#petra is still my favorite lol

[bibliophileiz]

Rewatching Jane the Virgin before it leaves Netflix and I am like ... SO frustrated with Rafael, dude is so controlling and manipulative and VERY entitled toward Jane and her baby considering his sperm and his sister derailed her life. I remember, like, not hating him by the end of the show, but I watched it so long ago I can't remember why now. Rafael SUCKS

[thatbennybee]

ChordStriker!AU Q&A

I'm doing a bit of a Q&A about my ChordStriker!AU on insta after sharing this teaser WIP, so I figured I'd present some of the questions here! (Feel free to ask more btw!)

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Rock!Poppy

Q: "Is Poppy's family (Peppy & Viva) still with her since the Bergens didn't attack them?"

A: Peppy is with her, but he is confused/in mental decline like canon King Thrash was. Viva is missing. Poppy was old enough to remember her.

Q: "Will Viva play somewhat of a role in this AU?"

A: Yes, she's had a much bigger impact on Poppy's life, even till this day even though she's been missing for many years now. Poppy has never stopped looking for her.

Q: "Is King Peppy still a liar in your AU?"

A: Nah, he's normal. Sometimes hating him with my entire being is hard, so he gets to be a good dad this time. He's just not all there mentally so Poppy is more like his caretaker now.

Q: "Poppy's relationships don't last long because she gets bored... So how long is Branch going to last?"

A: The Rat Pack (Snack Pack) is wondering the same thing, but Poppy's never used the bf/gf/partner labels before meeting him which is strange... 👀

Q: "Does Poppy still party?"

A: She's a total party animal! Her parties are even more intense than a Pop Troll party since Rock Trolls are pretty extreme. LOL

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Pop!Barb (Barbie)

Q: "What does Barb look like?"

A: For now, this is her design, it might change once I have time to draw her digitally.

Q: "Does this mean Barb has to go through the events of Trolls 1?"

A: Nope, Barb never befriends Bridget because they have never met. They have found a way to remain undetected in the forest. (Thanks to Branch’s constant nagging about safety)

Q: "How does Barb's gang look? Is there any significant differences in their dynamics?"

A: I haven't had time to finish them all, but here's some of them for now. There's more members of The Lunch Rush, but this is all I have for now!

Val Thundershock → Valentina Wondershock.

Only Queen Barbie calls her Val. She is very optimistic & loves to sing & dance! She's Barbie’s right-hand troll, BFFL & knows everything about her. They have a very... "close" relationship. ;] She's a popstar who's managed by Demo and loves to help make Pop Village a happier place.

Riff

He's a university student studying to be an engineer. He's very soft spoken, doesn't like to make a fuss and is probably the nicest guy around. He's quite close to Barbie and sees her as an older sister. He's actually on friendly terms with Branch. His favorite treat is lollipops. 🍭

Carol

But you can call her Carrie! Everyone does. She's a bit of a diva, loves to look good & dull things bore her. She will ignore anything that doesn't catch her eye, even trolls. Best to be looking your very best!

Sid Fret

Just call him Sid, no need to be so formal. He is every trolls dream guy and he knows it! He's a great roller derby racer and loves the attention trolls give him. Sure, he's a little self-absorbed, but he's a very loyal friend.

Demo

Not much has changed about Demo. He's perfect as he is <3 He's just a little more excitable & cutesy than before. He cares about Valentina a lot & they are very close friends.

Petra

She is the blueprint, she's the moment, she's everything. A model, actress, singer, you name it, she can do it. She's perfect... Who doesn't want to be her?

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Branch

Q: "How different is Branch in this AU vs canon Branch?"

A: He is the same Branch essentially, just without the development he gains at the end of Trolls 1 & so-on. None of it occurred, so he is still grey, miserable & a recluse. He helped Barb to come up with a plan to keep everyone safe after nagging & warning her for ages, but after that, he returned to his bunker & is still not well-liked by the village.

Q: "Does she know Branch's whole past? If she does, what was her reaction?"

A: Not sure if you meant Barb or Poppy, so I'll answer for both. Barb—no. I don't think she'd ever find out, and she's also not the type to ask. Their personalities clash a bit too much, she stays out of his way like he asks her to.

For Poppy—I think it would come up naturally in conversation after a while when Branch feels more comfortable sharing. Poppy isn't the type to pry, but makes it clear that it's out of understanding, not a lack of caring. She can tell that he is closed off for a reason. She relates to that. I think she'd be beyond pissed once he told her, though.

Q: "Will Branch's brothers be in this?"

A: Yes, but Floyd will be getting the bigger role this time.

Q: "How quickly does Branch fall for Poppy? I'm sure the answer is yes, but is he happy?"

A: I'd say he's quite guarded in the beginning. He is cautious around her for the first few weeks, but he starts to come around once he picks up on Poppy being emotionally guarded herself.

Things move quickly once their walls come down around each other, & a mutual understanding is there. Poppy fell for him first. (At least, that's what Branch lets her believe, as it was love at first sight for him, but he'd never tell her that; she'd get a big head about it.)

[emicat1159]

I like your art. Will you tell me about your AU or tag me in some of the posts where you explained it? (Romeo is also my favorite. Insecure little beast)

Thank you :)

I've said it before but I'd die for romeo, that man is so pathetic I love him XD

But yea, my au. Romeo, Fred, and Xara are not the only admins in the world. There was one more, her name was Elizabeth. But she was different from the other three as she was created when they combined some of their powers into one being, she was basically their daughter.

