#thank you for the ask 🥰🥰

[ifindus]

baby ladonia and pappa sweden? ❤️

okiii! We do appreciate pappa Sweden ✨

[fancynecr0mancy]

What kind of wine are you having!

Pinot Grigio! I wish I liked red for the aesthetic but I can’t hack it:(

[bonerot19]

🔥📚⛔️ <3

ask game

🔥 what’s something that’s currently going really well? I just finished a 4.5k word one shot that I’m gonna put up on Christmas Eve about Jason killing the Joker so I’m quite happy about that

📚 do you ever read similar works while writing, or do you intentionally not read them? it’s less that I intentionally don’t read similar things while writing and more that I read less when writing bc I’m usually pretty fixated on the story I want to tell. and the fics I read aren’t that story, so I get annoyed.

⛔️ whats something you try to avoid in your work? this might come as a surprise, but I try not to project too much. wait, hear me out. I think I’m a painfully self aware person, and also that everyone has their own unique perspective and that it’s important to not just write a story with 10 carbon copies of yourself.

I think it’s important to write an argument with multiple valid sides, not just the one I agree with.

I think it’s important to let characters be wrong and not just a mirror of myself in a universe where I’m always right. which is what I sometimes find myself writing and then I have to go in from a different angle to Not Do That

[roublardise]

hiiiii

for the sapphicnaturalreads ask game: Have you discovered a new ship that you will be thinking about for a while? What compells you about it?

hiii 💖

it's truly Bela/Ruby...... i've been spinning the Meg/Ruby/Ava trio together in my mind for a while, but i never went further and connected the dots with Bela

in my current Bela/Meg wip I actually have one (so far) Bela & Ruby scene. in it Ruby is Meg's ex, and i thought it would be funny if like, Ruby is just super nice with newly demon Bela and keeps trashtalking Meg. so i had this dynamic in mind, and then i read Hot on her Heels and like 🤯 eyes opening

i think there's really stuff to dig into with them. there's smth to like, Ruby playing the long game VS Bela who's on a timing. Ruby's deep loyalty VS Bela 'i can only count on myself' Talbot. Ruby was a witch and Bela does some magic as well. i don't know how they would fit in canon (besides pre-canon) but we can say Ruby doesn't die and they got the demon4demon dynamic. there's an itch in my head for them now there are THINGS to think about

i've also just started The Voice in my Earpiece Thinks You're an Idiot and paired with Back from Hell i read earlier this month, i think Bela/Jo will grow on me 👀

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sapphicnaturalreads ask game

[bibliosims]

💌 Post 4 pictures from Pinterest that describe your OC. Send this to 3 other simmers to keep the chain going!

[sparfloxacin]

also can we talk about Olli asking if anyone wants a bass tutorial a bit more because sdsgsdgsd the way Olli practically RAN to make that bass tutorial after Aleksi had given him the green light 😭 I can imagine Olli having a boring Sunday afternoon just messing around on his phone/laptop and suddenly there's a message from Aleksi and Olli's so zoned out it takes him a while to even understand what he's talking about but when he does he perks up eyes shining and is like "hey that's super cool 😍" and maybe he had been considering making a tutorial earlier but hadn't had the nerve to ask and now he could just ask Aleksi to ask his people if they wanted some content from him and I just can't explain how bleeping cute that whole thing is!!! 😭💞 also there were definitely heart's (<3) at the end of each message they sent to each other, go ahead and prove me I'm wrong

YES!!! 🥺💕 I actually thought about this too! Olli being a bit unsure if he should do it or not and almost messaging Allu if he should but Allu got to sent the message first and Olli got a perfect chance to ask about it 💗😭 and still not over Olli saying how the stream (Aleksi) looks good 🥹

also did you see Allu’s smile when writing to Olli! 🥺 and bouncing his leg (was he nervous 👀) when waiting for an answer 😭

and yes there were definitely some hearts!! imagine if Allu had forgotten to change the screen and everyone would have seen them by accident 👀

If they actually make a stream/podcast/whatever together I will not survive that. If just them chatting without even seeing or hearing each other is that cute 💕😭

[keylovesstuff]

1 and 19 for the fanfic ask game!

