#on the other hand I have made some. questionable gifsets.

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may have just added 89 of my own gifsets to my queue whoops

[mikelogan]

TJ MIKELOGAN’s HALLOWEEN 2024 EVENT IS NOW COMPLETE!

I want to extend a massive thank you to everyone who participated this year! I wasn't sure what to expect with this being the second year in a row I've hosted this event, but between all the gorgeous gifsets, graphics, and other creations AND everyone who helped to spread the word by reblogging the event post, the turnout was even better than I was hoping! Below, you'll find links to everyone's entries from both years as well as my own creations for each year. As long as I'm still on tumblr this time next year (chances are extremely high), you can look forward to another Halloween event in 2025!

ALL ENTRIES FROM 2024 MY ENTRIES FROM 2024 ALL ENTRIES FROM 2023* MY ENTRIES FROM 2023

Please remember to support tumblr's content creators by REBLOGGING their creations! All likes do is bookmark the post for you, where reblogs help others see all these beautiful gifsets and edits! In addition to this, you can track/follow edit tags, which are formatted as #[movie]edit or #[tvshow]edit or #[genre]edit. For example, among many others, I track #horroredit, #halloweenedit, #thohhedit, #successionedit, etc. These tags are used ONLY by gif- and graphic-makers as well as artists, so you're guaranteed to find some gorgeous creations to reblog without having to scroll through various other types of posts, which is what the general tags are used for (like #the haunting of hill house OR #succession).

Again, a sincere, heartfelt thank you to everyone who participated and made this event so fun for all the horror lovers out there, whether you posted just once, every single day, or somewhere in between. And thank you to those who helped spread the word about the event and to everyone who reblogged! You guys are the best!

P.S. Feel free to continue tagging me in virtually anything horror-related as well as anything I post or reblog on here. My tracked tag is #USERTJ and I will reblog most anything unless I actively dislike it, it's on my blacklist, or if it includes white- or color-washed content. My only major horror-related trigger is spiders, so I ask that you tag them somehow, but I understand that not everyone is willing to do so. Any questions, feel free to send me an ask or dm!

*I mistakenly didn't have an event- or year-specific tag for last year's creations, so they're simply tagged as #halloween, so there's a handful of other posts mixed in.

[42bakery]

ok. as someone who has only knows motogp is a race and has only seen a few gif’s. I am now captivated but can u please tell/direct me to a primer because i am missing the LORE! with marc especially can we start there!!

Hi anon 👋👋👋👋

I'm actually the worst person to talk if you want lore from Marc. I can tell you that people say that All In and The Rookie, both documentaries about Marc are good (Didn't watch any). I can tell you to look or ask to @usermarquez or @marcsmarquez (please don't bother Emma too much, she's not having the best moment at the time) for Marc lore.

Keeping with the documentaries, @kingofthering @marquezian or @kwisatzworld (They are more Vale orientated, but Marc and Vale history sometimes interact) did a compilation of all Marc documentaries. They also post about other documentaries they watch and make gifset, so I recommend if you want to learn about the sport in general.

Another way to learn about Marc that I would recommend is looking at Box Repsol (page or YouTube) and Honda (YouTube) because they used to make riders talk about themselves and do silly challenges, which sometimes they made them relax. There's even a interview where Marc interviews himself and ask the questions journalist doesn't ask but he wants to hear.

If you want sources in general, then MotoGP did their equivalent of Drive to Survive, it's on Amazon Prime and it's called MotoGP Unlimited. They follow all riders for the 2021 season and they do it mostly chronologically and no added drama all bullshit. The only downside is that it's in their mother tongue (Spanish, Catalan, Italian, French and Portuguese (Did Taka speak in Japanese at some point?)) but includes subtitles (a bit incorrect to clean some images and to appeal the American market), but overall was good. I recommend you get used to need subtitles because those guys refuse to speak English when they are in the same room when they use Italian or Spanish to communicate with everyone (they also talk with their hands, but that's for another moment).

For general learning, there's Hitting the Apex, it's a bit old, but gives you a sense of what MotoGP is. And more recently MotoGP also did There Can Be Only One, which follows the more important riders or the ones called to fight for the tittle for the whole year. It has 2 season and can be found on MotoGP Videopass (you have to pay) or in YouTube. If you get Videopass (it's expensive, but you can watch all races all year long and races up to 2000s or maybe 1990s) you can search and find other MotoGP exclusive content.

I highly recommend for anyone to watch whatever has the DORNA seal of approval because 1) the racing scenes are directly taken from a real races and 2) DORNA likes to keep things real. No fake drama all bullshit, probably they will spin it to look wholesome.

Now if you want podcast or other sources I think I need to call Ash @motocorsas and @its-always-silly-season for that.

I'm sorry for not being able to help a lot more. If you would have asked me about Dani Pedrosa or Pedrenzo, then I'm totally your girl.

Sorry if I forgot to include any Marc expert of If I forgot something, I'm actually inviting all of you to help and guide this anon to learn about MotoGP and Marc.

[gothamsaved]

` ＊ PERMANENT INTERACTION CALL.

To keep this as short as I can — as someone with bad anxiety but a stronger want to start poking Mutuals more, I figured putting something like this out there helps a ton to know who is alright with me being a friendly pest. It’s meant to reassure me people are alright with me kicking their doors in with my muses.

` ＊ INTERACTING WITH THIS POST LETS ME KNOW YOU’RE OKAY WITH THE FOLLOWING …

↳ You’re alright with me sending you *Askmemes as soon as I see they’ve been reblogged along with sending the occasional *Unprompted Ask or *Surprise Short Starter. Sometimes they’ll just be Bruce commenting on ongoing threads — think dash-commentary style. Others are just *IC / OOC Questions. Basically this just gives me permission to be a menace to your inbox without feeling guilty.

↳ You’re alright with me replying to any *Open Starters I spot, even if we already have one or more threads ongoing. Just a heads up I will aim to keep these short since they’re usually spontaneous threads done for fun. If they happen to get longer? I’m here for it!

↳ You’re alright with me tagging you in *Dashgames when I do come across them. Along with tag you in *Musings, Aesthetics &&. *Muse Song Posts if they remind me of your muse &&. our interactions.

↳ Piggy backing off the last point, there are no promises made, but if it’s alright that I make the occasional *Edit through *Gifsets of your muse or our muses dynamic, *Aesthetic Edit Posts or *Web Weavings. Even the occasional *Drawing / Doodle. Chances are, if I’m inspired or invested enough &&. have the time to spare, I do enjoy doing these for close Mutuals!

↳ You’re alright with me making *Headcanon Posts as our muses dynamics develop through ongoing interactions. This is a recent thing I’m trying to start doing more of, where I make headcanon *Directories for muses on my end to better keep track &&. document HC’s. I heavily value developing bonds between me &&. my writing partners muses so if it is alright with Mutuals that their muse is *mentioned in posts like this?

Please let me know in a comment or DMs! Usually I will ask permission to write these out beforehand.

↳ You’re alright with me giving you my *Discord so we can talk more OOC to chat or to discuss ideas &&. our current threads / plot possible future ones. I struggle with this, but I would really love to discuss headcanons more when they crop up, along with just getting more used to screeching to partners about how much I loved recent replies. Just a warning is I am a little shy &&. my social battery can vary between extra outgoing to having no energy to respond back, so as long as that’s alright! I am making grabby hands!

＊ Please note that interacting with this post also gives you permission to do any of these things right back. If you want me to do only some of these things but not others, please, feel free to comment in the notes or let me know in private.

↳ Lastly, if you have yet to fill out my *Interest Tracker — I highly urge you to so I know how best to approach you in the future along with what dynamics you’re interested in pursuing! It’s not mandatory but it helps so so much.

The purpose of this post is simply meant to reassure that there is a shared interest in interacting more in the future, mainly for my own anxiety since I do struggle a lot with pushing myself to poke new folks without feeling like I’m being a bit of a bother. It’s usually why I rely heavily on starter calls &&. inbox calls so I have that known permission to toss my muses people’s way.

[orionsangel86]

Subtext Glorious Subtext! A Dreamling on Netflix analysis in The Sandman - Part 5

1789

How romantic it is to be defended by ones love!

