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dylansanders · 9 days ago

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Ok, I have I ton of questions I gotta know the answer to, so I guess you can view this as an interview!

2. Which of your fics is your pride and joy?

18. How many WIPs do you have, and how many do you expect to finish?

20. Share your favorite kiss scene from any any of your three pilot fics :))

23. What's a story you'd love to write but haven't even started yet?

24. Which scenes/themes were the inspiration for memories of who I was before and raspberry amphetamines?

27. Are any of your stories inspired by personal experience? 👀 (raspberry amphetamines /lh)

28. What's the angstiest idea you've ever come up with?

And 32 and 33. A character you enjoy making suffer and a character you want to protect (somehow I get the feeling I know the answer and it's the same one for both.)

2. Which of your fics is your pride and joy?

-is it a cop out to say all of them? 😭 raspberry amphetamines is my only FINISHED story so far so it’s a little difficult to label one as my pride and joy when two are still in progress but memories i think has gotta be my favorite. it was my first tøp fic so it’s always gonna have a special place in my heart. plus, clancy/torchbearer holds such a grip on me, i love writing them so much. clancys character is so universal and you really can portray the trauma his character has in so many ways, im really pleased with where it’s headed and proud of what ive put out so far. i’m hoping people are liking it :)

18. How many WIPs do you have, and how many do you expect to finish?

-memories and it’s colder are still WIPs, and i actually only have one other right now that isn’t published. it doesn’t have a name yet but the pinterest board for it is named after a blue october song! basically tyler is a serial killer and has josh in his basement, but his routine starts to go wrong when he realizes josh is developing stockholm syndrome and there’s kind of a folie à deux situation. i have about 6k words written so far but i expect it to run around maybe 20/30k so it’s got a bit to go. i’m very focused on my two current ones though!

20. Share your favorite kiss scene from any any of your three pilot fics :))

-this would have been much easier before the last chapter of memories! bc they JUST kissed at the end of it (spoilers if anyone cares sorry 😂) but i think it’s gotta probably be the kiss in raspberry amphetamines where josh uses his tongue to mama-bird tyler a tab of molly lmao

23. What's a story you'd love to write but haven't even started yet?

-i think a ghost hunting au would be really cool, maybe around halloween i’ll get into the spirit (haha) for it! i also might play around with a mob boss/hired criminal au bc ive done that for ghostbusters a few years ago and actually LOVED it.

24. Which scenes/themes were the inspiration for memories of who I was before and raspberry amphetamines?

-memories was kind of a weird one for me to start with. i knew in my head where i wanted it to get to but i had a hard time starting it. i had the visual of a mute, terrified clancy having to figure out how to live again after dema and a torchbearer who was just trying to figure him out. the pair of torch and clancy is so complex to me that i just needed to start writing it down to get the words out so that’s what i did!

-raspberry amphetamines actually came to me super easily. i love anything with oral fixations and was really into spit that week (is that gross? sorry lol) so tyler’s whole thing with the glowstick was easy peasy. i was also just in kind of a down spot mentally and was thinking about dr!gs a lot so it was a weird spiral of being super horny and super into like, the visuals of a fucked up rave. in my head, it started with them dancing and swallowing pills together and unraveled from that.

27. Are any of your stories inspired by personal experience? 👀 (raspberry amphetamines /lh)

-unfortunately i’ve never been a rave kid bc i have crippling social anxiety so that part is not a life experience ive had 😂 but i do dabble with dr!gs and have had,,, public relations,,, so that part is fair game lol

28. What's the angstiest idea you've ever come up with?

-oh god uh??? it’s colder, although it is an inspired by fic, has a lot of my own twist on it. basically the first chapter is tyler’s inner thoughts after he’s kicked out from his house and walks essentially knowingly to his death, and a lot of that inner monologue stuff is probably the angstiest i’ve been. in written record at least lol.

And 32 and 33. A character you enjoy making suffer and a character you want to protect (somehow I get the feeling I know the answer and it's the same one for both.)

