#s5 brainrot is going to get me

[pidgecv]

I’m amassing WIPs (at various states of finished lmfao help me I can’t finish anything)

[asharkapologist]

Why David Jones Should 100% Sue Bromden Psychiatric Hospital

Okay so I've been brainrotted with S5 lately since I've been playing The Conspiracy out of order for fanfiction purposes and like I know this has been mentioned before but Jones has an amazing legal case against the crappy hospital Zoe was killed at. Let's go over everything they did that by itself would probably warrant a lawsuit, but altogether would legally annihilate them:

They allowed a serial killer to psychologically torture Zoe. Rosamund was even planning on killing her eventually. How on EARTH is a serial killer even allowed to interact with other patients like that? Rosamund should be in prison, not a psychiatric hospital.

Allowed an orderly with a clear conflict of interest (his brother was murdered and the killer got away with it due to "diminished responsibility" due to an insanity plea) to work around her and also harass her (calling her a murderer, vandalizing her mirror with such a message).

Let Louis into her room to put a HIDDEN. CAMERA. there. How on EARTH was that even possible? How on earth did he get into her room? Either he was just allowed to freely roam about the hospital and enter patients' rooms when they weren't there, which indicates that patient rooms aren't locked when they're empty, because Zoe would have obviously noticed him hiding a camera. Additionally, I'm not sure if visitors would even be allowed in a patient's room with no supervision. Did Louis drug her or something then plant the camera? How? I feel like Zoe would have realized that, too, if that had happened. Either way, it is a massive problem that visitors can just plant stuff to spy on patients.

There are tons of things in her room she could use to hurt herself.

@blugnettabutterflies helped me with this one. There are no working security cameras because Louis killed her in BROAD. FREAKING. DAYLIGHT. This one is even worse because there is a security camera as a collectable item in the hospital courtyard! It should have seen everything! Why is that not a valid thing to pick up?!

That thing should have been on, and the case would have been a lot shorter if it actually did its job. Gloria and the player would have seen it, and the following would have happened:

"Louis Leroux, you are under arrest for the murder of Zoe Kusama!"

"What? She was my friend! I would never kill her!"

*Plays camera footage showing their argument and her murder*

"Uhhh..."

Lets patients be by themselves with no supervision or protection or staff nearby. (again. Louis. He and Zoe were yelling at each other and then he killed her. While it's true that sharp/blunt force trauma can kill someone quickly, the fact that NOBODY was within earshot to hear to people yelling at each other and one of them KILLING the other, speaks volumes. The second there was yelling, staff should have come running. ) Nobody even seemed to know where she was! David and co. just stumbled into her!

Louis wasn't planning on killing Zoe that morning, meaning he probably didn't have a change of clothes when he went to gaslight/manipulate her into being a test subject again, which means he was probably COVERED in blood yet still? No one saw this man covered in blood from KILLING someone and immediately stopped him??? He literally was only able to wipe his hands with a piece of PAPER that he then threw away and NO ONE, no security cameras picked up on this? The bloody paper he threw away was in the common area! How was there no one else there? Was there, and when someone asked him why he was covered in blood, he made up some random excuse and they were like oh okay sounds good, carry on? How did no cameras pick him up? Did it go something like this?

The staff during the case: We have no idea who could have killed her, certainly not her ONLY VISITOR TODAY

Seems to be rundown. I know anger/frustration towards Zoe and desperation/fear (thanks to/of Denise) definitely gave Louis an adrenaline boost, but how on earth was he able to yank up/out a metal fence post from a fence that looks like this???

Anyway, that's my rant. David has an excellent case against the hospital, and should sue them into oblivion. Thanks, Carla, for helping me with this!

[emostudent]

TEEN WOLF BRAINROT

so, i've been rewatching teen wolf bc apparently netflix hates us europeans and it will be removed on may 31st and here are a few of my opinions TM

scott is actually a very good main character. listen, i got into this fandom when i was older, so i probably don't understand why there is this trend of hating scott, but he's a valid MC! he shows an example of positive masculinity that is honestly so refreshing to see in modern media: he's kind, compassionate, always optimistic but not stupidly so, has an amazing relationship with his mum AND his friends, he's not afraid to show emotions and cry. honestly a very healthy, albeit traumatised, young man. yes, he did stupid stuff for the girl he liked, and yes he misjudged a few situations, but please, remind me, how old is he supposed to be? 16? 17? 18? yeah. i did worse things at his age.

scott and stiles come from working class families!!! they have money problems!! it's honestly so refreshing to see teenagers discuss money in a supernatural/fantasy tv show. it doesn't usually happens and I've found it refreshing because it's something that usually happen between irl teenagers.

