#platonic ot4 ngl

[werewolfashton]

2022 writing evaluation

darling @igarbagecannotevenoteven tagged me to do this, honestly unbelievable, thank you megs <3 your answers were so interesting btw!!

i’ll also include all my works in this bc i haven’t written much in 5sos this year lmao. the other stuff can mainly be found here: https://archiveofourown.org/users/villainous_intentions

number of stories posted on ao3: 4 for 5sos, 20-30 in other fandoms, mainly stranger things (this is such a vague number bc i’m including drabbles)

word count posted for this year: ~53.332

fandoms i wrote for: 5sos, stranger things, the iliad/tsoa, [redacted]

pairings: lashton (2), malum (1), ot4 (1), harringrove (like 20+ and some platonic pairings), patrochilles (1), [redacted]

story with the most kudos/bookmarks/comments: for 5sos it’s but underneath we had a fear of flying in all regards

for other fandoms in kudos and bookmarks it’s don’t that man look pretty and in terms of comments: i was far too scared to hit him, but i would hit him in a heartbeat now and into the deep

work i’m most proud of and why: i’m really proud to have written 4k in one sitting for a wild and an untamed thing, and really all i wrote for the harringrove harvest probably

work i’m least proud of and why: ngl i really don’t like any of my 5sos fics very much except maybe the 2 song fics and some horror aspects so

share or describe a favorite review you’ve received: i got and still get so much love for one of my drabbles for st, those always make me smile and then recently i got the funniest review of my life tbh but that stays between me and the unfortunate souls that have my insta

a time when writing was really, really hard: the only time writing was not hard was during the writing challenges in june and october. or well it was still hard but i was putting out words like an insane person anyway. blessed days.

a scene or character you wrote who surprised you: still surprised to be writing in the first place. certainly wrote a lot of stuff towards the end of the year that i did not expect. wrote about a shitload of trauma. OH i wrote crack. did not expect to be able to do that. 

a favorite excerpt of your writing: i mostly like some of the one liners in my fics and this is one of them from into the deep end: "Fear spreads through [Steve] and he rushes forward, half expecting a monster in the middle of the bed, but when he moves behind the others to look into the room he stops as well. It’s not a monster, not really. At least he doesn’t think so. 

It’s just a mullet wearing asshole that’s supposed to be dead."

and i wrote this baby of drabble that’s one of my fav pieces of writing idk i struggled with this point of the review

how did you grow as a writer this year? i have become more open to just writing what i want. especially recently i’ve stopped really caring? like i still look at numbers too much but at least i write what i like now. i’ve also started writing longer works (at least sort of)

how do you hope to grow next year? i wish i had more time to write which isn’t really something i can force so i think i’m just hoping to not care about statistics as much. as to writing itself i wanna just expand my vocabulary.

who was your greatest positive influence this year as a writer (could be another writer or beta or cheerleader or muse etc etc)? alright so, idk. i often feel very uncomfy speaking to people about my fic bc i think i annoy them and they only put up with it. i certainly have some lovely people who have been supportive (like em) and have been kind enough to beta for me (e.g. helen) and especially noah has been helping me with ideas. but yeah overall idk i shy away from talking about my fic bc it just ends up making me feel bad. thus i think the only overall actually very positive influence was the stranger things fandom, lovely feedback, actual engagement with fics, all that stuff has been helpful.

anything from real life show up in your writing this year? haha. y’all don’t need to know how much i projected this year thanks!

any new wisdom you can share with other writers? stop! fucking! looking! at! the! stats!

any projects you’re looking forward to starting (or finishing) in the new year? @pixiegrl birthday fic. like 30 harringrove drafts. much [redacted]. we shall see though i’m trying not to stress myself

tag some writers whose answers you’d like to read: aight idk what’s going on here anymore so i’ll leave this as it is

[the-witching-ash]

Aimée & Simon crossovers please please 🥺🥺

(Both lists are just vibes no thoughts on platonic or romantic yet.)

Simon

Jane Forester (best cousins they deserve it. 🥺)

Lucas, Willow & The Squad (ngl platonic or any dating combination.)

Vicki

Jacquline

Austin

Brady

Eleanor

Gaby

Sam

Marley

Aimée Giard

Cosette

Holland

Vicki

Jane (OT4 Lindsey deserves it?)