Strangely enough, however, she seemed to be just a normal child. No powers, nothing. But they still loved her, and they were all happy.

Of course, that happy life ended when Romeo lost his mind, killed Fred, and bedrocked over the sky. That day was the last time either of the two remaining admins saw her. (When Fred died, xara grabbed Liz and escaped to Fred's Keep to leave her there, telling the people there to hide her from Romeo at all costs.)

However at some point, Elizabeth went missing completely, spending years on her own surviving the Underneath.

Until the present day of my au, after Romeo's powers were taken away. Jesse decides to join him when he leaves to the Underneath to redeem himself, help the people left down there. (she wanted to see xara again too lol) and some other characters go along too- I'm thinking Jack and Nurm, Lukas (maybe to write about the world beneath the bedrock, who knows) Petra might show up at some point.

Because, after the group reunite with Xara, they learn of strange happenings going on in their worlds, things disappearing, pieces of the world dying off, people vanishing.

And that leads to the question: what happens to the world when the powers that created it are taken away? That's right, it starts falling apart.

That is when Romeo and Xara tell the others about Elizabeth because, being the only one of the admins left, she's the only one who can save them and their world.

Somehow, somewhere, they find her and the rest of the story is her trying to awaken her powers to stop the destruction of the world, I guess XD

I might post chapters of the story, fanfic style, but I think most of the time it'll just be random scenes I come up with throughout the timeline. Three sections, one for when Liz was a child, one for Jesse and the gang trying to find her, and the last would be after they find her and she's trying to awaken her admin powers. And ofc I'll answer any questions or art requests for the au :)

[thefehmpire]

Poll Complete!

Each poll will have 16 people! This is my final decision. Sorry I’m still figuring out tumblrs poll system lol, I’m so used to the Reddit one!

The contestants will be the FEH ocs, but we will see appearances from characters in other Fire Emblem games in roles such as hosts, judges and surprise candidates! You might even see non-FE affiliated characters, but they are VERY rare and will not be the focus of these polls!

Of course if I don’t get enough votes, I’ll just choose 😉 The format and cast of the polls will be determined by the show theme that is chosen! More details about each Special Fehvent under the cut!

Hel's Kitchen is spearheaded by Bunet Ramsay, whose character is shamelessly altered to a Gordon clone because I never used him in Engage! Joined by maître d' Virion and sous chefs Caeda and Jakob, he aims to find his star pupil amongst a sea of donkeys and donuts! I will have to be split up due to the sheer size of the cast. And no, Hel does not have the advantage despite her namesake being used.

RuClaude's Drag Race is hosted by the one and only RuClaude. Alongside fabulous judges Maribelle, Rosado, and Leon, see your FEHvorate queens race to victory! A variety of fantastic, heart-pumping challenges will prove who has shown the most "charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent"! Guest judges will occasionally pop up as well!

The Bachelor: Zenith shall focus on the handsome Askr as our first season's bachelor! Our host Lukas Palmer will guide our singles through the episodes. Will the winning contestant find love with the sacred cow? Or, shall they will break his heart to make bank? A shocking contestant will be added, so keep your eyes peeled and vote your favorite!

Zenith's Got Talent allows the FEH ocs to show off their wonderful talents. Some are well-executed; some are...not. But of course, that power rests in your hands. And with that power, you choose whose dream comes true, and who has the ultimate talent! Our judges will be Soren Cowell, Howrys Mandel, Peri Morgan, and Petra Vergara!

[helmarok]

(descends into your inbox like the Lord ) hello brother … would love to know your favorite scenes / moments youve made in your brain for your interps of the mcsm gang . they are like specimens to me …

OMGGGGG this essay is gonna be crazy

i have many favorite scenes so ill give you 3 i havent drawn yet

1. the lukas and aiden fight

in my au, lukas and the blazerods are siblings raised by lukas' grandma. aiden and maya+gill are adopted (maya and gill being biological siblings). while maya and gill appreciated the life they had, aiden was always on a mission to get the most attention and be the "favorite", especially with lukas. he would snitch on lukas for sneaking out to help petra and only do chores to get praise. everything was a competition to him, he had to be the favorite. i could go further into the background of all this but i still have to tell you about 2 other scenes so ill have to cut it short. anyways, aiden still hates jesse ofc. its just most of the episode is centered around lukas because he doesnt get time to shine like petra does for a whole season lol. but yeah the reason aiden hates jesse so much after the witherstorm (before that he just hated jesse for being a loser) is because jesse, loser that he hates, now had all the attention on them, and aiden can't stand to see someone else in the spotlight! especially if that someone else is jesse. and *especially* if that someone else is his brother he's always had this one sided rivalry with.

because this episode is focused on lukas and aiden's relationship, the two of them fight eachother before jesse is able to make it back into the throne room. and lukas can win a brawl but hes not very good with swords, which aiden had. so he gets knocked to the ground, and aiden holds his sword pointed at lukas' throat, and tells him he's always been a spoiled brat and a coward, he never deserved to be a hero, and starts laughing at him and saying all he can do is freeze up like a deer when hes scared (which despite aiden not knowing this, makes lukas feel guilty about freezing at the nether portal again). and at this point, aiden is so off the rails with jealousy that lukas is thinking "is my brother actually gonna kill me right now?" and then jesse barges in and sees lukas with a sword at his throat and charges towards aiden, and their fight happens. i want to draw this scene so bad but i hate drawing 😭

