#tagging for future reference 🥺

[saintaviator]

HI FRANKENSTEIN IS MY FAVORITE BOOK PLEASE TELL ME YOUR WW FRANKENSTEIN THOUGHTS IF U WOULD LIKE TO SHARE

HI HELLO KICKS MY FEET AND GIGGLES UMM... Something something. Wolfwood dies but the remaining Eye of Micheal losers dig him up and bring him back to life against his will & effectively brainwash him 💖 making him the perfect assassin to hunt down rouge members of the EoM 💖 if this sounds like the plot of Captain America: Winter Soldier its because it is 😁✌but also its Frankenstein bcos that guy died. Like so hard. All of his organs r melted 😬 they probably had to do extensive surgery to revive ww WHICH is why i draw him w cadaver scars teehee ✌ its also uhh like. Jesus Christ from the bible. Dead for three days and resurrected but like if it was super fucked up ??? SORRY this is incoherent I can elaborate further if u want lol

[stressleches]

Rumor has it (Part 3) | Tom Blyth

pairing: Tom Blyth x fem!actress!reader

summary: Ever since the premiere of tbosas fans of yours have been shipping you with your costar, Tom Blyth. Is it all just rumors or were they right all along?

a/n: I’m loving all the support I’ve been getting with this mini series so here are the links to part 1 & part 2 if you haven’t been caught up! As always feedback is appreciated and requests are open!

ynusername Say hello to my nephew, Lenny 🐶 @rachelzegler @tomblyth

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user1 not YN calling Lenny her nephew I CANT

↳ user3 I mean her and Rachel are practically sisters at this point 🥺

↳ user1 true

user4 I never wanted to be a dog so bad in my entire life until now

↳ user2 BARKBARKBARKBARK

↳ user5 why do I relate to this comment so bad 😫

user6 I guess that makes Tom the uncle

user2 Didn’t Tom say he’s getting a dog in an interview and the breed he mentioned is YN’s favorite

↳ user3 they’ll make great dog parents

rachelzegler come back Lenny misses you two 😭

↳ user5 Lenny is a real one

↳ user4 If YN and Tom left me I’d be missing them too

↳ user2 we need more Lenny content from them pls

tomyndaily It’s the way he’s looking at @ynusername in this pic for me 😫

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user3 Idk who to be jealous of YN or Rachel?!

↳ user1 same

↳ user6 I’m jealous of Tom tbh 😤

user2 He looks at her with so much love and admiration

↳ user4 men take notes ✍️

user5 can’t wait to see more of them on the red carpet soon

↳ user2 I just know they’re going to slay

ynusername Coryo may not be a gentleman, but @tomblyth sure is. Tbosas is out now in theaters everywhere!! 🌹🎶🐍

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user3 the Taylor Swift reference!!

↳ user1 she’s not wrong though

↳ user2 not mother quoting mother

user4 I wish Tom Blyth was real 😭

↳ ynusername me too 😔

↳ user5 OMG YALL SHE REPLIED

↳ user3 she’s too funny

tomyndaily I love how she took this while Tom picked her up from the airport

↳ user6 proof?

↳ tomyndaily posted in stories

rachelzegler did you just Mike Wazowski me? 🙃

↳ ynusername I just realized I did after posting it sorry not sorry 😆

user1 YALL TOM LIKED HER POST

↳ user5 as he should

yntomsources A old pic of Tom at @ynusername house back in 2022 while they were filming tbosas taking from her insta stories

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user4 I never seen this pic before

user2 buzzcut Tom for the win

↳ user3 agree to disagree

↳ user1 it’s not that serious

user5 I went to her stories but I don’t see it anywhere 🤔

↳ yntomsources she deleted it

↳ user6 I guess she wasn’t a fan of the buzzcut 🫢

↳ user4 team flowing locks is better

user2 we have to spam her now to see which she prefers skskskskksksks

↳ user3 BET

taglist: @bada-lee-ily (lmk if anyone else would like to be tagged in future projects)

[xochimillilili]

🍀🌼Intro Post🌾🍀

Hiiii !!! Heloooo hi welcome to my blog <3 An everything blog so feel free to head out if only nsft is your thing =^ㅅ^=

The name's Xochimilli, feel free to just call me Xochi, sir or kitty is also okay too~!

I'm literally just fucking queer :3 Genderqueer pupkittybun god thing that's 21 years old, vers switch with a topdom lean !!! He / It pronouns only yes n just capitalized :3

Time Zone: GMT -6 • Mx City

Asks: Open 🍀 DMs: Closed

🌾Anons

•🪐 • 🩻 • 🦇 • 🪲 • 🐻 • 🐼 • ⚰️ • 🌱 • doe • 🧜‍♀️ • 🫧 • 🌻 • 👑 • 🦦 • 🌌 • 🥺 • 🤍 • 🐾 • 🍰 • 🍑 • 🪣 • 👑🖤 • 🍊 • 🍤 • 🐈‍⬛ • 🪷 • 🐞 • 🐬 • 🌟 • 🏩 • ✴️ • 🐇 • 🎃 • 🌈 • 🔮

DNI: Minors + TERFS + raceplay + ED blogs dni feederism + detrans blogs can look but do not fucking touch my photos :T I can and will block anyone I see fit !!!