-boy if you ain’t heard about this motherfucker tyler joseph? this poor boy is VERSATILE. cover him with bandaids and blankets but also beat him to a pulp and leave him for dead. i might need to see a therapist. (in other words it’s tyler/clancy from my memories fic lol)

#thank u so much!!!!!#this is so fun #my fics

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nglwhatarecats · 1 year ago

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rambling abt PB&J again 😭

Heera buying/getting clothes for Blue:

so when Heera met Blue, Blue had the same outfit. Every.single.time

being the slightly concerned acquaintance Heera was (Blue saw them as friends Heera did not, in the beginning! This kinda sets up for some angst latr….FOCUS) Heera asked Blue about the whole clothes situation.

“Oh I don’t have any spares.”

“EXCUSE ME?”

Heera being broke (probably js look at her!/lh-a very broke person) said “fuck it” and got Blue clothes,which cause Blue to panic, not used to be on the gift receiving end (her love language is gift giving,this woman will give you ANYTHING,clothes,plants(extremely rare ones too,she WILL find a way to get extinct ones too) food (she loves cooking baking etc) WHATEVER her gift receiver might want) also bc she was not home she had no idea how long she’d stay in a completely (not really) different environment. (Doomed yuri (another oc couple)fucked up Blue by sending her to the wrong dimension 😓-my explanation on how Blue and Heera crossed paths) she refused, Heera just threw the bag at her and just ran away,leaving Blue confused.

“I no no Wanna :(“

“TAKE IT BITCH” *runs away*

what does Blue do when Heera is gone or being a workaholic:

When Heera is gone doing detective shit Blue is just cooking,baking,cleaning, getting more plants (Heera home is looking like a garden HELP)getting furniture for Heera sad studio (Girl I was couch surfing for like a year and I’ve seen people barley getting by w more furniture than her 😭🙏/hj)

but since Heera doesn’t stay that long Blue would either force her (Blue is currently a bit more stronger then Heera atm,by this much 🤏🏼 For story reasons duh) or tell her she’s going to do smth that might endanger herself. (Heera didn’t believe her at first than she saw Blue run into a highway as she flipped her off)

“Stay or im drinking bleach and creating mustard gas.I didn’t spend all my time making this food >:(“

“STOP”

Heera being a workaholic:

Blue js.. lay on her lap like a cat and demand attention (or just hug her) Blue is very needy (orange cat behavior) Blue would just say funfacts about plants.

“Do you know there’s a flower in Mexico that smells like chocolate”

“Cool?”

“I’m taking you to see it.”

“WHAT”

the camping shit I asked Swagger:

“EVERYONE FOR THEMSELVES” *runs into the forest*

“You forgot your bag..”

Blue found Heera hours ago, she just wanted to see how long Heera would notice or see how well Heera is good at camping!

and Heera can’t light a fire.

Blue is super good at stuff like that because her whole life has been around nature! And she loves showing off to Heera (yay validation from someone you love!!)

I might write a fic on this premise^^

but I feel like I will mischaracterize Heera @tiredguyswag😿

AND DONE YAYAY

my hand hurts :(

#purple and blue in ties #blue in spring #heera akkineni #Gummies ramblings #Ur name is Sam right (my exs name flashbacks)#But I’m going to callz u swagger(I hope u don’t mind)

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pressradio · 1 year ago

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I’m excited because I like to watch racing in f1.

I’m confident for Charles but also I remember what Ferrari is, and they can turn around quickly. I really hope Charles has a great deal and Ferrari a great plan. But I don’t see him wasting his prime years just for a red car. Even if he loves the team. He is there to win for himself and not just the team. He was able to make Seb look not so good, he is a top driver.

I think they took a long time to sign CL because CL had leverage there. And maybe LH also waited for CL to sign, as a hint that the faith in the team was restored. We know CL almost left in 2022, and that’s why Ferrari let go of Binotto and many « big » names (for Ferrari). The changes were done quietly but just the way the press was hearing nothing from Ferrari in 2023, the way they played with the contracts négociations and let Carlos speak in the press to finally sign LH. They are cooking. And I truly think CL is part of it. Of course he has to peform. But the rumor of is contract being 2+2 says a lot about his leverage also. Ferrari not that long ago could have make him sign a much tighter deal. And we know big teams tried to get him. I’m sure Toto thought about him to replace LH (before all this, Lewis didn’t have a long term contract also for a reason). rb tried several times. All teams want him. Same for Lewis.