2. recovery after the pama battle

i added a recovery period after pama, because people died and jesse almost did and petra almost did and lukas still wasnt doing too good either. erm basically in their battle petra fractured jesse's ribs, broke his arm, broke his nose, smashed his face into glass, he had adrenaline dragging him through but as soon as petra woke up and was okay he was out. but most importantly this recovery period is ivor's "redemption" and how he learns more about harper.

as the alchemist, ivor has been the "healer" of the party throughout the portal arc, though always reluctantly. someone would break their arm and he'd be all mad about having to use a potion to speed the healing process, and complain about how "you fools are wasting my precious resources on your petty injuries" (he had plenty of potions.) but after the pama shit, jesse almost dies, and because ivor has grown to care about them whether he likes it or not, he actually rushes to help them... he refuses to call them "friends", but these 3 fools are all he really has. ivor prioritizes helping jesse and petra, but harper asks for help too. her people were in even worse condition after being chipped for so long. the first people to get chipped 15 years ago actually ended up dying, and so did many others who were chipped for around 10 years. survivors were in critical condition. so ivor, who doesnt care about anyone, is asked for help. and because he sees himself in harper, he does... he gets harper to find him ingredients and he brews a giant pot of regeneration II, which he has all the survivors in town take a shot from. it's not enough to heal them completely, but it's enough to heal them so they are no longer on the verge of death. its kind of like the turning point of his character. he's still an old grouch of course but a slightly less selfish one. and no matter how hard he tries to push away any guilt, he still deep down feels like he owes something for all the lives he destroyed with the witherstorm.

3. jack and petra talk

i really like their dynamic... that's her dad man... so i wanted them to have a serious talk at some point in the underneath. while on the road to the oasis, the party takes breaks to rest. xara goes out to hunt, so jack volunteers to take watch while everyone sleeps and petra offers to with him. he asks her why and tells her she needs to get her rest, but petra says she cant sleep. they sit in silence until jack finally asks her if she's doing okay. petra says she should be asking this of him, cause he's been the one fucked over by romeo the most. but jack is genuinely concerned, cause he's noticed petra is a more jumpy than usual and been talking less, even to jesse. she's kept to herself since the incident in the sunshine institute. jack starts to ask her about being romeo's champion, what happened, what did he do. and petra doesnt want to talk about it at first, but jack gets her to trust him as a fellow tough guy who doesnt like looking vulnerable. so she tells him all about how romeo made her relive things from the past, would fight her as people she cared about, and showed her friends talking about her behind her back, the things they said about her. (none of which was true- again, just mind games to get petra to side with him) she told jack about something jesse supposedly said to him, but jack told her they didnt say that... whether she wants to believe him or not, it was true. so she starts to doubt what romeo showed her, though not completely.

they talk some more, and jack is the first person who petra tells that she's decided, if they make it through this alive, she's leaving beacontown. but she tells him she doesnt want to leave without jesse cause they mean a lot to her but doesnt know if they feel the same, or even if they do if they'd be willing to leave beacontown just for her. and it's jack who convinces her to talk to jesse and tell them how she feels. cause jack doesnt tell her this but he knows jesse loves her and would gladly go if asked, petra just doesn't see it since she's too caught up worrying if jesse even wants to be her friend anymore

literally starving writing this im gonna get a sandwich now lol

[hresvelged]

— alliances, part II.

The way I wrote part one almost a year ago lol time flies. Part I still has stuff under her current purview! Replaying and reviewing lines both as a lord and as an antagonist in other routes really illustrates her other (and stronger) loyalties- That being the Empire itself, those who align themselves with it, and her classmates. So that is what I am going to dabble on here!

Adrestia: Adrestia is her homeland! She cares deeply about it but well recognizes its flaws. She will always fight under the Adrestian banner and nothing else. It's best known for being a monarchy with the emperor at its forefront. Adrestia also has strong military might. Edelgard's minor Crest of Seiros comes from Saint Seiros herself in due to the first emperor back in the day.

The empire has diverged from what is once was, though. While Fódlan is presently 3 separate factions, it was the empire that acted as Fódlan's first footing. The emperor position currently lacks power and is therefore just a figurehead in due to the Insurrection. Their relations with the church are not the same as other regions, either. Edelgard wants to change the power structure within Adrestia and even their surrounding territories. Her goal is to grant people power based on merit, not birthright. Being a member of the Hresvelg family also gives her access to information only the emperor knows.

Edelgard canonically starts her plans before she even enrolls at the academy, which acts both in her favor and against. She has more time to prepare nowadays, but also has more time to learn. She has more time to test the waters- To continue her silly little foreshadowing and occasional outright saying of it lol. Edelgard knows which noble houses participated in the Insurrection obviously and has seen personally what ways nobility runs corrupted, which is why she greatly wants to dismantle it and Fódlan's general uplifting of crests. Her interest in wanting to speak with Faerghan/Leicester nobles/people in general is purposeful because she wants their knowledge (and potential alliance-ship) for the future. She has never left Fódlan which is another reason why the academy enriches her. She can't travel to other places, but she can learn about it, which is also why she's interested in politics from other continents, too! Perhaps she can use their boons and banes for herself.

