#please I'm shit at writing fanfics

[necrotic-nephilim]

@profandomhopper i was going to reblog the original post this comment was left on but i felt it divorced itself from the original topic so much, you get your own post for giving me delightful permission to ramble about this. buckle in people this is long.

so, DC is a big fandom that expanses a lot of different types of content, and like anything, is subject to crossovers. the obvious ones like Marvel are for the reason of being a similar and equally popular superhero world, so it's easy to transpose the worlds onto each other and overlap the characters. both of these worlds deal with multiverses and endless, endless heroes. it makes sense and there's no real stretch to think Batman and Spider-Man could co-exist. i mean, there have been canon crossover comics. and even some more random crossovers like White Collar have pretty easy to trace origins, being an actor in WC was a popular Dick fancast back in the day so there was some bleeding over that led to a well-loved niche crossover space.

but Danny Phantom and Miraculous Ladybug are where it gets interesting. because at a surface, MLB sort of makes sense. it's a superhero world, you're following a teen girl superhero and sure the mechanics are pretty contained, but the crossover should make sense. but when you compare it to the crossover numbers of other superhero media like say My Hero Academia, Ladybug takes the *crown* with such a bizarre popularity. and of course, DP feels like it makes even less sense. sure, you *could* lump it into at the very least, superhero-adjacent media, but it's not a true hero world like MLB or DC is.

but, the thing to always understand about DC, *especially* the Batfamily (which is where the crossover content propagates the most) is this: a *very* good chunk of fans don't interact with the comics. i would venture to say even most Batfamily fans don't read the comics and actively talk about it. we've all read a very fandom big Batfam fanfic where the author's note mentions the writer has never touched a comic in their life. typically, these fans are either cobbling together their understanding from fandom content, or by frankensteining unrelated DC adaptations to understand each character. you take Bruce from Batman: TAS, you take Dick from the animated Young Justice, you take Jason from Batman: Under The Red Hood animated movie, you take Damian from the DCAMU Batman vs Robin, and you read some fandom metas to fill in the rest and well, you've got some sort of an understanding of these characters. read enough incorrect quotes, some genfic, a couple of character metas, and boom, you understand the Batfamily fandom enough to start creating your own content. and of course now. now you have Wayne Family Adventures so it's even *easier*. a pretty easy to pick up webtoon that's filling in all the gaps for you. but i've been in this fandom long enough to remember before we had WFA and even then, this was still a common, if not the most popular way, to ween yourself into the DC fandom space. you cherry-picked the canon you liked and then plunged into the depths of fanon.

i'm not here to make in depth commentary on if i think this is a good or bad thing. trust me i have that commentary in my head, but that would need it's own post. i'm very split on it and my feelings are complicated. my feelings on WFA are even *more* complicated. because oftentimes, the attitude expressed by these fans who are frankensteining this version of the Batfamily/DC world they have in their head is they don't *want* to read the comics. the comics don't contain the content they're after. and to an extent, i understand that. if you're looking for light-hearted vibes of the Batfamily all getting along and having the occasional hurt/comfort moments but in the end, they hug and make up, you're right. largely, you won't find that in canon. of course there are so many comics to recommend for Batfamily interactions, but you have to get specific. you'll find them interacting in small groups, Tim and Dick bonding here, Duke and Cass bonding there, but largely, the comics don't care to balance the ridiculously large cast they've given themselves. but fandom does. it's easy to toss them all in a blender and ignore the parts you don't like. the default argument to ignoring the comics or writing something OOC is always "well the comics are OOC and inconsistent too" which, while a flawed argument that massively misunderstand how comics work as a medium, isn't an entirely incorrect one. you could serve on a silver platter to these fans, an easy and accessible way to get into comics and they wouldn't be interested. it's not what they're here for. fandom is always character-driven above all else. it's driven by character relationships and dynamics. if someone wants to consume content where Tim idolized and stalked Jason as 'his Robin' and now is trying to help him rehabilitate and they're super complicated but have this long epic forgiveness arc, why *would* they read the comics? because they're sure as shit not going to find that dynamic in the comics. it's laughably OOC and not canon at all, but that doesn't matter. what matters is the sandbox. most Batfamily fans care *far* more about the sandbox canon gives them than the actual canon itself. feel how you feel about that, this really isn't being negative toward that attitude, but it is a common attitude.

so, you have Batfamily fans playing in the sandbox and building their own narrative. common fandom headcanons are so common, you could practically write a guide on how the fanon Batfamily works with how consistent people are about it. or you could just read WFA, which is practically the new manifesto of it. even now, with this sudden spike in people talking about canon accuracy and "actually this happening in the comics", they don't actually care about the comics, just what they can cherry-pick for fodder. (even if they rob it of so much context they're just as OOC as they were before. see specifically: the recent phenomena with Tim Drake going from the woobified weakest member of the Batfam who everyone needs to save constantly and he's the smart boy but he's also the one with a sad tragic neglectful past who gets overlooked being the way Batfamily fandom played with Tim for years. but recently, people seem to be pushing this idea of a ridiculously badass Tim, Tim who *totally* has a kill count because of his actions in RR (2009) if you take them completely out of context, Tim who bested Ra's and is even more badass than Jason and he's the 17 yr old CEO of Wayne Industries being cool and flawless it becoming the new fandom zeitgeist. neither of these versions of Tim are canon, and the second fundamentally misunderstands his arc in RR (2009) but the shift has undeniably happened and it's been fascinating to watch. the same thing happened with people suddenly deciding Jason isn't the "angry violent Robin", he was a sunshine sweet boy who was perfect as Robin. neither of these are true, but the second feels more transgressive and new to fandom from cherry-picked panels.) the point is largely, Batfamily fans would rather build their own canon than play with the actual canon.

