#some are more set in stone than others tbf

[kald-dal-art]

How many victors do you headcanon each district has?

(This is not 100% set in stone btw)

D1 : 12 D2 : 14 D3 : 4 D4 : 12 D5 : 4 D6 : 4 D7: 5 D8: 3 D9: 3 D10: 5 D11: 5 D12: 4

[dirtbagcore]

HELLO im thinking about your saiki k / spyxfamily au...... im so fascinated by this family dynamic. does kuriko still have all her powers, or just telepathy? in your comic it looks like she still does the telepathic communication which i LOVE. pairs well with anyas constant yapping...... also, if kuriko does have all her powers, how powerful is she? id imagine she'd be about at the level of 16-year-old saiki with limiters, since in the time travel episode he was a bit older and a bit stronger (but he also didnt have glasses so i guess he didnt have the power to turn people to stone yet? i wonder if there are other powers he unlocks later. its probably in the manga but im only halfway through 😭). man, just imagine the shenanigans those kids would get up to..... even just putting kuriko in anyas place would be hilarious, but then also throwing anya AND kuusuke into the mix???? these kids are gonna accidentally destroy the world lmfao

but im also fascinated by the dynamic of. anya and kuriko being siblings and knowing about each others powers, but no one else knows about them (except probably kuusuke?). cause like. kusuo originally can use his powers at home, so now he can use them less freely, but anya originally had NO ONE who knew about them and now she has 2 siblings who do, so she can use them more freely. which would probably result in an even more reserved kuriko and an even more outgoing anya. plus kuusukes inferiority complex would be doubled..... loid has no idea what he just got himself into lmao. just absolutely insane family dynamics all around im obsessed

ANYWAY sorry for yapping in your inbox but i would love to hear any other thoughts you have about this au..... if you wanna share.....

^((TLDR; [in my S×F / Saiki K crossover AU where kuriko & anya are twins] what are kurikos powers? what's the new family dynamic?))

HIII! ( ≧∀≦)ノ THANKS 4 THE ASK!!! v happy to answer, i was thinking kuriko would:

1. still have all her powers, and

2. they would be weaker than in canon since she got her limiters early⬇️

this obv includes the fact that she can remember all her time as an infant, so thinking of that (considering the vague experiments anya went thru in canon) i deffo think ur right about her being even more reserved ( ´,_ゝ`) </3 tho tbf anya being kuriko's voice and seeming (from an outside perspective) to always just KNOW what she wants, no matter how specific, sounds really freaking cute ( T∀T)

i imagine her other powers coming up in little scenes (+ prob main plot stuff but im not writing allat for a thought experiment lol)⬇️⬇️

overall, i think the family dynamic would be like this⬇️⬇️⬇️

kusuke wouldnt be threatened by anya cause all she can do is read minds, shes no genius on top of that. his relationship with kuriko tho, i feel like would be similar to how it was in canon, except that since kuriko is more fragile here, id imagine that she'd be less willing to indulge kusuke's games- leading him to harbour more genuine resentment, in turn leading her to kinda fear him. it'd make their dynamic more angsty than the og, but tbh i feel that that lends well to the new setting/kusukes new role.

i dont think kuriko would mind loid or yor, but since she can remember their bio parents (kuniharu & kurumi) better than anya, i dont think she'd be able to accept them as her parents right away, especially yor.

the only other thing i wanted to mention was:

how did kusuke get into eden without parents, you ask? (you didnt but--) YOU ASK?? well obvi its cause he's a super genius and probably achieved something so crazy that the schoolboard REALLY wanted him as an alum, so he completely skipped over the regular admission process. he would live in the dorms and probably avoided talking abt his parents entirely (cause who would share their personal trauma with ants??), leaving a very convenient spot for loid to slip into lol

anyway! thats basically it!! thanks again for the ask, hope at least some ppl appreciate our wall of text!! (me n you are like this 🤞 btw. YAPPING 🔛🔝🔥) ☆(゜∇^d)!!

[goose-onthe-loose]

What are some of the religious restrictions you grew up with that you gleefully break now? What were some things you weren’t allowed to do but everyone outside your religion got to do? Were you restricted from listening to certain music or watching certain shows or movies?

I love love love pants, T-shirts, tank tops... they're the best!

I'm also really excited to try non-kosher food. There are only a few kosher restaurants in my city so my options have always been restricted. I can't wait to try bubble tea, subway, and authentic Chinese food :)

Oh, and pizza that doesn't cost $20.

As for restrictions on media... at least in my sect, the rules around that aren't really set in stone, although there is a general attitude of watching/reading/listening to certain things can, like, contaminate your soul? My parents were pretty protective; we didn't have TV, and any books or movies we wanted to watch had to be screened by them. Tbf tho, I think they would have been like that even if we weren't religious. And they were def a lot more chill than a lot of other families in the community.

I guess the biggest thing that I "missed out on" was probably dating. Dating as it exists in the secular world doesn't exist. There's a whole matchmaking process you go through when you're ready to get married, but before that casual contact between guys and girls is a big no-no. So I'm excited to try dating when I go away to college.

Also it's kind of ironic, but I think losing my faith has made the holidays more enjoyable. Like I can focus on spending time with my family and having fun rather than worrying about getting the rituals right and dreading the unpleasant parts.

Thanks for your questions!

[lorekeeper-backset]

Tbf you can be aroace spec or some form of oriented aroace or greyro and ace or- etc etc. Aroace is a lot larger and more confusing spectrum than "absolutely zero attraction ever" and "ew sex and romance"

I'm aware of this. I do actually know things about my own (presumed) sexuality.

The "Ew sex" thing's pretty set in stone for me, though, because sex is gross and physical intimacy makes me uncomfortable but I'm perfectly aware that sex repulsion and being Ace have nothing to do with each other and you can be one without the other.

[valleynix]

The Fool. As in, the tarot card?

(With that "you have to remember" all I had in my mind was the "remember who you are" from lion king lmao)

"They’re right in front of you-

But they’re not real. They’re gone."

Can you stop?? I need a safe word.

"You won’t let her destroy more and more realities or worlds or whatever.

It stops now."

Yes, that's the spirit! Let's go!🎉

"It seems as though Cassandra has the most control over her urges after she drinks blood from a fresh source"

But little miss Bela will be out there saying she's managing it better than her sisters😭

🥺 Cass draw Reader and Daniela sleeping???? Pls that's so cute.

I wonder if she drew some more moments of her family spending time together. That'd be like family pictures :')

Idk if they have cameras out there so

There certainly must be something wrong with me, because Cassandra is extremely attractive when she's threatening the Reader.

My lil rainbow heart was at its limits doing all the Cass paragraphs 🥴

Reading with Bela 🥺

That would be such a nice experience I bet, her voice is so soothing like she could be talking about how she cut open a manthing in the cellar and that would be like a bedtime story.

Need her to talk to me when I'm anxious <\3

Yhm yhm nvm once again giving me a slap on the face with the sweet moment followed by nothing but pure pain.

Lunatic kinda fine tho 👀 I like their evil mind, games and plans.

Mmm mmm evil people who ruin the lives of others (if only it wasn't Reader's life ). It's a love-hate relationship 😭 we gotta learn self love

DANIELA 💘💝💖💗💓💞💕💟❤

I knew sth bad would happen once again 😩

The way they argued with Bela anyway, about leaving the castle. They couldn't escape it.

Gosh I hope the Reader won't fuck up with the timeline too much this time 😭

And for now I don't trust the woman from the cellar.