My favourite century! This is where the show starts deviating more heavily from the comic and upping the heat on the subtext (probably why it remains a popular century in fandom especially for gifsets).

Firstly, the show makes some good choices by changing certain elements in order to increase character likeability, which I think were necessary tbh. In the show, Hob mentions getting into a “new trade” regarding shipping and slavery. He describes the process to Dream and is immediately scorned for it via the “poor thing” line. In the show, it is implied that Hob’s involvement in the Slave Trade is something new for him. Dream is immediately dismissive and judgemental of this (as we would expect any decent person to be). Hob initially defends himself “It’s just how its done.”  but agrees to consider Dream’s advice.

This is not how either the comic or the Audible audiobook go and honestly, I was surprised.

In both comic and audiobook, Hob brags about the slave trade. He talks gleefully about actually having a hand in starting it 200 years back. He’s proud of this. He’s completely repugnant in both comic and audiobook and it makes you want to punch him hard. Dream only makes the following comment: “You take pride in treating your fellow humans as less than animals?” but he is otherwise not dismissive or disgusted by these things. He is not judgemental, just curious and surprised. When Hob dismisses this question as it being “business”, Dream drops the topic. It isn’t until the very end of the scene after Johanna’s interuption that Dream tells Hob its “a poor thing...” and that is where both comic and audiobook leave it without giving Hob’s reaction to this line.

You can see why the show made the wise decision to change these things. I think it is another example of where the show is taking the story and characters in a softer, kinder, and more likeable direction. We have to remember that the show versions of Dream and Hob are NOT their comic counterparts. Both comic characters are unlikeable at times and Hob in particular is just generally a pretty shitty person. It is difficult to marry the two versions of Hob sometimes because Ferdie gives SUCH a likeable, warm, engaging performance. Yes, Show!Hob is still a slaver for a short while, and yes, that is absolutely not forgiveable and fandom would be wise to ensure that this is never downplayed or ignored, but I think it is worth mentioning that the show has made the decision to lessen his involvement in the slave trade compared to his comic counterpart. But we shall see where they decide to go with this particularly nasty part of show!Hob's history in future episodes.

I think the show in many ways is taking a more classical view of the Sandman characters - here are your good guys and here are your bad guys, here are the people we want you to love and root for, and here are the ones you should love to hate. The comic tends to keep the majority of characters in the middle ground of morally grey. They have a rather cynical viewpoint imo that works for a gritty graphic novel about a depressed eldritch entity. But that viewpoint wouldn't work so well in a high budget fantasy drama series with a desire to draw in as big an audience as possible.

Anyway, back to 1789. Aside from Tom and Ferdie acting like they want to climb each other all the way through this scene (the sexual tension is through the roof throughout), all of fandoms favourite elements here are new.

Whilst Hob does ask for Dream’s name again here in the comics, there is no response or reaction from Dream given before Lady Johanna interrupts them. In the show, it is clear that Dream is about to give an answer - Hob almost gets his name. This is - tropey. The interruption may be comic canon but the almost response to the answer you’ve been craving for 400 years isn’t. A brilliant little addition. The audience is on the edge of their seats wishing Dream would just tell Hob who he is dammit! It adds to the expectation that eventually Hob will get his name. Dream's identity reveal at this point is basically a Chekov's gun. Hob will get it, even if we don't see it happen.

Then we get the fight. There is no rambling from Hob about some Jack Constantine he knew, instead he is calmly making flirtatious jokes at Dream right in front of Lady Johanna’s salad. “I look terrible, you look worse.” The terrible drawing from 1689 is new for the show, as in the comic it is simply a description of the 1689 meeting that Johanna found. Making it a portrait instead gives the characters something to react to, and I do love how bad the caricatures are in the drawing. Though sorry Hob, but anyone can see that Dream absolutely does not look worse than you, and your teasing flirtations are kinda obvious.

The two characters share catty side eye glances in silent communication as Lady Johanna talks which indicates how close and comfortable with each other they have become by this century.

When Hob jumps up to attack the thugs, he goes for the one with the knife at Dream’s throat first. Hob gets to be an action movie star for a short moment whilst Dream looks up at him in subtle delight. It’s glorious.

AND THEN Dream ONLY makes a move once he sees Lady Johanna has her blade at Hob’s throat.

In the comic, the minute the thugs get their blades out and Lady Johanna threatens them, Dream is like nope! Magic sand! Poof!

But the show, oh the glorious, brilliant, creators on the show, decided this was going to be a “partners defending each others lives” scene. They want to protect and defend each other! They care about each other.

And then we get this:

GIF by ghorestes

Dream. Darling. Sweetheart. He may not have needed to, but you enjoyed it nevertheless.

“Clearly. Still, I didn’t want to be drinking here alone in 100 years time.”

GIF by mrskillingjoke

(Thank you to all gifmakers by the way I am kissing you on the mouth for the gifts you give us)

LOOK AT HIM. We all obsess over these little moments I know, but this is CLEAR flirtation.

If there is a better example of *eye fucking* anywhere outside of a season 4 Destiel scene I have yet to come across it.

It doesn’t even stop there. Because right after the best example of *eye fucking* I have seen since season 4 Destiel is an honest to god proposition.

Hob: "So do you want to find another pub tonight?"

Dream: "She may have told others about our meeting. It wont be safe for you."

Hob: "Im perfectly safe. I can't die remember?"

Dream: "Aye, but you can be hurt or captured. We must be careful"

Hob: “Always.”

NONE OF THIS IS IN THE COMIC.

So what new info has the show given us with this scene?

On a surface level, Hob wants more time with Dream. He wants to find another pub to continue their date.

On a subtextual level, Hob is full of adrenaline from the fight and the mystery man he’s been obsessing over for 400 years is looking at him like he wants to jump his bones. He wants to find another place so they can continue their date, and possibly fuck until the adrenaline has worn off.

On a surface level, Dream cares about Hob’s safety. He doesn’t want them being seen together together outside of the tavern to draw attention to anymore of Lady Johanna’s goons.

On a subtextual level. This is 1789 Hob and they hang men for doing what you very clearly want to do, and it’s not safe with the additional attention Lady Johanna and her goons have put onto you. If I go with you now, they could follow and find us in more compromising positions. Don’t risk it.

In the comic at this point, I would argue that Hob is still nothing more than a curiosity to Dream. He does not show him any real affection or care, and certainly doesn’t comment on his safety at any point. Whilst comic!Hob at this point is clearly itching for more info on Dream, he doesn’t ever push for it, and he is never as focused on Dream as he is talking about other people he’s met and interacted with. They are barely friends.

But by 1789 in the show, we have genuine care for each other, camaraderie, a growing friendship, and arguably sexual attraction.

The other point to note is something I only realised after answering this ask the other day. Comic!Dream has never had anyone else truly care about him enough to rescue him or come to his defence since Alianora (and he basically married her). When Hob defends Dream in the show, its so impactful to Dream because this is a version of Hob who truly cares about him enough to endanger himself (a trait comic!Hob never shows). No wonder Dream looked so pleased and acted so coy about it. He really was ready to pounce!

Basically 1789 is the turning point century. The point at which the show starts to lean heavily into homoerotic tropes and increases the tension. In this century we get:

An almost name reveal followed by an unwanted interuption

Amused side eye glances at each other sharing unspoken communication

Flirtatious jabbing over a bad drawing

Defending each other from harm

Putting themselves at risk in defence of the other

A thinly veiled proposition

Genuine concern and care from a character that never appeared to care previously

Ridiculously over the top eye fucking

All of which adds up to further the audiences investment in the continued development of this relationship whether romantically or platonically and which therefore makes the break up in 1889 even more impactful.

The analysis continues for 1889 in part 6!

