#so like technically i learned about sailor moon from that first
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bismuthburnsblue · 5 months ago
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sooo. im thinking a bit about what cosplay im gonna make next, and i think ive narrowed it down to a couple options, but i want you to have all the options!
other options on the list include: Sailor Neptune (school uniform) - Sailor Moon (i think ive got a group for this!), Janet - The Good Place, Loki - Avengers Academy (the one i started last year), or Female Stede - Our Flag Means Death. a lot of these projects i have some level of plan for & wanna do some day, i just have stronger opinions on Kyoko/Toph. but if any of those sound more interesting to you! i am down. i wouldnt list options i didnt want
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Kyoko is a costume that i have been planning for SO long, and finally feel like my skills are somewhere where ill be able to do her justice. i have a lot of the materials for this costume, including the wig, and even have a pattern plan for the main part of the garment. HOWEVER. my main material is velvet. and none of my other materials are any nicer to work with. i want to make the boots from scratch, i want to learn new wig making techniques, i want to make the spear to its full potential. this is going to be a big, complicated, time consuming project, and ill probably put it down at least once for my own mental wellness. its a dream costume of mine and i want to do it justice. its going to be a challenge, super technical and precise, but i think itll be worth it. its also going to be less comfortable, corset & velvet are not... the best con combo (also its a shorter skirt than i usually like, so ill be emotionally uncomfortable)
(also the more i think about it the more im... eh about the colour of my main velvet so um. might end up rebuying that)
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Toph on the other hand, i have none of the materials for. i do have a source idea for the cream fabrics but nothing else at all. my design plan is sorta NATLA inspired- still the animated Toph costume, just drawing on the fabric and textures the netflix show used (especially with the Kyoshi warriors), which means some Sourcing will have to be done to find fabrics with the right weight & drape for my plans. this style of looser patterning is also new to me, not to mention pants.... though i think Toph would be a good project to avenge myself there honestly.
in general, this is gonna be a much easier make, and a nice comfy costume for cons, but at the same time, its a lot of expense out the gate, fabric shopping i dont neeeeed to do, and definitely still has some areas that test my skills (wig in Particular). i havent put as much time and energy into thinking about this build, but it has been on my list for some time and i wont regret making it.
(pictures of the others i mentioned. obviously no picture for my stede design but i was thinking of drawing inspo from the historical dresses in the show- some of marys, and evelyns, and the crowd scenes- and obviously stede himself, and then also reference real history. i dont own anything suitable for this time period so the first project would be stays i suspect!)
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pinktwinkleheartyell · 1 year ago
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No one’s going to see this post or care about it, and that’s okay but I need to say it.
I’m a Chibiusa “Small Lady” Tsukino introject. But not just that, my origin was from the 90’s dub… so I’m technically also Rini.
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Either way! I have learned throughout time and time again that the older people in the Sailor Moon fandom hate me/my character so much without any valid reasoning (the majority of the time)
It’s the same energy as people who hate children and call them “crotch goblins” except instead of that they call me this:
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Which. Okay. Have you considered I was very young in my first appearance (Season 2) . Elementary age and going through the heaviest trauma you could possibly imagine? Or that, even if I wasn’t traumatized it’s not abnormal for a 4-14 year old to act “bratty” or “spoiled”
I’m laying here restless. I formed when we were around the 8th grade, if not earlier,,,, it feels so hurtful that people don’t understand me in source because it makes me feel like they wouldn’t understand me (or us) bodily either
Children are not evil for acting as their trauma makes them act. Trauma responses do not define who a child is.
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cosmama · 5 months ago
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hc & 🌘 & 🌸, if you wish !
thematic headcanons.
night-themed headcanon: technically two because i can.
1). akari doesn't associate with the moon for a very long time. to get why this even matters, i have to talk about something else first: my general thoughts on the silver crystal is that it is the cosmos crystal - just not fully evolved. i believe that when chaos talks about how cosmos became a 'true star', it is in reference to the silver crystal's creation which was cosmos, the entity, becoming a star seed. i do not believe the silver crystal is actually genuinely tied to the moon - it became a chosen font of power for it eventually. why? i don't know and am okay with not thinking of an answer as i believe not ever blank needs to be filled. ( with that said, my friend @/divinehope has a great headcanon related to the moon kingdom that i love very much and will always recommend their blog ).
essentially, the true source of the moon monarch's power comes from the galaxy cauldron - and considering the moon needs a light source to shine, what better source would there be than the very heart of the galaxy itself. this is why 'sailor moon' eventually blossoms into 'sailor cosmos' instead of something such as 'cosmic sailor moon' or something. so with all that said, the moon is associated with akari's self-perceived failures: she has failed people in her past, her present, and will continue to do so in the future. she hates that she has the cosmos crystal and learning that not only did she inherit this awful power but learning its true origin makes her feel like everything she's known across her various lives has been a lie. as a result, she hides her moon birthmark, doesn't ever wear her royal gown, draws no power from the moon, etc. she's capable of using all of her old items as sailor moon ( as seen with chibi chibi ) but doesn't. she just wants no association with it anymore - at least pre-stars.
2). akari can like, talk to stars. considering the implication in stars is that all living things are born from the cauldron via star seeds, stars are 'alive'. can they speak back in full blown conversations? no, it's more like them radiating their feelings for her to decipher and understand. they like being sung to and radiate immense joy when she is nearby. they love her and see her as their champion. for a very long time, they were the closest thing to friends that she had during the war.
plant-themed headcanon. she isn't good at taking care of them and generally dislikes 'nature' outside of very specific conditions and is too accustomed to the cold, sterile nature of space ( aka she can sprint across the galaxy in heels but mildly complains about having to walk a basic trail on earth ). in all seriousness, she enjoys the gift of plants, flowers, etc. but they're mostly going to die unless her husband just rescues adopts them ( because as the closest thing this series has to sailor earth, he is suffering watching her ). that or she slightly abuses her powers to keep the plant alive lol.
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woltourney · 2 years ago
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ROUND 1 / SIDE B / POLL 16
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Tahri Nhupuju (@tahri-nhupuju) v. Amor Valentine (@lunadivino)
Tahri Nhupuju:
q. What is your WoL name and pronouns? a. Tahri Nhupuju, she/her
q. What is your WoL's species? a. Keeper of the Moon Miqo'te
q. What is your WoL's class? Or classes? a. Canonically all of them, but Warrior is her main one.
q. What data centre/server are you on, if you want people to find you? a. Phoenix, Light
q. Tell us a bit about your WoL! a. Born in the depths of the Black Shroud to a minor Keeper clan of little note, Tahri had little contact with the outside world aside from the odd hunter or trader, and a notable encounter with some shipwrecked Lominsan sailors. Thanks to them and their boatswain, when she came of age and realized that while her clan had a fair few skilled hunters they lacked warriors to protect them from Gridanian aggression, she set out to Limsa Lominsa to learn the art of the Marauder. The rest, as they say, is history. Backstory aside, Tahri considers herself a staunchly traditionalist Keeper, and as such she doesn't believe in "diurnal nonsense" like monogamy, patriarchy, or straight people. She's always been an absolute unit, and was a natural fit for the marauders' guild, especially once her Inner Beast awakened and she learned how to use her boundless passion and love for her friends and family to fight. Quick fun facts about Tahri: -She is 6'3".-She is technically bisexual, but has a typically Keeper view of men: good for if you want kids, sure, but otherwise not very interesting.-She Is Well Aware Of The Effect She Has On Women, and is usually quite cocky and suave with her romantic interests, with one notable exception… -Thancred and Urianger were the first Scions to notice Tahri and Y'shtola were catching feelings for each other during the ARR patches. They themselves figured this out in Shadowbringers, and only get together in 5.3. -She is extremely whipped for Y'shtola, and often volunteers as test subject for many of her magical experiments. -She struggled to "get" magic for the longest time, until Blue Magic provided her with the "shortcut" of using instinct and intuition for magic. -She is autistic, even if I don't know if Eorzea has a term for that. -Despite being far from a studious, scholarly woman Tahri has a special interest in history. -She can deadlift all the other Scions combined. This is not a hypothetical. Alcohol and a bet was involved.
q. Why should YOU win? (Answer IC!) a. Usually, I'm not the best when it comes to bragging, so I asked some of the others for their input: Tataru scoffed at the question, stating that -and I quote- "As a tall, autistic, extremely muscular, bisexual catgirl himbo" I was "extremely marketable to tumblr's large demographic of sapphics". I don't quite know what a "himbo" is, but I trust her judgement when it comes to market research. Alphinaud suggested that I recite the many titles, accolades, and honors I've gained from a lifetime of heroics, but that's just embarrassing, and I assume most other warriors of light would have a similar list of accomplishments. Shtola said that people would vote for me "if they know what is healthy for them" with that dangerous look in her eyes. Urianger said that there aren't that many prominent Keepers around, and certainly not many that still follow the old ways, so that would help me stand out. Thancred informed me what a himbo was. I now have mixed feelings about what Tataru said. Riol said that I should win because I look out for the little guy, and never forget about my bonds with minor characters like him and the other non-inner circle Scions, or the Crown Gemworks crew, or Vath Deftarm. I think that's enough testimonials, and I would like to thank my friends for saying so many nice things that I never would have thought of myself. I'd also like to say to the voters that I will do my best to keep Shtola from doing whatever she was planning to do if you don't vote for me.
q. Anything else you wanna add? a. Yeah. The above response wasn't just made for fun, I want to clarify that Tahri can't think of anything to brag about herself with because she genuinely has so much of her self-image tied up in the idea of herself as "the warrior of light" that she fails to see her own strengths at times, because that's just "the bare minimum" she has to be to be "The Warrior Of Light". Her self-sacrificial nature is something she struggles with a lot, as she tends to minimize her own wants and needs in favour of helping others and keeping others from worrying about her. Also if anyone wants to see more about her, I want publishes a couple of fics featuring her on Ao3, which are tagged with her name. Do make sure to read the tags to avoid spoilers though! And speaking of spoilers, her blog is not a spoiler-free zone, so be aware of that.
Amor Valentine:
q. What is your WoL name and pronouns? a. Amor Valentine (they/them)
q. What is your WoL's species? a. Au Ra (Xaela)
q. What is your WoL's class? Or classes? a. ARR: Lancer/Dragoon; HW-present: DRK main, MCH for yeehaw
q. What data centre/server are you on, if you want people to find you? a. N/A
q. Tell us a bit about your WoL! a. Amor is just a guy carrying the weight of the world on their shoulders despite it all. They care deeply for their friends and family, have a special interest in chocobos, and are full of love for the world they protect. Though a force to be reckoned with in the heat of battle, in day-to-day life they can be quite timid. A traumatic childhood event left them an orphan with no memory of their past, but they were found and raised by a Duskwight woman in Dravania, near Tailfeather. Amor was considered a strange child by most Tailfeather residents (#UndiagnosedAutism), but they ignored it as best they could while focusing their attention on the chocobos their mother would catch and train. On their 20th nameday, they left home to explore the world and hopefully learn about their past, and oops! Hydaelyn's chosen! They then proceed to become the Champion of Eorzea and save the world a bunch of times, with varying levels of enthusiasm. Though always willing to do whatever is needed to protect the realm, they are prone to becoming weary of it all. At best, they'll grin and bear it. At worst, they can become resentful and bitter towards their position in life (see: DRK). Thankfully, spending time with loved ones helps mitigate this negativity. They are taking a well earned rest after the events of Endwalker, but are prepared to dive back into the fray should the world need them. They are fond of foraging when they have the opportunity, and their special interest in chocobos lends itself well to breeding and competing at the Gold Saucer. Sometimes, they give in to the irresistible urge to run around open landscapes before rolling around on the ground.
q. Why should YOU win? (Answer IC!) a. Umm… a vote for me is a vote for the eorzean autism alliance :)
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i-keepmyideals · 10 months ago
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Akira Toriyama
My first anime were Pokemon, Sailor Moon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Inuyasha and Dragon Ball Z. They were all on air at the same time when I was really little. The first time I saw DBZ was when I was like, five years old. I had just come home from my morning kindergarten class and my older sister was in like 4th grad at that point, so I was home alone with my dad for most of the school day, I would sit at the living room table and turn to Cartoon Network. Toonami used to come on in the afternoons and I think this might have been a marathon. The first episode of Dragon Ball Z I saw as the second episode when Raditz had touch down on earth. I was so into this man with crazy big hair fighting this guy in a orange jump suit and a green alien. It was fast paced and fun. After that, I was hooked. My sister didn't really care for anime other than Sailor Moon, so she wouldn't play fight with me, but I didn't care much. I'd just watch TV and pretend to be fighting with Goku
I'm from a small village of about 3,000 people. I'm black and there were other black families, white families, Hispanic families, I think my sister had a Japanese friend at some point. It was a very mixed community and everyone was welcome and everyone had their quirks. I was the only person that really watched anime, but I didn't feel ostracized. That is, until we moved to the south side of Chicago where it was, like, a 99% black community and people weren't so open minded. And the kids were mean in a way I wasn't used to. It was hard growing up as a black girl that liked anime. It's still kinda hard now in some places, but I held on to my favorite anime and they helped me make the right handful of friends.