For as much as she does hold some info most people lack, she doesn't know everything. She hardly knows all of the Agarthan lore, their backstories, etc. The information she was told prior to enrolling at Garreg Mach was cherry picked and she is well aware of this fact.

People she's met at Garreg Mach: Bonds are a struggle for her. When Edelgard cares about someone, she means it. It's one of my favorite things about her- Just the way that, even on her path of reformations and unity, she wants to see her friends thrive. And as House Leader, she has an important role she hopes to play effectively. She wants them to view her as a strong leader (even if strict and doting at times) in order to encourage them to do their utmost. She will commend people who have a strong will. This is one of the first things she'll judge people on.

While these snippets are from 3 Hopes, I think the lines are important enough to at least show the way she still cares about her friends despite being on opposite sides of a battlefield and regards them as such, not dismissing the time spent together. She'll say stuff like:

(To Petra) It's been a while, Petra. You know it's not too late for you to come back to the Empire. What do you say? (To Dorothea) Then say no more and prepare to lose once again. I'll drag you back to the Empire myself.

She'd prefer to have them back on her side. Therefore, the same very much extends pre-skip. The longer she knows a muse, the more her convictions about them will be swayed one way or another. Her own is strong and she won't waver no matter what, though. Gaining different outlooks is something she needs, even if she is not always aware of it.

(From Ferdinand Hopes A support) I cannot begin to guess where that idea sprung from, but this is exactly why I need you beside me as we shape the future of Adrestia.

Her dynamic with Hubert is also very important to her (albeit different compared to some of the other bonds she has), but the TLDR of that is she's grateful for her retainer and is one of the few people she does trust. He knows her deepest secrets canonically and does work she is not capable of.

I am also pretty sure I've mused on this briefly, but I purposefully do not have her use the word 'friend' terribly often. It's not because she doesn't want friends lol much the opposite! She does! The feeling of having others she can rely on is greatly cherished to her, but it has to be a grown bond. After walking on constant eggshells, it's hard for her to just befriend anyone. Edelgard is not the best liar though so when she speaks those words of kindness, she means them. She cares for the people in her life and will uplift them/encourage them to do their best.

But she is aware that she walks a path of a lonely emperor. She's prepared her heart to be alone even if she doesn't wish it so. She can't win a fight on her own, nor could she even be a successful House Leader, without others.

The Hresvelg family: Edelgard is the only heir to the throne after her siblings all died from their experimentations. She was not raised specifically to be Emperor, but obviously she was still brought up as a literal princess and therefore is regal/a noble/has a retainer/etc. She always had a rather strict personality, though that is not in due to preparing for the throne. That's just who she is lol.

Her family and what happened to them is an extremely strong factor in perpetuating her resolve. Edelgard did believe in the goddess at one point. It was during her imprisonment specifically that made her lose this trust. Nobody was helping her and she felt very trapped until she ultimately emerged with two crests.

She also knows what happened to her father during the Insurrection of the Seven. He has become just a figurehead and the power is no longer really his. Edelgard holds no ill will towards him. Even in Engage, she muses about this as an emblem in her bond conversation with Madeline:

Edelgard: Mother passed away when I was very young. Father was kind… Too kind for an emperor.

She refers to him as 'too kind for an emperor' and I think she does care about him. I do believe he didn't spend hours and hours with her since he was busy with other stuff and I think she spent plenty of time with her Uncle, even including that he's the one that took her to Faerghus during the Insurrection for her protection (which is why the body snatching is extra Oof). She recalls little of her Mother but she's been told that she was a nice and good person and when she visits the Goddess Tower, she muses about how her parents met there. She even believes they were truly in love which touches her. In her 3H coronation scene though, she says:

Within your eyes, I saw true care. And upon your fists clenched tight with indignity, I saw the blood that dripped and fell. Even as I bled, I felt that you, too, must also be bleeding.

She was speaking from the heart. I have written other HC posts about her siblings before, but I think she was closer to the few younger ones and would definitely watch the older ones. They did not all possess the Crest of Seiros, either. I'd believe whomever the original Hresvelg heir was did have the crest, though. Three Hopes also gave the fun sentence that "there are hunting grounds near Enbarr that the Imperial family uses for outings" so I'm sure she once had fond memories with this activity, too.

She will always keep the promise she made to them. They are allies in heart and mind.

[tworegimesof]

The chokehold that "Greetings From Teenage Hell" by Petra Collins photoshoot still has on me is insane. Rookie Mag is still one of my favorite places on the internet and Petra Collins' archive is an eternal source of artistic inspiration.

I love how the entire website is mostly teenage girls being creative and sharing their work. It makes me emotional just looking at these pictures lol.

[cookabeara]

(hopefully you've already been sent this but if not here ya go) Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics (if you've written at least five fics) that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers (if ya want). Spread the self-love ❤️

GAH OMG thank you for this 🥹🙏🏻💞

hard do say what would be my favorites of what I've written but I'll choose some to highlight!!!

first, I guess I'll link my first AU fic, which I remember being super proud of at the time!! what can I offer through a modern AU? Bernadetta working through her anxieties while cat-sitting with Petra :)

I want to post this one, because it's probably the most different from everything I've written. I love my sappy romance between my favorite pairings, but I love exploring platonic relationships too!! and Petra and Caspar's interactions mean SO much to me, I wrote a fic kind of exploring their relationship between their supports.

ok, so everyone can likely tell I'm a oneshot writer almost exclusively. this is a rare exception apparently (though it's still a shorter, self-contained little fic in comparison to what multi-chapter stuff usually is lol). This is the third Shadowzel fic of mine and the first fic I wrote featuring Werewolf Shadowheart. So yeah, this one is on my mind a lot still.

