#thank you so much for asking :’)

[elodieunderglass]

Okay so as I was lying in the tub today, getting around to that self care where I turn off my homo sapiens and give the reins to postosuchus - not important, just setting the scene - it nevertheless occurred to me that while you MENTIONED geyuncles Killie and Derek having comically different sizes of dogs, you haven't yet followed up on that. Postosuchus me just wants to know the breeds, but homo sapiens was tickled about what names they'd have, if one comes from a background featuring such lovely monikers as Seabiscuit and Cobweb :)

Funny you should ask

A 30-year-long story under the cut:

In conclusion: Patrick, Sophie, Pocket. And they didn’t name any of them.

[elizabeth-mitchells]

the world needs to hear your thoughts on lottienatlee 🎤🎤

LOTTIENATLEE TRUTHERS LET'S GOOOOO

lottielee vs. lottienat debate OVER. we're all winners here

you don't have to choose between saint/worshiper and antler queen/antler queen. we can have it all

lottie matthews. in love with two blondes that are on opposite sides of the faith spectrum. her number one believer and her fiercest non-believer

two girls that think they're irredeemable in love with a girl that believes god made them perfect as they are

we literally don't talk enough about natlee. complete opposites. you'd think they'd hate everything about each other. but plot twist! they have such soft spots for each other <3

unfortunately there are zero self-preservation instincts in this house. my god why we are putting together three girls that show suicidal tendencies on screen

in the pilot, you see lottie and nat laughing at laura lee. me, an intellectual: it's an inside joke. they're in love with her. they're both fiercely protective of her

can you imagine them ruling the wilderness cult together? literally a holy trinity!!

they would balance each other perfectly! with lottie, nat keep her grounded, and laura lee always believes in her. with nat, lottie challenges her, and laura lee bring her comfort. with laura lee, lottie inspires her faith, and nat reminds her they're all human

they're this boygenius quote: Lottie: The difference between Nat and Laura Lee is Nat thought she was damned to hell from birth and Laura Lee was like, “Can’t wait to meet my BFF, God”. (God might also be Lottie btw)

[kairos-polaris]

Beloved, why do you ship jonelias? Why do they consume your waking thoughts so?

I am glad you asked :D

So! I really enjoy uneven "problematic" power dynamics and this was what originally attracted me to jonelias. I listened to mag 92 and thought "jonelias seems like something I would ship" because even then I could tell they fit my taste. I also just like protagonist/antagonist ships, complicated relationships are my favourites

mag 92 is one of my favourite episodes as a jonelias shippers for a couple of reasons. at first it was solely the conversation between Jon and Elias and how it was about Jon getting changed by Elias, because of Elias. Jon was being openly vulnerable! "Am I still human, Elias?" he asks Elias who has just confessed to murder and keeping people hostage. Jon, who had so much respect and admiration for Elias' expertise, turns to him even in that moment. It is Elias who he seeks reassurance from, he asks another monster if he is one

Another aspect of mag 92 I am obsessed with is the opening statement and the way Elias puts Jon above everyone else (telling him to discard everyone in his pursuit) while also placing Jon on the same level as him

(Side note: I am still not sure if I prefer Jon to sit on Elias' lap/have Elias clean his wound or to focus more on what they don't do, on the gaping distance between them that they both wish wasn't there but both have their own reasons to not bridge it. Both are so good)

Vampire metaphor! Jon is a walking vampire metaphor and Elias is his maker, his creator. I am so obsessed with the idea of Jon feeding on Elias, pulling fear from his mind and Elias enjoying the intrusion and the freedom the compulsion brings. He said it felt tingly! Freak (affectionate). Also, telepathy and mind meld is so delicious

What I love most about jonelias is what I love in others ships: obsession and fully knowing each other. Beholding allows to take knowing and seeing your partner to another level, Jon and Elias can know and see each other in ways other people in their lives can't

Moral corruption is inherently fascinating to me and especially Jon. He gets worse throughout the series, his only anchors to humanity are his own guilt and the people around him who more often than not just reinforce that guilt (this makes sense in the context of the story but you can't guilt yourself into being a better person and that's why it doesn't really work for Jon but I digressed). I like thinking about all the ways Jon could be worse, the ways Jonah could push Jon into following his worst impulses, into choosing to be a monster instead of drowning in guilt to not feel helpless and powerless

