#so glad my brainworms are interacting with others

[rayshippouuchiha]

So I have had this bnha brainworm a while now, so sharing this in hope that it will stop taking over my every waking moment.

Someone seeing Izuku interacting with the vestiges, and first they think he's just talking to air, but the vestiges are able to do small things, like move things, affect the temperature, which ends up making them convinced that Izuku is a medium, no matter how much he protests. Words spread around and other students come asking for him to contact this and that person for them, expect him to have and use a ouija board, have ghostly powers etc.

Shouta is the biggest shit-stirrer about the situation, as long as he doesn't have to be the one to deal with it. Terrorizing people is a fun friday night for him, but he won't actually touch the situation with a ten-foot pole.

Izuku: P-Please, I only have very specific ghosts

Everyone Else: Tell us your occult secrets broccoli boi

Aizawa: *clapping Izuku on the back* Wow kid your entire situation is so fucked up

Aizawa: Glad you're not my responsiblity

[lustrous-dawn]

Some Positivity

I'm absolutely surprised I do not have an image of my sona with a heart so Zhen will have to do it. Especially given his ‘job’

The start of the year for me has been rough. The folks who know my situation know my words are a severe understatement but I can’t let that hold me down. But it has made it abundantly clear that I am loved. 

Loved.

I genuinely have folks who love me for who am I. 

I couldn't ask for any more words than that today.

I am loved for what I am and what I do and that's all I could ever ask for. And I love myself for it.

So today, lets give out a little bit of love to some folk today. 

Edge; @casteliacityramen

I love how you are incredibly indecisive about reblogging some things on your side account. Something that means a lot to a character that someone may get a free hint on. I mean hell I used to do that all the time in my younger days to keep them on my brain to stay a little consistent on it. But man, I'm sure you've been hearing a lot from other people and honestly I'll be one of them hollering in the back about how we love Rio. 

MepersonallyIwanttoseeRaybutwe’llgetthere. 

The point is your story and characters have managed to grab people by the throat. You have an eloquent way of making them pretty relatable and gripping their attention. 

Hope you're enjoying the day with your significant other :0

Owli; @askvekpa

I always wonder if you be like “THERE GOES THIS GIRL AGAIN ASKING FOR HER DANG LUGIAS TO BE DRAWN AGAIN.” I can't help myself. You're too damn good at your craft and your attention to detail on beasties, dragons and animals alike. It's praiseworthy so I hope you always treat yourself kindly when it comes to what you do. Also, you seem to be doing better in the anxiety department, or I hope so. It's been a pleasure to see you be more interactive as of late with others so I hope you have been able to adequately spread your wings in that environment and get better.

Vega; @pokitsune

MAN I SURELY DO MISS YOU RIGHT. I HAVE SO MANY BRAINWORMS ABOUT YAKO AND ROSHI FIGHTING AND TEA TIME WITH ROSHI. Then I remember you're literally a DM away and my ass is just straight-up forgetful. I remember you chatted away about your Ninetales lore and goddamn I was eating it up. It FUELED ME to be so motivated with my characters, you have no idea. And coupled with your old ask blogs, I am so glad we started to chat last year and I am always grateful you send me images of stuff I can relate with on my characters. 

I hope you're having fun with FFXIV and I hope you and gf are doing something good today or both of you are taking some good ass time to relax.

Skins; @asksavel

I mean there are a lot of words I want to say. Overall it is always overwhelmingly positive. We were both there for each other in a horrible mental down. While mines is a bit still ongoing, you still have been sending me kind words and images to make the day all the more bearable. You noticed I have been withdrawn lately and you consider that when talking with me. 

Communication. It's something I always prized and I really appreciate it when we have chatting. Thank you so much for being the person you are and helping me. It has meant a lot to me.

Kai; @bunnkick

I'm pretty sure you weren't expecting me to do this! But HA I GOT YOU NOW TODAY. 

EVER SINCE YOU TOLD ME YOU CONSIDERED ME A FRIEND I HAVE BEEN LIKE A NERVOUS LITTLE PERSON TO CHAT MORE WITH YOU. I have been doing good to shoot messages your way to check in on you though and I'm proud of that much. Ah, I love your work man. I have been saying this for years as I have been working with you and imma saying it again, your style rocks man. And the chats we have, I love staying up for 3 hours to chat with ya. It's always a great time. 

Now I gotta hit you up for shows. I have been watching some and I always loved your insight ~

[qqueenofhades]

I'm glad I found this blog because it has became increasingly impossible to find a progressive-leaning Westerner who doesn't condone a literal GENOCIDE that is happening as we speak.

I used to follow so many American leftists on TikTok, learned a lot from them about the Western imperialism and American White Supremacy, but almost ALL of those people suddenly somehow forgot their own principles and convictions when the war broke out in Ukraine. There is this one creator I used to respect a lot who one day decided to say it is a drama when a Ukrainian woman speaks out against other creator perpetuating Russian propaganda. Said Ukrainian woman got hurt and respectfully expressed this hurt but was met with hostility and vile accusations. Then there was some dude on Twitter who compared the war crimes in Ukraine to gentrification in the US and that tweet got many likes.

For the sake of my mental health and sanity, I decided to forever stay away from American discourse and interact with as few Americans as possible because it is insane how these people can be such cold-hearted, entitled hypocrites.