And damn what killed those maids from the castle. A mystery that is yet to be solved.

i love that i saw this just as i was about to start writing again hehe

The Fool as in the tarot card >:) i'm glad someone picked up on that sdkjfhskj (there's a shit ton of symbolism that i so far haven't really seen anyone mention just yet, but hearing this made me happy :D)

*THE SAFE WORD COMMENT LMFAOOO

*can't give up hope in these trying times >:)

*listen Bela just likes to think she has that control- little miss Bela "perfect daughter" Dimitrescu is struggling BAHA

*Cass 100% has a little stash of drawings no one will ever be able to find, and it's just sketches of her family doing things she can remember or that mean something to her :')

*also tbf Cass is just attractive no matter what she does. she could threaten to cut out my tongue and i'd be like "wow say it again" LMAOOOO

*so real of you </3 Bela strikes me as someone with a voice that literally everyone loves and wants to hear (cue Daniela begging her to read just because she finds it soothing for her nightmares)

*HEHEHEHEHE, i'm trying to get better at just comfort and not as much pain following it </3

*Lunatic is honestly really smart sdkjfhs, there is a method to their madness (also have you seen the fanart done of them?? bro is cool as FUCK)

*(i promise you will learn to like them more <3)

*IN CONCLUSION: DANIELA <3333333 (i'm on my laptop so no emojis but imagine i spammed hearts)

*some things are just set in stone, as we'll see more of >:) that's the unfortunate reality of fate; no matter how hard we try, sometimes we just can't escape what was already destined to happen at some point or another

*about that...

*i definitely wouldn't! she does mean well, but... yknow... the village is a scary place, and sometimes it gives life to scarier humans forced into a certain role by the horrid shit going on

*i think chapter ten briefly implies who/what killed the maids?? if i'm not mistaken? it's often difficult to know every little thing when we only see things from one POV >:)

i hope you're still enjoying it so far, though <33

[kanohivolitakk]

I think often about how one of my favorite aspects of Bionicles worldbuilding is how the world feels far larger and more open than what we are presented in the story.

Like,despite the amount of worldbuilding in the series, the amount of settings that matter makes the world in the main story feel small. But despite that there’s a sense of that what we are presented with in the main story is just scratching the surface of this world, just getting a taste of what it’s universe holds. As a setting the MU feels so much larger that it actually is, filled with so much wonder, awe and mystery, with many things we aren’t aware of. There’s a whole world out there we only see glimpses of in the books, comics and serials (if even that), a world ready to be discovered and explored. We are just on the tip of the iceberg in a way that feels weirdly immserive and encouraging.

And it’s not only exciting from a reader standpoint but creative standpoint as well. Bionicle is as much of a sandbox as it is a “proper story”, and the openess of the worldbuilding is a reason why. I feel motivated in exploring the world not just by reading the canon and popular fanon, but also by creating my own fanon, by speculating about the MU and writing my own headcanons. The world just invites you to speculate and create.

And I feel that sandboxiness and sense of invitation is a thing that sets Bionicle apart from other worldbuilding/lore-driven series. Because these settings often feel “closed” that all their rules and concepts are already explored. At best they can inspire you to write elsewhere stories, where you put pre-existing characters to the pre-existing setting and see what happens.

But with Bionicle the worldbuilding is not only open but also kinda incomplete so it like, invites you to create and explore the world like the creators did. One of the key things I took out from the 2021 founders panel was how the storyteam approached the setting from an adventorous explorer way. Like being on an unknown planet and slowly figuring out it’s ideas and rules, discovering every little nook and cranny. And I feel that sense of wonder and discovery is what really drives me to explore and play the world, there is just so much waiting to be discovered, waiting to be speculated on. And that is not only a big reason I love playing with MU, but why it is one of my favorite fictional settings in media I have experienced (tbf I still have to make proper aqcuitance with some beloved settings so maybe I shouldn’t put this in stone before I have done that haha)

[a-mag-a-day]

MAG 50 - apple cutting

I had a reaaally hard time following these old statements, here we go…

"Dear Jonah" - ¬‿¬

"allow yourself some respite, or at the very least take some further secretarial staff into your employ" / "And it is this imminent departure that has had such a freeing effect upon my pen." / "I have been fearful that accusations of slander might dog me, were my tale to be set down, but with a boat to the new world beckoning, and your sterling reputation for discretion, I feel it may at last be time to divest myself of the disquieting scenes I have witnessed." / "Henry was very effusive about the talents and prospects of young Mr. Scott, and was at great pains to inform me that his young protege also received certain architectural tutelages from Sir Robert himself." - And here I was thinking I'm good at English xD That's probably the reason why I can't quite focus on those old statements. Tbf nowadays it's unusual to casually come across old English texts, so it's not really necessary to familiarize myself with those for my use. (It's not that I don't know the words - I mean a few I actually don't know, tutelages for example - just the way it is written is so different and I have to concentrate way more than usual)

"The plight of the poor and destitute has been a national disgrace" - WHAT? opening dict.cc and looking up "plight" and "destitute" sigh This episode might take a while…

"it was an undertaking I embarked on with no small amount of zeal." - crying in not a native speaker (oida T_T)

While copy-pasting all those quotes I totally lost the thread what's the rambling even about…

more crying in not a native speaker I would have to copy half the statement if I wanted to quote every sentence that made me go "the hell is he talking about???"

"Then from the other side that firm oak door, I would hear the strangest sounds, muttering and shouting. It was always in George’s voice alone. I could never quite discern the words. It often sounded as though he were in some great distress, and on more than one occasion I was within minutes of summoning a constable to assist in breaking through the door, when he would emerge, glistening from exertion and holding completely redone drawings. I’m sure I even saw blood on his collar once." - ??? I don't get it (plot-wise I mean)

Heading over to Patreon to send in a question for the next stream, which will be "Jonny, can you pls explain this episode to me like I'm dumb!!!"

"“Balance,” he told me. ���Equilibrium. The hardest thing for an architect to achieve." - I've graduated from art school and we did have a bit of architecture and this makes me think of a hanging model. The most famous one is by Antoni Gaudi. Basically, by using chains you create an upside-down model of a building. The arches, which will be formed by the weight of the chains and gravity are supposed to help structural engineering. It's been over a decade since I graduated (T_T), I don't remember all the details, but it's cool!

"To my dying day, Jonah, I will aver that no one entered the building before I heard the footsteps approach." / "The walls and floor seemed to rise towards me, stealing the air from my lungs until I swear that I could feel the splinters from the ceiling digging into the soft skin of my face." / "The room returned to its natural proportions, which is to say, it… never truly changed." / "Extending from the unblemished solid stone of the workhouse wall were four fingertips." - This does sound like The Seven Lamps of Architecture, could this be an early version of it? The one Leitner uses was published 1845, the event of the statement took place in 1836, so it could be possible?

"End statement." - Excuse me? It's "Statement ends"…

Aaaah yes, Tim being Tim! Classic! Seriously tho, the way this conversation is set up it's really not far-fetching to think two people are hooking up. Great comedy!

I'll be honest my eyes glazed over listening to this episode to find a quote for the opening post I had to listen to it twice and I'm still having a hard time understanding it xD

[kuronekonerochan]

The laziest compilation of thoughts about the mess that was Alice (spoilers)

I finish a lot of shitty dramas. Like a lot. I could review them, but I won’t bc there’s too many and I’m too lazy (when you ff some dramas from 45min to 5 per episode it doesn’t really count as watching too many dramas bc it’s really a commercial break, lol). Some I watch for the so bad it’s good content, or love hate watching or just to have something to watch while I eat, even if they’re boring af. It’s also a tiny bit of ocd bc I need to see how they end (even the ones I drop I check out the finale). I only drop the ones that as Marie Kondo says *Do Not Spark Joy, more specifically...annoy me and make me cranky.

