#thank you for the asks iri!!

[cryiling]

2, 23, and 26 for the writing ask game :D

(ask game from here)

2. If you had to give up your keyboard and write your stories exclusively by hand, could you do it? If you already write everything by hand, a) are you a wizard and b) pen or pencil?

absolutely not 😭 iri I have no idea how you do it but my hand cramps so bad after writing for 10 minutes like ??

I will say, though, wayyy back in 6th I had this notebook that I wrote the cringiest fanfics in, like I'm ngl they were kind of risque why tf would I put it in physical writing ???? 😟😟 anyways I would never be able to do it now, I would just have to pass on my fanfiction verbally like my ancestors did 😞

23. Describe the physical environment in which you write. Be as detailed as possible. Tell me what’s around you as you work. Paint me a picture.

honestly I do not write consistently enough to have an actual writing workspace, it always changes depending on where I am. like sometimes I'm at school IN CLASS, or in the library, or on a couch, or in the car, or at my desk (but I usually feel like it's harder to write at my desk because it feels more forced than if I was writing spontaneously when I actually had inspiration)

back during covid, I was a much more consistent writer, and I would fr take like 2 or 3 hours a day to just write 😭😭 I wish I could do that now lmao, but school is saying no 🙁 but yeah back during the pandemic, my writing workspace was in my room, I had my laptop hooked up to a monitor and I would put on an instrumental playlist to get myself in the mood and then just write. my window was usually open but it never let enough light in so I also had my overhead light on. also my room was literally wallpapered in bts posters so if I ever needed a break, I would just lie on my bed and stare at the pictures ajdbakdbk

26. How do you get into your character’s head? How do you get out? Do you ever regret going in there in the first place?

basically just self project as much as possible 😭 umm let me give you an example, like for my sick fic, I was writing in link's perspective, and he's very sick. so I was trying to think of times I've been sick or mentally not present, and I tried to channel those hazy emotions into the beginning of the story. I also thought of how I would like to be taken care of if I was sick and then made that happen for link 🤭 it was vv therapeutic tbh

I'll be honest, depending on what the fic is about, it ends up being based on a lot of my own experiences. a year ago I was not having a Good Time so I decided to write a mdzs fic where lan wangji went through about the same stuff that I was going through. but to do that, I had to take my mindset back way further to like late elementary school/early middle school, which honestly brought up some not so great memories for me. it was tough to write the fic! and I never did finish it, and I probably never will, because I'm just not in that headspace that I was in at the time of starting the fic

as for getting out of the headspace of my characters, I sort of do a detox from whatever media I was writing for ajsbsjfn 😭 like for mdzs, I wouldn't consume any content for it for a day or two, for bts I wouldn't watch any of their videos, for botw I didn't play for a couple days. it helps a lot!

[salamispots]

hi hi! :0 awwha thank you and yeah course! I'm pretty sure it's from Max Ulichney's brushes for procreate haha (I don't remember which set though unfortunately):

good luck with setting up your sketchbook and no probs/thank you! ^^

@mpreg-jesuschrist awh thANK

@ anon not at all haha thank you for the lovely message :'>

[sealdeer]

screaming crying throwing up sobbing @ the art fight attack you did of my gal Prarie thank you for your service your art is such a treasure

i was gonna post that, so i'll go ahead and put it here!!! :] of course, she's such a fun character!! it was fun coming up with outfit ideas for her

[bluejay-flies]

Is the kitty blueberry flavored or blue raspberry flavored?

[the-smaller-medium09]

Who wins in a fight, you or Manfred von karma

"...Uh. I don't think I'd ever start a fight like this, but I'll try to answer."

"Now, I don't know that much about him, however I have a... general idea of who he was."

"If by 'fight' you mean a fist fight: I've always been physically strong. I'm a hard hitter and I know how to properly defend myself if it comes to that."

"And Von Karma, he was, well... old... when he died. He may have been incredibly intimidating when he was alive as I've heard, but..."

[outlying-hyppocrate]

crispin. look at @beanthebugboi ideas for their prom because. ough. /vpos

which one

HOLY SHIT I AM ABSOLUTELY OBSESSED WITH BOTH OF THESE AND I WISH I COULD STEAL THIS IDEA. i may be called plain for my answer but i do honestly prefer the second as it is. very charming. {:

[teamdilf]

Iris Ameridan details pls!! 🙏

This is a one-shot that touches on Iris’ struggles with her role as inquisitor and how they mirror the strain Ameridan suffered hundreds of years previous, as well as Iris’ frustration with Solas, who resists her attempts to take care of him.