[sollucets]

beloveds @khaotunq, @pranink & @alexshenry tagged me to do:

every month of 2023! list your favorite/most popular gifset for each month.

i started making gifs in march this year, so january/february are off the table for this. it's funny that it hasn't even been a full year yet. it seems both somehow a lot longer and also like i remain some kind of photoshop baby at the same time. the images in this post will remain undescribed until i have some energy in my failing body, unfortunately

in any case:

march: midnight museum invades all 2 of my braincells. i download photoshop. the end is nigh

most popular: msp/eclipse pool parallel set

favorite: the bams i made for sof

(notes: it's hard to look back at these lmao. what is coloring and why don't i know her. why is everything so dark. who told me to use noise dithering and why did i ever think that was a good idea. anyway)

april: the eighth sense is airing! i meet many mutuals and friends. i figure out about the curves tool (thank god)

most popular: taehyung getting dunked on

(very deserved dunk; very bad set. the coloring of this scene was extremely questionable and i did nothing to fix it it looks so dull and gray. augh)

favorite: feet lining up / jihyun & jaewon on the beach

i really like this coloring actually. it's bright enough to actually see them, their skin doesn't look as weird, and i like the soft pink i made the beach. a win for baby photoshop user rowan

may: the purple is in full swing now

most popular: purple yok

first set to cross 1k! the purple is still very good but in hindsight there are things i now know i couldve done to help his skin. in any case. a banger. beloved

favorite: pink our skyy 2 hands set

[through tears] you're my space. also my first try at typography

june: i lose the will to gif some in the back half of this month, but i also learn to do a Lot of new things, like gradient maps & more complicated typography and transitions and such

most popular: puzzle piece hugs!

deserved! hard to gif and fun to look at

favorite: i think it might be the heartliming i made for vi now! but i still like khathadome from eden too.

july: i try giffing a few different shows. the only friends trailer comes out on the last day and i enter some kind of terrifying fugue state

most popular: sand and ray fighting / crying in the ofts trailer

do you guys remember the trailer 1080p? life was so good

favorite: nobody appreciates my ride enough

august: only friends airs, eclipse anniversary is concurrent, i lose my mind. i also learn to use the method of brightening that i still use & several other fundamental gif tricks

most popular: sandray car makeout

good for them! i start using significant grain on my ofts gifs from here on out and can never decide how i feel about that

favorite: orange/blue eclipse episode seven set

september: the madness continues

most popular: sand cooking for ray / special

ive giffed this scene three times and this is my least favorite coloring but what can you do. this is my third post to cross 1k

favorite: new rules set! i had mixed feelings when i posted it but it's really grown on me.

october: the madness is so much worse. only friends ends and i am left near-catatonic immediately, apparently. also, i learn to blend and use overlays and some other cool things. i join userdramas :'>

most popular: raysand afterglow. as it should be. cheek kissie

favorite: space girl!! show me the stars!!!

loved making this. purple and sparkly and gay. still super proud. that said other runner-up favorites in october are ray's o-face & the boyfriend shirt & akkaye's thumb thing collection

november: i am left cavernously empty after ofts ends and i fill the void with namtan

most popular: last twilight episode one porjai

she <3

favorite: gaipa userdramas set

again, i learned to use musescore for this set just so i could have those pretty notes. :')

december: i am punched in the face by seasonal depression. all is not well. i made just one gifset this month, but at least it was good? :')

and here we are today !! it was very fun to look over everything; thanks so much for playing and have a happy new year everyone

[naniskys]

bad buddy fandom getting-to-know-you meme!

Thanks for the tag @fiercynn !! This is a really lovely idea :)

note: i consider "fanworks" to pretty much everything people create related to a fandom, including but not limited to meta/analysis/discussion, gifs, fanvids/edits/fancams, filk, fanart, fanfic, fan food, fan crafts, etc. please include this note with the meme unless you have a different definition!

name and whatever you want to share about yourself hi i'm mars, i use she/her pronouns, i live in australia and i've been into thai/asian bl for a little over a year now. i mostly just lurk and mass rb on tumblr lol, but i'd definitely like to get to know more people !!

when did you watch bad buddy/join the fandom? I was actually trying to track down the exact date recently (i failed), but i watched it for the first time around mid-september 2022, ended up binging it in a day and been a part of the fandom since

favorite ship(s) patpran <3

favorite character(s) pat !! he's one of my favourite characters from any media ever. I just love how selfless he is and how he transforms through the show, and how bright he is but knows when to stand his ground. i could wax poetics about him fr <3

favorite episode(s) Whenever i watch/rewatch bad buddy i tend to binge it so i can never distinguish betweens episodes lol. In general, ep 12 is definitely one of my favs because i feel like it ties things up nicely and i like seeing them happy :) i can probably give a better answer for favourite scene...

favorite scene(s) ...which is why it's great that this is the next question!

In no particular order: the staircase proposal scene, the bus stop roleplaying scene, the post-curtain bench hand holding scene (specifically that one face pat/ohm makes which imo is the single most most heartbreaking frame in the entire show), the ep 12 post-credits scene (wait was it actually post-credits, i don't remember ajksdjf), the screaming on the rocks at the zero-waste village scene, and the rooftop kiss (ofc)

Basically i just like to see them happy (most of the time) :)

one thing you would change about the show if you could the whole making-it-up-to-wai arc was not it for me. WHY was pran the one apologising and going after him??? still makes me mad to this day, but i think i'd have a lot more animosity towards wai if ep 12 didn't exist (also all the wai redemption arcs in fanfics have made me warm up to him :P)

what are your some of your favorite fanworks made by other people? ahhh so many!! joy of stanning a show that's finished is that it stays going through fanworks, but also now there's too many that i absolutely adore to remember in the moment, sp here's some:

we both know you're my only dream (fic) by @fiercynn: one of my favourite fics ever that i constantly go back and reread whenever i'm having a bad day (or not)

yield strength (fic) by @dulosis: the physics analogies do something to my brain /pos

10 things i hate about you (fic) by @nobodynobodyno: this one's so cute and i reread it all the time

this fmv to tujh mein rab dikhta hai by @transpat: desi moots, iykyk. but fr this holds such a special place in my heart, the lyrics are so patpran and the editing and clip choice is just *chef's kiss*

this fmv to dandelions: IT'S SO GOOD. all the parallels, the dialogue overlaying is just perfect, and the TRANSITIONS (the one at 1:28 especially)

every single one of @hereforlou's art: i'm literally obsessed, i don't always see everything on my dash so i'll literally check their tumblr every couple days. is this stalker behaviour? possibly, but if you've seen their art i think you'd understand.

Also special mention to this one gifset of the staircase proposal scene which was my first ever exposure to bad buddy, it made me watch the show to begin with, but i didn't rb it when i first saw it so now it's lost to the times 😭😭

I have an insane amount of fanfic i wanted to put here but for the sake of length of this post, i restrained myself ajskdjf

(if you create fanworks) what are your favorite fanworks that you’ve made? i do not (yet 👀)

a song that makes you think of bbs (the ones in the show don’t count lol) pretty much every fmv/edit that i've rewatched a couple times set to a song will make me thing of bbs lol, so some are tujh mein rab dikhta hai and dandelions from above, emily by Jeremy Zucker and Chelsea Cutler because of this amazing fic, and gorgeous by Taylor Swift because of this gorgeous edit (y'all please go watch it it's amazing).

idk anything else you want us to know? It's the perfect timing for this because these are my nails right now ):)

honestly not super sure who of my mutuals are bbs moots so i'm just gonna tag some people, feel free to ignore this if you've already been tagged/don't want to do it! :)

@nobodynobodyno @dropthedemiurge @justafriend-ql @cornflowershade @hometothecanyonmoon @7nessasaryevils

If you see this and you want to do it, this is is me tagging you as well !!

[asherlockstudy]

So I’ve always debated with myself if I thought that they have always been together in some way or another and have just hid it all these years and did what was expected of them and got married and had kids. I’ve recently started watching all of the old episodes which kinda made me lean toward that. The way that they would over correct things was just like why are you even correcting that there was notbjng “weird” like me who “over analyzes” everything didn’t think it was questionable. Why are you? Lol. And then also early episodes when they would talk about the kids they always seemed to make it like all 5 were theirs. Even after the usual specifying that they have kids with their very separate wives.

But then I watched the plexiglass kiss episode and wow links reaction to that is crazy. I definitely don’t think that it was something that had ever happened before that moment but also definitely something that he had thought about.