I sometimes bitch about it on DMs with ranty spoilers without structure and that reference other unrelated dramas or shows, because ADHD and my mind refuses to stay on topic, which would make it probably unintelligible except if you are in the niche who happens to have watched the other unrelated dramas, so it’s probably useless as a review.

That said, here are some random disconnected thoughts about Alice.

MAJOR SPOILER ALERTS BEWARE

(this is like partly copypaste of DM rants bc I am that lazy biatch. Also, fair warning I will seem super harsh or this drama because that’s the thing about a bitching dm versus a proper review... I am not bringing up all the points and talking about the good and what I liked as well as the bad, it’s just the bad...and although the drama is imo a mess, it does have some good in it. So if it were a review I’d always argue pros and cons...ranty thoughs who cares about pros? boring..I will not be bothered with devil’s advocate).

This was fascinating to watch, interesting but not good... but like a trainwreck.

I continued watching this mess despite the headache inducing convoluted plot (I watched a lot of timetravel stuff and I love it...encompassing all the theories about it, from butterfly effect, to effectively changing the future (with characters forgetting it or keeping it in memory because “eye of the storm” theory, the “efforts are futile and you can try to change it but the future is set in stone”, to “small changes can be made but big events are fixed points in time”, to “every change creates a new time line” and multiverse, etc... and trust me, all of them can be done well when well written or turn out a confusing illogical mess and that has nothing to do with the theory chosen, but with presenting how time travel works for that story and what the basic rules are and sticking to them...or when something happens that contradicts them, come up with an explanation as to why that happens.

 I don’t mean the drama should be an exposition borefest with too much pseudosciency jargon...but this drama gives you too little in the way of rules and the viewers sort of figure out how timetravel works (which is not bad per se, huge fan of show don’t tell...but there’s a limit to how much they cannot tell or the characters chose not to ask just for the sake of plot and not without any logic to it). Anyways, the little “rules” that we gather along the way...the writing doesn’t stick to them and keeps contradicting itself without addressing or explaining it and hoping we’re so confused we don’t notice. Some dramas you just say “eh, forget it, it doesn’t make sense, let’s turn off our brains and enjoy it”, but here if I wanted to try and follow what was going on at all it required “brain on” mode for their convoluted plot twists...which also made me aware of so may plotholes the time road should have looked like Swiss Cheese. I could go into them...but I cannot be bothered and the list would be extensive and still incomplete, so I will just put 3 here bc I can’t help it:

 1) Hot Daddy with emotional turmoil the entire drama of “Oh no, I abandoned her in 92 and regretted it, it happened 1 year ago for me, and now I find out she died in 2010. How was she, did she suffer? What did she know? Oh god, if only I were a time traveler eventually going rogue who could show up and talk to her any time in the timeline between 92 and 2010...Alas, I have to live in misery with the consequences of my actions...there is just ABSOLUTELY no way of solving this. I guess I’ll just keep making unauthorized time travel journeys from 2050′s time agency back to the year of 2020 and only 2020 to constantly be blindsided by murder attempts on everyone everywhere without having a clue to what’s going on when I could simply go back to before 2010 and talk to the one person who is proven to know what is going on.” Here is where there could be a bullshit reason as to why he could go only go to 2020 and not before, but the drama didn’t even bother.

 2) They say Tae Yi’s mom was originally a time traveler who settled with her physicist dad in the past, eventually making way for her to discover time travel herself. The mom is missing and this is never addressed again. 

3) The book...who wrote it? Because I have guesses but they never outright answer it... and if the biatch author knew that stuff why the alice in wonderland stupid analogies?

 Coward, or petty, or both.... or maybe just a chaos gremlin godlike entity who wanted to watch them all squirm, like the author from Extraordinary You...and that I could get behind, but sadly they don’t go that metaphysical/theological with the plot...which is honestly the main problem with this drama. It seems ambitious in concept but it’s never explored decently in any way, not in the pseudoscience, not in the philosophical sense of the meaning of time/space/existence, not even in its relationships, with the constant back and forth and weirdness of it.

Besides the timetravel migraine, we had the weirdest directing, that made the relationship between the leads feel a bit too incesty...which was the main reason I kept watching this drama...morbid curiosity of how they wrapped up this mess of a plot AND especially the relationship payoff...would it keep being weird with trope romance drama scenes like the female lead and second female lead facing off and being jealous, or that weird hair washing that felt more sensual than maternal? I knew it wouldn’t happen but my inner chaos gremlin wanted kdramaland to grow some balls and go full “predestination: oedipus edition” with this mess. Alas they sort of did, mostly didn’t. Even that angle was a whole inconsistent mess: there were times where it felt too romantic, then for a short minute I misguidedly shipped the journalist friend, then it seemed the dude was ace, then they calmed their tits with the whole weird romantic vibes and it got platonic cute, then with the memory merge thing finally motherly vibes, then I shipped the journalist again for 1 sec only...and then the ending:

Alice ended with the lead solving every problem by shooting himself (technically) in the head...and that's the second meta perfectly fitting ending for a drama with a good cast and terrible writing that drove itself into a corner this year, after the sleepless princess ended with the leads jumping off a cliff. I don't think it's a self aware choice of the writers, or an admission that they themselves know it was bad, but the irony is delicious.

Spoiler for the ending: he undoes timey wimey stuff from when his mom first got killed in high school and closed the time travel door. So he became an architect and new Tae Yi just woke up in her bed remembering everything, but in reality she had just come back from a conference abroad and had never met him. So mom TaeYi didn't die then, but never got back on screen after the time undo so who the f knows what happened to her. 

Also, if new Tae Yi remembers, does that mean hot daddy from the future does as well, but he is just stuck in the future without a time door to ever see them again? The drama doesn’t care answering that and forgets his character is even a thing...I will miss you, my fave who looked emotionally and literally constipated 24/7 (it doesn’t care answering much at all tbf... a little known fact about the time travel paradoxes according to the physics of this world is that besides doppelganger chickenpox it induces severe lazy writing).

Anyways new Tae Yi went looking for architect (? okay...I guess) ML after she woke up, at first he didn't remember her, but it ends with him meeting her, apparently remembering her and they stare at each other... you know, like any bad traditional romantic kdrama finale....so there is still THAT vibe. 

Honestly, the usual romantic ballad score for scenes between the leads WAS NOT the most intelligent choice for this drama in specific but boy did they stick with it (not to mention the ending song... that goes, in english “we be like Bonnie and Clyde we ride or die...which...k, sure)...so technically the ending was exactly the cliche post amnesia running back to each other and staring for the final scene while romantic music blasts trope. Take it as you will.

[deepwoundsandfadedscars]

May I please request an info dump about an OC of your choice? Ngl I’m super intrigued by the things I see you posting and I’m the nosy gay who wants to know moooooore 😁

Look what you’ve done, you’ve made me ramble 😂😂 were you aware when you sent this that you’d set off a 1,200 word monster of a post??  The only thing I considered but decided to leave out was gathering the links to the stories involving these characters that I have already posted (though if anyone is interested in that, I will absolutely do it, I don’t have a proper master post for these guys 👀)

But oh my god, I’ve never had someone request an info dump before, I don’t even know where to start! Well, I will fully admit it’s not a super developed world that these characters are in, I haven’t determined any specific overarching story that they all fit together in, I basically just made a little family who have made it good in not completely legal means who occasionally get caught up in fights with their antagonist duo who just won’t leave them alone.