i don't get sterek. really, really don't. maybe it's bc i've watched the show through a gen z lens (meaning the media and the culture (read: THE INTERNET) when i watched the show were influenced more by gen z than millennials' values) but i really don't get it. and the age difference makes me uncomfortable. (same thing with parrish and lydia, SHE'S A MINOR DUDE, there's a reason people don't like cops istg) SOMEONE EXPLAIN STEREK TO ME PLEASE

in fics stiles and scott's personalities are often swapped: stiles is the caring one, the pack mum, scott is the one with homicidal tendencies. like, my dudes, the fact that scott is a GOOD person through and through is the reason he's a true alpha. also the reason we, as viewers, like stiles is bc he's sarcastic and more morally ambiguous than scott (not really, but you get it, he cares more about himself and his immediate friends, the others can die, scott instead want to save everyone period), it's like taking away the thing that makes stiles stiles

malia and stiles were SO cute, i didn't expect to like them so much, but when they broke up my heart shattered

stydia is everything i want in a ship and i will not accept any criticism on it, it's literally one of the only straight ships i like. you have the slowburn, the malewife x girlboss trope, the he fell first but she fell harder, the mutual pining. it literally checks all of my boxes

isaac was such a cool character and he and scott had an amazing dynamic, like come on, they had something going on between them

kira is a badass. that's it, that's the comment. i like her so much

derek's development is one of the best. i couldn't stand him in season 1, but in s4 he became one of my favourite characters. but i think this has more to do with the fact that they aged him up? he was supposed to be in his early 20s in s1, but then they aged him up in s3? well, anyway, i liked how he literally wised up, stepping into the role of a teacher and guide instead of a leader, it suits him so much better (and i'm sure it's less stressful)

peter is such a charmingly evil bastard. i hate him, but i love him at the same time.

thiam is the best ship in the show, i don't care if it's canon or not. i've read airplanes, it's canon to me

we would've liked (simped for) s5 theo more if he had the same haircut he had in 6b. he was just stupidly hot.

allison and lydia should've kissed and so malia and kira. give me my wlw couples.

[leandra-kinard]

I'm wondering how there are people who think killing off Tommy would lead to Buddie. Like for one outside of Shannon the show hasn't killed off any other love interest to write them out of the show and two the show would get so much negative press for it. Like I do not take people seriously when the bring up Tommy dying or Buck cheating as a way to facilitate Buddie canon because it would not endear most of the audience to them as a ship (not to mention Oliver Stark specifically said he doesn't want to go down the queer trauma route here so like I don't get why some people cite these as possibilities)

Yeah, I don't even know man. Fanfic brainrot or something (not that there's anything wrong with fanfic, obviously, but when you consume so much of it and it being very specific to your very personal liking, and then can't separate the expectations you have for fic from those you have for the show).

And I guess in a way I maybe fell for it too, with my past expectations for Buddie canon, because, in hindsight, I'm not sure Buddie canon - especially now after so much time has passed - would have feasibly happened. Not just because of studio politics or limitations on how many canon queer characters you can have among the main cast, but simply because you cannot believably pull off a mutual pining/slowburn romance in an ensemble show.

Buddie would only have worked if Eddie had taken some time to unravel all that repression, bit by bit, and we would have to see it, and that would have taken up too much room and time in a show that has a pretty big main cast.

It might have worked at the end of s5 when he went to therapy and all that, planting some seeds there and then fully following up on it in s6, but now? AFTER the whole Marisol and Shannon/Kim stuff? It would take A LOT to sell it not just to the general audience but, frankly, to people like me as well.

So I dunno, but I'm pretty convinced it's never going to happen. Both Oliver and Ryan have said/hinted that they wouldn't want it to happen purely as fan service; it would have to really make sense and be true to the characters and their journeys, and I agree.

But the BoBs don't listen; they take fragments of sentences and interpret them to fit their own agenda.

And then some of the most unhinged ones of them go and think killing off a love interest is one way to get there. And a lot of those comments or tags didn't read like purely 'jokes' either; there was sheer vitriol and hatred behind them. Which has very little to do with genuine or in any way valid outrage at the 'daddy kink' joke, but everything to do with someone getting in their way of their ship, and this time being an actual threat.

With female love interests, you could always write that off as the show being cowardly about it and not daring to make any of them queer. But now we have that queer representation, Buck is officially bi, and has a boyfriend with whom things are getting really serious, really fast.

And I get being sad and disappointed about Buddie not happening, but the amount of toxicity that has been directed at a) other fans b) the fictional characters and c) the actors/writers involved is ridiculous. This is a fucking TV show, after all. It's not real life, it's not politics or activism. It's just fiction (that gives us an unusual amount of queer rep for a mainstream network TV show!). If it doesn't spark joy, take a step back, stop watching, read and write fic, but don't be a toxic asshole about it.

[sidekick-hero]

20 questions for writers

I was tagged by some amazing fellow writers, thank you so so much @puppy-steve, @corrodedbisexual, @steviewashere and @just-my-latest-hyperfixation 💜💜💜 (once again late to this because I'm still sick and feeling crummy)

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

Currently 167, 83 of these in the Stranger Things Fandom (my current one).

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

593,064 (holy shit)

3. What fandoms do you write for?

currently exclusively Stranger Things, the brainrot is still going strong.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Emotional Motion Sickness

You know I'm a show off (I would let you get some)

Louder

we tangle endlessly like lovers entwined

I’m tired of asking to settle the debt

5. Do you respond to comments?

I really, really try! I want to answer to all of them because every single comment means so much to me. But I'm also at around 500 unanswered notifs on AO3 (not all are comments, some are replies on my comments) and it may take a while to catch up 🫣

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Ufff, pretty sure that's we pass the ghosts that haunt us later. The ending is ambiguous, but was angsty enough that @legitcookie demanded it to be fixed...

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

... which led to us co-writing the next part I wore his jacket for the longest time with a happy ending that to me at least feels like the most satisfying happy endings of all of my fics.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

So far I haven't, my experience with fandom has been entirely positive and wonderful 💜

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Juuuuup. Love it. I think most of my fics are rated explicit. I had a phase in which I mostly wrote pwps, trying my hand on more comedy and romance but I feel like writing smut might be my calling 😂

10. Do you write crossovers?

I wrote one, a crossover between Stranger Things and Fargo S5. It's a metaldeputy fic (Gator Tillman and Eddie Munson) called caught in the careless arms of lust again

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of at least.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes, two have been translated to Russian.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yes! With @legitcookie and with @yournowheregirl, and it's amazing. I loved it and would definitely do it again.