🌼 Kinks + Limits + more under cut 🌼

Haven't made this pretty yet shhh lmao ^_^

🍀Kinks

Bold=fave 🌼 *=only recieving

Petplay • Impact play • Soft Degradation + Praise • Bondage • Piss/Omo • Mommy/Daddy • Somno • Breeding • Pregnancy • Edging + Cum Denial • Free Use • Sub/Dom • Fauxcest • Light Knifeplay • CNC • Intox • Medical play • Exhibitionism • Voyeurism • Light Humiliation • Temperature play • Biting/Marking • Primal • Royalty play • *Lactation/Milking • Musk/scent • Blood • Cockwarming • Wax/Candle play • Stalking • Kidnapping • Objectum • Pain play/Physical Injury • Possesiveness • *Forcemasc • Monsterfucking • Gore (will not post about it) • Cannibalism (will not post about it)

🌾Limits

I either don't enjoy these personally or can't do/write for them even for fun lol !!! I will have some of these tags blocked for my own happiness <3

Height difference • Scat • Inflation • Detrans/Misgendering • Raceplay • Brat taming • Vomit • Beast • Cheating • Older men/ younger women (literally fuck off if you try to push this on me I have the tag blocked for reasons >:/ • AB/DL • Hypno • Sissy • Weight gain/Loss + Feederism • Cis daddy doms in my fucking dms >:[ dude I'm not a girl to you fuck off

Please do not refer to me as prince, mistress, ma'am, miss, or mommy !!!

🌼Subby Xochi shit

For funsies !!! I accept teasing for me being subby only in the form of anon asks ^_^ Bold=fave !!!

Kinks

Petplay (kitty/bunny), incredibly soft degradation, praise, piss, omo, somno, breeding, pregnancy, exhibitionism, edging/cum denial, musk/scent, humiliation, CNC, forced anal, free use, alcohol intox, biting/marking, royalty play, laction/milking, cockwarming, pain play, stalking, possesiveness, forcemasc, mommy, fauxcest

Size difference is okay when I am bottoming and subbing, but only in regards to my genitals, please don't include it when I am topping !!!

Terms I use

Anatomy: Chest can called chest, tits, boobs, I got a cunt, can also call it pussy, also got a clit, tdick, cock ^_^ the whole area can be referred to as princess parts or kitty parts !!

Petnames: I'm cool with kitty, bun(ny), pet, sweetie, cutie, baby, love, slut, bitch, fucktoy, cumdump, cumslut, princess, (little) boy, basically pretty much anything goes :3

Also 5 foot 1, or 157 cm if that matters to you somehow !!!

◇ More: (aka xochi doesn't stfu<3)

◇Xochi is a real person I am not horny all the time lmao

I am literally just queer, in gender and sexuality, I am just a queer fuck !!!! I am demiromantic though,, , but still !!! Queer lol My gender is just I am God, because I fucking am God, angel mixed in all of it too !!!

A part time English teacher and graphic design student ^_^ i am trying to create a good future for myself and create the life I want <3

Cool fucking sandwich with mental illnesses n disorders inside :3 with a lil (big) sprinkle of chronic pain <3 Feel free to ask how my progress with therapy is going !!!

I like stuff apart from masturbating and being horny~ I really love drawing, Sky: Children of the Light (oooOooO you wan be daily light friends with me sooo bad <3), Sanrio (My Melody my beloved ♡), Percy Jackson, Artemis Fowl, n Pretty Cure.

I like plushies and cooking to name a few things I like, and really like most types of music, so don't be afraid to just talk about my interests! I'm not scary I promise :]

I really really like learning and reading about stuff !! Feel free to just dump a ramble in my dms if you'd like ^_^

Yayyy yippee congrats for getting through this long ass thing !!! Star for you~ ☆

[baby-yongbok]

hi pookie, i have a request if its fine for nd!reader 🥺 (if not then completely ignore this ask)

how do you think skz would act in finding out reader practices scenarios/expressions in the mirror or in private? my masking is hurting my brain and i have to reteach myself how to smile after seeing some of my old pics lol

-girlie

p.s. if you ever make a nd!reader series pls let me know so i can be tagged in every post so i can read each masterpiece

I enjoy getting Neurodivergent!Reader requests cause as someone with autism I'm so damn horrible at writing it. I guess I'm not aware of how I do things but at the same time I'm hyperaware of it all..? Idk, anyway here's what I think:

Chan, Hyunjin, Felix - Would try to help you or would want to understand the process for future reference. - They just want you to feel good and safe with them and they want to understand you and everything you struggle with. If you’re practicing expressions they’ll do it with you. This’ll quickly turn into the two of you making funny faces in the mirror and completely forgetting how this started in the first place. They’ll tell you how you sound to them and what vibe your expression gives off and if you want them to leave you to do it alone you don’t have to ask them twice (Even though they low-key want to stay). Their search history is filled with articles on the topic of scripting now and by the end of the week they will be an expert on the topic. (Or just feel like one)