Here’s a snippet!

Cassandra wishes to discuss all they learned - understandable, but all she can think about is how Ameridan was forgotten, and consumed by his duty. Will she be forgotten too? 500 years from now, will Orlesian noble families claim to be her descendants?

Would it be a terrible thing to be forgotten? Now, she’s nothing more than a symbol moulded to represent whatever the inquisition needs her to be. Her only hope of anything resembling a normal life is to leave with Solas for a life on the road, away from civilization. Solas leans on her, limping slowly on his partially-healed ankle and her responses to Cassandra are distant and clipped. Tomorrow, she’ll be ready for this discussion; not today.

Ameridan died having learned that all the good he’d done had been undone and that his successor would have to finish his final duty. She focuses on her own dreamer in her arms, hoping for a kinder end to their story than the tragic close to Ameridan and Telana’s tale.

[sassydefendorflower]

Last Line Meme

Rules: post the last line that you wrote and tag someone for every word in the line.

I got tagged by the amazing, the unbelievably talented, the kindhearted @fanfictiongreenirises - so, of course, I have to commit and share the last line I wrote. This is for a... well, somewhat convoluted FMA Royai WinEd Post-Canon AU. So. Yeah. :D

“No. For one, you haven’t actually asked us anything yet and it’d be unfair of us to act as if you did – and if you were to ask that of us, well, we’d have to think about it first.”

What a mysterious bit of dialogue ;D

I am tagging (no pressure) @selkienight60 @applejee @motleyfam @babblingbookends @scienceoftheidiot

@dairogo aaaand @fleur-de-violette <3 <3 <3

[egginfroggin]

hi! i’d be interested in hearing more about the dying of the light AU if you don’t mind sharing any thoughts or details!

Hi! I don't mind, just lemme scrape my brain real quick (so many thoughts).

Honestly, the Dying of the Light AU has been giving me some issues as far as the ending goes, but other than that, I have a few ideas.

This got. so long. so, again, there's a break put in place further down.

We're dragging Kyurem into this, first of all

after Emmet "snaps," you could call it, and completely loses control of his powers, Reshiram amplifies it to the point of halting the ongoing autumn, replacing it with summer-like heat and causing a massive drought that starts to spread out from its epicenter around Nimbasa/Route 4

Once Reshiram's involvement is confirmed, it's decided that the other dragons will be brought into this

Ingo, chosen by Ideals, will pursue Zekrom, and hopefully that will help tip the scales in his favor, helping him root out the deceit Reshiram speaks of and reinstating Truth without Unova crumbling

Iris and Drayden both go after Kyurem, and do eventually find it; however, Kyurem will only help them if they give it something in return

They both wind up being roped into a bond with it, agreeing to give it their time and attention, which it seeks after a long time hidden away from people and its own siblings

The intent is to essentially use Kyurem's ice and cold to combat Reshiram's heat -- winter is summoned against summer, and the result is a sort of flaky half-season, somewhat like spring and autumn at the same time, though the cold is more extreme around Kyurem's location and the heat is more extreme around Reshiram's location

Content warnings for burns, claustrophobia, and possession under the cut! And thank you very much again for the ask, Anon! I hope you have a very good day! ^^

Reshiram is definitely doing some possessing by the way

In Reshiram's defense, Emmet can't be trusted to not run off and mess up its plans, so. yeah

Also, speaking with mortals is far easier when one has the approximate appearance of a mortal so there's that too

Zekrom doesn't so much as possess Ingo as it does reside within him/follow him around. It will speak through him at times, and certainly bolster him, but it rarely if ever just up and snatches his body to go do something

Kyurem does not care about possessing people it just wants a friend and thinks its siblings are being overly dramatic

I somewhat implied it in And Learn, too Late, but the twins actually have a few dislikes/phobias related to their respective Dragons! Ingo dislikes having his Ideals and intentions restricted, and has a mild case of claustrophobia; this is mean to reflect Zekrom's weakness to ground, as being enclosed makes Ingo feel restricted and like he's being put under pressure (i.e., a coffin or being entombed) Emmet's aversions are more prominent due to the strength of Reshiram's gift/influence on him; detecting deceit and lies makes him feel physically ill, and he has a severe aversion to deep water and pouring rain

Drayden and Iris don't really have any issues after they connect with Kyurem, as their dynamic with the Dragon differs from the twins' and their respective Dragons; it's more of a mutual agreement that they're bound to, rather than a direct piece of power being imbued as a gift and a connection