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

I think steddie, it just really scratches an itch I didn't even know I had.

15. What's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you will?

Uffff, good question. I would never say never tbh. And I don't have many WIPs. Maybe the Time Travel threesome fic (Eddie/Eddie/Steve) I started with Jen. Still loving the idea but not sure when I'll be able to get back to that.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Smut, I think? And a few people told me I'm good at vivid descriptions.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Long sentences. Dialogue. As stupid as it sounds, plot? Like, world building and coming up with a complex plot.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

So fucking hard.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Queer as Folk, wayyyy back in the day.

20. Favorite fic you've written?

Oh man, that's a hard one, I love all of my fics. I think from my multi-chapter fics I have to say I wore his jacket for the longest time, especially because of how much I loved writing it but also because I love me a good character growth and second chances fic. And of my one-shots I have a soft spot for to the rhythm of eternity (my love letter to my favorite city) and Take your time (I wanna cross some lines) (a pwp I spend AGES on writing).

I have no idea who has been tagged already so if you've been tagged please forgive me and link me to your answers 💜

@runninriot, @hbyrde36, @acasualcrossfade, @judasofsuburbia, @pearynice,

@shares-a-vest

[ev-belknap]

Season 5 themes the way I am thinking I am seeing them after two episodes!

Yes I know I am terrible the brainrot is real don’t judge me.

- Secrecy: Guillermo is keeping them, now Laszlo is keeping them, the camera crew is up to stuff, there’s this big point made about hypnosis and hiding vampirism, someone on here made a good point about Colin even never telling Nadja about little Anti-paxos. I think some big things are coming out this season, not the least of it Guillermo’s secret, but I’m also betting Sean is going to Finally Learn this round.

- No bat left behind: I may be overreading, but the vampires flew back to Guillermo when he said mall, which made it a joke, but then Nandor flew back for Laszlo, which made it a point of interest 👀 I’m thinking they’ll band together a lot more this time round.

- Not Being Ready: So many people on here talked about Being Turned being treated like first time sex in this, and I want to kiss you all on the mouth I did not even catch that. Guillermo you idiot (affectionate), you’re going to have to come to terms with this.

- parallels: someone on here the mentioned the first s5 episode had a lot of parallels with the very first episode: Guillermo brushing Nandor’s hair, blowing out the candles, getting a gift, there’s a housemeeting… I am here for more of that. Give me theatre de vampires 2, with a big Guillermo reveal. Give me that subtle nightmarket lunge and flinch, but reverse that shit.

Anyhoo thank you for coming to my vampire brainrot talk, please feel free to shout at me in any way, I need more people to not be normal about this show with.

[totheidiot]

intro post :)))

hm okay so most basic information about meee. the name is arian, my pronouns are strictly he/him. i am a sex-averse asexual (not sex-repulsed. keep that in mind because i do interact with suggestive content like a sex joke or a smut fanfiction sometimes. so be wary of that please !!). also on the arospec, specifically panromantic. i like to write A Lot and you will know from my posts. i am regrettably not a funny person either. hmm i think that's all !!

fandoms !

stranger things - all posts tagged under #the monster show that got really popular - don't exactly post so much about it? you might see this tag only when i might be engaging with my st mutuals or when i post a fanfiction update

the magnus archives - all posts tagged under #rusty quill presents: this man has too many eyes. - a tag you shall see very often !! have not begun s5 (will touch that probably, next month?) but got hugely spoilered for it.

the magnus protocol - all posts tagged under #rusty quill presents: the lack of eyes is causing me unease. - i am in the place with most of the fandom ! waiting for the next episode that is.

the goldfinch - all posts tagged under #the gay bird book - you will probably never see it now, still worth checking out my old posts? i don't even remember if they were good or not.

the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy - all posts tagged under #crash into the 42nd answer - live laugh love 80s sci-fi comedy series that forever changed my style of humor.

death note - all posts tagged under #something about death and a notebook. or whatever. she dies of diarrhea in three minutes. - enjoy the lawlight brainrot.

tags !

#🍂 arian's shit : all text post that i wrote myself ! every post i didn't reblog, all of that !! even some reblogs are tagged with this if i add a lot of my own thoughts to another post.

#🪐 arian's asks : my replies to asks i get :) anons are tagged with #those who have no name and the hate anons are tagged with #those who deserve no name i only got one hate anon even that was in my old blog but it's best to be prepared ! if it's not an anon ask, i will tag it with the asker's username or if they are mutual, they get a special tag !

#📷 arian's friends <33 : all the interaction with my mutuals and friends <3

#📝 arian writes fanfiction : pretty self explanatory !! all the times i mention my fanfiction !

