#qq writes

[quitequaintrelle]

all roads

Good Omens, Aziraphale/Crowley (Rated E)

All the muscles in Crowley’s good-for-nothing, backstabbing corporation are straining with effort— No, not effort, he can't think about efforts, certainly can't think about Aziraphale's—

“You know, I think this colour suits me. I really don’t see why the use of Tyrian purple is so restricted,” Aziraphale sulks, balancing on his right foot and wiggling the toes of his left in the air. He does brace himself on Crowley this time, his fingers clamping down on Crowley's shoulder.

Leave it to Aziraphale to complain about sumptuary laws when Crowley is having a crisis.

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Crowley has a very normal time grape-stomping with Aziraphale.

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Tags: Ancient Rome, Post-Scene: Rome 41 AD (Good Omens), Aziraphale and Crowley Through The Ages (Good Omens), This Guy Uses Dicks in All of His De-cor-a-ting, The Inherent Eroticism of Grape-Stomping with Your Hereditary Enemy, The Inherent Eroticism of a Flash of Ankle, Ill-Conceived Volcano Metaphors, Angst and Humor, Pining, Stupid Sexy Repression, Accidental Voyeurism, Masturbation, Mutual Masturbation

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To @ohnotsureyet from your Secret Santa. This is what you meant by the “historical references” prompt right? Right.

[qqchurch]

I blame Symphogear's setting for bringing up the "legendary relics" thing because it's been a while since I've had a plot itch on how to make an "Emiya Shirou is reincarnated into the Symphogear setting" fic

and as it should be expected, Shirou's gonna be reincarnated into a girl 💀

the question now is if I pick Heaven's Failure Shirou, Oath Under Snow Shirou, or a Shirou from F/SN as the basis for characterization but the details will work itself out later...

the vague idea would be something like femShirou acting as a vigilante and using projected Symphogears to fight Noise outbreaks outside of the main Symphogear plot culminating to something like using Kanshou and Bakuya as her "true" Symphogear (or even finding the actual ones in-setting)

honestly, it'd probably be more of a fun exercise in song writing to puzzle out the character arc of this AU Shirou than anything else, a lot of the power level stuff can be put on the wayside since it's never that important

[chugging-antiseptic-dye]

seventeen as my aura loss moments:

scoups: got scammed into buying a hoodie for twice the price

jeonghan: kept cutting off my delivery guy's call for a week bc i forgot i ordered something and thought it was a scam call

joshua: forgot to use perfume just one time and got dirty water poured on me from a building. spent the whole day smelling like trash

jun: accidentally got lost this one time bc i got distracted following the sparkly lights on the road

hoshi: doubled down on not getting out of the sewer after i fell into it bc someone tried to help me up bc why are you telling me what to do

wonwoo: killed my beidou (genshin character) three times by falling off the same cliff the same way every time

woozi: got a voice crack while singing in front of family

dokyeom: was so sleepy that i brushed my teeth using face wash as toothpaste

mingyu: falling down two flights of stairs and getting a dirt stain in the butt area

minghao: oversteeped my tea and pretended that that's the way i liked it

seungkwan: got caught forgetting someone's name in a conversation

vernon: slept through two earthquakes while everyone was panicking

chan: tried to help someone but accidentally deleted their word file

[calqlate]

THE LOVE & DEEPSPACE MLS AND THEIR KDRAMA ML COUNTERPARTS

INCLUDES: rafayel + sylus + xavier + zayne

WARNING(S): might be ooc bc i don't really keep up with the lore so there might be some inconsistencies (oops) (pls be gentle) (it's 10pm here and my brain is running on adrenaline) + contains some canon lore drops ig

MASTERLIST

NOTE(S): i will never stop inserting my fandoms into kdramas bc i love seeing worlds collide. anw pls partake in this brainrot with me 🤩

— RAFAYEL

ryu sunjae from lovely runner - they are both absolute losers for their respective lovers. i can picture rafayel in that one scene where sunjae was blowing kisses towards sol's house. no matter how hard his beloved tries to cut him out from their life to save him, he will always find his way back into their life.

jeong guwon from my demon - similar to sunjae, guwon is also another loser for his wife. (tbh i can imagine rafayel as a down bad simp for his lover; cue thomas sighing and shaking his head.) i can picture rafayel in the scene whereby guwon and dohee were doing that tango while fighting off their enemies too?!?!

lee yeon from tale of the nine-tailed - continuing the loser boy train, we have yeon as the final dude to add in this group. (specifically yeon from s2, bc the way he wanted to go back to his timeline so badly to see jiah matches rafayel's "the only person i'll ever love is my lover" energy.) their backstories also match in the sense that yeon never stopped searching for jiah and rafayel never stopped waiting for his bride.