(The rest is going under a read more cause it’s a lot haha)

Tyr is my first character, as in like. He was one of the first characters I wrote with when I was like ten, but he has changed a lot since then, his name, his appearance, even his background, basically everything about him except for his ability has changed. Maybe I should have just made Tyr a new character and kept the original one as is, but he just evolved so gradually and even if he’s nothing like he was almost (god, fml) 20 years ago, I still know it’s the same guy, so it doesn’t feel right to try to have both iterations as two separate characters coexisting in the same world. Maybe I’ll recycle bits of his past that aren’t relevant anymore and tack them onto another character, but I haven’t done any of that yet.

As he is now, Tyr is a black man with his long hair done in box braids that fall past his shoulders, 5’6”, and about 28 years old, with a heavy British accent. He’s protective of his friends and isn’t afraid to fight for any of them, no matter how short of time he’s known them, as long as they’ve given him reason to trust them. His ability is the power to manifest and control flames, which he doesn’t do often but is very adept at controlling it. 

Brennan is another character in the group, I came up with him about five or so years ago and he hasn’t gone through nearly as many changes as Tyr, but his name did change a couple years ago and I pinned down a couple other details around that time. Brennan is a pretty big human being at 6’5”, he towers almost a foot taller than Tyr with broad shoulders. In every way he throws a very intimidating silhouette, built like a rock and hard to knock over, but if one were to somehow pick him off the ground they would find him to be strangely lightweight.

And that is do to his ability, two huge black wings that he’s had since he was very young. Though he is a large person, his bones did not develop the same way an average humans would so that his wings can lift him. They are strong enough to carry him, he is a very skilled flyer with them, but they’re not strong enough to carry another person for very long, though he has managed to catch someone to slow their fall and at least get a little further away from danger. (I think I wrote this incident out but not sure if I ever finished it enough to post, but maybe I shall)

Brennan is white but tanned, short light brown hair and light blue eyes, 30, and uses he/him and they/them pronouns, which I do incorporate both of their pronoun options into my writing, it feels natural to me now when I'm writing and I hope it comes across clearly who is being referred to each time. Another important fact about Brennan is that they are non-verbal, they used to speak as a child but due to circumstances in their childhood that they haven’t divulged to the group just yet, they just eventually stopped speaking. Whether or not he is physically capable of saying anything, even he’s not sure, but he and everyone else in the group have grown comfortable enough with ASL that they can all communicate without speaking as well. 

And then there’s Kaipo! Or Kai for short, she is black/Polynesian, 26, 5’8” with thick curly afro hair. She has a bubbly personality and is really good with computers. She is unfortunately not the most detailed character I’ve ever made, I regret that I haven’t written as much with her, but in the fluffy musings I have about this little family, she is the one that drags everyone out of their bad moods and gets them to laugh through jokes and pranks. She is very much a meme master. Tyr and Brennan can both be heard groaning often at her terrible puns.

Trevor is a relatively new addition (I just went to look at the first thing I posted with him, it was two years ago already what the heck! It doesn’t feel like that long ago) Trevor is lean, 6’1”, white skinned with black hair and brown eyes. On his own, he is a normal human being, nothing unique about him to speak of aside from the fact that he will very much die early. I have not disclosed why, but he is terminal and would die within a matter of weeks. The only thing keeping him from an early demise is the mutual partnership he has forged with Algamoth, a lesser demon that Trevor unwittingly freed from captivity while saving himself. 

Trevor is around 28 years old, while Algamoth is not entirely sure how old he would be considered, but he has been on Earth for upwards of 1,200 years. He is able to exist without Trevor, though not in a very tangible way. Without being in a humans body he is not much more than a cloud or puddle that can fit in the palm of a hand. He is able to heal Trevor’s body, which makes their partnership beneficial to both; Algamoth is protected within Trevor’s body and Trevor gets to keep on living.

I started writing a blurb that would tie them in with the rest of the group, but have not finished it, I need to add it to my to-do list and post it haha

And then finally we have Michael. Everyone seemed to love Michael when I posted the first story that featured him, which that story was the result of a prompt from a Discord server I was on a few years ago. At the time I had no intention to mix him in with everyone else, but I think he would fit in pretty well. As you could probably tell from my ramblings last night, I’m not entirely sure which direction I want to take him, but I do have some thoughts on how to get him from where he is to where I want him to be and it does involve whump, but still pondering if I want that whump to reveal an ability he till now was not aware of. I have a vague idea of what he looks like but it’s not set in stone at all yet.

Other characters that have appeared in my writing are Malichi (Tyr’s boyfriend), Allison (the main antagonist), and Remy (Allison’s right hand). Another character that exists but has only appeared on page once is Promise, who is Kai’s girlfriend. That single story-ish thing with Promise only got one note lmao but tbf it wasn’t a full story, just a song inspired AU.

As of yet I don’t think I have any characters who are definitely straight, they’re all pretty queer in some way. Tyr and Brennan are both ace and panromantic, Kaipo is bisexual, Malichi and Promise are both gay, Algamoth is pansexual. I have not discovered yet what Michael and Trevor’s sexual or romantic orientations are nor pinned down what Allison and Remy are since they in general aren’t super fleshed out, though I have leaned towards them being girlfriends as well, but I’m not 100% convinced on that yet. 

AAHHH Wow, ok I didn’t expect for this to get so long, but I hope this was of interest! Typing this out and regathering info of these characters reminded me of a few WiPs that have never seen the light of day that I would like to finish some day, so hopefully this has given me the spark to do that.

[stvlti]

Fic Writer Interview

I piped up when @kiseiakhun did theirs so now I gotta pay for my hubris (but also, it's fun! Thanks for going out of your way to re-tag me!)

Name(s): stvlti (tumblr), stultiloquent (ao3)

Fandoms:

Actively writing for: DCU - comics and also related media, by which I mean of course Young Justice the cartoon and somehow also the Titans TV show. I never expected I'd write for a live action TV show series but hey, 2003 Teen Titans were my roots and Titans is a close relative. (Funnily enough I haven't actually seriously written for TT, but it's all about NTT and its derivative works)

Older fandoms on my AO3: Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, Noragami, Death Note

Where you post: AO3 is where I literally archive all my fics that see the light of day, drabbles and crackfics alike, but sometimes they get posted on Tumblr first (especially if it's to fill a prompt) and then make their way over to AO3 for reposting

Most popular one shot (by kudos):

Overall: "the hands that worship you", which is a pwp because I guess y'all love the porn on AO3!

This year: "if you can't summon your own tentacles, store-bought is fine", which is also a pwp because you horny mofos will always pick porn over anything else welp (thanks for leaving kudos though 🤣 and tbf, this one does have the unfair advantage of being literally the second oldest piece posted this year so it's had more time to amass more kudos than my gen / PG rated fics. proportionately though it's definitely not the one I've gotten the highest kudos to hits ratio on)

Most popular multi-chap (by kudos):

Discounting "if you can't summon your own tentacles" (which is more a two-parter that was written as a one-shot), I don't have an answer for either "Overall" or "This year" for this one because I have in fact only ever written one (1) multichap fic since moving to AO3 (we don't talk about the dark days on Deviantart) and said multichap fic isn't even close to within the top 10 most kudos'd fic on my account. That plus it's an RPF from my teenaged years that I really don't wanna plug on main because I don't want y'all to read that shit (it's RPF, come on)

Favourite story you’ve written so far:

I can't answer for "Overall" (cause I feel like I'd be forgetting and therefore neglecting a portion of the stories I've got in my portfolio over the last 8 years), but for "This year" it is in fact my latest entry, "Transference"! I was quite proud of the comfort zones I tested with that one, I pushed myself to write more than 2 character povs for a single piece (my record had always been 2 but in that fic I was juggling 3 - almost 4 character perspectives), plus it gave me an excuse to play around with narrative structure which is always a Thing I'm nerdy about

Fic you were nervous to post:

Cool cool cool so I'm just gonna expose myself with this one, but it was actually the priest kink fic, "When I'm down on my knees you're how I pray". I wanted to contextualise Dick Grayson's guilt issues in a Catholic context as like a what-if, but I've also never been Catholic, wasn't raised Catholic, and it was somehow important to me that I didn't misrepresent the customs and rituals of Catholicism? Even though just writing the fic itself was already fundamentally disrespectful? Idk my brain works on weird logic.

btw if any of you wanna cancel me for this just block me and move on.