☁ arian's very complicated and strange dreams : a very miscellaneous tag ! basically talking about my dreams

#🌌 arian contemplates his universe : textposts written by me that are not really connected to a specific fandom. posts might get a bit personal/random/vent-y

fanfiction !

the goldfinch

things we don't talk about . : xandra hears strange, loud and suspicious noises from theo’s bedroom. upon closer inspection, she discovers that boris is staying the night. the next morning, she confronts them about it. 1/1 , tw references to alcohol, implications of underage sex, internalized homophobia. not my best work at all, but you can read this one !!

six of crows

a fool's game : modern era hs au where the crows are hired by their principal van eck to steal the rival school fjerda high's mascot before the games. 6/? abandoned. tws of six of crows really. don't read this one, abandoned and i don't know how to even feel about this.

stranger things

i got your letter (hope you feel better than i do) : will gets sent a series of anonymous love letters in his locker. mike's been awfully quiet about this. 2/2, tw internalized homophobia. i don't really like this one but it's been very well-received so you can give this shot if you !

your apparition passes through me : that's the masterpost, everything you need to know :)) DO read this one, this is still very much ongoing <3

we both matter (don't we?) : mike asks max if she could go to California with him on spring break. that sounds like a bad idea, but she goes for it. el is unhappy in lenora; she is not in love with one of her first friends, but she is painfully in love with the certain red-haired skateboarder girl, who makes her laugh. 1/2 i have no idea if there will be a continuation? this was really good in my opinion, kind of sucks that it didn't get any love :((

upcoming !

stranger things

two byler fanfiction, both coincidentally i'll be co-writing with mutuals :). one of them is a eeaao au, written with @qulizalfos and the other is very longfic, slightly crack fic written with @iamtheoneandonlyever that documents mike and will's life from college, all the way to their fifties.

the magnus archives

আমি তো চক্ষুর বস্ত্র ধরে / দেখতে পাই অতীত, ভবিষ্যত, পৃথিবীর অধ্যাত্ম। : a character study of jonathan sims, before being the Archivist. all written entirely in bangla, bangladeshi!jon obviously, a focus on his language, his grandmother and his culture. only like two people in the fandom probably can read this.

here are my side-blogs :)) : @incaseimakeit-daily and @16-04-16-daily . also, credits for the dividers goes to @//saradika-graphics :))

[royalsy-queen]

You know, something I take a lot of pride in is how much effort I put into making my pinterest boards look, I love organisation, and no other board demonstrates this better than my stranger things one.

With currently 6,338 pins (and I say currently because I think I spend more time on pinterest than on tumblr, and that's a lot of time), and 11 neatly organised subboards for specifics (yes I have 11 boards I'm hilarious actually I didn't plan it it just happened and I embraced it)

I have this board public, tho I'm constantly reorganising, but if I shared it here, would anyone be interested in it? Idk you can just spend your whole day and probably you'd still be seeing new pins, so if I see a lot on interaction on this post I'll share it <3

EDIT: In honour of user @whatexactlyismyhoohah saying this was mad interesting to them and the other 9 ppl who liked the post (which is enough for me <3) I've decided to share it.

So, here you go! Like I said, it's constantly getting updated specially in the byler folders lol, please don't judge me to hardly for some of the pins, tw for some Mileven posts at the very bottom I was a mlvn shipper until season 3, when I rewatched it and I saw something was up Byler came into the picture lol.

[jaspaboi]

Ranking Every Supernatural Title Card

this is a link to a video that contains all title cards so you can follow along

Individual rankings:

dont worry, if you dont want to listen to the ramblings of a brainrotted individual, theres an overall ranking below

S1: 2/10 weak, bland, basic

S2: 4/10 Also basic, but at least theres fire

S3: 4/10 Guess we’re doing backgrounds now

S4: 5/10 I like the crows and white to black

S5: 6/10 Hannibal looking ass. The blood is just a little bit cooler then crows tho

S6: 6/10 The glass is cool but then nothing for like 5 secs :/

S7: 5/10 The goo is cool asf but lacking pizazz✨

S8: 5/10 Love the clicking noises but there isn’t much visually

S9: 9/10 The visual effects with the wings and sound is such a swag combo. Very good very much enjoyed, it makes my heart race and i get pumped ready for the ep I love it

S10: 7/10 The blues are very nice, I dont know how to explain it but it’s kinda satisfying to watch. It’s like a slime video to me

S11: 3/10 Dude what the fuck happened?? It’s so bland?? Like go girl! give us nothing!! it’s basically just s1’s card but with shinier letters. It makes me mad dude like how do flop this hard after those 2 bangers?? I think critically it’s a 3/10 but personally I wanna give it a 2 because of how mad it makes me

S12: 8/10 It’s the atmosphere! I love the reds and browns and just how everything looks it’s absolutely cool asf. The sound effects are great too love how it explodes at the end

S13: 7/10 The yellows are awesome and eyes are cool, it has a creepy vibe that I like. But not much is really going on visually

S14: 8/10 Love the spiral, epic spiral. Also I love the wings. More visual things, good. The wings flapping the words away at the end is really cool, love that

S15: 5/10 the good is cool but i’m bored

Overall Ranking:

1st: S9 - 9/10

2nd: S12 - 8/10

3rd: S14 - 8/10

4th: S10 - 7/10

5th: S13 - 7/10

6th: S5 - 6/10

7th: S6 - 6/10

8th: S7 - 5/10

9th: S4 - 5/10

10th: S8 - 5/10

11th: S15 - 5/10

12th: S2 - 4/10

13th: S3 - 4/10

14th: S11 - 2/10

Final Thoughts:

Well that was my ranking! I actually had a ton of fun doing this, the idea just kinda came to me randomly and I thought it was stupid and funny.