What was the first fandom and/or pairing that you wrote fic for?

The very first fandom I wrote for was Dragonball. After reading a bunch of Pre-db, present, and post Z fics. I tried my hand in writing 🤭🤭 (I actually have yet to go back and read what I posted on Fanfic net... I know they're bad in the best way, but like ugh 🫣🫣 will never bring myself to delete them. We live with the cringe things we post on the internet 👌🏾). So technically, the first pairing I wrote for in the fandom would be King Vegeta/ Unarmed Queen, but that would technically be an OC, I guess, so it would be Vegebul as one of the main canon ships (even though they were kinda minor in the story imo 🤔).

Who is the easiest/hardest character for you to write about? Why?

Every character I wrote for 🤣🤣🤣 nah...umm for my two dbz fics (currently being beta'd I'm really excited to share those when it's ready btw) I challenged myself writing EOZ Goten, Marron (post buu saga as well), little bit of Krillin and 18, and Yamcha. They were really challenging cause I haven't read as many fics with them as a main focus, and like so many people love these characters, and they are so unrepresented and mischaracterized (?) In the fandom in general. I'm a little lurker here and on Twitter (probably for the best), and there's some valid statements....so I kinda took what I saw and went with it (I hope I did them justice...I know you can't please everyone with works but we'll see 😌) and it kinda helps that you're able to mold them all in so many ways. For my Mario fics...Bowser for sure I never know if I make him like intimidating (?) Yet kinda friendly at the same time, and I think that really all comes down to showing that childhood toxicity (ig), but yeah, like I said earlier, it helps that I'm able to mold him in any way to a point.

[dracculaura]

Imma need to talk about the VampireEddie fic!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Didn't realise I was at end and I was like, "oh shit, something is gonna happen at work and Buck is gonna get killed but come back as a vampire!!"

But then it ended on a soft note, and I was like quietly squealing with delight!! Please tell me you have more coming up?!

omg hiiiii i will never not want to talk about the vampire fic!! tbh the fic was much softer (at times) and more emotional than i’d planned for it to be, originally it was just bloody vampire porn 😂

i do have more stuff i would add honestly — i’ve got a ton of lore that never made it into the fic, as well as all of eddie’s feelings about everything — but i can’t make any on when it’ll see the light of day. writer’s block loves to mess things up for me :/

[hyperfocusthusly]

21 26 44

Hello my love 🫶🏻

21: What I love most about myself

I love that I’ve learnt to take care of myself. I lived a lot of my life, for various reasons, not looking after myself properly, (honestly getting into the audhd diagnosis process has also really helped with this) but I’ve worked so hard over the last few years to really accept who I am and stop battling with myself all the time. It helps me but it also means I’m better/happier/kinder for the people around me too

26: My biggest pet peeves

People suddenly changing/cancelling plans (especially if it’s for a reason they already knew about and could have told me ahead of time)

44: A random fact about anything

The last execution by guillotine in France happened the same year Stars Wars: A New Hope was released (1977)

Ask me things 🥰

[feketeribizli]

marci masterpost 🫡 my beloved formula one guy

[ninjasmudge]

Are the lambs chains burning or glowing?

Love your art.

theyre both, the chains were forged by kudaai, blessed by clauneck and put on by clemach. the birds believe themselves to be acting with a certain righteousness so i was thinking of the glow in a sort of 'holy fire' type of burning.

you made me realise reverse lamb probably has pretty extensive scars though

[handledwithgloves]

romione being the most cute couple while drarry creating chaos!! Love them

romione causes chaos too!! (she has a dynamight)

[girlsdads]

46!!!!

46: shimmer

Daniel’s waist has always fit perfectly in Max’s hands like this, when he is on his knees, chest down in the pillows, spread wide open for Max’s cock. He is not so skinny now as when he was racing, back when Max could almost touch the tips of his middle fingers together over Daniel’s belly button. Now, there is a soft layer of fat, hanging just a little bit downward with gravity, that squishes gloriously in Max’s grip. Still he is the perfect size for Max’s thumbs to meet where he presses them against Daniel’s spine.