I remember watching Resurrection F and getting so excited for Dragon Ball again. I remember being really little and my dad buying VHS tapes because they were Dragon Ball Z and I'd really want them. At that time we didn't know that the VHS tapes were waaaaaayyyy ahead of the US airing of the show so I was confused when one tape was somewhere in the Cell Saga and the androids were there lmao I remember not being super into Super, ironically. I remember laughing at 2AM with my friend like a year or two ago when I found out there were characters named Granola and the Heeters and losing our shit about it. I'm looking forward to Daima and I really want to play Sparking Zero when it comes out. I saw an article a week ago where Toriyama was talking about how excited he was to be working on some projects.
And then last night about ten minutes after I came in from work, another friend on discord told us Akira Toriyama passed away. And I was in disbelief, cuz ain't no way he died. He has so much going on and was looking forward to. And I think that's what made me cry after a while last night. He was so excited, so happy and so in love with what he did. Thinking about how he won't be able to work on these things anymore and see them come to fruition made me so sad. I was sad for his family for losing a loved one so suddenly and keeping that to themselves and grieving for a week before sharing it with the public. And then finally, I cried for that huge chunk of my life that was shaped by Akira Toriyama.
He didn't just make an anime or a cartoon, he made childhoods. He was an inspiration. So many mangaka we have today were influenced by him. Oda, my favorite manga and anime creator Kubo, Kishimoto. the creators of the big three, all point to Toriyama as their biggest inspiration. Without Toriyama, the world of anime would look very different. A lot of out lives would be very different. He is the reason why a lot of us began to draw, or learn Japanese, or get into making music. Yeah, we might not have known him personally, but he still touched our lives in some way, whether you are a Dragon Ball fan or a Chrono Trigger fan, or something else in between.
So, don't feel embarrassed or silly for mourning the death of a technical stranger. He did a lot for the medium and a lot for us fans. It's only natural to feel saddened when someone like that passes away. Same for when Kazuki Takahashi passed or Stan Lee. Yeah, I might have clowned Dragon Ball Super, but it didn't really matter. Toriyama was doing another victory lap at that point. He truly did it all. He did so much work that I think I can really say rest easy and in peace.
Thank you Akira Toriyama for creating a safe space for me when times were tough I faced really harsh bullies. When things were really looking down, I could think of Goku's goofy smile and turn on an episdoe of Dragon Ball Z and feel a little better. Thank you for being such an inspiration to myself and other creators I look up to. Thank you for working so hard, you did amazing work.
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asterlizard · 1 year ago
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2023
I have kinda mixed feelings about this year. There were some low points, but then there were some high points too.
I was mostly busy with almost nonstop dogsitting sessions and zine work, but they really ate away at my personal time, especially during the middle of the year. On top of that, I kept job hunting for the first half of the year but it was going nowhere. It really broke my spirit, to the point where just thinking about job hunting made me feel depressed, and I needed to step away from it. All of this combined, I dealt with burnout, discouragement, feeling lost, and stressed to the point of developing a excessive hand-washing compulsion during the summer, which I'm still trying to shake off. I wonder if I also lost a bit of myself along the way, often not feeling absorbed in the moment.
And yeah, this low period also showed in my art summary for the year. I only published a few sketches if they weren't zine works.
That being said!
It wasn't until December that things felt like they were starting to get back on track. I finally got a chance to draw for myself again, and I think the interest I had in this showed in these last few pieces. I felt a lot more comfortable drawing these pieces. I was also finishing tasks in December when I wanted to finish them, and I'm now feeling more accomplished and less ashamed of myself.
On another note, we had great weather this year! There were no wildfires to watch out for (at least, that I was aware of), no nearby smoke or really bad air quality, and not much hot weather! Also lots of rain and cool weather in the first half of the year, it was really pleasant! It really helped with our drought crisis!
As for other accomplishments:
I went travelling for the first time since lockdown! (though even with official safety precautions being relaxed, I still continued to be careful)
I finished pieces for 5 zines: -DanganParty: A Birthday Party zine -Fly!!: A Haikyuu zine -Tsukuyomi: A Tokoyami zine -Celestial Night: A Sailor Moon zine -Wintertide: A BNHA zine
Started some serious cleanup, both at home and on the computer
Going to the cinema again for the first time since lockdown!
I turned 30, which does feel kinda weird because I certainly don't feel like I'm that age. I spent some time while I was 29 kinda fretting about it, but if it makes me feel a bit better, 30 is technically the last year of the 20s. I felt like more could have been done in my 20s that I would look more fondly on like I would for my first two decades, but then again I was dealing with hardship and then healing during my 20s (though it wasn't all bad) I can only hope that I can make my 30s more what I want.
Now then, onto the resolutions:
Image descriptions: Because my mind was preoccupied due to working on other things, I never got around to making any image descriptions this year. On top of that, I ran into a dilemma on where to put these descriptions (do I use alt text? or do I keep writing it in the text box because I hear the alt text can be buggy?) Hopefully I can find a solution and make good progress this year.
Language learning: I think I progressed well in my Japanese learning this year (I watched a video of a N5 test review, and I only got a couple of mistakes, so I think I qualify? Not a huge accomplishment, but it still feels good to pass some kind of level) I'd like to add another resource that involves writing or speaking, if not communicating with someone (that'd be a difficult goal, since I'd need to figure out where to find a conversation partner)
Storywriting: I'm in the middle of writing my next chapter for KalChi, though burnout created a roadblock for me. The chapter after that should be a bit easier though, so I'd like to get more than one chapter published this year. Also… I have another story I'd like to get started on soon (hopefully I'll have news about this in the 4th quarter of the year) I'd also like to try and find a proper website to put my stories on, such as Wordpress. I'm open to suggestions!
Other fun things: Find more things to do outside of what I normally do. It got a bit monotonous for me this year, and I was really itching to see some local stuff again.
Relax: This is the most important! I made this my resolution last year, but I didn't follow it at all, and I think I did worse this year in regards to self care. I really want to plan out my personal time better so I'm not either rushing to get a lot done at once or feeling bored out of my mind.
I also want to continue to keep up with friends! I think I did a little better this year, but our main issue was schedule coordination. But I feel like my ability to communicate has suffered a bit, so I need to keep that up too.
I want to remind myself that making an effort can make a positive difference and not to give up, so I'm once again adding a link to some good things that happened in the world this year: [link]
I have a feeling 2024 is going to be a big year, at least in the world. Maybe the same will be true for me as well, at least in a positive way (though I won't push myself too hard) So I also hope that you stay safe and take care of yourself too. I wish the best for you 💕
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paxesoterica · 2 years ago
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Up to Episode 02 of Princess Tutu, Some Miscellaneous Thoughts
*My first attempt to watch Tutu was dubbed, so it’s interesting noting the differences with the subs, like how they leave her name as ‘Ahiru’ even though that literally just means ‘duck’ (I wonder why that was changed for the dub). The voice Ahiru’s seiyu adopts for her sounds surprisingly creaky, but that’s actually pretty fitting for how a real duck might sound if they could use human language.
*Drosselmeyer is just as creepy as I remember him. I wonder if his trick of appearing in silhouettes and speaking from them was at least partially inspired by Itoh’s and Sato’s earlier work with Sailor Moon, particularly that scene with Jadeite addressing a minion through a pile of televisions.
*I can’t believe I forgot about Anteaterina. Reminds me that one of the things I enjoyed about this show was how it was willing to show all sorts of different and unusual characters performing ballet.
*I also forgot the show established very early on that Rue was friendly to Ahiru, and that the two even danced together, which will make their later conflict all the more bitter.
*I like that Ahiru can, technically, transform between duck and human at will, but it’s conditional, just like in a lot of classic fairy tales. While it’s awkward for her now, iirc she later learns how to use her condition to her advantage.
*I know Ahiru only has the best of intentions, but maaaybe she shouldn’t have started rebuilding Mytho’s heart with ‘bitter disappointment’. Still, I like how this show grapples with feelings in a very literal sense, and how even negative feelings are a necessary part of someone’s heart.
*Random non-sequitur, but if Ahiru and Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist ever met, and he learned about her amulet and shapeshifting, he would be *absolutely* convinced that she’s a chimera using a philosopher’s stone, and for some reason that’s very amusing to me.
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sashikouyume · 4 months ago
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I used to write fanfics many years ago, I don't anymore ^^u they are just not my thing anymore, things happen when you grow up and even though I never felt like part of a fandom now I am not even interested. I will still fill this out anyways, I lost my magic with writing but I am picking it back up because it's my calling and big momma say "child, you will make great things, I can see it", her last words before going offline (not dead, offline). I am currently writing shit! I still got it! HAHAHAHAHA okay yeah
💖 What do you like most about your own writing?
I don't follow the conventions which makes it all standout. It's always like that dream you wish you didn't forget about right when you woke up
THAT'S MY VIBE
😐 What embarrasses you most about your own writing?
I take too long and I haven't proven I can write something in lenght in a short period of time
👻 What is one WIP you think you may never pick back up?
Ghosts are better than transgender people.
IT WAS A TRICK BECAUSE GHOSTS CAN ALSO BE TRANSGENDER SO YES THEY CAN BE BETTER BECAUSE THEY CAN BE BOTH AHAH! SURPRISE, YOU CAN'T WIN AGAINST ME IN AN ONLINE ARGUMENT
It was a response to a convo, I never finished it T_T too ambitious and I am so rustyy maaan. I wanted to make them cry! make it deep! Be so wholesome. Best friends type of story!
I still haven't dropped it. I will make this happen, even if that means I will necro the commenter 3 years later. IT WILL HAVE PAGES AND A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 10 VIEWS AND THAT ONE COMMENTER SOUNDED VERY NICE SO THEY WILL LOVE IT AND THAT IS ALL THAT IT MATTERS (and if they don't well, HALF-WINS BABY OH YEAH! I still did it and I like it!)
It will come out before the legendary sex update for my game, which should come out after yandere simulator's full release (it's important for the lore).
👀 Do you have any WIPs that you would never let see the light of day? If yes, what are they about?
Jhon. Cringe GI-Joe type fiction story with explosions michael bay style and I made a minecraft pe map of it too. A couple of brothers
Also, I guess the original version for my transgender character? Not related to the one above, this came first and it's not wholesome. It sucked, basically the anime trap but it's a guy, that's just canned for obvious reasons. Mistakes done as a child. I can fix him. I already have the art so it's a shame if I can't fix him, I shall untransphobize this character! yeah.... this is embarrasing. I hate my old approach. Man why did this memory have to come back to me?
📥 What is your fave fic to receive comments/messages on?
I wrote one on happy three friends, "flippy and flaky", it was romantic but I think it was so bad I don't remember the plot
I need to learn why people liked it.
✏️ Do you write every day?
I will eventually -_-, and not fanfics, I want serious cashmoney now. It's gamedev first! and then writing. Will start with greatest most epic rpg maker comedy adventure, then will peak at "vtuber idols that are extremely relatable and their lore is a bigger deal than the stream!" maybe sailor moon inspired.
Technically I do write almost every day, just not narratives.
🖊 Post a snippet from a current WIP.
uuuuhh.... oh. This is embarrasing, it's all ideas now, so okay, here, shut up, baka
basic RPG most purposelly generic stuff. For players who can't follow instructions (I hate you)
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and (not fanfic, just anime analysis-ish)
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I am currently not excited about the first one, the gaming one about cults and all. It's boring. After this one, I want to move on into things that are funny and things that I am passionate about.
🏅 What is something you recently felt proud of in regard to your writing (finished a fic, actually planned for once, etc).
mmm..... maybe my azumanga daioh thing? It was like a "I still got it!" moment? and I also pushed myself to be better at it and speak in more detail. With my game, there is nothing. I am just excited for the future, I want to learn to make my own sprites and make music
With fanfics, there is no fics, I am not planning any fics. It's only possible for me to write one on the spot if I feel passionate in the moment, but they are probably dead by now, I have original ideas now.
😈 Is there anything you enjoy doing that you think your readers hate?
I like to troll. It's tempting but I try not to. I always have a big temptation to ruin the whole story or put something fucked up on it, therapists aren't real so it can't be helped
Sometimes it's spite. It bothers me in any ways (anger, sadness, annoyance, hopelessness) the state of people online today, sometimes it's mockery.
I never do it because it doesn't help, but it's on my mind. If I really want to change things, I either become jesus, or I make party week real and big time and create a whole community of people. Healthy communities are a cure.
🌙  What time of day do you prefer to write? Why?
Afternoon, I am magically just more effective for no reason. Maybe I am fully woken up by then
👖 Are you a planner, plantser, or pantser? Is it consistent?
I guess plantser? But outcome is that of a planner because I stick to only release it when it's finished.
The exception is when I share it with friends, and then sharing it with friends accidentally becomes the official release because of unexpected attention :') fuck! now I can't change anything!
