#or I mean it HAS become a meme

[reamed]

the attention of an unimpressive man should never be more important than your own self worth/comfort and bodily autonomy.

[averlym]

fairest of the fair

[krourou2]

Detective Conan + Tumblr text posts

Are these funny, am I funny yet (I blame @cookies-super-secret-blog for that last one. Alternate versions of some of these under the cut.)

[widowshill]

If you're still doing character bingo and haven't gotten her yet: Laura Murdoch Collins <3

a few people requested her and i think it's because everyone knows that i'm batshit (ha) insane about this woman. what if bertha mason was a blonde femme fatale in the middle of collinsport's most toxic manslaughter polycule. i'm in love with her. laura collins wants to grill me to a crisp? medium or medium well my beautiful beloved terrible wife?

[townofcadence]

#5 and #25 !

Not So Nice OC Asks 5. List 3 fears; one “surface level” fear, one “repressed” fear, and one “deep dark” fear.

"This one's a weird one to answer....Caves? I guess is just-- a surface level thing? Kind of? It's irrational just to be afraid of a hole in the ground-- though there's a lot of scary things about caves. I mean, I'm not keen on those either but it's just....the quiet. The way the wind sounds sometmes. The echo. The dark. The--uh. mn. I just don't like being inside them. Bad stuff always seems to happen. I don't....really know how to answer the rest."

25. Have they ever been betrayed by someone they thought they could trust?

"Yeah. A few times...but I deserved it, some of them."

[writedisaster]

you'd think that the biggest silmhead* among my muses would be the middle-aged librarian, but you'd be wrong. It's the dubiously 20-something sideshow crust punk.

*silmhead, (n.) - an enjoyer of Tolkien's Silmarillion, esp. one whose enthusiasm verges on the rabid and/or encyclopedic

[tortoisesshells]

Please could you share about CDchapter31take4? Thank you 😊

of course! maybe some day I'll finish that chapter - and then, someday, finish the whole fic? I think at least part of my problem is that I'm far more invested in Nellie's psychology, but unfortunately, I have to get out of her head and get into some smuggling bullshit and manufacture some history whole-cloth - and every attempt I've made to write those things has been flatter than soda left out on the counter for a week.

But given the chickens are finally coming home to roost for Nellie - that everything she's done that she's ashamed of is on the brink of coming to light - it's just much more fun to write about that?

Nellie listened to the noise of the storm for some time, though the drumming of the rain against the walls would not lull her. Restlessness seeped through the cracks – she stared across her tea-table as though the corpse really might appear at any moment. It was not her conscience that was troubled, she told herself – she would have thought, if any part of her still longed for the faith in which she had been raised, she would have felt it by now. It was not that she had killed him (or, weaseling: that she had done what had led to his death) – it was that she might yet be found guilty of it. While Nibley was still lost, she had the flimsy security that it was difficult (but not impossible!) to be tried for the death of a man no one knew to be dead – that, and that Commodore Norrington had proved curiously unwilling to press too hard on the matter. A prideful, powerful man – no one had liked him while he was alive – What a sad thought, but then, Nellie told herself that the orphan and the stranger were sad figures, unloved because of the wickedness of this world: Nibley had been a tyrant and an ass, and the author of much wickedness himself. The dead were too easy to pity. At any road. Nibley was dead, and spirits were not real. The ghost she had dreamed of – following these two ideas to a natural end – was not Nibley’s. It was the fear of her own death, waiting on her: the throat rope-crushed, the face twisted. Blue.

WIP Title Ask Game

[syrips]

'you wouldnt like villain blorbo if they were officially redeemed/romanced because the excitement is in the mystery and how canonically it wouldnt make sens-'

wrong.

ravenloft i10 (1e). DoD (2e). VRGtR (5e).

thank u

[ronkeyroo]

I know it can be hard to see ourselves and our work through the eyes of another, but if you could, you would be able to see how much we cherish your presence and everything you do. Your value goes of course beyond just what work you put out in the world, but who you are and the energy you share with us. I wish you could see yourself the way we see you. You breath so much life into the work you create and it makes me so happy to see when you're thriving and my heart goes out to see when you struggle. Please always follow your passions and do what makes you the happiest, that will be gift enough for rest of us <3

P.S sending 1000 "<3"s for our favourite wolfy bois, you make me fall in love with them all over again everything your art pops up on my dash ^.^

[grapecaseschoices]

oc as characters

I took this quiz for Andy and Kendis.