and then, you have Danny Phantom. i'm not into DP and have no interest to get into it, but what i know about it via fandom osmosis is this: DP fans sort of also don't give a fuck about canon. once again, the canon of DP is a sandbox, not a rulebook. the concepts and the characters are the draw, not the plot itself. i've seen DP posts explaining characters who are essentially OCs, but have become so dominant in the fandom via fandom osmosis. there are concepts and ideas about how Danny's powers work and potential concepts with his ghost nature that either aren't in canon or only happened once in canon and fans decided to expand on that and doesn't care about it's own in-universe logic. i've seen a lot of DP fans also express they haven't seen the show and they don't have plans to see the show. because the show is just some children's cartoon with some inconsistencies and a simple plot, as you'd expect from CN. the show isn't the point. no one cares about it's plot, they care about it's characters. they care about pushing the concept of half ghost boy to a logical extreme and seeing what you can get out of that. can you make it weird and fucked up. how much can you highlight on his trauma and body horror. what identity crisis can you give him and how can you build his interactions with other characters in his world around that and also make those characters fun and unique on their own. sure, the skeleton of canon is there, but the meat lies all in the fanon.

Miraculous Ladybug also exists in this similar vein. the characters, the concepts, those hold intrigue. and not even mentioning the fact the original concept for this show was supposed to be aimed to an older audience, so you can see the bones of something a bit more mature and nuanced under this typical, villain of the week magical girl transformation show. the show itself is a bit shallow and that's not a *bad* thing, it's just the medium it exists within being aimed towards children. but the concepts of a teen girl who's basically a sort of chosen one, a boy who doesn't know his father is the big bad of the show, and their weird identity porn love... square thing. those dynamics are *so* complicated and such a fun sandbox to play in with character-driven fandom.

so, at the core, you have three fandoms that care more about the culturally accepted fanon than the canon, with a good chunk of people often not even consuming the original canon content. and well, DC is an *easy* world to transpose just about anything onto. a boy who's half ghost and fighting supernatural threats? that makes sense, DC has ghost heroes like Deadman already. a girl who has this magical item that gives her animal themed superpowers? i mean that's practically the same thing as Vixen's Totem so that one makes sense too. they fit in pretty easy, no needing to change the world to accommodate them. and of course, if you're a fan of *one* fandom where you don't care for the canon content and only like the fandom sandbox, chances are, you'll get drawn in pretty easily to another fandom with similar mechanics. if you can teach yourself the DP fandom rules/concepts, you can teach yourself the Batfamily fandom rules/concepts. and well, since there's so much crossover in fandom members, why not write the fanfiction? crossover fics will always exist, but with such a shared member base, you have a really big boom.

it's why the characters you see DP interact with in DC are *always* characters who are far more driven by fanon than canon. Danny and John Constantine is a *massive* concept. for people who don't read Hellblazer comics. my poor partner, @divine-dominion has lamented to me pretty often about finding DP content in the Hellblazer tag that is essentially turning Constantine into an OC. because whatever version of Constantine is being written about isn't one bit comics accurate, and really, isn't trying to be. and the same thing happens with Shazam. you watch Young Justice and understand him well enough, you get drawn in by the character concept that you just run with it. people put their favorite blorbos in the same place because hey, wouldn't ghost boy be pretty cool in a city like *Gotham*. how would Batman even react to him. and then, the shipping. because ages for the Batfamily can be easily hand-waved and moved around based on where you plop Danny into the timeline, you have your pick of the litter with him, and same with Ladybug. of course there are the most popular ships but largely, the world is your oyster.

i don't think this is the worst thing in the world for either fandom. it's not hard to filter out the crossover tags and scroll past content i don't like. and sure, i see the appeal of making your blorbos from two different places meet. i've got my drafts *full* of DC/MHA crossover ideas because well, i like them both and think that would be cool. i think my only gripe with it is when DP or MLB crossover content seeps it's way into the wrong tags. using the above example, if you're writing about Danny and Constantine but there's zero content of the actual Hellblazer comics, i don't think you need the Hellblazer tag, just the Constantine character tag. tbh i wish this extended onto Ao3 and people utilized fandom tags better. if you're writing Batfamily fanfiction that is very clearly and obviously WFA driven in characterization and concepts, i would far prefer those fics be tagged with the WFA fandom tag rather than the Batman (comics) fandom tag. because well, you're not writing about the Batman comics. and there's nothing wrong with that, but it helps if you don't confuse yourself for content striving to interact with canon more. (this especially extends to Young Justice, by the way. if you're writing for the Young Justice tv show please, please stop using the Young Justice (comics) fandom tag. i'm at my wit's end- /lh)