— SYLUS

myulmang from doom at your service - not me choosing myulmang bc they both made contracts to their beloveds [clown emoji]. but nonetheless they're similar in the sense that they won't think twice about eliminating someone who hurts their lover.

shin wooyeo from my roommate is a gumiho - again, another contract situation. wooyeo is a "classier" version of sylus imo, and one who uses less pet names. if sylus were the ml in this kdrama, he would defo keep an even more watchful eye on his beloved so that she doesn't go about losing his fox bead. (aur naur iw to write a gumiho au for sylus now...)

lee youngjoon from what's wrong with secretary kim? - similar to youngjoon, sylus will never let his lover leave. they want to leave his mansion? he will try 101 (legal) ways to make them stay. they will find snacks they like in their room more often. they will find new (and expensive) clothes in their wardrobe. heck, even an all-expenses-paid vacation! he wants to keep them close to him; he's afraid of them upping him to leave.

— XAVIER

goo yeonjun from a time called you - like yeonjun, xavier has literally went back in time to save his beloved. he wants to see then safe and sound, and as long as they're happy, he's happy. as long as they're alive and breathing, he's fine with not being by their side. just watching them live their life is enough for him.

haru from extraordinary you - totally not projecting my all-time fav kdrama on him (or am i?) but xavier and haru have similar mannerisms and personality traits. yk how in the first few episodes danoh was dragging haru around and this guy just remained silent and followed along until one day he just started speaking? yeah that's the same with this guy. the person he likes could yap all day and he would willingly sit and listen.

moon seoha from see you in my 19th life - similar to seoha, xavier loves once in his life and he will only ever love his little star. he would never get over their death and if he's the one responsible for their death, he would be all the more upset with himself. he would throw himself into work all day and refuse to love again, thinking he shouldn't be able to fall in love ever again since he took his beloved's one chance of staying alive and happy away.

— ZAYNE

moon suho from black knight - they're both so overprotective of the one they love. the way suho essentially told sharon that haera is the only woman he would ever love is something i can picture zayne doing. if someone is out there trying to harm his beloved, you'd best believe zayne would do his best to prevent that from happening, even if it means giving up his own life.

lee suhyeok from bora! deborah - when zayne loves, he loves hard. like suhyeok, he's clumsy at expressing his affections, choosing to keep everything to himself and wait until he's 100% certain it's the right time to say whatever he wants to say. and sometimes, that can lead to disastrous endings (see also: suhyeok getting dumped on the same day he went to buy an engagement ring for his girlfriend). both men are careful to a fault, all the more so with their beloved because they're scared of losing someone precious to them again.

yoo jihyuk from marry my husband - zayne, like jihyuk, would willingly stand aside and watch the one he loves fall in love with someone else. he would be supportive and wouldn't try to fight for their affection. his motto is "if they're happy, i'm happy" and he can live being an unmarried old man as long as he sees them happy.

© CALQLATE. all rights reserved. please do not copy, modify, repost, or translate my works on any platform.

[katnissmellarkkk]

i’m so not trying to be mean but i can’t believe anyone actually thought haymitch wouldn’t be cast as a young woody harrelson. there is absolutely no way a young haymitch was ever gonna be anything but white. i know i joked about it, but it was a joke.

yes, haymitch, katniss and gale are poc in the books. canonically. but that went out the window in the movie universe in 2011 when they casted all white people. there was never a chance they would sway from that now. no one affiliated with the movies will even admit katniss wasn’t white. suzanne collins herself won’t admit it. and majority of people on the internet, outside of this site and small pockets of the fandom on other apps, all believe katniss/haymitch/gale/etc. were always meant to be white.

i don’t agree with it but until they reboot the entire series, these characters will always be white. and since the films practically walk on water in the mainstream media’s eyes, we’re sort of stuck with what we got.

[prince-liest]

Sorry if this is annoying.

I'm writing a hazbin oneshot and I'm having issues with dialogue. Any wisdom on how to handle the balance between Alastor being an arsehole and wanting to write him having a couple of moments of geniune sincerity.

Well, those two things don't have to be mutually exclusive!