Thanks, I appreciate that. I will say, however, that I'm not the only one -- all the sensible, left-leaning, Democratic-voting, Cringe Normie Liberals (TM) that I know, both online and in real life, support Ukraine too. I strongly suspect that this is because their brains aren't poisoned with Online Leftism, they are able to look at and assess the situation rationally, and don't feel the need/constant peer pressure to perform Anti-American-Imperialism (and Pro-All-Other-Kinds-of-Imperialism) brainworms like the rest of the Terminally Online. So yeah, plenty of us do exist, but you're probably not going to find them in so-called leftist online space, for many reasons previously discussed. Which is disappointing on all kinds of levels.

Basically, the Online Left was on very thin ice with me anyway prior to all this, but they've really exposed the abject failure of their meme ideology with their whole response to the war in Ukraine, and how it's entirely focused on feeling morally superior to the American establishment/Democratic party, regardless of which atrocities they are required to defend as a result. Shit like this is why I don't call myself a leftist, even though my views/policies would definitely fall on that spectrum, because just like "socialist," I feel like it's become an essentially meaningless term that doesn't convey what I want to mean by it, and is mostly poisoned by a vocal and aggressive minority whose rhetoric is nonetheless increasingly adopted by young progressive-identified people, and that worries me a lot.

[truly-quirkless]

@guidemetothedark asked:

Words of Affirmation!

I LOVE what you have going for your 2 muses, your narration style is on point! I have to read it multiple times because of how amazing it is. You put a lot of LOVE into your blog and I can see it. You're always so fun to talk to, and I am so happy to have our muses interacting. :)

[Unprompted! || Accepting!]

Who fucking said you could do me like this, Liz?

But in all seriousness---- thank you so much. You don't wanna know just how much I worry about if the relationship between Yagi and Fin makes sense, if it grates on others, so on and so forth...so it means the world. I'm glad you enjoy the way I write, as well- I love writing up pretty much everything that crosses my mind, and I have a tendency to wander- so thank you for enjoying my ramblings. And you're pretty fun, yourself! I look forward to what chaos we cook up~- and rest assured, I enjoy our muses interacting as well. Yagi aboutta freak---

And don't think I haven't noticed you sending out words of affirmation all night across the RPC! So lemme give you some in return- no. No, you cannot escape, get the fuck back here- there we go. I love both Rima and Izzy, as well as their various crack shenanigans across the dash. The writing you do almost feels like it just seeps with your characters and their thoughts, their intentions- and I enjoy every moment of it. I also just enjoy the hyper insanity you've been bringing around the RPC in general. You're like a fresh ray of sunshine in the MHA RPC- and I'm more than happy to watch, let alone interact. Thank you for being you, mate. It's obvious you've got the brainworms for those two OCs, may you continue to enjoy the madness they inflict!

[ayyy-imma-ninja]

HI MEG Im back again and screaming into your askbox about your silly AU's dont mind me

ANYWAYS I had brainworms about SK AU that I needed to dump out right away and i've declared your askbox as my little meg-related thought dump <3 /hj

i LOVE the growing friendship between us and the bros!!! the way we all interact with each other and the nice light-hearted banter that always seems to happen between the three of us is so ticklishly contagious in the best way possible (reminds me of me and my two friends!!)

honestly sun and moon kinda remind me of edric and emira from toh in the best way possible, ESPECIALLY with how they tease us

love how you write the whole dynamic!!

and to make sure this ask isn't a complete waste, question for the SK AU!! Do we have any good memories from before we left Pinewood, or do we always think somewhat negatively of it? Either because of our hospital trauma or for some other lore-important reason?

hello! Always happy to see you here Sunny! ^w^

pleeease feel free to dump ur thoughts here! /gen

eee I'm glad! It's so fun to write the three of them interacting. The hard part really is trying to not reveal too much too soon, since you are meant to learn more along with the Detective >w<

As for good memories, you may have some? But you can't entirely remember. It's all fuzzy :3c

[providing-leverage]

Fic in Review 2023

This looks fun, thanks to @writer-and-thrasher for the tag

Total Number of Completed Stories: 16, which is great because my goal was 12 (one a month, which didn't happen, but oh well)

Total Word Count: 77,440! Again, I had a goal and surpassed it (getting to 300k on my account) and it feels really good.

Fandoms Written In: So much Ted Lasso, which I discovered after Sunflowers came out and was trending. I saw canon gay characters and went sign me up even if I don't normally like comedy stuff. I'm super glad I did because I've not written so much for a fandom so fast since my Shadowhunters hyperfixation years ago. Other than those 12, I did some PJO, Supernatural, and Batman, and Teen Wolf.

Looking back did you expect to write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you’d expect: so much less! Ted Lasso brainworms truly won this year

What’s your own favorite story of the year, personally?: I'm super proud of myself for finishing Past and Present Now Embrace, one of my few non Ted Lasso fics. Bianca was a very interesting character and the Percy Jackson universe it a great sandbox to play in.

Did you take any writing risks this year?: I think my trend towards gen stuff, because obviously romantic stuff gets more hits a lot of the time so I've trained myself to sprinkle it in even when it doesn't really need to be there. But with Ted Lasso I really felt like I could embrace the platonic stuff and when I did write romance it was because I wanted to.

