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Baccano Week Day 1: Connections, Fate, and Coincidence

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Baccano Week 23 has begun, so here is something no one asked for...an Upham fic. I love that little man and I want the best for him so bad. The Mamma Mia gang have also given me a recent appreciation and love for his life in the poorhouse, and simultaneously his friendship with Roy. Therefore, I put pen to paper and went at it.

Please participate in Baccano week!! Content please...

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Happy fat blunt Fermet 4/20 Thursday to those who observe it. Image credit to @savannahstanfield27

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HI CHAT 😭🥺 RAHHHH I LOVE YOU TOO

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I tried tagging alphabetically so im really sorry if one of my mutuals is left out :( i caught myself almost leavin someone out bc the tag didnt show the user so i prommy if ur not here i didnt forget its just not showing 😭 i love all my mutuals:3

2023 is coming to an end so this is my annual I love my online friends so fucking much you wouldn't believe me if I told you post.

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Just wondering, for Fanfiction purposes, did you ever take a picture of or scan the model sheets for the Alveare and Coraggioso interiors? Understandable if you didn’t, I’m sure the spine of the book they are in is quite delicate

I don’t think I have them online, but I can do you one better and link you to a website I discovered recently that hosts all 94 (excl. the cover/back) illustrations from the Baccano! Setting Research Collection, including its four Alveare model sheets and two Coraggioso sheets. (Link at end of post.) The images are actually presented in the order they’re arranged in the SRC, which is effort I can appreciate.

Despite this site existing, I think “scanning the SRC” will remain on my to-do list since I would like to make the illustrations available at even higher resolution. This isn’t knocking the site’s scans, which seem to be edited so that the line art contrasts sharply against the page, making them very easy to parse. A few scans do crop out a bit of illustration or text, but this shouldn’t detract from their usefulness overall.

I think the single most useful information I gleaned from the Alveare reference sheets is the confirmation that Alveare’s street feeds into the Bowery (the big street that’s overshadowed by the elevated railways). One of my pet Baccano! projects is mapping out Baccano! locations--to be shared at some point--and I’ve spent a preposterous amount of time attempting to deduce where along the Bowery the Alveare stood (or, alternatively, whichever photo or buildings inspired the setting in the ref sheet)...

...But that’s all for another post. Link to the site is below. Remember, the SRC only contains whichever sheets staff deemed worthy of inclusion--certainly not the gamut of reference material. For instance, it doesn’t include the refs for Coraggioso’s exterior, which were upload in extremely poor resolution via the first location scouting report.

LINK TO SITE

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@savannahstanfield27​ had the brilliant realization that cas wears this during the honeymoon at some point. her brain is MASSIVE

[savannahstanfield27]

Baccano Week Day 7: Morality in a grey world

[agallimaufryofoddments]

Hi, I've talked to you a few times on the subreddit and I've really admired your dedication to the fandom and patience with questions. I also really like your fanfiction. I've been in the fandom since around 2014, but most of my "Baccano Friends" are people I know irl that I got into the show. Do you have any tips for making friends in the fandom? Sometimes you just wanna wax poetically about Maiza or Huey at length to someone else who understands

I recognized your blog name immediately. Welcome to Tumblr and the Tumblr-based Baccano! fandom! This is where many of the active content creators congregate, a good number of whom have read or are familiar with the light novels. In short, you’re definitely among “people who understand.”

Small fandoms like this one are also not only inclined to notice new faces, but actively welcome them; the more people who can contribute fresh content, the better, eh?

Let’s start by reviewing the basics of Tumblr. Tumblr is a platform that hosts people’s blogs. You can follow people whose blogs catch your interest so that their posts will appear on your dash. Once I post this reply, I will follow you; you should receive a notification (which you can check in your activity log) informing you of this.

My full response is under the cut on account of length (typical), but honestly, it really all comes down to engagement. How can a lurker make friends on a social site if they don’t participate? On Tumblr, you put yourself ‘out there’ by creating content and/or engaging with other people’s content.