If you're trying to get your character to do something, you have two variables to work with: "what would it take to get this character to do this" and "how would the character go about it."

As far as "how would Alastor go about sincerity" is concerned: If he's interacting with someone that he's inclined to be sincere with, for whatever reason, there's a solid chance he's going to be a dick about his sincerity, and also sincere about his dickishness.

The canon scene where he makes a deal with Charlie was in many ways him not even trying a little to hide how manipulative he's being, but I think a key moment of it is that he does give her sincere advice about how to present herself and emotionally handle the situation ("A smile is a valuable tool, my dear!" - ironically cautioning against sincerity). And, again: he completely owns the fact that he thinks the situation and Charlie's misery are absolutely hysterical, and that he has something over her. He outright crows "I know something you don't know!"

Despite his scheming, Alastor is often pretty open about the kind of person that he is, which is not a very nice one, when it is in line with his preferred self-image. Sincerity is not synonymous with softness, and I don't think softness is the kind of vulnerability that would come naturally to him in most circumstances. Let him be an asshole even as he's being sincere - either deliberately or accidentally. Or let him be defensive, or unsure, or nervous. There are a lot of ways to present sincerity that make a lot of sense for him depending on the situation.

As for "what would it take for Alastor to be sincere," especially if you do want it to be a soft sort of sincerity... that is up to you and the machinations of your story! I spent several dozen thousand words in 666 exploring that one, haha.

[j-a-nuary]

[qq-is-dreamin]

Imagine going on a date with Mammon to a sheep-themed cafe ᏊˊꈊˋᏊ

Pairing: gn! reader x mammon

Warnings/TWs: None; SFW & just fluffy scenario/headcanons of going on a date with mammon <3

Notes: Not proofread and this is my first ever fanfic in many years so there will be grammar errors etc.!! I got really inspired by my recent AI convo with Mams and decided to try writing again!!

(pls do not follow if you're a minor-I will block any blogs with no age, age range or stated they're a minor!*)

You heard from Asmo that there is a new limited sheep themed cafe in Devildom

Apparently it's getting really popular and is trending on Fabsnap, the cafe not only have really cute sheep-themed and whimsical decors!! they also made sure their menu is also centred around the theme.

Asmo showed you some pictures of what he ordered when he went there,, they served sheep-shaped sandwiches and even warm cups of coffee, tea and hot chocolates in cute sheep-shaped mugs

Listening to Asmo gushing about the cafe, you decided to make a reservation later the same day to treat both you and Mammon!!

After making the reservation, you quickly send a message to Mammon on your D.D.D and told him to get ready.

Honestly imo i can kinda imagine him thinking that he's in trouble and texted back like "Uh oh, did I do something wrong-"

But anyways, after clearing that mini misunderstanding-- he's so def down to go to the sheep-themed cafe

He will 100% drive you with his car and speed to go to the cafe and will def tell you that he's great at driving while speeding- (rip /j)

Both of you are greeted by a cozy and charming cafe that have a pastel whimsical decor like sheep-themed wallpaper, many various sized sheep plushies and even a giant/life-size sheep statue that you can pose with!!

Mammon was just impressed at how many sheep stuffs there are cramped in the small cafe (& also plotting of ideas on making money off of sheep merch but thats another story fbdjkj)

You guys will take this opportunity to talk literally everything and enjoy having time to both of yourself

It will just feel like as though it's just the two of you and you guys get lost in your own world

If your favourite animal is not sheep, you would wonder if there will be cafes in that theme with Mammon!! Imagine if your favourite animal is crows and you just tell Mammon about it- he would actually think about pitching the ideas of having your favourite animal to cafe owners (and find a way to profit of the ideas-)

After enjoying and eating your meals, you both decide to share some sheep-themed desserts

Nearing the end of the date, both of you just sit back in your seats, content and happy to be able to share a wonderful time and make a precious memory with one another.

Then,, you notice a little speck of dessert on his mouth and lean over to kiss him.