📊 Current number of WIPs
uuhhh.... 1 narrative, maybe 2 others
There is another narrative where I am just a collaborator but I had only played a small part. I am responsible for writing how a corrupt dictatorship runs, but mainly review the writing, quality control. the best rpg game of all time comes first.
👨‍👧‍👧 Do you tell people in real life that you write fic? 
yes, and no one cares, I like that they don't care. I always lie about what I am writing about.
I am secretive, but if your life is too far from the truth then you are going to have problems keeping it up. I had lied about multiple professions and careers, and I had been involved in all of them they are just not my job.
🌝 Who is one character you haven’t yet written for that you would like to?
uuuh.... I don't do fanfic anymore. It would have to be one where I see missed potential that a fanfic could take advantage of since they can take it in a different direction.
I guess Blue Archive, black souls, or vtubers or touhou. I think my little pony is a really good one if I really get into it, but I can never get into it, it can't engage me, I fall asleep. Despite of that, I don't have to watch the show to know it's excellently developed.
I lost my love for sonic, but if I liked it as much as before, I would. It's a crime I had never written one on sonic. The only reason I didn't was probably because of school.
📝 What is one growth area you have for your writing?
I thought I said it before but I guess I didn't? Better conversations! disco elysium style and slice of life, create a situation that feels too real.
📚 Do you read your own fic?
Yeah.
I read everything. All the past fairy tales that I had written, all the people that I have lost, all the waifus that I had loved, and all the platforms that I have visited. It is all archived, and it is all revisited :) Ogata Rin where are you~ I lost your tumblr
🌈 What inspired you to write [insert fic here]?
art.
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OMG I FOUND MY COVER
I think also love
for anything I wrote before it (not fanfics), I guess naruto, sonic, and megaman.
🤔 What is the hardest part of writing fic?
Writing the parts that suck? But I guess today I learned to say fuck it and don't? just work around it or throw that part that sucks. The boring parts. or come back with a new breath. Thing is, here I am :) my own advice isn't working. I HAVE TO WRITE ABOUT CULTS, IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THIS DIFFICULT, AAAAAAA
Being lore/character accurate too, it gives too many restraints, that's why I never try to be. I had probably written fanfics of media I haven't seen
I think revisiting it after putting it on hold for so long is also terrible.
🧠 What’s an idea you have that you can’t quite call a WIP yet?
nothing
💻 Do you do research for your fics? What’s the deepest dive you’ve done?
NOW, CULTS.
I ALREADY KNEW ABOUT IT, BUT I HAD TO REVISIT RECKLESS BEN'S VIDEOS
ITS NOT THAT DIFFICULT, WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME, ITS SO SIMPLE "oh man you want one thing? here you go" "oh my gosh thank you so much" "nuh huh don't thank me, thank lord sandias" "OMG LORD SANDIAS I WILL GIVE YOU MY LIFE" SEE, THERE YOU GO, WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME!?!?
well. Now I have to get the adventurers to talk to these people -_-, initiate a back and forth. Now I get in depth on what's the cult about? It starts to SUCK. Why did I do this to myself? Can I please don't do this to myself never again?
✨ Choose three adjectives to complement your own writing.
what's an adjective and why does it have 4 syllables? so weird, ew, imagine being adjective
💭 What is a headcanon you have about your own work?
I just don't want to answer this today because nothing I am writing today is a fanfic, and my past work? feels like a big reach to answer the question that will end up without a real answer
🍰 Name one of your fave comfort fics (doesn’t have to be your all time fave).
none, unless my old friend brings back theirs on fnaf.
👩‍🏭 If one of your fics was going to get you arrested, which one and why?
why would I tell you that lmao? I will write one on blue archive now. I had grown motivated to start one after reading this question so I am able to successfully answer it
There's actually one on blue archive about pregnancy and abortion and crimes that is more messed up than I could ever write. Thank the japanese people on twitter for that one.
⏰ Do you spend more time reading fic, writing fic, or do you do both equally?
writing. It's not like before, I never sought it, I just read it when it appeared in front of me. now, it's never in my face
💋 [Freeform - what is something you want to know about one of poster’s fics?]
who are you? don't answer. This is also 3 years old so I don't want to bother you, you probably don't write fanfics anymore
This post might be confusing because I keep referencing things I can't clearly remember from how old they are, and I am too secretive about what I work right now -m-, maybe in the future I can work on something I can be more open right now, but I don't see that happening yet. Social media today is a different vibe
Fanfic Ask Game (the movie, the sequel)
In celebration of me actually working on a fic, I made y’all an ask game instead of continuing to work on that fic. Pls enjoy.
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💖 What do you like most about your own writing?
😐 What embarrasses you most about your own writing?
👻 What is one WIP you think you may never pick back up?
👀 Do you have any WIPs that you would never let see the light of day? If yes, what are they about?
📥 What is your fave fic to receive comments/messages on?
✏️ Do you write every day?
🖊 Post a snippet from a current WIP.
🏅 What is something you recently felt proud of in regard to your writing (finished a fic, actually planned for once, etc).
😈 Is there anything you enjoy doing that you think your readers hate?
🌙  What time of day do you prefer to write? Why?
👖 Are you a planner, plantser, or pantser? Is it consistent?
📊 Current number of WIPs
👨‍👧‍👧 Do you tell people in real life that you write fic? 
🌝 Who is one character you haven’t yet written for that you would like to?
📝 What is one growth area you have for your writing?
📚 Do you read your own fic?
🌈 What inspired you to write [insert fic here]?
🤔 What is the hardest part of writing fic?
🧠 What’s an idea you have that you can’t quite call a WIP yet?
💻 Do you do research for your fics? What’s the deepest dive you’ve done?
✨ Choose three adjectives to complement your own writing.
💭 What is a headcanon you have about your own work?
🍰 Name one of your fave comfort fics (doesn’t have to be your all time fave).
👩‍🏭 If one of your fics was going to get you arrested, which one and why?
⏰ Do you spend more time reading fic, writing fic, or do you do both equally?
💋 [Freeform - what is something you want to know about one of poster’s fics?]
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kaleidodreams · 9 days ago
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2024 Fanfic in Review
List of fics completed this year Yuri!!! On Ice Solace Inconvenient Crush (Current WIP) Sailor Moon Eternal Dream (actually written a few years ago, but only posted this year) Waking From A Dream
Number of words written: 124,934 words posted, but not all of them were actually written this year. Like I said above, "Eternal Dream" was actually written all the way back in 2021 (I think? Maybe 2020.) for the Drops of Moonlight zine, but manufacturing delays meant I wasn't allowed to post it online until this year. And I think I wrote most (if maybe not all) of "Solace" at the end of last year. A lot of "Inconvenient Crush" was also written a while back, so it's really hard to say how much I actually wrote in 2024 (keeping in mind what hasn't been posted of IC yet)!
Your most popular fic: Definitely "Solace", with 64 kudos.
Your personal fav: "Eternal Dream", probably?
Your fav scene: I really like the scene at the diner where Otabek agrees to be in a secret relationship with JJ in "Inconvenient Crush". I don't think I actually wrote it this year, but it was posted this year, so I'll count it.
A fic or scene that challenged you: I wouldn't really call it a "challenge", but I think "Inconvenient Crush" is the fic I've actually researched for the most, especially concerning this final arc, taking place on a camping trip at Elora Gorge in Canada. I'm sooooo not the camping type! I went a couple of times with my Girl Scout troop -- not unlike JJ's cousin, Camille -- but that was about thirty years ago, and the troop leaders took care of the tough stuff like building fires, so about all I really knew about camping beforehand was what I learned while watching Laid-Back Camp. *laughs* So, yeah, the camping scenes have been a struggle to write. (None have been posted yet, BTW, although the camping trip does start in the next chapter, which I plan to post on New Year's Day.)
A line of writing you’re proud of: Oh, man, I don't know. I guess I like the vows I wrote for "Eternal Dream"? Especially when they're exchanging rings: "This ring is a symbol of my eternal promise to you. Accept it, and know that I am yours and you are mine, forevermore." Again, I didn't write that this year, though. Hmm, I think I wrote this little exchange between Otabek and JJ from "Inconvenient Crush" this year that I find amusing? "Do you still consider yourself a virgin, since we apparently haven't 'gone all the way' yet?" "I…don't know? Kinda? Technically?" He arched an eyebrow. "You're 'kinda technically a virgin'?" "Well, it sounds kind of stupid when you say it like that," JJ muttered, stabbing at a piece of celery with his fork.
A comment that touched you: All of them! (Well, except the ones that were from obvious bots or scammers, of course. Also, I got into an argument with one commenter on an old Sailor Moon fic of mine who kept insisting that it was a terrible story because it mixed canons (it did not -- I do mix canons sometimes, but not in that fic) and that it was mostly an original anime-based story despite me (the author!) telling them several times that it was it was an entirely manga-based Alternate Reality fic, with the first scene pretty much being a novelization of a scene taken directly from the manga. That was annoying. (And I still don't know why they felt it was based on the original anime. They brought up another ficlet of mine that they claimed mixed canons, but that one actually was 100% based on the original anime, showing Hotaru's POV of a scene that didn't even happen in the manga, so they just seemed very confused about canons... I don't even know. Probably just should have ignored them, honestly.))
Something that inspired your writing: "Eternal Dream" was directly inspired by @floraone's Haruka/Michiru wedding fic, "I Pledge Myself To You". I just loved the idea of creating another culture's wedding traditions and had a lot of fun envisioning what an Elysian wedding ceremony might be like.
Your proudest accomplishment: Sailor Moon Rare Pair Week again, I guess?
Do you have any writing goals for next year?: Finish "Inconvenient Crush". That's pretty much it, along with writing a short one-shot for a project one of the Discord servers I'm in is planning. After that, I need a break. I won't say I'm going to retire from fic-writing, because there are a couple of unposted stories I would really like to finish, but I've been feeling burned out for a while now, so I think I'm just going to take at least a few months (maybe a year?) to just chill, read a lot of fanfics I've been meaning to read, and play a lot of Sims.
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fancylala4 · 10 months ago
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My opinion on all the precure seasons:
Precure: great start to this franchise. However, I really don’t like how they sidelined cure white in favor of cure black and I wish we could have seen more of her character.
Max heart: it ok but not as good as the first season.
Splash star: extremely underrated. It’s a great and the characters are cute. Though cure bloom’s outfits were super ugly.
Yes 5: one of my favorite. The villains were fun and the characters are great except for milk.
Gogo: straight up trash and deserves to be deleted from existence. First season in the franchise that was awful.
Fresh: way better than the last. This one was amazing and the costumes were cute.
Heartcatch: a masterpiece. It was great from start to finish. Cure blossom is my favorite cure of all time and I wish there was more cures like her.
Suite: a train wreak. It was trash from start to finish. The very first original season that was awful. The outfits were terrible, the characters were stupid af and the story was a mess. I also wonder how toei let the guy behind this trash be the director for sailor moon crystal. He should never be allowed near a magical girl show again.
Smile: way better than the last trash ass season. It’s iconic and all the cures were great. I liked the fairy tale theme and I learned a lot about Japanese fairy tales from this season.
Doki Doki: there are no words to describe how bad this season is. The characters were either poorly written or completely pointless. The story was awful and the morals were terrible. At least the music is great.
Happiness charge: bootleg heartcatch. It’s like Toei wanted another season like heartcatch but didn’t put anything effort into the season. There was only one good character in the season and the story was a mess. It was so forgettable too.
Go princess: it had a few issues and I didn’t like some of the side characters like that loser tennis player but I liked the season. I loved the princess theme.
Maho: technically this season was poorly written but I loved it so much! It’s so cute and charming. The characters were great and this season had the best romance between the two main cures. It’s the gayest season of the show!
A La mode: this season was bad and toei should feel bad for making this trash! It had so much potential and I loved the theme but toei just fumbled it.
Hugtto: way better than the last one and I liked it. However, there was major issues with the story and it was kind of confusing.
Star twinkle: like the last one, this one had major flaws with the story. It was ok but I liked the designs of the characters.
Healin good: it was alright but I did love some of the storylines and themes in the show. It was ironic how this season happened during a major health crisis.
Tropical rouge: great season. Though I didn’t like how it heavily focused on Laura and how some of the cure were underdeveloped but I still loved it.
Delicious party: it was so forgettable. I can’t even remember what happened in the show other than black pepper. I would take it over other awful seasons like suite and Doki Doki though.
Soaring sky: it was great. I loved everything about it and it was amazing from start to finish. I did wish that cure wing had some more scene time.
Wonderful: straight up trash. It’s so boring and the season just started . Taking out fights is one thing but making the conflict uninteresting is what kills it. No villain to fight against, no goals to fight for, nothing! How would a kid find this interesting to watch? It makes a la mode look like a masterpiece and that is really saying something.