Summary of the tips below the cut:

Follow people so that the content they post and reblog appears on your dash. People will in turn follow you if you post/reblog content in their bailiwick. It’s a two-way street. Also follow the #Baccano! and #Baccano tags! Checking out tags is often how people find new content and new people to follow, so remember to tag your own content accordingly. Note that only the first 5 tags on a post are indexed for Tumblr searches.

When it comes to fan works (fanart, fanfics, gifs), the creators of fan works love knowing what you think. Share your thoughts via a reblog, reply, and/or in your tags (ideally try to leave proper comments/reviews on fanfics on AO3/FFN or in a reblog).

Given Tumblr’s bias toward visual content, fanfics can especially depend on reblogs to increase their visibility.

Practical tip: use tags to categorize your posts; this will be helpful for others and for you to sort through posts on your blog. Including misc. thoughts in tags is common practice on Tumblr, by the way, and a large number of people will actively check tags for comments.

Engage with other people’s text posts. When you reblog someone’s headcanon, theory, analysis, appreciation post (etc), don’t be shy--respond to the points being made, and add your own. Participate in discussions! Discussions aren’t just Reddit’s thing.

Reblogs don’t show up in tags; original posts do. Writing your own posts (creating content) is the other big way of putting yourself out there. People who follow the Baccano! tags will encounter your content, and, if they like it, might be inclined to follow you.

I think you’ve already picked up on this, but sending people asks is a good way to get to know them and introduce yourself! You can get a sense of people’s favorite characters or likes/dislikes from their content, and people usually like talking about their faves, so I’m sure Huey fans would be pleased to receive Huey asks.

Not everyone is necessarily comfortable with receiving instant messages from people they’re not familiar with (IM was only introduced as a feature a couple years ago, IIRC); they might say as much in their blog description or about page.

On that note, write a blog description/’about me!’ Let people who visit your blog know who you are. You can choose a blog theme for additional customization (I have an ‘about me’ module on my blog proper), but the basic description should suffice.

Although some people never develop their blogs in ‘site-form’ (i.e. choose a theme besides the default dash version), many others do, so don’t forget to check out people’s blogs as external sites; they might have tag indexes, links to featured content, and other fun stuff you wouldn’t know about if you only ever access their blogs via the dash.

Liking content is nice. Like + Reblogging is better. Reblogging with tags (practical categorization + a remark or comment or two)? Better still. Replies? Good. A tagged reblog in which you directly respond to the person’s points and add additional thoughts of your own? 

Now we’re talking. Literally. If you show interest in what others have to say--and have a fair bit to say in your own right--they’ll reciprocate. Contribute, engage, share.

(Oh, before I forget, I suggest you make use of XKit, a browser add-on that enhances Tumblr much in the same way RES enhances Reddit. I think XKit has had some issues on account of Tumblr updating the dashboard, but still, it has a lot of helpful extensions that make my Tumblr experience better.)

(Of course, most blogs don’t exclusively post about one subject; unlike Reddit, where you curate subjects that appear on your home feed according to subreddits, Tumblr’s dashboard displays user-chosen content; content that the individual you follow has created or reblogged.)

Step 1: Follow people whose content you enjoy and want to see more of.

You can like posts, reblog posts (publicly share posts with or w/o adding your own commentary), and reply to posts (comment on a post without sharing it). You can also tag posts.

Tags are helpful ways to categorize your posts. An organized tagging system will not only help you find specific posts on your blog, it can help others who want to see specific content you’ve reblogged in the past. The main tags for the Baccano! fandom are #Baccano! and #Baccano. You can follow those tags for ease of access. 

One aspect of Tumblr culture is that tags aren’t only used for categorization purposes; you commonly see people including little quips or thoughts or comments in tags that, for whatever reason, they did not want or feel the need to write as an overt reply or ‘formal’ reblog response.

I’ll come back to this use of tags soon. First...

“Do you have any tips for making friends in the fandom?”

The most succinct answer would be, I think, engagement. Well, if pressed, I’d say content creation and content engagement, but ‘engagement’ is the fundamental facilitation of friendship.

As we’ve already seen, you can engage with content (visual or text) through likes (most passive) reblogs (semi-passive w/o commentary, active w/contribution), replies, and tags (quiet engagement). As you’ve discovered already, you can privately, directly engage with people via sending them asks or instant messages. 