Twitter might sometimes say he is not that great. Some « journalists » might write a piece on how Carlos is better (!). But the ones who matter know.

I think having L wish there with CL will put pressure on everyone to succeed. No more excuses. It can help CL too. Because previously the TP lack confidence in him, almost as if he resented him (because he was young ? Too loved by tifosi ?)

For me the hard year is this one. CL has to outdo himself, whatever the car ends up to be. Constant fight and form, no mistakes (not saying he makes a lot of them at all but he goal is zero to stop the comments), leadership etc.

Thank you for sharing!

I like racing when it’s not inside my team, they kill my nerves without racing, if there will be constant fight I won’t survive haha.

And as I said I have no doubts in Charles’ abilities to win on track. But I saw mismanagement in 2019, and I saw mismanagement that cost Ferrari any chances for championship in 2022. Yes it had been Binotto and his team that got fired later. But it happened. And all reaction was a post-reaction. Yes, Fred did a lot or great things in a year. But I’m not Charles and Ferrari as a team hasn’t got my trust back. When I witness this healthy exciting rivalry (well at least from Ferrari side, because it will never be in general healthy - British press is involved) with my own eyes, then I’m into it. Maybe I’ll even love it, who knows. I still love Sebchal and I liked Charles-Lewis relationship before.

If it is fair and square, then OK, no problem. If somehow Charles can’t win in this h2h, then it’s his problem, but I’ll believe till the end.

I hate that we need to wait the whole season before we get any confidence in what is going on. I really hate it.

#kate.answering

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stressed-bird · 3 years ago

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LMK Soulmate AU, (at the moment still shadowpeach centric)

Rewatching Overly Sarcastic Productions’ Journey To The West Part 1 because I will never be able to survive reading the actual non-summarized text to figure out what the heck I’m doing with this au and the monkies—since I am nothing if not thorough and determined

...to detail where their relationship began and how it implodes and gruesomely ends

(Nothing is set in stone, I am not above scrapping whole concepts until I get it right, assume everything as non-canon until it’s canon /lh)

What we’ve got is:

Basic world building, soulmates exist and many types of bonds exist—from pain-sharing to telepathy to even the mundane like soul-markings

(Little known knowledge of soulmates in-world being that these bonds can be suppressed or ignored into non-existence—if you wanted to live and exist without a soulmate, it’s your funeral my guy)

Meaning it’s very easy for some to find their other half, others meanwhile have the vaguely trail to follow and very few of those others have the determination to see it through to the end... or at least, that’s how it was during the times of rampant demons long before a certain monkey began to protect humans and ward the demons away from them

Shadowpeach’s specific bond is emotion-sharing

(because as much as I am a fan of angst and the painful possibility of Sun Wukong feeling how it feels to die and looking down to see the body of Macaque and that he killed him... have you seen how many fights this monkie gets into? I’m not mean enough to put Macaque through that)

No, they share something arguably more personal and hurtful. Feeling and knowing exactly what the other feels... up until they don’t—no, can’t, by way of others’ interferences with the demon monkies

Where shadowpeach first met face to face, it was on Mountain of Heart and Mind in the Cave of the Slanting Moon and Three Stars (yes im still watching the osp video as i write this)—the place where SWK first became immortal via his teacher-not-teacher and we do not address why Macaque is under the tutelage of this very illegal class from the immortal sage, it’s non-important (for you to know now anyways)

All that needs to be known is that the two monkey demons are now in close proximity and apparently the illegal immortality class lasts like 10 years so—needless to say after about 3,650 days the monkies are not dumb enough to not have realized at this point their emotion-sharing bond

Sun Wukong is more overtly thrilled and over the moon than Macaque about this but it’s not a problem, swk now can tell everything that he’s feeling is what Macaque is feeling and the other is nothing if not also glad at this development—there is no worry...