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The Sinnerlings: Martha & Ralphie's Kids With Bratty Kitten (2023)
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Credit for Helluva Boss goes to VivziePop
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[Note: Even If The Drawing itself isn't Mature, but the tags that are being used for this is "not for kids" and "mature audience only" because of ideas that involve Sinnerling Orphanage and how the more dangerous sinnerlings need to be watched and keep them away from the other sinnerlings for safety reasons. and there is also a idea about very protective Hell-Storks, and how half of the Sinnerlings end up being babies, which could be very rare and not happen as often, but even if they are called Sinnerlings like the much older children, the baby ones are still very innocent and the Hell-Storks are very VERY protective of them and well it explains it in this, even if I talk about Sailor Moon first before talking about the drawing and the weird idea I have about a Sinnerling Orphanage and how it works.]
I drew this on December 31, 2023....so yeah, last year.
I was going to post this some hours ago today/January 8, 2024.
but I ended up going to sleep after watching some episodes of Sailor Moon, which I had just found out that only half of the English Dub has Sailor Moon go by Usagi, and after you finish the ones where Chibiusa goes back to the Future, it turns out the next DVDs so far after that, that has the next season....while still having the english subtitles so you can technically watch it without being censored...
so yeah, if Usagi has that voice actress and she's called Serena...
it means that it is the dub version where they will have that lie about Haruka and Michiru being "cousins" when really they aren't.
and I decided not to watch all the episodes on that, and check the other DVDs, so even FishEye...
if ya are gonna put DVDs of the English Dub together, make sure it doesn't mix with the censored version where they basically lied about Haruka and Michiru being cousins, at least the first half of the DVDs keep the original version...well I guess maybe it's only half the DVDs that has that English Dub version...I can try to watch the episodes of the season where Haruka and Michiru appear in later, with the original language and have the English subtitle with it.
at least they aren't saying Sailor Uranus wrong, even if it is a English Dub that I can still like, but at the same time I wanted to watch a English Dub version where Haruka and Michiru aren't censored and that lie about them being cousins...
maybe I will watch Sailor Moon Crystal Series later, maybe to make sure the English Dub on the DVDs of it did some form of justice for those two...well, it is possible the Sailor Moon Crystal Series does have Haruka and Michiru as love interests of each other, and don't have them as you know...
should make sure to not mix certain English Dubs with the more better ones who don't lie about two characters being cousins.
I mean I know I once thought they were cousins when first seeing them on Sailor Moon, but then I learned that those who did the dub where Usagi goes by Serena, that Michiru and Haruka aren't cousins.
I mean they could of made it so those two as childhood best friends who lost touch for a while until the day Haruka awaken as Sailor Uranus, but having them be cousins when really they aren't and hiding the fact they were more than just friends...
so yeah, it sucks they mixed that English Dub version in with the English Dub version that isn't censored...I will try to watch that season again another time, along with the one where people's dream mirrors are being targeted...I will watch Sailor Moon Crystal later...
if I had known before that they were going to mix different English Dubs together, ones that aren't by the same people who do English Dubs for Sailor Moon....ya don't mix them up, you put them in a separate box or case, so of course I'm going to be disappointed...
but maybe once in a while I watch that English Dub version, but I would preferred to watch the version where Haruka & Michiru isn't censored, which one of my hopes is to see it in the new series version of Sailor Moon that is Sailor Moon Crystal.
it also sucks what English Dub of Sonic X did to Chris, who turns out had parents who are a bit in the Gray...
so yeah Chris Thorndyke's Mom & Dad are Gray-Parents.
and the English Dub lies about that too, which it might be important to get both the English Dub and the version where it does have English Subtitles and hopefully isn't censored to hide the fact that Chris's parents kinda sucked, even if they do love their son but like Chris's Mom could of turned down the part in the movie and picked spending time with her son, yeah Cream still had a right to be mad because she was away from her Mom...
but Chris's Parents are Gray-Parents, even if some Gray-Parents aren't always so bad, and at times you don't figure out a beloved cool parent character is a Gray-Parent until you get to the next season.
Greg Universe was a Gray-Parent, and we didn't even figure this out until Steven Universe Future where he takes Steven to where he lived...I think both Greg and his parents are at fault.
both sides could of had some kind of compromise, plus Greg's Mom or Dad might of not allowed him to have music because he would always turn the volume up too loud, and it could be possible his Mom or Dad could go into pain from the volume because of them being sensitive loud sounds...
it's like ya can still like Greg, but then you realize that even when you like him, he didn't take Steven to a doctor once or even let him go to school, even home schooling would of been great, and the teacher would either come to Steven's home or do their classes online with other students who do home school.
I still don't like how Greg said to Steven "your a Gem, your not like other kids." he might be so, but he could of said your Half-Gem, Steven is still Human, and Connie's Mom has a right to be a bit mad at Greg for never taking Steven to the Doctor.
even if it does turn out that Isaac Sumdac is a bit of a Gray-Parent, but at least he made sure Sari had Tutor-bot...
but he could of made a Doctor-bot and Nurse-bot to make sure to take care of Sari if he needs a check up and take care of her when she's sick.
Blitzo's Dad ain't really a Gray-Parent, he is more of a Toxic-Dad, and that goes for Stolas's Dad as well, who pretty much sucks at Daddying...
Paimon makes Phenex seem like a better parent in comparison.
like even if a Earth Angel's Soul Name is Small Lilith Amethyst Phenex, it would be likely Phenex wouldn't be the one to raise her and when the the said Earth Angel was born, she had to be given to a Caretaker, a Angel that is a Caretaker is possibly those who act like surrogate parent to a newborn angel, even the hybrid ones that are earth angels...
and yeah, I know that the name Small Lilith Amethyst Phenex,
spells out SLAP...it's both weird and kind of funny.
anyway I wouldn't be surprised if Eddie also known as The Bratty Kid, well Bratty Kitten in this drawing...
had both parents who were either Gray or Toxic.
even if we might not see Eddie in any future episodes, it would be interesting if in the Fanon Timeline, he became a Sinnerling.
a Sinnerling is a Sinner Demon who was formerly Human, but are a child...
plus it would make sense that even Martha & Ralphie's kids become Sinnerlings....as for children who end up going to Heaven, which thanks to a video talking about the Cards, I learn that those who do end up going to Heaven in Hazbin Hotel, are called Winners.
well maybe the children would be called Winnerlings.
I also learned about Sera and Emily, and Emily seems like the type that would be on Charlie's Side, but we wont know for sure until we see how she's like in the show.
why does Emily make me think of that song "Me and Emily" by Rachel Proctor.
and if Emily & Charlie end up meeting and forming a bond, and that bond forming like family type where they form a sisterly like bond...
that would be a "I Sib It" cause once again, ya only use "I Ship It" for the romantic type ships, you NEVER use it for the platonic types, even if the parents in the "I Fam It" type are in the "I Ship It" but when it's the whole Family, it is a "I Fam It"
even thinking about those two forming a Sisterly Bond, even if it might not happen in the canon and might end up being fanon...
it makes the song The Great Divide by The McClain Sisters,
match those two, my O.T.S. is gonna be Charlie & Emily, even if it is only in a Fanon Timeline....which the O.T.S. is suppose to stand for One True Siblings....yeah I'm weird for viewing it like that.
anyway if Martha and Ralphie's Kids did have names, even if they are only named in the Fanon...maybe the daughter could be Riley and the son could be Martie or R.J. short for Ralphie Jr.
and yeah it is possible that some fan theories about Sinner Children, could be right....that like the Adult Sinners, they will be stuck as children...possibly both physically and mentally, not really growing up.
but in theory, it could be possible for them to grow up both physically and mentally even if originally they stop when they unfortunately lost their life in the Human World.
the idea I have is that, well even if it is for Fanon...
is that like how there is those Asmodean Crystals that can disguise Hellborns as Humans, there could be other type of Crystals besides Asmodean, that could allow a Sinnerling to grow up...
of course it could only be done, if they are adopted by a Hellborn or even the Royals like Charlie's Dad and the other Kings and Queens.
which we can only count the 8th King/Queen/Monarch who is The Embodiment Of Melancholy in the Fanon Timeline...
this Defective Earth Angel still says that one needs a blanket, a movie and comfort food, and a comforting hug, but only if they want a hug, if they don't feel like being hug at the moment, then one must respect that wish and only give them a hug if they truly want it.
anyway like I said about the possibility of Sinnerlings being able to grow up and age, it might only be possible if they wear a certain Gem or Crystal (that is NOT the Asmodean Crystal) and they have to wear it on a day and month on their birthday if they want to turn the Age they would of been when they were still living in the human world.
some Sinnerlings never had a family or did but still end up living in a Orphanage in the Human World before wrongfully ending up in Heck...well those who run the Orphanage for Sinnerlings, could have the special crystals (again NOT the Asmodean Crystals) that is given to the Sinnerling's adoptive parents, either they be Sinners or Hellborns.
of course those who run the Orphanage For Sinnerlings, know better than just to give the child to anyone, and even if it is Hell, they might have some morals to know not to let any harm come to either Hellborn or Sinnerling Children and to keep them safe.
there could be some Orphanages that have both Hellborn and Sinnerlings in it, of course that would still be in Fanon...
but even in a Orphanage where it has both Hellborn and Sinnerling Children living in the same building, when a Sinnerling is adopted by their new parents, those who run the Orphanage will give the new parents a Crystal that is suppose to help the child grow up, and if they choose to stop using it at some point when they become a adult, that would be their choice.
some of the Sinnerlings, can end up being babies, which could be seen as very rare and there is one way that can happen...
and it has NOTHING to do with not being baptized...
like even if the babies either being newborns or from the ages 1 to 3 years old, are still called Sinnerlings, but they would still be innocents.
like in the Fanon, when the Cleansing Day, even if those Exorcist also called Exterminators try to harm those babies and even the other children....they could end up having a protective bubble around them that those Exorcists can't get through, so they can't pop those bubbles no matter how much they try...
because those children are under The Great Goddess's Protection.
yeah, I know that Omni-Mom will likely never be mention in both Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss, which is why we have the Fanon.
and I can't help but wonder if how the Feminine Energy, being treated the way it was, counts as abuse...?
and yeah, I still refuse to let certain Eon-Boomers hurt Omni-Mom and hurt the balance between the Masculine and Feminine, even if it has gotten a bit better and healed, even if it's still in a fragile state, and it may have that toxic feminine energy in it, which isn't as dangerous or high as the toxic masculine energy...
of course some toxic-feminist don't really help the cause, and at least the Moxie Movie does better, even if the main character loses her way for a while and hate on guys who don't deserve it.
but at some point, she is brought back to the positive side and hating on the right kind of terrible guy who actually deserves it.
and believe me, the guy who is in that movie who actually deserves to be hated on, would be the type that even The Radio Demon Alastor wouldn't forgive. I forgot the guy's name, but I know he is a REALLY bad person.
anyway it might make sense that Eddie would be a Cat, because it references to his words of being a "Cat Person" and well because of that, I decided to draw him as a Sinnerling Kitten.
it could be possible that because he died in Hell instead of the Human World, it could take much longer for his soul to reform and end up in Sinnerling Kitten form in Hell, and instead of falling from the sky, like most Sinners do, he would likely wake up in the meeting room of I.M.P. and wont figure out he is a anthropomorphic kitten until he leaves and looks in a mirror.
even if Sinnerlings who do end up dying in the human world, do end up coming from the sky, those who are still babies would likely get a Hell-Stork fly to where they will fall but catch them and have them in one of those blankets and take them to the Sinnerling Orphanage.
the Hell-Storks are lucky not to have to do that job too much, only on rare times...and it only happens because of stupid humans in the living world.
yeah the idea might be Fanon, but it could work very well in the Fanon Timeline....so a Hell-Stork makes sense.
like the Hell-Stork could have three heads and very sharp fangs and be very protective of Sinnerlings, especially baby ones.
it don't matter if ya are royalty or overlord, you try to come any where near the sinnerling baby, then the three headed Hell-Stork will get really aggressive and will not hesitate to try to bite them all while protecting the baby in the blanket.
the Hell-Stork could also have four eyes on each of their three heads, making about twelve eyes.
like even if Lucifer loves ducks, he could know not to mess with Hell-Storks. cause Hell-Storks don't listen to the Kings or Overlords....
it could turn out that the Hell-Storks are less aggressive to the Queens and I guess even Overlords like Rosie and Velvette.
they are only really mean and super aggressive to the Kings and Male Overlords. I like that idea works for the Hell-Storks who's job is to protect Sinnerlings and make sure that they go to the Sinnerling Orphanage safely.
for Sinnerlings who aren't babies, and if they are older sinnerlings.
they are given a carriage that the Hell-Storks pull, like instead of one there is two of them and they will fly to the Sinnerling Orphanage.
so yeah since Martha and Ralphie's Kids aren't babies or even toddlers, they would be given the carriage pulled by Hell-Storks.
which means they don't fall on the pavement like their parents, but because they all end up dying and going to the same place, even if Martha & Ralphie's Kids are taken to the Sinnerling Orphanage, another Hell-Stork could go down to those two are and give them a card that reads they have 24 hours to come to the address to pick up their son and daughter or else they will be in the full custody of the Orphanage until they get adopted by a Hellborn or another Sinner, or on rare times a Winner from Heaven...
