#q: fave memory

[zexalmonth]

Hello, Zexal fans! Zexal Month 2024 is just around the corner and, for this year, we're doing the ABCs of Zexal! That's right, this year, our prompts are just based on the letters of the alphabet. Feel free to just use the titles (like A is for Astral) as the prompt or look at the following text for ideas. We can’t wait to see what art/writing/edits/cosplay/etc you produce for us!

If you are joining us for the first time: we have a list of prompts with suggestions attached! They're not hard rules though, so you can freely skip some or combine them. Tag your creations #zexal month 2024 and we'll make sure to reblog them all! Make sure to @zexalmonth on your posts as well!

Week 1: Introductions We’re going straight into it this year! For this week, introduce yourself and share with us something you like about our favourite warring factions!

1st: A is for Astral Make something involving our favourite, naked protagonist. Alternatively, draw something related to the Astral World. You can draw a character as a resident of the Astral World if you like. 2nd: B is for Barian Share with us which Barian Lord is your favourite or something you like about the world! Maybe even make another character you like a Barian.

Week 2: C to G!

5th: C is for Chaos Chaos is both a force of evil and the essence of life in Zexal. For this prompt, you can go either way. Share the craziest thing you enjoyed about Zexal or put your favourite character in a chaotic situation. Alternatively, draw a character in Zexal getting corrupted by Chaos. 6th: D is for Duel What’s your favourite duel in the series? What characters would you have liked to see duel? 7th: E is for Enemy Oneshot villains like the Fallguys, the Arclights, Don Thousand? A hero’s journey is only as good as its bad guys so let’s give them some appreciation! What do you like about them? 8th: F is for Friendship What’s you favourite friendship in the series? Alternatively, what friendship would you have liked to see? What two characters would have had a good friendship? 9th: G is for Gate The gate to the Astral world can also link to other worlds. This is our crossover prompt! Throw the Zexal characters to another world/fandom you’re in at the moment or bring other characters to the world of Zexal.

Week 3: H to L!

12th: H is for Hobby Whether it’s a character doing your hobbies or what you have headcanoned for them, show a Zexal Character (or characters) enjoying themselves with a hobby outside of card games! 13th: I is for Icicles Whether it’s icicles because it’s winter right now or icicles as in the stuff you eat at the beach, it’s time to give our faves a treat! Throw everyone in a beach episode or in a cabin under the snow... 14th: J is for Justice (Or Jail) Tell us what you thought was unfair in Zexal or show us a character that you think should be punished. Maybe show us bringing it into your own hand… 15th: K is for KATTOBINGU Kattobingu is the will to never give up without giving it your all. It’s taking a chance and moving forward with courage. What’s something positive you’ve gained from Zexal? Good memories? Fun experiences in the fandom? Friends? Share us something good you’ve gotten from Zexal or just draw characters with the Kattobingu spirit! 16th: L is for location There are so many pretty places in Zexal. Scenery appreciation prompt. What’s a place in Zexal you’d like to go to or would have liked to see more of in Zexal.

Week 4: M to Q!

19th: M is for Monsters Whether it’s a literal Duel Monster or characters that are monsters (Black Mist, Don Thousand, Tron, Dr Faker, etc.), a monster is a monster. Sshow us what you like about them. 20th: N is for Numbers Let’s give our favourite MacGuffin some love. What’s your favourite Number? What design you like? Feel free to include non-Anime Numbers here. 21st: O is for Originality There are a lot of OCs in the Zexal. Share them with us and tell us about them. Alternatively, show us some new outfits for one or members of the Zexal crew! 22nd: P is for Powers Photon mode, Barian transformations, Arclight crests, ZEXAL. Zexal has so many powers in the show. What’s your favourite? If you have an OC, feel free to show their powers if they have any. 23rd: Q is for Quotes Zexal has both quotes that hit like a truck and lines like “You just summoned your mom.” Show the scene that has the Zexal quote you like!

Week 5: R to V!

26th: R is for Ruins Whether we’re talking about the literal ruins the characters go through the series or the past (the ruin of the self), it’s all about our characters’ history. How were the characters when they were young? How will they be in the future? How would they be if they had a past life? 27th: S is for Siblings The Arclight siblings, the Kamishiro Twins, Yuma and Akari, Haruto and Kaito. There are so many familial relationships in Zexal. Show your favourite sibling group being a family or combine them together! 28th: T is for Tag Duel Did you like the Tag Duels in Zexal? Who do you wish you could have seen Tag Duel? Show us two characters teaming up! 29th: U is for Utopia AU day! Show us your AUs! Alternatively, show us something you wish to have seen from Zexal. 30th: V is for Victory Today is the last day of Zexal Month! We made it to the end! What did you like about Zexal Month? Also share with us what you liked from Zexal.

Bonus Prompts:

W is for Wonderwing X is for Xyz Change Y is for Yesterday Z is for Zexal Æ is for Aeon Ȝ is for gift ð is for thoughts “Anyone can overlay if they try.” “This isn’t goodbye!” “I’d rather do this with anyone else.”

Can't wait to see what August has to bring! -Mod Fla

[pajarinwrites]

THE BOYZ RECS

directory | general masterlist

✨ favourites

Sangyeon

like that @juyeonszn 1.4k the love and attention that lee sangyeon's nose truly deserves

lee sangyeon's (almost) villain origin story ✨ @mingtinys 2.4k this is the cutest freaking thing i've ever read; the rest of tbz are adorable and their relationship with sangyeon is so goddamn adorable

Jacob

l'amour de ma vie ✨ @loserlvrss 1k this is sooo cuuuute ahhh; one of my favourite tropes is boyfriends who aren't grossed out by anything you do, so this HITS THE SPOT, Jacob is so cute i'm in love

Younghoon

at your convenience ✨ @sungbeam 29.3k i LOVE and adore this writing style! it's such a pleasure to read, so entertaining and easy without being immature or poorly written! this is one of my favourite the boyz ffs of all time <3 can't wait to read the rest of the series also the episode titles are life and "i'd so let you fuck up my face" HeLLo?? i cackled

Hyunjae

fall back on me @jinkoh 3.8k this is such a cute story; i love love love the exploration of hyunjae's and reader's shared past sm

unspoken words 02 ✨ @daisyvisions 3.2k this made me question my allegiances, am i in love with hyunjae??

Juyeon

try hard @itsbeeble 8.7k i absolutely love this iteration of juyeon; and the banter with reader is *chef's kiss*

Kevin

Shut up, Brain @slytherinshua 0.7k This is so cute I love Kevin :((( I wanna hug him, i love comfort fics <3

My Darling @blizzardfluffykpop 3.8k androgynous reader made my year, i fear; this was so cute, and honestly the character of y/n suits kevin so well

New

nothing yet

Q

excitement @juyeonszn 6.22k in case anyone couldn't yet tell i absolutely adore the friends to lovers trope, i read this so long ago but recently stumbled across it again so my memory is spotty other than i really really enjoyed this!!

Ju Haknyeon

best years @sohnric 2.5k this was so cute!! i love good dialogue and this was exclusively that, and the setting is so adorable, out in the sun and everything!