I don't think I could go without mentioning the Walmart AU fic that got way more attention than I ever expected it to. 🫶🏻

finally, here's my OTHER fic with Werewolf Shadowheart (though it's moreso Lae'zel-centric. girl is always going through it godbless). It's my most recent fic so the bias of "hey this is pretty good right" is still fresh haha!

[lorata]

Twenty Questions: Fic Author Edition

tagged by @bodyelectric77 :)

1-How many works do you have on ao3?

111, lol

2-What's your total AO3 word count?

1,389,833 on AO3 officially

3-What fandoms do you write for?

Hunger Games by a wide margin, and then if I get rid of the one-offs here are the fandoms I've written for at least twice:

Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins (75)

Temeraire - Naomi Novik (6)

Marvel Cinematic Universe (4)

Wynonna Earp (TV) (3)

Dragon Age (Video Games) (2)

King Lear - Shakespeare (2)

Wonder Woman (Movies - Jenkins) (2)

The Deed of Paksenarrion - Elizabeth Moon (2)

Star Wars Original Trilogy (2)

Stranger Things (TV 2016) (2)

4-What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Slow Work (Steve/Bucky)

you can take the boy out of the desert (Luke Skywalker post-ANH)

Patience, Friend (Temeraire, Volly's hatching)

Embrace the Fire: The Avenger Games

welcome to your gory bed (Hunger Games, victor backstories)

5-Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I really, really want to, because comments make me SO SO SO happy, and I occasionally have some wonderful people who go through and comment on every single thing I've written which is the DREAM -- but I don't always have the mental bandwidth to do it. So let me just say right now that if you've ever left a comment I have read it, and I loved it, and you made my day better.

6-What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Uhhhh .... there are a lot. People can cast their votes on this one, but I'd say maybe Ambrosia or Don't Flinch?

7-What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I had to leave THG for this one, lol. But I think Impossible Magic, which is a fix-it for the Enchanted Forest Chronicles that solves something that bugged me about a series I otherwise adore.

8-Do you get hate on fics?

the real ones will remember, lol. I had one specific reader who would leave, like, novel-length comments on every single chapter of every single fic about everything he hated / disagreed with. My favourite was the list of my D2 victors in order of who he hoped would get killed off from most to least (Petra was at the top and Emory was at the bottom SORRY MAN). I honestly don't know why he was still reading if everything annoyed him so much, lmao.

If ever I get a mean anon I delete it though. You won't catch me responding to anon hate.

9-Do you write smut? If so what kind?

Not....... really. I write sex in very specific situations but it's usually to serve a purpose and I'm kind of ... vague about it, even when I think I'm being explicit (for me). I'm sure people could pick out sex written by me pretty easily. It's not exactly fade to black because that implies skipping to later, this is more like ... elisions, I guess.

10-Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

Very famously, yes. I'm not sure what I'd consider the weirdest one. Temeraire / THG victors as dragons? Watership Down / THG rabbits?

11-Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Fanfic, no, I don't think so, but I have had original stories stolen and put up on Amazon. It's the reason I took down my FictionPress account and have all my original things locked on LJ / DW.

12-Have you ever had a fic translated?

I have!

Я хочу увидеть тебя храброй | I wanna see you be brave

【授权翻译】Don't Flinch/无所畏惧 | Don't Flinch.

13-Have you ever cowritten a fic before?

Yes, several! My usual co-conspirators are azelmaroark, @kawuli, @penfoldx and @xanify

14-What's your all-time favorite ship?

96 out of my 111 fics on AO3 are gen, so that should give you my answer on that one, lol.

15-What's a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

Never say never???? But sadly, probably the Portal/Emory's Games crossover if only because all the notes on the super complicated Arena were on a computer that died and I don't remember anything

16-What are your writing strengths?

Character and feelings, babeyyyyy. Also my hallmark is making people care (or at least think) about characters they absolutely despised before

17-What are your writing weaknesses?

Plot is hard. Every time I think I've done something complicated I'll read a book by someone with an actual intricate plot and need to lie down for 500 hours

18-Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

Nah. Generally I use dialogue tags to tell the reader what language is being spoken

19-First fandom you wrote for?

Star Wars, when I was 12, though it was just me and my bff. Dragon Ball Z was the first time I actually realized fandom was a Thing

20-Favorite fic you've ever written?

I will always have a soft spot for Fixed to a Star, I think

tagging whoever wants to play -- I've been offline for a while so i don't know who's done it!

[cosmicjoke]

How did you get into AoT? Did you first get into the anime or the manga? And when did you start watching/reading? Was Levi always your favorite character in AoT?

Hi there,

I started out watching the anime, haha, and then somewhere after I think the first part of the final season ended, I picked up reading the manga to see what happened, because I simply couldn't wait, and then I re-read the manga from beginning to end. I remember always hearing about AoT and it being a hugely popular show, but I skipped over watching it a few times because the concept seemed weird to me at first, lol. Giant, man eating monsters and our hero's having to fight against them. It seemed silly on it's face.