Charlotte

Celia

[crystallion12]

No clue how to do Tumblr so forgive me, gotta save this tho. If only to remind me when I think to myself how lonely it is down here. IM JUST SO?? I want to say excited but don’t want to overreach?? I’ve been pining over this OT4 for MONTHS, have a gigantic fic noted down and 😭😭 I just think they’re NEAT, Atsuhina (ngl nothing else would’ve probably happened if not, the other two aren’t exactly the forthcoming kind) turns into Atsukagehina over the Tokyo Olympics, and slowburn Sakatsu afterwards (I think of how Atsumu doesn’t cope well with TWO long distance BFs) brings him into the fold. Omi fears it’ll be extremely awkward at first, but Kagehina don’t give a crap if he’s “fourth-wheeling” (he and Tsumu have time alone, yes, and so do Kagehina, but they get along fine as a group so…) so he just. Finds himself getting comfy with them both despite it all, and comes to genuinely love the other two, so he’s just like, cuddling with Shoyo (who is, p unintentionally, yet again seducing vb players like it’s no biggie. He’s just glad it’s not another setter, they pointed it out to him that he’s a setter magnet and he’s been in CRISIS ever since) one night and goes “Hey. Wanna just all be… a thing? We don’t have to be boyfriends, but I like all of you?” “Yeah sure” “Cool beans” “How TF am I going to explain this to my parents…?” (I like to HC Omi is somewhere on the greysexual scale (can be into s*x with one of them at a time, all of them, or none of them/repulsed by it, for days to months at a time). He loves all three of them deeply, including Kags, who he’s fine being in the room w/ when it’s time for the occasional B*tchin Bedtime Bash n’ Bonking session (it’s a small party, a, I’d say monthly event at this point. They schedule it, snack breaks and movies n all. Omi sleeps through most of it usually which, frankly, is impressive) but like, I agree with the other reblogger. Omi and Tobio are pretty platonic, but I like to think they really do get close, esp bc I HC they’re both hard on more demi and questioning spectrums — whenever Shoyo and Atsumu sees someone pretty they’re sat there like, what do they see? What do you mean you just saw them and would bang? We took MONTHS, YEARS, to even think about kissing you idiots!! (Atsumu: At least y’all didn’t have to suffer through the bi crisis I had bc of Shoyo in HS. It sucked, worth it tho)

Also, Shoyo absolutely has the most power over ALL of them and it’s a good thing bc he is, by far, the most emotionally intelligent. Honestly it’s barely even a competition, he’s the miracle holding them together 😂 Someone asks “Oh so who wears the pants, y’know lol” “Pants…? Omi or Tobio probably. They’re both completely dressed usually, or naked. Tsumu either wears underwear but no pants, pants but no underwear, no inbetween, always shirtless, and then—” “NO PLS OMG I MEAN WHO’S IN CHARGE” “Oh! Oh that’s honestly me. They rarely say no to me, if I want something someone’s at my beck and call. Sometimes I feel like I’m a shojo harem MC… but I’m the best cook. You bet they listen to who feed them and gives the best cuddles, smh” (The other three: *begrudgingly nodding* He has too much power…)

(Also makes me consider angsty routes where, if Shoyo ends up angsting, or is threatened somehow, it rocks the entire boat. Those three having to work together harmoniously without that steady, warm little thing winding his way between them, brightening otherwise gloomy spots of miscommunication, would be trying. I do have angsty ideas related to the AU but not settled on anything, and they don’t quite feel right, really, so… idk).

While they’d probably keep it to themselves bc god knows irl Japan would have an aneurism seeing them (it seems polyamory is. Nonexistent in their public views?) but boy does it generate the funniest drama. Haikyuu verse shippers going HARD on Twitter, little do they know they skipped all that BS and bought the biggest bed they could (hardest thing to work out honestly, like… that’s three 180+ tall athletes plus Shoyo whose hardly small, and moves a lot— defying all logic, often starting on one side and ending up on the other. They’ve given up on permanent arrangements. Sometimes a dog pile seems easier. Like, Omi and Tobio prefer the furthest ends respectively but Tsumu is a fussy boy who decides he needs snuggles from EVERYONE and then. Shoyo is probably making the pilgrimage to Omi’s side at 3am, apparently, bc Tobio kicked him muttering something about sexy ninjas and nope, not tonight. Yes, when one of their phones goes off it’s an effort getting it to the right destination.

