#some of these are from fandoms i haven't been in for years

[sotwk]

How I have been officially infected with Bucky Barnes and Steve Rogers brainrot:

I'm about to complete and post my second Bucky one-shot in four days. In case you didn't know, that is record-breaking fic writing speed for me.

Within those same 4 days, I gained 7 new followers that are all Bucky/Sebastian blogs. Hello, New Friends!

Last night, after I slept off a low-grade fever, I woke up with two new fully-fleshed ideas for Steve x Reader one-shots.

I'm listening to Love Song playlists these days, and I swear every other song I hear sparks another Bucky or Steve romance idea. Like, what even is this?!

It's not like this MCU obsession is unprecedented; before returning to Tolkien, I did Marvel roleplay for a solid 10 years. My total creative output would have been hundreds of thousands of words written, just not in fic format.

What does that mean for this blog and my writing?

Let's be absolutely clear that this is still and will remain a Tolkien-centric blog! I'm just running with the inspiration and writing energy I'm getting from these two blorbos. I haven't made any real progress on my Tolkien fics for many weeks, and I just need to write. I'm sure you all get it. :)

I'm sure the brainrot will calm down and I will make it back to Tolkien "regular programming".

My MCU Masterlist is going to grow, and I would really appreciate it if any of my Mutuals who are in the MCU fandom could show the fics a little love. (and thank you to those who already have!)

If I can somehow convert some Mutuals into loving these two characters, that would just be the BEST ACHIEVEMENT!

PS. I've been wanting to get a Corkcicle coffee mug for a while now, and THIS design happened to be on sale, so I snagged it! If that's not a Sign, I don't know what is.

[brucestalia]

Hello! So, I'm new to the entire DC fandom and so far, I believe that Talia and Stephanie are very very underrated and are often used just as a love interest or comic relief without a personality or background of their own, especially Talia herself. I'm not personally a brucetalia shipper because I haven't read the comics that well yet but it sounds cool, before I get into that however, can you recommend any comics that show us the background origin of Talia or something about her that doesn't include Bruce? I wanna know how HER life was, HER motives, HER relationship with her family, because I believe that she is often reduced to an Asian villain who's cruel or a love interest without much personality without violence, which is just basic misogynistic writing. Hope it's not too much trouble, thank you :D (also I love your account sm you're great <3)

thank you for the kind words, and also for the ask!! (˶˃ ᵕ ˂˶) .ᐟ.ᐟ

both talia and stephanie have been sidelined in ways that reduce their complexity—talia often being flattened into either an exoticized femme fatale or a ruthless villain, and stephanie being dismissed as a sidekick with no lasting impact, when they have so much more depth, history, and agency. talia often gets reduced to either a love interest or a one-dimensional villain - when in reality, she has a rich backstory, complex motivations, and relationships outside of bruce.

her character took a turn for the worse (this is an understatement) because of sheer orientalism, islamophobia and anti-arab sentiment that followed in the years after the 9/11 attacks. [ *i would really not recommend reading anything written by grant morrison (especially if you're trying to get into brutalia..) or tom king. it feels incredibly ooc. there's a lot of prevalent misogyny and racism in the writers' characterisation of talia. ] with that being said, here are some great starting points: batman: birth of the demon batman: son of the demon detective comics #411 batman #232 detective comics #750 president luthor: secret files superman: man of steel #120 batman: our worlds at war batman: death and the maidens batman: the resurrection of ra's al ghul* batman and robin (2009-2011)*

as for stephanie: she also suffers from being overlooked or treated as comic relief, whether it be in canon or fanon depictions. some great reads that explore her character are: detective comics #647-649 robin (1993) #111-120 batman: war games batman: the resurrection of ra’s al ghul batgirl (2009-2011) batgirls (2021-2023) batman r.i.p batman and the outsiders (vol. 2) 

if you ever want more recommendations or discussions on their character arcs, feel free to ask! :D

[linden-after-hours]

This is cool!!! Also in no particular order:

Alex Mercer (JaTP)

Spirou (Spirou et Fantasio)

Eddie Kaspbrak (IT)

Wylan (Six of Crows)

Newt (Maze Runner)

I'm tagging @caswellseyes @madnessiseverything @lyxchen @goiwantamuffin @not-above-necromancy but of course, no pressure! (And I know some of you have been tagged before but I'm curious 👀)

five comfort characters, five tags

(had to start a new thread, got too long) thanks for tagging me @loulooser ooh i like this okay - nick nelson (osemanverse) - aled last (osemanverse) - peeta mellark (hunger games) - linh song (keeper of the lost cities) - xavier hawthorne (the inheritance games)

tagging @lyssified @mister3127 @raeny-nights-and-faery-lights @weirdo09 @charliethinks

[bvckbiter]

me going into the rr crit tag lately: perhaps you would be happier writing your own books

[marshbarks]

this is smth thats not gonna make sense to most ppl who follow me but 'm Thinking again so tag rambly

[laugtherhyena]

Actually i think this is a good time to let you guys know i never watched Sdra2 chapter 4 in full

[calamitoustide]

would you ever fully be able to abandon jeg

this sounds like a challenge

[thevegetablewhichnoonedaresname]

tonight I go to bed grateful not to be in my bnha phase right now

[jacquiarno]

Dragon Age, my favourite game series, how I've waited so long for the next game, which is only a day away now. 🥹

Hero of Ferelden Serena Surana, Champion of Kirkwall Anne Hawke, The Inquisitor Ashani Lavellan. 💖

[savage-rhi]

Cue the pink!