I have no idea if other people have done this or not and if someone has please tell me, because I never hear people talk the title cards. like at all. It’s surprising how little people talk about them, not even memes or anything.

god this embarrassingly took me like 4 hour to do the whole ranking (including this post). Honestly im debating to do a racket style voting for other people or they just vote their #1 fav if I’m feeling extra lazy, who knows.

[luthordamnvers]

20 questions game

Thank you @fazedlight for the tag!!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

Currently 10.

2. What’s your total AO3 words count?

196,109 words out at this very moment.

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Supergirl. Most notably Supercorp. I've written Dansen, and there is a Rojarias WIP somewhere.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

As you wish (Medieval AU) I don't like that falling feels like flying 'til the bone crush (Post S6, except Kara had an ex-girlfriend) A Battlefield Proposal (takes place in 619) Feeling the weight of the sun (Here we come, blue and green) (DEBS AU) Instead of hate, please pass the scones (S5 fic)

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

Yes, I try my best to reply to all! Sometimes it takes me a while because I save them for depression hours. The only fic I have not replied to all the comments is "A Battlefield Proposal" and that's because people be asking about a sequel, and Idk how to respond to that...

6. What’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I don't know her.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

All my fics have happy endings, it's a necessity.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Not so far. I've been very lucky in that sense.

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

I- tried? Like There are 2 fics when there is smut. Is it good? idk. I know it's that writing smut is FREAKING HARD, and I tip my hat to every smut writer out there.

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

Not really? At most I wrote Donna Troy (Wonder Girl) from Titans in a fic. But it was a glorified cameo, for my nefarious purposes. Have I even watched Titans? No. But I needed the vibe.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I'm aware of.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

No, as far as I know.

13. Have you ever cowritten a fic before?

Not yet. But I do plan on bamboozling someone into writing an AU with me, just because they know a lot about the topic.

14. What’s your all-time favourite ship?

Listen, I wracked my brain thinking about this. But Supercorp got me back into writing after over a decade. I'm still living with the brainrot, the others ships have faded after a few months. Close second is Korrasami, tho.

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

I started drafting a fic where Kal confronts Kara for revealing her identity, and how it puts his identity in danger. And how he doesn't trust Lena, and Kara goes bananas because of it. But I don't think I will finish that version of the fic. Maybe another iteration, tho.

16. What are your writing strengths?

No idea, dialogue? Connecting plot? Outlining?

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Actually writing.

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

English is my another language. So I do that constantly. If have to write any other language, I'll try to ask someone who's a native speaker, after going through a translator.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

...Dramione.

20. Favourite fic you’ve ever written?

As you wish I had SO much fun writing it. And It was a short fic, so I didn't have to wreck my head thinking too much about it. Then, DEBS AU which was the polar opposite. It was long, and I fried my brain trying to translate the movie (one of my favorites) to a story that made sense for the characters, and still felt fresh but still with the essence of both the movie and the show.

Tags, but no pressure: @awaitingrain @hrwinter @innamorament0 @helpbutton95 @nottawriter

[night-faye]

Every once in awhile, I'll remember something I forgot. Not sure if you caught this because it was awhile ago, but in S1 ep 9 when Wukong says "it's time to give back what you stole." Macky's eye twitches. in JTTW, the 6EM stole supplies and created copies of the companions (using monkeys disguised from FFM) and one of them was killed by Sha Wujing so Macky cooked and ate him :D so did some of the other monkeys I think. Anyways, could be a reference of Macky stealing things this time around too. I associate hot pink/purple/magenta colors with him so whenever I see a purple circle with an x over I'm like...hm (like this episode with Pigsy holding that bowl of noodles) at 7:49 it might just be the art style but after S5 I'm SO suspicious, I'll let you know when you finish S5 you'll be kicking down the doors and shaking down that monkey with a Mac-query for him. We really can't solve one thing before he dumps another mystery on us. His powers are just soooo curious y'know, remember the TV in the kidnapping van? How the lights flickers, and you could see horror movie glitch pictures on the screen? Lol, he walked out of the spooky genre and I need more of it. When you wade into the fic pond (I have my links ready) you'll find a HC about Princess Iron Fan and Macky being sworn siblings, a heads up in case you end up like me and utterly confused where in the show that was mentioned. You will also find the illusions widely referred to as "Glamour." Red Son's name is also hóng hái ér which YES should remind you of our dear liu'er mihou because I found out the "er" ending to the names is the pinyin for "child" (probably not in Macky's name depending on how it's written but I dunno) regardless, it's referred to as the english equivalent of calling someone named Rose = Rosie. So in my heart, Macky has a really cute name <3 realistically, it literally just means macaque monkey = mihou. Now WUKONG. He's had a couple names, most commonly Shihou = stone monkey, and Sun Wukong = monkey awakened to emptiness. "Sun" = grandson, and all the little monkeys on FFM are called "little suns" and Wukong calls himself the grandfather of monkeys in JTTW :D