of course if Martha and her husband Ralphie don't make it to the Sinnerling Orphanage on time, not only they would lost custody but they would be given a restraining order where they aren't allowed near their kids or even know who gets to be their new parents.
plus if Martha wants her kids back even if she and Ralphie don't make it before the 24 hours are up, they would have to do a lot of paper work that could take them a very long while to finish but even if they do end up finishing the paper work, it is not just up to the paper work to let them have their kids, but also the ones who run the Sinnerling Orphanage.
and if the people who run the Sinnerling Orphanage decides to turn them down even if they do the proper paper work, then there is no changing it.
how they could turn Martha and her husband down even after they do the paper work to get their kids back, would be if some papers about Martha and Ralphie and how they were like in the living world, even when getting papers about their kids and how they were in the living world as well, the Sinnerling Orphanage will still keep the children but would make sure they are watched and not harm the other children at the Sinnerling Orphanage.
it is a type of safety that keeps both the other children and the others who work at the Orphanage safe in case some of the other children are very dangerous.
and in a Fanon Timeline, the reason why Succubus aren't hired to work at the Sinnerling Orphanage unless they are hybrids...
is because they will cause the innocent baby sinnerlings seizures.
the only way this can be prevented is if the Succubus or Incubus wear a special bracelet with gems on it, that will block the lust energy that would cause harm to the sinnerlings.
a full succubus and incubus aren't allowed on the property because they place the much younger sinnerlings in danger, and most of those who do end up in danger of a seizure will be RH Negative and have chances of being a Empath...
plus with Sinnerlings who are RH Negative and Empath, they need special care because they are really sensitive to Hell's environment.
plus if a Sinner or Hellborn Couple or a Couple who are both a Sinner & Hellborn want to adopt the RH Negative & Empath Baby, those who run the Orphanage will have to give a list to the new parents on how to take care of the baby, such as having a dream catcher over their crib and also to keep the windows closed and have soft padding on the walls, floor and ceiling because baby and toddler sinnerlings with RH Negative blood type and Empath powers, tend to float and fly around the room when they use their telekinesis.
like picture if someone at the Sinnerling Orphanage left the windows open and it made the news.
like picture Katie Killjoy on the news talking about a flying Sinnerling going around the Pentagram City, and what would be funny is that the RH Negative Babies are at the moment more powerful than Overlords and can possibly pick a Overlord up like it was nothing and throw them across the other side of a street.
but even if the said baby has fun flying around, and picking up and throwing a Overlord....they can't stay outside too long because they will still be really sensitive to Hell's Environment and they will likely get sick or have a seizure if they get around a full succubus who isn't a hybrid.
hybrids who only half-succubus or quarter succubus, are safe for them to be around because the hybrids wont cause them to go into a seizure.
even if Ozzie and Fizzie were to adopt a Sinnerling who is not only a baby but was born with RH Negative blood and have empath like powers, Ozzie might know to keep his and Fizz's new baby safe from energy that will cause a seizure, such as drooling and twitching.
I had my first seizure when I was a baby, I think maybe a year old or almost close to it. and I think the reason why my seizures have stop, is because the town we live at now has safer energy and less dangerous energies from both people and place.
Hellborns and Sinners who work at the Sinnerling Orphanage could be made to wear Amethyst and Rose Quartz so they don't cause the Sinnerlings who are RH Negative and are descendants of the nephilim, to come sick with a fever.
it can turn out that even those who come to adopt are required to wear them to keep the RH Negative babies safe and not get sick.
it might be a weird and strange idea, but it is for the Fanon Timeline of Hazbin Hotel & Helluva Boss.
and anyway maybe I will draw idea sometime...and I guess it would make sense that when those who do adopt those RH Negative babies, they have to have the baby wear a baby bracelet with a amethyst and rose quartz on it when they go out and the bracelet could be taken off when they need to sleep in their crib but there would need to be Amethyst, Rose Quartz and other gems for protection around the room.
anyway hope some like that very long idea as well as the drawing of Martha & Ralphie's Kids as well as Eddie in their Sinnerling forms.
even if it isn't canon but would fit in a Fanon Timeline in a Helluva Boss AU, even a Crossover type AU that is a mix of Hazbin Hotel AU and Helluva Boss AU and a few added Crossover Universes.
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Oh lol the long, maybe slow burn(?), maybe-xiyao-maybe-not, post-CQL!canon monster where wwx and lwj rescue this kid and bring him back to Cloud Recesses...
...(as a hiding place because that's canon) and give him the job of working for lxc while he's in confinement (in my mind it's also kind of "gentleman in hiding" or 隐士 [I think I got that right] but anyway). Anyway, this kid actually has a lot going on but he's keeping it a secret. The problem is...he looks a little too much like young Meng Yao (so is this transmigration? with amnesia? I don't know). Well, fuck. So wwx comes up with this idea that the kid (his name is Zhou Yi) should wear something to cover his face because while he's acting as a servant for lxc, lxc is technically removed from public and other people. So if Zhou Yi wears a covering, then he's not "a person" but he's another piece of furniture or some other useful item--and lxc won't see the similarities between ZY and young!MY. Wangxian pays a visit to LXC with the kid, drop him off, and there's a long span of slowly becoming accustomed to each other and ZY cleaning up the slightly ramshackle house LXC is now living in (without talismans or help because LXC doesn't use them, with ZY learning what LXC will permit him to do--which includes bringing his meals to him, except that LXC is refusing to eat, his cultivation is waning, he's growing ill. ZY finally begs him to eat, kneeling on the floor and holding up a bowl of hot soup (burning his fingers), because if LXC "fades away" (ZY's term) then where will "your servant" go??? So LXC relents and actually eats (a little). It's a bonding experience. The seasons move on and it's autumn and ZY is peeling apples outside and LXC finds him asleep in the sun--which is cute and all but it's not actually as cute as it seems because ZY has a kind of curse in his skin that's more or less Sailor Moon-style draining his energy. So he sometimes just conks out cold.
At some point, the head of a sect that's rising in importance pays a visit to Cloud Recesses and he's received...politely. ZY was, for whatever reason, sent out into the hills around CR to look for persimmons (though it's kind of early? won't they be sour?). As he's walking around he sees this leader and, whoops! Time to hide (with the rabbits who are hopping around in the grass). This other leader is like "I would like to pay a call on Zewu-jun..." And Wangxian are like "No dice. He's put himself in confinement." So are you picking up what I'm putting down here? (An aside: at some point, probably one night, ZY will think LXC is asleep/meditating deeply and takes off his mask/face cover but LXC is not quite asleep and sees him and there's gotta be a serious amount of shock at seeing, you know, someone who looks like young!MY crouched by the fire in this ramshackle house--idk, flashbacks for lxc, I guess. So that might be where he stops eating and really withdraws into himself and finally comes out of it with soup &c &c but idk how to keep that IC, yk?)
I have lots of bits and pieces hereafter, like getting the curse out of ZY's skin (which sucks) and ZY going back to his family house (which, spoilers, has been usurped by that visiting leader, which is why ZY had to flee in the first place). I kind of want the Zhou family in this story to know about poison? Because that would be cool?
More spoilers: yes, there's a happy ending. But it would be a beast to write everything to get there.
There.
What's the fic you would write if you had the energy for it? Ambitious, complex, novel-length—the fanfic you'd make if you could.
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Diving for Pearls: A Guide to Long Tail Keywords - Next Level
Welcome to this refreshed installment of our educational Next Level series! Originally published in June 2016 this blog has been rewritten to include new tool screenshots and refreshed workflows. Together we’ll uncover keywords in the vastness of the long tail.
Looking for more Next Level posts? Previously we explored how to create relevant and engaging SEO reports.
One of the biggest obstacles to driving forward your business online is being able to rank well for keywords that people are searching for. Getting your lovely URLs to show up in those precious top positions — and gaining a good portion of the visitors behind the searches — can feel like an impossible dream. Particularly if you’re working on a newish site on a modest budget within a competitive niche.
Well, strap yourself in, because today we’re going to live that dream. I’ll take you through the bronze, silver, and gold levels of finding, assessing, and targeting long tail keywords so you can start getting visitors to your site that are primed and ready to convert.
Quick steps to building a long tail keyword list:
Draw from your industry and customer knowledge
Add suggestions from Google Autocomplete
Explore industry language on social media
Pull relevant suggestions from a keyword tool
Prioritize using popularity and difficulty metrics
Understand the competitive landscape to pinpoint opportunities
What are long tail keywords?
The "long tail of search" refers to the many weird and wonderful ways the diverse people of the world search for any given niche.
People (yes, people! Shiny, happy, everyday, run-of-the-mill, muesli-eating, credit-card-swiping people!) rarely stop searching broad and generic 'head' keywords, like “web design” or “camera” or “sailor moon.”
They clarify their search with emotional triggers, technical terms they’ve learned from reading forums, and compare features and prices before mustering up the courage to commit and convert on your site.
The long tail is packed with searches like “best web designer in Nottingham” or “mirrorless camera 4k video 2016” or “sailor moon cat costume.”
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This adaptation of the Search Demand Curve chart visualizes the long tail of search by using the tried and tested "Internet loves cats + animated gifs are the coolest = SUCCESS" formula.
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The Search Demand Curve illustrates that while “head” and “body” terms typically amass higher search volume, seeming appealing at first. The vastness of the “long tail” presents a more substantial opportunity and larger percentage of search traffic that shouldn’t be ignored. You can really see this illustrated when combined as a percentage of search traffic. While this graph contains no cats, it is still entirely illustrative. However the long tail of search isn’t slowing down anytime soon with voice search and AI integrations we can expect the vastness of the long tail to continue to grow.
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While search volume for any individual long tail keyword is typically less, user intent is much more specific and viewed as a group targeting the long tail often enables you to target a larger more engaged audience. Also beautifully illustrated in Dr. Pete’s infamous chunky thorax post.
The long tail of search is being constantly generated by people seeking answers from the Internet hive mind. There's no end to what you’ll find if you have a good old rummage about, including: Questions, styles, colors, brands, concerns, peeves, desires, hopes, dreams… and everything in between.
Fresh, new, outrageous, often bizarre keywords. If you’ve done any keyword research you’ll know what I mean by bizarre. Things a person wouldn’t admit to their best friend, therapist, or doctor they’ll happily pump into Google and hit search. In this post we’re going to go diving for pearls: keywords with searcher intent, high demand, low competition, and a spot on the SERPs just for you.
Bronze medal: Build your own long tail keyword
It’s really easy to come up with a long tail keyword. You can use your brain, gather some thoughts, take a stab in the dark, and throw a few keyword modifiers around your ‘head’ keyword.
Have you ever played that magnetic fridge poetry game? It’s a bit like that. You can play online if (like me) you have an aversion to physical things.
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I’m no poet, but I think I deserve a medal for this attempt, and now I really want some "hot seasonal berry water."
Magnetic poetry not doing it for you? Don’t worry — that’s only the beginning.
Use your industry knowledge
Time to draw on that valuable industry knowledge you’ve been storing up, jot down some ideas, and think about intent and common misconceptions. I’m going to use the example pearls or freshwater pearls in this post as the head term because that’s something I’m interested in.
Let’s go! Let’s say I run a jewelry business and I know that my customers regularly have questions, like:
How do I clean freshwater pearls
Using my knowledge I can rattle off and build a keyword list.
Search your keyword
Engage google suggested search tool to get some more ideas. Manually enter your keyword into Google and prompting it to populate popular suggestions, like I’ve done below:
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Awesome, I’m adding Freshwater pearls price to my list.
Explore the language of social media
Get amongst the over-sharers and have a look at what people are chatting about on social media by searching your keyword in Twitter, tiktok, Instagram, and Youtube. These are topics in your niche that people are talking about right now.
YouTube is also pulling up some interesting ideas around my keyword. This is simultaneously helping me gather keyword ideas and giving me a good sense about what content is already out there. Don’t worry, we’ll touch on content later on in this post. :)
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I’m adding understanding types of pearls and Difference between saltwater and freshwater pearls to my list.
Ask keyword questions…?
You’ll probably notice that I’ve added a question mark to a phrase that is not a question, just to mess with you all. Apologies for the confusing internal-reading-voice-upwards-inflection.
Questions are my favorite types of keywords. What!? You don’t have a fav keyword type? Well, you do now — trust me.
Answer the Public is packed with questions radiating out from your seed term
Pop freshwater pearls into the tool and grab some questions for our growing list.
To leave no rock unturned (or no mollusk unshucked), let’s pop over to Google Search Console to find keywords that are already sending you traffic (and discover any mismatches between your content and user intent.)
Pile these into a list, like I've done in this spreadsheet.
Now this is starting to look interesting: we’ve got some keyword modifiers, some clear buying signals, and a better idea of what people might be looking for around "freshwater pearls."
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Should you stop there? I’m flabbergasted — how can you even suggest that?! This is only the beginning. :)
Silver medal: Assess demand and explore topics
So far, so rosy. But we've been focusing on finding keywords, picking them up, and stashing them in our collection like colored glass at the seaside.