Sunwoo

cyber sex ft. eric @juyeonszn 3.11k eric and sunwoo are such a fantastic duo; and this is one of my fave premises

Eric

cyber sex ft. sunwoo @juyeonszn 3.11k eric and sunwoo are such a fantastic duo; and this is one of my fave premises's

[thebreakfastgenie]

Do you have a favourite Billy Joel concert that you watch when you want to cheer up. ( Bonus if you feel like it: your fave interview)

My favorite concerts to watch are Live at Yankee Stadium and Live from Long Island! Yankee Stadium is my ultimate favorite because the first time I watched it I got chills and I was like "I knew he was good but I didn't know he was this good." But Live from Long Island feels like an easier watch somehow so I'm more likely to put that one on to cheer up. The Russia concert film is also very good, it has crazy energy so it's good for cheering up. I also like The Millennium Concert and sometimes I just watch the Piano Man clip because it's so funny:

I also love the documentary A Matter of Trust: the Bridge to Russia and The Last Play at Shea documentary.

Also sometimes I just watch this clip (which is in the Russia documentary):

I have a lot of favorite interviews. I'm very fond of any of the Howard Stern ones. I like this one a lot:

I've listened to a couple of radio interviews I really liked; in general I like those. When I want to cheer up I usually go for any interview from the early 70s because I just love how young he sounds.

This is from 1976 but anything pre-1977 kind of counts as early:

I also really like The Nylon Curtain era interviews for some reason. This is a great radio interview from that era:

Also just going through some of the ones I have saved (which is not all of the ones I've watched lol) these are favorites:

Also sometimes I like to watch clips from the New Yorker Festival because of the memories :)

[swearingcactus]

OC INTERVIEW : Lil V :)

thanks for the tag @v-eats-bugs (and @elvenbeard's post that reminded me that I have yet to do this even though I was tagged!) get ready for your local little guy answering some of your q's (this pic was supposed to just be a cover but it does make him look like he's answering these before bed in his jammies, which could fit too)

🔸Name?🔸 "Contrary to popular belief, it's not a pasta brand, but I would neither confirm or deny any guesses."

There's been wild rumors that he's changed his name to Vitoli or Viagra (Jackie's fault for that one) but nope, his name's still Vincent. His last name's Woodman or some other boring generated name hospitals print out for babies with no parents claiming them, so he never went by it. Great decision on his end, cus "Vincent Woodman-or-similarly-boring-sounding-last-name" sounds more like an accountant than a cool merc.

🔸Nickname?🔸 "Just V."

Before Atlanta, some 'friends' burned him and used him as scapegoat for a gig and he landed in prison because of it. His efforts to erase the records and leave much earlier than his sentence bankrupted him; but he got out and decided to wipe his slate clean. What better way to start a new life than with a new (technically just chopped down) name?

🔸Gender?🔸 "🤨📸"

Cis male. But he thinks it's weird if people gotta ask that.

🔸Star sign?🔸 "Aw fuck, I gotta ask Misty for that, I keep forgetting which one I am. Hang on."

This is totally not a cop-out cus i haven't played phantom liberty and therefore am still unsure when is his canon birthday. Either way he doesn't care about it that much.

🔸Height?🔸 "5'8 which I've heard is 173cm."

173cm is NOT 5'8, he's lying or simply getting it wrong, and frankly for night city denizens, that's more amusing to ponder than his height.

🔸Orientation?🔸 "Oh ;) I'm not picky! ;) heheh wait i mean 🤨📸"

Sometimes his excitement at the prospect of getting laid by hot men and women makes him forget to act cool and nonchalant about being bi.

🔸Nationality/Ethnicity?🔸 "I mean I'm pretty sure I gotta be somewhat white, but never knew the detes. Not gonna pay a corpo for them to tell me about it either, cus what do they know?"

He has a paler complexion, but sometimes his features on the right lighting kinda play tricks on you. With him being from Heywood and no parents to speak of, he has no idea if he could actually be part Hispanic or Asian or any other ethnicity. Obviously, he could pay to get some 2077 "hyper-accurate" version of 23andMe but he thinks that's bull and way too easy to fake. Totally just that and not cus he gave up on the idea of biological families anyways, nope.

🔸Fave fruit?🔸 "I dunno, never really had anything 'ganic 'cept some grapes and they were really sour, so probably not those. Pears are okay, I guess."

🔸Fave season?🔸 "Winter. Atlanta sucked but they had better winters."

Atlanta's winter was colder than Night City's, so the idea of spending the holidays just cold and broke with crippling loneliness sounded too horrible. He attempted to avoid this by treating himself to a 'real' white christmas experience, tried ice skating and making snow bunnies when it did snow and got hot chocolate and even bought himself some overpriced present and all that. Atlanta didn't work out, but he did like winter coming out of it, and he gets nostalgic of it when the holiday season come around.

🔸Fave flower?🔸 "Sunflowers. Oh, but cherry blossoms are really pretty too, even when they're just holos."

He doesn't tell this story much, but when he got out of prison, the field next to the road was riddled with dying sunflowers. Nothing welcomed him out of the gutter but those shriveled plants right next to ones that were done blooming couple weeks ago. If he had been able to get out earlier, he could've seen at least some of them in bloom. It should be a bitter thought and memory, but he found walking next to them very comforting. He has a soft spot in his heart for them ever since.

🔸Coffee, tea, hot chocolate?🔸 "Well not coffee, and not tea, so I guess hot chocolate it is. Actually, you have that iced?"

He used to think he's a coffee guy but dating Kerry made him realize the canned coffee he drinks are just sugar with a hint of caffeine flavor. (he hated the black ganic stuff Kerry drinks but powered through that One Time) In general though, he likes cold drinks more than hot ones.

🔸Average hours of sleep🔸 "I'd like to say 8 but I know that'd be lying. Probably closer to 5 or 6."

Don't get him wrong, he gets on the bed. He just scrolls his phone for hours after and doesn't sleep immediately when he gets on it is the problem. He falls asleep closer to 2-3AM, then wakes up at 8 or 9. This is a real issue if he stays the night over with Panam at camp, since the Aldecaldos are mostly early birds.

🔸Dog or Cat person?🔸 "Oh cat, definitely. Have you seen my cat Nibbles?" *queues up 100+ picture slides of her directly to your holo*

🔸Dream trip?🔸 "Antarctica, maybe? Heard it's kinda peaceful over there, and it'd be even colder than Atlanta so hell yeah, could get all cozy, bundled up and waddle around there for a bit."

🔸Fave Fictional Character🔸

to reiterate this post , he found a copy of Toy Story 4 and made fun of how Duke Caboom sounded like a chipper, Canadian version of Johnny. Then the whole 'guy who failed a stunt and got thrown in the trash because of it, is actually deeply terrified about the entire experience but still continues to be a happy dude' hit too close to home.

🔸Number of blankets they sleep with🔸 "??? People sleep with multiple blankets??"

Just one. He gets too cold even with it when he gets even sicker from the relic, so he sleeps with fuzzy socks too now. The idea of two blankets for one person never occurred to him.