I was trying to find a particular gifset to show you but as usual, I gave up on it. It is a pre-GMM gifset, you may have seen it, where it’s young Rhett and Link and Rhett has this sour expression on his face and tells Link: “Don’t touch me. On my knee. Please.” and Link replies: “Well I didn’t do it on purpose”

This is very telling about how on edge they used to be, particularly Rhett. Of course, I bet this was in public, where they had to prove what straight macho men they were. There is however also a moment in that live-with-audience old GMM they did in which Rhett described the frequent incidents of sleeping in the same bed when travelling with many friends and sharing hotel rooms. He said that most people expected them to be the ones to sleep together and, note, he said: “and I guess we did nothing to stop it”. Of course he could mean that they were comfortable enough with each other that they didn’t mind doing that.

But if we take into consideration how uptight they were in other occasions about much simpler things, I think the actual reason is different.

Rhett and Link never objected to bed-sharing because a) they had the blessing of the others and b) there was no risk of instinctively escalating the situation because there were more people in the room. So they felt safe to sleep together without judgement and without fearing something “sinful” might happen. And of course Rhett also said how he automatically went into “log mode”, not moving, not breathing, hardly even sleeping at all, which he probably said to prove how uncomfortable he felt, except this is when you are uncomfortable because you dread you will get it up at any moment. Link on the other hand slept with “reckless abandon”, meaning that the moment he was getting sleepy and his inhibitions and defences fell, his body instinctively inched close to Rhett and spooned him. Which kinda explains why Rhett couldn’t sleep due to the dread lol.

They were obsessed with wrestling because it was an opportunity to touch and press on each other while appearing as manly men doing manly things.

They had a limit of what could be done in the presence of others and in their privacy until it reached the point of being inexcusable. As long as they had an excuse for it, they did it. If something inexcusable threatened to happen, they overcorrected with aggressiveness and acting macho or emotionally constipated.

I don’t think they had a relationship because they indeed followed the expectations of their faith, except for those acts, as aforementioned, which they had a way to call different from what they were.

But here’s the thing. I have a pet peeve, that notion that they are “idiots” who don’t realise they are in love. Ehm… that just doesn’t happen… or it is super rare anyway. There are things you sense or feel when you are in love or lust. How could this be misinterpreted for decades of close friendship?! Especially in men, there are unmistakeable signs in their physicality that can betray sexual interest and, let’s be real, Rhett has managed to hoist the flag in GMM, while filmed, in front of thousands and his employees at least twice. All I am saying is he is very physically responsive and as the hormone-crazed teenager he was, well, if, IF he was into Link, then things would happen that would make it unquestionable to him.

For this and many other reasons it would take me ages to mention in their entirety, I think they knew or suspected there was more between them. But they had a silent pact to just ignore it forever. I also think Rhett was the one blocking out the questionable incidents most of the time and Link repressed himself for the sake of Rhett’s friendship, out of fear of not losing him entirely. But I also think that this is also one of the reasons they remained close friends for so long - they were addicted to the fact that it felt like something reciprocal was going on between them while they simultaneously felt safe enough that nothing “bad” would actually happen. It was that good old “push and pull” or “hot and cold” if you will, that was so invigorating in their relationship.

Until Rhett, based on that very same principle, decided to kiss Link through plexiglass in front of millions. He felt safe enough to do it. Except apparently Link eventually said “you know, Rhett, and Jesus, enough is enough” (as hinted in his diary entry after the plexiglass kiss, which he has READ to us) and Rhett had not built strong enough defences against Link’s newfound determination.

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Hvitserk and "I do not see, I do not hear"

I want to note that this might make some people sad. It made me sad noticing it. You've been warned. This is just my assumption and in no way canon, so if you disagree with me, that's fine. (meta below the cut)

When I made this gifset (tw flashing gif) the other day, I noticed something that Hvitserk did and remembered that he had done it before. In season 5 episode 10, we see Hvitserk tightly close his eyes and scream the moment he was sure Ubbe was about to strike him with his sword.

Then we see him do the same thing in season 6 episode 6 again, when he assumes- in his delirious state- that he was about to kill Ivar (who turned out to be Lagertha but that's not important).

It's the same expression, the same defense mechanism- probably emotionally.

Anyway, I think Hvitserk closed his eyes that first time because he was afraid. Not of dying because we see him fight and ready to die many times and he doesn't do it then, but at the mere prospect of seeing Ubbe kill him. Of perhaps noticing something like enjoyment or heavy regret in his brothers eyes. He didn't want to see his brother like that, not Ubbe who was a constant in his life and whose love he never had to question and whose decisions left no room for doubt ever since they were little. He also screamed as loud as he could to tune the sounds surrounding him out, possibly even whatever Ubbe might say/shout. If his last words to Hvitserk were unkind, he didn't want to know.

And the second time he does it, it's not exactly a different reason even though it's under different circumstances. When he assumes he is about to stab Ivar, he also closes his eyes to block out what he's doing, because I'm convinced he wouldn't be able to live with himself if he saw the look of betrayal on Ivar's face and he's again screaming to not have to hear anything that came from Ivar- no sounds of distress or begging to stop would reach him if he just screamed loud enough.

He was so afraid what kind of truth would unravel in either moment, that he rather not see or hear any of it. And my best guess is, that that stems from the moment he witnessed Ivar killing Sigurd. He remembers that Ivar regretted killing their brother, but also how angry Ivar had been while throwing the ax. And he remembers seeing Sigurd die.

Many people interpret Hvitserk sitting there and watching as passive or uncaring, but I think he was in shock and couldn't believe this actually happened. We did see him cast an angry look at Ivar later, so it wasn't like he was unfazed or felt nothing about his death, he was just taking longer to react.

I'm sure he carried all those thoughts and feelings with him, which led to his decision that he doesn't want to either see a brother of his killing another or how one of his brothers dies- especially not at his own hand.

If you made it thise far, there are tissues near the exit, feel free to grab some on your way out.

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fanfic survey: the results

hey there! with 213 responses, here it is: the results of the survey!

before i get into it, though, i just wanna reiterate this disclaimer: this is not meant to tell fic writers what they should or should not write!!! or to tell people what they should or should not read!!! authors should write what they want to write and readers should read what they want to read and for both, it should be what makes them happy—this is purely a curiosity thing! if what you love to write or read turns out to be something in the most popular answer to a question, awesome! if it turns out to be the least popular answer, that’s awesome too!! as long as it makes you happy to write or read, that is what matters. 

i will say that i am removing myself entirely from the answers—i didn’t take my own survey, this is the only time that i’m going to be “speaking,” at the beginning to offer commentary on why i’ve organized things a certain way, and after questions if i need to make mention of a slip-up on my part, or a change to a question. there might be things on here i love, there might be things on here that i don’t like so much, but this is all the voice of you guys—the 213 people who took this survey. i’m just the one who made the survey and is putting the answers out there. i am attempting to make this as unbiased as possible.

in terms of the survey: i’m not a statistician. i do know that i probably haven’t made the Perfect survey, and that i might have missed categories or questions along the way. 213 people also isn’t the biggest cross-section of the fandom, so this is probably a small segment, and shouldn’t be taken as absolute fact with no exceptions—there is a definite margin of error here.

for example: math was not tidy on the pairings questions! i decided to just law out raw data in this results post. i made another post, linked here, ranking most-least popular based on the number of answers for questions 15, 17, 19, and 21 (for example, if column janus got 2 votes in logan, and column logan got 3 votes in janus, then that gets added up to 5 logan/janus votes in that post; here. to think i laid it out like this because i thought it would make neater results!)

these may not be the way the results were listed on the survey; for the results, i’ve made it so that the answer with the most responses is at the top, and then the answers continue in descending order until we reach the “other” category. if the responses don’t add up for some questions, it could be 1. a fault with my math, as sometimes i had to count things by hand or calculate it out myself, or 2. due to the fact that people could select multiple responses for some questions.

when it comes to the “other” category, i have attempted to summarize the majority of 213 answers, so i tended to put down the most common responses.

and now, the results:

Where do you read fanfiction?

210 (98.6%) said AO3 (Archive of Our Own)

146 (68.5%) said Tumblr

22 (10.3%) said Wattpad

14 (6.6%)said Fanfiction.net

3 (1.4%) said Quotev

the other category makes up 3 (1.4%), which said:

Back in the day, it was on Livejournal. And before that, FF.net. Before THAT, fansites.