They fight demons, take riches, become heroes in their own rights, Mac gets kidnapped back to Flower Fruit Mountain and helps in militarizing the monkey population, normal stuff- happy monkey stuff even, all done side by side

Except there’s a lot of worries. Since as we know, Wukong is going to fight heaven eventually by way of his actions and Macaque is going to have a lot of feelings about that and the celestial war it’ll bring to FFM

Feelings that SWK does nip at the bud of as much as he can when he can, attempts to calm and reassure his fretful mate that everything will work out alright and that if anything else...

Macaque will never be alone and always have him as long as their bond remains

#sending this au into the shadow realm for reworking #you’re never seeing it again /hsrs #shadowpeachshipping #shadowpeach #lmk au #the question i will leave you with is: What does Macaque know that Wukong doesn’t?#he’s very much lived a life before he found his other half at Mountain of Heart and Mind and it very much shapes him #lmk soulmate au #stressed talks #still not main tagging this in anythign except the shipping category #dont ask me about the timeline—im doing broad paint strokes my guy #is this soulmates except they MAY have met at the wrong time? perhaps #Macaque tries so hard to match SWK’s pace while being the realistic of the two and feels sometimes he’s not enough #that perhaps the way he’s supposed to be swk’s othr half is by being his ball and chain—a burden to drag around... something he doesn’t want #talking in the tags

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johnschneiderblog · 2 years ago

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Kathleen Gagnon: In the Wind

On March 4, I wrote about Kathleen Gagnon, a member of the Lord Huron fan club, the World Enders, after Kathleen posted a note on the fan website about her terminal illness and a kindness done to her by the Bubs.

It seems she wrote a letter to LH. “Since I can’t travel because I’m too ill,” she wrote, “I knew that wouldn’t happen and decided the next best option was to write to them.

"I wanted to thank them for creating this music and this whole magical world we can escape to when we need it. Their music is what got me through the last 10 years of my life, fighting for my health. It helped me through so much."

Gagnon didn't expect anything in return. She just hoped LH band members would read her letter and know how much the band's music meant to her. But she soon heard from a LH rep offering a private Zoom concert for Gagnon and her family,

The set list included "La Belle Fleur Sauvage ("My request," Gagnon wrote, "and they dedicated it to me."

On Saturday, Kathleen’s father wrote a post announcing his daughter’s death. He thanked LH and the fans for being “very nice and generous” to Kathleen and for helping her through her final days.

#John Schneider #Kathleen Gagnon #terminal illness #World Enders fan club #Lord Huron

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glassesandswords · 3 years ago

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Hey!!

I also love your writing!

Now, idk if someone already asked you, but how you fell in love with Levi, Hange, and Levihan?

And breath exercises and munching ice cubes might help a bit with anxiety. I hope everything ends up alright!!

Thank you! And omg I'm such a HUGE fan of your metas!

Let's start with Levi.

His reputation definitely preceded him for me, even before I first got into SNK. I saw his name plastered everywhere, in every anime popularity list or the seasonal 'best boys' results- which totally spoiled the Ackerman reveal for me lol. So much that I thought he was the lead of the series for a long time😂 The first time I watched episode 9 of season 1, I thought he was going to be like your typical bad-boy archetype- sort of like those shoujo anime brooding guys. I assumed he would be the unreachable, pessimistic-but-hot-playboy-side-character considering his hype.

Boy, I was so wrong.

I actually started to like Levi the moment he sat next to Eren after the courtroom scene and inquired whether Eren hates him for what he had done. After what looked like a brutal display of power in the courtroom, the aftermath scene showed that he genuinely did not want to hurt Eren and cared about him enough to know if the two of them were still cool- even if Eren did come to know that the entire thing was staged to prevent him from falling into the MP's hands. From then onwards, he just kept on going up, up and up for me. Now, I truly believe that Levi is a character who deserves all the hype he gets. He's a well-crafted, unproblematic, and a kind-hearted fave who is as genuine as a character can be in a series full of betrayals and strife.

As for Hange, I'll be honest, she kind of did annoy me at first🙈

Looking back at it, Season 1 Hange is so different from Hange in the rest of the seasons. Season 1 Hange was the over-excited mad-scientist archetype who ran sort-of ethically questionable experiments and seemed completely unhinged. Personally, I'm not a fan of characters who yell a lot and since I watched the anime first, I had no idea that manga Hange was a lot more subdued. Season 1 Hange reminded me of this character called Kaji from Bungou Stray Dogs (another one of my favourite animes) and I wasn't really into it.