To really dig into the endless tail of your niche, you’ll need a keyword tool like our very own Keyword Explorer. This is invaluable for finding topics within your niche that present a real opportunity for your site.
If you’re trying out Keyword Explorer for the first time, you’ll have 10 free searches/mo with a free Moz Community account and even more with a Moz Pro free trial or paid subscription.
Find search volume for your head keyword
To start, enter a broad industry keyword. In my case I’ll type in "pearls" into the Keyword Explorer search box. Now you can see Moz’s Monthly Volume displaying how often a term or phrase is searched for in Google:
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Now try "freshwater pearls." As expected, the search volume goes down, but we’re getting more specific.
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We could keep going like this, but we’re going to burn up all our free searches. Just take it as read that, as you get more specific and enter all the phrases we found earlier, the search volume will decrease even more. There may not be any data at all. That’s why you need to explore the searches around this main keyword.
Find even more long tail keywords
Below the search volume, click on "Keyword Suggestions."
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Well, hi there, ever-expanding long tail! We’ve gone from a handful of keywords pulled together manually from different sources to 1,000 suggestions right there on your screen. Positioned right next to that, search volume to give us an idea of demand.
The diversity of searches within your niche is just as important as that big number we saw at the beginning, because it shows you how much demand there is for this niche as a whole. We’re also learning more about searcher intent.
I’m scanning through those 1,000 suggestions and looking for other terms that pop up again and again. I’m also looking for signals and different ways the words are being used to pick out words to expand my list.
I like to toggle between sorting by Relevancy and search volume, and then scroll through all the results to cherry-pick those that catch my eye.
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Now reverse the volume filter so that it’s showing lower-volume search terms and scroll down through the end of the tail to explore the lower-volume chatter.
If we don’t have tracked data in our database you can always cross reference with another data set to validate their value.
This is where your industry knowledge comes into play again. Bots, formulas, spreadsheets, and algorithms are all well and good, but don’t discount your own instincts and knowledge.
Use the suggestion filters to your advantage and play around with broader or more specific suggestion types.
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Looking through the suggestions, I’ve noticed that the word “cultured” has popped up a few times.
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To see these all bundled together, I want to look at the grouping options in Keyword Explorer. I like the high lexicon groups so I can see how much discussion is going on within my topics.
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Scroll down and expand that group to get an idea of demand and assess intent.
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I’m also interested in the words around "price" and "value," so I’m doing the same and saving those to my sheet, along with the search volume. A few attempts at researching the "cleaning" of pearls wasn’t very fruitful, so I’ve adjusted my search to "clean freshwater pearls."
Because I’m a keyword questions fanatic, I’m also going to filter by questions (the bottom option from the drop-down menu):
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OK! How is our keyword list looking? Pretty darn hot, I reckon! We’ve gathered together a list of keywords and dug into the long tail of these sub-niches, and right alongside we’ve got search volume.
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You’ll notice that some of the keywords I discovered in the bronze stage don’t have any data showing up in Keyword Explorer (indicated by the hyphen in the screenshot above). That’s ok — they’re still topics I can research further. This is exactly why we have assessed demand; no wild goose chase for us!
Ok, we’re drawing some conclusions, we’re building our list, and we’re making educated decisions. Congrats on your silver-level keyword wizardry! :D
Gold medal: Find out who you’re competing with
We’re not operating in a vacuum. There’s always someone out there trying to elbow their way onto the first page. Don’t fall into the trap of thinking that just because it’s a long tail term with a nice chunk of search volume all those clicks will rain down on you. If the terms you’re looking to target already have big names headlining, this could very well alter your roadmap.
To reap the rewards of targeting the long tail, you’ll have to make sure you can outperform your competition.
Manually check the SERPs
Check out who's showing up in the search engine results page (SERPs) by running a search for your head term. Make sure you’re signed out of Google and in an incognito tab.
We’re focusing on the organic results to find out if there are any weaker URLs you can pick off.
I’ll start with “freshwater pearls” for illustrative purposes.
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Whoooaaa, this is a noisy page. I’ve had to scroll a whole 2.5cm on my magic mouse (that’s very nearly a whole inch for the imperialists among us) just to see any organic results.
Let’s install the Mozbar to discover some metrics on the fly, like domain authority and back-linking data.
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Now, if seeing those big players in the SERPs doesn’t make it clear, looking at the Mozbar metrics certainly does. This is exclusive real estate. It’s dominated by retailers, although Wikipedia gets a place in the middle of the page.
Let’s get into the mind of Google for a second. It — or should I say "they" (I can’t decide if it’s more creepy for Google to be referred to as a singular or plural pronoun. Let’s go with "they") — anyway, I digress. "They" are guessing that we’re looking to buy pearls, but they're also offering results on what they are.
This sort of information is offered up by big retailers who have created content that targets the intention of searchers. Mikimoto drives us to their blog post all about where freshwater pearls come from.
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As you get deeper into the long tail of your niche, you’ll begin to come across sites you might not be so familiar with. So go and have a peek at their content.
With a little bit of snooping you can easily find out:
how relevant the article is
if it looks appealing, up to date, and sharable
be really judge-y: why not?
Now let’s find some more:
when the article was published
when their site was created
how often their blog is updated
how many other sites are linking to the page with Link Explorer
how many tweets, likes, etc.
Learn more about how to do a competitor analysis in our free guide, and don’t forget to download the handy worksheet.
Document all of your findings in our spreadsheet from earlier to keep track of the data. This information will now inform you of your chances of ranking for that term.
Manually checking out your competition is something that I would strongly recommend. But we don’t have all the time in the world to check each results page for each keyword we’re interested in.
Keyword Explorer leaps to our rescue again
Run your search and click on "SERP Analysis" to see what the first page looks like, along with authority metrics and social activity.
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All the metrics for the organic results, like Page Authority, goes into calculating the Difficulty score above (lower is better).
And all those other factors — the ads and suggestions taking up space on the SERPs — that's what's used to calculate Organic CTR (higher is better).
Priority is all the other metrics tallied up. You definitely want this to be higher.
So now we have 3 important numerical values we can use to gauge our competition. We can use these values to compare keywords.
After a few searches in Keyword Explorer, you’re going to start hankering for a keyword list or two. For this you’ll need a paid subscription, or a Moz Pro 30-day free trial.
It’s well worth the sign-up; not only do you get 5,000 keyword queries per month and 30 lists (on the Medium plan), but you also get to check out the super-magical-KWE-mega-list-funky-cool metric page. That’s what I call it, just rolls off the tongue, you know?
Okay, fellow list buddies, let’s go and add those terms we’re interested in to our lovely new list.
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Then head up to your lists on the top right and open up the one you just created.
Now we can see the spread of demand, competition and SERP features for our whole list.
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You can compare Volume, SERPS Features, Difficulty, Organic CTR, and Priority across multiple lists, topics, and niches.
How to compare apples with apples
Comparing keywords is something our support team gets questions about all the time.
Should I target this word or that word?
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For the long tail keyword, the Volume is a lot lower, Difficulty is also down, the Organic CTR is a bit up, and overall the Priority is down because of the drop in search volume.
But don’t discount it! By targeting these sorts of terms, you’re focusing more on the intent of the searcher. You’re also making your content relevant for all the other neighboring search terms.
Let’s compare the difference between freshwater and cultured pearls with how much are freshwater pearls worth.
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Search volume is the same, but for the keyword how much are freshwater pearls worth Difficulty is up, but so is the overall Priority because the Organic CTR is higher.
But just because you’re picking between two long tail keywords doesn’t mean you’ve fully understood the long tail of search.
You know all those keywords I grabbed for my list earlier in this post? Well, here they are sorted into topics.
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Look at all the different ways people search for the same thing. This is what drives the long tail of search — searcher diversity. If you tally all the volume up for the cultured topic, we’ve got a bigger group of keywords and overall more search volume. This is where you can use Keyword Explorer and the long tail to make informed decisions.
You’re laying out your virtual welcome mat for all the potential traffic these terms send.
Platinum level: I lied — there's one more level!
For all you lovely overachievers out there who have reached the end of this post, I’m going to reward you with one final tip.
You’ve done all the snooping around on your competitors, so you know who you’re up against. You’ve done the research, so you know what keywords to target to begin driving intent-rich traffic.
Now you need to create strong, consistent, and outstanding content.
As Dr Pete confirmed:
We don’t have to work ourselves to death to target the long tail of search. It doesn’t take 10,000 pieces of content to rank for 10,000 variants of a phrase, and Google (and our visitors) would much prefer we not spin out that content. The new, post-NLP (Natural Language Processing) long tail of SEO requires us to understand how our keywords fit into semantic space, mapping their relationships and covering the core concepts. Study your SERPs diligently, and you can find the patterns to turn your own long tail of keywords into a chonky thorax of opportunity.
Here's where you really have to tip your hat to long tail keywords, because by strategically targeting the long tail you can start to build enough authority in the industry to beat stronger competition and rank higher for more competitive keywords in your niche.
Wrapping up…
The various different keyword phrases that make up the long tail in your industry are vast, often easier to rank for, and indicate stronger intent from the searcher. By targeting them you’ll find you can start to rank for relevant phrases sooner than if you just targeted the head. And over time, if you get the right signals, you’ll be able to rank for keywords with tougher competition. Pretty sweet, huh? Give Moz’s Keyword Explorer tool a whirl and let me know how you get on :)
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bfxenon · 2 years ago
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Diving for Pearls: A Guide to Long Tail Keywords - Next Level
Welcome to this refreshed installment of our educational Next Level series! Originally published in June 2016 this blog has been rewritten to include new tool screenshots and refreshed workflows. Together we’ll uncover keywords in the vastness of the long tail.
Looking for more Next Level posts? Previously we explored how to create relevant and engaging SEO reports.
One of the biggest obstacles to driving forward your business online is being able to rank well for keywords that people are searching for. Getting your lovely URLs to show up in those precious top positions — and gaining a good portion of the visitors behind the searches — can feel like an impossible dream. Particularly if you’re working on a newish site on a modest budget within a competitive niche.
Well, strap yourself in, because today we’re going to live that dream. I’ll take you through the bronze, silver, and gold levels of finding, assessing, and targeting long tail keywords so you can start getting visitors to your site that are primed and ready to convert.
Quick steps to building a long tail keyword list:
Draw from your industry and customer knowledge
Add suggestions from Google Autocomplete
Explore industry language on social media
Pull relevant suggestions from a keyword tool
Prioritize using popularity and difficulty metrics
Understand the competitive landscape to pinpoint opportunities
What are long tail keywords?
The "long tail of search" refers to the many weird and wonderful ways the diverse people of the world search for any given niche.
People (yes, people! Shiny, happy, everyday, run-of-the-mill, muesli-eating, credit-card-swiping people!) rarely stop searching broad and generic 'head' keywords, like “web design” or “camera” or “sailor moon.”
They clarify their search with emotional triggers, technical terms they’ve learned from reading forums, and compare features and prices before mustering up the courage to commit and convert on your site.
The long tail is packed with searches like “best web designer in Nottingham” or “mirrorless camera 4k video 2016” or “sailor moon cat costume.”
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This adaptation of the Search Demand Curve chart visualizes the long tail of search by using the tried and tested "Internet loves cats + animated gifs are the coolest = SUCCESS" formula.
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The Search Demand Curve illustrates that while “head” and “body” terms typically amass higher search volume, seeming appealing at first. The vastness of the “long tail” presents a more substantial opportunity and larger percentage of search traffic that shouldn’t be ignored. You can really see this illustrated when combined as a percentage of search traffic. While this graph contains no cats, it is still entirely illustrative. However the long tail of search isn’t slowing down anytime soon with voice search and AI integrations we can expect the vastness of the long tail to continue to grow.
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While search volume for any individual long tail keyword is typically less, user intent is much more specific and viewed as a group targeting the long tail often enables you to target a larger more engaged audience. Also beautifully illustrated in Dr. Pete’s infamous chunky thorax post.
The long tail of search is being constantly generated by people seeking answers from the Internet hive mind. There's no end to what you’ll find if you have a good old rummage about, including: Questions, styles, colors, brands, concerns, peeves, desires, hopes, dreams… and everything in between.
Fresh, new, outrageous, often bizarre keywords. If you’ve done any keyword research you’ll know what I mean by bizarre. Things a person wouldn’t admit to their best friend, therapist, or doctor they’ll happily pump into Google and hit search. In this post we’re going to go diving for pearls: keywords with searcher intent, high demand, low competition, and a spot on the SERPs just for you.
Bronze medal: Build your own long tail keyword
It’s really easy to come up with a long tail keyword. You can use your brain, gather some thoughts, take a stab in the dark, and throw a few keyword modifiers around your ‘head’ keyword.
Have you ever played that magnetic fridge poetry game? It’s a bit like that. You can play online if (like me) you have an aversion to physical things.
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I’m no poet, but I think I deserve a medal for this attempt, and now I really want some "hot seasonal berry water."
Magnetic poetry not doing it for you? Don’t worry — that’s only the beginning.