Do you have any fanfic goals for the New Year?: I want to write a multichapter, and I'm hoping that multichapter will be either Stranger Ranger or Guard Your Heart. I've also been watching to rework the second and third parts of SSA Sam Singer.

Best story of the year: personally I'm really proud of the Fundamentals of Love and Lying, which is so self indulgent

Most popular story of the year: Get It Off Your Chest for sure, and I think that's all to do with the blurb I used in the summary

Most personal story of the year: Oh for sure it's a rather touching notion which is also probably the one I wrote the quickest. An aroace character figuring out who they are, feeling outside of so many social interactions because they lack romantic and sexual attraction? Pure projection. Also The A Team because yay autism.

Funniest story of the year: While the summary for Get it Off Your Chest is funny, Colin's reasons for picking up lesbians is deeply sad so I can't really say that. Eliza's exasperation with Jamie in Flowers for Dani is pretty funny though.

Story of mine most under-appreciated by the universe, in my opinion: Fundamentals took a lot of work but it's also a rarepair I invented the tag for and narrated by a character that is basically an OC, so I understand why it's not everyone's cup of tea.

Most fun story to write: Holy Novelty Socks Batman is pure fluffy crack and made me smile a lot

Story with the sexiest moment: none of them really. Fundamentals and some of the other TL fics have some sex allusion though.

Sweetest story of the year: I'll say Shake It Out, a teen wolf fic from early this year that I'd completely forgotten about. What's sweeter than breaking into your school at night for a date?

“Holy crap that’s wrong even for you!” story: dito on not doing scandalous, but for angst then maybe this fic where I give Dani my caffeine sickness

Hardest story to write: Past and Present Now Embrace, for sure took the longest, with me working on it for over a year. I wanted to get it up before the Sun and the Star came out but that didn't happen.

Biggest disappointment: Not any published fic in particular but I have a lot of drafts I wish had been able to see the light of day this year

Biggest surprise: the community I feel like I've found this year, especially within Ted Lasso. Doing these tag games, trading asks and ideas with other writers, is something I've never gotten to do before and I feel so lucky and grateful for my mutuals.

Speaking of... @orbitalpirate @mearpsdyke @manwholovescabins sorry if any of you have already been tagged

[celestiamail]

you've got mail . . . !

✧ recipient/to: @realkavehgf, @heiayen, @ask-court-genshin, @intothegenshinworld, @so2xi, @vennnnn-diagram

✧ sender/from: @mhiieee / mhie >:D

hey hey to the aforementioned people <3 just wanted to tell you all that I'm so glad I met such kind, such amazing individuals such as you all. I haven't known you all for very long, but you all lighten and warm my heart whenever I talk to you. for shin, who's humor is so out of pocket, but is a delight to be with all the same. i love the way you're unabashedly yourself, and how you always manage to make me smile whenever you listen to my ramblings, and how considerate you are to those you consider your friends. you send weird but oddly endearing stuff from time to time, which never fails to make me laugh and cry (depending on how cursed it is) and how kind you are in general 😭 RAAGHHH shinners ftw [happy] for heia, my fellow oc enthusiast and sprinkler of angst in oc backstories, i adore how much your presence calms me, how the ideas you have in your head fascinate me and i love listening to the ideas you're passionate about. to me, you're like a whirlwind of ideas that i can't help but admire. i just wish we could talk more sometimes waughh KOPI KOPIII my fellow filo comrade, I feel this sort of kinship with you even if we don't know each other irl, and like most people here, I absolutely love and appreciate you very much. ur works are amazing (though they may be strange to many) and I love how creative they are !! your stories make me undergo the five stages of grief, make me go 'oh my God' and then think about it all day. the things you do to my brainworms /lh thank you for listening to my rambles again hehe Shiro wjakdnejfjf *bangs head on the table* you're so sweet!! i love the way you're always so warm to others, and how whenever we interact you can always give off this very calming aura (like heia) and I LOVE LOVE your work!!! Hope I get more chances to talk to you though hehe Sol. *scratches head* me thinks wriothesley can't even begin to find words for such a cool person like you who loves him because you're so very you and your brainworms are so very scrumptious and i eat it up everytime. keep serving and goodluck on all your irl stuff and pop off !! also love the way you address me as black cat owner in ur asks there's something so cute abt it HAHAHA finallyyy, the least but certainly not the last, Ven! Oh my god you. You're like one of the first people on genshinblr I've properly interacted with and one of.the first in the astronetwrk who I've conversed with. thank you for listening to my endless rambles, the fics i send on dms about my severe affliction for the indigo haired menace we affectionately chew on named scara teehee AND AND I love how bubbly (?) friendly (?) Can't choose a word to describe the way I see you because you're so unique, and your personality definitely leaves a deep impression on me. you're like the fizziness of a fresh soda, very refreshing and spunky...? In a way. I'm horrible with words but just know that I deeply cherish the friendship we have right now, every little interaction we have and hope to make more memories w u in the future, Ven !! sorry for the long, LONG message but you all have very special places in my heart. thank you so much for meeting me, for letting me feel safe and for meeting such shining gems of good people you all are. this sounds so sentimental and perhaps it's strange since I'm not quite close with any of you all on a deeper level, but still. love u all and keep marching forward and being yourselves!! (this took me so long to put out and even think of all the words I want to say T_T) (p.s burger king worker scara domination 😈🫱🍔👌)