But the moment Season 2 Hange grabbed Pastor Nick by his collar and threatened to throw him off the wall if he did not cough up the answers she needed-

My third eye was opened. I tasted the nectar of immortality. Angels sang from the sky. The world turned brighter and I could see everything in full clarity. Aka, that was the moment I first fell irrecoverably in love with her.

And now, to Levihan. The drug that has ruined my life.

I liked Levi and Hange as separate characters at first, but I never really thought about shipping them for two seasons (lmao that was a time when I was more invested in the 104th cadets). Main reason being- they just did not have a lot of time together in the first two seasons, and whatever interactions they had were overshadowed by reveals after shocking reveals.

But when I watched this scene for the first time:

Yeah. That soft look by the glow of the campfire that can melt hearts. That's when I thought 'Hey wait- these two actually go well together...'

But it wasn't until when I re-watched the whole show a year later that I noticed all the subtle hints and started hardcore shipping them. I saw season 4 as it aired as an anime-only and screamed at the telepathy scene. And then I read the manga and SCREAMED at the sheer amount of fanfic-like LH content yet to be adapted. And a few chapters later, I cried buckets of tears.

Levihan is extremely precious to me and I'm so thankful for these amazingly selfless, mature, and wonderful duo. The fact that the love I have for this ship has brought me into this wholesome community has just reinforced it even more. Once I started shipping them, I never looked back.

No regrets.

#asks #thank you for letting me ramble about #levihan #also im gonna go dig up an ice-cube #levi ackerman #hange zoe

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ageofnations · 2 years ago

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2022 Writers Tag

thank you @sammysvanfeet and @streamingcolors-gvf for tagging me in this! sorry this took so long!

I think it might be fun to look back on what we've all achieved this year, let you give yourselves a well deserved pat on the back and also share what you love.

1. How do you feel 2022 has gone in terms of writing?

the beginning of this year was great in terms of writing, i had a somewhat easy semester of classes so school didn’t really get in the way, and i didn’t have to work too much this summer, so that was great! as the year progressed tho, my confidence started to struggle, and my self-worth in this fandom kinda declined. i’m still working on getting over that and creating something i know you all would like and i would be proud of. a new job, a harder class load, and grad school prep really made it difficult for me. i’m proud of how far i’ve progressed though!

2. What piece are you proudest of this year? It can be a shot/blurb/headcannon, a whole series or even a specific chapter.

ego. next question

3. Is there anything you posted that you wish had reached more people? (No such thing as a flop here!) Shout it out, it might catch a new pair of eyes!

i believe that all of my fics have done as well as they possibly could’ve, but i wish ego parts 2 and 3 would’ve gotten more attention. i know that unexpected additions to fics don’t do as well as the first part sometimes, though. i think ego is just my proudest bit so im protective of it lmao

4. Can you give us a hint of anything coming before the end of the year? Maybe even a little taster?

before the end of the year, you’ll certainly get more Table For Two (maybe even the finale of the series?) but from me specifically, i’m hoping to finish up a sammy wip to hold you all over until my new josh series is ready to be posted!

5. Are you setting any writing goals for next year, or just going with the flow? If you are, what are they?

mostly going with the flow, but i am setting goals to work on my confidence, discipline, and time management. i am working on sticking to smaller goals (such as writing a certain amount a week) and staying true to it, not posting for notes and rather posting because i am proud of what i’ve done, and figuring out ways to fit writing into my life as a student.

6. Do you have any one shots or finished pieces you're tempted to expand on or revisit next year?

ego, when the night is over, and maybe even a little josh x bip and danny x bip action in the chamomile au. we will see about all of that tho.

