for this about not being a good role model 😭😭
user25: the bisexual hold this series of events had on me at the innocent age of 12
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At the risk of giving any ounce of credence to that unwelcome asker, you once reblogged one of my works, which went on to become my most popular piece as a result of that increased boost in visibility for my small, relatively new account. Even so, it was the incredibly kind comment/review you left that made a lasting impact on me. So that asker was: A) Clearly loud and wrong B) Some things are much more valuable than the number of "likes" on Tumblr. Perhaps this is something they could reflect on if they'd spend less time pocket-watching other people's supposed engagement numbers on a social media site. Keep doing you, I enjoy reading both your work and the banter between you and Mr. Haitch!
One thing I've always sworn to do, is to maintain honesty and sincerity regarding my personal reblog culture. I ensure I only reblog the things that I adore, that I think are really amazing quality, or that explore something/use language in such a way/characterise very well/make me laugh, etc. in a way that makes it feel outstanding to me.
As such, all of my reblogs are heartfelt, and while I may reblog some writers more than once, it's because they've done these things more than once. I love to save for myself, and to share amazing work.
I'm aware that having a large following and sharing someone's work can make a massive difference to the amount of interaction they see...but it only opens the audience for their work a little bit.
It's not the barrier being opened. I'm not gatekeeping anything by being a "Big Blog™️'. It's not the big thing that determines whether someone gets more likes or followers. I had basically no followers when I started, and wrote and wrote and wrote to gain it.
What I see more and more is a shift towards cliquey and insincere reblogging. People repeatedly hyping work not for the quality, but because it's their friend and the 'positive reblog culture' has actually been transformed into a 'toxic reblog culture'.
This also flips the other way-- when someone or a group of people decide they don't like you, they stop reblogging or engaging with your work at all, even when they apparently loved it once before.
Isn't that sad? That tells you they're not really here for the art at all.
I'm here for the art; I'll reblog a great piece even if I don't personally like the person who created it. I'm not talking about giving genuinely horrible people a platform; just those whose personalities don't get along with mine. I'll still reblog their work if I love it, even if I know they hate me. Because I'm a big fucking girl.
I think half the reason my reblogging is so effective, as it was for you, is because I hand-on-heart love every piece I reblog.
How many times have you seen someone reblog their friend over and over and over, hyping their work beyond reasonability, and as such it feels insincere and forced?
Why has artwork and literature become one big Boys' Club, when we should be trying to push our world away from these bizarre "Us Vs Them" practices?
I don't sit and watch my notes. I keep receiving bitter assertions that the "only reason I have X notes is because I have X followers"...as if the notes mean everything, as if my writing hasn't drawn people to engage with my work, as if I came by my followers by luck instead of anything else?
I could wax lyrical all night.
Tl;dr-- toxic cliquey reblog culture is a scourge. You can rely on my reblogs to be utterly sincere and not driven by loyalty disguised as 'positive reblog culture', but based on my genuine love for what I reblog.
I'm so glad that any reblogs I've given you have increased the notice your work has received, but quite frankly, if your work gained traction after I reblogged it, I barely nudged your work-- its quality was its main driving force.
So don't do yourself dirty. You're fantastic.
I'm prepared to lose followers and gain more blocks even for this. People don't like being told they're arseholes, especially when they pretend they're above petty bullshit like this.
I'm here, and I have fun. I don't obsess over any of this. I really hope you stay for the fun too, and if you want a non-anon message, I'm more than happy for it, as I always am.
Love,
-- Haitch xxx
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