Daniel moans, high-pitched and mostly breath, the arch in his back deepening as Max grinds his pelvis against the meat of his ass. There is so just much more of him, everywhere—Max wishes he had twelve extra hands to be holding all of Daniel at once. He shifts his grasp down to Daniel’s hips, thumb nails pressing divots into the stretch marks there. They shimmer in the warm lamplight.

This is always the best thing about fucking Daniel with the lights on—Max gets to marvel at every new part of him, the way his skin has stretched and shifted to accommodate his happiness, they way his body ripples as Max pulls him back onto his cock.

How lucky he is, Max thinks, that he is being allowed to love every version of Daniel.

[cranberrymoons]

do you perhaps.. have anymore thoughts on #dog buck that you are willing the share...? #dog buck means so much to me and i love your thoughts on him !!

contrary to popular belief buck is not a golden retriever! this is of course an easy mistake to make. you look at him and you say: that’s a golden retriever. golden retriever boyfriend, golden retriever spouse, golden retriever malewife, etc. but no. if you throw a ball or a stick at your local public park and tell him to fetch he will look at you like you are insane. you threw it, he’ll say. YOU fetch. idiot. because buck is not a sporting breed!!!!!! okay he is a working breed, which means he’s something more akin to hmmmmm a st bernard. if you throw that same stick or ball or giant rope toy into the ocean and tell him to save it?? he is paddling out. he is grabbing on tight with his big safe jaws. he is rescuing it and dragging it back to shore and making sure its head stays carefully above water and then he’s shaking the ocean out of his coat and getting it all over you and your umbrella/towel setup. he is running circles at the beach and digging holes in the sand and getting your backseat all grimy with dirt and mud and rainwater spray. he is going with you on your 10 mile hike in the sierra nevadas and making sure you don’t forget to bring your water. but you tell him to fetch for no reason?? get real. no.

[beefcakekinard]

bucktommy bedtime routine thoughts?

ooh let's see

tommy reads before bed. at least once a week he'll fall asleep mid-sentence - when buck's there, he carefully sets tommy's reading glasses on the nightstand and makes sure to mark his place before setting the book down beside them.

while tommy's reading his books, buck is reading articles on his phone about whatever his research fixation of the moment is. tommy worries about the blue light - for christmas, he gets buck an ereader with some newspaper and magazine subscriptions on it.

they hate each other's toothpaste but will put up with it for good night kisses.

at the loft, they sleep with the windows closed. at tommy's house, they have them cracked open, unless it's too hot or cold. buck always misses the fresh breeze the next time he sleeps at home.

tommy sleeps like a rock but buck has a hard time getting to sleep. sometimes the only thing that works for making him fall asleep is tommy sleepily plastered to his side, wringing as much pleasure out of buck as he can with a lazy hand on his cock and lips on the side of his neck.

buck prefers sleeping shirtless and tommy switches it up depending on the weather. in the winter he wears full on matching pyjama sets which buck mercilessly teases him about - but the sight the next morning of tommy, sleep-rumpled in the ugliest plaid flannel buck has ever seen, never fails to rev buck's engine.

[beannoss]

Hi Bean!

I have a question for you! I have noticed in your writings that Twilight and Yor begin a romantic relationship after their secrets are revealed. Are you opposed to any romance between them before they find out? I assume if so, it’s because it’s morally questionable, though a lot of fans find romance before compelling as it raises the stakes considerably. I’m not suggesting one is right and the other is wrong, I’m just interested in your take on this! I love your writing! Thank you! 😊

Hello you! I'm always chuffed to see your name pop up 🫶😊!

Oh boy! Thank you for this ask — it's a big question but also I do have thoughts XD Sorry it's taken me a few days to get my ducks in a row!

I want to start, though, by emphasising that my thoughts and preferences here are exclusive to Spy x Family as a canon enterprise; they don't pertain to fanworks or other fan theories, I'm not out to yuck anyone's yum ✌️ ditto for even my own writing! You're right that I don't really have an interest in exploring that dynamic but I reserve the right to change my mind ;)!

