#ship: fowl love

[biggestsastielfan]

dear destiel enjoyers: if there is a conversation about sastiel happening and you pipe up to say "but destiel--" i need you to execute yourself immediately

(/hj... or whatever)

[just-trying-my-best-everyday]

How do I even begin to explain to allos that the reason I'm frothing at the mouth whenever I think about two characters is not because I want them to kiss but rather because they're fundamentally parts of each other and they simply cannot exist as they are without each other?

[a-c-u-l-o-s]

The fact that I won't be able to view this on my own blog bc of the tags is kinda funny

But on a more serious note - stop harassing people. It's not difficult to mind your own business. And I absolutely agree that if you have any issues with this ship then take it up with Colfer. You know, the author. Who wrote them kissing. Which, ew, but it happened.

CW: pedo mention, suicide

I have a request. And this may get me blocked or hated even more by the AF community:

Can we stop the aminosity towards A/H shippers? Anti culture is celebrated in our fandom now, and like, cool if you don't ship anyone, but many of you on this platform find a way to literally bully or harass fans who are openly A/H. I also used to get endless inboxes of anon hate and harassment, even so far as telling me to 'KYS', or calling me a pedophile.

Let's make something very fucking clear: Redirect your issues to Colfer instead, because he wrote the 6th book. HE wrote the kiss. HE wrote them having feelings for eachother. Yes, as kids, a lot of us attached to this. Maybe it's from shared trauma, maybe it's a comfort place. Whatever someone's reason is for shipping, they DON'T need to explain themselves, or be made guilty for their preferences! Instead of harassing A/H shippers as if we spun the oldest celebrated ship from midair, how about you complain about damn Colfer?! He's not a poor innocent Irishman that had nothing to do with it. Give me a break.

Now, your hate and despise of the ship DOES affect other people when you go into the Hartemis tag and write on shippers' posts, literally heckling and harassing them. You know who you all are. I haven't checked it recently, but around 7 months ago, it was filled with HATE. HATE. AND HATE. I saw one very celebrated user telling Hartemis shippers to kill themselves. Honestly. If you look folks, it's there. Fuck that. If being an anti means you support hate and harassment, get the fuck off my tumblr lol.

I have had so many, SO many people come to me in messages to discuss A/H. I have had younger fans, literal kids, message me with art and explain they didn't feel safe posting it to tumblr because of the antis and hatred of A/H. ARE. YOU. KIDDING. ME. Do you know how angry this makes me? This is disgusting behavior, that children can't post their work without an anti yelling at them they're supporting pedophilia.

Which do you think is more harmful?! Supporting A/H? Or isolating young teens or kids and making their work and art feel worthless and unwanted?

Btw: none of the A/H shippers call our ship Hartemis. That's a you guys thing, lol. We like A/H. They don't need a ship name so it's easier to mock.

In short, leave people alone. Stop intermingling your personal issues into other's lives. Don't like Hartemis? Leave the fandom then! You tell us to gtfo, so you can as well! 😬 I really dont have anything inspirational or nice to say here. I'm disappointed that such a tiny fandom has been literally split apart in half, and half of them are not allowed to interact with the other.

We're so tiny, guys. We literally don't have to isolate each other. I was so depressed when I first joined tumblr and got so much hate, and to know there are kids who are messaging me, revealing they're getting hate? That they're scared to post? To rant and rave and ramble like the rest of us? It's disappointing. It really is.

CW: pedo mention, suicide

[seasaltmemories]

Top AMVs of 2024 - 10-1

A more in-depth breakdown of what I am doing can be found here, as well as the past entries here. Today’s entries are as follows:

10. Maybe the Real Friends Were the Dungeons We Ate Along the Way by Moonpie AMVs

Audio: Friends by Flight of the Concords

Visuals: Dungeon Meshi

Considering our hobby is all about timing visuals with music, I am surprised that when it comes to comedy amvs, I don’t see many discussions about comedic timing. And well if you were wanting a cool breakdown of how the two work, I can’t really give it either, but Moonpie’s work here might be just as good teacher.

In comparison to other comedy amvs I have discussed, this one isn’t really going for big laugh out loud moments as opposed to a generally goofy and lighthearted atmosphere. But considering the breezy pace of the song, it really works to keep the jokes coming and the actual flow not to get bogged down as well. Reaction shots like at 0:51 and 1:24 do a lot to help sell punchlines/add to the humor without worrying about getting in the weeds of literal lyric sync, and overall by the end it is still able to sell you on the sweetness of the group’s friendship, all shenanigans aside. And while I don’t read/watch the series, it is really nice to get reminded that these guys like each other.

9: He’s a Zombie by TheLazyDaze

Audio: Good Grief by Bastille

Visuals: When Sato-kun Died

And here we get to the last summer mmv exchange vid, the gift I personally received. If you forgot this list wasn’t extremely biased, now is a good reminder, but even if Daze wasn’t editing with one of my “titular dead bf” mangas, there is a lot to love.

