#thank u for letting me ramble about the blorbo lol

[izloveshorses]

I saw a post complaining about musical Dimitri so I want to know what is your favourite things about him in the musical?

sigh... musical dmitry... giggling kicking my feet twirling my hair thinking about him. i'm always daydreaming about him. if you saw me on the street irl i almost guarantee you'd catch me lost in some variation of musical dmitry thoughts.

there are so many things i could say here, anon. his redemption arc™ from a selfish liar to the most noble and self-sacrificing slavic sadboy i've ever seen? his angsty daddy issues backstory? his bewitching silly goose ways? how he lets One Woman completely change the trajectory of his life? how he falls into an emotional spiral about it? the way he Knows Who He Is and is very self assured in his identity, and helps anya do the same? how his identity is so intertwined with his home? his role as a Storyteller™? etc????

but for this ask today i'm going to focus on how gentle he is. i don't think gentleness is something that comes very easy to this dmitry. he lost his father at a young age, as we know. he was alone on the streets and had to fight to stay alive. he cons people for a living. by the time we meet him he's very cynical about the world and doesn't really trust anyone, other than vlad. mostly he just relies on himself and can't really count on anyone else. when he meets anya, a cryptic girl who is a bit off but in need of help, his first response is to scoff and send her away, since unstable people are too risky to deal with. he's capable of being charming, but he uses this skill to get what he wants.

a lesser character with an identical backstory would be gruff and unfeeling, but... this dmitry isn't. in spite of it all, he's so hopeful, though he buries it deep. his most treasured story is about a girl he met at a parade. he is known as the 'prince of petersburg,' has a relationship with everyone on the streets. in the hartford production he calls an older woman in the ensemble 'little mother.' he rescues vlad, a complete stranger, from a firing squad. and though he turns her down at first, he agrees to get anya to paris. he protects what's his own.

you can tell it takes him a while to learn gentleness. whether it's physical or verbal, especially around anya, he is still always on the defensive for a while. fight first, think later. she's really jumpy and skittish but he doesn't start changing his behavior until they fight the ruffians together. he flags all of his movements around her, making sure she knows his intentions first. he talks about his father. he gives her a music box because he thinks it'll make her smile. because she 'earned it.' when she's crying after a nightmare he tells her a sweet, simple story from his childhood.

the train scene is the best example of this shift-- when she cowers after the gunshot goes off, he is completely lost about what to do. 'calm her down,' vlad tells him, but how is he supposed to do that? she's sobbing into his shoulder and he's frozen, panicking, because what is he supposed to do here??? but he shushes her and holds her anyway. he does his best. and it works. in such a tense situation where they very well could be shot next he is so so gentle and patient with her. and by the time we reach iacot in paris, he knows exactly how to comfort her. he learned how to hold her gently and speak in a soft voice. how softness can ground someone in need.

to summarize: musical dmitry is... really soft? and softness/gentleness isn't really something you see in the conman archetype very often. he is so special.

[luvrodite]

Ro, i’m still thinking about the ask you sent me, aaaahhhh, got me pining, yearning, longing 😭 and the questions were soooooo good, I just GOTTA repay the favor/indulgence. I have to throw them back at you! So:

1. Jason’s thoughts on you from his perspective? what are his favorite things about you?

2. do you have alternative aus of your selfship?

I LOVE YOU

irma !!!!! thank you for indulging me with your answers and thank you for asking me!!!! i’m putting it under a cut in case i ramble hehe

i love that first question because it kind of makes you look at yourself and consider strengths in yourself that you wouldn’t normally, or that you might not appreciate yourself? idk just in the sense that people who love us usually see things in us that we sometimes miss and i feel like it’s kind of beautiful to try and see through their eyes.

anyway, sentimentality aside. from his pov, i think he probably views me as smarter than i think i am. he fills in the gaps, like where i might doubt my capabilities he has faith in me unquestionably to meet a goal or do a certain thing or even to handle myself. i think it’s really reassuring to have that implicit trust and confidence that he views me as both intelligent and capable in all things.