I love jonelias when it's about all the things they wish to do but don't because they have other priorities, because they know but don't understand each other just like their patron. I love jonelias when it's Jon giving in, letting go. Of his morals, of his guilt, letting Elias shape him into something new. I love the idea of Jonah Magnus who worships no god, not even the one he serves, adoring and worshipping Jon and especially the parts of Jon that he himself had shaped. The Pygmalion and Galatea of it

Jonah chose Jon! He saw him and knew he was right! Jonah wants the Archivist and he wants the Archivist to be Jon. Sure, Jon was marked by the Web first but Jonah picked him too and I love it. It's fascinating from both of theirs perspective, Jonah feeling proud he made the right choice and Jon having a complicated mix of feelings about it. He hates that he was chosen and he just a little happy that he was chosen and he hates himself for it

Another thing I really like is the way they say each other's name! Elias calls Jon by his name a lot and I hate when people act like he doesn't

Jon and Jonah are very similar and I find that fascinating too. They are both workaholics and nerds and losers and freaks!! And I love them for that. And and and I really do think they could have eventually been truly equal if not for Jonahs prioritising his evil plan

Also they are sexy, I don't make the rules

[juniemunie]

there is a possibility that you stoped liking jeverus?😭

OH NO I still adore jeverus, i just ended up hyperfixating into different fandoms again im so sorry ahjcjejckkd

BUT SINCE YOU ASKED ME IM GIVING YOU THIS ONE RLLY OLD UNFINISHED VIDEO (that im confident enough to post)

Pls enjoy

[shroudkeeper]

How do their personalities complement each other? How do they clash?

ship questions!

We have answered a few questions for romantic ships, but shoutout to the friendships out there!

With this question, we highlight the canon relationship between Rivienne and Kikyo. These two are my depictions of life and death; therefore their personalities appear quite unconventional to the usual trope.

They are both dedicated and dutiful with an insurmountable amount of love to give.

Rivienne is my personification of life, unpredictable and at times chaotic. She is a stubborn woman, one who is simultaneously free-spirited and fiery in temperament. Her elegance often masks her violent tendencies, which she acts upon impulsively.

Kikyo is my version of death, mysterious, quiet, and peaceful. She is an individual who has a very composed and conservative nature, mostly due to her own upbringing, and training later in life. Reserved and gentle in demeanor, she's often depicted by Rivienne as the epitome of patience and grace.

Though people would assume that such contrary personalities would clash, opposites are said to attract. They respect that they are different from one another, and neither would try to change the other, one needs the other to provide balance.

[chaikachi]

"Believe me when I say...

I know it can feel impossible.

Like every single day is a struggle against some unstoppable monster we can never hope to beat...

...but we have to try.

If not for us, then for the people we've already-

...for the people we haven't lost yet."

[sonoftheria]

Bdubs message!! What do you like about the guy?

ok forgive me, i ain’t good with words. but THERE'S LOTS….. lets focus on his dedication. it stands out to me the most. whether it be in relation to his personal work, his craft, his constant desire to develop skills further and ability to welcome new techniques and information and obsess over details, and impulsive need to teach and make it more accessible for others…

as well as the clashes he faced between his personal desires and family commitments (wife, kids, family business, etc) and how he handled it with great importance, engaging in deep self reflection … now how careful he is with his time. his level of maturity with both self fulfillment and self discipline and just general self improvement is really inspiring.

also dedication to small things like… bits that he refuses to let die and the commitment he still has to all of them (decades later…). he just loves hearing his friends laugh no matter what!!!! and when he's being messed with – you just know he's got the biggest smile on his face.

speaking of… he is soooo affectionate it makes me sick. he loves his friends so so much and shows it in so many ways he is just so SWEET and direct with it. the amount of pet names he has for everyone………. my god. i think about that clip of him from one of his decked out streams where he is watching the hermits just nerd talk and he is so full of admiration. i can’t handle it. he is so endearing to me. ol’ bdubs bundle of joy <3

[simonsquest]

what was the inspiration for the fic and/or why did you write it?

Thank you so much for asking!

A few reasons: Primarily, I love Castlevania 2 as a game, and I always found its plot very very very interesting and just begging to be adapted/expanded on. I love the day/night cycle, the time limit, the multiple endings, the use of unconventional items that weren’t in the first game, the lore that Simon is physically rotting, and looks so different than how he did in the first game (in heavy armour, completely covered up). It’s just perfect for a gothic horror angle.

I wish I could have adapted it better in a different format - 2d animation would be ideal, but a comic would be very cool, too. There’s a lot of stunning visuals and environments (the castle in ruins, the forests, the graveyards, the mansions themselves) in the game that would be so cool to see illustrated. But alas, my skillset is limited!