She’s always been an excellent mmv editor, but this vid in particular is packed with so many great details. The foot sliding into the panel at 0:23, the hand animation at 1:08, the undressing animation at 1:29. I could list more, but you’re probably just better off reading my original youtube comment.

Funny enough I wasn’t a big fan of this song before this vid (although I generally like Bastille). But in the end it is such a great match for the series blend of slice of life and drama. There’s lingering sadness over the fact that he really *is* a zombie, but more time is spent showing what will be missed and enjoying the good memories they do have.

8. The Amazon by PieandBeer (CW: Gore & Nudity)

Audio: Brazil by Declan Mckenna

Visuals: Devilman Crybaby

The first time I watched this vid, I was certain it wasn’t going to work. The breezy guitars are tonally far from what I associate with Devilman Crybaby; however as I got past the instrumental opening, I found the visual rhythm of the vid too intentional not to get into. The vid was less dissonant than I anticipated, but instead contained a surprising amount of resonance.

This might be one of the more obtuse vids on this list. Even with knowledge of the source material and a full read-through of the lyrics on Genius, it is hard to summarize this vid down to one pithy sentence. As disillusioned as the lyrics are and and as intense as the violence is on screen, whenever we cut back to just the two leads, their tenderness is so sweet it hurts. It feels like a bit of a ink blot test where how you interpret it has more to do with what you bring to it, and for me it just invokes this feeling where you know the relationship with someone is done, yet you can’t help but keep reaching out to them. If you like your vids moody and introspective like me, I think there is a lot to enjoy unpacking here.

7. DO YOU WANT TO FUCK A GOOSE OR NOT? by keiichiface

Audio: My Brother My Brother and Me

Visuals: Princess Tutu, Lucky Star

Listen I ship the dude and the “goose” of Princess Tutu so I was gonna be a fan regardless but keiichiface went above and beyond to elevate the audio. Just combining the two sources already adds a lot. By going literal with a talk show totally outside the world of this man and his love affair with a water fowl, there is a expressive lip sync and that meta element to play with. And even when she is working with Princess Tutu footage itself, keiichiface keeps finding creative things to do. I especially love when the concept art gets brought hastily masked in for some ultra specific lyric sync. The rough edges only add to the charm, giving it a quirky vibe without detaching from the more impressive technical elements.

All types of art deserved to be celebrated. Even if there’s isn’t a lot meaningful or deep I can extrapolate about goosefucking in particular, there’s no denying that when it comes to shitposts, keiichiface is a master of the craft.

6. Our Neighborhood Has Changed by Obsidian Zero

Audio: Souvenir by The Midnight

Visuals: Kimba the White Lion

As much I love my sad stories, I am rarely the type to cry over something fictional. So out of all the vids I expected to work past my defenses, I didn’t expect it to be a Kimba vid. Still Obsidian Zero finds incredible emotional material by soundtracking a story of pouching and ecological destruction with nostalgic yearning for a past that cannot be returned to.

There’s a specific element of powerlessness this amv taps into that is really palpable. Similar to ctrl alt delete, we end on a moment of denied catharsis. It’s not a matter of mourning and moving on from one death or loss, but grief by a thousand paper cuts and loneliness that’s much more difficult to process. Add that in with great moments like Kimba swimming to the opening guitar riffs and or the impeccable gun sync, and you got a little lion that leaves a large impact.

5. Catch and Release by BecauseImBored1

Audio: Houdini by Dua Lipa

Visuals: Saint Tail

This is the platonic ideal of a lot of what I look for in amvs tbh. I will always love it when an editor takes a song I might have heard but not given much thought to, pairs it with a combo that, in retrospect, feels like it was made for, and then wraps up the entire package with tight flow and clever sync. The trick is more difficult to pull off then I make it sound, but BecauseImBored is honestly a pro at this exact thing.

If I had to describe this vid in one word I’d go with “bouncy.” There’s a lot of attention given to the specific vocal inflections of Dua Lipa’s voice for a lot of fun moments of sync. And thanks to that tight control of the vid’s flow from scene to scene, it is easy to get swept up in the excitement and miss some of the subtle overlays and masked transitions BecauseImBored1 has under her sleeve. All in all, just every shot of this is delightfully paced to the point you’re left satisified by the end of the vid and yet are still itching to press replay again.

4. AND YOU CAN’T COME by Troubleclef (CW: Sexual Grooming)

Audio: Harder to Kill by Carter Vail

Visuals: Chainsaw man

Juggling multiple tones in a video is a tricky task. Most songs aren’t full stories and are more snapshots of one idea. And even when you get in the 5 minute + range, that is still not that much time in the grand scheme of things to establish set up, payoff and then repeat the process all over again when you pivot to a new topic.