🔸Random fact🔸 "Okay, I'm only gonna tell you this 'cus I'm back in Night City, and enough time has passed that no way anyone can actually get anything to stick to me... but back in Atlanta, I used to crash weddings. Not even for gigs, was just trying to avoid spending eddies on meals. It's really easy to just sneak in, especially if you wear some black cardigan, or flash a digital lanyard, or just walk really fast and with purpose. They just assume I'm part of the event organizer or one of the catering team, and let me in. Then you just act like you've been invited, grab a plate and mingle with some guests who don't look important. Was better entertainment than BDs too, hearing all the stuff about the bride and groom from different tables. Sometimes I just let slip some gossip I heard from another group to the current one I'm mingling with, and shit would hit the fan real quick, which means I get to delta nice and quiet. I wish I could stay for more of 'em, Atlanta weddings end a lot more in fist-fights than Night City ones, that's for sure."

Yeah so he might not know or realize this detail, but he most definitely was the reason those fist-fights happen and was part of the reason for the spike in divorce rate in Atlanta for a bit.

phew that was a lot of words. no pressure tagging @mail-me-a-snail @glitchinginthegarden and anyone else who'd like to join but haven't been tagged! :)

[throne-for-queens]

I am disappointed.

There were some things I was expecting to see; Like new RENDITIONS of ALL of the song.

RE-RECORDINGs, UNPLUGGED, REMIX, new VIBE for sex drive, new VIDEOS for songs that were not singles, official lyrics and VISUALIZERS and some UNRELEASED. Suffocate is from 2015 but fits the nu-metal genre he mentioned on Pistolero. It even goes well with Roulette. Lana del Rey song, she just posted one with Quavo, rapper from ATL who too had with Migos the whole Latino vibe going on. Their collab went well with Waste Love too.

A music video for El Diablo PT2 & an update on the lyrics of songs like Burning Memories. A PT2 to his comic book. A photography COFFEE TABLE BOOK from 2018 & 2019 when he looked like a whole Papi. A listening party at an actual 'hotel Diablo' lounge. Cleveland has plenty of beautiful Downtown Art Deco restaurants he is rumored he already have fully rented for other private and public occasions. If he wanted a haunted vibe, there are also plenty of abandoned SAFE Art Deco Buildings Downtown CLE he could have rented, he has direct contacts with the mayor afterall.

Even the merch is not original, could have added cigars and cigarette cases and a line of short sleeve shirts.

Maybe pre-recorded interviews or Q&As and skits could have been nice touch to add.

This was supposed to be big deal. This was his fave album.

I feel like as long as he is with MF, he cannot make the free unapologetic art he wants, he has to walk on land mines to keep the twin flame image alive.

The thing I like the most is the fact he called this part two a Floor 13 EDITION. This makes me hope there will be other editions in the future. Maybe there is the chance he can base full albums on songs out of HD.

I think calling it a part 2 was definitely misleading because I was expecting an entirely new album altogether. If anything he should have called it an extended version or re-release of HD with a bonus track. I also think he wasn't expecting the sort of indifferent reaction to the tracklist, because on his insta story he offered another song with no clear instruction on how to get it. More like come up with your own goal and make it happen, but that's not really clear considering everyone has different versions of what they're able and willing to do.

[comradeboyhalo]

I hope people realize that while yes, q!bbh killed a bunch of people in purgatory and acted unfairly, that was the point of purgatory and that their faves isn't free of being innocent either - because people think that his amnesia just for him to get away from the consequences but the demon literally went through a nuke and had head trauma before - only now it got much worse, I don't know what else they want because the amnesia/memory loss makes sense to me? The memory issue has been there for a while 😭 people really need to watch others povs before judging

(ask sent 5 days ago, im catching up)

yep memory loss is not only character-accurate for his demon lore (he and mouse even referenced it!) but its something his character has clearly been struggling with for months now. also amnesia IS a consequence of his actions: he's suffering for his decision to experiment with soul vultures and for not escaping the island in time to avoid the nuke.

also the "q!bbh needs consequences" argument is so annoying bc cc!bad is clearly giving his character consequences by having him slowly die for months now. if other characters dont want to give him "consequences", then thats on THEM. thats a decision ccs separate from bbh make, and cc!bad shouldn't and doesn't have power over that. q!bad has lost a ton of trust in the island, even if he still has friendships and that in itself is a consequence!. idk people are too obsessed with having qbad's repercussions being overt or obvious, they want a fanfic salt moment where characters just gather together to yell at q!bad. but thats not realistic and its boring and its bad writing!

[petrichoraline]

Favorite we are character or scene?

i love this question, nani <3 thank you so much, i saved it for a day filled with rendering and eye straining but it's been five days now so ill sit comfortably and think about it

I'll start off with the fact I'm a very out of sight out of mind type of person, i could be banging my head against the wall cause of a scene but have no reaction if it's mentioned in the future soo I'm definitely not going diligently through my memory for this hahah

my fave characters are phum, q, chain and pun - phum is a bit too relatable on top of being really sweet and q had me shocked at how solid of a crush I had on him in the earlier episodes. as for chain -he is the bestest friend there imo, he has the serious level-headed look at times but he's always in for shenanigans; he did a play in two acts just for q to admit what everyone already knew and he enjoyed getting into the role despite the fact q made out with his supposed crush and came out all smug about it (I'd be gnawing on his face); he is just chill and fun and so so caring, he will barely put up a fight and he'll scold pun just out of obligation, he's also super gentle with him and the domestic dynamic they have is partially because of chains reliable nature. smart dental student who finds time for his studies, his friend's and pun (and his random ideas) in particular. just a solid guy, 10/10 [if he'd do something about moving this stoic ship it'd be great][and he's not too observant but he has his own romance to care about and, again, he seems to be one of the few putting in the work to get that degree]

and punnn, I have a soft spot for him because poon is just perfect, in the hands of the wrong actor a character like this could really be insufferable but pun pouts a bit and opens his eyes as wide as he can and you root for him completely. I liked him since episode one (had that relatable factor about him as well but most of us aren't lucky enough to have someone clean up our messes the second they happen lol)

I'd say it's between phum and chain, I like them in different ways. also the teacher we saw in exactly two episodes (who is now also a teacher in mlmu hahah) was cool and so is ciize's character who seems like a cameo atp

now, for a fave scene... ive giffed a few so you could think it's any one of them but actually I'm still stuck on episode ..1? 2? when they grab each other's hair and phum's thumb lingers over peem's ear. I go wild for that scene every single time cause it took you this little?? getting yelled at, a kick to the balls, some banter and physical contact?? baby you were desperatee desperate 💕

now looking back it makes perfect sense, the guy is touch, attention and affection starved so the amount of contact and time spent with peem was overwhelming ..but watching it back then was like oh. pick your jaw up cause peem is not catching the signals anywayss

there are plenty plenty of scenes I liked from friendship stuff to romantic lines like "so you mustn't forget mine" but this one i keep being reminded of so 🙂‍↕️

thank you so much for the question, I had fun thinking it through ☺️💞💓💖💗

[cheshirecaine]

Ichigo! For the character Ask Game!