♡, celestiamail

[crimsonsnippet]

oh my god hi, i will devour everything about the swap AU as soon as i can and leave more yelling in the tags but. THEY ARE SO COOL I LOVE THEM

i saw you mention vocaloids and immediately thought of Lost One's Weeping and basically Neru's entire discography lol, it works so so much !!! Light who can't handle the pressure of the Japanese school system because it doesn't fit his brain pattern and he just has to express his bubbling anxiety somehow... and since he is dramatic and super verbal, "sing when you can no longer speak" and all. aaaa

will Naomi feature in this AU ? what would be her relationship with Misa ? of she still dies, would L be the one killing her, or would it remain Light ? and how would Misa handle Beyond Birthday, if you include LABB ? i nyoomed on Naomi when i saw your drawing and then V's birthdaymassacre drawing next to each other because Detective!Misa and Naomi... brain go brrrrr

thank you for sharing your wonderful art, it's so beautiful and dynamic and made me think of AUs i hadn't touched in a long while. vibrating with excitement. have an excellent rest of your day 🌟💙

YEAH I HAVE THOUGHT OF NERU A LOT IN REGARDS TO SWAP LIGHT…. As well as hiiragikirai tbh (among many others)

I imagine naomi would at some point! Though I don’t know what role she would play in the story. Many characters have similar roles in a totally different capacity. As for who would kill her and when I’m not sure! I think it depends on how everything plays out given there’s a different kira entirely and a whole new strategy going on. As for beyond I don’t know where he’d fit in either but i think he’s hilarious so he may? V IS ONE OF MY BESTIE MOOTS 💪 he actually kept talking to me about the swap au when I jokingly did a doodle of it as a silly concept to send to him lmfao so I probably wouldn’t have even posted the doodle if he didn’t give me brainworms for my own AU. if he wants to talk to me abt b in the swap au he knows where to find me lmaooooo

AND TYSM!!! IM SO GLAD IM HONESTLY REALLY PUMPED SO MANY PEOPLE ARE INTERACTING W THE AU….. makes me wanna keep making stuff for it!

[haejjoon]

HELLO YES IM BACK strap in folks i hope u dont mind the spam cuz i love vomitting out brainworms online. Im glad my ask put u in a good mood! Because ur reply put me in one!! Anyways once again i love checking this blog like the daily newspaper to see everyone discussing things so fun

First of all i did see ur art of that rank 1! Powerful homoeroticism. I really enjoyed it. The "go all out? That sounds like fun" HEBDIWBZUWBIZN???????? Has the same vibe as goro's "ill need all the practice i can get to take you out" just the phrasing and the double meaning behind every one of these losers interaction constantly makes me go Oh? Oh! Oh... Oh! Ohhhhhhhhh ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Secondly, do not even get me started on the fucking romance options in the game. Im aroace and i haaate when every single confidant story with a girlie just has to go "wow u have helped me so much and ur so kind.....it must be because u have a crush on me!" Or "we've come to the obligatory rank where i somehow from somewhere at some point in time developed feelings for u and i have to ask u out!" Fuck no! Stop treating romantice relationships as the destined "upgrade" to your already existing friendship for fucks sake. Like i get that its a game mechanic for the players to have their fun and what not but it just pops out of nowhere sometimes and comeon even kawakami?????

On that note, idk how this fits but i love self projecting and hcing akiren and goro being on the aroace spectrum too but they haven't figured it out yet so it just makes the whole mess of complicated feelings between them even funnier

Goro to ann: "i hate this guy so fucking much" "are you sure you don't just have a crush on him" "what's a crush"

Goro: i hate how pretty that man is. i have to tackle him. i have to pin him down to the ground. no ann i do not want to hug him i want to Violently Crash My Body Into Him

It just adds more spice yaknow?

(Anyways thank you again for the food and happy lunar new year if u celebrate! 🍊🧧🍊🐇)

ehe the go all out line was probably my favorite, next to holmes/watson. thinking about the fact that akira can't do all-out attacks on his own in swap bc he doesnt have teammates... so of course going "all out" would be fun

yeah :( honestly i do feel sorry for turning the girls down but it'd just make me worse to accept their feelings. it really does say a lot about how theyve been treated by the men thus far, to start romantically liking the first guy who's half decent to them. ugh ladies this is why you gotta look at each other (looking at you, makoharu)

my goro has probably never had a romantic attraction to anyone in his life! ive always headcanoned him as sexually attracted to men, but demiromantic if that makes sense? hes got SO much going on with him, romance just isn't wven a possibility in his mind until akiren comes along

(happy late lunar new year to you too! im so sorry it took this long to respond aiooaaoaaooaoa i hope you're doing well <3)

[mountainashfae]

I’m in a DnD brainworms mood (misdirected as I try to prep a session) and honestly I’m kinda mad that some really fun character concepts I’ve had were squandered on a group where one game just halted itself into hiatus and the other game is the one where I got unceremoniously blocked for reasons that I still don’t entirely know.