[Reference herein to manga chapters not yet animated]

Right, so. There's lots of things I love about SxF, but one of the things that interested me early and keeps me engaged is that it operates under an interesting and complex morality. Spy work and contract killing are obviously an ethical minefield, and in the real world, generally to the bad. Within the world of SxF, Endo takes pains to write Twilight and Yor both firmly on the morally right side, even if Twilight’s tactics or Yor’s actions in a vacuum are frequently questionable. With Twilight especially it seems Twilight is currently (resisting) working through the impact and ethical implication of his actions on Anya. When it comes to Yor, I expect that’s where we’ll see him wrestle with similar questions through a romance lens. I think it was quite deliberate and important that Twilight specifically articulated that he’d been wondering if Yor had previous romantic relationships, and that it was now confirmed she hadn’t. As far as I can remember, it’s the only time he’s had that sort of reflection on Yor's life before the Forgers; I mention it because it mirrors times he’s reflected explicitly on Anya’s history and trauma and her needs as a child, with implication that his actions and motivations for adopting her could/probably will hurt her. I hazard that his observation about Yor will be similarly indicative of an arc down the line.

When it comes to canon, if the Yor x Twilight romance were to firm up while Yor still believes Twilight is Loid, I admit there’s a high chance I’d nope out. I want to emphasize firm up though… I tend to think Yor already has feelings for Loid (Twilight?) whether she’s fully aware of them or would necessarily articulate them as romantic (and I think this is being really interestingly conveyed and explored through her current feelings about kissing, though I may differ with some on how I think that may shake out). I also think there’s a… less high but not impossible chance that Twilight is aware he has or is developing feelings for Yor. I’ve argued before that he knows he has formed/is forming an attachment to her and that he knows he trusts her. I don’t think it’s too far from there to romantic feelings for Twilight: after all, attachment and trust (intimacy) are not things he's had in a long, long time. And given his current pseudo-short temper and general malaise comes out most with Anya, with Yor he’s been notably softer and more receptive. In my view, this is partially because so far he hasn't really done much that would really hurt Yor and nor has she done anything that would really hurt Twilight. So far, Twilight and Yor are on a fairly even footing.

This is a very long way of saying that I trend toward thinking we’ve got at least a few toes into the romance already.

The reasons I’d be a squicked by the firming up of the romance, pre-reveal, are related to its being morally questionable as you pointed out (I'll talk a bit more about that in a moment.) But it's also because I think it would undermine character arcs and dominant themes.

Twilight’s arc involves finding and forging a new pack, a new family. Somewhere safe and loving that he’s been denied essentially for his whole life (I don’t dispute that his mother loved him deeply and did her best to protect him: living with an abuser and then with her under war was never going to actually be or feel safe). A big part of this safety and love for Twilight is about being accepted, warts and all. Twilight started lying because he wasn’t accepted by his father as he was. There’s a fair bit to work through by way of accepting Twilight’s warts already — I think Yor will be fairly understanding as things currently stand, and that’s part of why they’re a good match. Their moral compasses, their sacrifices, how they see the world and how they want to try and make it better, align and/or resonate in foundational ways. However, given their current standing, pursuing deeper intimacy of a romantic/sexual relationship with Yor before reveals, I think would take it past the line. And particularly when considering Yor’s character arc.

Yor’s arc is also around finding love and security, but centred less around acceptance (although that obviously also explicitly features!) and more around self-worth and understanding her value. If the romance were to firm up pre-reveal, the false pretences are… I mean, to me, they lob a Molotov cocktail into that theme of self-worth and being valued, as she really would just be being used: the intimacy could never be real because Twilight is not Loid Forger. To expand a bit on an earlier point, perhaps ironically, Yor’s relationship with Loid is mostly on the up-and-up: they both know any marital connection they demonstrate is fake. They may be (are) friends, and also they’re under no illusions that it’s something of a tenuous friendship (at least for now). They co-parent Anya but are clear that this co-parenting comes with clear lines around and between their relationship otherwise. I want to tread mindfully here, because I also really like and appreciate aroace interpretations of Yor and Twilight and their relationship: I think this discussion around firming up their romance actually also holds true in the case of attempting to substantially deepen their platonic bond, pre-reveal. In the same ways, Twilight needing acceptance and Yor learning self-worth would be severely undermined by a pre-reveal apparent and false deepening of their commitment to one another.