Used to read on wattpad but not anymore

Mosty AO3

2. Do you write fanfiction?

94 (44.1%) said Yes

59 (27.7%) said No, but I want to/used to

28 (13.1%) said No

19 (8.9%) said Yes, but not for this fandom

the other category makes up 13 (6.10%), some of which said:

Yes and yes but not for this fandom

Sometimes?

I used to write TSS fanfics, but I don't anymore

I used to write fanfics, but not for this fandom

Yes, but I don't post it

3. Do you make fanart?

67 (31.5%) said No

65 (30.5%) said Yes

50 (23.5%) said No, but I want to/used to

20 (9.4%) said Yes, but not for this fandom

the other category makes up 11 (5.1%), some of which said:

Yes, but not for this fandom

I try to

I used to, but not as much anymore

If photoshopping counts

Yes, but I don't post it

4. Do you make other fandom-centric content? (gifsets, video edits, moodboards, speculative posts, etc.)

131 (61.5%) said No

68 (31.9%) said Yes

the other category makes up 14 (6.6%), some of which said:

I make occasional posts

Cosplay

Yes, but not for this fandom

Animation

Yes, but I don't post them

5. How often do you read fanfiction in general?

135 (63.4%) said Daily

45 (21.1%) said Once a week

9 (4.2%) said Twice a month

7 (3.3%) said Once a month

4 (1.9%) said Once (or fewer) every three months

the other category makes up 13 (6.1%), some of which said:

Sporadically

When I get into a fandom, I binge read

It varies/depends

6. How often do you read Sanders Sides/TS fanfiction?

54 (25.4%) said Daily

49 (23%) said Once (or fewer) every three months

40 (18.8%) said Once a week

26 (12.2%) said Twice a month

22 (10.3%) said Once a month

the other category makes up 22 (10.3%), some of which said:

Sporadically

I'm just getting into the fandom, I don't have frame of reference

Whenever I feel like it

More than once a week, but not every day

About as often as Thomas posts

Close to daily when it was my hyperfixation

7. Where do you get recommendations for fanfiction?

182 (85.4%) said Using the website's sorting functions

134 (62.9%) said From people I follow (Twitter, Tumblr, etc.)

81 (38%) said Browsing through the bookmarks of others

80 (37.6%) said From friends within fandom (personal friends, Discord servers, etc.)

11 (5.2%) said I only read fanfiction by friends/people I follow

the other category makes up 10 (5%), some which said:

From whatever new fic gets updated on AO3

Videos from Tiktok

I don't understand the question

Searching fic recs

A combination

Scrolling through tags

I only read from one author

8. If you use sorting functions, do you sort by:

160 (75.1%) said Tags I want

98 (46%) said Newest first

69 (32.4%) said Most kudos

23 (10.8%) said Most bookmarks

16 (7.5%) said N/A, I do not use sorting functions

12 (5.6%) said Most hits

4 (1.9%) said Most comments

the other category makes up 14 (6.5%), some of which said:

Word count

Kudos, then start on the last page and work my way forward so I find hidden gems

Date updated

Rating

Relationships

Specific tags

Completed

In progress

Depends on the day

9. Do your preferred fanfictions range across fandoms?

81 (38%) said Yes, about an 80/20 split (majority other content)

41 (19.2%) said Yes, about an 80/20 split (majority TS content)

19 (8.9%) said No, I read exclusively Sanders Sides fanfiction

19 (8.9%) said About a 50/50 split

15 (7%) said Yes, about a 60/40 split (majority TS content)

13 (6.1%) said Yes, about a 60/40 split (majority other content)

the other category makes up 25 (11.7%), some of which said:

I bounce back and forth between fandoms depending on the day

Whenever the hyperfixation hits

It's more than an 80/20 split

Like a 95/5 split

Mostly in the fandom, but I LOVE crossovers

The percentages break down a bit more because I'm in a lot of other fandoms

10. Do you read fanfictions in progress, completed fanfictions, or a combination of the above?

182 (85.4%) said A combination

30 (14.1%) said Completed only

1 (0.5%) said In progress only

11. What genres within the TSS fandom do you find yourself reading most often?

160 (75.1%) said Hurt/comfort

141 (66.2%) said AUs

125 (58.7%) said Fluff

125 (58.7%) said Angst

124 (58.2%) said Works centered around shipping

59 (27.7%) said Smut

18 (8.5%) said Crossover

the other category makes up 9 (4.2%), which said:

A few x readers

Works centered around NOT shipping

Depends on the day

Found family (the most popular "other" answer)

Crack

Roman and Remus having just — the worst possible sibling relationship

12. Is there a specific AU you tend to read?

138 (64.8%) said Human AU

115 (54%) said Other kinds of popular fanfiction AUs

105 (49.3%) said Canon compliant AU

83 (39%) said High school/college AU

70 (32.9%) said Enemies to lovers AU

59 (27.7%) said Roommate AU

34 (16%) said Fake dating AU

the other category makes up 37 (17.3%), some of which said:

Fantasy AU (the most popular "other" answer)

Weird AU (it's gotta be weird)

TV show AUs

Soulmate AUs

Any AU

No particular preference

Role swap/light dark

Supernatural AU

AUs in which the Sides are another species (some mentioned: merpeople, fae, with wings, space orcs, selkies, vampires, magic users)

13. Is there a specific character you prefer as your "main character?"

47 (22.1%) said Virgil

44 (20.7%) said I prefer ensemble pieces

30 (14.1%) said Logan

22 (10.3%) said N/A

21 (9.9%) said Roman

17 (8%) said Janus

12 (5.6%) said Patton

11 (5.2%) said Remus

1 (0.5%) said Thomas

1 (0.5%) said Other Thomas characters (Vines, shorts, Cartoon Therapy, etc.)

1 (0.5%) said RPF (Thomas' friend such as Joan, Valerie, etc.)

the other category makes up 7 (3.2%), some of which said:

Creativitwins equally

Virgil and Logan equally

Janus and Virgil equally

A combination of characters

Changes daily

14. Is there a specific character you avoid as your "main character?"

48 (22.5%) said N/A

38 (17.8%) said RPF (Thomas' friends such as Joan, Valerie, etc.)

28 (13.1%) said Patton

21 (9.9%) said I prefer ensemble pieces

17 (8%) said Thomas

14 (6.6%) said Roman

14 (6.6%) said Other Thomas characters (Vines, shorts, Cartoon Therapy, etc.)

10 (4.7%) said Virgil

9 (4.2%) said Remus

6 (2.8%) said Logan

4 (1.9%) said Janus

the other category makes up 4 (1.9%), which said:

Everyone but Virgil

Patton of Virgil equally

RPF, Thomas, and Virgil

Other Thomas characters and Thomas' friends as characters

A combination of characters

15. Is there a specific romantic pairing you prefer as your main pairing? Please select the intersection of the two characters. (A polyship/other pairings not listed specification option is below.) disclaimer: this is where the math may get a bit dicey; i did my best to calculate correctly! this is where the data is laid out raw.