They were both so COOL to play around with even with the characters not having a ton of motives on their own. Sometimes it’s fine to have a character go with the flow of the party until they have a big moment and know what they want for themselves. Putting this under a cut because it got a lil long and ranty

Victor was a really fun concept for me of a dullahan with amnesia, dropped into an unfamiliar landscape and time and having to slowly relearn things about himself. He was a Neutral Evil Oath of Treachery Paladin. His top priority at all times was his own self-preservation at the expense of others if need be, but not actively malevolent. He technically had broken the paladin oath from his life that he doesn’t remember, by betraying his comrades with the intent of saving himself. He was in the middle of Barovia tossed in with the party and nobody trusted him because he was SO accidentally shady. There was another dullahan who was missing his head and CONVINCED that Victor’s was his own. Victor didn’t even know if his head belonged to him or not. We never got past the village of Barovia because the progress was at a crawl for some reason despite playing for months and by the time we got to Ireena and Ismark we learned that nobody trusted the non-human and magic using PCs so it was like the narrative was punishing us. Victor could’ve been so cool to explore. He could’ve had a cool arc about realizing the things he did in the past and seeing if the interactions he had with the party up to that point would make him regret the past or not.

Lucio was a backstory NPC turned into a PC just for fun. The entire idea was that the True Neutral Draconic Heritage Sorcerer (who tHAT DM messed up the original concept of by making him half-dragon and then teased me for not making him a dragonborn. Like come on. You did this. I’m keeping him an elf) was only in the city because of a bet he made with his brother. He didn’t CARE about everything else going on. He just wanted to keep his young son safe and make progress on that bet and the party was a means to an end. They knew from the beginning that he was not interested in anything else, that he was not good at socializing, that his father murdered a large group of paladins that one of the other party members belonged to. And yet? It was my fault for seeming disinterested in the group antics in a campaign that I was told was supposed to be more dungeon delving? For involving my son in a lot of interactions because otherwise Lucio would not participate? For showing interest in fighting the antagonist group (even if we knew they would kick our ass) because they badly injured my brother? He was true neutral raised by lawful evil, I’m always fascinated by how a character of that alignment could have their actions influenced by those around them.

well that turned into a rant and I’m so glad I’m not in that group anymore because I really did stop having fun. I want so badly to find a way to repurpose Victor and Lucio without being reminded of that group.

[daedelweiss]

v-vAAAAAAAAAAL 🥺💖

okay there's a few people i want to shoutout for getting me into this fandom. they're not making much rise content now but i honestly got curious of rise because of @imaginashon because i remember them making rise stuff back when it first started and it planted the seed of my love for rise. i just didn't watch it back then because i forgot about it 💔 not to mention their rise fanart is adorable and fantastic!

2nd, i want to mention @ashwii who started interacting with me and helped me realize how much fun it is to share one's passion for rise with other people. she also makes amazing art and created the Celestial AU 🥺✨

i could point to every single one of my mutuals rn because all of you are lovely and inspiring people. Life Mission wouldn't have gotten this far if all of you didn't make art and stories the way you did! and to my mutuals that became friends, i love you all 😭 you motivate me to improve every single day and hanging out with all of you is honestly a blast! i feel like i can feel the kind of bond the rise turtles have when i hang out with all of you 💖 i'd shout all of you out but this rebloop is so long already SDGHNLSDG (special shoutout to @meggalice @theminiyunart @sharkylad @lallelol because they're wonderful people and artists)

special shoutout to fellow separated AU creators for the separated turtles solidarity 🤣 (separated Leos server, i'm looking at you. yOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE) y'all are a fun bunch of people and phenomenal storytellers and i'm glad to share my brainworms with you guys!

special shoutout to @camilieroart for creating a kick ass original iteration that inspired me to make my own. seriously, guys. check out their art. it's beautiful. and check out the Colorcoded AU! it's not rise. it's a whole new thing and it's adorable and exciting! i love it so much 😄

lastly, i want to circle back to @somerandomdudelmao because, my gOD your animations bring back my passion to animate again. check out their stuff, seriously. everything is just beautifully drawn.

also special shoutout to everyone who sees this post! we all love making turtle fanart here but without your love and support, our stuff would go nowhere. it's nice to know that we are not alone in our love for rise. i don't think i can stop loving it for a long, long time~ as long as you are here, there's hope for all of us yet 💕

What made you excited to get back into TMNT again?

Well, I saw the movie and I thought, hey, I wonder if people draw anything cool. So I went on tumblr just to look at fanart. And within the first five minutes I stumbled upon "Replica" by @kathaynesart and "Bloodbath AU" by @trubblegumm and that was it~

I read that comics in one go and realized that I really wanted to dig into this fandom again:D

[bogkeep]

maybe it's a little bit early but i'm ready to do the Review and Reflection of my 2022!!

where the past two years were very static years for me with only subtle changes (yes there's a pandemic but i still had to go to work and it all blended together into a soup), THIS year set off the rube goldberg machine of Theo Quit His Job To Move To Sweden And Started Watchmaker School. SO YEAH i think i can make a list again >:)

- I QUIT MY HOTEL RECEPTIONIST JOB THANK FUCKING GOD!! on one hand, i've been incredibly glad to have had the income and stability, especially during a pandemic even though holy fuck i sure had to go to a public facing job during a pandemic, and there were many aspects of my job that i genuinely enjoyed, and i felt quite good at it. that said, thinking about my job now triggers a spike of anxiety through my brain, and i was planning to quit sometime already last year. all of my good and cool coworkers quit shortly before me and i had to train all the new ones (including the new manager!) and i hope i never have to work at a hotel ever again or interact with cops that much. i gave myself so many headaches trying to accomodate all the guests to the best of my very limited abilities - there's only so much i can do with old building inaccessibilities (the elevator didn't even go to the top floor) (most of the bathroom doors were not wide enough for wheelchairs) (COULDN'T WE AT LEAST BUY SOME SHOWER STOOLS?) and the lack of AC. and while my wages were livable enough, i don't think i got paid nearly enough to compromise my personal morals and ethics on a regular basis. that's capitalism for you i guess. ANYWAY GLAD TO BE OUT OF THERE