Seungmin, Minho, Jeongin  - Would watch you silently and then tell you that they’ll take care of everything. - If you weren’t so focused on finding the perfect way to introduce yourself to his friends then you would’ve heard them walk into the room but he’s grateful that you didn’t. He had no clue that you did this even though he’s very well aware that you struggle with social interaction sometimes. He’ll leave carefully so that he doesn’t frighten you, maybe he wasn’t supposed to see you doing it and as much as he loves messing with you he doesn’t want to mess with something that might hurt your feelings or have you feeling embarrassed. After seeing you do that he starts doing a mini version of it too in hopes that he can be prepared to come to your rescue if you find a situation to be a bit too challenging. They just want to take care of you and make you feel comfortable.

Jisung, Changbin - Would panic like they just interrupted a presidential meeting and then ask a million questions. - You were so focused on watching your eyebrows and listening to your tone that you didn’t hear the very loud boy come into the room. He thought you were on the phone but when he realizes that you’re not he starts asking questions. The blush on your face gives way to your slight embarrassment but it’s all erased after you tell him what you were doing. The look on his face is priceless. He still has so many questions but now he’s more focused on apologizing for his mere existence, you tell him that it’s no big deal but he doesn’t wanna hear it. You will definitely hear him watching some YouTube videos about scripting later. He doesn’t wanna bombard you with questions but he wants answers. (And he will act like he never walked in on you in the first place)

✨️Masterlist✨️

[ririabeam]

✧ 𝒦𝒶𝑒𝓂𝓊𝑔𝒾 𝒲𝑒𝑒𝓀 ✧

✧ Day 3: Dress Up + Dress Down ✧

(Sorry I'm posting in 2024 😂 Posting into tag as credit for the theme, I had initially decided not to do this in favor of doing the comic and animation on time for the week- I finished this now because I like it to not scrap it XD)

I'm happy of the friends I made through Kaemugi week :')

I realised this is my 2nd cosplay themed drawing, I had started cosplaying last year and had a lot of fun n happy memories 🥺💖 I never expected it to be so fun, I'm happy to get to meet other beautiful n nice cosplayers 🥰

Anyway about this drawing, there's a lot of anime references so have fun figuring them out 👀 Or read on for answers 😏

Initially I wanted to draw Kaede as a Death Note Shinigami but changed to Snow White due to the apple symbolism 👀

Kaede is Snow White who is the "fairest of them all", giving Tsumugi (Misa) justice/fairness, thus Tsumugi is in love and will kill for Kaede (Kaede is Tsumugi's Light (Misa's Light) kills Rantaro in Death Note Plot Twist: Tsumugi is the one who set up the posioned apple (shot put ball) to make Kaede fall to sin and commit the crime (In folktales and mythologies, apple symbolize man's fall to sin, temptation) to start the killing game The Poisoned Apple is a magic blood-red apple which will send its victim into Sleeping Death when bitten. Thus Kaede is asleep ^Hope that's not too mind blowing to read 😂

Anime references: -Madoka and Homura Badges (Madoka Magica) -Kurumi rubber keychain (Date a Live) -Eevee Plush (Pokemon) -Stickers -> Mari Ohara from Love Live, Rena Ryuugu from Higurashi -Hanging photocards (Promised Neverland) -Mikasa's red scarf (Attack on Titan) -Sword on wall (Demon Slayer) -Posters:

Oshi no Ko

Future Diary

Talentless Nana

[studentbyday]

“A fellow has to fight something all through life ... didn't somebody once define man as a fighting animal? ... and I want to fight disease and pain and ignorance ... which are all members one of another. I want to do my share of honest, real work in the world ... add a little to the sum of human knowledge that all the good men have been accumulating since it began. The folks who lived before me have done so much for me that I want to show my gratitude by doing something for the folks who will live after me.” —Gilbert Blythe (L.M. Montgomery), Anne of Avonlea

Hi, hello! 👋🏻 You can call me Teddy🧸 I'm just a girl trying to:

push herself gently out of her comfort zone

find her way through life with an independent mind

hold onto all the wholesome, supportive childhood quirks as she grows up 🥺

Also a:

life sci major in her second-last year (💗: molecular biology 🧬 biophysics ⚛️ immunology 🦠 microbiology 🧫 computational biology 👩🏻‍💻)

philosophy enthusiast (💗: existentialism, humanism)

classical music (especially piano) junkie

tags/posts for future reference:

monthly reflections

in case i feel like taking another hiatus

secret tumblr dashboards

lessons from the 2023-2024 school year

re: fixing my negativity

#🍵 (personal reset/burnout prevention routines/ideas)

#coding help

#my unsolicited notes

#lifelong learning (resources for cool stuff to learn that aren't coding/cs related)

#100dop (most of my studyblr posts...might've forgotten to tag some of them)