Use your industry knowledge
Time to draw on that valuable industry knowledge you’ve been storing up, jot down some ideas, and think about intent and common misconceptions. I’m going to use the example pearls or freshwater pearls in this post as the head term because that’s something I’m interested in.
Let’s go! Let’s say I run a jewelry business and I know that my customers regularly have questions, like:
How do I clean freshwater pearls
Using my knowledge I can rattle off and build a keyword list.
Search your keyword
Engage google suggested search tool to get some more ideas. Manually enter your keyword into Google and prompting it to populate popular suggestions, like I’ve done below:
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Awesome, I’m adding Freshwater pearls price to my list.
Explore the language of social media
Get amongst the over-sharers and have a look at what people are chatting about on social media by searching your keyword in Twitter, tiktok, Instagram, and Youtube. These are topics in your niche that people are talking about right now.
YouTube is also pulling up some interesting ideas around my keyword. This is simultaneously helping me gather keyword ideas and giving me a good sense about what content is already out there. Don’t worry, we’ll touch on content later on in this post. :)
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I’m adding understanding types of pearls and Difference between saltwater and freshwater pearls to my list.
Ask keyword questions…?
You’ll probably notice that I’ve added a question mark to a phrase that is not a question, just to mess with you all. Apologies for the confusing internal-reading-voice-upwards-inflection.
Questions are my favorite types of keywords. What!? You don’t have a fav keyword type? Well, you do now — trust me.
Answer the Public is packed with questions radiating out from your seed term
Pop freshwater pearls into the tool and grab some questions for our growing list.
To leave no rock unturned (or no mollusk unshucked), let’s pop over to Google Search Console to find keywords that are already sending you traffic (and discover any mismatches between your content and user intent.)
Pile these into a list, like I've done in this spreadsheet.
Now this is starting to look interesting: we’ve got some keyword modifiers, some clear buying signals, and a better idea of what people might be looking for around "freshwater pearls."
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Should you stop there? I’m flabbergasted — how can you even suggest that?! This is only the beginning. :)
Silver medal: Assess demand and explore topics
So far, so rosy. But we've been focusing on finding keywords, picking them up, and stashing them in our collection like colored glass at the seaside.
To really dig into the endless tail of your niche, you’ll need a keyword tool like our very own Keyword Explorer. This is invaluable for finding topics within your niche that present a real opportunity for your site.
If you’re trying out Keyword Explorer for the first time, you’ll have 10 free searches/mo with a free Moz Community account and even more with a Moz Pro free trial or paid subscription.
Find search volume for your head keyword
To start, enter a broad industry keyword. In my case I’ll type in "pearls" into the Keyword Explorer search box. Now you can see Moz’s Monthly Volume displaying how often a term or phrase is searched for in Google:
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Now try "freshwater pearls." As expected, the search volume goes down, but we’re getting more specific.
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We could keep going like this, but we’re going to burn up all our free searches. Just take it as read that, as you get more specific and enter all the phrases we found earlier, the search volume will decrease even more. There may not be any data at all. That’s why you need to explore the searches around this main keyword.
Find even more long tail keywords
Below the search volume, click on "Keyword Suggestions."
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Well, hi there, ever-expanding long tail! We’ve gone from a handful of keywords pulled together manually from different sources to 1,000 suggestions right there on your screen. Positioned right next to that, search volume to give us an idea of demand.
The diversity of searches within your niche is just as important as that big number we saw at the beginning, because it shows you how much demand there is for this niche as a whole. We’re also learning more about searcher intent.
I’m scanning through those 1,000 suggestions and looking for other terms that pop up again and again. I’m also looking for signals and different ways the words are being used to pick out words to expand my list.
I like to toggle between sorting by Relevancy and search volume, and then scroll through all the results to cherry-pick those that catch my eye.
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Now reverse the volume filter so that it’s showing lower-volume search terms and scroll down through the end of the tail to explore the lower-volume chatter.
If we don’t have tracked data in our database you can always cross reference with another data set to validate their value.
This is where your industry knowledge comes into play again. Bots, formulas, spreadsheets, and algorithms are all well and good, but don’t discount your own instincts and knowledge.
Use the suggestion filters to your advantage and play around with broader or more specific suggestion types.
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Looking through the suggestions, I’ve noticed that the word “cultured” has popped up a few times.
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To see these all bundled together, I want to look at the grouping options in Keyword Explorer. I like the high lexicon groups so I can see how much discussion is going on within my topics.
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Scroll down and expand that group to get an idea of demand and assess intent.
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I’m also interested in the words around "price" and "value," so I’m doing the same and saving those to my sheet, along with the search volume. A few attempts at researching the "cleaning" of pearls wasn’t very fruitful, so I’ve adjusted my search to "clean freshwater pearls."
Because I’m a keyword questions fanatic, I’m also going to filter by questions (the bottom option from the drop-down menu):
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OK! How is our keyword list looking? Pretty darn hot, I reckon! We’ve gathered together a list of keywords and dug into the long tail of these sub-niches, and right alongside we’ve got search volume.
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You’ll notice that some of the keywords I discovered in the bronze stage don’t have any data showing up in Keyword Explorer (indicated by the hyphen in the screenshot above). That’s ok — they’re still topics I can research further. This is exactly why we have assessed demand; no wild goose chase for us!
Ok, we’re drawing some conclusions, we’re building our list, and we’re making educated decisions. Congrats on your silver-level keyword wizardry! :D
Gold medal: Find out who you’re competing with
We’re not operating in a vacuum. There’s always someone out there trying to elbow their way onto the first page. Don’t fall into the trap of thinking that just because it’s a long tail term with a nice chunk of search volume all those clicks will rain down on you. If the terms you’re looking to target already have big names headlining, this could very well alter your roadmap.
To reap the rewards of targeting the long tail, you’ll have to make sure you can outperform your competition.
Manually check the SERPs
Check out who's showing up in the search engine results page (SERPs) by running a search for your head term. Make sure you’re signed out of Google and in an incognito tab.
We’re focusing on the organic results to find out if there are any weaker URLs you can pick off.
I’ll start with “freshwater pearls” for illustrative purposes.
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Whoooaaa, this is a noisy page. I’ve had to scroll a whole 2.5cm on my magic mouse (that’s very nearly a whole inch for the imperialists among us) just to see any organic results.
Let’s install the Mozbar to discover some metrics on the fly, like domain authority and back-linking data.
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Now, if seeing those big players in the SERPs doesn’t make it clear, looking at the Mozbar metrics certainly does. This is exclusive real estate. It’s dominated by retailers, although Wikipedia gets a place in the middle of the page.
Let’s get into the mind of Google for a second. It — or should I say "they" (I can’t decide if it’s more creepy for Google to be referred to as a singular or plural pronoun. Let’s go with "they") — anyway, I digress. "They" are guessing that we’re looking to buy pearls, but they're also offering results on what they are.
This sort of information is offered up by big retailers who have created content that targets the intention of searchers. Mikimoto drives us to their blog post all about where freshwater pearls come from.
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As you get deeper into the long tail of your niche, you’ll begin to come across sites you might not be so familiar with. So go and have a peek at their content.
With a little bit of snooping you can easily find out:
how relevant the article is
if it looks appealing, up to date, and sharable
be really judge-y: why not?
Now let’s find some more:
when the article was published
when their site was created
how often their blog is updated
how many other sites are linking to the page with Link Explorer
how many tweets, likes, etc.
Learn more about how to do a competitor analysis in our free guide, and don’t forget to download the handy worksheet.
Document all of your findings in our spreadsheet from earlier to keep track of the data. This information will now inform you of your chances of ranking for that term.
Manually checking out your competition is something that I would strongly recommend. But we don’t have all the time in the world to check each results page for each keyword we’re interested in.
Keyword Explorer leaps to our rescue again
Run your search and click on "SERP Analysis" to see what the first page looks like, along with authority metrics and social activity.
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All the metrics for the organic results, like Page Authority, goes into calculating the Difficulty score above (lower is better).
And all those other factors — the ads and suggestions taking up space on the SERPs — that's what's used to calculate Organic CTR (higher is better).
Priority is all the other metrics tallied up. You definitely want this to be higher.
So now we have 3 important numerical values we can use to gauge our competition. We can use these values to compare keywords.
After a few searches in Keyword Explorer, you’re going to start hankering for a keyword list or two. For this you’ll need a paid subscription, or a Moz Pro 30-day free trial.
It’s well worth the sign-up; not only do you get 5,000 keyword queries per month and 30 lists (on the Medium plan), but you also get to check out the super-magical-KWE-mega-list-funky-cool metric page. That’s what I call it, just rolls off the tongue, you know?
Okay, fellow list buddies, let’s go and add those terms we’re interested in to our lovely new list.
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Then head up to your lists on the top right and open up the one you just created.
Now we can see the spread of demand, competition and SERP features for our whole list.
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You can compare Volume, SERPS Features, Difficulty, Organic CTR, and Priority across multiple lists, topics, and niches.
How to compare apples with apples
Comparing keywords is something our support team gets questions about all the time.
Should I target this word or that word?
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For the long tail keyword, the Volume is a lot lower, Difficulty is also down, the Organic CTR is a bit up, and overall the Priority is down because of the drop in search volume.
But don’t discount it! By targeting these sorts of terms, you’re focusing more on the intent of the searcher. You’re also making your content relevant for all the other neighboring search terms.
Let’s compare the difference between freshwater and cultured pearls with how much are freshwater pearls worth.
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Search volume is the same, but for the keyword how much are freshwater pearls worth Difficulty is up, but so is the overall Priority because the Organic CTR is higher.
But just because you’re picking between two long tail keywords doesn’t mean you’ve fully understood the long tail of search.
You know all those keywords I grabbed for my list earlier in this post? Well, here they are sorted into topics.
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Look at all the different ways people search for the same thing. This is what drives the long tail of search — searcher diversity. If you tally all the volume up for the cultured topic, we’ve got a bigger group of keywords and overall more search volume. This is where you can use Keyword Explorer and the long tail to make informed decisions.
You’re laying out your virtual welcome mat for all the potential traffic these terms send.
Platinum level: I lied — there's one more level!
For all you lovely overachievers out there who have reached the end of this post, I’m going to reward you with one final tip.
You’ve done all the snooping around on your competitors, so you know who you’re up against. You’ve done the research, so you know what keywords to target to begin driving intent-rich traffic.
Now you need to create strong, consistent, and outstanding content.
As Dr Pete confirmed:
We don’t have to work ourselves to death to target the long tail of search. It doesn’t take 10,000 pieces of content to rank for 10,000 variants of a phrase, and Google (and our visitors) would much prefer we not spin out that content. The new, post-NLP (Natural Language Processing) long tail of SEO requires us to understand how our keywords fit into semantic space, mapping their relationships and covering the core concepts. Study your SERPs diligently, and you can find the patterns to turn your own long tail of keywords into a chonky thorax of opportunity.
Here's where you really have to tip your hat to long tail keywords, because by strategically targeting the long tail you can start to build enough authority in the industry to beat stronger competition and rank higher for more competitive keywords in your niche.
Wrapping up…
The various different keyword phrases that make up the long tail in your industry are vast, often easier to rank for, and indicate stronger intent from the searcher. By targeting them you’ll find you can start to rank for relevant phrases sooner than if you just targeted the head. And over time, if you get the right signals, you’ll be able to rank for keywords with tougher competition. Pretty sweet, huh? Give Moz’s Keyword Explorer tool a whirl and let me know how you get on :)
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my life if i never found sailor moon stuff on that one kids craft site in elementary school
#so like technically i learned about sailor moon from that first#but later i started actually getting into it bc they had some of it at my library#which closed and when it was closing my mom got some of their sailor moon volumes at their closing sale#so now i have a couple duplicates but also some of them are the actual ones i checked out from the library which is pretty fun idk#but anyway when i was 10 i was reading manga online which was a bad idea but anyway i found cardcaptor sakura somehow. i assume i was#looking for magical girl stuff because of sailor moon. i also remember trying to read a little bit of tokyo mew mew too but i didnt really#like it. so anyway i read ccs when i was 10 and i liked it despite the weird parts lmao#and when i was 11 i got the first 3 volumes of xxxholic at a goodwill and from there i found out about tsubasa#and read the first chapter or two back then but i didnt finish either of them until last year lmao#side note its possible i actually found out abt xxxholic & trc on an april 1st. i dont remember the timeline exactly but it was close#bc i went to that goodwill after leaving a sleepover birthday party and that persons birthday is march 31st. except 3/31/2015 was a weekday#so it couldnt have been then if i had school the next day. but thats also around when we shouldve had spring break but i dont remember#and also i think i might vaguely remember being at school before it but i might have made that memory up im not sure#in any case it was very close to april 1st. which is pretty funny to me all things considered#em.txt#and i saw the xxxholic volumes and was like hey i recognize the group that made this so got them#so imagine my fucking surprise when clone sakura & clone syaoran show up all of a sudden and also the (replica) staff is shown#because bestie let me tell you i was not planning for that
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ps-i-dont-even-know · 4 years ago
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Devil may cry parent headcanons
Dante
He probably is a fun dad but at the same time don't leave your kids with him, it would be a disaster
Will wake up to crying at 12 am and try to put the kid back to sleep, ends up with both of them watching tv instead
This man will do anything with your kid, they want to go to the park, sure he'll have to keep an eye on them. They want to see the movies, sure has to be below pg or he will never hear the end of it from the nightmares his kids have. Want to go to the zoo, sure he just needs to make sure they don't go into the exhibit.