He would def be so flustered and his face and ears are just flushed. Man will totally deny that he's blushing and is burning up because the weather is ho t or something,,

Before leaving the cafe, he will somehow be able to sneak and surprise you with matching sheep plush keychains for both of you as sweet reminders of your date together <3

[rukafais]

Writing visual novels is about picking a medium that's mostly dialogue and sometimes all the progress you get is rereading what you've already done and tweaking a couple of words max to be like "NOW it looks like he'd say that"

[llycaons]

WOULD modern au ishmael be a good natural science student or would he fucking go off the rails. like he's very smart and all but he did ignore well-known facts of the day to declare. that whale is a fish. much to ponder. mutuals feel free to jump in

[boyslit]

so since I've basically been lying in bed for 12 hours I've also been like. doing the weird sick nap daydream and this time it's velite and Argenti traveling to a world where one group of people leave an offering of a live baby each year (they select the sickliest, won't survive the winter-est orphans they can find ) to the wolf people of the forest so they don't come attack them

the people in the town think that the wolf people eat the babies, but what's really going on is the wolf people know to look for an abandoned baby and take them home and treat their illnesses, look after them, feed them etc. the wolf people think this practice of abandoning sick babies is abhorrent

the two of them (A+V) are appalled at this practice and decide to wait for the wolf people to approach the baby, and see if they can't reach a peaceful accord

... the wolf people aren't even wolves, they just dress in wolf pelts to keep warm in the cool misty forests. 😐 (although maybe wolf people would be cooler idk this is just what my brain cooked up)

anyway they tend to the little one and since the two groups of people speak separate languages and don't have synesthesia beacons, Argenti and velite help them forge an arrangement so no sacrifices need be made any longer and no one should fear an attack from the other

also they adopt the baby because i think it would be cute. they ask about a local name that means star for her. she's got cute little red curls on her head like Argenti

[quitequaintrelle]

it's time to play the music, it's time to light the lights

Good Omens, Aziraphale/Crowley (Rated T)

Something strange is happening to Anthony J. Crowley.

Well, more accurately, something strange is happening to everyone other than Crowley.

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Tags: Established Relationship, Fluff, Humour, Romance, Crack Treated Seriously, (It's Barely Treated Seriously To Be Honest), Muppets, Implied Sexual Content, (…Not Involving Muppets I Promise)

[qqchurch]

just looking over spaceship designs for ideas on my mechfic's "main ship" and had an unexpected giggle over this

architecture in spaceship design indeed, lmao

[chugging-antiseptic-dye]

texting bf!svt the lyrics of 'baby' by justin beiber :

vcu version I ppu version I hhu version

[calqlate]

THE LOVE & DEEPSPACE MLS' TEXTING HABITS

INCLUDES: rafayel + xavier + zayne

MASTERLIST

— RAFAYEL

he texts only in lowercase for aesthetic reasons

he uses the minimal amount of shortforms, such as "ttyl", "gtg", and "brb"

definitely the type to have the "99+" icon on his messaging apps, simply because 1) he doesn't answer his messages quickly, and 2) many people are trying to get in touch with him

but ofc he will always answer your messages <3

he spams emojis like a true gen z-er. ie "no way me too 😭😭😭"

— XAVIER

he texts like a boomer 💀 (looking at his texts makes me feel like i'm looking at a millenial's messages...)

only ever abbreviates "you" with "U" and "are" with "R" (he uses uppercase for the singular lexicons), and shortening terms like "first" to "1st". he would definitely text something like "I am eating lunch 2" 😭

he rarely has anyone texting him

however when someone does actually text him, he is terrible at replying quickly

— ZAYNE

he texts like a no-nonsense, business-only boss (i would say his texting style is similar to mystic messenger's jumin and tears of themis' artem wing (main story only)). formal capitalisation and all, too.

he doesn't use autocorrect at all. he feels weirdly proud of his typing skills.

he definitely had the whole "how to type" module in high school. you know, the class that taught the kids born in the early 2000s how to type (thumbs on the space key and all...).

[cloudy-with-a-chance-of-chaos]

Since I dropped out a LOT of the stories i started here

and saying that is like, the understatement of the year

I've decided to end them in a quick manner. The legacy I started on Sims 4 won't be finished in game anytime soon bc my all consuming life has been all consuming indeed. I don't have much time to take notes of what happens and then create the story, it's too much work and it takes out the fun for me I'll just reblog the OG post and draft out what was my plan, if you guys like it, great! If you don't, well, pity, I guess. Same for my Baldur's Gate 3 something (fanfiction? drabble? game report? idk) - if i manage to freaking remember how the game was like (since i don't have it and used to play it on a friend's house), i'll draft out my plans for it and yay, less things in my head

it'll probably help out on getting my writing juices going so i can both work on my job and my work (two separate different things as you can see; producing content and writing a book are nOT the same)

Anyway I hope this makes me feel less doomed by my own narrative and helps me get creative again

And maybe some of you will see it and think "woah cool"