i think he likes that i’m hopeful and trying my best. it takes a lot of courage sometimes for me to do basic things and i think he loves that at the end of the day even if it’s difficult i still try. i think another favourite thing of his is probably how freely i talk around him? it’s that thing of when you’ve been in someone’s life for so long, and seen them through so many stages of their life, you kind of stop caring about the little things and start extending your trust to them. so i think he likes that i trust him with not just the big serious things but also the smaller, inconsequential stuff like just letting myself exist in his space without worrying all the time. does this even make sense ??

i think i do have alternative aus!! they’re very fleeting and not so fleshed out because they’re more daydreams than anything, but i do love like. putting the both of us in old romances and fairytale esque stuff? like sleeping beauty, swan lake, a royal au with him as the head of my guards <3 they’re just fun to think about but they’re not specific to him, i cycle through the other blorbos i have depending on who better fits whatever mood i’m currently in LOL

anyway i am so lovesick i miss him and i can’t believe i have to have a full day of classes after typing this good lord !!! thank you irma!!!! love u!!!!!

[glam-rock-space-wizard]

I've been a huge Iron Fist fan for a while, so I'll throw my hat in the ring!

1. My first introduction was actually the Ultimate Spider Man cartoon series, where Danny was played by Greg Cipes, the same actor as Teen Titans' Beast Boy and TMNT 2012's Mikey. With those two already being my favorites, I was hooked on the voice and fell in love with his laid back but wise portrayal in that show. (The first couple seasons are genuinely really good, don't come at me)

2. My personal favorite adaptation/run is torn between Power Man and Iron Fist (2016) (I ADORE the somewhat messy/chunky art style) and Iron Fist The Living Weapon from 2014, which was actually my first ever Iron Fist comic. A HEAVY jump from his portrayal in USM, but I can understand why they changed his backstory for a children's television series lol.

3. My favorite characters are, unsurprisingly, Danny Rand and Luke Cage. Both insanely powerful in their own right, both dealt a shitty hand by fate albeit in very different ways, and both absolutely dedicated to making the best of the world they live in. They play off of each other in such a satisfying way, and I often really appreciate the subversion of expectations, making the Big Heavy Bruiser the serious one of the duo, and the Zen Kung Fu Master the idiot he has to keep on a leash. Heroes for Hire and Defenders also hold a special place, just because I love to see my boys interact with other heroes and let their unique personalities shine.

4. I think my favorite thing about Iron Fist, other than having absolutely kickass powers, is who he is as a character. No matter which Iron Fist it is, this applies to Lin Lie as well (Love u bbygrl), holding the title of THE Iron Fist really carries a certain amount of weight. How the hero carries that weight, that title, says a lot about them. Danny left his life behind, was shaped by K'un Lun, molded into this perfect "Immortal Weapon", and yet... When he returns to the outside world, he's still kind. Still giving. Still caring. The horrors he's seen, the abuse he's been through, the otherworldly power coursing through his veins; he will still drop everything to help someone who needs it. Lin Lie, in the limited exposure I've had to him, had the Iron Fist somewhat thrust upon him after his blade was destroyed as Sword Master. He has a goal. A cause. Collect the shards and stop them from manifesting into demons and stuff (yikes). He's a young man with experience and cultural ties in the supernatural, only to be thrown even deeper into this spiritual power and have to grapple with what that means and what that title carries. Ugh I LOVE it.

PLEASE give me more Iron Fist reading recommendations. Series he's appeared in. Hell, I'm even playing limited amounts of Marvel Rivals just to support Iron Fist and Adam Warlock's continued inclusion in Marvel media. Am I a little bummed it's Lin Lie and not Danny? A little, but Danny isn't the Iron Fist right now so it makes sense. Lin Lie still goes hard and his design is GORGEOUS in that animation style. 15/10 no notes.

Anyone can be the Iron Fist. All it takes is training, dedication, and maybe being able to beat a whole ass dragon in a fist fight.

Thanks for listening to me ramble about my blorbo, little gay people in my phone. I love you. 👊

Iron Fist's 50th Anniversary: A Fan Survey

Hello!