Tagging:  @paptalk @kdelarenta @trebondialanna @aylaaescar @mt07131 @quaxorascal  @quinnorion @likesomethingblooming @moderarato @solarisrenbeth @umbertors @anotherbeingsworld @amlovelies @roxaro @laufire @equusgirl @yes-prisoner @thelittlestspider @dumortains @heroofpenamstan​ @dakotawritesif​ @agentnatesewell​ and anyone else interested

Andy: 

Kendis

[audliminal]

If you don't have a Powerful Backstory for your theoretical Pokemon starter what even are you doing with your life

[ookaookaooka]

i LOVE first contact with aliens stories, seriously it’s one of my favorite tropes, but authors writing it really need to understand that there’s no writing it without engaging with the colonial history behind it whether you intend to or not, and if your story is about humans settling on another planet you’re gonna look stupid if you don’t

[a-hollow-forest]

me: i am going to learn art

art: ....lines.... fibonnaci spiral....

me: IF I CAN WRITE WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING HOW ENGLISH WORKS I CAN ART WITHOUT YOU MOTHERFUCKER-

[amethystina]

42, 49

42. Have you ever received a comment that particularly stood out to you for whatever reason?

Yes, many. Too many to mention, to be honest. I've been writing fanfics for over ten years now and I'm continuously amazed by how kind and loving my readers are.

Though I would like to highlight a certain type of comment that I've been getting more and more lately, more specifically since I started writing Who Holds the Devil. Because that fic, more than any of my others, seems to evoke a lot of emotions, reflection, and self-discovery in my readers. Never have I gotten so many comments telling me that reading a fic has fundamentally changed something within them.

It's been everything from realising how abusive their relationships have been to when to stand up for themselves to finally having a name for the panic attacks they've been experiencing.

Who Holds the Devil has made it completely impossible for me to ever doubt the impact my writing can have on people. Because, not going to lie, sometimes I do. Sometimes I feel like an introverted little weirdo, just sitting here, writing about people I want to see kiss. But it's so, so much more than that and nothing has made that more clear to me than the comments I get on Who Holds the Devil.

I'm both humbled and grateful every time I'm told that my writing has made someone realise something about themselves, especially when it involves their mental health, trauma, or just overall well-being. I'm not a therapist and I obviously can't offer any concrete help as such, but to help someone realise or admit to themselves that Something Is Wrong? That's still a very, very big thing. And the fact that I can? It will never not blow my mind.

So that's definitely a kind of comment that stands out to me and probably always will. The fact that I'm able to change people's lives with my fics is beyond astounding to me (and also a little bit intimidating, not going to lie, but not necessarily in a bad way?). And I'm truly grateful to every single one of you who has sent me comments like these. Not only is your bravery and willingness to share inspiring, but it gives me so much joy to know I've been able to help or make a difference. Thank you 💜

49. What are you currently working on? Share a few lines if you’re up for it!

Here's an excerpt from chapter 34 of Who Holds the Devil (though I might edit it slightly before it's posted xD):

Ga On looked down at the tumbler cradled between his hands, his thumb sliding along the smooth, curved edge. He could see his reflection, slightly distorted, in the surface of its content.

"Don't ever do that to me again."

A beat passed, tense and loaded, before Ga On looked up at Yo Han. The silence within the study was deafening — unwieldy — and Ga On could see the slight hint of hesitation on Yo Han's face. It was subtle, barely there, mingled with something that could be regret.

Ga On realized why Yo Han didn't answer right away.

"Intentionally," he added. "Don't intentionally do something like that to me again."

It would be just like Yo Han to make a difference between the two which, in all honesty, was beyond tragic. Yo Han didn't trust himself to not accidentally manipulate the people around him, to the point where an agreement had to be formulated with that in mind. He didn't want to give anyone false hope or make promises he couldn't keep.

It was moments like these that made it obvious that, somewhere deep down, Yo Han still saw himself as a monster. Someone who couldn't be trusted to be around people. Someone who might end up hurting those he cared about, without even meaning to.

Someone dangerous, vicious, and hurtful.

And for the first time in a long while, as much as he hated himself for it, Ga On almost agreed.

Yo Han didn't hesitate this time.

"I promise."

Questions for fic writers

[harrowscore]

god please free me from the bad thg renaissance takes.......... i don't even particularly care about s.nowbaird or the prequel (i did read the book and found it quite mediocre overall. there were some intriguing points tho, and as a teen i loved the original series) but. my god. no wonder most of 2023 top tumblr ships were so fucking boring

[swashbucklery]

When you started talking about your Willow OT3 fic I realised I didn't actually know who Kit's canon love interest was. So, since then, I've been playing a game with myself to see how long I could go without learning who it was. I had suspicions, but I only definitively lost (won?) yesterday, on your post about Jade touching Kit's pinkie. It was fun, thanks for unknowingly providing me with this dumb little diversion! Now I'm gonna go actually watch the show (and then read the fic).

a;sdfk;l this is adorable and this also tells me that clearly I'm the only person on your dash watching Willow, or this would have been much more obvious much faster.

I'm excited that you're thinking of watching!! If you're using the D+ method watch fast; they're pulling it on the 26th for dumb reasons but it's SUCH a gem of a show and I do think you'll love it a lot. I think I've seen it at least a dozen times now it's really hitting the spot for me these days. And I've got more fic that I'm planning to post next week, so there is more to look out for!