On the point of it being morally questionable generally, yeah it is. I mean, look, it's fiction and they aren't real people who can be hurt by those actions. So in principle, Endo can write what story he wants, I wouldn't think it reflected poorly on him or anything like that. I just don't really want to read a story that goes to that place; it’s a squick. I'm sure this has been discussed before in fandom, but my read on the moral dubiety centres around the idea that it isn’t possible to actively choose or meaningfully consent to emotional or physical intimacy when one person is lying about who they are (and in this case, they're both lying about who they are... Although Twilight to a greater extent). This does tie back into SxF themes as well, as choice and consent are also… maybe not big themes of SxF exactly, but active choice and informed consent are things which have come up more than once (I have my thoughts as to why: for a character whose choices drive so much of the narrative, Twilight is actually also a character who’s shown to have little actual choice or control over much of his own life. Considering his motivations for a world where children don’t cry, imo valuing active choice and meaningful consent are important factors required for that world. And I also actually suspect the theme of choice will become more important the more we learn about Donovan, and his role as foil for Twilight.)

Also, honestly for me, it would be too close to a common trope in a lot of popular western fiction/media that I don’t like: a woman being taken advantage of by a man in some way, shape or form, and then through the magic of her non-specific womanness, forgiving him his gross transgressions under the thinnest of pretences. Particularly as Endo has already taken pains to sidestep that as a foundation of their arrangement. To be fair, I wouldn't be surprised that were Endo to take the pre-reveal romance path, it would be a deeper interpretation of that trope, but as with other sexist tropes utilised in pop fiction/media, I have to ask why the choice couldn’t have been for a more interesting path, rather than retreading that one. And particularly given everything he's established for Twilight and Yor: it goes against much of what Twilight stands for — and indeed goes against much of what he meaningfully brings in his current relationship with Yor, that of encouraging her, supporting her, and shoring up her thoughts, opinions and self-image, particularly when she voices upset or doubt about them. It also goes against much of what Yor stands for: while the power imbalance would lie firmly with Twilight, it remains true that Yor’s lies in an apparently deepening intimacy would also undermine the safety and security she ostensibly creates for Twilight. She also so obviously hates lying, the prospect of her keeping her secret into what she believed was a real relationship would wreck her. Doubly so, given the weight Yor puts on Loid's acknowledgement of who she is and what she believes: something she hangs her self-worth on, a recognition of her value. And I'd argue here that it would actually, conversely, be impossible for Loid Forger to acknowledge or accept Yor's truth: that's only something Twilight can do.

And so I guess there’s also just the bare fact following from the above that I think a pre-reveal firming up of their relationship is the less interesting choice for what is a major franchise that has otherwise done innovative things. Another reason I love SxF is that it subverts tropes and complicates cliches. One of which includes communication: for a pair who have crossed lines as a foundation of their relationship, Yor and Twilight actually do a lot of communicating. That’s a subversion of many heterosexual romantic tropes and norms, at least in a Western context, and, to put it sort of flippantly, it would bum me out if it failed at the final hurdle.

I just want to emphasise one more time, my opinions and preferences here are strictly related to Spy x Family in an official canon capacity, and nothing to do with fanworks or fan theories or what fans want to explore in whatever fashion. Part of my feelings here are also honestly because of the tone and pacing of SxF. I think it entirely possible to do interesting things with those tropes and actually think Endo is the type of writer I would trust to do so. But the way SxF is written by way of tone, pacing, narrative priorities and audience demand, I don't think even Endo would be able to do them within SxF in ways that wouldn't squick me out and make me lose love for Twilight, specifically, pretty entirely. I'd rather he just didn't 😂

Tl;dr: in canon exclusively I’m not into a firming up of their romantic relationship pre-reveal! Their situation is complicated enough as it is; give these goobers the love they want and can share with one another, kindly and gently, when the world has been neither kind nor gentle with them. In my view, it’s already primed in their character and thematic arcs 🫶