Ichigo! I got excited and started linking my fics like I had to prove my answers. Honestly, it’s just making me realise what things I like that I haven’t written(/finished ;-;;;).

How I feel about this character

Deserves the best—love him. I feel like by default, we or maybe just I, tend to pick a favourite character from the cast minus the main character (‘Who’s your favourite Bat? Batman doesn’t count’). So I’ve always considered it a funny little testament to Ichigo’s likability that a list of my fave Bleach characters will always include this guy.

Hot as shit, smarter than he’s given credit.

All the people I ship romantically with this character

Grimmjow OTP. Rukia. Sometimes Shinji. But he’s the fandom bicycle, so I’m very open on this front—e.g. Aizen, several Gin fics, a hastily thrown-together Soifon fic (NSFW, 700w), Byakuya.

My non-romantic OTP for this character

Isshin—I don’t care if I’m boring. I love this canon father-son relationship and no moment in Bleach ever breaks me as hard as the Fullbringer Arc scene where Ichigo thinks his dad has betrayed him too.

Honourable mentions: Kurosaki family wildness (1k, I do actually write fic sometimes okay). Ichigo/Renji brotp (or romantically). Ichigo/Kon—underrated brothers (gets a mention in the Kurosaki family fic). Chad. Actually, I love writing fics where Ichigo gets DMC’d by Shinji (exhibit: one of my fave parts of this 3k Ginjo/Ichigo fic is pretending it’s about pies when it’s actually Shinji therapising Ichigo and accidentally himself).

My unpopular opinion about this character

I can’t enjoy grimdark/Fuck you World and especially my Dad and Comrades But Mostly My Dad!Ichigo depictions. Which is fine, that just means I’m not the target audience. However, this is my post, and I’ll soapbox if I want to, so here’s: My Unpopular Opinion about Bleach Fanon.

Vengeful versions of him don’t make sense to me beyond an in-the-moment Hollowfied rage situation. Frankly, his struggle to commit in battle to killing Aizen really hammers in just how much he is not at all in it to hurt people. He beat Grimmjow in a fight and then saved his life while injured. He spent his entire final fight with Aizen sombre about having to kill a man whose heart he fully understood.

And yeah, I don’t really think it’s a failure of canon to not have him idk sit down with everyone he knows and say “You were mean to me”, cos I think fandom has a very selective memory and lens with which they approach a text/story.

Like, I don’t think Ichigo stumbles into relationships eyes shut, I think he is incredibly aware and able to be vulnerable. Kinda like that Doctor Who quote: “Do you think that I care for you so little that betraying me would make a difference?” Except it’s him letting Ukitake not disclose what the badge does, not interrogating his dad on what he’s doing with Urahara, being determined to help Rukia and Orihime and frankly Renji and more in spite of their opinions on it.

Anyway, I love him.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

More skilful fighting that isn’t just a big panel spread and power—sorry Kubo. More of the tactical close-combat fighting or the tricks Zangetsu taught him. Boy’s a genius, lemme see that shit.

Alternatively, would accept Grimmjow meeting DILF!Ichigo and having a conniption.

Thanks for the q, bud <3

[bookgeekgrrl]

My media this week (8-14 Sep 2024)

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

A Pocket Full of Rye (Miss Marple #6) (Agatha Christie, author; Richard E. Grant, narrator)

Three Doors To Death (Nero Wolfe #16) (Rex Stout)

4:50 From Paddington (Miss Marple #7) (Agatha Christie, author; Emilia Fox, narrator)

be kind, rewind (sparkagrace) - 47K, '90s historical AU shrunkyclunks, reread - a really enjoyable fic with one of my fave becca barnes characterizations

The Golden Spiders (Nero Wolfe #22) (Rex Stout)

I Understood that Reference (RedBlazer) - stucky bookclub pick. Shrunkyclunks with librarian!bucky. pretty entertaining with a lot of very funny lines. tho bc it was written in 2015 there's some jkr positivity that seems super jarring now (not enough to spoil it) also apparently I had already read this? when i went to leave kudos I'd already been here! definitely a 'i have no memory of this place' moment

💖💖 +28K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

Belonging (gryvon) - Suits: mike/harvey, 5K - reread of this short, super hot fic with a really good sounding scene

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

Monét's Slumber Party - s1, e5

Handsome Podcast - Amanda Kloots asks about throwback songs

Handsome Podcast - Tom Hanks asks about road trips

Handsome Podcast - Pretty Little Episode #4

D20: A Starstruck Odyssey - "Every Day is Our Wurst Day" (s12, e4)

D20: Adventuring Party - "The Chaos, the Chaos of this Episode" (s8, e4)

D20: A Starstruck Odyssey - "All In a Hot Exit" (s12, e5)

D20: Adventuring Party - "To Me, This Is A Perfect Battle" (s8, e5)

D20: Quangle in Queal Quife

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

Re: Dracula - September 8: A Presage of Horror

Re: Dracula - September 9: Health and Strength Give Love Rein

⭐ What Next: TBD - The Misguided Buzz About Mosquitoes

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - The Wave Organ

The Sporkful - The Pashman Family Takes Your Calls 2024

Pop Culture Happy Hour - The Perfect Couple

Code Switch - Ask Code Switch: Is this a racist question?

Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! - Outtakes: Secret menus are popping up in what business?

How To! - How To Survive a Disaster

How To! - Quick Fix: Building Trust in an Emergency

Re: Dracula - September 10: Make Yourself Strong

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Wood Island Lighthouse

It's Been a Minute - The SMACKDOWN: Gucci Mane vs. Angela Davis vs. Sun Ra

99% Invisible - Medellin, Revisited

Re: Dracula - September 11: Grim Purpose in All I Do

⭐ The Atlas Obscura Podcast - The Day the Tractors Stood Still

Handsome - Paul Giamatti asks about scary movies

Shedunnit - Book Club Fact File: Gaudy Night by Dorothy L Sayers

Films To Be Buried With - Joshua Jackson

Vibe Check - Put the NyQuil Down

Shedunnit - Book Club Conversation: Gaudy Night by Dorothy L Sayers

Re: Dracula - September 12: The Pain of the Fear of Sleep

Imaginary Worlds - 10th Anniversary Special Part 2

⭐ Throughline - The Conspiracy Files

Consider This- Anne Lamott has some ideas on getting older in the United States

Pop Culture Happy Hour - Speak No Evil And What's Making Us Happy

Re: Dracula - September 13: All the Powers of the Devils

Endless Thread - A Reasonable Expectation of Privacy

Smart Podcast, Trashy Books - 632. Being Fine with Friends, with Jolenta Greenberg and Kristen Meinzer

