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Some Robin doodles and a WIP!

[blizzardfluffykpop]

Christmassy [12 days of Winter Year #8]

(Tagged as: Wintertime 3)

The group you can request for is THE BOYZ (requests closed for: Sangyeon, Younghoon, Hyunjae, Changmin, Sunwoo, and Eric)

To request; pick a prompt and a member of TBZ, and the specific reader you want it for (if not specified, I’ll make it gender neutral). And if the genre is not specified, it will be fluff.

Completed stories will be posted every odd numbered day of December!

Prompts that are strikethrough have been requested.

Please request!!!

[Requests are closed as of 12/6 - thank you all for helping me close it this early!! 🥺💖🥰]

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A festive storyteller

“You’re just what I always wanted, a Christmas delight.” 

Making snowmen and failing miserably.

“Did anyone ever tell you that you look beautiful underneath Christmas lights?”

Christmas On and On! (Choose a member’s proposal from the Christmassy mv & send it in~) 

“What do you say to matching pajamas, watching Christmas movies, and hot cocoa?”

First snowfall on the *car* track

“I wish you could come home for Christmas.” “Open your door.”

A Creepmas [supernatural and/or horror themed] party

“Let’s make Christmas cookies together.”

“I don’t want to get ice cream, it's freezing out! We’re going to get frostbite!” “I think it’d be fun.” “Yes, I agree, let’s do it.” (Loosely based off of the Monster House line “...I don’t wanna go inside a monster and I don’t wanna die.” “I say it’s worth a shot.” “Yes, I agree, let’s do it.”).

Make your own prompt!

[destiel-wings]

watching Angel (the series), I feel like is really interesting, specifically in s3 cause I think in some ways it was good but they did Cordelia SO dirty. I feel like there were some aspects where I was like yeah that was totally written by a man e.g. when Angel gives her a necklace after being away cause of Buffy’s death and she’s like it brings out my boobs 🙄.

I feel like there are some scenes that are kinda ironic considering how Joss treated Charisma like when Cordelia was doing that commercial? Like was that a dig at Joss? But also that’s 90s early 2000s writing as well.

Oh, yeah, absolutely.

I don't know if you're watching the show for the first time or not, so I won't give you direct spoilers, but what they did to Cordelia gets so much worse in season 4.

There is one storyline specifically that happens that season that we as a fandom collectively pretend never happened.

And I actually like season 4 (i love the way that it's built, the plot twists, the epic tones of the main villain coming, the way that some characters develop and the main theme/metaphor that relates to the big bad of the season), but what they did to Cordelia will always be one of the greatest faults of the show. And now that all the rumors about Joss are out, we know why that happened too. 😔 That's when Charisma was pregnant and Joss threatened to fire her. And he did.

I mean, I can see the casual misogyny you're mentioning in the first three seasons as partly being due to the 90s/early 2000s writing (definitely a factor), and partly as a sad realistic depiction of what real actresses in the business like Cordelia (or generally women everywhere) had to endure at the time, when they couldn't even speak up. And i think there's a distinction to be made here, because there's two types of misogyny (or any other problematic behavior) that can be shown in media.

The scene where Cordelia is posing in a bikini and the photographer is a complete jerk for example is a harsh depiction of what society used to be (and still is), and so, in my opinion deserves to be in the show, because stuff like that is a slap in the face that should outrage us. Shows nowadays are excessively tiptoeing around real life issues. And i don't think it's helping anyone. I think we should be able to see stuff like that in fiction so we can say "this is horrible. It shouldn't happen in real life," and hopefully we can learn from it and get better as a society. In this sense, it's useful misogyny, because it exists to outrage the viewer and sensitize them to the issue. And there's tons of other examples of this in the show (I'm thinking about Lilah's storyline for example).

And then there's the pointless misogyny. Lines like "it brings out my boobs!" or other examples that i can't think of right now that won't really teach you anything if not make you cringe thinking "a woman would never say something like that", or "this is a disservice to the character for no valid reason" (like what they did to Cordy in season 4). That type of misogyny outrages us, but for different reasons, because it's gratuitous and completely unnecessary, and should be rightfully cut out.

Unfortunately the show does both. It is the product of its time, and that needs to be taken into consideration. In the end, I think the good it did outweighs the bad, and it managed to tell stories that are still strong and powerful today because it never shied away from speaking about human weakness and visceral struggles in a way that's raw. And people can relate to that (generally speaking).