1:33-1:46 alone is an amazing sequence, condensing a lot of harsh and heavy storytelling down to just enough implication to make out what it is happening in between shots. I consider it to be this vid’s best part but what makes it such an effective bridge is what it is sandwiched between. The first half of the vid is light-hearted and boyish, concerned just as much with heartbreak as it is food and fun. But even after the turn, we’re still left with this grasping incomplete understanding of the situation. As Denji whirls around from building to building and we cut between grasping hands and looming eyes, it feels as if he is trying to put the pieces together, but can only get so far. The final section of the song, where the vid gets its title from is equally childish, but it fully captures this inability to fully process the horrors you are currently going through, even as you are feeling the full effects of it.

3. The Keeper by Elixir

Audio: The Keeper by Kai Wachi

Visuals: Jujutsu Kaisen

I had a friend who was curious why more vids didn’t use rap. And while I had my personal theories from my corner about how much was due to only looking in certain corners of the community and how much was other facts, this vid is probably the best argument for what the rest of us might be missing out on.

Going back to my “sum up a vid into one word” challenge, the one I would use here is intense. Not only does Elixir lean into the horror-influenced elements of JJK, but the song itself is full of all sorts of unnerving musical motifs that adds to the oppressive atmosphere. By the end of my first viewing, I had to take a deep breath just to release all he tension that had been building up. However even on a less visceral rewatch, there are so many great moments. Elixir uses a lot of fun internal sync for the standout sounds like the drill noise or screams. I love the focus on close-combat when the flow switches up at 1:36.

Overall the vid is like a great horror movie. Even when you know what jump-scares are coming, everything is set-up and executed so well you can appreciate them on both an emotional and intellectual level.

2: Disco Expansion: Infinite Rizz by Ileia

Audio: Feels Like by Outasight

Visuals: Jujutsu Kaisen

And now for something completely different. To steal a joke from someone much funnier than me.

This vid dropped early in the year, but after seeing it I was already convinced this was gonna be one of my faves for 2024. Ileia’s flow is consistently slick and engaging, no matter the genre or subject matter, but centering a vid around Gojo’s new and invented disco powers gave her a lot more opportunities to get flashy with her tech work. All the overlays are great, my fave being the sound wave lengths at 0:28 and 0:31, but the transitions at 1:22 and 1:28 are no slouches either.

In contrast to The Keeper, here the horror elements are used cheekily. Some of the scene selection feels handpicked to cause physic damage to fans of the series, but even without context, it is hard to miss the punchline of heads rolling perfectly on beat. My fave moment has to be when Toji comes up and starts to sing along/fight. It just encapsulates how this vid keeps the perfect amount of goofy energy going without sacrificing a lick of its explosive momentum.

1: Velodrome by sandelwoodbox

Audio: Veldrome by Dessa

Visuals: Silo

My love for amvs and art as a whole tends to come from a love for character and narrative, the idea of narrowing a focus down to something direct and intentional. Even when I know there is no way for an outsider to get what is going on, I always strive to at least include some level of internal logic and progression for myself. Which is why I find myself to a certain degree to be even more drawn to vids that go in the opposite direction, that not only embrace that wider broad focus, but still maintain thematic cohesion.

More than any one character, Velodrome profiles an entire alternative society. While familiar faces pop up several times, no one voice or perspective stands out. Instead the lives of scientists, blue collar laborers, and children all weave together to paint a picture of place as beautiful as it is horrifying. The stairs that boys and girls slide down are the same stairs men fall to their death (a striking motif that syncs with nature fall of the singer’s inflection.) Most dystopian art focus on their attention on the injustice, the evil that consumes a place, but sandelwoodbox takes the time to show that a deeply wrong world can be one that still contains so much joy. And furthermore this fact only heightens why the injustice is so perverse in the first place. Even under amidst suffering, people continue to live, fight, and love. The editing carries that same restless energy, never truly coming to a still until the final shot.

As much as I love art, I don’t like acting like my tastes have to mean something. But if I have to wrap this up with a bow, Velodrome embodies both the sum of any work’s parts and the parts itself deserve equal love and attention.

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Thanks for sticking around through my list and going on this new venture with me. A playlist containing all this vids, from number 1 to my honorable mentions can be found here. Looking forward to another year of great amvs!

[dootznbootz]

dootz. dootz i read an into on the odyssey and it said that penelope enjoyed attention from the suitors. the 108 men who kept harassing her and eating her son’s whole inheritance. bc she had the sudden urge to walk past them and was upset by the bird dream. what—

Okay, so a lil confused on whether you mean "an Odyssey article or post" or read the Odyssey itself and are worried about the fact that "she enjoyed the attention of the suitors".

In general, anyone who ships Penelope with the suitors has a screw loose.

The whole "sudden urge to walk past them" was caused by Athena.

Then goddess Athena with the glittering eyes put an idea in the mind of wise Penelope, Icarius’s daughter—to approach the suitors, so she might truly stir the feeling in their hearts     and acquire more honour from her son and husband than she had before. With an unnatural laugh she spoke out and said:  “Eurynome, though my heart has never once desired to show myself                               before these suitors, it does now, shameless though they may be. And I’ve got words to say to my own son—he would be better off not mingling with those arrogant suitors. They may say nice things, but they’re making plans for nasty schemes in future.”