I've been running this blog for six (whoa...) years now and have been blogging about Iron Fist in general for longer than that. Throughout this time, I have been fortunate to get to know some wonderful fellow fans of the character. On the occasion of this amazing IF milestone, I thought it would be a fun opportunity to reach out directly to the fandom on Tumblr and get to know everyone a little bit better. With this in mind, I've put together a short series of questions, which anyone is welcome to answer in a reblog/reply to this post. You can answer all of the questions or just one, in as much detail as you'd like. No pressure, no stress, and no deadline; I'd like to see how long and far this circulates.

I would love to know:

How were you first introduced to Iron Fist?

What is your favorite Iron Fist comic and/or adaptation?

Who is/are your favorite character(s)?

What do you enjoy most about Iron Fist? What made you a fan?

Anything else you'd like to share!

Please tag anyone you think might enjoy answering this. Alternately, I'd appreciate if you would consider reblogging this, so that it can get to as many people as possible.

Thank you, and enjoy!

[hikari-writes]

Karin~~Im back from a very tiring shift to tell the pkmn trainer crush story ✌🏼I'm ready

So let me present to you, Quinoa (or Riley in the Spanish dub I think)

He's like the reincarnation of another dude Sir Aaron (I liked them both OK? Little me was wild) and the reason why I had a Lucario obsession

here's not a lot of story with him but with the person who showed it to me

Basically I had a crush on my best friend who was like 4 years older but he was so nice and liked to draw, play video games etc he made me wanna start learning about anatomy and to take drawing a step further (he made like 3 or 4 drawings for me, that was peak love language)

I admired him but I know I looked at him with heart eyes from time to time 😅😅😭😑 cringe cuz he liked another girl 🤡 anyway he liked Cynthia so it was like an exchange of "who's your trainer crush"

Now that I think about it my first ever fanfiction or like fan writing was something I started to do with him (it was an "isekai" story that involved the two of us, I would write one chapter he the next one and so on)

Ufff this made me nostalgic

So Quinoa more than a blorbo is like my nostalgia character, when I used to crush on real people (lol)

I'll come back tomorrow with more loved characters so get ready to listen to my ramble 😔

Game: Talk to me about your blorbo!!!

NAT WHAT THE HAWK THATS SO CUTE ARURGSHDJWJSHSHXIWNSOWNF 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 AND HE MAKE DRAWINGS FOR U????

Dear f/o: please. I want that too. 🥲🥲🥲

NOOOOOOOOO ITS OKAY NAT IM SURE YOULL FIND SOMEONE AS AWESOME(OR EVEN MORE) IN THE FUTURE THAT SHARES MUTUAL FEELINGS WITH U <33333

*AND* YOU WROTE FANFICS TOGETHER???? BRO-

Dear f/o: i am once again asking. please. i want that too 🥲🥲

COME AGAIN TMRW WISJWIJSJEHD THANK U FOR SHARING THIS IS AN ADORABLE STPRY AURGSJDJWIJSJW 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[stridingseer]

Hello hello I'm here to demand Ethan hcs for FFWF <333

Okay so I'll most likely separate it into (2) main sections. One specific to Dune and the other for the general original piece. Everything under the cut!

Dune

While his father is a looming figure in his life - one who pushes his son to fit the box of his leading role in the small theatre trope. Lots of intergenerational trauma going around

Incredibly cold and cynical to those in power - 100% the guy who would punch the emperor in the face if you let him. Which is horribly ironic considering [redacted]

Literally only met Paul because the of a post show Mahjong game. The conversation that follows is more about why Ethan avoids talking to those who wish to know him better (ouch)

Food as a metaphor of love!

Ethan, as a chosen name mostly is a thing because he believes that he needs to fit into the Imperium (in actuality, he's named after the North Star in Chinese which says more about his morality and character.)

Give him filmbooks and you will most likely not see this guy for a whole week or more. Someone please make sure he sleeps

In his opinion: staff > giant stick >>>>> knives. why deal with a shield when you can give someone concussion instead?

tries to pick up new hobbies/techniques like cooking recipes.

Anything more would probably be spoilery so I will just stop myself early lol

Original

Comes home after three years of university... for a work term no less thats honestly just a simple programming internship.