"You're characteristically quiet, Macaque." Ah yes, quiet. A monkey who has NEVER seen a theatre a day in his life. And would never cackle evilly or raise his voice ever. At what point does a monkey become ship of theseus-ed and come back wrong 🤔 Y'know, iirc Peng's voice actor suggested they might have a hate-crush on Macky-boi here which is HYSTERICAL. Imagine Wukong's face to learning that. And you calling Ao Lie that is 😭 he's too dorky to be giant f-you dragon senior XD like you're NOT WRONG. but its super funny. Oh, btw :D So MK and Mei are hero/warrior coded ;D Mei was all "if you're not giving everything you have to protect the people you care about - you are nothing." the hero and the warrior- were like...the sea and sky...? Mei's "ugh this guy" facepalm is also very Macky of her <- he does that later this season, but MK shares deeeeeep connections to the warrior, sometimes we think he might even lose an eye ;) Also in JTTW, Wukong sinks like a rock bc he's a stone monkey, and show!Macky is all chill in the water. Wukong is all things solid or harsh, earth and fire and lightning (iirc it follows and crashes with him in one of the episodes. Fluffy would LOVE that for her Thunder Bringer AU) and Macky is all wind and shadow and water, all things fluid. S1 ep 9 = "Are you ever going to get tired of living in my shadow?" <--- insane line with Shadow Play context of "The Warrior was cast in that shadow." it implies Wukong DOESNT want him living in his shadow but also take the funny Fluffy and I discussed: Macky had SUCH bad brainrot over this line he incorporated it into his play. "I hate you but ugh, you're onto something." type of deal. his little poetic angst heart was soaring. Iirc also, S4 is one of those openings where it ends up changing by the episode ;) they like being sneaky with it.

Every once in awhile, I'll remember something I forgot. Not sure if you caught this because it was awhile ago, but in S1 ep 9 when Wukong says "it's time to give back what you stole." Macky's eye twitches. in JTTW, the 6EM stole supplies and created copies of the companions (using monkeys disguised from FFM) and one of them was killed by Sha Wujing so Macky cooked and ate him :D so did some of the other monkeys I think. Anyways, could be a reference of Macky stealing things this time around too.

👀👀👀

I associate hot pink/purple/magenta colors with him so whenever I see a purple circle with an x over I'm like...hm (like this episode with Pigsy holding that bowl of noodles) at 7:49 it might just be the art style but after S5 I'm SO suspicious, I'll let you know when you finish S5 you'll be kicking down the doors and shaking down that monkey with a Mac-query for him. We really can't solve one thing before he dumps another mystery on us. His powers are just soooo curious y'know, remember the TV in the kidnapping van? How the lights flickers, and you could see horror movie glitch pictures on the screen? Lol, he walked out of the spooky genre and I need more of it.

I sure do love it when characters have a set block of aesthetics/colors associated with them!! so fun!!!

When you wade into the fic pond (I have my links ready) you'll find a HC about Princess Iron Fan and Macky being sworn siblings, a heads up in case you end up like me and utterly confused where in the show that was mentioned

That actually makes me so happy and fits so perfectly into a fic I'm planning out (if you uhhh...wanna see the bullet points hit me up?)

You will also find the illusions widely referred to as "Glamour.

Wonderful >*taps my fingers together as I giggle*<

Red Son's name is also hóng hái ér which YES should remind you of our dear liu'er mihou because I found out the "er" ending to the names is the pinyin for "child" (probably not in Macky's name depending on how it's written but I dunno) regardless, it's referred to as the english equivalent of calling someone named Rose = Rosie. So in my heart, Macky has a really cute name <3 realistically, it literally just means macaque monkey = mihou. Now WUKONG. He's had a couple names, most commonly Shihou = stone monkey, and Sun Wukong = monkey awakened to emptiness. "Sun" = grandson, and all the little monkeys on FFM are called "little suns" and Wukong calls himself the grandfather of monkeys in JTTW :D

Amazing incredible showstopping

"You're characteristically quiet, Macaque." Ah yes, quiet. A monkey who has NEVER seen a theatre a day in his life. And would never cackle evilly or raise his voice ever. At what point does a monkey become ship of theseus-ed and come back wrong 🤔 Y'know, iirc Peng's voice actor suggested they might have a hate-crush on Macky-boi here which is HYSTERICAL. Imagine Wukong's face to learning that.

oh my gooodddddddddd khfgbdhsfbdsbhwd. It really is like that phenomona where the shy quiet kid discovers theatre and just. poof. that's gone. this is their new whole personality

And you calling Ao Lie that is 😭 he's too dorky to be giant f-you dragon senior XD like you're NOT WRONG. but its super funny.

His personality may be that of an overripe honeydew melon(affectionate) (very watered down but still sweet) but he is, physically when he transforms, a giant fuck you dragon. and he is. indeeed. Mei's senior

Oh, btw :D So MK and Mei are hero/warrior coded ;D Mei was all "if you're not giving everything you have to protect the people you care about - you are nothing." thehero and the warrior- were like...the sea and sky...? Mei's "ugh this guy" facepalm is also very Macky of her <- he does that later this season,

>*points frantically at me noting the parralels between Mei and Macky and Mei&MK and Macky&Wukong!!!!<*

but MK shares deeeeeep connections to the warrior, sometimes we think he might even lose an eye ;)

>*bonks you with a paper towel tube*< You stop that!! (don't actually stop)

Also in JTTW, Wukong sinks like a rock bc he's a stone monkey, and show!Macky is all chill in the water. Wukong is all things solid or harsh, earth and fire and lightning (iirc it follows and crashes with him in one of the episodes. Fluffy would LOVE that for her Thunder Bringer AU) and Macky is all wind and shadow and water, all things fluid. S1 ep 9 =

👀👀👀👀

"Are you ever going to get tired of living in my shadow?" <--- insane line with Shadow Play context of "The Warrior was cast in that shadow." it implies Wukong DOESNT want him living in his shadow but also take the funny Fluffy and I discussed: Macky had SUCH bad brainrot over this line he incorporated it into his play. "I hate you but ugh, you're onto something." type of deal. his little poetic angst heart was soaring.