Dear Prudence - Prudie Plus: Jenée’s Q&A with Lizzie O’Leary

Today, Explained - We can't trust photos anymore

You're Dead to Me - History of Broadway

⭐ Hit Parade - What’s 1984 Got to Do with It Edition

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

'80s Soft Pop

The Clash

'60s Sunshine Pop

The Aquabats! Radio • Party

Machines Of Loving Grace Radio • Workout

'80s One-Hit Wonders

Jimmy Buffett Radio • 1970s

[glitchydyke]

silly q but what is my sims

ITS NOT SILLY DW!!! mysims is a series of games that were made for the wii and ds, and they r so so so important to me bc they were a huge part of my childhood <33 i even have ocs for each one bc they r everything to me. i’ll explain each one quickly under the cut :]

OKAY SO. there’s six games in total: the original is just called mysims, and then there’s mysims kingdom, agents, skyheroes, racing, and party <3

original mysims is an animal crossing kind of deal!! your character (customisable w both name and appearance) is what’s called an essence user - essentially someone who can use various elements around the world in order to build and create things. you’re called by mayor rosalyn to rebuild a town that was abandoned by its previous essence user and is now mostly deserted. the gameplay consists of moving sims in, and completing tasks for them where they ask you to build them things for their homes!! each sim belongs to a different interest group, like the personality groups in ac: there’s fun, cute, spooky, tasty, studious, and geeky. the type of sims you move in will affect what things they ask for (as in, cute sims will ask for things made with cute essences as opposed to spooky ones)

kingdom is similar to the original in that you’re completing tasks for people!! it’s a little more story based though: your character, a pig herder, is encouraged by your friends to apply to be the kingdom’s wandolier, which is pretty much the same concept as an essence user except this time you get a sick ass wand to go with it 💪 when you win the competition, you and your friends are asked by the king to go to island to island and improve morale around the kingdom, helping people with their problems and building things that they need. there’s also a few collection quests which i really like!! throughout the game you’re asked by various characters to collect figurines, flowers, fish, and pieces of armour! my second fave game of the series :]

AGENTS IS MY LOVE ITS MY COMFORT GAME OF ALL TIME. your character is a detective who longs for a real mystery to solve, and you get the chance when you’re hired as a special agent. one of the cases you get is from a woman named evelyn, whose house has been broken into. as you investigate and figure out what was taken, you realise it relates to a man from the first case you solved - when a man named morcubus attempted to steal a girl’s dog, and you proved the dog wasn’t his. through your cases you travel to various places (snowy mountains, industrial city, dinner party in a gothic mansion) and try to discover what morcubus is planning and how evelyn is connected to him. it’s my fave one of the series if you can’t tell 🫶

skyheroes is a piloting/shooter game where your character is found by a rebel group after crashing on a beach and developing amnesia! you join the group that saved you and learn they’re fighting a war against morcubus (he’s everywhere honestly) since he’s taken control of the skies and is now restricting people’s travel and trading. throughout the story you have to get other pilot groups to join your cause and rally against morcubus, while trying to find out who you were, what memories you lost, and how you came to be shot from the sky and crashed on the beach. i rlly love this one but i am yet to fully get through it bc despite enjoying it immensely i suck absolute dick at it

racing is. well. a racing game. it’s similar to simpsons hit and run in a way, with the missions being to drive around collecting things or racing against npcs. the plot is that your character is an aspiring racer, and is learning to properly race in a town called speedville (yeah) which is mostly abandoned since the previous star racer mysteriously left. you enter the championships and begin living your dream as a racer, but are soon met with morcubus (i’m telling you. everywhere) who’s trying to overtake speedville in order to use it for his own company and is attempting to stop you from winning any races so you can’t give speedville its glory back

party is kind of a mario party vibe!! it again begins with having to rebuild a rundown town, but this time you do it through entering festivals and winning at the minigames :] <- going to b real i do not have too much to say abt this one. there’s a character called mc emi who is my best friend ever tho

[sitp-recs]

hello my rarepair queen! i had to send 🛳️ to see if you can remember where your love of rarepairs originated! (or any other question of your choice if you have already had this one 😘)

You know me too well babes, I love this one! As I know you probably won’t mind me going over the top here I’m gonna mention a few different ships/fandoms. I had to check my old account’s bookmarks for this and might even revisit some of them later, what a nice trip down memory lane!

🛳️ a fic that brought you aboard a new ship:

HP rare pairs

As most of you know Harry/Teddy is my fave rare pair and I have to thank @lqtraintracks for gently introducing me to this ship with the hot and sweet When It Alteration Finds. I adore the mix of gender swap + mild dub con (is it tho) + wall sex, and this Teddy, LQT’s Teddy, owns my whole heart. Years later their work continues to shape my perception and feelings about this beloved ship ♥️

I’ve read a bunch of Snarry PWPs for the sake of problematic smut when I was younger, but the fic that really made my heart beat faster and sold me on this ship was Cybele’s series If You Are Prepared. It might have been the first tragedy novel I’ve read and the final arc left a big impression on me, I still remember the utter devastation and heartbreak.

Aim For My Heart written by a talented 🐯 has lived rent free in my head and heart since 2021 and brought so many hidden feelings to the surface, not only about Dronarry but also about myself. I consider it a perfect fic when it comes to poly negotiations and a seminal work for this triad: nuanced, complicated but full of longing and tenderness. I measure all triad fics I read by this one.

Other fandoms

I’ve only watched S1 / S2 of Supernatural and never really considered exploring the fandom - until I accidentally stumbled upon Dollylux’s masterpiece The Ballad of the Invisible Boy and was utterly ruined for any other ship that wasn’t Wincest (sorry, Destiel!).

Blue-Eyed Monster by Only_1_Truth had me completely obsessed with Bond/Q (007) one paragraph in. I remember being so captivated after reading this fic that I immediately binged all of their works.

Delayed (or, Why Kakashi Is Never On Time) by TJ_Dragonblade is a feral PWP that made me go all 🤯 and consider Kakashi/Gai (Naruto) for the first time. I am picky about this ship and don’t read them very often but I was able to find some amazing fics and this one is still one of my favourites, I reread it all the time.

Send me fic asks!

[jennawynn]

Chronotrek TNG Part 4

We're sailing through season 2!

2x11- Contagion

Appearing out of nowhere sure sounds like a transporter.

It always amazes me that medical personnel have no medical first aid training outside of their tech. If tech is so automated that anyone can use it, specialists at least should be trained in what to do if an emergency renders tech useless. They don't know what a splint is, FFS.

2x12- The Royale

Beyonce meme: NASA?!?

2033 and 2079- when the flag had 52 stars. Puerto Rico and DC statehood in the next 9? It's possible.

The laugh I laughed when "It was a dark and stormy night... (heavy sigh)"

2x13- Time Squared

In the beginning, they seemed to be establishing a 'time travel always happened' explanation of time travel that seemed to track with Pike in SNW and the red lights in Disco, but by the end of the episode, I'm not so sure anymore.

2x14 The Icarus Factor

Hey, dad's from Liar Liar. Also ew.

Why would Geordi ever believe a Klingon ceremony involved a ballroom and formalwear :joy:

2x15 Pen Pals

They have memory erasing? Did I know that before? Nice to see Pulaski being less of a jerk to Data.

2x16 Q-Who?

Why do they even have a food replicator in engineering if drinks aren't allowed? (Also imagining someone saying you can't have coffee in the plant causing a mutiny lol)

PEE-card or Pih-CARD?