Surprisingly story literate? Or at least he tries to be. Patterns beloved.

Open mouth, insert foot

Will he ever let go of the past? Maybe, maybe not. Thanks Hugo.

"Do you have a plan?" "I'm working on it/I'll figure it out."

Can and WILL put his parent's happiness over his own. His bestie does not approve of this. It admittedly does lead to a bad fight.

as teenagers, given that the two were basically living in a room with two beds. Ethan is the bed stealer. F to Hugo but your bestie is clingy when tired.

[nuclearforest]

Hello phrend. 😎 2deep4me writer asks:

What's the fic you're most proud of?

13. Do you take pride in your writing, or does it embarrass you? Why?

14. Do you compare yourself to other writers? In a positive or negative way?

15. How do you think your writing has improved over time?

Thank u for the ask!! Makes me very happy and lets me ramble abt stuff!

1, Honestly hard to say. Like, I'm proud of One Dog Night because it was the first thing I ever posted and like, really snowballed me into doing more and putting myself out there more. But on the other hand, Month to Love a Werewolf is the first multi-chapter piece I finished! And now Sirens' Guard Dog is on the way. I think those are my big three-- but as far as picking one goes?

It's really hard to say. I can't pick my favorite child lol.

13, Depends on if it is anon online or IRL.

Online? hell yeah i'm proud of being fully unhinged for my blorbo. almost at 350k in 2 years and like. ~300k of that is hans. my really sad sack awful blorbo who i love with all my little heart. stinky, stupid wolfman with a flair for the dramatic.

But IRL? I am a professional with a career you wouldn't catch me dead bringing up writing or fanfic in public. like, my folks asked me once over a holiday why I was on my laptop and what i was writing and i immediately had to bullshit that it was some stupid literary analysis to keep my skills sharp when, uh, it was really werewolf smut. very, very close to being busted but they aren't curious enough to press and i'm a fool not a coward.

THE ONLY EXCEPTION is when i am around those friends that are my enablers and don't care lmao. They think it's funny and it's on brand. Alternatively it's just one facet of the strange little gremlin they've let into their lives. I mean well--promise.

14, yeah. like, healthy or not i'm always out here comparing myself in both good ways and bad. some for learning new styles and tricks and broadening my horizons, but some for like. competitive purposes. and there's nothing to be competitive about but i've been in competitive schooling all my life and for a kid who grew up with little self confidence feeding on the praise of being "gifted" it really sticks with you. so there are many a conscious reminder that it's all for fun. that i shouldn't stress and that it's for me, even if some of that is a lie (i mean, come on--sometimes i'll write shit to brighten somebody's day but generally it's whatever catches my fancy).

but like, old habits die hard and i'm hungry for kudos and comments lmao. usually it doesn't get bad but if it does, i just bury my head in a different crafty pile of sand.

15, I HAVE A TIMELINE. we'll summarize it as exponential improvement and development tho lol.

nobody here will see the shit i wrote in middle school. we're talking paper journal self insert fic that i wrote chapters and chapters of (granted these were like, 100-ish words a chapter). talk about humble beginnings.

move to highschool and i have some fanfic and also a bit of OC work that I share in my school's creative writing club (bruh I STILL wasn't sharing fanfic).

in college I didn't write much. too busy under an engineering course load but i have a few things here and there. mostly fun little snippets of fluff to keep myself occupied.

but that said, now that i'm working and trying to live my best life, i've definitely gotten better in coherent plotlines, length, and fleshing out the details. i still have all the old stuff (even the paper journals, somewhere) and a decade+ later it's meteoric improvement lol. when i wrote One Dog Night that was the longest single story I'd written by a mile. and now i'm on a long chapter work i've updated weekly since i started it following an outline. i'm boggling my own mind.

but that said: i've always been creative and colorful, have not always been able to actually finish a story. funny enough, i've also never had a formal, regular beta and something tells me that won't change soon. (altho sometimes I do ask for a second set of eyes-- so thanks to y'all that have done it for me!)

can't wait to see how i keep growing!