Simon is my favourite character in the franchise, too, so I knew that for any project I would want to focus on my favourite! :)

I’m also quite fond of Haunted Castle. So even though I started this project with the intention of focusing only on the events of Simon’s Quest, I thought it could be much more compelling to focus on building Simon’s character outside of the game’s events, too. I wanted to tie in as much as I could from CV1 and Haunted Castle to inform his character and his growth to be a good juxtaposition for how he acts during the events of CV2. How far he’s fallen, how much he’s changed and struggles through. That even heroes that we admire so much can face hardship and claw their way out of it.

Which turned this little passion project into a… very, very big passion project, lol.

It’s incredibly self-indulgent and imperfect but I am doing all I can to see it through to completion. I love these games a lot, and I can only hope that I’m doing them justice.

[thequeenofthewinter]

🖊 Iris pweeeeeeease 🥺

My dearest Kayla ❤️

I headcanon that the MW has a choir they pull out on special occasion for ceremonies. The spirits are drawn to certain pieces and can even be called to depending on the notes used and how they’re arranged. Iris sings in that choir.

[nyastri]

Hello! I would love to hear about your modern au 🥺

Aw thank you! First off I should cover the basics.

The chain are all related, but divided into three families:

-Time, Twilight, Wild are brothers, raised by Grandpa Deku with the help of Uncle Rusl

-Warriors, Wind, Aryll are siblings, Warriors basically raised the family until Grandma took them in

- Sky, Legend and Hyrule (they're twins :D) and Four are brothers, raised by their Uncle Alfon until he died, and were then taken in by Grandpa Smith

If they don't belong to the same family, then they're cousins. They're all still close though.

If anyone would like to know more please ask, I'd be happy to respond!

[amundsenxcook]

Can you tell us more about what you’re looking at in regard as to your masters thesis on the terror?

OH ABSOLUTELY!!!!

okay so i lied a little and i‘m not writing only about the terror. my degree is in international literature so i am doing a comparative approach. my topic is the representation of queerness in fictional(ised) polar narratives. the novels i‘ve chosen are dan simmons the terror, klaus rifbjergs nansen and johansen, and ally wilkes all the white spaces.

in all three novels i will look at the connection of history and fiction: what is real, what is not and what does that mean for the text? why was this setting chosen, what does it mean for the characters, who are the characters, why is queerness being assigned to them? how does the genre of the text play into this?

i will also look at the poles (and ships) as spaces of deviation from the norm: how are arctic and antarctic described? why are they chosen as the goal for the voyages? what do they signify? how do they differ from society/home/civilisation? what do all-male expeditions mean in regards to masculinity and male queerness? how did the goals and organisation of the expeditions change and what does that mean for the people who go on them?

and then i‘ll look at the queer characters in more detail: what is up™ with cornelius hickey? what part does his sexuality play in his actions? what is the difference between him and bridgens? what are the implications of the relationship between fridtjof nansen and hjalmar johansen? what do we make out of johansens experiences before the expedition? what of the rescue and return to civilisation? what of his suicide? what does jonathan morgans trans identity tell us about masculinity? what does the more fictionalised narrative mean for the queer characters?

why would you use queerness to tell a story about polar exploration? why would you use polar exploration to tell a story about queerness? what roles do class, imperialism, colonialism play in this? why do you need history and fiction, why are you depending on plausible deniability, what does this mean for queerness in a contemporary context?

i am really, really excited about this topic and i‘m most definitely going to share more of my process on here as i progress in my work. the entangled history of polar exploration and literature has been my passion project since the beginning.

[hippolotamus]

Hi! Not a day goes by I don't think about Mirrorball. Tell me everything!!! 🥰😁

Hiiiii!!!! This is incredibly humbling and motivating. I’m so delighted you’re enjoying it. @hoodie-buck also asked for ‘everything’. Here’s the tea and lore 🪩

There’s a Spotify playlist. It’s currently incomplete, but has The Vibes of the story so far. Including the T Swift song it was inspired by. It’s lovingly curated with my own picks as well as suggestions from friends.

This whole fic started by me listening to Mirrorball and messaging @jesuisici33 about how it just gave me the biggest pole dancer!Buck vibes. The lyrics ‘and when I break it’s in a million pieces’ are so very him. Putting on this performance constantly and hiding his insecurities. Believing he’s got this one thing going for him.

The line ‘I’ll show you every version of yourself tonight’ gave me baby queer Eddie vibes. Like he has this sort of epiphany as he encounters more and more of Buck, and is shown different facets of himself.