INSANE INSANE INSANE INSANE

Iirc also, S4 is one of those openings where it ends up changing by the episode ;) they like being sneaky with it.

Ooooh!!! Okay! That's probably something I'll look at closely on the second go around!

[iris-writesx]

gallivich fandom intro post 🎉

first of all i just wanted to say how lovely of an idea it is that @callivich made an intro post and tag for everyone to use, i think it’s super nice :) i’ve been lurking on ao3 in the ian and mickey fics for a while and thought it was time to finally come to tumblr and post some writing of my own! but i’d love love love to make friends in the fandom too, so here i am lol

Name — iris (or amber if you come from my old account @heytherejulietx , all follows or likes will come from there as it’s still technically my main i just won’t use it as much lol)

Age — 18+ (not too comfy saying my actual age online but i am over 18 akdjwjd)

What made you fall in love with Gallavich? i’ve been binging the show for a while now and i’ve always just loved the more complicated characters i guess. both ian and mickey’s stories really tugged at my heartstrings, and to see them be able to fall in love with each other throughout the show is really kind of beautiful. i’m such a sucker for ships where they both end up healing each other.

How long have you been a fan? i’ve been watching the show for a good few months and lurking on ao3 for a couple of those, and i’ve read so many fics that my brainrot for them has completely skyrocketed. i haven’t even finished the show yet (i’m on s8 and i know what happens for the most part) but i just wanted to join the fandom now i’m impatient akdjwkd

Favourite Gallavich moment/scene — like i said i haven’t finished the show yet, but i think the ones that really are heartwarming and show just how strong their bond is has to be when mickey is helping ian through his bipolar (as much as s5 hurts), i also adored the scene where mickey came out to everyone in the bar so that he didn’t lose ian :( though i’m excited for domestic gallavich in s10 and 11 so that’ll probably change akdnwdk

Favourite Shameless character apart from Ian and Mickey? honestly i am completely in love with kev, i think he’s funny as fuck and i just adore him so so so much

Do you write or draw or make edits? i write! so far i have literally only written one drabble but more are going to be posted soon. i’d love love love to get some requests :)

Favourite type of Gallavich fics? i’ve always been a sucker for hurt-comfort, though i also adore domestic, sometimes even dad!gallvich fics

Favourite Gallavich quote? my favourite genuine quote is probably “ian, what you and i have makes me free” because :((((( but other than that, literally anything that mickey says in his pimp era is sooooo fucking funny

Anything else you’d like to share about yourself? i took a long long break from my old tumblr account (i’m staring fresh here with a new fandom <3) and i can’t wait to get back into writing again. i’d honestly just love to make friends in the fandom and get some requests and interest going for fics. everyone i’ve seen here is super super lovely so far and the fandom seems like such a lovely place i really can’t wait to get into it on here :)

please feel free to dm or fill up my ask box or literally anything loves <3

[mb-rihn]

maya hawke playing in the background, and my st brainrot, lets rant about my expectations for st s5!!

Stancy

Can we agree that their relationship was never meant to last? Literally every Stancy scene this season was ooc and made me want to puke. The only think I want in their relationship is for them to realize their happier off as friends, and to be happy with their past memories. I want Steve and Nancy to realize that they want each other in their future as someone to rely on, someone who's been there from the start, in different forms and positions.

Mileven

Now, I've never really liked this ship. Sure they're cute, but the fact that Eleven was in a relationship with Mike even before she could properly speak just makes me uncomfortable. El needs to figure out who she truly is, and come to terms with her past and her powers. And Mike? Well,

#MikeWheelerIKnowWhatYouAre

Max Mayfield

Forever angry at the Duffers for hurting my child like this, how could you do this to her.

But I have a lot of expectations for her next season!

I really like the idea of her waking up and being kind of a host for vecna(like will was in s2), but helping in turning the tide around and being an active part of defeating Vecna because do you really believe that Max Mayfield is going to sit there comatose for the entire season?

Elmax

I fully and truly believe that El is going to get Max back and then beat the shit out of Vecna for hurting her gf. Can't wait for El to keep her promise and kill Vecna again!!!

I also want more memories of them, maybe scenes we didn't see, or maybe El wrote Max letters? Also El and Lucas bonding in the hospital as they wait for Max to wake up.

Byler

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[nic-liveblogs]

So happy to see someone else in this fandom who thinks all the fan characters are…. a lot? Mary sue is definitely a great word for a pretty large handful lol. I can imagine how crazy jumping into this fandom must be I jumped in around season two completely alone and honestly still don’t really understand everything. I came up with the alternate universe thing when I was doing research and realized how much journey to the west stuff there was and I thought a multiverse thing would be a funny way to think about it. I probably made a post about it at some point rambling but idk. Honestly it was really wild seeing someone else’s reaction to this wild Lego crack I’ve sent comments and asks throughout both anon and not that was fun. The next season will probably drop randomly in the next few months so get ready to buckle up and suffer with the rest of us

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im glad youve enjoyed my reactions aka me being confused 50% of the time and someone having to tell me like "this is actually someone something from jttw!" 😭 anyway yess looking forward to season 5! lmk s5 AND ninjago dr s2 will probably lead to brainrot x10..