How do you choose your titles?:

The title is either based on the central theme / moral of the story, which will come to me as I write and is usually the case for fics I take more seriously, OR, if it's a ficlet I didn't put as much effort into and/or don't intend to show off, I'll usually pull from lyrics for a one liner that hits the emotional notes I'm going for in the story.

Do you outline?:

Almost always. The only fics I haven't outlined are spur of the moment things, stuff that's very focused on a single instance or thought without much plot or coordination needed.

Complete: 26 25 in total

not counting the ones I deleted or orphaned this year (again this number does not include my Deviantart stash shhhh those didn't happen)

In-progress: uh....3 4?

I'm kinda in between the research and planning stage for 3 different fics atm so idk if it's really in-progress in-progress... Those 3 fics aren't even set in stone, I might abandon them again like I did with one of these 3 (the dark academia au) 5 months ago (that I recently picked back up on the research front)

Yeah I forgot my Sladick fic is a 2-parter that I should probably work on and finish at some point 😬

Coming soon/not yet started: I think it's somewhere between 8 and 11

I just added 2 more to the list after Romin Week prompts dropped /sigh. But I really wanna test my comfort zone again and try writing the wilder stories for a change (it'll be fun though if I get around to it! Hopefully something BOP movieverse shaped if I'm lucky)

Prompts:

Sure, send them my way! I accept prompts, just can't guarantee I'll be able to respond speedily though cause I can't chain my muse to me and also real life happens, a lot

Upcoming work you’re most excited about:

Ooof idk if excited is the right word, try trepidation...I'm scared to mischaracterise our faves...but a BOP movieverse fic is probably going to be real fun! Just hope I can finish the research and writing in time for the event though

No-pressure tags:

See this is the real point of me asking to be tagged and filling this tag, cause I wanna pass it on to my writing mutuals in other fandoms. So @trans-l-lawliet @fantomn @mellonearyou @3dnygma , if you're listening,,,,

Also any other writerly friends or followers reading this and curious to try, please go ahead! Have fun with this!

[gem-quest]

NPC: Lady Robin of High Hermitage (tbf)

“Leave the ruins where they fall.

Leave them all,

And let the wild take over.”

- Grow, The Oh Hellos

Name: Robin Bredbeddle, Lady of the High Hermitage, Knight of the Holly, Mistress of Revels

Age: It is not honorable to ask a lady her age.

FC: Lily Cole

Species & Class: Faerie Mage-Knight

Occupation: Knight of Queen Tatiana, Royal Master of Ceremonies, Emissary to the Courts of the Realms, Judgement of Heroes

Guild: Officially serves a Moonstone-aligned court, but in her capacity as the keeper of High Hermitage and a judge of would-be heroes, she prides herself in showing no guild-based favoritism or offering any extra boons or challenges based only on one’s allegiance.

Powers:

As a fae of the courts, Lady Robin possesses powerful illusion and charm magics and is inherently capable of flight via a pair of delicate-looking insect wings (dragonfly wings, to be specific).  Her personal preference in magic leans heavily towards illusion, and she’ll often project the images of objects, structures, beasts, traps, other NPCs, or even duplicates of herself during a fight.  These illusions are a bit unusual in that they *can*, in fact, deal damage to PCs until the PC being attacked or damage declares that the illusion is not real.  Robin also has a special affinity for plants and, once an individual or party has broken through her illusions and misdirections, often controls the vines and briars of the forest to hinder and ensnare her opponents.  She’s been seen to whisper to tree boughs and clusters of flowers and creeping vines, asking them to “keep watch” for her.  Whether this has any direct mechanical effect or not has not yet been confirmed.

Outside of her magical abilities, Robin is a highly competent swordswoman and fighter.  While unusually low in strength for a fighter, she’s extremely agile and skilled with a blade.  She’s hard to hit, and she has the endurance score to keep her dancing around for long periods of time without tiring or providing players with easy shots at her.  This is likely as not meant to discourage players from fighting her more than necessary.  

Robin’s wings are only slightly less fragile than they look.  While her wings heal and even regenerate fairly quickly (a non-standard trait for fae, though also not a trait exclusive to her), it’s quite effective to deal a good amount of damage to her by knocking her out of the sky.  It also seriously impedes her mobility for the next few rounds of combat.  As a very plant-aligned fae, Robin is also vulnerable to fire, and her illusions flicker slightly whenever an open flame comes within a few feet of them.  Though going right up to every single obstacle and monster in the High Hermitage with a torch isn’t exactly a great idea, either, considering that not *all* of them are illusions.  

Another of Robin’s greatest weaknesses (depending on who you ask…) is her inability to lie.  While she is by no means required to tell the whole truth of anything or to answer every question she is asked, she must either speak truthfully or not speak at all.  This is very much at odds with her illusion powers and not a standard trait shared by all fae, so there’s some speculation that it’s the result of some as-yet-undiscovered element of her backstory.

Appearance: Lady Robin first appears to players entering the High Hermitage as a beautiful red-haired woman with delicate, almost doll-like features and a distant, serene expression.  She has no wings.  Her gown is green with silver and red embroidery and a lighter green sash, with a single cluster of holly pinned neatly to the sash’s knot.  She first issues her challenge to players in this form, and if they do not accept, they are physically unable to enter the level.  

Once players enter into the level and deal their three promised strikes to the Lady of High Hermitage, though, this illusion of Robin disintegrates into the ground.  The true Robin then steps out from behind a half-collapsed stone arch in the form she’ll take for the rest of the level.  In this form, Robin has jewel green dragonfly wings that stretch out from the back of one of the most ornate sets of armor in the game.  Her hair is tied back with a length of dark green ribbon and topped with a circlet of vines.  Her cluster of holly berries now appears on her scabbard.  In this second form, she also has a noted tendency for highly expressive glaring and amused smirking, and screenshots and gifs of both are common reaction images in the online GQ community.

Places Most Likely to be Found In-Game:  For most of the year, Lady Robin is found mainly in the High Hermitage and in a brief cameo appearance in the court of Queen Tatiana in the following level.  There have also been a handful of sightings of Robin in level-appropriate attire in the courts of Prince Finvarra, Princess Aliane, and other rulers throughout Gem Quest, suggesting that she may serve as a regular emissary of Queen Tatiana to other kingdoms.  Around the winter holidays, Robin also hosts a grand winter festival that manifests across several levels, with her pet event being a large tournament of various martial and magical disciplines held within a portion of the High Hermitage that is inaccessible for the rest of the year and is (for the duration of the festival) open to all players that have cleared at least Level 10 to fast travel to.  While she serves as the Master of Ceremonies for the tournament there, she also appears more frequently in other court levels during this time and at most of the major holiday events throughout the game.