the whole thing is fascinating. i've got zero interest in entering DP or MLB as fandoms because that's not my speed, but witnessing it as an outsider is my favorite pastime. i see a *lot* of posts going around the DC x DP space that are helping explain to people who's who, what's what, and understanding the canon/fanon of both of these properties so others can better enter the space. which is not something you'd need in a fandom driven only by it's canon content, but it is sweet watching others try to help newbies enter the space. it's a very inviting fandom space, i think, whether you lament it's existence or not. they're just sitting in their corner with their blorbos, and i gotta respect that. the posts explaining the Batfamily to DP fans are always fun for me to read, even if i disagree with some of the characterizations in them because it helps shine a light on what the fans of this crossover regard as "important" enough about each fandom to be worth including those sorts of primers. very fascinating stuff.

[mrs-theirin]

5 times Astarion makes Reverie's heart race, and one time he makes it stop.

When she wakes after the fall, she has a knife to her throat and the face of an unearthly beautiful man blocks out the first bout of sun she's seen in days.

“Speak,” he says, and her heart thumps in her chest.

“Who–” she starts to ask, but the man presses the blade harder against her purple skin, and she swallows the rest of her query.

I | II | III | IV | V + THE END.

[airjemsfandump]

"So," Zayne started, lifting a finger to his lips as he appraised the lithe thing Sylus has brought with him, "I take it that this is the new shipment that came in three days ago? Why did you bring it with you?"

Sylus's mouth curved up in a slight smirk. The man never missed a thing. "This little thing has been too busy sulking instead of providing us with the information we need."

He shot the 'little thing' a narrow look and he was answered with a pointed frown.

"While having my jugular slit would be more preferable than asking for your help, we have wasted enough time for this nonsense. We need your expertise to get him to start talking. What do you think?"

Zayne looked at the man trapped between them and he was met with a scathing glare. A sudden sharp thrill of excitement sparked in his veins.

He smirked. "I might have a few ideas."

[sister-pianist-chan]

I'm fucking late for the OF and here's what sister Pianist-chan has to say;

W A T D A F A K!!!

THIS MOTHERFUCKER!!!!

And the fact that he said "ass" first. Yup... We know what you're thinking and who you're thinking about, homie! 😂 You'll see him "soon"

And did you guys see the beard? Holy Jesus!

It's kind of cute and funny and sad all at the same time, that homeboy is trying to be a top when we know (and he knows) that he's a bottom.

I'm already convinced that the boy writes fanfics with us.

Lord, give me strength! Gotta start a new fic in my Brother Jere series! And this one will be the mother of all sinful Brother Jere exploits!

[secret-origins-crossover]

SECRET QUARTET UPDATES

I was waiting impatiently for the poll to finish and dare I say, I have never been more excited for the next part- especially because this is set after the first installation. Now, one thing I'm sure all of you are curious about: can ghosts be stanked?

Much like what I said about Akumas, no- this simply isn't possible for, well, a few reasons but that will come later, so you'll just have to wait! (as for halfas, the answer to that question is also being left ambiguous-)

This does mean that whatever happens in the next part won’t be involving ghosts being affected by the Sorcerer’s magic- now whether ghosts exist inside Norrisville, well, we’ll just have to see won’t we? I do like to think ghosts aren't a common phenomenon everywhere because of other reasons

For now, these are my current forming ideas. Either Danny ends up in Norrisville somehow (which would be partially dependent on the timeline-), or Randy is sent to Amity Park as a result of... other reasons. This is a bare minimum draft to say the least and I have some stuff that will be included immediately and the rest will be added in as the series continues!

I will say that Danny’s going to be having a time if he’s the one to arrive in Norrisville. Poor Danny gets to go through the burner during a lot of this- he is one of the protagonists after all hahaha

Though I decided to use this time to explain some of the lore and information about this AU people are still interested in (which I’m admittedly surprised about-), so without much further ado- let's get right to the point!

Also, one last thing before I start: this takes place before the season two finale of RC9GN for what I feel is kind of obvious, but moving on-

Lore Dumping + Headcanons

Something that was canonized in the first installation: not all heroes are aware of another- due to certain restrictions and, well, some magic of the universe... a lot of the organizations basically were sanctioned off to specific locations as a way of maintaining the peace. What this means is that clashing will go down at first- perhaps not between the main heroes but say, a certain council with other groups but we'll get to that later

Norrisville does not have a high concentration of ghostly energy since there isn't a portal (natural portals are an entirely different story; i'm more referring about something like what's at fenton works-). This didn't really need to be said but just in case! I'm shoving it into the lore dump anyway

Randy faces a lot of pressure just for being the Ninja but without the added knowledge of other heroes- he's genuinely living the best life and having fun while still being the protector, though we all know this won't last. I also will say this is going to explore the whole thing with the tengu but I'm not sure how much just yet-

Could someone else be shloomped inside the Nomicon? Hahaha, you'll find out later- I thought about saying it, but decided to hold myself back for now. I will say this: the Nomicon is still a sentient being and, well, who is able to go inside it (since technically, in one of the episodes, Howard did but I'm not sure how far into the RC9GN 'canon' it's set in-) has some rules to it