(Book 18, Johnston)

Personally, I've always kind of seen this as Athena wanting Odysseus to SEE how the Suitors are when they see Penelope in order to make him angrier. He's seen how they treat Telemachus to a degree. Now he can see how they are about his beloved wife. It's also a way for him to see how she's still his lil schemer wife :3

The suitors in their hearts felt immediately overwhelmed, consumed by sexual desire. Their legs grew weak. Each of them prayed that he could go to bed with her. 

Long-suffering Odysseus was pleased that she was getting them to give her gifts, with charming, soothing words, her mind on other things.

(Book 18, Johnston)

(one thing I love about Homer, is that like, despite something being sexually violent in nature to any degree, he's never explicit but still makes the point across of what's happening. It's like, a breath of fresh air because it's not really used as "shock value")

Like, it's for Odysseus to get angry about how they're looking at Penelope most likely, AND to show how these men don't really respect Penelope. A lil bit of contrast I believe as well to show how the suitors see her verses how HE sees her: Suitors see a hot woman and behave disrespectfully while Odysseus sees a intelligent woman playing these idiots like a fiddle to get her way.

And the Bird Dream? Someday I'll write up that essay about how Penelope knew damn well that was her husband under that disguise (still cautious ofc. but she knows that's Odysseus. I'll fight everyone on that. I'm so tired of people downplaying Penelope's intelligence.) But the sum of it, whether it was a real dream or not, or some scenario she came up with on the fly in order to test this beggar some more.

In general, the geese that were killed in her dream were the actual PETS she has. She has like, 20 geese as pets. THAT'S why she's "sad". Like, I'm a pet owner, if I got an omen of something that involved something I wanted but also included my pets dying?? I'd be a lil torn too.

I find it reallyyyy fascinating with how Penelope's name basically means Duck/Goose (usually duck, but they're both water fowl sooooo), and while I don't think it was any symbolism for her there. I think it's something interesting :3

Either way, don't get too worked up about it, Dear Anon. <3 I think Penelope wanting the suitors is honestly not too common of a belief, that it's like, something you gotta worry about. It's all good :3

[joellalovestoread]

anyone else have playlists with songs that remind them of book series or ships?

like, I do, but they’re almost never named in a way that would make it easy to tell what ship it is unless you KNOW.

solangelo becomes, “a sun meets a star”

sonadow becomes, “Sonic once said, ‘awww I heart you too shadow!’”

Sokeefe becomes, “no one:what is love? me: Sokeefe obvi.

and my personal favorite, Artemis fowl becomes, “I was a broken boy, and you fixed me.”

[opiopal]

I literally love Luke sm I get so maternal whenever I see him or hear about him

like you guys have no idea how ANGRY I get whenever someone is weird about him like GET AWAY FROM HIM THAT IS MY BOY HES JUST A LAD. and it makes me even ANGIER that solomar doesn’t do much to combat the weird behavior, him having an intimacy level thing was already weird to me, but doing nothing in the world to deter these weirdos??? And in fact feeding into it by doing crap like that BODY PILLOW?! Like actually disgusting and fowl.

And also I get upset whenever he’s mistreated in the game, and I love seeing fandom stuff of his just being a little brother/son to the others, because that’s what he DESERVES. He deserves familial LOVE and AFFECTION.

btw, if you follow me or you’re seeing this and you romantically ship Luke with adults or you view him in that way please feel free to block me bc you are disgusting and I hope all your social media gets hacked and files corrupted🙏🙏

[sweettjrose]

What is ur opinion abt Blot x Pepper?

😬

Okay. So this one has a bit of a roundabout answer for reasons. so sorry in advance.

The first being, that I am sort of really eh... on this interpretation of the Phantom Blot. Even before I got into the comics, I found him very forgettable, except for one part (which I'll get to later). Then when I started to read the comics, I got SO invested in that Phantom Blot and realized how much of a missed opportunity the DT17 version was. It is hard for me to comment much on this version since he doesn't even feel like the Blot to me but a completely separate character. Now, I don't think it is the worst take ever and even in the comics he has many different and contrasting interpretations. But this one still felt like it missed the mark on what makes the Blot, Blot.

HOWEVER...

I will say there is one thing about this version of the Phantom Blot I did like and it was actually his relationship with Pepper. Oddly enough I found her and their friendship much more compelling and memorable than him alone. I really like how she really brought him out of his shell and how he went from a lone wolf to deeply caring about her. I'm also just a sucker for opposites attract in general. I really like the idea of them just being best buds and enjoying each other's company. Maybe even quitting Fowl to be their own dynamic duo. I also could see how they could eventually fall in love and end up a power couple... There's just one problem...

You see since I like this relationship so much, but not so much the Phantom Blot, I actually had thoughts on what would happen if a more "Blot-like" Blot met her and what their relationship would be like. I actually hope to be able to expand on that in my fanfiction series. However, I ended up going in a direction with them that would make shipping them a bit... well... weird.