7. Is there anything new you're tempted to try out? A new style/trope/AU/another person in the fandom?

i think Wings of Midas will be a new stretch for me in many ways. forbidden love, suuuuuuper slow burn, and unrequited love. not to mention the research im trying to do in order to build the au and the mysteries behind it. it’s a really intricate piece

8. Now to hype some other writers! What's a piece you read back in the first half of the year that you can shout out?

oh dear i have the worst memory. tears of rain by my love @streamingcolors-gvf was (and still is) one of my favorite series. pretty by @jakekiszkaenthusiast is another off of the top of my head. and lazarus and abaddon ofc by @garbagevanfleet

9. And how about something you've read more recently?

the perfect treat by @streamingcolors-gvf has been in my head a lot recently (i wonder why…) so there’s that.

10. A fun one to finish...If you could insert yourself into any fic in the fandom, which would it be and what do you think would happen?

is it vain to insert myself into my own fic… kidding kidding.

put me in sugar plz, im tryna see something…it wouldn’t end how it did, just know that (but i know it had to end like it did, so this is all just /lh)

#writers tag #gvf #greta van fleet #gretavanfleet #josh gvf #josh kiszka #jake gvf #jake kiszka #sam gvf #sammy gvf #sam kiszka #sammy kiszka #danny wagner #danny gvf

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faerielleart · 4 years ago

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After 138, do you believe Levihan is canon?

hi anon! thank you for the question c:

to give you a really brief, straight to the point answer: yes.

i’m kinda over having to walk on eggshells because there are sensitive mfs in this fandom who get offended if you insinuate even for a second that levi and hanji love each other non-platonically just as i am kinda over having to hear the usual ramblings about how their friendship would supposedly get ruined, because somehow falling in love with your best friend is the worst thing in the world when it comes to these two characters in particular as people do not in any way keep the same energy for any other aot ship that is rooted in friendship, so yes, i will say that i absolutely consider levihan canon. in the romantic sense. romantic love is not inferior to platonic love and vice versa. i believe they are two best friends who happen to be in love with each other romantically, tried to confess in their own weird ways that were almost impossible to understand but that at the end of the day their confessions were understood by each other and that’s all that matters.

we got two characters who are canonically best friends, despite the sheer and frankly absurd number of people who are in straight denial at this very simple fact; we got a highly romantic-coded scene in 126, with hanji confessing of wanting to live with levi and if i have to be honest it’s much harder to assume such a sentence in this specific context could be taken as platonic rather than romantic because i certainly don’t go around waiting for my best friends to fall asleep before voicing my secret desires of running away and living with them and then blushing about it once i realized they were actually listening the whole time. the interpretation that hanji wanted to “live with themself” or blushed because “they were embarrassed at being caught in a moment of weakness because they were tired and voicing their tiredness” doesn’t make sense either, considering that in the uprising we got nearly the same dialogue with hanji telling levi they want to run away and levi giving them a pep talk, and there was no blushing involved. also, hanji would have no reason to blush around levi or feel embarrassment with him, they have way too much history together, are way too comfortable around each other and have seen each other at their worst too many times. we got an emotional farewell in 132 from levi, which gave us a weird reaction from hanji as if they had the sudden realization of their life in that precise moment and had to get away as quick as possible because of that realization. in the same chapter, there is a dialogue from levi which grammatically implies requited love from someone else who is not titans. you can’t really argue against grammar and yet there are some people who pull a muscle reaching to invalidate even grammar. plus, the fact that the kanji was modified in the published volume and exchanged for a kanji which is pronounced the same, has the same meaning but a much much deeper connotation of love. then, all the parallels with EM.

now, onto these parallels. i’ve seen people deny these parallels and really, it seems to me like we’re reading two different stories. let’s say, i’m an artist/writer and when i draw/write i try to communicate something, which is why the way i portray my subjects is never casual and always very calculated. let’s say, i want to create a scene between two lovers and i want to communicate their love in a way that’s clear to everyone, so i rely on romantic tropes like physicality and intimate eye contact to convey their feelings on the page. this is to say, from someone who is actually both an artist and a literature student, in a work of fiction it’s highly unlikely that such blatant parallels aren’t done on purpose. if it weren’t done on purpose, it would be mere, lazy recycling of panels, because let’s be honest here, the poses are the same, the context is the same, the words are the same.