Danny and Randy are obviously different in terms of personality- having them work together is going to come with its challenges, but I do think they'd have a good partnership going. They just have to get comfortable with one another

I'm trying to keep myself from saying things about future installations lol, but- I will say that so far, Vlad has zero connections to Norrisville. This one-shot is going to be a little different and that's all I'm going to say for the time being

If anyone's curious about the difference in strength between Danny and Randy- well, their methods of combat are different so, do with this what you will for now :)

As of right now, there are no confirmed ships within the series! To be honest, I don't fully see it as important but it may show- just... not right this second

So far, this is all I got! It's getting a little late and I am honestly really tired which means posting will have to wait until later, but do expect more content soon! I am very excited for the continuation of this project to say the least!

Goodnight, my lovely readers!

[hjartasalt]

Hey not to be a bitch or anything but maybe don't tag my posts where I talk about my very real trauma disorder that affects me in real life with some fandom nonsense

[warrenmike]

because i knew you (i have been changed for good) 2.4k words / dnf / hurt&comfort, cuddling, twitchcon panel aftermath

“Wanna talk about it?” Dream’s voice is quiet, but it seems so loud in the nearly silent room. “...not really.” George sniffs. “It’s stupid.” “George…” “It’s so fucking stupid, Dream, why can’t I just– take a compliment?"

or: George gets Overwhelmed at the Dream & Friends panel at Twitchcon.

read it here.

[alexvacice]

having 1 am merlin thoughts while reading fanfic and ughhhh

I was thinking about Arthur's bane and how someone on here mentioned that it would make more sense for it to be Merlin, not Arthur himself and all the angst possibilities that could come from that. If it really played out I imagine they'd say Emrys was Arthur's bane, so the writers would have to have him figure out that Emrys is Merlin, basically a magic reveal, at basically the start of season 5. They could have a falling out, where Gwen would have the opportunity to be a person and not just wife(tm), yknow help Merlin out, reason with Arthur and whatnot. Then they'd band together again and we'd have time for a Merthur adventure with magic revealed and the ending could still play out the same (I will not be taking any fixings for that, I love how it ended, you can't change the most important part of the legends).

I know Emrys is already Morgana's bane but honestly if you changed it to Arthur not much would change storywise, she'd just have a better reason for turning on Arthur.

And I have a fix for Mordred's arc as well. Instead of Kara, who's addition really bring the emotional impact the writers were going for, we'd built it on a misunderstanding. Merlin can't be with Arthur for a few days because he's helping Gaius gather rare herbs (wowee love that excuse) so Arthur's standing on his own. Some random guy, who's staying with the druids, tries to assassinate Arthur. He takes it surprisingly well and tries to visit the druid camp to discuss it (cause he's being a proper progressive king, can you tell I am not a writer?) but he brings a legion of knights with him just in case. Shit goes nut nut, because druids think they're under attack. Some of them have survived Arthur's last raid and they're terrified of him now so they immediately go into defense. Arthur fights back and because he's a killing machine it quickly truns into an actual raid unintentionally which destroys the entire camp. Mordred, back in Camelot hears about this, and thinks to himself that Arthur isn't reformed at all, that he will still kill innocent people only for having magic, so he realises Morgana was right and goes to her. It's a mmmmm yummy scrummy cycle of terrible decisions and inascapable horrible events, just how I like all my shows.

[dragongirluvula]

just found out about the hdg and I definitely don't vibe with it. It almost captures my interest but the hard stance opposition towards exploring the implications that come with a self designated benevolent empire that can solve the inherent problems that come from cultures who are supposedly inferior in some way by nature really like, both rubs me the wrong way and feels like a disservice to the setting itself.

idk just looking at every empire in history it's like, that's literally what they all say and how they justify colonizing others. It's kinda really fucking hard to just take at face value. If imperialist colonizers who just happen to be legimately nicies to the people they colonize is like, ur thing then absolutely jack off to it I'm not here to judge that, just like, own that I guess? But if your argument for them is just that narratively speaking it's just true then my interest in your setting, horny or otherwise just does not exist.

The contradiction of the setting also bothers me, 25-45% of any given species will be domesticated on average but the space between that and rebellion just doesn't seem to be accounted for in the wiki, what is the life of someone not opposed to the empire but also who doesn't volunteer for domestication? How much of their own cultures are retained within the empire? It really seems like the only option for any autonomy in the setting is rebellion but that's also only ever seen as a bad thing.

I just get caught on the whole "affini are imperial" and "affini are benevolent" thing in the axioms section of the hdg wiki. My mixed race ass cannot really look at an invading empire calling itself the good guys without my own personal baggage about it weighing in, ya'feel?

[the-rarest-sexiest-coinkydink]

Just Tattoo of Us (Frank Iero x reader)

(Started writing: 21:09, Finished writing: 22:48) 

Word count: 1296 

Summary: Frank and (y/n) have agreed to draw each other something to get tattooed - but this leads to something that takes them both a little by surprise. 

AN: Guys lol I had a sudden urge to write something for Frank because it’s his birthday so here you go!! (I promise I’m not ignoring my kinktober duties I am just getting very annoying writer’s block rn) 

“You’d better not be drawing something really ugly over there.”