But once I started actually watching it, I became pretty much immediately hooked. It's one of those stories where the summary doesn't do it any kind of justice. You have to actually watch it.

Anyway, yeah, Levi was my favorite right from the start. I thought it was immediately apparent that he was this incredibly kind and caring man who simply had a gruff personality. It always confuses me when people say the anime makes Levi seem less caring, because I never got that impression. I thought it was always pretty obvious. It especially became clear to me during the Female Titan arc. I remember, during that scene when the one scout leads a pack of titans to them because he couldn't leave the body of his friend behind, when Levi starts walking toward him, I thought he was going to chew that soldier out for endangering all of their lives. I remember being taken aback, then, when instead he gave that soldier Petra's patch and told him it belonged to his friend. That level of compassion and genuine kindness really shocked me, not because I didn't think Levi was capable of it, but because it really threw into relief the uniqueness of his kindness in such a bleak and harsh world. This same soldier had lambasted Levi earlier, accusing him and Erwin of being heartless and cruel because they said he couldn't go back for his friend's body. But Levi didn't hold that against him at all. He instead did all he could to comfort him. Levi himself lost the bodies of his own squad because of this same soldiers fuck up, having to dump them, including Petra's, to serve as a distraction to save the rest of the scouts, and yet still, Levi had nothing but compassion for that soldier. He wasn't angry at him, or disappointed. He didn't yell at him, or dress him down for endangering all their lives. He instead understood his grief, and that it was his grief that made him act foolishly. And he understood the last thing that solider needed was a harsh word. That he needed kindness. That was extraordinary to me, and made me realize Levi was really the hero of this story. He showed a compassion that I know I myself wouldn't be capable of.

[mahoushoujotechsupport]

well, i was gonna have to do this episode eventually lmao

you know... i don't actually remember now what my expectations were for this episode??? i think we were all still onboard the miorine is going to lose an eye train or something and just knew some shit was gonna go down this ep lol

if we ever get a recap movie i really hope we get to see the whole plan here get told to eri... like i just really really wanted miorine to have a serious conversation with eri for like the entire series lol

gosh, the beginning of this episode is so rough to rewatch lmao. suletta is so damn smitten with miorine. just standing out here waiting since who knows when for her to wake up

man i remember this scene and thinking mio nooo! like of course she doesn't KNOW aerial is literally family, at least not yet... and suletta doesn't fully understand yet either... but it's just ahhhh lmao again there are so many things that happened off-screen that i really wish we'd seen. like what the hell was mio's reaction to finding out that the actual girl who provided the genetic material to create suletta is stuck inside a gundam

suletta you're gonna get bonked by the horny police

gotta wonder how shaddiq was gonna dissolve the benerit group if he had taken the presidency. would it have been as easy as miorine made it out to be? just announce it to the world out of nowhere?

clearly he had no intentions of keeping any of these promises to peil lol

you tell him, bbgirl

hey maybe you should have adhered to that too, shithead

i like that suletta doesnt go all fidgety while rejecting guel and telling him about her feelings for miorine

remember the cours 2 trailer that emphasized suletta saying she'd win until mio's birthday lmao

lol this asshole left with miorine and never did any of this shit. with how much guel fanboys love talking him up as a "good guy" you'd think he'd at least have done this

*smiles in homura akemi*

really incredible stuff that so far we only see lauda and petra barely standing next to each other and suddenly that means they've been dating. however getting married after a whole series finishes means you're just mega friends to some people lol

i do appreciate the ptsd reactions to so many of the characters but now with everything over, it feels like it's lacking in depth lol they just get one random flinchy reaction just once or something and then an episode later they're fine lol

worst of all with guel is his ridiculous determination to make sure jeturk heavy machinery keeps doing it's thing --- that thing being making weapons of war lol

i wonder if bandai knows how much money they'd make if they released options sets for the darilbalde and michaelis upgrades in this cour

then again, its bandai

lmao i don't actually want this to have been shown in the show, but i really do have to imagine what that convo was like when el5n went to go find shaddiq and asked him to hide him

honestly kind of wish we'd had secelia being the one to MC the duels or whatever for the entirety of the show

lmao ok so i definitely remember thinking they were just gonna leave it as this being the only affirmation suletta says outloud, but....

... yeah.

i honestly really love how they cut to everyone's reactions as soon as suletta loses. secelia in particular looks really distressed lol

god, suletta's desperation here just as red birthmark starts playing is so awful lmao i love it

and then the gut-wrenching scream once she loses the holder pilot outfit colors

ahhhhh lmao this episode is definitely the most angsty of them all but god i love yuri angst

lmao fuck all the fairweather miorine fans who hated her the minute this episode finished. she was always my favorite of the two but this episode just solidified that

also i know opening/ending artists get like very vague story line summaries to help them write their songs but i am really convinced red birthmark was written to specifically play at the end of this episode. like sure it was a great decision to have the intro fade in at the end of every ep for this cour, but the FEELS when it starts playing here are like no other in the whole cour besides maybe episode 23

also only slightly related, but i am obsessed with my calibarn. i put it on my desk for work and i just catch myself going full on COOL ROBOT mode during the work day just staring at it lmao

ok will try to get to ep 18 eventually... i've been dragging out this rewatch because i keep getting caught up reading lately