[windowsandfeelings]

Tonight I was like, “well, I should watch ‘The Girl in the Locket.’” (Which is usually my go-to Nancy Drew episode when I just want to watch one.) (I love the Nancy and Ryan stuff in that episode so much it makes me !!!!! The ritual scene??? I could watch it a million times. And I have.) And then from there I went to “The Ransom of the Forsaken Soul.” ‘Cause I love pain. And then I just...started season 4 over from the beginning? Again? 

Anyway. 

“The Danger of the Hopeful Sigil” makes me feel INSANE. ABSOLUTELY FERAL I CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S REAL. It’s been weeks and I’m still just. wow. WOW.

(I also cannot believe the CW still hasn’t fixed the fucked up act breaks in the streaming version yet. They’re not just wrong, they are truly as poorly placed as you could possibly manage to misplace them.)

I’m just enjoying this season so much, and I’m so excited for where it’s going and so dreading that it’s going to end in a mere 6 weeks and so unsure of what I will do with myself after it’s over. What will my next hyperfixation be?? How long will it take for it to find me???

[the-force-awakens]

sighs, y'know I don't talk about it much on here, but I do wish fandom was....better. I wish it was better! I wish that there was an air of community again, where people aren't bullied, or compared to one another, where there's no sense of competition because everyone's gettin' attention. I wish artists (fanartists, writers, graphics and gifmakers and fanvidders and everything and everyone in between) were more appreciated. I wish people didn't have to use the block button so liberally. I wish fandom experiences were more positive, end of, because I am so....so tired of hearing absolute horror stories of how people I know have been treated in fandom, or hearing stuff in my periphery. I wish fandom was a celebration of love again, something that lasts for a good long while. I wish it could be a positive experience for people, instead of something awful that turns them away from stories that mean so much to them, because of the grief and bitterness and anxiety that fandom drowned it in.

[highprofilerichkid]

OFMDs, while I find your pathetic clownery to be even more intolerable than the rank vitriol of my Stucky fandom nemeses, I have to put my personal aggravation aside to offer you, along with my MSR besties, my most sincere congratulations on achieving what is objectively the funniest possible outcome for this round. You eliminated THE top two unquestioned juggernaut patron ships of this entire cursed website in their first matchups, and I honestly couldn't have asked for a better outcome. I cannot stand those fucking pirates but god bless. Love and peace on planet Tumblr ✌️

AO3 Top Relationships Bracket- Round 2 Side 1

This poll is a celebration of fandom history; we're aware that there are certain issues with many of the listed pairings and sources, but they are a part of that history. Please do not take this as an endorsement, and refrain from harassment.

[uchiha-gaeshi]

Issues with Writing a Self-Insert #1

In case y'all didn't know, I've been going through a reflective period recently, and I've noticed that fear of what others think has held me back in almost every single aspect of my life, and unfortunately fandom is no exception.

I remember when I was like 14 and I tried to write fanfiction for the first time (I don't remember even what fandom I was writing for). Unfortunately, I could barely type a single paragraph without immediately deleting all that I wrote and being overly critical of my lack of writing ability. Even at that age, in the privacy of my dorm room, I couldn't shake off the fear of failure (and I mean howw?? I wasn't the only 14 year old trying to write Wattpad fanfiction). I remember comparing myself to some of my peers who had an amazing talent for writing. For me, I didn't get jealous, but rather I got intimidated, so intimidated that instead of continuing on with something and being imperfect at it, I'd just drop the entire activity altogether.

Because of this habit, I missed out on a lot of potential opportunities for growth during this time. I guess I saw people who were amazing, assumed that they popped out of the womb like that or something, and just....gave up. If I could go back in time, I would tell young me to embrace the cringe, embrace the mess. So what if people laugh or look at you funny or immediately stop whispering to each other once they see you? It sucks, but you will find your people, and you will survive. Trying to be palatable to everyone just means that you stifle yourself.

Years later, I wanted to get back into fanfiction, but this time with very little creative writing experience. What held me back was the fear that someone would read something that I wrote and ridicule it for being something that only an angsty teen would write, except that I am no longer an angsty teen but an unfortunately angsty adult riddled with insecurity, and that reality would just make that hypothetical comment sting even more (that's another thing about me. I create hypothetical ways for people to roast me in order to talk myself out of doing stuff).

[my-secret-sketchpad]

I am thinking what to do with this blog next

[welcometohellfilm]

Here it is, guys! Welcome to Hell 2 (Part One)! _____

TW: SUICIDE MENTION It's been about a week since Sock came into Jonathan's life to haunt him, and Jonathan's starting to get used to his antics. But does he really want to get comfortable with the guy who's job is to convince him to kill himself? Stay tuned for Part 2, and find out! ______

To all the fans/followers on tumblr, I just want to say thanks from the bottom of my heart. I know I haven't been around here much in the last few years... to be honest I've been social media-ing less and less pretty much everywhere. Maybe that was the cost of actually making W2H2? I'm not sure. But when I think back about interacting with everyone on tumblr in the years following W2H, it's really sweet and nostalgic for me. I was going thru some rough times, and knowing that there were people out there who saw my dumb little short and connected with it, and wanted to spend more time with the characters... that's really important for an artist. So I genuinely can't thank you guys enough. There would be no W2H2 without the W2H Fandom. I know it's been 10 years, but... thank you for everything. Enjoy!

(PS - you guys got the only heartfelt side-note. Twitter got a "eeehhhHHHHhhhhhHHHHhhhhh", and Youtube got a "please don't be mean to me, I worked really hard on this just to be broke for my entire adult life so far, you GHOULS". So you know I mean it!)