Looking up from his bit of paper, an arm tucked around it so they couldn’t see anything before he was ready to show it, Frank pulled a face. “What, don’t you trust me?”

“I just know what you’re like.” (Y/n) shot back, sticking out their tongue and giggling when he did the same. “I’m drawing you something really nice, okay? Don’t be mean. Or else I won’t do it.”

“Aw come on, you agreed! In fact, you were the one who suggested that I draw your next tattoo design.”

They rolled their eyes, tossing a scrunched-up scrap of paper at his head. “Yes, but if I hate it then it’s not going on my body. End of story.”

“Come on angel, you really think I’d try and screw you over?” He scribbled for another moment, then held the paper up. “See - it’s not that bad, right?”

The design was definitely stupid, but it was beautifully done. It was a bedsheet ghost - very similar in style to Boozey, with a slightly happier expression - with a myriad of tiny drawings all over it. Hearts, smiley faces, simple flowers; even a tiny sunshine with a face, like the ones children draw in the corner of the page. A speech bubble came from it’s mouth, proclaiming: ‘I guess tattoos really are permanent’.

They burst out laughing, taking the drawing from him to take a closer look. “Is this what you’re gonna look like as a ghost?”

“Oh definitely.” He grinned, pleased that they liked it. “Can I see what you drew yet?”

Squinting thoughtfully at the design for a second, (y/n) nodded. “Yeah, I think I’m happy with it. I’m not sure it’s as good as yours, though. Yours is stunning.” And they passed it over, chewing at their lip as he examined it.

They had drawn a very simplified, slightly wonky skeleton holding a guitar, surrounded by scribbly music notes. Frank was very quiet for a few moments, tracing a finger over the gentle lines.

Sighing, their heart sinking, (y/n) shrugged. “You- you don’t have to get it done if you don’t like it, it’s okay, I won’t be offen-”

He cut them off, practically throwing himself across the table to plant a fierce kiss on their lips, his fingers tangling at the edge of their hair. When he pulled back they were both breathless, and he winced as he shifted back. “Fuck, I hit my knee.”

“So I’m guessing you don’t hate it then?”

He beamed. “Honey, it’s beautiful. I know just where I’ll put it as well, I-I love it. Really, it’s… wait, is this what you think I’m gonna look like when I’m dead?”

Their laughter filled the room again, the two of them leaning against each other as happy tears pricked at their eyes. (Y/n) took a deep breath, already wanting to giggle at their own next words. “Well, it wouldn’t surprise me if you found a way to perform from beyond the grave. I swear you’d marry one of your guitars if you could!”

Frank put a hand to his chest, pulling a face of mock-hurt. “You wound me!”

“I’m right though aren’t I?”

“Nah, I’d much rather marry you.”

They both faltered for a second at that, the mood changing suddenly. They’d been best friends since they were kids, but they’d only confessed their feelings for each other a few years previously: and as much as they adored each other, the topic of marriage had never come up in a serious conversation before. But the way he’d just said it, so matter of fact… it made their heart skip.

Around them, the sounds from the rest of the tattoo studio faded into a blur. The buzz of tattoo machines, the chatter of excited people waiting for their turn, the low background punk music; it all disappeared as their eyes met, Frank still laying halfway across the table as (y/n)’s hand rested against his shoulder.

“Do you mean that?”

He slid off the table with very little grace, crouching next to their chair and resting his hands on their thigh. “I mean… I didn’t exactly plan on asking you like this, the ring isn’t ready yet and I wanted it to be all cute and romantic, but… yeah. I do mean it.”

“Hey, this is pretty cute and romantic if you ask me.” They managed a sound that was somewhere between a giggle and a sniffle, a tear working it’s way down their cheek. “Am I allowed to say yes now? Or will that screw with your plans?”

“You really wanna say yes?” His eyes were wide and teary now too, his hands shaking ever so slightly as he laced his fingers with theirs. “You aren’t just saying that because you think I wanna hear it, right? Because obviously I do wanna hear you say it, but not if it’s not what you really want, I just want you to be happy, really, I-”

This time it was (y/n)’s turn to cut him off with a kiss, sweet and gentle as their tears mixed with his, overwhelmed. Their foreheads rested together when their lips came apart, eyes still closed. They barely felt able to speak in anything louder than a whisper.

“Yes.”

“Seriously?” He whispered back.

“Yes.”

There was a slight cough from behind them, and the two turned to see Frank’s tattoo artist in the doorway, looking a little awkward. “Sorry, didn’t realise I was interrupting something. Is everything okay with you guys? You almost ready to get in the chair?”

Frank grinned, squeezing his lover’s hand. “Yeah, we’re all good to go. We, uh… we kinda just got engaged.”

Her face lit up, and she clapped her hands together. “Oh, you guys! That’s so sweet, congratulations!”

“Thanks, Katie. Could you, uh, not share that with anyone else though? It kinda took us both by surprise and I don’t even have their ring yet, so… would be nice to have it as our little secret for now.”

She nodded. “Oh of course, I won’t say a word. So, what are we thinking for tattoos?”