[rowanisawriter]

favorite line game

thanks @theluckywizard for the tag!! i LOVE going through my old fics and i had the most fun doing this one… also i learned that my favorite lines are internal dialogue lol but here is some actual spoken dialogue.. also all of these are some kind of love confession hehe

rules: pick up to 10 characters and share one of your favorite lines of dialogue you have ever written for them!

here’s 5…

1. oc petra, attrition (dragon age)

“I thought of you when I was in the Fade,” she whispers into his ear. The words hit his skin and send shivers up and down his body. He puts his arm around her waist and pulls her closer. “I thought it would be pathetic indeed if I was trapped there forever and you were out here with no idea how I really feel about you.” She tilts her head back and kisses his chin, and warmth spreads from there like a ripple. “Enough doubt. Let’s have one thing we can be sure of. Tell me you understand.”

2. cullen, butterflies (dragon age)

“When I first met you, I thought you were using magic on me. I don’t have the words to explain how you made me feel. How you still make me feel. I’m afraid of what’s happening to me. What you’re doing to me. I’m afraid but I love you anyway.”

3. oc mira, heretic (bg3)

“You can do this, Gale. Save us both from pointless worship, from pettiness and pain and fear. This will be easy for me. I already love you more than I’ve ever loved any god.”

4. gale, heretic (bg3)

“Mortals,” he whispers, almost to himself. “I’d almost forgotten what it was like to hold someone as fleeting and as fragile as I am. Blood and bone and tears.” He touches a bruise on her jaw from their latest scrape in the shadowed dark, pressing his lips to the purple mark. “Being with you, it’s… so real. You are so real. I missed this.”

5. johnny silverhand, juxtaposition (cp2077)

“Punch the wall, bruise these fingers,” he tells her. “Break a nail. Break two. I can’t trust you if you don’t even look like a human.”

tagging…. @mightymizora @smoreofbabylon @samseabxrn @jtownnn and anyone else who would like to share :)

[moomarzy]

mcsm shipping headcanons!!! (Jesse, Petra and Olivia edition)

idk if i’m doing this in parts or random spurts, but here’s some of my thoughts :)

Jesse is a very affectionate person, so they’ll often hug Olivia or Petra regardless of the situation. On other occasions they’ll just randomly hold either one of their hands, purely for fun!

Olivia confessed first !! Well, by accident- the words just sorta slipped and she got really flustered afterwards. Jesse was super excited afterwards and was basically jumping for joy, whilst being really flustered. Petra was also flustered and just got super smiley and giddy. (they were all swooning) 

Out of all three, Petra is the best cook! Jesse and Olivia love her cooking (who doesn’t). Sometimes they’ll all cook together, just to hangout with each other! Which would also devolve into them just playing around and almost burning whatever they’re making 😅. The only one you can’t trust to cook is Jesse, the last time they made something it was burnt to a crisp. (Olivia and Petra still ate it to humor them, it made Jesse pretty happy)

Olivia tries to keep Jesse out of trouble, while Petra ends up getting Jesse into trouble. (in the end they’d both get scolded by Olivia)

Speaking of trouble! Olivia helps Jesse and Petra a ton whenever they’re injured!! (Jesse the most, since they’re pretty accident prone imo)

Jesse and Olivia would both hate being in large places by themselves and tend to cling to Petra (or each other) a lot whenever they’re out of the house.

Olivia's love language would be gift giving, Jesses would be physical touch and Petra's would be quality time!! (they all try to balance each other out lol)

Late nights are their favorite! Sometimes they’ll all huddle around each other and chat, play some games, gossip and end up cuddling on each other once they fall asleep! (it’s like little sleep overs) that's only a few! but i think they're very cute so have with them what you will <3

[terracomets]

I've been reading your Misfit Mania fic and I just finished Chapter 14, and I'm curious: Since we don't see Axel's POV of his fight with Aiden, why *does* he forgive him? Or, at least agree to tolerate him.

this has been sitting in my inbox for a while and ive been wondering how to word the answer. there is one, and ill say this to start: later on youll see axel and aiden become more friendly, but i dont think axel ever fully forgives and especially does not forget what aiden did.

but, given the group's situation during chapters 13-17, and especially their situation in the second half of the fic (chapters 20-40) they dont really have time to deal with infighting. the infighting thats already happening is affecting the other characters (the tension is making calloway more stressed, which makes their wither sickness worse, for example), and thats why petra practically forces the two of them (mostly aiden) into an enviornment where they'd have to speak. she also knows that aiden wont stick up to her LMAO

petra is manipulating the situation for the better of the group and creek, who they're trying to save. does she actually believe that aiden is better? probably not. she wasnt around for the events of the prequel fic. does she know he's still extremely desperate to prove himself to an almost sad degree? yeah. so shell use that to everyones advantage.

pike also mentions that axel's anger is distractingly strong and more powerful than any anger she's felt since she came to the Overworld over a decade ago. this is notable for her, given her origins and what caused her to leave the end in the first place:

as for axel actually "forgiving" aiden, to me, he realizes (and maybe always knew) that he needs to put this aside for the sake of the group and creek. i think a part of why his anger was so intense is that he was having some kind of internal argument with himself; part of him knowing he needs to shove this aside, and part of him fighting to keep it in his head so he never forgets. its a defense mechanism.

a big thing of axels character and how i interpret it is that he hates being hurt, and thinks if he lets his guard down around a person he already doesn't trust in a stressful situation, hell just get hurt again. misfit mania is, honestly, just a massive excuse to explore facets of some of my favorite characters in mcsms cast LOL. axel takes the cake with that, especially in chapter 25 and s2 as a whole.