(Note that ‘asks’ predate instant messaging on Tumblr by many years, and not everyone will be comfortable with receiving surprise instant messages from ‘strangers’. Sometimes people will specify their preferences in their blog description or ‘about’ blurb.)

Sending people questions like you’ve done to me is a fine way to get to know them. Most fans love talking about their favorite characters, so sending a Huey-based question to a Huey fan will probably go over well, hah! Sometimes people will reblog fandom-based ‘ask memes’ (posts that contain pre-written questions from which anyone can choose a question or two to send); if you see someone do this, shoot them a question!

(Don’t take it personally if they don’t immediately respond, or, uh, ever. I’m not saying this because I have a few ‘ask meme’ questions in my inbox and drafts that are, um, a few years old, ah hah ha...if someone doesn’t answer, I guarantee it’s simply because they’re busy or they forgot.)

(OR because Tumblr simply did not deliver your ask. This has been a longstanding issue with Tumblr; I’m not sure if it’s less of an issue these days, but I’ve had to deal with this issue on both sides multiple times in the past: both as someone whose asks were not delivered, and as someone who did not receive asks others said they had sent.)

Speaking of ‘about’ blurbs, I suggest writing a blog description. Let the fandom know who you are! Passively liking posts might catch people’s radar in the sense of, “Oh, this person has liked several of my Baccano! posts--perhaps they’re a Baccano! fan?), but it’s not quite ‘putting yourself out there’. Nor is reblogging without commentary, or even tags.

For visual content like fan art, gifs, and videos, I encourage you to reblog and try to leave a nice comment or two in your tags, or even as a reply or in the reblog itself. I don’t think anyone expects a person to ‘comment-tag’ on every piece of fan art they reblog, but making a general effort can go a long way.

For fanfiction, I highly encourage you to reblog it and, as with fan art, at minimum leave a comment or two in the tags. (I especially, however, would encourage above all else comment/review on the fanfics you like on AO3/FFN, or, if you’d prefer, in the reblog.

I think people underestimate how often creators of fan works will check the 'notes’ on their own posts. Hell, I’ve delved into the notes + tags of other people’s fan works (or other content) just to see what others have to say.

People have thanked me/expressed appreciation for compliments on their fan art before (via tags, or replies, or reblogs), so--yeah, assume by default that people check or notice.

Similar to how fanfic writers will refresh their inboxes in the hopes of comments or reviews (I speak from experience), I might return to check new reblogs of my fanfics (but sometimes also meta posts!) to see if the rebloggers said anything in their tags (since most don’t actually review or comment on the fics). Anyway.

But the fandom on Tumblr isn’t only producing fan works. You may have already stumbled upon some of the headcanon posts, theory/speculation posts, analyses, and discussions (reblog chains) they’ve subsequently spawned. (Tip: you can check the notes on a post to see if any interesting additional commentary was said in the reblogs. I recommend doing this!)

Engage with those ideas! Put forth your own! Don’t be afraid to jump into a discussion (chain of reblogs) and share your own thoughts. If you love someone’s headcanon--heck, if it inspires you--say so, bounce off a few additional thoughts. If you disagree with an opinion or ‘take’ or whatnot, I think the fandom is capable of handling respectful debate. 

Find an analysis or write-up compelling? Were there specific points someone said that ‘blew your mind’--they had an insight that never occurred to you, made you see a character in a new light, and so on? Let them know. Have thoughts you’d like to add? Add them.

(Edit: Lest I forget, there’s also the news/canon material side of fandom: where fans share updates on Narita’s status, share official media or merchandise, and translations if available. Reblogging these sorts of posts is a helpful way of spreading the good word. Let the translators know their efforts have not gone to waste and you appreciate said effort. Also respect their wishes; of the fan-translators still active in the fandom, I known none who want the fan TL pdfs to be publicly circulated now that there’s an official release.)

This is where I’d encourage content creation in your own right. You follow people whose content or thoughts you’d like to see more of...but this is a two-way street. Now, I’ve followed people who do mostly reblog Baccano! content without creating their own content or even commenting on the content they’re reblogging--because, you know, small fandom--but it isn’t reblogs that appear in the tags you’re searching for. Only original posts appear in those tags.