#50 days of routine (more studyblr circa fall 2024)

#words thrown at the wall (.txt, whether study-related or not)

#career advice

#good advice

[mayakern]

Hi, I've only just seen your ocean midi skirt for the first time just now but it's sold out in B. Does "Final Sale" mean it's not coming back? 🥺

I don't really wear skirts cus I don't know how to style them but lord this skirt would make me figure it out >:P

final sale is specifically for the D size, which is from our very first run of skirts with our new manufacturer. this batch had the pockets sewn into the side seam instead of the waistband and all the remaining skirts from that batch are on final sale.

we will eventually restock the ocean skirt, but i don’t know when.

and for future reference, you can see which skirts are “endangered” by checking the skirt tracker on the store blog!

i also have drawings of style suggestions for our skirts here

and you can also find a ton of pictures of outfits put together by our customers in my customer pics tag!

[softpine]

@bb-enablefreebuild it's true, but asa says it himself, "I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I have everything a person could want and a better family than some could ever imagine - but it’s not enough for me. I don’t know why. I want to be happy, but I don’t know how." it was important for me to include that part in there, because that has nothing to do with finn – well, only a little bit in that he knows he can come across as ungrateful given that his family is incredibly supportive and some people's families, like finn's, are the opposite. otherwise, this is entirely centered around asa's internal feelings. he's had depression nearly his entire life, it's just that when finn is around he's able to find reasons to take care of himself (going outside for long walks, sleeping regularly, paying attention in class because finn tells him to, taking his meds, etc.) and without finn there to ground him, asa is falling apart for more reasons than one. so yes it's the heartbreak of losing your first love, but it's more than that for him. it's losing the primary reason for living in the moment and looking forward to the future :(

he will be soooooooo pissed :( we'll have to wait and see if asa tells him the truth (or the full truth) about how he got to this point... especially after everything asa said in this post; he KNOWS finn wouldn't approve of any of his actions thus far, but he keeps digging his grave deeper and deeper because he's already gone too far, he's already broken finn's trust and he can't leave things like this now :(

that tag is so funny, i wasn't even referring to myself in Sim God terms i was just mad at him as if i'm a powerless reader like the rest of you jfkjsds and YEAH poor casper :( he'll come up in one of the next posts so i don't want to say too much, but the fact that his worst fear is missing out on something important while he's away, to the extent that he's calling constantly to check on his family is so..... :(

bro yes 🤭

thank you for sharing!! that makes complete sense to me and that's a really sweet way to incorporate your mom in that decision 🥺

RIGHT he needs the sense knocked into him fr

@forgotten-pixels ahhhh i love this question, i was JUST thinking about mac while i was making vegan chili mac the other day fjkjsds i'm actually going to save this in my inbox and take some pictures for you when i have the energy because i miss mac and honey too :') they're always hanging out in the same room while i'm taking screenshots, they just NEVER make it into any good pics. it's actually a curse i swear

i honestly have no idea, i'm sorry 😭 it'll probably be awhile though, i haven't been doing great tbh but i want the next post to look as good as it does in my head so i don't want to half ass it!!

@itsalwaysgonnabeher oh you caught that huh sjfkjsds don't worry (yet) 💖

@little-orphan-ant I'M SORRY 😭 i'm thinking brandi wtf at all times too lmao

omg okay so i'm saving this message in my inbox for later because i KNOW for a FACT that i listed everyone's favorite candy many years ago but tumblr's search function is so incredibly ass and i don't have the energy to keep searching for it right now but i will find it eventually i promise 🥺 and if not i'll just rewrite it and then when i inevitably find the original post we can compare my answers and see how well i know my characters' tastes fjksjds

absolutely yes i'm afraid 😌

in my head i still have to sound it out sometimes if it's been forever since i've typed her name fjksjds

@rebouks thank you so much 🥺🥺 the same goes to you!!! 💖

@moonfromearth thank you!! it's so sweet you thought of me ;-; 💗

[miela]

Shattered Memories • Story Q&A

Chapter Genre: This is a Q&A!

Chapter Warnings: None

Hello!

First of all, thank you for all the love and support I'm getting for this story??? You all are amazing honestly! You have no idea how much it means to me that you like my writing! Like I get so excited when I see your comments, they make me so happy 🥺💕

Since I'm taking a break this week to catch up on requests and relax my brain, I think this is a good time to do a Q&A! Feel free to ask me anything about the series! Like literally, anything, you can ask me the color of Harry's toothbrush and I'll answer it. If it's a spoiler I'll let you know (i will vague hint at the answer though). The only thing I ask is not to ask anything offensive or rude. I don't mind constructive criticism too! You can ask me personal questions too, I don't mind!

I will be posting the Q&A down in here and will have it in the masterlist for future reference! But you asks will be answered directly to you from the inbox.