Borg reminds me of Scorpius from Farscape- like who raided the BDSM shops for these costumes?

Picard's point as he says engage is almost comedic and out of place. Almost fan-servicey sometimes.

2x17 Samaritan Snare

Can you make our ship go? (Yes) We look for things to make our ship go.

They're gonna steal him, aren't they?

They stole him.

Why would surgeons wear full red (and no masks!) Of course this is a bloodless show, so they're not gonna show splatter anyway. But apparently they don't have to cut anymore either. How you replace a heart without cutting I do not know.

2x18 Up the Long Ladder

They really softened Pulaski huh? Or was it just towards Data?

This is another abortion analogy- are they allowed to steal DNA to procreate? Riker even says 'the right to exercise control over our own bodies."

They really should have asked the women's opinions about the arrangement first, though. There's like 3 of them and they have to have multiple children via multiple men. That sounds like my nightmare.

2x19 Manhunt

Man. I can't believe she'd snipe her own daughter like that lol

2x20- Emissary

Half-Klingon, huh? Humans really are the sluts of the universe. I usually see this kind of thing (there are half-elves and half-orcs, but always half-human, etc.) explained as humans are naturally more diverse within our race compared to other races which means we're more capable of inter-species breeding. You never see the same diversity of skin tone, size, features, personality, etc. in fantasy/sci-fi races as you do in real humans (partially because they have to be recognizable as Vulcan/elf/Klingon/halfling, etc.)

2x21 Peak Performance

sheds a tear look how far Pulaski's come.

One of my fave TNG gifsets here- It is possible to make no mistakes and still lose.

2x22 Shades of Gray

As far as clip shows go... it wasn't the worst I've seen.

3x1 lol Wes's little pimple face in 4k.

The uniforms are certainly thicker! AND collared! Yay!

All due respect to Sir Pat Stew, but Brent Spiner might have been the best actor on that set. The range he had to show.

Nanite civilization. Do we ever check in on them again?

3x2 Hey that voice is recognizable. Oh! Mrs. Doubtfire and Liar Liar (again!)

You don't understand the scope of my crime. I didn't kill just one Husnock or a hundred or a thousand. I killed them all. All Husnock everywhere. Are 11,000 people worth 50 billion? Is the love of a woman worth the destruction of a species?

We are not qualified to be your judges. We have no law to fit your crime.

God what would you even do if you wanted to penalize him for genocide? There's nothing you COULD do to a creature with that power... good thing he's punishing himself.

[spidey-bie]

So glad I didn't miss this

What is OC bringing:Quante is bringing a loud ass speaker, her guitar, various southern cooked foods, and those things that make fire change colors bc chemistry exists

What are they burning:Letters. Holly wasn't really in a position where they could go to therapy so writing was his only escape. While they aren't burning all of the letters, they're burning the one they wrote they day she accidentally killed her parents. He already has the memory clearly, xe don't need another physical reminder

How do they feel while watching the fire: At peace. Fire is something that has always fascinated Q. It's so powerful and chaotic but it c also be beautiful and peaceful

Are they nervous around the fire: nopes

Do they have any past memories around fire: not really just occasionally burning candles to make the house smell good. He hopes his "parents" remember

How many marshmallows are they gonna roast: at least 5

Do they like smores: absofreakinglutely

Do they roast anything besides marshmallows: nopes

Do they prefer to sit closer of further away: kind of in the middle because too close is too hot and too far you can't see the details in the fire. Also they don't wanna burn their guitar

Is there a specific reason why: see 9

Where are they chilling for most of the party: in front of the fire. They've never been this close to one is its a new experience

Do they know anyone: just hobie and a friend q brought who knows abt the spiderpeople

Have they been to a bonfire before: also nopes

What are they wearing: we're gonna assume it's cold so this sweater that's not too thick and some fleece lined pants

Fave campfire activity: scary stories, playing songs, and watching things burn

Do they know any scary stories: not really but he's great at coming up with some

Do they know any campfire songs: also no

What games are they playing: just whatever's being played at the time. Q's never been to a bonfire so she's just kinda going with the flow

Do they have to be watched around an open flame: no not really

Are they having fun: absolutely this is some of the most fun xe've had in a while

I'm glad that this could be your first bonfire experience. Ditto about the whole letter thing. I too burned some things from my past that carried some.... unpleasant memories 🙂. But today is a day of fun so we're not gonna get into that.

Isn't it funny how fire can be a symbol of destruction but also a means of purification? Symbolism is such an interesting thing. I know I feel a bit cleansed mentally after burning some stuff tho.

I'm so glad that you stopped by and had fun. Thanks for dropping by 🤗

[safyresky]

ELLO! It me ☺️

SO sorry for the enoooormous delay, but I rly wanted to ask the Top 5 Q thingy (I can't find the post, but I'm pretty sure it was Top 5 Somethings!! *Insert Somethings here*. V sorry if I've totally misinterpreted/misremembered!)

What are your Top 5:

-- Places

-- Songs

-- Characters (from any media)

-- Memories (as in, fave memories!)

SO SORRY for the MAHOOSIVE DELAY! the past 4 days have been an ADVENTURE???? THREE DAYS! SUCH AND ADVENTURE IT HAS FELT LIKE 4. AH! But finally we have finished the busies and the sudden wallet hunt has ended (with the wallet successfully tracked down) SO NOW I AM REPLYING TO THIS ASK PROPER. AH

This ask was for this post right here: "put top 5 anything in my asks and I'll answer, go!"

so here we GO (under the cut since I'm prone to ramblies)

Places:

1) the beach! any beach! the god tier beach fave would be the beach I'd play on as a child staying at my grandparent's summer home! it's the NOSTALGIA, you feel? A couple weekends ago, we were by Lake Huron and found a quaint little side beach entrance and it was actually SO CUTE and also, I was serving looks (and so was the fluffs!):

2) the willow tree that used to be on the lot my OTHER grandparent's cottage is on. i loved running under there and hanging out under the boughs, but my aunts always fretted bc it was very close to the road and they couldn't see me! I also loved playing on the water tank garden, but we were never allowed up there (which only made me want to climb up there more >:).

But it was a giant (to me at the time) mound of dirt put over the water tank with the flat stone platform on the top of the dirt, the water tank access on top of it. There were little stepping stones leading up and they, of course, faced the road so the water truck could fill the tank! anyway bc of the road proximity it was yet ANOTHER place I wasn't allowed to go but by GOD did i LOVE IT

3) on the way TO said cottages, there was a little garden/statue store that had a side room called "the secret garden". it was short, but LONG, and had cute little statues with little flowers and stepping stones and was painted very colourfully. i loved going in it and running up and down the room and pretending it was my very own secret garden!!!