- i got into watchmaker school!!!!!! i was looking into this and preparing for it already last year, trying to figure out what to DO and where to GO, and it's a huge relief to me that i actually got in!!! a new and exciting step for whatever my future will turn out to be!! :D

- as a result i didn't only move out of my town but out of my country. for now. but now i get to live in an itty bitty garage-turned-house by myself and it's WONDERFUL. this is my first time living entirely by myself!!! i love it!!!!!! yes i will have to temporarily move out in the summers when the houseowner wants to use the space as a tourist season airbnb, but getting to be in control of my own environment is very healing and affirming to me. i spent so much of my teenage/early adult years thinking i'll never be able to handle adult life, but here i am!! thriving!!!!! i am more self sufficient and capable than i ever thought i'd be!!!

- my summer was incredibly chaotic due to all of the moving out and moving in and uncertainty of whether i'd get into school or not et cetera, BUT i did get to visit the czech republic again for the first time since december 2019. it was good to see my family and my childhood best friend again.

- i got to meet several close friends i haven't gotten to see in person for a long time. i got to spend some good quality time with friends i lived close to, as well (that i now miss so so much). i made some new friends that are very dear and important to me.

- i got really super into S & D tier this year, and my brainworms have calmed their wrigging since i've been busy with school and all these other life things, but it's such a wonderful series that i'm absolutely thrilled to have discovered. it even got me making fanfic, and it felt really good to get back into writing again!!

- i think i got a new tattoo earlier this year? so much has happened since march that it feels like a completely different year! it's also very small compared to all the tattoos i got during 2020 and 2021, but i didn't have much else going for me then. so.

- i wish i had like, anything to report regarding my gender transition, but all i've done has been like... 2? video consultations with the trans clinic? and zero progress? i don't want to think about it too hard because it makes me want to tear my hair out. I'M HANGING IN THERE

TO CONCLUDE. this year has been one of huge changes in my life!! i am thoroughly overwhelmed by it but doing my best to ride the waves!! i am being so so brave and pursuing the things i want to do!!!! every now and then things turn out Good and i have to confront the reality of Sometimes Things Are Very Good and it's a little bit like a blinding light too bright to look at directly, because i'm a little burnt out, i'm lightly toasted, and i'm taking on these big things and trying to change along with them, and it's a lot but ultimately worth it, yes? yes.

[cupcakestreets]

Hot Take: Gateau doesn't cut his hair so all of his simps (me included) can have a strand to kiss.

I'm glad Yoko was pleased with my silly little compliments. I immediately wanted to give her flowers and make her smile. (If I had a penny for everytime you made me, who tends to be more attracted to butch/masc girls, simp for a femme, I'd have 3 pennies. Not a lot, but it's odd it's happened thrice in under 6 months). The other two were the girlmas twins.

I'm laughing because I came here because of cute warden Ingo content, stayed for dessertcartshipping, absolutely melted for Spirit and like Kyle. Then I found your spicy twitter. Girlmas happened. I started interacting as a random anon until I had the angsty brainworms about being Ingo's ex-wife in Unova, and now I am here to stay as Spice.

I can't remember, was Gateau originally designed as a warden, or just a clan member? Because I thought the wardens had to wear the tunics? If so, maybe you could just add a haori to his original design, which would feel more traditional without removing the tunic. If he wasn't, then the new design would be just fine. Though I think adding the crest over the left breast would be a neat touch. And more practical than it being on his back because we don't see him from the back often.

Spice Anon

I completely forgot about this wonderful letter in my inbox 💕 Thank you so much for actually paying attention to all my content! I really Appreciate it Spice Anon! He was originally designed to be a clan member! I am revamping him at the moment and I am happy y’all like his big hair, I think about cutting it every time. I am adjusting his background a bit with the help of friends. I’ve been having fun putting him through different timelines with friends but I’ve been wanting to just draw Gateau prime a bit. I even gave him a nephew with the help of my bestie. All will come later.

[rottmntfantasyau]

Alright, I just read your Au and I gotta say

I LOVE IT.

Loving the backgrounds of the characters, their interactions and the development of the main storyline.

With Donni being kidnaped reminds me a lot of Leo in the fanfic Like Fater Like Son.

If Donni goes through something like Leo I'm going to bREAK.

Though I have a lot of questions about gaps in the storyline, the only thing I want to ask Is this:

Could you pretty please draw Leo with Paloma? It will make my life full :3

Of course, if you do not mind.

ANYWAY, I will try to stay tuned with your work, so I wish you all the support in the world.❤️

Good luck!✨👍🍀✨

Hi!!! We’re so glad you love the au!!! We have a journey ahead of us and I’m glad you decided to join in!

Actually the amazing and wonderful @dovelydraws has a great pic they drew of paloma and a few other fantasy pieces, here’s the link to them and I hope you continue to enjoy our work!