Seriously don't be shy to ask anything. I'm 95% an open book lmao

Hope to hear from you! 💕

~

Tags:

@i-love-mommy-wanda @riordanness @peterdarlingg @thecrystalclarity @brckenmemories @paleprincesssxo @blackcanary130 @kindlover @i-have-no-life-charlie @melodicheauxxlovesfood @hufflepuff-n-fluff

[thealphabard]

Hey there! I was just browsing some tags and came across your Zora OC, and I'm curious what inspired his design? He looks great!

THANK YOU 🥺 both for the ask and kind words! I have a messy bio for him and I've been asked this before but a Koi fish was his main inspiration :) though, the reason for Koi fish I think was entirely to play on the fact he uses fire magic/his patron is Dinraal. It's been a minute! Since he was a dnd character, I don't really remember the full details of everything since a lot of it was back and forth discussions with my DM and I have absolutely atrocious memory. I never expected Akos to really become a character anyone else became fond of 😂 as for the rest of him: he's technically on the smaller side zoras, not nearly as tall or beefy as the rest of the domain. Runt of the family if you will. It was mostly because I didn't want him to be so much taller than his companions, and partially because he was made with the idea that he had to be quick on his feet! Hes not very dressed up because I was incredibly inexperienced designing him, had really no good references at traditional zora gear at the time and because I was basing him loosely on TP zoras, who are literally just naked, I didn't know what to do lol I plan to make a full version of his "dress" attire in the future, to hopefully give that a good reference

[zutaralesbian]

Officially finished a first play through of all the romantic routes in book 3. Gonna give my review/thoughts on all of them. Probably a long post ahead because I have a lot of feelings even if no one but me cares lmao. (Obviously, spoilers under the cut)

The overall book

I’ve already seen someone in the tag say that this book had their least favorite plot but favorite relationship scenes. And I think I have to agree with that. The villains of this book just…did not intrigue me the way the villains of the first two books did. I’m not sure why but something about them didn’t hit. HOWEVER the romance and friendship scenes were excellent, the best of the series so far. And because I typically care more about characters than I do plots, that saved it for me.

Gonna ramble about the routes in order of the way I played them. (Since I only play the femslash routes, I’m going to be referring to the characters only by their female names in order to not complicate things. But obviously most of it applies to the male versions too.)

Ava

Ohhhhh Ava. My personal fave but the one that hurts the most lol. And this book (especially the ending) was no different. Though to her credit, we DID get a lot more from her than I thought we were going to get. Ava showed far more vulnerability in this book than she did in the first two books combined. From telling the detective her backstory (which was unbelievably sad btw. I totally get why she’s so emotionally guarded), taking the detective on that car date and letting them in on something that gives her personal enjoyment, and affirming to the detective more than once that she’s afraid to lose them.

And then….that kiss/confession scene. Like many others, I predicted that we were going to get a kiss only for Ava to take it back. But it DID kind of surprise me that she was so honest about it and did confess that she knew there was something between them. I kind of figured it was going to be an impulsive scene with no actual confessions. So this was better than I imagined. Still, it was a gut punch. And while I sympathize with Ava’s trauma and I don’t think she owes the detective a relationship, it is kind of coming off as her (unintentionally or not) playing with the detective’s feelings. So because of that I do think she sort of deserved the verbal smack-down your UB bestie gives to her towards the end. (In my route, Morgan accused her of caring more about protecting herself than she did about protecting the detective…and atm I’m kind of inclined to agree with that.)

I see Ava finally giving in at some point during book 4. Mostly because at this point…where else can her route go? They’ve kissed and feelings have been confessed. There’s no taking that back. It can only go up from here now, right? (At least I hope lmao). I’m wondering if the detective is going to move into the warehouse in the near future now that they’re officially a member of Unit Bravo? That could also be interesting on this route.

I love Ava and desperately want her to finally be happy. But she needs to stop sabotaging herself 😩

Favorite scene: The car date! I loved that we got to see a lighter, more peaceful side of her during it. Plus that wrist kiss 🥺

Morgan

While Ava is my favorite member of Unit Bravo, I do have to confess that Morgan was probably the MVP of book 3 specifically. Both her romance route and her friendship scenes were excellent in this book. Her character development is so apparent. I love how the detective steadily notices Morgan using less and less sexual innuendos in their conversations together as the route goes on. Not because Morgan has lost interest, but because she’s becoming legitimately afraid of the possibility of something happening to the detective…and grappling with the realizations that she really does not want to lose them. I was initially surprised by the lack of sex in her route, but the fact that there wasn’t one until near the end was really fitting imo. And at that point, it wasn’t just sex, it was making love. (Whether Morgan fully realized it or not). The route was just so emotional, in a way I wasn’t fully expecting.

I think at this point, Morgan knows that the detective is very important to her. She just isn’t fully sure how she wants to define the relationship. But I see her getting there very soon. I used to say that I saw Morgan fully giving in to her feelings before Ava (and I still think that) but maybe they’re both going to get there in book 4. Just Morgan towards the beginning/middle and Ava probably at the end.

Favorite scene: The shower scene. It was so tender and sweet. I loved that it was completely non-sexual and just Morgan helping the detective with their wounds. It’s possibly in my top 3 scenes of the series so far in general tbh.