I mean I did say that I see the DT17 Blot as sort of a separate character from the typical Phantom Blot. So maybe it wouldn't be as much of a problem. But it still feels kind of weird to me. I don't know.

So long answer short, I can see why people would ship them and normally I would find their ship cute too. But because of complicated reasons, I don't know if I can really hardcore ship them. But honestly, I am totally cool with seeing them as just the best pair of pals ever. Ridding the world of all magic with matching BFF bracelets.

[necromancer-at-abattoir]

TFOTA's romance and why it's different from all the others (NOT BETTER, JUST DIFFERENT)

Ok, so if you ask me about romance, I'll shrug my shoulders and shake my head. I'm not interested in it and I don't have much to say about it.

See, when I was younger, romance was nearly everywhere. Actually, it WAS everywhere. I could not go ANYWHERE without tripping on romance. It still is everywhere actually.

And no offense to the romance lovers, seriously. But it felt like romance had me in a chokehold. I couldn't get rid of it. I CAN'T get rid of it.

And in all the books I read, the main character was never single. Never. Single.

There always had to be SOME romance, be it Four and Trix from Divergent. Percy and Annabeth from Percy Jackson. Sophie and Keefe from KOTLC. Aru Shah and Aiden. Tarisai and Sanjeet from Raybearer. Vin and Elend from Mistborn. Harry and Ginny from Harry Potter. Even minor books had the MC romance someone.

As time went on, it became incredibly repetitive to me. Male or female MC, meet someone, become enamoured of them, romance, rinse and repeat. It was just so ingrained in my brain that I accepted it, frustrating as it was to me. I just tried to ignore the romance and focus on the action, adventure and platonic relationships which I really liked.

And when I read TFOTA, it was no different. Jude met Cardan, blah blah blah. I mean, yes, they were toxic to each other and the relationship was built on a toxic foundation even if it did get healthier. And Taryn met Locke and then the Ghost.

It's not that I dislike Jurdan. It's just that I didn't care about them. They felt boring to me-every Jurdan scene, I was flipping pages to get to the more interesting parts.

But when I thought about romance in all the books I read, something about Jurdan was different. No, I'm not saying that they were better than any of the ships from different series I listed above. In fact, the ships above are better than Jurdan IMO.

But something clicked one day for me.

The romance in TFOTA is ACTUALLY RELEVANT TO THE PLOT.

In fact, if Cardan didn't have his weird obsession shtick with Jude, the entire series wouldn't happen. He wouldn't follow her after the coronation, he wouldn't swear to her. Both of them fall for each other and then Jude becomes the Queen because Cardan suggested it and he loves her. And Jude being the Seneschal and having power over Cardan and then becoming the High Queen of Elfhame is vital to the plot. There's no plot without the above actions. And there are no above actions WITHOUT THE LOVE.

And I realised that the romance was vital to the plot happening. It's not JUST the romance, but the romance is a big part of it.

And I'm not just talking about Jurdan. I'm talking about Locke and Taryn. They're relevant too-it's a big part of the series. Jude and Taryn fight because of Locke, Jude doesn't have Taryn by her side in TWK because of Locke, Jude gets to go back to Elfhame because Taryn murdered Locke.

And Vivienne and Heather are entirely relevant too. Heather is the one who tells Jude about the tale, Heather owns the apartment and houses Oak and Vivienne, etc. Vivienne is moving out BECAUSE OF HEATHER, and that's why she's not around.

And it was really refreshing. I'm not saying I cared about the romance (except Vivienne and Heather) but it was refreshing to find a book that had the romance already fit into the plot. The romance was an integral part of the plot.

And I think that I was tired of unnecessary romance in books. PJO, KOTLC, Aru Shah, Raybearer-none of these needed to have romance. The romance could've been removed without any repercussions, but here, the romance was necessary, and it was wonderful to me.

(Also, if you want some FINALLY romance-free books recs, I'd recommend Enola Holmes, Artemis Fowl and Jeeves. All of them are funny, interesting and immersive.)

[eldewinddolly]