-Charmy

https://dovelydraws.tumblr.com/post/627089818743128064/my-friends-gave-me-fantasy-au-brainworms

[mrpenguinpants]

Oh! Sorry for the late reply, but it’s not canon lore, haha. Part of me hopes it kinda was just to give Keqing a bit more introspection but alas, Mihoyo has tens of different characters to make so it’s understandable. I thought of it as a modern au type of thing where Keqing ends up moving in a apartment complex only to be greeted with men she has to babysit as the price JHDJSHDJSJ– It’s a fun little idea, and at first, she hates them all but eventually, walking outside of her place for a free meal becomes an escape of sorts. Ningguang, her dreaded co-worker, makes sure she doesn’t hear the end of it and is like “Please, you’re almost 27 nowz. Get yourself a man already, you have quite the options.”

Also, congrats on getting Xiao! I haven’t gotten him yet but at the end of his banner, I think I can make around 20 rolls so here’s hoping he’ll come with those!

No worries at all, I take FOREVER to reply to anyone. Plus this week was midterms so I’m still recovering from that if you’re wondering why I’ve been so silent. Ahh I see, I still need to read Keqing’s lore but until then 👀 I am fully invested in this. We’ll make a 180k word slow burn fic together. Honestly, I really want to write some Chongyun, Xingqiu, Xinyan, and Xiao interactions. My brainworm mind wants Xingqiu to be the biggest little shit and tells Chongyun that there’s a demon that needs to be exorcised at Wangshu inn. Turns out it’s Xiao but Chongyun being the trusting friend that he is, doesn’t believe Xingqiu would lie to me and fully believes Xiao is a demon. Xiao doesn’t know how to socialize and he doesn’t know how to handle interactions so it’s this entire goose chase. Xinyan comes along because she’s always wanted to see a demon. I can imagine her yelling “DEMON! COME OUT YOU COWARD!” while Xiao is gripping onto the roof beam above them for dear life so he doesn’t get found out. 

Ahh, I get that mihoyo wants to bust out new content but it also makes me sad that it will probably be awhile before we get Part 2 to anything. But oh well, I guess we can always make stuff up for part 2′s before Mihoyo proceeds to shred them apart haha. I love modern au, where everything is fine and happy and no one dies. Especially now since we’re all in self-isolation. It’s not much but being able to write is actually kinda therapeutic. Speaking of which, it’s valentines day today. I almost forgot because well, I’m asexual so no relationships for me, so I kinda forgot feb 14 had any importance haha. But hopefully you all that have partners stay safe if you plan on spending today together and for us single folk, hang out with friends^^ I’m having a movie/game night with everyone and I’m pretty excited. 

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But getting back on track. I love roommate schneegans. When I first read this with my sleep deprived brain, I thought you meant that she had to live with the same people she had to babysit when they were children. That’d be so awkward but funny haha. I can imagine Childe being such a wholesome kid like Teucer that when Keqing meets him again when he’s an adult she’s so sad. You were such a cute kid, where did things go wrong? This also applies to Diluc (RIP DILUC MAN) and Kaeya. 

Diluc is so socially constipated that he acts rude af because he doesn’t know how to socialize. Reminds me of the type of guy that is thinking of cute puppies but as the scariest resting bitch face. The amount of emotional range he has makes Keqing wonder if he’s secretly planning on burning the apartment complex down to the ground or if he’s slept in the past week. He hasn’t. Man is crumbling so he’s gonna make the world crumble down with him in his woe is me bullshit (jk I love you Diluc). Keqing makes the customary “Hi, nice to meet you. I’m your new neighbor” but Diluc is actually running on fumes (he’s filter feeding at his point) that he looks so scary that Keqing almost runs away. Then the next day she sees him exit his home and he cleaned up so well that Keqing doesn’t recognize him. Assumed that Diluc lived with a brother that was in dire help. So she always offers him weird pick me up items and Diluc doesn’t know how to handle gifts so he just accepts them. He doesn’t know what the fuck she’s talking about since he lives alone but he assumes she’s some random cat lady. 

Kaeya is such an ass. Like actually awful. Was the kind of guy to pull the fire alarm just to get out of class for the day. Probably does it in the apartment just to mess with Diluc, which inheritably messes with Keqing very fragile beauty sleep, but he always manages to escape with a slap on the wrist. Keqing has lost so much faith in the justice system after that. He seemed like such a nice guy, well in comparison to her first meetings with Diluc, until he found out she had a fear of frogs and proceeded to mail her a package of them. She’s been haunted by nightmares of waking up to one on her face and she’s wondering if she can get away with setting his home on fire and getting away the same way he does from pulling the fire alarm. It seems like poetic irony but as soon as she thinks this Kaeya is messaging her “don’t do it”. She doesn’t know how he got her phone number and she’s not going to find out. 

Zhongli was the guy she went to highschool with where she had the fattest crush on. He still looks the exact same just taller and she can feel her inner agony seeping up when she spots him. Then proceeds to internally wail when they both enter the elevator and they live on the same floor. She’s internally begging and pleading that Zhongli doesn’t recognize her, but of fucking course he does and he remembers every little detail. The most deadpan face as he asks her if she still has the zhongli pin that some crazy club made for the student council they were both apart of. What pisses her off the most is that he’s actually genuinely curious and isn’t trying to make a stab at her. She hates him with every fiber of her being. 