Nat

I enjoyed Nat’s route this book way more than I thought I was going to. I like her character but her route has always admittedly been my least favorite…mostly just because I found it the least interesting. However, that certainly started changing here.

First off, it was surprisingly spicy. I already mentioned this in another post but I’ll say it here too. I find it very funny that Nat comes off as so scandalized by the sexual stuff in Morgan’s route but then in her own route…we get a potential outdoor sex scene, and one against a pool table lmao.

But outside the shallow stuff, I also liked all of the internal conflict with Nat. Her route is arguably the fastest burn. (I know Farah’s was kind of fast as well, but Farah at least hasn’t dropped the L word yet. At least not on my play through). Nat fell hard and fast. HOWEVER I think the reason for that might be because there’s a lot of angst coming in her route in the future. It’s obvious she’s keeping something about her past a secret from the detective…something dark. And she’s afraid that if the detective finds out about it, they won’t love her anymore. I’m very intrigued to find out what that is. My guess is she spent a period hunting and killing people before she joined the agency and found redemption. Whatever it is, it’s sure to be juicy.

Favorite scene: Their first sex scene. I loved that it comes right after the detective’s first love confession.

Farah

I saved Farah as my last solo route because I wanted to get some fluffiness in before delving into the pain the triangle was bound to bring me. And it definitely delivered. Her route had me smiling like an idiot throughout most of it.

But I also enjoy the complexities of Farah’s character. It’s very apparent that she has abandonment issues. Even though she’s obviously happy being with the detective, she also isn’t 100% sure that the detective isn’t going to eventually leave her, which breaks my heart. (And that’s probably part of the reason the L word hasn’t been dropped on her route yet). In a way, she’s almost as emotionally guarded as Ava and Morgan but she just hides it better. (Using a sunny and happy persona).

My hope for her is that she eventually gets to a place where she can talk to the detective about those insecurities. My guess is eventually, something big is going to happen that’s going to finally fully prove that the detective is in it for the long haul with her. Maybe she gets kidnapped and the detective goes through a lot to save her, or something like that.

Favorite scene: The movie date :)

Love Triangle

Not gonna lie, I’m not a huge fan of the love triangle. Partly because I always feel bad and making the decisions stresses me out lmao. But because I want to see everything, I have a detective for it.

The drama is heating up. Nat is beginning to realize there’s something going on between Ava and the detective, she just doesn’t want to accept it yet. And they’re starting to fight more :( I take solace in the fact that the author has already said that A and N’s friendship will be okay in the end, no matter what happens with the triangle. But I’m assuming we’re in for some more drama before things settle.

Being that Ava is my fave, I’ve pretty much always planned to have my detective eventually choose her, even though I feel bad about hurting Nat. But ngl, this book only further cemented that decision. I know there’s probably traumatic reasons why Nat is so overprotective of the detective but Ava was right when she said she was smothering them. I find Ava’s way of handling things (obviously wanting to protect the detective but also acknowledging they’re strong and should be able to get the chance to fight for themselves) far more attractive, personally.

(Side note: It’s interesting that there’s kind of been a role reversal between Nat and Ava on that front. In the beginning, Nat wanted to tell the detective the truth about the supernatural whereas Ava wanted to keep them in the dark. But now, Nat wants the detective to sit out of the fighting while Ava thinks they should get to be involved).

I’m wondering when the triangle is going to be resolved? My current guess is by the end of book 4, being that’s when I think Ava will finally give in on her solo route as well).

Basically, everyone in Unit Bravo needs therapy.

[forcebookish]

I just have to say you are restoring my faith in humanity with all your Top and Mew opinions. People are so weird about them I just don't get it. Their dynamic to me is so exciting and I look forward to their scenes every week. What really strikes me about Top and what a lot of people don't want to see is that he truly wants someone to care for and look after. The way he so quickly took to taking care of Mew you can tell he really treasures him. I also just love how much of an enigma Mew is (in the best way), he always subverts expectations and I think he really needed someone like Top in his life, regardless of what's going to happen in the future.

thank you, anon 🙏

you put it perfectly, they "don't want to see" who he actually is, so caught up in their own narrative of what they want him and the drama to be - something neither of them are. like, why do they think top wanted to still be with mew after he thought that he wasn't a virgin, had lied to him about actually liking him, and might have been cheating on him with ray? just... 'cause? he told boston he still liked him even after all of that, after being so hurt that he slept with someone else. how many times does a guy have to say he likes someone before people believe him????

and you're so right about him taking care of mew!! i've been planning a post about this since ray asked, "is top the kind of boyfriend you want?" because uhhh, you mean a boyfriend who takes care of him? validates his feelings? worships his body? respects his boundaries? and like you said, treasures him.

on their first date, he buys him the sex book lol

on their second date, he puts on his laser tag light up thingie for him

he helps him at water skiing

(i mean lol that second one is obviously a move but still)

on their silent disco date, he puts on mew's headphones for him and gets him a drink

he assembles furniture for him

he gets his drinks for him at the party, he takes him home

(side-note: i've seen folks have a problem with this checklist line, as if he's "faking" at being a good boyfriend, but it's just a reference to mew saying he has his a checklist.....)