As you might be able to tell I have all too many feelings and thoughts here 😭 It’s the most severe brainrot… and I just KNOW I could make the biggest fic but my motivation’s so bad, I need soundboards to help bounce ideas off. Would be v happy to have someone to ramble to about these four (somehow functioning) idiots in love if anyone’s made it down here and still interested.

Signing off over here in poly rarepair hell 😞🫡 Maybe I’ll write that fic someday! Also, maybe I’ve figured out tagging?

i enjoy sakuatsukagehina but oh god they’d be insufferable. three of them are assholes at least 40% of the time (intentionally or unintentionally) and all four of them getting competitive over the same thing might result in actual radioactive fallout.

[bandsanitizer]

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[zenigatas-eyelashes]

hi! this is less of an ask and more of me just gushing about you, so sorry about that! i wanted to say that i luv luv luv your art, it makes me so very happy to see! i wanted to ask for your opinion on twcfm series. i watched it a while back and i am interested in others opinions on it. i also wanted to ask you to share any headcanons you have about the relationships (platonic and/or romantic) between the characters. thank you!! (p.s. im sorry if im doing this wrong i dont know how tumblr works)

Ok 1st of all: THANK YOUUU HFHNGNF & there's no right or wrong way I'm just glad I get asks tbh 😭

My feelings on twcfm:

very cool art style

fujiko was written mwah so wonderfully

actual intresting plot?!?! Rare for Lupin ngl

1 of my fav opening themes

least fav ending theme

zeni could've been written better & like not been voiced by Epcar (p2 jjgen) cus duh ??

Oscar was wasted potential

that ep where fujiko was a teacher at a hs mmm no y did they do that

overall: 7.8/10

My Relationship hcs:

OT4 - OT5 is my fav but here's the specifics

Jiglup = went from "what are we?" to a "oh shit I'm so in love w/ you" romantic relationship

Luzeni = dating but also have never been on a traditional date. Zeni was in denial / thought it was 1 sided. Twas love at 1st sight 4 Lupin

Fujilup = soulmates (romantic)

Lupgoe = enemies to lovers but they both never wanted to be enemies

Jigoe = Goe thought it could never be but in reality Jigen was the 1st to fall in love w/ goe, then lup followed suit

Jigen + Fujiko = QPR (aka bestiess)

Jigen + Zeni = Zeni is the equivalent of Jig's type but he assumed nothing would come of it since he thought zeni only had heart eyes for lupin (he was wrong)

Zeni + Fujiko = dunno that they're huge lovebirds but they find eachother attractive af

Zeni + Goe = zeni always found Goe mysterious, stoic, a bit confusing & wayy out of his league but suprisingly, Goe thought the same abt Zenigata!

Fujigoe = in love, goe is a simp 4 her (as he should)

[allykiwi]

Got tagged by @apeironstella

1. Top 3 ships

(I don't ship a lot, ngl.)

Lavi, Allen, Lenalee, and Kanda from dgm are an OT4 (honestly, they all need to have a moment to chill and be friends. Like, that's important. They really need peace and calm.)

Davepetasprite^2 and Jade (No real reason. I just like the ship.)

That. Might be the only ships I ship, actually... (not that there aren't other characters that I think are decent together, just none that I ship whether romantic or platonic.)

2. Lipsticks/Chapsticks

I can't say I use either, tbh. I use lipstick when cosplaying or on halloween, but that's about it. Makeup in general is rather uncomfortable, so I try to avoid it.

3. Last Song

The last song I heard was "Great No One" by The Beths.

4. Last Movie

The last movie I watched was "A Silent Voice" and, boiiii, did I want to cry

5. Reading

Currently? Archivist Wasp. PostApocalyptic religious cult, the afterlife. Stuff. It's good so far, but I'm only halfway through. Plan to read next? I got a couple manga for christmas (mp100 vol.1 and dgm vol.10-13)

Tagging? @heartonpins @thinepickyone