Going off of this logic and that of the above point, I suppose that that would mean that after Ingo finds Zekrom and his own gift is strengthened, he would have worse claustrophobia

Similar to the accident that happened in Iced Tracks, Emmet accidentally hurt Ingo when they were little; only, in this case, it involved fire, and Ingo's clothes caught, leading to pretty severe burns on his arm, side, and part of his jaw; they healed well, but the trauma of the situation combined with him passing out made him forget :< Emmet had no such "luck," he just dead-up remembers ("Dragons, Truth irrefutable, Truth before him, he knew how skin melted," from The Sun in Flight)

Emmet is not immune to his own powers, though the worst damage is done when it manifests physically, such as when he forms flames or embers

Much of the damage that he's unintentionally inflicted on himself comes from accidentally setting his cuffs on fire, burning his wrists and arms, or from conducted heat searing his palms when he's holding something

He doesn't wear gloves anymore

He doesn't leave fingerprints anymore, either

(He's not made to contain so much power, he's kindling for a pyre he has no choice but to light, and only the power of Reshiram itself can keep him safe from its own curse of a gift)

On a lighter note, someone asked in a comment on The Sun in Flight if Emmet wore gloves or not, and if his powers affected his clothes since he can burn things so easily

For the sake of his decency -- and my sanity -- I'm basically handwaving the matter of his powers not just burning off all his clothes as magical interference; if his cuffs caught, maybe it could spread if he let it, but that would also hurt, so he doesn't

This being said, though, Reshiram basically fireproofs his body when its possessing him

And with that being said, I couldn't resist this entirely silly mental image: Reshiram: ugh, mortal's clothes are so restricting, why do you even bother with such a nuisance -- Emmet: IF YOU BURN MY CLOTHES OFF AND MAKE ME RUN AROUND UNOVA NAKED I WILL PERSONALLY STRANGLE YOU YOU STUPID BALL OF FEATHERS

So Emmet gets to keep his clothes (thank goodness)

Thank you, Anon! ^^

[tired-old-men]

Hi Iris, Chikki and guardians! Who in your opinion would be a good cheerleader from your company?

Chikki

It would definitely be that one that’s for sure -points at Iris- they love these old guys waaay too much for some reason. Although I could definitely see that purple echidna doin it too, he loves that frou frou, sparkles and dancing stuff. 

Iris

Cheerleading? I’ve never done it before but it sure sounds like fun! Especially if we get to play dress-up!

Chikki

I’d knew you’d say that -grins- I think you’d do great cheering them on. Give them all the emotional support while they fight the small army of cybernetically enhanced soldier echidnas that will inevitably come for the 5 of them.

Iris 

…huh..wha?.. -looks concerned- 

Chikki

…. … … 

Oh look glitter~!

Iris

OOH I LOVE GLITTER!!~ 🤩✨

[lileyx]

I LOVE IRIS SM i wanna know more about her origins! Especially with her unique powers, i dont know if you ever mentioned it before sorry if im blind😭 Does she have a family and if shes new to Gravity Falls, where she used to live before? And she had this curse since birth or did she have an accident of some sort? Also i need to know what shed choose: salt or sweet

asdfghjkl THANK YOU! <3 No, it's fine, I think I never explained too much about her power/curse.

It's unclear if she was born with it or if she got the curse at some point. But when she was a teenager, it was activated for the first time. From then on the visions became increasingly more active.

She learns to control it later in the story, but at the current point in time she is activating it involuntarily.

Iris doesn't know exactly how her curse works at the beginning. But this is the idea behind it: She can see into the future, BUT she can only see 'bad' things that are about to happen. (That's why she calls it a 'curse'.) How far into the future she can see depends on how big the problem is.

If someone spills coffee, she can see it a fraction of a second before it happens. The destruction of reality could be years away.

The visions are also not deterministic, but high probability. This means that if she could figure out what would trigger them, she could theoretically change fate.

Iris has a family, she's originally from a bigger city somewhere on the west coast.

She was bullied at school for being very shy and sometimes acting strange (because of her curse), and she also lost her after-school job.

She felt like she was done and she decided she needed a fresh start! So she sort of threw a dart at the map to see where she should go. The metaphorical dart landed on Gravity Falls. Since this town has a weird subconscious pull for all things paranormal (and Iris does have some weird psychic abilities), she decided to move there on a whim.

She also wants to use the time to figure out what she wants to do with her life. For now, she works part-time as a waitress/barista in a cafe.