he's so concerned for mew when he gets hurt, he wants to go after biker, and "fixes" his glasses (an attempt was made ok😂)

like???? do they think he didn't take care of his exes??? he doesn't know what mew's "type" is, he's just acting like how he acts in relationships. and he was taking care of him even before mew said that!! (inb4 that line about him only caring about coming and making himself happy, he said specifically that he couldn't remember the last time he felt like that; that doesn't mean he never has, it just means that mew's the most serious boyfriend he's ever had. he's never been in love before, that doesn't mean he's not now.)

who goes that far just to "pretend" to care for someone?? and even if he did, don't you think that would lead to him actually caring about him? they really go, hmmm, he's a good boyfriend🤔🤔🤔 suspicious🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 lmao

to your point about mew, he is an enigma! every week, i want to know more about him. i've never seen a character like mew before - even though i've known people like him in real life.

and i agree that top's actually been good for mew, even if it leads to (momentary?🥺 interim?🥺 please not permanent🥺🥺🥺) heartbreak, it's good that he's getting out of his shell. we haven't seen a lot of his backstory, but top keeps introducing him to new experiences outside of just reading, helping him live a life outside of studies. and, uh, (at least soon) help him realize how shitty his friends are😅

so pleased my silly little (ok, overly long) posts restore your faith in humanity, anon. it's asks like these that restore my faith in humanity. so glad i'm not alone in loving them <3

(and glad that you anons seem to like it when i make your asks into HUGE ASS POSTS COMPLETE WITH SCREENCAPS OMG I DON'T KNOW WHY ANYONE READS THESE BUT I'M GLAD Y'ALL DO)

[br-disaster]

get to know me meme

thank you for tagging me, @jaggededges123 🥺

do you make your bed? yes! every morning unless it's laundry day or i'm super late for something.

what's your favourite number? 3

what is your job? veterinary pathologist

If you could go back to school would you? as in graduating in different area? maybe in the future, i've always planned to become a historian as well, but i graduated recenty so it'll have to wait a while

can you parallel park? i can't drive

a job you had that would surprise people? i'm pretty much working at my first job

do you think aliens are real? yes, but i think they're far away enough that we'll ever meet them

can you drive a manual car? no, i can't drive any car

what's your guilty pleasure? true crime

tattoos? not yet, but i want some, i just haven't figured out what it should be aside from paying homage to loved ones

favourite colour? it really depends if we're talking about clothes, hair or art, but i guess rust orange is a color i really vibe with in most things

favourite type of music? anything on the slower, indie(-ish) side, but i listen to everything. Right now i'm really into 70s brazilian music

do you like puzzles? yes, but its been years since i had one

any phobias? yes, it's a bug and i won't say which bug but i've been scared of it since i was a child. I'm a little hypervigilant of my surroundings because of it

favourite childhood sport? swimming

do you talk to yourself? all the time, i don't think i can reflect on anything without turning it into a conversation with myself

what movie(s) do you adore? house of wax, titanic, the lion king, signs, the curious case of benjamin button, jesus christ superstar...

coffee or tea? i assume this refers to plain pure coffee, so tea! mate ice tea specifically, but when it's cold i enjoy some mint, chamomile, anise or lemongrass tea (but i don't really like to drink warm beverages unless weather is cold and more often than not it's not cold at all, so i mostly drink ice tea and juice and coconut water)

first thing you wanted to be growing up? a singer

tagging @a-schrodingers-fox , if you want to <3

[the-marron]

Got tagged by @fixaidea, thank you!!!

I technically did it a few days ago, but then I was tagged by myself, to let this tag game make rounds, so can I be excused for doing it again? 🥺

This time with Guardian/Weilan derivs focus, not to repeat the same info too many times ~~

1. How many works do you have on AO3? 144, and at this point Guardian and co are the majority of those

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

1,261,968 words - I am pretty much this meme:

things always end up longer than I plan them to be 😓

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Well, aside from the old ones, currently mostly for Guardian, The Rebel/ Detective L (Luolin, my beloved), I dabble in DMBJ for weilan derivs purposes

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

In Guardian/Derivs fandom? Through the Window of This Love, written with Ascel (300), The Once and Future Hei Pao Shi (270), The Story's Unwinding, written with Ascel (223), One Prize I'd Cheat to Win (187), Constant Vigilance (177)

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

Oh, absolutely, I love talking to people in general, and I do like thanking people for sharing their thoughts about the story, 'tis why I share afer all

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

Erm. Either When I Make an Oath to the Flames (Guardian) or Unceasing Path (Luolin)? Hard to choose, I do love angst and bad endings

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

Hm. Maybe We Devour Like a Falcon in a Dive? (Luolin) - it's as much of a fix-it as my angsty tendencies allowed these two

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Well. I wouldn't call it 'hate' but I did have some odd interactions lately that suggested gently that maybe I should stop writing.