So you can put yourself out there by actively engaging with people’s posts (reblogging with additional commentary or thoughts, replies, don’t forget tags)...but writing/creating your own posts is another major way of putting yourself out there. I’m sure people will be interested in what you have to say, and I’m sure you have interesting ideas or interpretations (etc) to be shared.

It can be as simple as talking about your favorite characters (why you like them, what you think about them; different users on Tumblr have different favorite characters, as you’ll get a feel for the more you engage with their content), sharing headcanons, sharing your interpretation of certain scenes. Just as you’ll 'get to know’ people through their content (favorite characters, arcs, what they like/dislike), they’ll get to know what you like in turn. And hey! They’ll probably follow you back.

Unlike Reddit, Tumblr doesn’t ‘lock’ posts after a certain amount of time has passed. I don’t think you have to worry about necroposting (i.e. feel like reviving old discussions or responding to old posts might be ‘weird’ or ‘bothersome’); these ideas were posted publicly for the purpose of people seeing them and (presumably) engaging with them. Just as fanfic writers might be delighted to receive comments on their old fics, Baccano! fans probably are more inclined to welcome new insights/fresh engagement with their content than eschew it.

Small fandom, after all. New faces are more likely to be noticed than in big fandoms, but usually in a good way; we like having new people to contribute to the content pool, haha. You’ll start recognizing certain urls simply by spending time in the fandom; the same people are likely to pop up in the notes.

Basically, if you engage with other people’s ramblings, they just might ramble back. Heh. Despite Tumblr’s bias towards visual content--fanart, gifs, memes, videos are all easy to digest on a dash, easy to engage with and reblog, it has text-based content and discussions just like Reddit. Both sites thrive from user engagement; no matter what site you’re on, you won’t make any friends as a lurker.

You also shouldn’t have to worry about gatekeeping or anything of that sort. We’re too small a fandom to survive gatekeeping, so thus far I’ve not seen much of it. Luckily for you a high number of us have read the source material, but not everyone is caught up to Vol 22 (or is necessarily familiar with the other media)--and that’s fine. Just be respectful when engaging with content and when expressing your ideas, and you’ll probably get along with people fine.

Welp, at this point I stopped writing my response to go write a summary above the cut. ...Did I just essentially repeat myself, but in bullet point form? Oof. Forgive me, but I can’t afford to spend more time editing this down...

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tagged by @inconssequential, thank you sm!!

Rules: You can usually tell a lot about a person by the type of music they listen to! Put your favorite playlist on shuffle and list the first 10 songs, then tag 10 people.

Heart to Break - Kim Petras

Damn You Look Good and I’m Drunk - Cobra Starship

American Attraction - Anti-Flag

Print Money - Jreg

Hi FBI - Jreg

Bomb This Track - Mindless Self Indulgence

money machine - 100 gecs

First Date - blink-82

Faceshopping - SOPHIE

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tagging: @savannahstanfield27, @earth1872, @angxlsgrxce, @lovelyirony, @starkstower @hollyjollyhope and anyone else who’d like to do this!

[savannahstanfield27]

I wrote a short fic about Maiza and Gretto, including Ronny as well. I took a few liberties with Gretto’s aspirations and Ronny’s abilities, but overall I’m happy with the way everything turned out. 

The fic was inspired by the song “Youth” by Glass Animals, but I also took inspiration from my favorite Maiza fics. “He Survives, As Always” and “He Disappoints, as Always” by @agallimaufryofoddments . Such proper characterization of Maiza...I love them very much. 

Under the cut there’s musings on Maiza and Gretto if you’d like to see them. Warning there’s definitely spoilers for up to Volume 17 (Whitesmile) and for some of the 1935 novels as well. 

I enjoy exploring the relationship between Maiza and Gretto and would like to do it more in the future. To think, when I first watched the anime all those years ago I found Gretto to be a little flat of a character, only there to further Maiza’s character development. Of course I did, he wasn’t even a full novel character at that point. 