Of the 56 responses in column N/A: 49 said N/A; 2 said Patton; 0 said Logan; 2 said Virgil; 0 said Roman; 1 said Remus; 2 said Janus; 0 said Other

Of the 107 responses in column Janus: 7 said N/A; 27 said Patton; 20 said Logan; 15 said Virgil; 7 said Roman; 27 said Remus; 1 said Janus; 3 said Other

Of the 105 responses in column Logan: 6 said N/A; 16 said Patton; 0 said Logan; 26 said Virgil; 12 said Roman; 26 said Remus; 17 said Janus; 2 said Other

Of the 91 responses in column Patton: 12 said N/A; 0 said Patton; 29 said Logan; 4 said Virgil; 9 said Roman; 6 said Remus; 29 said Janus; 2 said Other

Of the 83 responses in column Remus: 10 said N/A; 7 said Patton; 22 said Logan; 7 said Virgil; 2 said Roman; 2 said Remus; 32 said Janus; 1 said Other

Of the 111 responses in column Roman: 6 said N/A; 12 said Patton; 16 said Logan; 57 said Virgil; 1 said Roman; 4 said Remus; 13 said Janus; 2 said Other

Of the 114 responses in column Virgil: 7 said N/A; 6 said Patton; 27 said Logan; 0 said Virgil; 50 said Roman; 5 said Remus; 17 said Janus; 2 said Other

Of the 51 responses in column Other: 20 said N/A; 1 said Patton; 2 said Logan; 3 said Virgil; 0 said Roman; 1 said Remus; 2 said Janus; 22 said Other

16. Other pairing/polyship that is preferred:

This was an optional, fillable other category, which received 116 (54.4%) responses, some of which said:

LAMP (the most popular "other" option)

Intruloceit

Virgil/Remus/Janus

Nico/Thomas

Analogince

Roloceit

Analoceit

Anyone with Virgil

Galaxy polycule (Noise/Roman/Youngblood)

Dark side poly

Thomas/Virgil

Thomas/Janus

Analoceitmus

Logan/Patton/Virgil

I like them all

17. Is there a specific romantic pairing you prefer to avoid as your main pairing? Please select the intersection of the two characters. (A polyship/other pairings not listed specification option is below.) disclaimer: this is where the math may get a bit dicey; i did my best to calculate correctly!

Of the 45 responses in column N/A: 42 said N/A; 1 said Patton; 0 said Logan; 1 said Virgil; 0 said Roman; 0 said Remus; 0 said Janus; 1 said Other

Of the 74 responses in column Janus: 16 said N/A; 12 said Patton; 12 said Logan; 14 said Virgil; 12 said Roman; 7 said Remus; 0 said Janus; 1 said Other

Of the 66 responses in column Logan: 20 said N/A; 29 said Patton; 0 said Logan; 3 said Virgil; 5 said Roman; 4 said Remus; 4 said Janus; 1 said Other

Of the 81 responses in column Patton: 12 said N/A; 2 said Patton; 12 said Logan; 26 said Virgil; 13 said Roman; 10 said Remus; 5 said Janus; 1 said Other

Of the 115 responses in column Remus: 4 said N/A; 11 said Patton; 4 said Logan; 9 said Virgil; 83 said Roman; 1 said Remus; 2 said Janus; 1 said Other

Of the 110 responses in column Roman: 5 said N/A; 15 said Patton; 3 said Logan; 17 said Virgil; 2 said Roman; 61 said Remus; 7 said Janus; 0 said Other

Of the 86 responses in column Virgil: 10 said N/A; 42 said Patton; 1 said Logan; 0 said Virgil; 12 said Roman; 7 said Remus; 14 said Janus; 0 said Other

Of the 31 responses in column Other: 21 said N/A; 2 said Patton; 0 said Logan; 1 said Virgil; 0 said Roman; 1 said Remus; 1 said Janus; 5 said Other

18. Other pairing/polyship to avoid:

This was an optional, fillable other category, which received 61 (28.6%) responses, some of which said:

Roman/Remus (the most popular "other" answer)

I avoid shipping in general

Patton/Remus

Remus/Virgil

Virgil/Janus/Remus

Anything with Patton unless it's Remus

Remus/any light side

Roman/Janus

Anxceit

I avoid shipping Thomas with anyone

Any poly ships that involve both Roman and Remus

Most Virgil and Patton ships

19. Is there a specific friendship you prefer as your main platonic pairing? Please select the intersection of the two characters. (A polyship/other pairings not listed specification option is below.) disclaimer: this is where the math may get a bit dicey; i did my best to calculate correctly!

Of the 45 responses in column N/A: 43 said N/A; 0 said Patton; 0 said Logan; 0 said Virgil; 0 said Roman; 0 said Remus; 0 said Janus; 2 said Other

Of the 98 responses in column Janus: 5 said N/A; 18 said Patton; 15 said Logan; 22 said Virgil; 5 said Roman; 32 said Remus; 0 said Janus; 1 said Other

Of the 79 responses in column Logan: 6 said N/A; 12 said Patton; 2 said Logan; 19 said Virgil; 14 said Roman; 16 said Remus; 9 said Janus; 1 said Other

Of the 83 responses in column Patton: 8 said N/A; 1 said Patton; 17 said Logan; 25 said Virgil; 9 said Roman; 7 said Remus; 15 said Janus; 1 said Other

Of the 92 responses in column Remus: 6 said N/A; 5 said Patton; 6 said Logan; 16 said Virgil; 30 said Roman; 2 said Remus; 26 said Janus; 1 said Other

Of the 79 responses in column Roman: 7 said N/A; 8 said Patton; 15 said Logan; 14 said Virgil; 0 said Roman; 27 said Remus; 7 said Janus; 1 said Other

Of the 102 responses in column Virgil: 6 said N/A; 28 said Patton; 19 said Logan; 1 said Virgil; 18 said Roman; 15 said Remus; 12 said Janus; 3 said Other

Of the 33 responses in column Other: 16 said N/A; 0 said Patton; 0 said Logan; 0 said Virgil; 0 said Roman; 0 said Remus; 2 said Janus; 15 said Other

20. Other friendship/group friendship preferred:

This was an optional, fillable other category, which received 75 (35.2%) responses, some of which said:

LAMP (the most popular "other" answer)

All of them!

Janus/Remus/Virgil

FamILY

Creativity brothers

"When the gangs all here..."

Thomas and Joan

Remy/Sleep and Janus

Moceit

Platonic prinxiety

Virgil and Remy

Logan and Janus

Traffic light trio

21. Is there a specific friendship you avoid as your main platonic pairing? Please select the intersection of the two characters. (A polyship/other pairings not listed specification option is below.) disclaimer: this is where the math may get a bit dicey; i did my best to calculate correctly!

Of the 116 responses in column N/A: 116 said N/A; 0 said Patton; 0 said Logan; 0 said Virgil; 0 said Roman; 0 said Remus; 0 said Janus; 0 said Other

Of the 44 responses in column Janus: 25 said N/A; 5 said Patton; 2 said Logan; 3 said Virgil; 7 said Roman; 2 said Remus; 0 said Janus; 0 said Other

Of the 42 responses in column Logan: 28 said N/A; 5 said Patton; 0 said Logan; 1 said Virgil; 3 said Roman; 3 said Remus; 2 said Janus; 0 said Other

Of the 47 responses in column Patton: 26 said N/A; 1 said Patton; 1 said Logan; 2 said Virgil; 2 said Roman; 9 said Remus; 3 said Janus; 0 said Other

Of the 44 responses in column Remus: 27 said N/A; 11 said Patton; 0 said Logan; 3 said Virgil; 2 said Roman; 0 said Remus; 1 said Janus; 0 said Other

Of the 41 responses in column Roman: 27 said N/A; 5 said Patton; 0 said Logan; 2 said Virgil; 0 said Roman; 1 said Remus; 6 said Janus; 0 said Other

Of the 42 responses in column Virgil: 27 said N/A; 7 said Patton; 0 said Logan; 0 said Virgil; 2 said Roman; 0 said Remus; 6 said Janus; 0 said Other

Of the 32 responses in column Other: 28 said N/A; 1 said Patton; 0 said Logan; 0 said Virgil; 0 said Roman; 1 said Remus; 0 said Janus; 0 said Other

22. Other friendship/group friendship to avoid:

This was an optional, fillable other category, which received 22 (10.3%) responses, some of which said:

N/A (the most popular other answer)

I don't mind who is friends with who

Patton anything

LAMP

23. Do you find yourself gravitating toward a certain fanfic length?

100 (46.9%) said 5k-10k

90 (42.3%) said 10k-20k

68 (31.9%) said 20k-50k

66 (31%) said Less than 5k

52 (24.4%) said 50k-100k

38 (17.8%) said 100k+

the other category makes up 53 (24.8%), which said:

Any length (the most popular "other" answer)

4k-150k

Depends on my mood

Chapter length

24. How often do you leave kudos? with 1 being categorized as "Never" and 5 being categorized as "Always"

87 (40.8%) said 4

76 (35.7%) said 5 (Always)

28 (13.1%) said 3

14 (6.6%) said 2

8 (3.8%) said 1 (Never)

25. How often do you bookmark/save a fic for later? with 1 being categorized as "Never" and 5 being categorized as "Always"