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

No, no smut from me. Behold my best buddy: Fade To Black

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

Oh, yes, absolutely. Mostly of the Weilan derivatives persuation, admittedly, but it counts, right? I also comitted a Luolin/ Guardian crossover, inspired by Terry Pratchett and his observations about the nature of universities.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Kinda

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Not a Guardian one

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

Hah, hell yeah. Best kind of fun

14. What's your all-time favorite ship?

Weilan, on the basis that they are canon and the reason why I am still here and not moving on. From Weilan derivs: Luolin

15. What's a wip you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

A post-canon murder mystery with Luo Fei and Lin Nansheng that I am not educated enough to write just yet, too many things to research, too little time. Also I am not very good at Agatha Christie murder riddles, on the basis of: I haven't written any yet. Would love to try though.

16. What are your writing strengths?

I've heard that it's characterization and sense of humour. Unless I am gutting people, then it's the atmosphere?

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Repetitions. Commas. Forgetting where the hell my characters are sitting. Ignoring the fact that they should eat at some point.

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

Sure, if researched and checked

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Inuyasha, I guess

20. Favorite fic you've written?

Hard to pick due to lots of sentiment to different ones for different reasons. In terms of 'this was a fic written by me, for me' then weilan!steampunk au Deceive me kindly (while I am still here), because it's a mixture of my favourite things: doomed romance, steampunk and references to the drama

Thank you once more for tagging me! 🥰

Tagging this time: @forerussake, @clevermanka, @sasamelons,

[crguang]

Can I know your opinion about Cinnabar please? 🥺

i was in the garofano tag and i saw a picture of her and my first thought was “is that a dude?… OH MY GOD ITS A BEAUTIFUL BUTCH.” and that’s all i know about cinnabar

for future reference im only on chapter 8 of the main story so i dont know that many characters yet😔

[words-after-midnight]

Hi! I went through the libaw tag while I was bored and???? It's so good??????

I am in love with Gabriel now. New blorbo acquired. All your snippets are great. And also all your chapter titles are fire.

Idk where you're at with the querying but best of luck on that. I wanna see this published so I can devour it.

Just wanted to say how much I love what I've seen of this story. You're doing great, bestie 👍

(Also, do you have a taglist?)

🥺 You just made my day! This was such a sweet message to receive. I'm glad you enjoy the snippets and titles (my titles are definitely a point of pride for me, haha), and that you find the story intriguing. That's the goal! It's not really the kind of story that tends to get much attention in these spaces, tbh, so I'm pleasantly surprised with the warm response some of my recent snippets have received.

Gabriel would most likely be shocked that someone considers him blorbo-worthy, but I'm sure he would appreciate your affections! I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with him myself, but he's definitely one of my more compelling characters and I'm proud of the way he turned out. As a character, anyway. As a person is more complex, lol. Either way, definitely poured years of blood, sweat, tears and research into that guy, and I suppose if I was trying to produce upstanding fictional specimens of humanity I'd probably be writing something other than crime thrillers.

More under the cut because this got suuuper long (💀):

RE: querying - I've been "getting ready to query" for like a year at this point, lol, but that's mostly because the edits after my last beta cycle became QUITE a bit more extensive than anticipated. It's definitely for the better, though. I'm very, very happy with the way it's turning out. Not only am I successfully addressing a lot of my own nagging issues and recurrent beta reader comments, but the structural edits are also allowing me to trim the word count quite a bit (which... the word count has been a MAJOR hurdle in my journey with this project, because of tradpub word count limits in my genre versus the complexity of the story). I'm about 70% done with edits at this point. There will be things actively happening on the querying front in the near future - I will update on that asap.

Re: taglist - I don't currently have any taglists because I worry about my ability to be consistent with maintaining them. You're not the first person to ask about a taglist for libaw specifically, though, so I might try to see if doing one just for that project is feasible. Stay tuned.

Side note, I saw your tags on my post from last year about libaw's history and while they are very (!!!) sweet I feel I must clarify: I started the project in 2008 (when I was 17, for reference), but I haven't been working on it actively throughout that entire span of time - there was a long period between late 2013 and early 2022 where I did very little writing/work on creative projects in general, so it was shelved for most of that. It took me 2.5 years to draft (2008-2011) - at the time it was two novels totalling ~400K words - and then I spent most of 2012 and 2013 doing large-scale revisions, which included a full rewrite/merging of the novels in 2013. Then I took it back up again for good in early 2022 (two years ago today, coincidentally). So that's definitely still a very long time to work on one novel, but not as long as the entire span of years since I started it.

I've always said this is the book of my heart, and I won't try to release it until I'm happy with it and know I've given it my best shot. I've never regretted that for a second, but it's taken a long time to get there, for both personal and skill-related reasons (namely, there's a social commentary element to the story that's taken me a lot of effort, research, and development as a writer to get right - it's ongoing, but I'm getting close based on recent feedback). To be close to reaching the point where I can genuinely feel "my" (independent, prior to pub-related edits) work is done after well over a decade is very cool for sure.