Finally the lines hush, when no one is around my dear / you’ll find me on my tallest tiptoes / spinning in my highest heels love / shining just for you. I see this as Buck with Eddie. Buck is still unapologetically himself but when he’s with Eddie he’s more. Because Eddie doesn’t see him as a body or someone who’s only good for physical pleasure. Eddie sees him as a person and potential partner.

The goal is it will be lovey, flirty, lusty, sexy, angsty… all the things 😉

Who’s who:

Buck: 23 years old, exotic dancer (stage name Arsen) at Liquid Alchemy. Attended ballet classes with Maddie as a kid. He wasn’t officially a student but would watch her all the time and imitate the moves.

Eddie: 25 years old, Baby Queer, single father and mechanic. Works at a family owned garage with a group of [pick your poison] phobic jerks. Frequently harassed by his younger sisters to “live a little”. Stress eats peach cobbler [this started as a throwaway line that’s now become a running Thing for Eddie].

Chim: emcee and music maestro at Liquid Alchemy

Hen: works as a mechanic at the same garage with Eddie. Doesn’t take shit from anybody. Has definitely accompanied Eddie to Buck’s club at least once.

Bobby & Athena: co-own Athena’s together. Athena’s is a local diner Eddie frequents with Chris as well as for his panic peach cobbler.

Maddie: I haven’t determined exactly how she fits in this story yet. But she definitely will.

npt some beloveds @stereopticons @daffi-990 @tizniz @loveyouanyway @diazsdimples @bucksbiawakening @bi-buckrights @giddyupbuck @slightlyobsessedwitheverything @steadfastsaturnsrings @wildlife4life @elvensorceress @monsterrae1 @saybiwithme

[elizabeth-mitchells]

feeling bored so... what do you think an adult laura lee would be like? (and who would you cast to play her?)

OH I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED

literally just the other day i was looking back on some of the answers people gave me when i asked who would they cast as adult laura lee. including: sarah michelle gellar, diane krueger, laura dern, kristen bell, kirsten dunst... BUT the absolute #1 winner in my heart is 100% Elizabeth Mitchell. i mean look at her. the laura lee's style dress and the lottie's cult's colors...

now what would adult laura lee be like...

well i'm happy to consider all the options! i've mentioned before that it could go in very different ways if she had survived. after the rescue she could've 1. entered extreme denial about all she did and turned more obsessively religious to make up for it 2. stayed obsessively religious but for the wilderness (and lottie) which she never let go of 3. ✨ a middle ground ✨ or more!

personally, realistically, i think the middle ground would be something like... she wouldn't completely let go of her faith (catholic, christian, whatever) because it was so important to her and key to her character, but it would definitely change. her god abandoned them in the wilderness and let them do all those unforgivable things... but i think her post-rescue healing process would center around making peace with that and finding her middle ground. i can picture her joining one of those churches that are like liberal and very pro-lgbt and stuff. BUT i'm so sure she would never completely let go of their weird wilderness religion and her belief that lottie was touched by the holy spirit, that she had gift, that she was something like a saint

a lot of people love to paint laura lee as a boring character, bible thumping, goody two shoes, innocent and pure, but that goes against so many things we see from her. standing up against figures of authority and even controlling the group (making them pray, standing up against coach, jackie, nat, coach again, making them pray again, making fun of nat and travis and travis again) she had the balls to try to exorcise lottie and to fly a plane. do you know what she would be like as an adult after she'd had to go through all the brutal things they did to survive in the wilderness??

i think she obviously wouldn't lose her best traits. i think she would stay sweet and she would be even kinder to people because she knows how difficult it is to survive and she would love to help others (and fight anyone that tried to make other people's lives more difficult than they need to be) but she's stay brave, stubborn, true to her values and beliefs, and very much learn to stand up for herself and never let anyone laugh at her expense again

also she would be a lesbian. she would 100% be a lesbian

(she's married to lottie)

(she's her right hand woman managing the not-a-cult and she's at once nicer and more approachable but also more strict than sexy prophet lottie)

[fallen-goldfishcracker]

Okay so for me modern au! Wyllstarion is like this:

Wyll (charming, well-mannered, put-together, in tasteful jewelry, making a respectable collared shirt look hot as frick, most eligible bachelor in town) politely and coherently reciting their very long group coffee order to the barista while Astarion (grumpy, snobbish, curls perfectly styled, still extremely hot but also discovering autonomy for the first time in 20 years which- go off king!-so it's is mainly manifesting in the most ridiculous hodge-podge of style and clothing you've ever seen like an 10 year old on an early internet dress up game) stares daggers at all the 20-something prospecting suitors making heart-eyes at his very charming but incredibly oblivious boyfriend, who tips the barista kindly for dealing with the very long coffee order, and then tips them again when Astarion complains about it. And then they leave the cafe with their drinks and Astarion flips one of the customers off behind his back and tips down his heart-shaped sunglasses, of which he and Wyll have a matching pair. The end.