And you're right, it is ironic, Joss became a feminist icon for creating Buffy, a show where strong (and yet human, flawed, imperfect) characters always stole the scene (with a few male characters exceptions)-- and then he created Angel. A different show, more adult, darker, with some noir touches, and a male lead. And I think, the vibe being so different and more focused on a male lead like Angel (who represents an anti-hero version of the knight in shining armor, which is, per se, an anti-feminist trope) the slope was slippery and so some misogyny slipped through. I'm not saying that misogyny was inherent to the basis of this show but... it kinda was. One could even say that Angel is the anti-Buffy (literally, one show being about a frisky young female lead who is a hero pledged to rid the world from evil vampires, and the other one being about a brooding 200+ year old male lead that is a former(?) evil vampire always ready to save a damsel in distress). The cool thing though, is the show itself is aware of that, and brings it out at text level (for example with Spike mocking Angel for it, in one of the very first episodes of season 1). So what I'm saying is... it's complicated. It's a show that uses its female characters to cater to its male characters' arcs sometimes. But it's also a show that gives us great female characters. Strong, powerful, intelligent, human, unapologetic. There's the good and the bad.

Back to Joss Whedon, personally, I can see him putting a lot of his own personal struggles into the show. Like, the theme of Angel season 5 is literally about the heroes trying not to get corrupted by the power, and that's kind of what Joss did. Guess he wasn't as good and righteous as most of his characters in the end.

[wildbasil]

I’ve had a few messages asking me to elaborate on my comic and I gotta say, I’m super honoured that people are enjoying my silly little drawings and want to know more!!

In short, Gwyn, Edern and Blodeuwedd are figures from medieval Welsh literature and folklore. I just think they’re neat 😌🌸

Gwyn

Warrior, Arthurian knight, fairy king and supernatural huntsman, Gwyn is associated with lonely places, like moorlands and mountaintops. He’s evasive, untrustworthy and, especially in earlier texts, has a pretty bad temper. In Culhwch and Olwen, he abducts the object of his affection, Creiddylad, right before her marriage. When her fiancé raises an army against him, Gwyn goes off the deep end a bit, raining violence down on his opponents and taking a bunch of them prisoner. He even tortures one guy into insanity by forcing the guy to eat his own dad's heart. Gwyn’s really caught the imagination of writers throughout time, and at least he seems to have chilled out somewhat over the centuries. For some reason, I like imagining him as tired and sort of past it as a mischief-maker.

Edern/Yder/Ider

Edern is a spirited, confident youth and, like his brother, is a knight of King Arthur. He’s slightly better at it, though. Less violence, more chivalry. Apparently a bit of a hunk too since, in the Romance of Yder, Guinevere admits that Edern would be her first choice if she ever remarried (and it seems Edern was Guinevere’s lover in some traditions). He’s also impatient and cocky, frequently rushing ahead into danger, which normally ends badly for him. In Geraint and Enid, he appears as the ill-mannered Knight of the Sparrowhawk. Despite boasting the title of jousting champion for two years running, he ends up getting beaten badly by Geraint and, begging for mercy, is forced to admit that he’s behaving like a little shit. I like imagining him as a dumbass younger brother.

Blodeuwedd

Blodeuwedd is an owl now, but she used to be a woman. When Lleu Llaw Gyffes was cursed to never have a human wife, his meddling uncle Gwydion magicked him one out of flowers. This flower lady was named Blodeuwedd. When she had an affair and, with her lover, tried to kill Lleu, Gwydion punished her by turning her into an owl, a creature reviled by humans and birds alike. But Blodeuwedd never asked to be a woman and she never asked to be an owl; I think it’s impossible not to feel compassion for her. There’s no real connection between her and Gwyn, but I enjoy imagining them as weird friends. After all, Gwyn’s pretty disliked and feared too.

A (Very, Very Short) Reading List

Here are some links if you want to learn more!

Firstly, I recommend reading Sioned Davies’ translation of The Mabinogion, which is a collection of eleven medieval Welsh stories.

The Mabinogion translated by Sioned Davies (2007)

But there are some free translations online too:

The Mabinogion translated by Charlotte Guest (1877)

In particular, these are the stories I mentioned above:

Culhwch and Olwen

Geraint son of Erbin

Math son of Mathonwy

And here's one of my favourites (not from the Mabinogion): the story of St Collen and Gwyn ap Nudd.

Thanks for reading!!

[which-qsmp-egg-would]

Who's excited about camp tomorrooooow?

[satanisaware]

I'd like for this humble blog to grow...