Iris prefers salty snacks, but loves a good hot drink. (Be it tea, coffee or even hot chocolate!) :3

That's about it, I hope I've explained it well enough... if not, feel free to ask more questions! <3

and thank you so much! They are always so much fun to answer!

[spaceratprodigy]

For the ship asks: 3 and 36, your choice!

@kyberinfinitygems — [ OTP Prompts ]

More Cybill/Iris for the soul! >:]

@grimreapersbutt answered these with me 🖤✨ thank u again bestie mwah

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3. Are they into PDA? Who initiates most?

At first it's Iris! She is a very physical person, very lovey and very expressive about it. By the time they have their first kiss and it hits very hard that they are in love with each other, once she can have him it's all over. That man is going to be spoiled rotten with her love every chance she gets.

Cybill matches her energy very well, he is just as mushy gushy as she is, but it takes him a while to realize he's allowed to be that way.

From being in his vault, he has some preconceptions of what is socially acceptable, and being with Iris pulls him out of that. He becomes just as expressive as she is and much less worried about what other people think.

I cannot stress enough that once they are together, the jaws of life cannot pry them apart. Literally a package deal, do not separate. They may or may not become a bit shameless over just how affectionate they're willing to be anywhere and everywhere. Hoo boy. But they very much enjoy so much soft intimacy as well. Catch them standing around holding hands, being all close, Cybill resting his head on Iris's shoulder, whispering sweet nothings to each other, finding so so much comfort in each other.

Being together genuinely helps both of them so much. Obvs there is so much to get into there regarding their stories before they meet and once their paths becomes one. But plenty of friends have read what we have of their PDF so far and can attest to just how deeply their love for each other runs and the lengths they are always willing to go to to take care of each other.

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36. Who is more protective?

That's the million dollar question isn't it? They are both really fucking protective of each other, not to mention how protective they are of June and Henry.

Realistically, Iris is the stronger one of the two of them and is more capable of doing the defending. But, to revisit what was mentioned above, Cybill's time in the vault has left him with a certain mindset regarding traditional gender roles within a marriage. He'll feel like it's his job to be The Man Of The House, and is likely to throw himself into danger to protect his family.

As protective as he is, it still doesn't change the fact that my sweet baby boy isn't the strongest lad and is a popsicle stick of a man ✌️😔 and, such is often the way, he needs Iris to help protect him. Which she does, and always will. She loves him, she would do anything to keep him safe. If he gets hurt, she will always be there to take care of him, patch him up, kiss him better.

That isn't to say he should ever be underestimated. In both of their cases, they can be pushed hard enough to the point you'll find out just how fucking vicious they can be. Yes, for each other, absolutely. If their sweetie is in immediate danger, there will be no hesitation to keep them safe at whatever the cost. But when it comes to the babies, if June and Henry are threatened in any way, you aren't living to see the light of day. Would you rather be torn apart by the lifetime's worth of pent up blind rage mama bear or her feral little rat husband who will probably tear you to shreds with his bare teeth and eat you 🔍🤨 either way, they're probably going to have both Overreacted™️ and walk away drenched in blood.

[hereissomething]

Alles Gute zum Geburtstag 🤗😘🎂🥂💐🎁

YOOO THANK YOU SO MUCH IRIS!!! I got ur card in the mail, I loved it!😍

[fangsforiris]

im confused how can ppl hate on blogs for no reason when they're actually sweet human beings just trying to provide entertainment for us??? ANYWAYS LUV U AND @bubblespalace !!!! <33333

Admin: This!! It’s quite astounding to me that certain individuals have the time out of their day to exert their energy into hating on bloggers. It’s as if there’s nothing else to put that energy into.

If one doesn’t enjoy a blog, simply don’t interact with it or block it. Either way, hating isn’t the way to go, and it’s quite tacky in my opinion.

I think hater culture has become a larger thing in this generation, which numbs peoples’ sensitivity and empathy towards day to day life.

With that, I thank you for your support !! Along with supporting one of my dearest friends <33

[kitkatt0430]

5+ headcanons for an AU where Barry tells Iris about his powers in episode 1 instead of telling Joe?

I do indeed have so many ideas and opinions here. :D

So Barry realizes he can run super fast and accidentally face plants in a laundry truck (isn't that lucky???) and the first person he wants to tell is Iris. She's the one who has always believed in him about weird and impossible things, so he goes to her first and shows her what he can do. With a soft landing spot since he's still working on stopping.