[inkblotgalaxies]

*cut to me SLAMMING open the door*

Theodore Laurence goes by “Laurie” in Little Women because his male classmates would call him “Dory” when they heard his first name.

But Theodore is a relatively common first name, no? Hell, there was a Senator for New Jersey named Theodore not even twenty years prior to when the book takes place. Also “Dory” seems like a bit of a stretch since the Anglo pronunciation is “Thee-oh-door”…

And then it hit me.

Laurie is half Italian, canonically.

And since he has a pretty darn English surname (though it’s technically also French in origin as well as Old English and yes, I had to check), I can only assume that his mother at the time probably wanted to have a little Italian weaved into his name somewhere, and compromised to a degree knowing that her husband was American.

So, take Theodore, and then Italian-ize it. Teadoro. Great, now make it American. Theodore, but with an Italian pronunciation that, say, a very young child would pick up from his mother calling him that over and over again. Tee-oh-doh-re. Do-re. Dory.

… If you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go press my head against the wall and scream for a few millennia.

Gahh I love this book!!!

EDIT VIA AN UPDATE: A lovely individual has pointed out that the nickname was Dora not Dory and that he was, in fact, in Europe when given that nickname, ergo it’s more a misogynistic joke (though I have also seen that it was a common shortening at the time? More research must be done) and that Laurie just hated the nickname. So take this more so as a headcanon than anything else considering I misremembered but hey! Still a neat thought!

[ladylokianna]

You need to tell me more about the "Do you trust me" bit.

-anjelicawrites

Here it is! (E scusa l'abominevole ritardo col quale rispondo).

This wip is related to another oc, with a completely different story from the previous wip and born out of the hours spent in the waiting room, and I wanted to explore an Aemond grappling with a visually impaired wife at a time when medicine was very lacking, I wanted to make him feel somehow useful and appreciated (and not only in war). It may be silly but i really like the idea of him feeling trusted and loved for how he is without being somehow feared.

*

"Do you trust me?"

"What question is this?" he answered, watching her moving around the room searching for something, with the confidence that she had obviously lacked at first. "We sleep together now, it's pretty obvious that I do."

"Now you do. But I quite remember that you used to sleep with your dagger under the pillows."

Admittedly it always took ages for him to trust people, but he never kept that dagger close because of her.

"It was a long time ago, now I keep it on the nightstand."

"Yeah, after you almost cut my throat."

Oh, he remembered that night. He was tired and in the middle of one of his worse headache ever, and during the night, he had had a pretty vivid nightmare, in which he relived the Driftmark incident. He had indeed raised his dagger, expecting to find Lucerys near him, and when he realized what he had almost done, he had hugged her tightly, terrified that he had almost killed her.

"Don't overdo it, Thea, come on. I profusely apologized to you, remember?"

"It was the least you could do."

"You don't want to hold that night against me forever, mh?"

She finally managed to find what she was looking for, and with a couple of steps, she reached for him holding something.

"I need to hear you say it, so I'll ask you again. Do you trust me? Come on grumpy, say it."

"I trust you."

Althea seemed satisfied with that answer and hummed in response, knowing so well it was difficult for him to saying it out loud.

"Close your eye, then."

"Are you trying to tie me? I'm not used, but I may like it."

"No, no. It's to answer a question you asked me months ago, remember? You asked me why I felt the need to constantly touch your face and why it wasn't enough what I could see with what little sight I have."

"Sometimes I am unpleasant and I always realise it late. I'm sorry."

But although a bit hesitant at the beginning, Aemond did as she told, feeling soon after the weight of something Althea unfolded upon his head. "You can open it now."

A thick veil, like the ones she used to wear in certain summer days, when the sun was too harsh for her eyes: a fabric heavy enough to block the sun, but at the same time enough to blur everything.

"This may give you a vague idea of how I see the world around me, how I see you: blurry shadows. I can only see things reasonably well when I get very close, and that's not always possible, but I got used to it. The thing is, I will not be able to see clearly the only thing it matters to me: you, even if you're a bit grumpy."