67 (31.5%) said 3

53 (24.9%) said 2

37 (17.4%) said 4

33 (15.5%) said 1 (Never)

23 (10.8%) said 5 (Always)

26. How often do you comment? with 1 being categorized as "Never" and 5 being categorized as "Always"

74 (34.7%) said 2

60 (28.2%) said 1 (Never)

54 (25.4%) said 3

18 (8.5%) said 4

7 (3.3%) said 5 (Always)

27. Of the fanfiction authors you read, are they someone you know? (Either in real life or online.) with 1 being categorized as "Never" and 5 being categorized as "Always"

99 (46.5%) said 1 (Never)

65 (30.5%) said 2

36 (16.9%) said 3

13 (6.1%) said 4

0 (0%) said 5 (Always)

28. Do you find length is a significant factor when reading fanfictions?

80 (37.6%) said It depends on a combination of factors, but length is probably one of the LEAST important

73 (34.3%) said It depends on a combination of factors, but length is definitely one of the MOST important

30 (14.1%) said No

20 (9.4%) said Yes

the other category makes up 10 (4.6%), some of which said:

It's about in the middle (the most popular "other" answer)

It factors in especially when choosing bedtime stories

Depends on fic and fandom

It doesn't particularly matter most of the time, then sometimes it really does

Unsure of what question means

29. Do you find lack of tags is a significant factor when reading fanfictions?

69 (32.4%) said Yes

66 (31%) said It depends on a combination of factors, but lack of tags is one of the MOST important

35 (16.4%) said No

33 (15.5%) said It depends on a combination of factors, but lack of tags is probably one of the LEAST important

the other category makes up 10 (4.6%), some of which said:

It's very likely to deter me

It depends, usually it's a big deal to me, but if the summary is interesting enough I'll read it

Tags are extremely important when it comes to "heavy" content.

Depends on if I "know" the author

It depends on if I'm looking for something specific

Unsure of what the question means

30. Do you find an abundance of tags is a significant factor when reading fanfictions?

60 (28.2%) said No

53 (24.9%) said It depends on a combination of factors, but abundance of tags is definitely one of the MOST important

50 (23.5%) said Yes

41 (x%) said It depends on a combination of factors, but abundance of tags is probably one of the LEAST important

the other category makes up 9 (4.2%), some of which said:

An abundance of "relevant" tags makes it easier for me to make a decision

Yes, in that I don't like it

I do enjoy thorough tagging

Not too much, not too little

If the summary is descriptive or intriguing enough it doesn't need too many tags, but the more the better

Unsure of what question means

31. Do you find the summary is a significant factor when reading fanfictions?

133 (62.4%) said Yes

53 (24.9%) said It depends on a combination of factors, but the summary is definitely one of the MOST important

13 (6.1%) said It depends on a combination of factors, but the summary is probably one of the LEAST important

12 (5.6%) said No

the other category makes up 2 (0.9%), which said:

Summaries have an influence, but not more than the tags

If the tags are super thorough, no. If they're not, yes

32. Do you find accompanying fanart/playlists/other content makes you more likely to read a fanfiction?

94 (44.1%) said No

55 (25.8%) said Yes

51 (23.9%) said It depends on a combination of factors, but additional content is probably one of the LEAST important

10 (4.7%) said It depends on a combination of factors, but additional content is definitely one of the MOST important

the other category makes up 3 (1.4%), which said:

Neither the most or least important, but it's helpful to see.

It makes the work more enticing, but it's not a requirement to get my attention.

No, but it makes it more likely to get me to enjoy/finish it

33. Of options not listed above, is there something that is more likely to get you to read a fanfiction? (interesting title, good spelling/grammar, promising tags/plot, etc.)

81 (38%) said N/A

29 (13.6%) said other

Some more include:

Promising tags/plot

Good spelling/grammar

If it's an AU I like and the summary has a clear plot

Well-written

Interesting title

Tags I'm looking for

Recommendations from friends

A title I recognize from a poem/quote/song

Ships I like

Good formatting

Characterization

34. Of options not listed above, is there something that is more likely to get you to NOT read a fanfiction? (no/poor formatting, untagged content, bad spelling/grammar, etc.)

56 (26.3%) said N/A

55 (25.8%) said Other

Some more include:

Untagged content

Plot devices I find unappealing

Bad grammar, spelling, or formatting

No paragraph breaks

First person/second person

Uninteresting plot

Author's comments in the summary

DNIs/text explicitly denigrating other people in fandom

I dislike most AUs

Unsympathetic tags

Woobification

If it's a complicated concept and it's incomplete

thanks so much for taking this survey, y'all!

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Spoiler Warning: This blog is going to be 90% about Zelda herself, I'm sorry (not) I'm unleashing the brainrot inside me

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#the beauty of hyrule

GIFsets and screenshots of Hyrule

#gallery of hyrule

Fanart

#album of hyrule

Screenshots of characters

#archive of hyrule

Official Art

#the lore of hyrule

Lore & History of Hyrule

#the people of hyrule

Discussing characters (central and NPC)

#hyrule's gossip stones

Discussion of TLoZ/Headcanons

#the symphonies of hyrule

Soundtrack discussion

#korokseedposting

Shitposting

#i am error

Gameplay errors/glitches/breaks.

#mini(sh) details

Cute details/easter eggs.

#missing lore

I try to solve certain lore bits that have kept me questioning!

#in another timeline

I discuss how I would have altered specific details across games as well as what-if scenarios.

#nocturne's headcanons

My headcanons.

#nocturne's fan game ideas

My ideas for Zelda fangames I want desperately and will probably turn into fanfics because I have no self control

#nocturne's rambling

i don't shut up

#realm of asks and answers

I answer asks or whatever :)

#nocturne self-promos sometimes

I self promo sometimes, maybe. Usually I chicken out because I get embarrassed

#unspoken legacies

OCs!! Both mine and others'.

Legacy Character Tags

#courageous spirit of the hero

Link

#wise heart of hylia

Zelda/Hylia (and various alter-egos)

#powerful malice of demise

Ganon/Demise (and various forms)

#shadow guide

Impa

#the myths of hyrule

Spirits/deities in the franchise.

AU Blogging

#tale of the imprisoning war

I talk about if TotK Zelda was playable.

#call of the forgotten concepts

I info-dump about my totk rewrite. Spoilers, duh!

Content you'll see

I will be reblogging a lot of fanart here! I already have a lot in my drafts to reblog soon.

I'd like to maybe post my own headcanons here every so often, since sometimes it's easier to just talk about them instead of writing a big fic.

This will focus primarily on canon, fan-story aus, and headcanons; but I will NOT be reblogging Linked Universe art or other chain AUs. (I love them and have one myself (@meet-again-in-another-life), but at the same time I'm also sick of them and the mischaracterization in a handful of them I'm sorry I'm a coward with a big case of "they would not freaking say that")

princess zelda and hylia haters please leave before you get upset because I will not shut up about her

No NSFW (implied or visible) will be reblogged here.

Content Warning Tags

Workshopping these since I'm not sure what to expect yet! They'll be added as they come up.

Just made this blog because I want to organize stuff a little more! I'd really like to reblog a lot more art that isn't ships, but my side blog is too cluttered!! So I just... made another one. This will focus more on individual characters and familial relationships than any ships, but some might still leak their way through (apologies in advance). If you like Zelink content, though, I try to reblog a lot of great artists and writers that need more recognition at @realm-of-zelink! I encourage going through all the blogs and engaging with their wonderful work. :)

Lore Posts (EoW Spoilers)

Why the Prime Energy?

(This is a big WIP I just have a special interest okay)

[heatherfield]

1 and 12 for the gif maker year in review!

1. What’s something new that you tried in a gifset this year? How did it turn out?

One thing that comes to mind is playing with text in ways that I've seen done by other makers that inspired this Kat gifset. I managed to place the text on a path/curve (although I don't think it was working the way it was supposed to so it was more awkward than I hoped. I also should probably have chosen a different font for the smaller text.) I also played with different layers and effects for the larger red text and I was super happy to figure that out! I've used the same method in other gifs since then but I'd like to use the outline and the curve effect again at some point.