Iris encourages Barry to go to Dr. Wells, Cisco, and Caitlin for help figuring out his powers. She's perhaps a bit iffy on Wells, but Cisco and Caitlin were nice people who she got to know fairly well with all the visiting STAR Labs. Barry wasn't exactly talkative during that time, after all, so Iris ended up slowly befriending Cisco and Caitlin and she trusts them even if their boss is kinda a dick.

Joe would probably find out as per canon and then immediately go into the doghouse by trying to exclude Iris. Iris would not take that well and it'd be a West feud in Episode 2. With Barry, perhaps, pointing out that Iris hasn't told Joe about dating Eddie and that while she deserves to be angry about Joe attempting to keep secrets from her... she's already keeping secrets from him.

I think not telling Eddie would be a point of contention for them early on. Iris loves Eddie, of course she thinks he's trustworthy. But Barry doesn't know Eddie and is jealous of him for being Iris' boyfriend. Barry would likely make the (very valid) point that it's his secret, not Iris', and he doesn't actually know Eddie well at all yet. Iris would thus push Barry and Eddie to hang out together so that they will know each other better.

Thus, a Barry & Eddie bonding episode! Maybe after the Rainbow Raider episode, though, so that there's tension over Eddie understandably not being thrilled about the Flash hurting him and Barry coming to like Eddie despite himself, but not feeling he can tell Eddie about being the Flash. Because Eddie doesn't like the Flash right now and if he knew Barry was the Flash then he wouldn't like Barry anymore.

That said, with Iris read in she'd blog about how the Flash's actions were a result of being affected by the Rainbow Raider, so the Flash's reputation would take less of a hit after that incident.

There'd be a lot more Barry/Iris/Eddie moments and Barry would realize that he's got feelings for Eddie too at some point, making dating Linda an attempt to get over not just Iris, but Eddie too, which Linda figures out very quickly at the bowling double date.

Linda - Hey, Iris, I'm gonna break up with Barry because you and your boyfriend are pretty clearly in love with him and it's reciprocated. Iris - O_O what???

Now Joe would be against telling Eddie that Barry's the Flash, but I think with Iris encouraging Barry to do so and Barry liking Eddie so much, that it would eventually happen. Though when it happens determines whether Eddie is upset over having secrets kept from him.

Earliest point would probably be when Eddie steps in to save Barry from Mick & Len using one of the shields Cisco made. Barry realizes that Eddie doesn't hate the Flash after all and might be willing to hear Barry out over the Rainbow Raider debacle and comes clean. Eddie probably still wouldn't be thrilled to have had this secret kept from him for the last few months but he'd understand that Barry didn't know him until the last few months so building up that trust had to take some time first.

Later it goes, however, more likely that Eddie needs an episode or two to get over the betrayed feeling and maybe it becomes a sore spot that Eobard can hammer at later on.

Eobard probably would be of two minds about looping Iris in. It's annoying because Barry is more likely to argue against EoWells when they disagree with Iris supporting him. But Iris is dating his ancestor while not also being his ancestor, so Eobard is eager for ways to break that couple up before wedding bells destroy his very existence. And then Barry catches feelings for Eddie too and Eobard is just kinda going 'well fuck' and whining to Gideon about 'why does everyone like my useless ancestor anyway???'

(Gideon - maybe it's because he's not a dick like you are? Eobard - What was that? Gideon - Nothing.)

Eddie getting a secondary exposure to dark energy during the Flash vs Reverse Flash fight triggers his Cobalt Blue powers. So while shooting himself doesn't kill him (healing powers, though he still needs the bullet removed later, Caitlin muttering rude words while the blue flames keep trying to heal Eddie mid-surgery, this is a pain in the butt) it does alter Eddie's future significantly enough that there's no chance of Eobard's specific ancestral line happening anymore. So Eobard still paradoxes out of existence right before Eddie spontaneously heals via flame.

Anyway, this is obviously endgame westhallen because I cannot resist throwing in a westhallen agenda here.

[outlying-hyppocrate]

okay i shall list them all off

red, orange a bit, cyan (/aff and if you dont like being called that i wont call you that), blue and purple together (like. if we ever met up we are going to a will wood concert and then stargazing and then im going to tell you we're going somewhere cool and then drop you off at therapy like you do with dogs at the vet) ...uh. smoke probably because why am i talking to you so much and also youre very cool. bad at telling how i feel about people.

all of these answers are making me so dishonorably happy and i can say nothing more than that i reciprocate them wholeheartedly