(Y/n) took the papers over to her, kissing their fiancé (oh wow did it feel strange thinking of him like that) on the cheek as they passed. “Okay, so this one is going on me, and this is going on Frank.”

“Very nice! These are so cute. Where are they going?”

“I think… somewhere on the ribs, for mine? Maybe on the sternum? I feel like somewhere near my heart would be nice.”

“You two are sickeningly sweet, you know that right?” She grinned. “What about you Frank?”

He moved to join them, tucking an arm around his fiancé’s back and hugging them close. “There’s a little spot on my right thigh that I think would be big enough for this. If not… hey I think there’s some space somewhere on my neck too, so that would be cool too.”

(Y/n) snorted. “You really don’t have that much choice of places at this point, do you? What are you gonna do when you run out of skin space to get inked?”

He shrugged. “Ah, I’ll think of something. Maybe I’ll grow an extra arm. Ooh, or two arms, then I could play two guitars at the same time.”

They shot a look at Katie. “I can’t believe I just agreed to marry this lunatic.”

She laughed at Frank’s kicked puppy look as she led them through to her section of the studio, starting to set up her equipment. “You changing your mind already?”

“Hell no.” Looping their arms around his neck, (y/n) kissed the tip of his nose. “Never ever.”

[boxwinebaddie]

Miss Ninaa!! When are you free for the summer???

hello, sweetling! and good morning, good afternoon or good night wherever it is that you are. <3 regardless of the time of day, please just know that the world around you is brighter bc you're in it. c':

so i just want to start out by saying that i know i say this a lot...but i cannot tell you what it means to me that you guys care enough about me to be curious about the trajectory of my offline life.

...like, i really just have the sweetest anons in the world, huh? ;-;

i feel unbelievably blessed and count my lucky stars everyday because of each and everyone of you. thank you for being your lovely, lovely selves and caring not only about me as a person but my silly and strange au styles from hell.

speaking of, i am aware that it does not seem like it because of how sporadically i post ncu related content ( if at all ) but i am trying to work on some stuff...as you know well by now, i like to really take my time putting out my work because the quality of the content that you read is paramount to me. you are all far too near and dear to my heart to receive lame, rushed, unclear boof ass content from me.

like...i simply will not do it. thank you for your paitence.

( i will say that i am specifically working on an ask about the greenhouse kiss which AAAAAA giggling, twirling my hair and kicking my feet, like it is SOOOOO satisfying, holy shit! it's also very, very important to the plot which is why i have been taking my time on it. i do hope to put it out today but i am trying not to make promises that i can't keep, get your hopes and dreams up just to dash them and most unfortunately, i do not have a great track record in that regard. i know it's kind of a bummer...but i like to be honest w/ y'all. )

ANYWAYS!

without further ado, here's a little glimpse into my life. xx

again, thank you for asking...that is very cute of you. c': <333

( this is lengthy and lowkey irrelevant. you can absolutely skip this but i think that i am pretty informative in here, so it might be useful? idk. )

so actually, my summer is pretty busy and jam-packed for the most part! or, the first two months are, at least. because i decided to take on summer camp here at the school i work on! camp counsellor nina!

i decided to nab a summer camp supervising position for a couple of reasons. like, obviously, teaching does not pay that much, so really, i need to make all the money i can while i can. don't worry about me tho, guys. bc actually am doing extremely well for myself. <333

( i am a very lucky person, haha -- god nerfed me by being mentally ill, but did make me pretty and personable...which gets me far in life. on the topic of mental illness [ of which i am very ] today i should fare quite well bc other than having a mild headache and being lowkey naseous because my mood stabilizer has that side effect for me...it is worth it when i rem(ember) to take it because it makes me very calm and level, so i am better at responding to my asks/doing my tasks. )

another reason is it keeps me busy...when i am not constantly busy, i get very depressed and fall into gnarly sprials. my job has a lot of downtime and when i am not running around like crazy because a bunch of teachers are out, i'm bored as fuck and i get lazy or restless.

very lame...this summer, i will be looking for a different job ( fml, if you are my boss, don't read this ) and i am a bad procrastinator so i missed the deadline for a fuck ton of teaching positions, but hopefully i can find something in the realm of associate or assistant teaching because....lmao, point and laugh but i am still a little too nervous to teach a whole class by myself. if kids get disadvantaged academically because i am too incompetent at teaching, i will die.

but yeah...if i am still babysitting fourteen year olds after this ( they did grow on me, but it's really not my speed ) please also point and laugh because i would rather go back to retail...yes, i am desperate.

on the subject of teaching kids that are in my wheelhouse and doing stuff my speed, summer camp is actually all k-5 so i will FINALLY being doing a majority of my teaching in the age group that i have my literal credential in. YAY! it's going to be hot as shit where i am over the summer, probably also tiring as shit ( have you seen how little kids act in the summer? ) but i am so fkn exCITED to work with the littles HEEEEELLL YES, BROTHER! uncle nina will be Vibing! <333

so for the first four weeks i am doing general camp stuff, getting a feel for stuff and wokring with all the grade levels...but the LAST two weeks, i get to specifically associate teach in the kindergarten classroom and AAAAAAAA!!!!! I FKN LOVE THE KINDERS!!!!! i visit them every other day because, again, i am bored as shit and they need help over there so i usually hang out with them in PE and play hula hoop tag with them...rn they are learning how to jump rope. soooo stinking cute, oh my god.