[cherrypikkins]

2, 13, and 22 🤗

anything for moss!!!! :333

what's your favorite thing about your style

hmmm. people seem to really like the way I draw lines! I used to wish for the courage to draw with rough sketchy soft or translucent lines cuz I think they are gorgeous. but I've grown to like my precise sharp rendered lines

I also like my cel-shaded style, because it's easy to repeat over and over again yet still has room to experiment with different things like painting and filters. it is also very anime :3333

how long do you usually take on a piece

concept + composition: 30-60 min rough draft: 30-60 min underdrawing: 60-120 min inking 120-360 min coloring 30-60 min shading and highlighting: 60-120 min correction and details: 60 min

soooo roughly 6 to 15 hours? depending on how complex the piece, of course. comics will usually take 2-3 weeks with breaks.

based on file creation times, sleepy linhardt took 12 hours to make from start to finish + breaks.

what inspires you

usually existing media LOL - such as films, games, anime, music, other people's art. I just take ideas from other people's stuff and mash them together. That's why you see stuff from me like DnD+FE3H crossovers.

I'm also inspired by stuff that's missing from my favourite media! Like the supports that never existed from FE3H! Felix & Marianne, Sylvain & Petra, Dorothea & Leonie, etc. I love filling in the gaps left by the official writers :333

Thank you for playing!!

[leatherbelt1295]

Your Daily Smile #2617

@ehan281

This should have been posted yesterday, but I didn't really get a chance to. I spent the previous 2.5 days with EHAN irl, and man they were just so wonderful... I'm so grateful we got to hang out again and do more than we did last time. Went during this time for a multitude of reasons since things lined up perfectly, but most importantly it was like a birthday present to him (5/29) and myself (6/3). We haven't seen each other since October 2017, so naturally I really missed him so much. ;w; That's way too long!!

We got to eat yummy food each day, got to meet his adorable doggy Sparky, met his folks, go through a mirror maze, played a laser busting game?, watch him do little runs of SpongeBob Battle for Bikini Bottom, watch the new Spidey on opening night with his brother, and went to a convention together and even cosplayed which was super fun! I went as Peppino Spaghetti from Pizza Tower (so if by chance you were there on Friday and saw Peppino, it might've been me!) and he was an excellent Cameron from Ferris Bueller Day Off. It was cool how often we were recognized, heheh. Really nice to see people's faces light up like that. Of course, we saw a lot of great cosplays too! Here's a few I saw myself that I got pics of, really nice stuff!

We got to play my favorite beat-em-up The Simpsons by Konami, and I'm glad EHAN and his brother really enjoyed it too! Really cool stuff all around, found plenty of gifts for my folks at home but also a couple things for me. Oh and Petra stuff and even comm'd a Petra for EHAN. :]

I haven't been to a con in 7 years, so being back at such a fun one was something I absolutely needed and appreciate immensely. Good times all around! I'm happy he and his brother enjoyed themselves too.

Here's my loot, though only the Jolteon and black shirt are for me.

We headed to Red Robin later on, and that was nice too! At least for me and his brother. :)

I went with the intention of recreating a certain Bocchi the Rock comic to EHAN. :))

And it worked. :)))

And the waitress didn't believe him when he said it was my birthday too. :))))

Ended the night with some 3 player Mario Party 2 on Pirate Land. We lost to the CPU DK because of usually MP shenanigans lol. Still fun!

And followed that up with me and EHAN rewatching Space Patrol Luluco as we do every June 5th, but a little early this time so it could be irl. A wonderful time as it is every year, but made more special being together and having fun irl! I'll be taking about that more on tomorrow's YDS though. :)

Wrapped up the visit with another good breakfast and visiting a lovely park, I really enjoyed that too.

Again, overall, I totally needed this trip and I'm eternally grateful for being able to do so. I really miss him though. ;w;

And I suppose I should mention a bit how my birthday was yesterday aside about half the day being with EHAN. I received gift art from friends through the day, including right at midnight and even today... Y'all really didn't have to... ;; But thank you so much... And to those who I know may read this and wanted to draw me something or whatever the case may be, but couldn't for any reason, just know it's more than okay and the fact that you even thought of me in the first place means a lot to me already. Wishing me hbd means a lot too... 🥺 So thank you guys too!

Even had a big surprise on the flight back home before departure. Someone close to me with connections actually informed the crew on board that it was my birthday, and if they could deliver a message to me for them, which they absolutely did... Even gave me free snacks and water, and invited me to sit in the pilot's seat which was !!!!!?? It was so cool what the heck... I'm grateful for that... 😭

Nice time spent at home with family, always nice to see them. It ain't a birthday without being with em, I'd say. Nice lil gifts too, they shouldn't have... ;; I do wanna show this Hank Hill in particular, gave me a good laugh and I love it, heheh. The Bocchi doodle too!

But yeah, I just wanted to dedicate this YDS to thanking @ehan281 and his brother for a wonderful time and express my gratitude of a happy birthday too. Hoping the next time we meet won't be so long! ^^