FowlFest : TLC AU

I've been wanting to take part in Fowlfest but wouldn't dare to ; I feel like I don't really belong in the Fowldom but that's a me problem. So, I've been thinking about the AU prompt ! My most beloved AU is more of a canon-divergence, but I just love to imagine how things would have turned out had Artemis gotten his memories back by himself after TEC. I've written a whole ass fanfic about this though, and it's a bit off-topic so I won't expand on that ; still it's the first thing that came to mind. BUT ! To get to the point, one thing I've been wondering about a lot lately : what if, when Artemis and Holly (and the demons) came back from Hybras, they didn't arrive three years after they went missing, but three years before ? Just like. Imagine that. To avoid causing time paradoxes, Artemis and Holly would have to hide in seclusion for a few years to not runinto their younger selves ; the good thing is, if they manage to wait it out, they would be able to reappear in Taipei right after vanishing, so Butler and the Fowl family would at least be spared the anguish. But they'd still have to hang around for about three years in a timeline where they already exist, and try not to wreck the space-time continuum. Holly would definitely want to try to save Julius from Opal, which Artemis probably wouldn't allow her to do because it would absolutely break the timeline. What if they can't resist trying to fix the mistakes of the past ? What if they decide to go back to their lives even with their other selves still being there - how would that go ? Also, I said three years, but it could be more. They could return right before the Fowl Siege, or even earlier than that ; Artemis would have a very hard time deciding whether to try and not have his father be captured by the Mafiya. Alternatively they could even appear as far as like the seventies, but that's a completely different beast of an AU altogether. Lame crackfic telenovela plot-twist in that case : Artemis II ends up being Artemis I and the universe explodes. what the hell did my brain just suggest There's also the fact they are coming back from Hybras with demons ; can the demons just join the People ? Then the whole initial plot of TLC would be very different. I guess I like this idea because it could go many ways depending on the genre you want to explore. It can be a dystopian, lovecraftian horror thriller if the timeline starts unraveling ; or a funny, crazy time-travelling adventure with many shenanigans ; but also an intimist, philosophical tale about Artemis and Holly being stuck in and out of their world, forced to live like ghosts while another version of them lives their life and makes the same mistakes they did, having no friend to reach out to but each other. It can be sad, but also wholesome - them ending up admitting that what they went through all these years made them who they are, and even when given the chance they wouldn't change anything. I don't ship them but I like that it would be an opportunity to deepen and strengthen their bond whether platonically or romantically depending on your preference.

Anyhoo, that's where I'm at. Sorry it's a bit lame and probably been thought about before :(

[brechtian]

(Mostly Signed!! YA + Sanderson) books I own and am extremely willing to sell for cheaper than average listings bc I don’t want them anymore. a lot are hardcovers (heads up most are signed but some include personalization with my name sorry. if ur name is Ella congrats tho). All are very very good quality or like new bc I was delicate with my books when I was younger (prices are for the lot of every book described in a listing and all are negotiable!)

Six of crows & crooked kingdom (1st/1st) both signed - $90 + shipping

Shadow & bone (hc) and siege & storm (pb) both signed and original covers - $75 + shipping

divergent books, all signed with inscriptions - $100 + shipping

mistborn second gen (wax and wayne), bands of mourning is a signed 1st/1st, alloy of law is a used 1st/1st, shadows of self is a used 1st/1st. $150 + shipping SOLD

Alloy of law 1st/1st former library copy - $45 + shipping

Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson trilogy, firefight & calamity 1st eds hardcovers; steelheart just paperback. $35 + shipping SOLD

hardcover signed copies of first dragonsteel editions of legion and legion: skin deep by Sanderson, rare - $75 + shipping SOLD

Darkest minds trilogy + companion novel, first two books signed, all except first book hardcover - $80 + shipping

All of lunar chronicles and fairest signed; cress, winter, & fairest are hardcovers and 1st/1sts as well. Winter has an exclusive stamp. All include personalizations “To Ella” - $125 + shipping

heartless and renegades by meyer signed hardcover 1st/1sts with inscriptions - $50 + shipping

First five books & companion novel for throne of glass, all first ed hardbacks except the first one I believe. Queen of shadows is signed and has the empire of storms signature tour stamp, empire of storms is signed, and heir of fire has the empire of storms tour stamp. Lot is $500 + shipping, individual book prices vary. SOLD

First two acotar books with original covers, both hardbacks. Acotar is first printing. Acomaf is a special signed first edition/printing with a page insert declaring its special binding, first edition status, & signature. Together $250 + shipping SOLD

Literally the entire The Last Apprentice series by Joseph Delaney none are signed but I own all fucking thirteen and the companion book in original covers, mix of paperback & hardback - $100 + shipping

Grave mercy (paperback) & mortal heart (hardcover) both signed - $45 + shipping

The Entire selection trilogy & sequel trilogy all signed. Sequel trilogy are all hardbacks, original trilogy paperbacks. - $185 + shipping

Boys I loved before trilogy + summer I turned pretty, all signed except for always and forever Lara Jean. Mix of hardcover and paperback. - $100 + shipping

Anna and the French kiss trilogy, last two books are signed, all paperback and the colored cityscape covers - $50 + shipping

Everything everything by Nicola yoon signed paperback + sun is also a star signed hardcover - $95 + shipping

Unsigned lot of 5 rainbow Rowell books, four of which are hardbacks; carry on & landline are 1st/1sts - $95 + shipping

Ember in the ashes first three books by sabaa tahir, first two signed paperbacks; third one unsigned hardcover - $60 + shipping

Brandon Mull: signed hardcover holographic copy of the first beyonders book, all the fablehaven books (all paperback mix of new and old covers, but all are signed except book 5, and book 1 is double signed.), and signed hardcover first ed of dragonwatch - $110 + shipping

Not signed but I do own the entire Artemis fowl series minus the time paradox: $70 + shipping (mixed paper and hardback)

Daughter of smoke and bone trilogy by Laini Taylor all signed paperbacks in original covers - $125