-- BUT YES I AM SOOOOO FREAKING STOKED YOU GUYS LIKE I WAS MADE FOR THIS BROTHER. i am gonna wear so many crazy outfits and do such weird makeup pray it doesn't melt off my face.

also, during camp, they go on little field trips and things, hopefully swimming, ( uncle nina is mermaid nina ) and feed you the same stuff as the campers so i get to eat like a nasty frat boy and have pizza and pasta and stuff, which, let me tell you, i am genuinely stoked because they cater a free lunch for the faculty here everyday and it's supposed to be all fancy and shit...but there is a reason it's free because it is SOOOO mid. like it really is kind of ass. i don't know how they do that.

but, sigh, camp is only six weeks so i have to fill my time with other stuff ( also i guess that means in six weeks from when school is done on june...14th, i think? i am free? ) i hope to use that time to structure the fuck out of my life, planf or the future because i am hella bad at it and i hope to do a lot of writing! kind of a pipe dream at this point becaue all my stuff has been *british tolkien vc* actual shite and i can't finish anything...but maybe when i feel better, writing will come easier? when i am less busy and stressed? i hope so. and i hope you guys are still around if i am here but i Completely understand if you are not! it's been a long, bumpy ride. you did your dues and you are free to step off at any time. again, i do not blame you. i am annoying.

BUT YEAH! that's my summer for you! summer camp, hanging out with my cat ( her name is lily, she is very beautiful, very kind, very fluffy and dumb as rocks but she is my babygirl ), getting lots of sushi, going to the thrift store, doing self care stuff, doing less self harm in various odd forms specifically in the form of self sabotage, getting my life together and organized, finding a new job, bettering myself and the world, being kind, entertaining all of you and hopefully writing again! yay! i'll update you as much as i can.

and please, please, pleeeease update me on your lives! i know i don't always respond, but i read everything. my friend who won FIRST PLACE for her raven sculpture, I AM SO PROUD OF YOU BABY. my friends who unfortunately went through breakups, i am so sorry, please know it is their loss, you are stronger for it and i hope you heal, but if ravesey can...you can baby. also proud of my various friends going to college and my friends that are not! my friends toiling through their lame jobs and my friends who are dipping their toes in the world of creativity through writing, drawing expressing yourself! i love, love, LOVE you! thank you for sharing your lives with me.

( speaking of friends, i am specifically hoping to spend my summer bonding with my rant girlies and we made a little group chat and we are being so funny and chaotic and unhinged. i love them all so bad. )

BUT YEAH! thank you for asking my love! look out for some important in character asks, hopefully some finished or more distinguished writing and know that if i am not responding or posting, it is not because i lost interest...as you can see, i am very busy, especially as the school year approaches an end, my summer is a little busy, i fall into ugly manic/depressive cycles and am working on taking care of myself...offline. thank you for understanding.

and thank you for being here! you are troopers, forreal! you are angels and saints for putting up for me and enduring me never posting or posting really chaotic weird stuff. i love you. thanks for caring. <3

i love you and i hope you heal,

uncle nina, future ceo of glamour girl summer camp <3

P.S. i am specifically working on developing and post more about my other aus because i want to give you some variety and challenge myself to do stuff out of my comfort zone! so if you are excited at all about the tsot/tfbw nina stuff, please make some NOOOOISE! lol and if you are not i totally get it, but if you could give me gentility and grace, i would appreciate it because i'm insecure abt it. MWAH!

[ghostie-gengar]

does anybody know if google docs' ai thing is actually going to be taking everyone's stuff to use for prompts without consent? i've heard a lot of rumours about it but i don't wanna go through the trouble of moving all my stuff and deleting it if it's not true

[ismenejane]

I’m writing my very first Dreamling fic and having a whale of a time >>> But contain himself he does and when Morpheus stands many hours later with a surprisingly apologetic look on his face, Hob is rewarded when his friend says “I have missed you, Hob Gadling.” Hob grins again, his cheeks already straining from overuse. He has been smiling himself silly all day. “The feeling is mutual, Morpheus.” Morpheus hesitates, his hand flexing and then grasping at the back of the chair he’d just vacated. “If you like, you may call me Dream,” his eyes are more uncertain than Hob has ever seen them, and he wants to draw out this new creature he’s found in the skin of the lord of dreams. Wants to find what other expressions he can inspire onto that beautiful face. “Is that what your friends call you?” Hob teases, but his mouth dries up when it makes Dream’s eyes go far away. They cloud with pain, and Hob wants to do whatever he can to clear that storm from Dream’s heart. “I do not know, Hob,” Dream whispers. “I believe you are my very first.” His eyes snap back to Hob’s and they contain universes; universes that Dream has no doubt seen in the many eons of his existence. Hob tries to say something, anything, to convey the depth of his gratitude for this day and the revealed depths of Morpheus’s soul. Dream saves him by asking, “Are you often here?” with guarded hope in those cosmic eyes. “I own the place,” Hob snarks, lightening the moment and the air between them. When did it become so full? So tight? “So I tend to be.” “Could I–” Dream looks down, that disquieted feeling striking through the words. “Could I come to see you again? Soon?” 