Item Drops:

- TBF

Strongest Character Traits: Playful, steadfast, in fact prefers to be a mentor but is also more than capable of being a fearsome judge

Stats: (Lady Robin is, in terms of basic stats and of encounter difficulty level, one of Gem Quest’s most powerful humanoid foes that players are required to face in single combat no matter what choices they make.  This is offset by the fact that they don’t actually have to definitively vanquish her.  They just have to work through her tests, which only entails having to stand a few rounds of combat with her while doing some amount of damage.  The only stat in which she’s significantly below average is Cautiousness, and often a moment of reckless flourish or a spur-of-the-moment little trick on her part opens up a good chance for players to strike meaningful blows against her.)

* STRENGTH: 5 * DEFENCE: 6 * CHARISMA: 6 * PSYCHE: 8 * WILLPOWER: 8 * CAUTIOUSNESS: 2 * AGILITY: 10 * ENDURANCE: 9 * INTELLIGENCE: 7 * LUCK: 5

Personality: TBF

Biography:

TBF

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episode 8 thoughts

i was gonna watch later, since i’ve got other things to do, but i burnt the shit out of my hands making hot chocolate like an idiot so i watched an episode first LOL. 

this episode starts out with that really strong fairy tale scenery i absolutely adore, with yusaku and ai trying their hardest to get blue angel to wake up.

i seriously could talk about the imagery in this scene for days lmao. i love the sleeping beauty aesthetic, but i also really love the colors. LV goes through so many different color palettes through the series, but i love the purples and blues of this area here. i’m not sure if the intention was to make blue angel seem like she was meant to be there, while in contrast playmaker stands out due to his hair, but i seriously replayed this section twice because it looked so nice. 

i have a lot to say about this episode, and it will also be my most screenshot heavy post so far lol, so once again, buckle up! 

this episode starts to really build up yusaku as a character - his sense of justice, his core values, etc etc. on top of that, it takes its time to flesh out akira, and to show his worse qualities, which we’ll get into in a minute.

first, though, is one of my favorite awkward exchanges in the series lmao:

i’m surprised he even caught onto what akira was getting at, tbh with y’all. vrains started out ship teasing yusaku/aoi really hard these episodes, but drop it almost completely up until the minimal tease we get in s3, which i find really funny. i was always really invested in them becoming friends, though, so while i’m happy we had that happen in s3, i would’ve really liked to see it happen earlier. not this early, though - yusaku’s nowhere near ready for that.

I HAD TOTALLY FORGOTTEN VYRA WAS HERE. yugioh hair makes it known that she’s going to be an important character, but i had really completely forgotten she was working as one of aoi’s doctors during this part lmao. i love this so much, actually.

moving onto everyone talking shit about blue angel on forums and stuff. this kinda shit:

would be really awful to deal with. it’s very real, though - cancel culture, anyone? but seriously, this is so brutal. on top of that, does this imply that she’s never really lost before? she is the number 2 charisma duelist in LV, so i wouldn’t be terribly surprised if that meant that she hadn’t really lost since starting to make it big as an idol. once again showing off how good of a duelist aoi actually is, even if the show makes her lose a lot. tbf, her loss/win ratio isn’t that bad looking at the other main girls - 5 wins, 5 losses on screen, and considering the kind of opponents she faced (soulburner, bohman, ai), that’s seriously not bad.

next up we get the chess pieces again, and boy howdy, does this conversation make me seethe.

i understand it’s partially a cultural difference thing, but i can’t help but get angry about it LOL. 

i didn’t remember how often the chess pieces were actually utilized in these first few episodes, either. i guess i can understand why people were irritated they were just dropped, but i don’t really see them as a plot point, more like... just a kind of weird way to run a company? just show your faces and have normal meetings like everyone else, y’all don’t have to be so extra.

the akira/emma meeting is nice because it shows you more of emma’s character, but it also gives you more of akira’s stupider (and ruthless) side.

you don’t see him like this very often, but honestly, when you think about all the unsavory jobs he was doing to keep him and aoi afloat way back when, it kind of makes sense. even if he was originally a gentle person, you don’t last doing... any of the jobs he’s done, being that way. even a higher up in a company like SOL tech would have to be a bit harsher to get to that point imo. i don’t see a lot of people talk about this side of akira’s character tbh which makes me kind of sad.

also, seriously, he’s an idiot. how did he arrive at this conclusion? when he saw that it was aoi who was baiting him into the duel? no matter what direction i approach this from, i can’t understand how he ended up on that conclusion lol.

also, the worst father ever award goes to....

seriously! i hate that man so much lmao. to say that directly to your own child, on top of everything else...

it’s a nice look into revolver, too, though you wouldn’t know it at first glance. his reply says everything, though. he fully accepts his role in his father’s life and has an incredibly toxic attachment to him, and wants his approval more than anything. we never see him get physically abused by kogami or anything of the sort, but you can’t deny the mental anguish he must’ve been going through in order to keep on his father’s good side. 

i know a lot of people like to say that revolver is kind of not a great guy, seeing the tower of hanoi arc, and how he probably should’ve went to jail etc etc but really, he was manipulated hard core. and extremely suicidal. i could really talk a lot about this all day, but i’ll cut myself off and instead say how much i love how vrains sets up revolver as a character. this, combined with “i’ll fulfill your wishes, father” from episode 3 gives you his motivations nice and clearly, but this specific scene also gives a bit of a hint as to where his character arc goes and what he has to work through. just thinking about this makes me so excited to get to 116 again lmao.

anyways, though. another excellent exchange comes up. seriously, lmao, ai being like ��waaaah that’s illegal !!!!” and kusanagi’s just very casual 

makes me laugh every time i see it. they are criminals, even if what they’re doing is for the greater good. they’re not exactly innocent here lmao.

then there’s the talk about the virus infecting her, and it’s a nice way to bring up how that works before the another arc comes up in.. a couple of episodes, right? tbh it’s the arc i remember the least about, so i’m looking forward to rewatching it.

actually though, the idea of viruses in LV being able to infect someone’s body is so, so interesting. i really, really wish they had done more with the whole LV/rl merge idea, but guess i’ll just have to write more fanfic instead lol.

i mentioned at the beginning of this post we get into yusaku as a character more here, and this is one of the lines that really made him interesting to me originally:

he has such a strong sense of justice, but what sets him apart from other ygo protags is that he is not defined by it. he’s not the classic, stereotypical do-gooder who gets caught up in something and has to make it right, his justice is more so that he is not okay with seeing other people hurt because of what happened to him. his justice is driven by his trauma, almost entirely.

revolver even brings it up this episode:

where he talks about how some rando wouldn’t have done them any good because it wouldn’t have been public enough. yusaku doesn’t really care about the little people, not in the same way, say, yugi would. it’s not that he wants them to be hurt or see them get hurt or anything, it’s just that unless it effects him directly, it’s not on his radar. but once he gets involved, he feels fully responsible.

while he didn’t plant the hanoi virus into her, he probably knows it was to intentionally draw him out thanks to ai (and the fact that he beats them up all the time). he feels fully responsible for what happened to her, and he’s prepared to do what is needed to make it right again.

i really like yusaku for this. i find those kinds of characters really interesting, and yusaku is no exception. 

we get the whole emma/blue angel/yusaku scene, which is pretty sick tbh looking at it again - just shoot a church straight up from the ground for dramatic effect! - and i’ll bring up more of akira’s ruthlessness here.

seriously, this is not a line from someone who is just angry about his sister. and it’s also him being fuckin DUMB. playmaker willingly lets himself get caught into your trap, and he tells akira straight up what he has to do to save his sister - no sugar coating it, no trying to make it cryptic or difficult despite being caught in that hand and in that trap. he’s incredibly honest, and akira still does this lmao.