to be completely honest, ive removed lego monkie kid from tags that im following (shocking i know) its just that a lot of weird things seem to pop up on my dash when im following #lego monkie kid so im going to rely on people im following and my for you 💀 i'll probably add it back 1 day but i need to emotionally ready myself

anyway yeah joining this fandom was really strange because i fully expected it to be similar to the ninjago tumblr community since its the only tumblr community ive ever known (i joined almost 3 months ago ha..) but uh yeah no it wasnt which is why i wasnt ready

but nevertheless! i am excited! i might just stick to watching the show and posting fanart occasionally but not fully diving into all those fandom, hcs and stuff like that because my brain isnt big enough to comprehend lmk lore :')

[convexicalcrow]

Any new ideas lately for a Cub/Scar? I love your drabbles and fics

aww ty anon <3

Honestly my fic inspiration has been all over the place lately. Between Sausage's lore, my hermitcitizen brainrot, and the Vex magic grimoire as well as nonfannish and irl stuff going on, I've been a bit unfocused on ConVex stuff. I've had a few ideas for Cub/Scar things, but nothing that is ready to be written yet. I think I am going to help out my brain and stop procrastinating on all the tumblr fics I've been putting off editing and posting to AO3. I think once I have that off my back, it might help the ideas flow a little more.

I have been thinking about the vex!Cub/priest!Scar idea another anon suggested though. Trying to work out how I could make that one work. Modern/RL setting? Some random religion instead? Maybe Scar's a villager and it becomes a journey from cleric to evoker. Lots of possibilities with that one.

I've also been thinking about my non-canonical sculk Cub/vex Tango fic. This AU has come to mind again mostly bc of Cub going to mine ancient debris for Tango. There's a fourth piece to that that I've never finished that I started last year for the Spook Me Halloween fic challenge thing. I never finished it bc I wasn't entirely sure it's where I wanted that storyline to go. The only part that did get posted was this little snippet I came up with one time, and never figured out what to do with after that. Like, I LIKE it as a piece, but idk if that's really where this AU is meant to go.

I do have, like, three more trans Cub fics I've started that fit in at varying points in the timeline, but I'm not sure how to progress with them bc I'm not sure the set-ups are completely right yet. One is like, Cub meeting Scar for the first time in s4 and just developing the biggest crush and coming to terms with that in a number of ways, like. Actually wanting to be with someone, for one, coming to terms with how sex can feel good for him, and why on earth Scar would find him attractive to begin with.

I had another Cub/Iskall one for s5 pre-Vex dealing with the awful dysphoria he had around that time, but again, haven't found quite the best way to approach that yet. bc that is important to cover, but yeah. Still needs some time to work on that one.

Then there's like a follow-up to the last s8 one, with Cub feeling brave enough to want sex again, and seeing where that goes with a much more gentle Scar and a Cub who might not actually want him to be gentle. idk we'll see where that one goes.

Obvs the whole gigaconcorp concept is rolling around in my head again and maybe I will do something with that, or just enjoy it as an idea idk.

But yeah. That's the state of my brain atm lol. There's a lot going on, and not much progress, but I think I'll put on some streams today and see how much editing I can get done and start clearing the decks, as it were. Might help some of these ideas form a little more solidly.

[undying-lilies]

a list of things to watch/read after finishing JFO but aren't able to get Survivor yet and the brainrot is too strong

a.k.a. me right now XD

there is a criminally low lack of JFO content out there, so I scourged the canon SW content we have for any CRUMBS of stuff related to it. Yes this is how deep the hyperfixation goes. Someone help me

SHOWS

Clone Wars

S3 E9: Hunt for Ziro (the only Quinlan Vos episode. why? because he's the only other psychometric Jedi we know, and honestly it's entirely plausible that Vos gave baby Cal tips on how to master his psychometry. hmm. that's good fic material right there)

S3 E12: Nightsisters (this one is obvious)

S4 E19: Massacre (also obvious 💀)

S5 E6: The Gathering (Ilum!! because everytime I see it in a show I'm like hey! Cal's been there!)

Bad Batch

S1 E7: Battle Scars (Bracca arc pt. 1, also coincidentally has the same name of the book I Refuse To Acknowledge)

S1 E8: Reunion (Bracca arc pt. 2)

S2 E6: Tribe (Kashyyyk because we've also been there. Also Gungi from The Gathering shows up too!!)

Rebels

S3 E11: Visions and Voices (Dathomir, Nightsister zombies, and possession. Sounds exactly like JFO)

Tales of the Jedi

S1 E4: The Sith Lord (BECAUSE DID YOU KNOW YADDLE WAS JARO TAPAL'S MASTER??? Yaddle is basically Cal's grandma I am so DELIGHTED by this knowledge)

Obi-Wan Kenobi

S1 E4: Part IV (if I had a nickel for every red-haired Jedi that infiltrated Fortress Inquisitorius and shattered the windows in a hallway so that the water outside would start flooding it, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice)

A bonus addition is rebel.resistance's JFO playthrough on YouTube because she's super funny to watch and I would highly recommend watching it if you don't want to play the game

BOOKS

Brotherhood by Mike Chen (but, Lilies, this is about Obi-Wan and Anakin, why would you put it on a JFO list? because there's apparently there's a cameo of Jaro Tapal and Cal Kestis in there that flew over my head when I first read it because I hadn't played JFO yet and I am SO DETERMINED to find it)

Dark Disciple by Christine Golden (if I had a nickel everytime a psychometric Jedi and a Nightsister fell in love -)

I was going to put Jedi: Battle Scars by Sam Maggs on here too, but you know what, don't bother. That book is a disgrace to my hyperfixation. If you read it then that's on you