Scythe & thunderhead, thunderhead is signed - $60 + shipping

Original pjo covers all paperback, the lightning thief and battle of the labyrinth are signed SOLD for $200

I also have pjo hardcover the ultimate guide with the holo cover and all of the trading cards like new and demigod diaries both 1st/1sts! - $60 + shipping

Heroes of Olympus series original covers, son of Neptune is signed. Last four books in the series are all hardcover 1st/1sts. - $125 + shipping SOLD

Pjo greek gods and Greek heroes hardcover. Heroes is signed by Rick and John Rocco, both first editions - $100 + shipping

Kane chronicle trilogy original covers, serpents shadow is 1st/1st hardcover, other 2 paperbacks - $40

Illuminae files trilogy first two books signed, all three books hardcover first editions - $200

Way of Kings signed hardback like new/unread - $100 + shipping

Hardcover signed copy of Oathbringer - $130 + shipping

Well of Ascension signed hardcover like new - $150 SOLD

Elantris signed no printing number - $150 SOLD

Warbreaker signed and inscribed w/ my name, former library copy - $95

Arcanum Unbounded signed hardcover first edition - $150 + shipping SOLD

Rhythm of War 1st/1st SOLD

Okay um there’s more but these r the main listings for now, see my reblog with the more comprehensive Sanderson listings if you are interested in his signed books (I have a lot!).

[just-trying-my-best-everyday]

Artemis Fowl and Holly Short is that fictional relationship. Cannot be beaten. I am unhealthily attached.

[jasonball34]

hey Noa/Mae fans

There is a romantic ship that exists in the realm of sci-fi/fantasy. It consists of 2 characters of different species, and the 2 characters could be considered adversaries at times. One of them has a disdain for the others' species because that species took over the planet Earth from the first species. The two species have different lifespans, and by virtue of this, it might seem questionable to ship them if you look too closely at their age numbers (but the real ones know otherwise).

I am 100% truthfully describing 2 ships here: Noa/Mae from Planet of the Apes, and Artemis/Holly from the book series Artemis Fowl.

If you are a fan of Noa/Mae, I invite you into the Artemis Fowl fandom! You'd love the Artemis/Holly ship. It's got that same interspecies enemies-to-allies thing going on. We need more people like you guys, people who are clearly extremely open-minded about ships!

The Noa/Mae troop is doing great stuff btw. You guys are writing and drawing amazing stuff for your ship and made me go from denier to believer.

And to any AF fandom folks who like to hate on the A/H ship... I invite you to go check out what they're doing over in Planet of the Apes land if you want a new ship to be judgmental about! (Edit: This last part is a joke!! I apologise if it was in poor taste. I'm not literally telling haters to go harass. I'm trying to open their eyes to the fact that this great ship exists and want them to see it's not just the AF ship that checks all the boxes I described so we're not crazy for shipping it. Haters, mute don't harass!)

[baronessblixen]

Twenty questions for fanfic writers

Tagged by the amazing @frogsmulder. Thank you!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

417 🤯

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

774,561 - I wanna get to a million now, wow

3. What fandoms do you write for?

The X-Files, Frasier. At least on AO3. I have way more fandoms on ff.net (where I used to post).

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Prompts & Drabbles

Fictober 2020

Fowl Play

Love is Not Blind

Some Things You Just Can't Fake

5. Do you respond to comments?

For a while I did and then I forgot again and I'm always afraid I will reply to someone but oversee someone else. In theory I want to respond to all of them! I just got two amazing ones in the last two days. So thoughtful and so plain kind. I definitely need to reply to these people.

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

I wrote one where Mulder dies (of old age, though) but I'm not even sure it's on AO3.

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

All of them have a happy ending! I don't think I have a story without a happy ending.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

I have. Mostly in the distant past, but I think some more recent hate too. If I remember correctly, it wasn't directed at a fic in particular but rather at me as a writer in general.

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

I have written a few smut stories. I know it's a popular genre, but I gotta be honest and admit that it's just not my favorite. Neither writing nor reading it. I know that's a very unpopular opinion.

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

Again, not on tumblr, but I think I wrote a Frasier/Hot in Cleveland crossover once.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Hmmm. I think maybe one?

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

I have! I co-wrote Eden with a bunch of others! I mean we each wrote chapters but that still counts, right? It was a lot of fun and I'd love to do it again.

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

Mulder and Scully

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

My Five Minutes Series. I think about it so often but I like the chapters I have written a lot and I'm afraid to screw it up by writing more.

16. What are your writing strengths?

I'm decent at writing dialogue.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Everything. I struggle with describing an environment or surroundings. I gotta admit I sometimes even skip reading those parts when other people write them. I don't see those things in my head.

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

Technically I always write dialogue in another language since English isn't my native language. I've written a few German fanfics and that was a lot of fun. Might do it again.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

It was either Friends or X-Files. Or if we count stories I only wrote for myself then it's Scarecrow and Mrs. King.

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

Can't choose between my babies!