The ask box is open, feel free to ask me anything, and I'll gladly answer as soon as possible!

[ghouly-boiiiii]

Hot damn! This blog just passed 100 subscribers!!

Thanks everyone! You guys are amazinnngggg!!!! 😭💗🎇🎉✨🎆🎊🤠🧟👰🔥💀☢💕💥🤟🍦🥧🦷🥓💖

So I was thinking to celebrate do y'all wanna throw some Cooper/Ghoulcy art/fic prompts in my ask box?? 😮

[sicknessbysalem]

send me prompts, questions, comments, etc.

I’m looking to write some more and finally start working on my sicktember fills!! please send some requests my way!!!

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The Ask box is back open!

ask, request or just say a hello! I'm open to anyone :3

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[maxpadelchampion]

You a Trumpie talking bout guns and violence MAGA

???? you do realize that people outside of the United States can watch F1 right???

[madame-fear]

me trying to find a page on where to read my manga

reddit:

Girl help????? I literally can’t breathe???? ☠☠☠

I AM MOTHERFUCKING SCREAMING HOW DOES A WEBSITE CONTAINING A MANGA GET SEIZED BY THE FBI HOW CURSED IS THIS IM HOWLINGGGG HOW DOES THIS EVER HAPPEN SHNDNDNEJEKKDKD

[brandwhorestarscream]

Just so you know, I love your Hindsight versions of Galvatron and Terminus. Their personalities, their different reactions to Megatronus’ death, it’s just— mwah! I want more content of them, if you would be willing to provide, of course.

I’d always had the idea that they met when Galvatron accidentally knocked him out during a bar fight. As romantic as you can get in Kaon.

(This is also the anon who send the GalvaTerm (Is that their ship name?) ask on the valveplug blog, so hi again! 👋)

You are so sweet and I feel so bad 😭 would you believe me if I told you I was in the 38th draft of the next chapter of Hindsight? I've rewritten it 38 times and its still not good enough to show you guys. I wanna update it so badly and I want to talk about it more and it genuinely makes me so incredibly happy that you like it!! I promise I'm trying my hardest to get you more of them 😭

I might not be able to update Hindsight rn, but if you've got any prompts or ideas or scenarios you'd like to see with these two, I'd be more than happy to discuss them and answer asks with them!

I'd never considered them meeting during a bar fight but that's really funny. I have a whole side story concerning the way they met, and it links up with why, despite being born in Kaon, Megatron is still called Megatron of Tarn by the bounty hunters in timeline 3. See, slave caste sparklings are branded soon after birth to mark who they belong to and where they hail from in addition to a serial number for identification. Galvatron was born in Tarn, as was his carrier, so his brand is Tarnian. Geographical location is secondary when determining a baby's brand, because it wasn't at all uncommon for the disposables to be shipped all over the planet for work. It didn't matter if they were 2 days away from delivering, if there was need of them elsewhere they'd be sent away. Their labor could be rented out by their owners, so to avoid confusion, a sparkling's brand is always inherited from their mother.

Galvatron was originally from Tarn but was taken from his parents when he was very young, sold to some jurisdiction in Kaon. He met Terminus when they were both small and helpless but already working: after a long and grueling first day on his own, Galvatron only got to refuel because Terminus slipped him some energon. It wasn't a lot but sharing food is an incredibly kind, rare gesture; they made fast friends after that 💖

[cloudcountry]

i love seeing all the self shippers reblog the content i write for their f/o's :((( it's so cute seeing ppl scream abt them (they love u)

[jamietarttsnorthernattitude]

👻 trick or treat! 👻

Thank you anon!

🖤🎃 Happy (almost) Halloween 👻🧡

Here is a clip from i’ll be your coffee when it snows the request I received for Keeley working herself to exhaustion and Roy & Jamie taking care of her.

(Feel free to send any request if there’s anything specific you want a peak of!)

“Let me just warm up your plate,” Roy says and Jamie pours her a glass of wine.

“Is it okay if I heat it up later? I should’ve texted, I know, I’m sorry, I completely lost track of time, and I have a lot left to finish, so I just want to bust it out and then relax and fully enjoy it.”

“Whatever you need,” Roy says, placing her food back in the fridge.

“What can we do to help?” Jamie asks.

Keeley bites her lip, them being so loving and helpful is turning her on. But she knows if she starts anything with them, she won’t want to stop for hours and well, she needs to finish some things before they can make her finish.

[heybaetae]

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