My opinion changed greatly when I read the novels. The Gretto of “Whitesmile” is such a fantastic character. I was worried he’d be a bit static, the “younger brother” figure that doesn’t do much else. I was so wrong. Narita strays away from static characters, after all. I mean, who would’ve expected Gretto to be the radical arsonist? Seeing a bit of the relationship between him and Maiza made his death all the more impactful. 

(Not to mention the tiny scene from 1705 when he welcomes Aile home, revealing Maiza’s identity. What a cute scene that I always love to come back to)

(And the implications of Firo, who Maiza sees so much of Gretto in, being the home of Gretto’s memories and knowledge. It’s wonderfully tragic. But then again, tragedy does seem to follow Maiza.)

Damn you Narita, I’d love to see more of young Maiza prior to his appearance as Aile. At least I have well-written fanfiction to indulge upon.

Nevertheless, this is too long. I was merely attempting to write a few lines and here I am rambling about why Maiza and Gretto have such a great and complex relationship...aha...

Very much looking forward to 1935-E because of Melvi’s appearance. Poor Maiza.

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tagged by @profoundsbond​!! thank you so much!! 

rules: answer 28 questions and tag 20 blogs you are contractually obligated to know better.

1. name/nickname: jessica

2. gender: lesbian

3. star sign: pisces!

4. height: 5'4″ (163 cm)

5. time: 9:32 PM

6. birthday: March 8th, international women’s day!

7. favorite bands/groups: Anti Flag, Dead Kennedys, In This Moment, Evanescence, Paramore, and My Chemical Romance

8. favorite solo artists: Mitski, Rina Sawayama, SOPHIE

9. song stuck in my head: The In-Between by In This Moment

10. last movie: Gone Girl (2014)

11. last show: Supernatural :clown: :clown: :clown” 

12. when did i create this blog: ~2019? I think? but i’ve been using tumblr since 2013. i remember Dashcon is what I’m trying to say. 

13. what do i post: well i USED to be a marvel comics blog but now I’m an SPN and deancas clown

14. last thing googled: jensen ackles cowboy

15. other blogs: my old marvel writing blog is @theotherwasdeath​

16. do i get asks: not really but i have anon off so thats probably why

17. why i chose my url: Earth-1610, aka Marvel’s edgy grimdark CW-esque universe

18. following: 73

19. followers: 1,156

20. average hours of sleep: 8-10 a night!

21. lucky number: 8

22. Instruments: viola and clarinet!

23. what am i wearing: a black nightgown because i am Tired

24. dream job: a prosthetist! i love biomechanics so much, it’s soooo cool, i can’t wait until i graduate!!

25. dream trip: i haven’t been back to india to visit my extended family in a hot minute :( the SECOND i can get back on a plane i’m gonna go see them

26. favorite food: malai kofta + kulcha bc i am Basic

27. nationality: indian american

28. favorite song: It’s Not A Fashion Statement It’s A Deathwish by My Chemical Romance. this song has EVERYTHING in it

29. last book read: just finished my re-read of Othello because i had points to make in the destiel discord server :clown: :clown: :clown:

30. top three fictional universes i’d like to live in: doctor who, supernatural, and marvel 616!

tagging: @rhodeywars @lovelyirony @in-a-cave-with @tonystarkisafruit @tinynebula @savannahstanfield27 and anyone else who’d like to do this!! also no pressure obvi!!

[savannahstanfield27]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Baccano! Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Characters: Czeslaw Meyer, Lebreau Fermet Viralesque, Begg Garott, Monica Campanella | Maribel Boroñal, Huey Laforet, Maiza Avaro, Firo Prochainezo, Ennis (Baccano!), Isaac Dian, Miria Harvent, Ronny Schiatto Additional Tags: Past Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Torture, Psychological Trauma, Canon-Typical Violence, Violence, Found Family, Angst, Childhood Trauma, 1930s, 1700s, Past Character Death Summary:

Though Czeslaw's life was long, there were some moments that stood out to him more than others. Could someone like him really gain happiness?

Notes: I worked hard on this fic, it’s a gift for my friend. I hope anyone who reads it enjoys it. I’ll write more in the future!

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everyone go follow my friend @savannahstanfield27 she’s an an*me fan but she’s one of the good ones she has Taste

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is ur friend ok

I was given the job of putting anything I want on my friends leg boot so he lives here now