4) Niagara-on-the-Lake/St Jacob's are tied for 4th. I love me a little town with shops and markets 🥰🥰🥰

5) numero five is the hill Forth Henry is on at night! Lately when Richard's been having a bad time (breakdown) we go for a lil drivey to the hill and breakdown while staring down at the city. It's nice!!! The ghosts don't even bug us but the random people ALSO on the hill sure do! It's like, y'all, this is OUT breakdown time?? GET BENT

Songs:

okay so these aren't my top five of all time, just my current top 5 atm

Wobble by Patent Pending and Awsten Night (this shit SLAPS)

In the Blood by Darren Kobb and Ashley Barrett

Move by Saint Motel

Ice Storm by Lindsey Stirling

Bang! by AJR

Characters. My GOD. There are so many blorbos and so little time??? Uh. who's been on rotate in me head recently. That ISN'T an OC. b/c let me tell you. Jacqueline has been doing somersaults like you wouldn't BELIEVE all up in there and goes "weeeee!" every time she does one. (in very over the top high pitched voice) MY LIFE IS SOOOooOOOOoooOOO HARD :( (/sarcasm) OKAY. LET ME THINK.

Luci from Disenchantment is a fave. Bean, too! She's so funny! OH MY GOD AND OONA! Deffs the fave side character there lmao. We've made it to Part 4 which is where I stopped watching like 3 episodes in so it'll be exciting to get to part 5. I hear she sees the mermaid again and that's got me SO excited for her 🥰🥰.

Danny himself of Danny Phantom fame. Jack Frost, of course. From tsc3, though I am fond of rotg Jack Frost. But like, in an "I want to protect him and see him engrow" kind of way?????? (if you haven't watched the jenna marbles video involving a comment that was like "you need to water your cermit so he can engrow" you need to. It's hilarious. Very quotable. idk if her videos are still up. but if they are. that ones a good one.)

Korra from Legend of Korra. She is the BAE. UGH. Most character of all time, she's EVERYTHING. I love her SO MUCH. Bolin was a fave from that too! He's just a silly little guy!!!!!

And Peridot from Steven Universe, she's ALSO a funny little guy. Her arc was EVERYTHING to me and I do a pretty alright peridot impression (it's fun to call the husbando a clod and have him cackle bc the peridot voice gets him good >:)

And Oliver Putnam, he's gd hilarious. The ladder bit in yesterday's episode had me cackling like a madwoman!

This is more than 5, but you know what? It's MY ask box and I DO WHAT I WANT!

MEMORIES! AH! Okay here are some top 5:

-i once had a v bad day at home first thing in the morning and got to school sobbing and richard spent the entirety of our homeroom outside the classroom comforting me and it was one of the nicest things anyone has ever done for me 🥰 he is very comforting!! and soft!!!!

-when i saw the very first fanart lmelodie ever did for crystal springs. it was like, the day before richard and i's 9 or 10th anniversary??? and when I saw it I was like HOLY SHIT THAT'S SO SWEET. then more came. and more. and then you messaged me like "whoops, my hand slipped1 here's MILLER'S LAW" and that is a very nice memory that still has me like, heart eyes TO THIS DAY (party city pimp lives in my head rent free)

-when I was 16 we drove from Mississauga, ON all the way to FLORIDA to go to Disney. Halfway there I was SO grumpy, and we were in One of the Carolinas, at a pioneer village kind of thing (which I LOVE, LOVE GOING TO REENACTMENT HISTORY VILLAGES) and my gOD was I grumpy. My dad had the camera and kept trying to get a photo of me being grumpy but every time. EVERY TIME he moved the camera my way I KNEW and would spin about with a big old smile. There's one where I was holding a map with a little hat on and he tried to sneak a photo of grumpy pants Dani and I looked up and did a lil smile and he was like I THOUGHT I HAD YOU and I was like GUESS AGAIN, POPS. that's a fun memory, easily top 5

-Richard's reaction to my dress and everything during our first look! And ALSO his face when I told him in our vows that he's the blaise to my winter. Killed him dead >:) (metaphorically, lol)

-the new year's eve that ana messaged me like, TEN YEARS OR SO AGO asking if she could borrow Jacqueline :3. It was like, kind of an annoying new years eve bc my parents were like NO FUN ALLOWED. SIT HERE WITH US UNTIL THE COUNTDOWN. thankfully, i had a laptop! and yes, the parental units did complain but i had 0 interest in the show leading up to the countdown. Anyway, while sitting and waiting there was a pm on ff dot net from Ana asking about Jacqueline and well, we've been buds since! :)

Thanks for the ask, K! and again, sorry for the delay! Between bday celebrations all weekend, and the work event I did saturday, and then the wallet shenanigans monday, and then the ACTUAL BDAY yesterday, I have not had time to look at this ask UNTIL NOW! BUT I DID NOT FORGET! AH!

[jackredfieldwasmyjacob]

oye y q tal el concierto ? would you rate the performances + explanation :D ?

i made a thread on twitter so i'll start with that and then add any other thoughts / fave live performances maybe ? idk i have a very bad memory so i have no idea how much i'll be able to tell you shdsjdjsjd

so let's start with the thread:

first of all i'm so proud of the 16 !!!! they were all incredible vocally, also great performers and yeah, i'm just very proud! also they were extra emotional that night cause the wizink center which was the venue they played in is one of the most iconic concert venues in spain, and the largest in madrid (not counting the football stadiums) so it was a big deal and you could tell, they were all lovely

bea !!!!!! i'm in love with her, she's perfect and she was incredible!! i don't know if you saw it but as the resident madrileña she sung a bit of se acabó after her solo and she was just. brilliant.

cuando zarpa el amor is so beautiful... never getting over it. and salma makes it so so incredible, she's so insanely talented

cris is the most underapreciated contestant in ot history and that's just an objective fact. he was the best voice i would say, his performances were all 10/10, he was super cute and nice, just the best, i love him.

ruslana shocked me in a good way ??? like she was like more impressive live than in the concert, she had tons of magnetism and charisma, like in every performance where she was she shined brighter than the others, i cannot properly explain it but just. wow. you could see why she was top 3.

and just as an extra. you could see why the top 3 was top 3. i think they were just more polished than the others? like there was a different aura about them. an extra glow.

when the party is over !!!!! i'm still there in my mind, just wow. i always love in concerts that one song where everyone goes silent and just gets entranced with the song and performance, this was that song for ot 2023. he sounds literally perfect live, i got goosebumps and everything.

the only thing that prevented it from being my favourite performance of the night was that the people around me were being annoying lol (the girls in my same row screamed 'time to go to the bathroom' when he was announced and left their seats laughing, and the people behind me kept talking about whatever not paying attention to the performance. this was the only time they did this btw).

the songs where i had more fun were inmortal, la vida moderna, criminal and my personal favourite i drove all night (HUGE underrated performance)

during please don't go there was a mum that gave it her all and it made me very very soft <3

during dime i (of course) kept looking at paul and álvaro and i can confirm they kept looking for each other 😭

MILO J ????? it was so insane ???? THE FAST PART ????? i swear it was faster than on tv it was absolutely mental like i could not process it, everyone started screaming after it like holy shit. most insane part of the concert, paul thin the performer you are.

mía was sooooo beautiful, i almost cried with it and you could tell kiki was emotional over it as well

el patio and tómame o déjame were soooo cathartic to scream to, truly highs of the concert for me as well

LET'S GET LOUD ???? OKAY WINNER naiara just left me in shock with how good she was, she looked like a professional who had been doing this for years, absolutely slayed.

oh and also i think the otito who is much better live than on tv is definitely álex, all of his performances were SO fun and he was SO good, an icon.

so as for that; i'd say my favourite live performances were: when the party is over, cuando zarpa el amor, mía, la vida moderna, i drove all night, criminal, inmortal and milo j.

my favourite group song was quédate i think. sweet caroline was also super fun tho.

overall if i had to choose one performance to show people it'd have to be milo j, while the performance i personally enjoyed the most i think it was between la vida moderna, inmortal, or i drove all night. one of those three.

so, in the end, i really enjoyed it!!! it was very fun, as i said here after the concert, it really is like a giant karaoke orchestrated by people you've grown attached to and it's just. the best thing ever. always great to go to an ot concert.