He will play dress up and tea time with them. He will put on a dress and have them do his makeup just so he can go to tea time, and might start some beef with Mr teddy for stealing his cupcakes, but he will do it proudly.
He will try to do their hair in the morning for school, again he is not the best at it and will probably give them crooked pigtails, he's trying he really is.
Can't cook for shit, I'm sorry if you think he could cook please take a look at all the pizza box stored around his shop. Like he will take cooking lessons or watch cooking shows but dear god how do you set fire to milk.
He will always be there for his kid to vent even if he doesn't know how to respond he will sit and let them rant about stuff, also trying to cheer them up because he doesn't want to see them sad
If they brought their homework to him he would be confused he can barely pay his bills i don't think he knows how to do math, but drama he will rock that stuff his acting skills are on point even if it's cheesy
Will waste all his money on the kid, toys, clothes, video games, you name it he will buy it and give to the kid
Remember how I said not to leave your kid alone with Dante yeah, he may or may noteave his weapons/devilarms around for the kids to grab them, like halfway of Dante walking into the main room and he sees ebony in his kids mouth he tricksters all the way to them and quickly grab ebony before anything bad happens, but the kid will start crying and he has to find something for them to mess with or he'll get a headache
He accidently devil triggered in front of his kid now depending on which one he get two responses and he's expecting screaming for both, but if its regular dt like humanish looking one, "woah, dad grew scales and wings, are you a lizard king?" Now its his Sin Dt he would get "Oo, daddys a gaint dragon" for both case they will proceed to touch his scales? And will be all over him trying to climb him to the point he literally has to switch out of dt so they don't get hurt. Also he's a heat source for winter if the heating doesn't get paid for.
If his kid comes out as any of the lgbtq+ he would be supportive and loves them for who they are, I also see him being apart of it too.(I know a few people see him as asexual I do too, as well as bisexual)
Vergil
Look this guy probably has no clue what he's doing, even if we wish he could've taken care of Nero (at least I do) he didn't and now he has another kid to take care
Please help him hold the baby, he can't properly do it at all, he's just holding them by their chest and staring at them with confusion as the child cry, "why won't they stop screaming?"
He will get the hang of taking care of the kid, but please don't leave him alone with them for long he still has no clue what he's doing half the time
"Hey can I hang out with (insert name) at the mall?", "Do I know their mom?", "Uh, no", "Do I know their dad?", "No" Then that settles it, you can't go", "But-", "No buts, if I don't know their parents you can't go, and that's finale"
Can he cook, probably but he's been in hell for most of his life and doesn't know what he's doing half the time. Thank god for cooking shows and book he at least tries a learn how to cook, and doesn't burn anything unlike someone else
He will read the kids William Blake or other bed time stories before bed time, and will do activities where they try to make up poems he has to thank Nero for the idea
Speak of Nero, if Vergil has a mission he will leave his kids with him, he's not trusting Dante at all. Nero absolutely loves his step siblings even if their like a few years younger than him, they will either play with the other kids at the orphanages or play Nero which consist of Video games, sometimes sword fights if they beg long enough, or just talk about the stuff their dad and uncle does that are stupid and make fun of them for it.
Also that one dad to try and help with math homework but makes the kid cry because they don't understand the problem and he's yelling at them "What's 2 x 2?" Its traumatizing please someone tell him to cool it or his kid is going to have problems when it comes to yelling and math, also complains how he didn't learn it that way as a kid, I promise you he was homeschooled.
Now his kids can vent to him but he has no clue what to do nor have much good advice but he will give what he knows even if it's not the best.
This can go many ways, this man know his kid is getting bullied he will go down to the school with the Yamato and threaten someone's life, give his kid the sword for them to deal with it instead, or use some brain cells and deal with it like civil people and we hope he chooses the last one
Now he's a little careful with his devil trigger and doesn't want to scare his kids, but its by accident really and he expects screaming, just like Dante he gets two responses. Regular dt and I'm going off of 4 because I don't think he has one in dmc5, "Dad, why didn't you tell me/us your secretly a bug, don't worry well keep you away from shoes." If its Sin Dt, "Wow, your a dragon this whole time, does this mean I'm also a dragon, where do you keep your stashed gold?", I feel like for his regular dt they will sometimes smack him with a fyswatter and he has to turn out of his sin dt quickly because they want to mess with the fire coming out of him.
If his kids come out as lgbtq+ he will be supportive and a little confused because he has no clue what it is. They have to explain what it means and what their sexuality means, he'll still be supportive and loves his kids no matter what they are
Nero
Out of Vergil and Dante, he's probably the one who knows more about taking care of kids since he grew up with them in an orphanage and takes care of them
I feel he's like a mix between Dante and Vergil, Fun dad but will put his foot down on somethings
If its a girl you bet he will go out to a store at whatever time it is and buy then pad/tampon when their monthly comes no questions asked he just knows. If its a dude he will give the talk, not just protection but what not to do, like when a girl tells him to stop he needs to stop, no advancing on or anything like that (I feel like the no advancing will also go for the girl)
Doesn't do favoritism, he hates that stuff since he technically dealt with it as a kid, if one kid ask why he loves the other more than them he will shut that down quickly and tell them he loves them equally and will move moons for them to both be happy
Best cook hands down, and will let his kids help if they want to but keeps them away from sharp objects. He will also take them out to dinner if he doesn't want to cook
He's decent with homework, and goes about it in a fun learning experience for the both of them, if they get an answer right they get a point that they can trade for something special later kne, if they get it wrong they will go over it again, but still get a point because no favoritism. He also help make a volcano, but also put a little extra pizzazz to it, and might have caused the whole kitchen to be a different color now.
His kids can vent to him, he will understand and try to help give advice for some issues, also takes them out of the house to do something they want to do to cheer them up
He will encourage his kids to follow what they want to do, play a sport? He will show up to every game, even if that means giving Dante his mission he will. A club? He will make sure they have everything they need for that club and be on time for it, be it art, book, yearbook, student council, etc. They want to do boy scout/girl scout, he will make sure he gets them a vest and help put pins on as well. He will be the number one supportive dad
As soon as his kid comes to him crying about how some other kid is bullying them he will be mad, he'll reassuring his kid that they are amazing first, then go to the school, if they don't do anything he will go straight to the parent and make sure that their kid doesn't mess with his anymore.
Will watch anime with them, if they agree that is don't want your dad into your stuff. But like he's absolutely into it, he seems like the person to like Bleach (this was not intentional I complete forgot that the voice actor for Nero also did Ichigo) or Cowboy Bebop. Maybe sailor moon but you won't hear him say it
Look he's really new to the devil trigger business, the only thing close he had was that ghost creature, so keeping this thing in check and not popping up randomly is hard. His kids reaction are, "You hair is longer, are you like rapunzel, oh wait you have wings and a crown your an angel. Oh can I braid your hair please," of course he will let them braide his hair he can't say no to a pouting face, they also will poke his wings to see if their real.
He will definitely support his kid if their aprat of the lgbtq+, will buy them flags, merch, you name it. He want his kid to feel safe and loved
Lady and Trish
Look I can't separate these two, when I first saw them I thought they were girlfriends, and I can't let that go. But these two would definitely be the fun and protective mom
So considering Trish and Lady are both females they definitely have to adopt of course, now Lady may not know if its half demon or full, but Trish does and she probably would help the kid when they get older since she knows about the demon body considering she has one, if its human Lady knows the most about the stuff going on when they get older and has I already planned out.
Now Lady has to be the protective mom because the shit happen with her dad she definitely doesn't want anything bad to happen to their kid, and Trish is like you do you kid if you get hurt you learn from it "its the demon way of raising" she says. Though she still will watch over them and make sure they don't get themselves severely hurt
They will buy their kid anything, and take them out shopping. It's like a spin the wheel of pay to see if they will pay for the stuff or put it under Dante's name for shits and giggles
Lady has to like keep her weapons locked up somewhere safe, unlike Dante, she's more careful with her weapons
If their kid is mad or something Trish will take them to some deserted area with some random stuff she found that isn't in use and have their kid throw it in the air so she can blow it up with her lighting, you know to blow steam off
Trish or Lady tell their kid the stupidest thing Dante has done or said, if they visit Dante please note one will scream if Dante says something about a soul, "I should have been the one to fill your dark soul with Light" and get the voice crack right too, he will look so embarrassed
Now Trish might not know anything about homework she'll support the best she can but Lady knows most of the stuff and will help.
Trish will tell their king everything about Hell, who's in charge, what creatures are there, the history of it all. Its a great learning experience until you tell them that the female demons kill the male after finishing mating
If they are out in public and some guy is hitting on their kid and their tell him no, protective mom mode is on. Mostly Lady has to stop Trish from frying thr guy, but Lady will give the man a price of her mind saying if he tries to do this shit again with her kid he will be going home with a foot straight up his ass. So now no man tries to hit on her
Definitely let the kids go venting to them, they give the best cuddled, some good advice, and shopping if they say someone's bullying them they will see that the parent deals with their kid.
They knew their kid was apart of lgbtq+, of course their supportive of who they are, they are dating of course. They will take them to a pride march in June
Kyrie
Look, LOOK, she is an amazing mom, so caring but also will put her foot down on somethings
Besides Nero she is a good cook and baker, while she doesn't want kids in the kitchen while she's cooking will will have them help with baking sweet
Reads bedtime stories and tucks her kids in and kiss goodnight (ugh my heart hurts I love this)
She will play video games with her kids mostly on the wii, she still the champion on Mario Kart and Just Dance no one has taken their spot yet, even Nero tries
Packs lunch for her kids and puts a note in it telling them that she loves them and hope they have the best day
She does worry about them from time to time when they go over a friends house, only because of what happened to her brother and then Nero she doesn't want anything to happen to her kids
Tells them not to climb the tree in their backyard, what does one of them do, they climb it and accidently falls down. She goes to them saying "You know I told you not to do it, and you did it anyways, you need to be more careful and listen to me. I'm not doing this because I'm being uptight I'm doing this for your safety I want you to be able to do the things you want in the future"
I feel like she's the same way with friends like Vergil, if she doesn't know the parents then you can't go out or over their house
She is really a good listener and help with advice, so venting to her is a really great idea also will ask about your feelings and how your doing someday, like she knows your in a sad mood
She also good with homework, I feel like she wanted to become a teacher as well as study for it, but instead stuck with taking care of orphans, so she probably homeschools her kids too
She also makes the kids clothes time to time, they have little sweaters or shirts that are soft and comfortable
She is so supportive of her kids if they come out lgbtq+, she doesn't care as long as their happy thats all that matters.
Nico
Now I love Nico amazing and pretty girl but don't leave a child with her, just like Dante it will be a disaster, but she probably would try to be a better parent than her since he technically wa this weird freaky man who experimented on demons or was weird.
Let's start with teaching the kid every swear word she knows and tells them to go up to Nero call him one of those names, she will hear her name being screamed and find an angry Nero going over to her as she burst into fits of laughter
Will be extra pair of arms when getting a tool they need for fixing the van, when Nero does understand what a Dohicky is
I think Nico can cook, its decent not bad or good, she did nearly burn the van down from trying to cook turkey.
She will try and cut back on smoking or at least not doing it when the kid is around because its bad for them, Nero scoffs because she nags him when he tells her to stop, but not her kids
Now her kids could bring homework to her, like he's good in math, engineering, and probably biology, but she'll act as if she never even seen the stuff in her life, because she wants to get her learn it and not her just giving them the answer. But if their kid is in a science fair I bet she will help make something totally child friendly(its not really), it kind of gets her and her kid ban from doing anymore science fairs.
She will teach then everything she knows about Demon, mostly the biology of it, and when Nero brings a demon part for his breakers, she goes in explain how she turns them into those.
Will tease her kids if they talk about their crush, she's a huge teaser so saying something about someone they really like or anything its a mistake, she will embarrass them in front of their crush, but she means well
If they try to change the channel of the radio she swats their hand saying the driver picks the music and the passenger has to sit and listen.
If she's busy with something she will let Nero and Kyrie babysit her kids, she trust them and the kids love Nero and Kyrie.
Tries to teach her kids how to drive when their of age to learn, but Nero and Kyrie won't let her considering how she drives and that the instructor is more legal to do it.
No but she will tease her kid a bit if they come out lgbtq+ too, of course she supportive I kind of see her being apart of lgbtq+ as well
*Bonus because it seemed reasonable to just put this one here like this*
Nero, Dante, Vergil, Lady, Trish, Nico
They will teach their kid self defense, and how to use a weapon. While they rather their kids have a normal life instead of a demon hunter for many reasons, they at least want their kid to take care of themselves if they find themselves in a situation where their life is on the line
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