12. What gifset made you feel the happiest to work on?

Oooh this is an interesting question, because the actual process and the final product can be so different as far as enjoyment goes. There are a few contenders but I think I'm going to say this first text post set (plus the, like, seven or more that are to come). It's so fun to find text posts that fit "Headless" so well (the more specific, the better!) and it's a fun way to appreciate all the different sides of the show. But, on the other hand, it's still not as technically difficult as some other gifset styles.

Thank you so much for asking!!

Gifmakers Year in Review Ask Meme

[hockenheim]

thank you @mickschumachergf @usersewis @brawn-gp and @lewisrises for the tags! you guys are amazing and i love your creations <3

1. which drivers do you mainly make gifs for?

my main three are charles, lewis and seb! they also happen to be my favourite drivers on this blog. i love giffing them individually and as a pairing.

2. out of the above (if more than one) who’s your fav to make gifs for and why?

i can’t possibly choose between them. charles’ expressions and mannerisms are to die for. lewis is beautiful and super stylish. i enjoy seb’s quips and wholesome personality. i love them all equally!

3. link the favourite gifset you’ve made and tell me a little about it.

currently, it’s this one of lewis and all his 2020 championship-winning races!

from making the poster template from scratch and adding in all the little details to colouring each gif and tweaking the colour palette, i’m proud of the effort i put in this one. there was a lot i learned from the creation of this set — although there were some stuff i had to fix — and i’m incredibly satisfied with the end result. i wanted to make something as vibrant and radiant as lewis was, and to achieve that self-set goal is liberating. now i'm tempted to rewatch his 2020 season!

i also like my seb x ferrari x red gifset. it’s the second set i made and i learned a lot about colouring from it! i got my hands dirty tweaking the different colouring layers and was genuinely surprised by how well the gifs turned out.

4. link your fav gifset from another creator.

oh this is very very hard because there’s so many i really love. @josefnewgayden's lewis x fashion designers gifset is simply incredible when it comes to their use of blending and layout. @brawn-gp's lewis' 100th win in f1 set has stunning, astoundingly good typography and colouring. @ivettel’s latest seb set is a gfx masterclass; their creations tag also features lots of sets with rotoscoping and other advanced gif effects!

5. off the top of your head, tell me about the most memorable tag you've received.

there are a lot that i love and laugh about in equal measure, like "op i love your colouring!" "op this is insane!" and "OUCHHH!" but one that really stood out to me recently was "op i don't watch racing but your gifset is really nice, the design and colours are really beautiful" which made my heart ache in the best of ways.

6. which f1 media source (post race interviews, sf full accesses, no brakes, etc) is your fav to make gifs from?

honestly anything that is in good quality (1080p and above) and have downloadable links on youtube/other websites is great for me! don't really like torrenting (too much fuss) and screen recording (only for race weekends, otherwise no due to questionable quality). sf full accesses are great, i also like mercedes' videos and f1 compilations (top tens etc) featuring certain drivers.

7. tag someone else!

not entirely sure who's been tagged and who hasn't but @hakkinens @vandoornevettel @goatseb @umflowers @localoptimist if you all want to or have not done it yet <3 as always, no pressure!

[invivoinsomnium]

would you happen to have an archive of all the videos of scenes and/or sources where you get your gifsets from? you always have the best ones... there's a few I cannot seem to find anywhere, it would be much appreciated!

Hello Anon,

Thank you.

I hate to inform you but I don't have an archieve.

All the gifsets that I use, yes some are found via a google search others right here on tumblr but the majority of them I've made myself.

Sometimes when I write, I like to incoroprate gifs but I could never find the right one, so in the end I decided I would have try my hand at making my own and well, you've seen the results.

I don't archieve the clips I've used but I will try and answer any questions in regards to where the gif came from or I'll do my best as I sometimes can't always remember.

[king-of-kaoss]

For the shipping ask game, obviously I already know you ship Starker, but I'd love to see your answers to the question about it! 😊

What made you ship it?

irondad was definitely the gateway for me heheheheh. tbh when antis tag or caption things like 'do not tag as st*rker' all that does is make me wanna check out the starker tag myself lmaoooo, so i did~

even tho it's not my first 'problematic' ship, after months of obsessively reading fluffy af platonic/familial field trips fics, dipping into starker was like:

and then lmao i read ride to church anon fics with all that delicious tension and situational conflict and slid right into:

in addition to very quickly acquiring a taste for it, when posting ficlets and gifsets i started throwing both starker and irondad tags on things just to broaden the audience it would reach and the starker community was very warm and welcoming! then i had a couple brushes with anon anti[s?] with a comment on a fic whining about the dual tag [on a platonic, g-rated piece that could be interpreted either way] and then my first actual starker fic [which was barely even racy, little more than some tension lmao] i cross posted here and the post got flagged and taken down within 24 hrs, i assume because someone reported it. so anyway idk man shit like that just drives one away from the community with unpleasant ppl in it and more toward the welcoming one? i made a starker side blog and never looked back UuU

What are your favorite things about the ship?

they foil wonderfully as characters. they think terribly alike, both taking on this heavy guilt over their own perceived failures. same humor and wit, same intellect/self made tech, same losses in life [on the same damn day i kid you not; dec 16, starks dead, may dead [nwh 'out' on 17th but could actually see it the 16th in theaters]]. shared colors. but one rich, one poor. one in the public eye, one masked. one older, experienced and worn down, one young, vibrant and earnest. even their kit is juxtaposed interestingly: tony's repulsors push stuff and peter's webs pull stuff. and they both care so damn much.

tony the futurist sees the future thriving in this kid's hands. peter looks up to him like none other. they see the best in each other and the worst in themselves. mix in the traumas [how hard it is for tony to trust ppl and how he trusts peter with more of his tech than anyone] and then the shared traumas, and the devotion of going to and beyond the damn ends of the earth for each other. how peter's sunshine heart can pull tony toward being better and tony pushes peter to be as good as he possibly can be. and with all the very good reasons they shouldn't get together, it's just so fucking good when they can't help but want to.

Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

hmm i really can't think of any so, nope. some tropes i enjoy more than others but whatever fits for the context of the fanwork yknow, i'll entertain just about any take.

thank you for playing, my dear ursa! 😘

[iero]

tagged by @deathclassic to answer some question here. Thank you Molly for the tag! 

Name: Kam

Age: 29

Pronouns: They/Them

Tell me about one of your hobbies: Been really into reading lately. Nothing like it. Being able to curl up on my couch with a book and a beverage? Amazing. Being able to sit on my deck in the fall time with a good fic and some cocoa? Wonderful. 

What languages do you speak?: I know English and, like, ten words in Spanish LMAO.

One of your comfort movies: Forrest Gump was on the other night. Forgot how much I loved that movie, and have for years, so we’ll go with that one. 

Do you have any kids? Do you want any?: No and no. I’m happy having nieces/nephews.

Cold weather or hot weather: Would 10000% rather be cold then hot. 

You’re at an amusement park. What ride are you going on first?: I... am not an amusement park person. Like, at all. Maybe it’s because I’ve lived right by a major one my entire life, so it got old to me quick, but you would probably never see me at one unless I’m chaperoning someone else. Sorry. 

What’s your go-to hairstyle/How do you wear your hair most days?: I literally just brush it and then fuck it up by running my hands through it multiple times a day. Short hair and all... 

Who was your top artist in your Spotify Wrapped/Apple Music Reply in 2022?: It was Djo by a landslide. I only discovered him last year and was obsessed. Hoping he’s still in my top 5 artists this year. We’ll see... 

You’ve just been handed $1,000 but you have to spend it on clothes. Where are you shopping?: Uh, does the thrift store count? I literally hate shopping for clothes for myself LMAO. 

Wireless or corded headphones: Ever since I bought (literally) into the Airpods hype years ago, I’ve never went back, so sorry, but I’m a wireless headphones girlie (gn). 

Finally, tell me something that sparks joy: This morning I put on one of my records and sat at my desk and made a gifset and read a fic. I love relaxation. 

Tagging @ghostlyvalour, @useremo, @carmybcrzatto, @quinnkeerys, @ofalltheginjoints and whoever else wants to do this! :)