and that’s really all i have to say on this topic. i’m obviously not in any way implying that you have to see LH as romantic, it is not my intention at all. we’re all allowed to have different interpretations of canon, god knows i do it all the time in all my fandoms. but i’d also like for people to start being more objective and less biased. because this bias, for some reason, is particularly strong when it comes to levi and hanji possibly loving each other romantically. people get weirdly defensive about this. but i stand by my point, i do believe LH is a romantic pair in canon and i gave my reasons for believing such a thing. i also stand by the fact that if any other ship, not necessarily involving L and H, i mean any other ship with any other character, had gotten the very same scenes in canon, there’d be a vast majority of people unanimously accepting it as canon, but since it’s LH there is a ✨strange reluctance✨ that i haven’t seen with any other pair in all my years of fandom.

we’re never getting a scene in which two awkward adults confess their undying love for each other kissing at sunset while shoujo bubbles, rose petals and sparkles dramatically surround them and a violin plays a romantic tune. it’s not in line with the manga nor the characters. however, we do have plenty of canon material and it’s good enough for me in its “ambiguity” which at the end of the day, isn’t ambiguity at all. an author puts ambiguity because they want to purposely create more than one interpretation, which is to say that it is, as a matter of fact, perfectly valid to see romantic tones, it’s not “reaching” or “being delusional” in any way because it was the intention of the author to begin with. If yams hadn’t wanted to create romantic tensions, he would have done so point blank. in creating an “ambiguity”, he is actively offering on a silver plate the implication that there is more than what the eye sees and reads at first in the panels and the speech bubbles, if you delve deeper into them. it’s a simple story-telling trick, i wouldn’t exactly call this “ambiguity” (which i’m even quite reluctant to define as such, as it’s quite “unambiguous” in its “ambiguity” that “disambiguates” itself. I’M DEEPLY SORRY FOR TWISTING YOUR BRAIN INTO A KNOT BUT I PROMISE THIS MAKES SENSE IN MY HEAD SJFJDMDJDJ) an example of “chekhov’s gun”, but if it’s there, it’s there for a reason.

again, thank you for your question 💜

#levihan

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tundrainafrica · 4 years ago

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some of the aot fans (probably just casual readers) don't see the parallels between EM and LH???? like the brunettes desire to live with their ackermans together in the woods? they call levihan shippers delusionals. their attacking levihans that they didn't read the manga well and we just want our ship to be canon??? WTH????

I keep wondering if it's just us, levihans, who see these parallels?

im sorry for this rant, it's just soooo frustrating. Basically the reason why i leave twt lol not yet, im still there bcoz of lh filo socmed aus

I have so many things I wanna say about chapter 138 and I am so sorry I only got to it now. I think most Levihan fans already said what I wanted to say but either way, I’ll just give some thoughts I entertained when these came out.

Coz first of all…

As a Levihan shipper, I am obviously ecstatic about this but as most people know, I come from a household where everyone is not too enthusiastic about Levihan. They are so very enthusiastic about INVALIDATING LEVIHAN in particular that my sister and my parents who don’t even watch AOT just come up to me while I’m staring at Levihan art on tumblr and go…

“What are you doing?”

“Staring at art.”

“Oh, is that the one couple you like who don’t even love each other or smthg.”

Cause apparently my sisters who watch AOT and my boyfriend have been SO vocal about invalidating Levihan that even my parents now are on ship that they aren’t even a thing and I’m just delusional but yes, since I live in a house where literally ‘shipping Levihan’ is on the same level as ‘the curtains are blue so the narrator is sad’ type of interpretation, I will start by mentioning a more pragmatic argument to this whole Levihan and Eremika parallel.

While I am one of those who can definitely see that yes those were clear parallels, there are some louder people( mostly Eruri shippers) who think that LH fandom is just grasping on straws and trying to diminish their supposedly canon ship( because EL and EM ackerbonding thing) so I was wondering what is your view on this?

So, to break down the argument...

It’s a war story blah blah blah. And besides Mikasa loved Eren from the start blah blah blah.

I think this is an argument I see a lot. Because Yams is writing a war story and I think a lot of people are suggesting that it’s a war story here is no way anyone can be canon or anyone can have romantic relationships.