[sapricorn]

hello cyan!

i've been on a hunt for people's top 10 lists! would you be so kind as to share with me your faves for these? i'd really appreciate it!

a) movies b) shows (anime included) c) games (mobile included) d) books (manga not included :( ) e) music artists

i know it's a lengthy ask but if you would find the time for these, i would appreciate it so much really! <3

q.

Hello Q! I'm sorry it took me so long to respond, you gave me much to think about! Don't know why you collect these answers but I hope you enjoy them!

Some categories were hard to figure out but it was nice trying to remind myself my favorites.

a) top 10 movies

Princess Mononoke (1997) (easy pick, I love this one the most)

Dead Poet Society (1989)

Indiana Jones series (1981-1989) (I can stomach the Crystal Skull but I'd rather not to?)

Lord of The Rings series (2001-2003)

Pelíšky/Cozy Dens (1999) (A Czech movie that literally means Christmas to me - it is a must to watch with my dad on Christmas Eve, the only tradition about that day that I actually enjoy, it's full of czech humour and history)

Noc na Karlštejně/A Night at Karlstein (1974) (Another Czech movie, or actually a musical that I know all the songs to, seen an adaptation in theatre and it was lit as fuck)

Angélique series (1964-1968) (quite a questionable movie series in terms of sexual themes and women's rights but I do attribute my queer awakening to this character and that needs to wield some weight)

Children of Men (2006)

Batman (2005-2012 Nolan Trilogy)

Isle of Dogs (2018) (the first time I went over to my girlfriend's, we watched this... amazing movie, amazing memory.. amazing girlfriend <3)

(my practice animation of a Princess Mononoke scene for English class)

b1) top 10 shows (no anime)

(I don't watch that many shows that are not anime so this list is not really most to least favorite - only the top 3 are sorted, the rest is just written out)

Avatar: The Last Airbender (animated, not the Netflix one)

Castlevania

Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Game of Thrones

The Boys

Invincible

The 100 (the first few seasons, the ending is insane, me not likey)

Helluva Boss

Arcane

The Umbrella Academy

b2) top 10 shows (only anime)

Wolf's Rain (watched it once years ago... will never watch it again because it causes me anguish, I love it though)

Yuri!! on Ice (it's a once-a-month watch)

Dr. Stone (during exam season I play it on repeat: 1st+2nd season on day 1, Ryuusui Special+3rd season on day 2, repeat!)

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.

The 86

Sasaki To Miyano (healing my little gay heart)

Ao No Exorcist (I love the manga and the movie!!! show is just okay)

Death Note

Kimetsu no Yaiba (the first manga I've ever read from start to finish was this one and therefore the show holds a special place in my heart - also the quote on most my sites: "Growing old and dying is the beauty of the fleeting creature called a human being" is from the manga and also hanging on my wall, it's my fave manga panel ever)

SK8 The Infinity

Honorable mentions: Boku No Hero Academia, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Jujutsu Kaisen, Trigun & Trigun Stampede, 91 Days, Bungo Stray Dogs, Black Clover, Gintama, Link Click, Heaven Official's Blessing :)

c) top 10 games

(going to be completely honest...I have not played a single video game before 2019 - my family thinks games cause rotten brains and I agree with that statement, at the same time I love games.. justf FYI I am very inexperienced)

(another note: I LOVE open worlds - I like climbing shit and falling off cliffs, I love going on my own and fighting shit and solving puzzles)

Genshin Impact

Assassin's Creed (I love Brotherhood, have and like 2nd and Odyssey, have but haven't played Syndicate yet, HATE Unity [the controls suck ass], I watched some gameplay of other games, I love the series overall)

Honkai: Star Rail

The Witcher

Tears of Themis (I try and play alot of games like this but they don't have Vyn Richter so what's the point of them really? [insert megamind meme: no vyn richter?])

Minecraft (I like building, and one of my last memories with one of my besties was from multiplayer, I have our last world saved with a mausoleum in the place of his spawn - it keeps precious memories)

NU:Carnival (the fashion is offensively awesome, big inspiration for my character designs sometimes)

Legend of Zelda (sounds and looks like a game I would love but I have yet to experience it on my own)

The Silent Age (first game I owned on my own and played start to finish without anybody else's input, it's very simple and somewhat boring but I like the vibe and I like the independence I felt while playing it)

Destiny 2 (my PC has issues running it but I absolutely love it, also I have like 40 gifs of myself just dancing in this game..)

d) top 10 books

Krysař/The Ratcatcher by Viktor Dyk (1915) (fell in love with this Czech required reading book during middle school, read it again for high school finals, still love it to this day)

Demian by Hermann Hesse (1919)

Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey - the series has I think 12 books running 2009-2021 but I only have the first 3 (2009-2011) however they deserve to be on this list since I've read them like 13 times)

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard by Rick Riordan (2015-2017) (I also enjoy his series with egyptian gods but Magnus Chase slayed)

The Inheritance Cycle: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance by Christopher Paolini (2003-2011)

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis (1950-1956)

Lady Pokingham Or They All Do It by allegedly Oscar Wilde (1879) (it's an erotica, a guilty pleasure of mine)

Smrt Krásných Srnců/Death of Beautiful Roebucks by Ota Pavel (1971) (another Czech gem really)

Note to Self by Connor Franta (2017)

Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama (2016-present) (I know you said no manga, but it's so beautiful! I even used it as a reference literature to my bachelor thesis - I HAVE to include it!)

e) top 10 music artists

(this list was an absolute struggle, I don't listen to music that much, and since my girlfriend has just such a great taste in music I mostly don't focus on anything and just go along with their recs)

Stray Kids (a remnant of high school days when I listened to alot of kpop - I still listen to some others but Stray Kids are precious to me)

Silverchair (my favorite rock band)

bbno$

Citizen Soldier (some of their music quite literally kept me alive through some rough nights)

Lemon Demon [two trucks holding hands~, two trucks holding hands~, the passion, the passion, is more than I can withstand~~]

Takayan (たかやん)

CORPSE!

Grim Salvo

grandson

Nathan Wagner

I do listen to a lot of anime opening songs, and movie or game soundtracks and also to literally anything you make into nightcore version lmao.

Anyway, that's all I have <3 Thank you for this ask, Q!