then it’s probably the wildest turn of events in all of vrains:

where’s that post that’s like, “remember when playmaker gets caught in a gothic looking church while he’s getting tormented by a giant demon hand controlled by his classmate’s brother and then his rival who he hasn’t met yet shows up in a lightning bolt to save him”? bc really LMAO what the fuck. it was so hype watching it the first time, and it’s still awesome watching it back.

and why is this never really??? brought up again later???? and when he leaves in that datastorm to go prepare to fight playmaker LMAO i know it’s supposed to look cool but the animation is so dorky, i love it. 

more on yusaku, though. before playmaker goes to fight revolver, who he’s been gearing towards for awhile now, we get this exchange:

to which playmaker responds with “i don’t hate you. i only hate the knights of hanoi”. which is another really good moment for his early characterization and very, very consistent with his backstory that we find out in about 12 episodes.

everyone who wasn’t involved in the LI in any way just... exists to him. they’re completely neutral. if something happens to them because of him, he feels directly responsible, because he feels like he got them tangled up in a mess that nobody should be in. i mentioned that briefly earlier, but this really drives that point home.

he doesn’t even hate akira for torturing him mere minutes ago. because he’s been through worse. because akira was doing what he thought was right by his sister, no matter how stupid he was being.

and even more so than that, he’s not seeing this as fighting for akira. he feels responsible for blue angel, but also, here’s his chance to fight revolver. it’s a two birds one stone situation here for him. 

anyways, i’m gonna stop myself there lol this is really long OOPS. gotta take care of a few things, and then onto the first rev vs playmaker duel!

[bae-leth]

(Pt 1) What a coincidence I just chose Faris b/c I saw it meant "knight" and I thought "perfect!" First up, some more info on Faris. I see him being the second prince, having an older brother who's heir to Almyra's throne (let's call him Zain b/c I don't wanna leave him without a name). Faris takes after Claude in looks and personality (though I see him growing up to be a Warlock). He's loves teasing and is a smart, friendly guy and enjoys politics and all of that subtle stuff more than battles.

(Pt 2) Nothing is set in stone when Natalia and Faris meet, their parents wanting to see if they will get along before making anything official. Their first several meetings are absolute disasters and the pair are at each other's throats ever since. Such as that one time Natalia comes to Almyra and keeps getting attacked by local birds for some reason (Faris admits nothing). Or Natalia gifting Faris some treats filled with "special" fillings ("Aww, Natalia, are those for Faris?" "Yup! >:)").

(Pt 3) Faris actually gets close with Artemis long before Natalia since the boys have so much in common ("Then why don't YOU marry him Artemis?" "He's my friend but he's not my type!" "Wow Arty, I thought we had something special") Eventually, as the pair grow up and mellow out they speak more and are able to spend time together. They start to realize they enjoy debating. They enjoy talking, exploring, sparring. She thinks Faris is funny and kinda sweet. He thinks Natalia is cool and adorable.

(Pt 4) Their bond improves to the point the two can joke about their "engagement" to each other. Faris realizes he's in love when they're in a battle together and Natalia saves him from an enemy and Faris jokes "Nice work sweetie!" And Natalia turns to him with a blinding smile and wow was she always this pretty and jokes back "You too honey~!" Faris, bright red and sweating profusely: "Oh fuck, oh fuck, oh fuck" His family laughs at him when he tries to casually ask when he can next see Natalia

(Last part I swear I didn't realize it'd be this long I'm so sorry) Natalia realizes she's in love with Faris when he takes her star gazing one night in Almyra and the stars are so bright and pretty and the skies are so clear and it's so peaceful. And Natalia usually doesn't care for these quiet, peaceful moments but Faris is smiling so happily as he explains the constellations and the stories behind them and he laughs loudly and wow his hands are big and warm holding her own and "oh no oh shit"

LMAOO MY NEPHEW... ONE OF THE ONES WHO PLAYED FE3H WITH ME.... is called Zain, too (except it’s spelled Zayn for him) so!!! what another coincidence!! I love it! (altho tbf, I realise now that any arabic name will probably be familiar to me anyway haha. This still makes me super happy though... good name choices, anon. I approve :’)) )

but aaaHHHH I LOVE ALL OF THIS... their interactions are so sweet! Even the earlier pranky ones LMAO, I love how far they go to express their dislike... Faris sets birds on her. Natalia gives him diarrhoea. They’re so dumb. I love it.

One scenario I thought of while makingsalad: The Faerghus royal family travel to Almyra one time to celebrate a festival or whatever, upon Claude’s invitation. The first meal they have there is brimming with excellent Almyran food, but Faris soon notices that Natalia’s having some Trouble eating her food... namely, she keeps gulping down litres of water and fans her face.

Then it dawns on him.

Later, he pulls her aside and says “Listen, we might not like each other and all, but there is no way I’m letting you leave this place without getting your spice tolerance up. How did you find a samosa spicy?”

Natalia is like ‘>:(’ but she grudgingly accepts. For once in their lives, they’ve come to an agreement! Everyone is bewildered. Claude finds out what happens later via his exasperated son and he just. Wheezes at his desk. 

their developing relationship..... the battlefield scene.... the STARGAZING.... oh my 😳😳 I bet their families tease them a whole lot.... especially because they have SIBLINGS! who watched them start off as kids who ‘were NEVER going to like each other EVER’ yet now look at them, all smitten. Awww.... I bet Zain and Artemis write each other regularly, just keeping up a running commentary of what’s going on at their ends....  

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Driveway repair is an important in any home maintenance. In some cases, homeowners will opt for driveway improvements once they see that their existing driveway has deteriorated. As the cracks and potholes worsen, it can compromise the safety of the driveway. Fix any damage as soon as possible to prevent it from getting worse, which can be more costly to repair. If you don’t do regular maintenance, expect that your driveway will deteriorate faster than if it’s maintained. Driveways made of concrete often require low maintenance, but weeds and moss can grow on them, they can crack, and the edges can crumble over time if vehicles drive over the edges too often. Sealing is the only way to ensure that your driveway looks as good as it can for as long as it can, preventing cracks and damages. Note that there is a specific disadvantage to low quality products, as they need to be replaced more often. Driveways without edging can crumble easily. With block paving, it’s important to quickly take care of any loose stones, small cracks, or other kinds of damage. The rule of thumb is that whatever the driveway is made of, do not attempt a repair all by yourself unless you are an expert.

Your driveway is the entryway to your residential or commercial property and the very first thing that neighbours and visitors see when they visit your home. Offer your home the attention it deserves by picking our company to install your new driveways. We have the skills and knowledge to satisfy all of your paving needs no matter how you picture your new driveway to look. We are the driveway setup specialists in Merley.

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We're an extremely competent driveway installation company offering resin and block paved driveways at fantastic prices. A new driveway can drastically enhance your houses look and add monetary value to your residential or commercial property. Driveways can also make an area lacking in character appearance excellent again and often cost less than you might believe. With a large series of colours and styles at our disposal, we can develop you a driveway that fits your house and your budget.

Driveway Pavers Are Fashionable

Your driveway can be a reflection of the quality of your home. You can have a great driveway with the many ways and options for you to choose. More homeowners claim they would prefer to install pavers than any other driveway material. However, as with any other home-improvement project, multiple considerations need to have attention. You want to make sure you’ll have a beautiful entrance to your home that is durable enough to withstand the burden of vehicular use without shifting or cracking. A traditional paver driveway would be impervious, but there are multiple benefits to installing a permeable paver driveway. Driveway paver thickness and base can vary, but with only a slight difference. Current trends lean towards choosing driveway paver colors that tie in with the roof color of the home, either in the primary paver field or in a border. If you want unique driveway pavers, talk to your contractor about possible creative ways to make it happen. You can add embellishments on focal points like the driveway entrance, the garage apron, or the area called a carriage drop, which is the spot where you’ll dropped off someone adjacent to the home’s formal entrance. You can work around with the patterns such as circle kits and create a fan or a fishtail design.