Childe seemed like such a cute kid (I fully believe he’s younger than Keqing, you cannot take this away from my cold dead heads) and he mentioned how he was moving away from his family but he misses his cute little sisters and brothers. Keqing felt so much wholesome love in her body until Childe mistaken her as being younger than him and messed up her hair. She almost screamed bloody murder but made the quick correction that she was in fact, much older than him. Which was the wrong fucking move because he became the biggest little shit. Kept calling her old with weak bones, “when are you going to fossilize?” that she’s sure if there wasn’t a law against second degree murder, she would do it right then and there. 

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I totally went off on a tangent right there haha. But yeah, I can imagine them all going to each other places for free meals and it’s actually some wholesome stuff. Kaeya and Diluc relive their childhood brother antics, Childe comes from a big family so he doesn’t get sad when he eats alone, Keqing gets to take a break and turn her brain off from work, and Zhongli is just happy to spend time with others after being in self-isolation and losing his wife (Jesus, reading this back I am so sorry Guizhong and Zhongli. This got so depressing holy shit). 

“Please, you’re almost 27 nowz. Get yourself a man already, you have quite the options.” LOL I LOVE THAT SENTENCE HAHA. But ty^^ I’m so glad he came home with diluc. I BELIEVE IN YOU!! YOU’RE GONNA GET HIM. BRING YOUR MAN HOME!! I kinda wanna write some roommate hcs in my brainworm style. I’m going to go write that. Hang on. I’ll be back. 

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Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! Love from me 💕💕💕 

[coolest-martin-kid]

So you guys remember when an anon pointed out I was seemingly a huge Renny fan and I was like don’t get me started cuz I won’t shut up? Yeah, I got started because I watched the Renny videos (all three in a row bc I love myself) again and now I have massive brainworms so I’m momentarily taking the mike (lol) from our one and only Cupid and gonna go on and on and on about my Renny feels under the cut, sorry not sorry

Okay SO LIKE. So LIKE I’m just sort of sitting here wondering why Renny’s my most favorite pairing here??? Because clearly they’re doing something really well I mean they are murdering us all with minimal effort and we all are here for the murder but like I wanted to REALLY get into it because after the years I still die. And frankly

So numero uno: The journey?

Like looking back there were signs that this might eventually happen basically more than half a year before it did and they really went from denial and messing around to straight up having feelings and everyone was secretly rooting for them and I feel like WE ALL KNOW THIS but I included it anyway because this is clearly one of the reasons it works so well so I’m not about to ignore actual slowburn where love wins :P

ALSO I ORIGINALLY FORGOT TO ADD THIS BUT: while we were sort of expecting it based on their interactions, it’s overall still an unexpected couple? and that makes it aaaaaallllll the better too tbh if you ask me, especially bc they stayed together and are working so damn well.

I’m thinking it’s also bc they are hella cute

Like CLEARLY they are adorable together duh wow Harley, but it FEELS very believable and I think this branches like three different ways; 1) being cute as the characters as is while not even GETTING OUT OF CHARACTER, good job guys 2) Yellow Cam (:P) and Michie hella click and similar with how Dani pointed out that Christie and Linda just had miles better vibes for Dethan. I think the same applies here, their chemistry clearly works wonders as is 3) atticus and cam look SURPRISINGLY GOOD TOGETHER?? and they also have chemistry as is, even out of character, they have a Vibe that I’m here for. like they are dorky-cute, and somehow, somehow it WORKS, it’s nice to look at them together, it’s very cute and also attractive in a surprising sense? I have no idea what I’m trying to say but I hope it makes sense LOL.

sidenote I’m forever grateful for Michie for bringing the attention to Toxxie because they LEGIT look like them in edits and then it gets hot and I’m always here for that too :P

I also think it is actually amped up by the future kids they have?

This might not make much sense but imma try to explain what I mean. This might fully be because my character is Mikey and he adores the Keaner-Weir boys like to the moon and back (like we all do tho tbh) but for my character they are also some of the most important ppl. Beyond that I think the FCs were just so perfect, so fitting, and those characters are ALSO portrayed so good (ily Mira and Rae) that it just makes me emo to think about the connection there. and me personally I’m just like LOOK AT THESE PRECIOUS BOYS THEY MADE who are as dorky and sweet as them but also really out there being successful, wow. It just makes me FEEL things alright even if it maybe makes no sense. but I will say I’m very glad we have this reunion and Rory could interact with them, it is. so. sweet. also the Anthony choice just feels like the icing on the cake huh? Wow. Things I didn’t know I needed but am very happy we got.

Hell maybe even the fact that Cam K is a busy man :P

I feel like always getting just enough sweetness even with breaks between one-on-one interactions elevates it because when they DO interact it’s all the more deadly. Or that just me? :P And especially now that they’re married and we know they are actually always together, so the characters won’t start missing each other but WE don’t see it 24/7 so WE kinda do. idk I’m loving that tbh. it’s just like “Renny!! Give me my due dosage of death! Ok thank you see you next time!”  sjdhfkgfhgljhk also I love the way Rory would barge into Benny’s inbox from time to time, that was already a Thing back when we originally did this, and it’s so cute that’s still a thing like omg no one touch me

ANYWAY if you actually read all of this HOLY SHIT ARE YOU OKAY, and yeah. I love them. I had to let it out. That’s all.

(it wouldn’t have been me without an innuendo, don’t even @ me :P)