[a-na-dhil]

okay i need to complain. and since english is not my first language this won't even make sense, but hear me out.

i love the dynamic of a deaf person in a ff relationship (hope this doesn't sound ableist or something, i just love how the communication is developed in a non-verbal way), but unless i'm mistaken, there are no signs specifically for names in a universal way.

i'm basing this on my knowledge of the italian sign language, but i think it's similar in other countries too: people can choose their own sign-name, and this is often based on personal attributes, sometimes even physical attributes. this sign-name is what identifies a person, but the only way to associate it with a specific word is to spell all the letters in the sign alphabet.

a sign-name does not represent the word of someone's name, it represents the person directly. if you think about it, it's beautiful and poetic in a whole other way and it's a shame that this is not included in fictional works.

i know that writing characters with a disability like deafness if you don't know any deaf people is hard, understanding a whole other language just for writing fanfictions is difficult and maybe you don't think it's worth it, but you should give it a try. i'm reading so much stuff in which sign language is described as if it's the same of verbal language and it really is not.

please think about it for any of your future works, there's so much amazing stuff that you can learn!

[captainsparklefingers]

There's a part of me that's considering posting the first chapter of my spider siblings fic, Unhappy Families, today, since it's Angel and Molly's birthday...but like. I'm not sure. Things don't feel ready yet and I didn't wanna post anything til I got more than halfway done with it (and I'm getting there but not quite there yet), I haven't gotten it looked at by a third party yet to beta it...mostly because I don't know who to ask and I don't think my regular beta is into Hazbin and it feels weird to bug her to look at something she's not gonna have context for, and also she's probably busy with actual work and I just don't like bugging people directly, if that makes sense?

But like. I'm also just...really excited to share something again...but that's not a good reason to post something that isn't ready yet. So here we are.

I could post a preview paragraph here, I guess, from the first chapter, just to satisfy my own desire for engagement and that sorta nonsense...so I guess I'll do that under the cut. If nothing else this will scratch the itch and keep that satisfied til I feel ready to actually post the whole story.

(PSYCH ITS ACTUALLY A FEW PARAGRAPHS. Mostly because I couldn't figure out a good place to share from. For context, this is from chapter 1: April 1st, 1916.)

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Johnny watched as Pappa got up and kneeled down in front of him, looking him straight in the eye. “Lemme tell ya’ something, Johnny. In this world, there’s nothin’ more important than family. Now that baby, you don’t always hafta like ‘em. Lord knows I don’t always like your Aunt Phil,” he shook his head and chuckled again, “but she’s family, and that’s more important than all of that. Your momma and I are always gonna love you, kid. The baby isn’t gonna change that.”

He sniffled a little. “But I’m not ready,” he insisted. “I don’t even know what a big brother does!”

“Well…hm.”

Pappa frowned in thought before giving in another, quick smile. “Well, based on my experience, a big brother looks after their siblings. They protect ‘em and keep ‘em safe. Like I said, you don’t always hafta like them, but they’re always gonna be there, and you’re always gonna be the older one.” He sighed a bit. “One of these days, you’re gonna start growing up real quick and learnin’ how the world works. Family is the only thing you can count on out there, and keeping your family loyal and safe…that’s a big job. You’re not doing it alone, though. You’ll be alright, Johnny.”

And just like that, their big talk was done. Pappa ruffled his hair and sat back down in the chair next to him, pulling a newspaper out of his jacket and flipping it open. Johnny knew that meant it was quiet time now, and so he sat there, thinking about what he’d been told, waiting for the doctors and nurses to come out and tell them how Mamma was.

[pastafossa]

Hey pasta, I saw your updated post about the impasta and I was curious so I went back to your original post and clicked on the link to their blog.

The blog is still up and they are active right now. Like they just posted something 5 minutes ago. So maybe they just blocked you? Either way I wanted to make sure you were aware of that

This wasn't what I thought it was referring to, so I figure I can respond. Yeah it looks like they blocked me and not deleted. They're still active and posting stuff, although I can't see it, so thank you for the heads-up (the other people who'd checked from me were also blocked so it appeared deleted across multiple people)!

Honestly at this point, all I want is two things - that people not steal my shit, and that the impasta leaves me alone. This time they denied being the impasta, and you know what? I don't care one way or the other. They still stole from my fic, stole work that wasn't theirs because, in their words, 'I just thought it was a good line and didn't think there would be a problem'.

I'm so tired of people stealing from my work when I invest this much effort into it. This is, roughly, the 5th time I've had to deal with this, since even before the Impasta saga I've had people try to plagiarize TRT. It's tiring.

If they want to keep that blog up now that everyone's aware they're a plagiarist, that's their choice. Not what I'd do but then again I wouldn't have plagiarized in the first place. What I'm hoping now is that they'll leave me alone, and they'll stick to their original work. Literally all I want. (edit: as stated, what i want is for them to leave me alone and stick to their own work, now that their stolen works are down, you can stop messaging them.)