Choosing Concrete Floor Driveway

The combined strength and longevity make concrete a relatively good value for large areas of paving. While gravel and asphalt as cheaper options, concrete can give you that clean, decent finish for your driveway. Use your creativity and put in some color or print and pattern into the concrete to have a more stylish look. Decades ago, deciding on how your driveway would look like was so easy, but now all sorts of concrete designs are available. There are a bit of a confusion sometimes between concrete and cement, but cement is part of the overall product, which is the concrete. Cement in itself is a mixture of limestone and clay, which is then mixed with other stone aggregate to form concrete. While pouring concrete seem to be an easy job, but it can be tricky achieving a good result. Timing is very important when doing the actual construction, and you might fall behind if you are not an expert. A standard way of installing concrete driveway starts with removing grass, making sure the soil is stable enough, setting up wood forms, then pouring in the concrete. Even if you say you can do it yourself, professional help is still imperative to have to project done in no time. A concrete driveway may not be demanding for maintenance, but it is still important to keep it clean and sealed if you want it to last long.

Driveway Cost

The cost of a new driveway doesn’t need to be exceptionally high. Depending on your location and the frequency of the usage of your driveway, there are many options to consider that will influence installation costs. You may want to consult a professional builder to help with decide on your driveway installation project. Gravel driveways are one of the cheapest, quickest and most popular options to install. Block paving is a popular modern choice for a driveway, and the price ranges from very affordable blocks to expensive ones. Concrete is also one of the cheapest option, but it’ll be more expensive if you want to customize the looks more by having it colored or stamped. The cheapest driveway material is the tarmac, which also has a low-cost maintenance yet durable and long lasting. If you want to have a different color on your driveway other than black or grey, go for bricks or cobblestone, but the price is much higher than other types. In the case that you will install a new driveway, expect to pay for the removal of the old driveway.

Driveway Repair Work

Although most of the driveways are built to last, there will come a time that it will deteriorate and will need repair. Driveway repair is necessary when you see cracks and holes due to weathering. This inevitable deterioration of the driveway can unfortunately cause accidents. It is better to make the necessary repairs as soon as possible than having to replace the entire driveway when damage has gone too far already. If you don’t do regular maintenance, expect that your driveway will deteriorate faster than if it’s maintained. Asphalt and concrete driveways usually don’t need regular upkeep, but they’re worth checking some time to make sure there are no damages and clean surface is maintained. One way to prevent cracks and surface damage is sealing your driveway with as high-quality sealant. Note that there is a specific disadvantage to low quality products, as they need to be replaced more often. Driveways without edging can crumble easily. If you have block paving on your driveway, hire workers who will respond quickly and are skilled at repairing all types of block paving. No matter what type of driveway you have, always hire a contractor to do the repair.

Due to constant use, your driveway may become broken or look a bit outdated. We can set up driveways of any shape or size utilizing top-quality products. We take great pride in our workmanship and quality of service. With years of experience in the industry, you can depend on us to design and develop stunning driveways for both domestic and business residential or commercial properties in Lyme Regis. You can pick from a variety of products including block paving, concrete, slate, stone, gravel and resin that best enhance your home. Our group of professionals can install driveways that are useful, long-lasting and visually gorgeous.

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We're a highly knowledgeable driveway installation company using resin and block paved driveways at excellent costs. A brand-new driveway can drastically improve your homes look and add monetary value to your home. Driveways can also make an area lacking in character appearance fantastic once again and often cost less than you may think. With a large variety of colours and designs at our disposal, we can build you a driveway that suits your house and your spending plan.

Driveway Installing Company

When people come to visit you at your home, the first thing they see is your entrance. How your driveway looks, whether good or bad, can mark the first impression of people about your property. Installing driveways are one of those home building projects that require the help of a professional builder. The project involves heavy equipment and construction materials that requires certain skills. For the average homeowner, contact a reputable contractor to do the project for you to help you save time, money, and effort. The reputation and previous work of the contractor are the very first thing you need to look into when hiring. Choose the top companies to get a feel of their quality of work and level of professionalism. Ask the contractor if they have insurance that could cover for any accident during the building process. You must be comfortable with the contractor you’ll hire, allowing you to discuss and do matters smoothly. The value of your property can literally rest in the hands of the contractor, so make sure he is someone you can truly depend on. Request for a quote from at least three contractors, and compare the rates and services covered.

Elegant Driveway Pavers

Your driveway can be a reflection of the quality of your home. With the abundance of driveway pavers, there’s almost no excuse for anyone to have an unpaved or unsightly driveway. More homeowners claim they would prefer to install pavers than any other driveway material. But, it is important to take time in planning the project well because you will have to consider a lot of things. Your driveway should make your property look pleasing and must be strong enough to last long. You can choose whether to have a permeable or impervious type of paver driveway. Traditional driveways are usually 3-inch pavers with a standard 6-inch base, but the base can be thicker in some cases. You can have fun with the colors, but it is best if the colors of the pavers and borders go well with the color of the roof. You can customize your driveway by using different shapes, texture, color and style for your pavers and borders. You may also want to consider paver driveway embellishments to add a dramatic appeal. Adding character to paver driveways, you can actually have different design patterns like fishtail or fans.

Evaluating The Cost

The cost of a new driveway doesn’t need to be exceptionally high. Driveways receive a lot of traffic and need to be durable, which are some of the factors that affect the cost of your installation. Hire a driveway contractor to guide you with your choices and to do the tasks for you. Gravel driveways are cheap, quick to install, can last for a long time, and require little maintenance. Block paving has lots of price options from basic cheap blocks to more expensive stone sets. Concrete is also one of the cheapest option, but it’ll be more expensive if you want to customize the looks more by having it colored or stamped. Tarmac driveways are long lasting, durable, and probably the most affordable. Bricks, which are priced a little higher than other types, can come in many textures, along with either in a wide variety of colors. Moreover, removal shouldn't be too expensive, but it is a necessary part of the job, so be sure to factor that in when budgeting for the cost of a driveway.

Opting For Brick

Bricks as a building material has been around for a long time, used in constructing house, roads, and courtyards. Bricks are quite sturdy yet porous in nature, which prevents puddling and icing during the rainy and wintertime. Most paver brick is clay-colored and rectangular, but other shapes and colors are now available. Depending on your choice, you can create a driveway that looks like it's been around for 100 years or one that fits right in with modern house and landscape designs. Bricks are one of the easiest materials to use and set up on driveways. There is no need to wait for the area to sit idle for a while because it can be used right away. If you are residing in a region prone to floods and heavy rainfalls, then it is definitely best to pave the driveway of your property with this non-skid material. Brick pavers come in a variety of colour options to choose from, which are not chemically produced. While other types of driveways need replacement of the entire driveway to repair it when damaged, bricks are easy to fix by just replacing the broken parts. Brick driveways can be cost effective because you won’t have to replace it every now and then. Brick driveways are also known to adjust well to minor shifting of the ground while maintaining their interlocking outline, thus they can last long. Since bricks are made of all-natural clay, this material is eco-friendly.

Your driveway is the entrance to your property and the very first thing that neighbours and guests see when they visit your home. Provide your residential or commercial property the attention it is worthy of by picking our company to install your brand-new driveways. We have the abilities and knowledge to fulfill all of your paving needs no matter how you envision your brand-new driveway to look. We are the driveway setup experts in St Leonards.

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