Tagging @xxsksxxx @randomfoggytiger @agent-troi @numinousmysteries @oohnotvery @atths--twice (feel free to ignore if you don't wanna do it!)

[anxious-alyssia]

Kinda tag game?

Jurdan (Jude x Cardan - TFOTA) Klance (Keith x Lance - VLD) Harco (Harry x Draco -HP) Warnett (Aaron Warner x Juliette Ferrars/Ella Sommers - Shatter Me) Solangelo (Will Solace x Nico di Angelo - TSATS (PJOverse) Valangelo (Leo Valdez x Nico di Angelo - PJOverse) Pernico (Percy x Nico - PJOverse) Apercy (Apollo x Percy - PJOverse - LEAVE ME ALONE) Narusasu (Naruto x Sasuke - Naruto) Lamen (Laurent x Damianos - TCP trilogy) Fourtris (Tobias Eaton (Four) x Beatrice (Tris) - DIVERGENT) Damijon (Damian x Jon - DC (Super Sons) Damirae (Damian x Raven - DC (Teen Titans) Jaith/Jeith (James x Keith - VLD) PJO/DC crossovers (specifically Nico or Percy w/ the Batfam) Harty (Artemis x Holly (or anything Artemis fowl related) -Artemis Fowl) the entire 'I am number Four' series (I don't even know where to start with this one-) Spuck/Puckabrina (Puck x Sabrina - The Sisters Grimm) Jilly (Jaxon (Jax) x Gillian (Gilly) - FTRS) EVERYTHING FROM 'THE FALSE PRINCE SERIES' - JARON (SAGE) X IMOGEN, TOBIAS X AMARINDA, JARON X RODEN (my own crack ship) WITH FINK AS THEIR ADOPTIVE CHILD- AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH Books by Gail Carson Levine- (Fairest, Ella Enchanted, The Two Princesses of Bymar, The Princess Tales, Dave at Night, etc) THE WINGFEATHER SAGAAAAAAAAA

also og fairy tales (Hans Cristian Anderson, the brothers Grimm, etc)- I love reading them and researching them and doing deep dives on serial killers and-

Peter Pan is EVIL. Tinkerbell isn't much better.

Do you know who the candy man killer is? no?

ASK ME STUFF PLEASE IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I'VE TALKED ABOUT ANY OF THIS

Also name some of your obsessions, lol

@star-dust-shark @crowwolf8 @aria-upside-down @13personalities @half-shadowgalra @strange-scottish-guy @sparky4577 @str4ng3r0nl1ine @thatonegirlineveryfandom @seagull9111 @unstableunicornsofasgard @justagremlinoncaffeine open tags!!

[rosanna-writer]

20 fic writer questions

Thank you to @lady-bluebird-luv and @xxvalkyriesxx for the tag! Starting a new chain since the last one was getting long and tagging @thesistersarcheron, @shallyne, @trappedoutside124, @deaiquiri, and an open tag for anyone else who wants to jump in <3

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

31!

2. What's your A03 word count?

336,883 but some of it is collab fics, so I'm not sure that's accurate

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Just ACOTAR these days!

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

we said hello and your eyes look like coming home, The Dust of the Stars in Her Eyes, a simple name and everything has changed, to make them love me and make it seem effortless, Out of the Woods

5. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Hmmmm...maybe we'll never make our parents' mistakes? it's a canon-compliant fic about Rhys and his sister, so there's a bit of a dark cloud over the whole thing

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

Probably the rest? I like angst but not without a happy ending

7. Do you get hate on fics?

Not really. People mostly leave me alone because Feysand, gen fics, and the occasional rarepair don't really catch any ship war bullshit

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

YES! I do a lot of established relationship smut because I love fluff and writing about my blorbos generally having a good time

9. Do you write cross overs? What's the craziest one you've written?

Not really. I have written retellings, where I "cast" the ACOTAR characters into roles in other stories, but not true crossovers where characters from different media meet.

10. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

No, thank god

11. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Nope, but I'd be flattered!

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

with the rest of @feysand-hivemind, the loves of my life

13. What's your all time favorite ship?

Feysand <3

14. What's a WIP you'd like to finish but doubt you ever wilI?

I ended up having a really bad time at work about halfway through writing Karma Is My Boyfriend and needed to stop writing for a few days to take care of IRL stuff. That kind of killed my motivation to finish it, especially with the event week it was for being over.

15. What are your writing strengths?

Plot and pacing!

16. What are your writing weaknesses?

Description, setting, memorable minor characters

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

It just feels like a flex (presumably you'd have to translate for monolingual readers anyway) lol

18. First fandom you wrote for?

Artemis Fowl! Mor is the Minerva Paradizo of ACOTAR, and I still love them both so much

19. Favorite fic you've ever written?

I have to answer we said hello and your eyes look like coming home or else that fic will come to life and shank me

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

I try my best! At the very least, I feel obligated to thank someone for taking the time to write me something nice, and if someone's engaging with me, I want to make friends!