AND I HATE THIS TAKE. Relationships are human nature. Yes, being arromantic exists but I don’t believe that in a fictional space, romance can ever NOT exist. Because most---or scratch that--- I believe all humans will search for companionship and I do not believe it is ever reaching to jump from whatever companionship exists between people and contemplate the potential of romance, except incest but that’s another story.

Yeah because if there’s no kiss or sex then it’s not a romance apparently.

Well guess what, we’re all reaching then, cause only Eren and Mika got the kiss. But lemme drop some social experiment I did.

I actually showed the Eremika and Levihan ‘Let’s live together scenes’ side by side to a colleague at work who doesn’t watch AOT and she told me, WITHOUT CONTEXT, that she prefers the scene between Levihan more than Eremika and the reason behind that is because there were undertones, specifically in the Korean translation’ that Hange was tired, and there’s this apparent romantic-ness to it when you dream of something when you’re tired and when you dream of a particular someone.

Because here’s the thing, when you love someone, when you decide to be in a relationship with someone, that person will be your HOME. And now that I think about it, it definitely hits for me more, because when Hange was tired, when Hange was completely exhausted and spent, she dreamt of a future with Levi.

And don’t you think that it’s more romantic that ‘despite everything, she thinks of him’ compared to ‘she constantly thinks of him?’ Because I dunno, when someone is constantly thinking of someone, there’s actually no effort really needed for the feeling to grow, but when ‘they think of someone, despite everything.’ There’s this idea that the relationship can withstand more things and that means they thought long and hard about it.

Their life is so interesting and eventful, yet at the end of the day, there exists someone who still shines brighter than life itself and that’s why ‘Despite everything, she thinks of him’ rings brighter than ‘she constantly thinks of him’ for me at least.

Probably a personal preference thing but either way… Just my take.

Western people don’t consider running away ‘romantic?’

This is something I’ve discussed with filo moots multiple times and this is something I’ve thought about reading the Japanese and English translations, reading the Filipino Soc Med AUs and having my friend read the Korean ones.

The Japanese and Koreans are quick to see the romantic undertones, a lot of my Filipino moots are quick to see those romantic undertones too. But we have the western fandom on Reddit going ‘Yo Erehisu foh evah’ and people saying ‘Levihan not canon they didn’t kiss.’

But YO both of my parents are ‘tanan’ (runaway in tagalog) babies. My mom actually ran away with a man and wasn’t allowed to talk to her dad until she graduated. My dad disobeyed his parents to marry my mom. They were setting my dad up with another woman and they were going to have a big wedding and everything but my dad was like…

NOPE Imma run away and marry this woman.

And can I just say, my parents are the MOST unromantic people but they literally disobeyed their parents, ran away together, literally risked their relationships with their parents to make it work.

And my parents are one of the few people in their family who are still in a happy relationship even after 25 years of marriage.

Okay, I admit, sometimes running away is a dumb decision and shouldn’t constantly be romanticized.

But I don’t think a lot of people understand the gravity of what ‘tanan’ entails. Legit, it was emphasized in 138 already, if Eren ran away, Paradis could have been overrun by military soon. And if Hange and Levi ran away to the woods, ‘what would there have been left for them?

And in real life, my mom literally gave up her relationship with her dad to try to make the relationship work. My dad gave up the comforts of marrying a rich woman in a lavish wedding to marry my mom.

They literally had a civil wedding, went out to eat Chinese noodles and China town as a post wedding meal and 25 years later, they have one of the strongest relationships I’ve ever seen.

AND NO ONE RUNS AWAY WITH SOMEONE FOR THE LELZ. So yes, running away with someone will always be romantic for me.

And the Ackerbond?

Something I always find myself asking. Why do people want the Ackerbond to actually be a thing? Because if the Ackerbond were real, then wouldn’t that invalidate all Eruri and Eremika even more since we know they’re just trapped in the relationship like Stockholm syndrome or something?

And besides didn’t Yams debunk that chapters ago?

Anyway, onto the next questions

hi sav! i have a question about the recent chapter. do you think the em and lh parellels were done on purpose by isayama?

And to answer this question… I am not so sure actually. I talked to a Japanese friend who grew up in the same prefecture as Yams, apparently it was her acquaintance from high school who married Yams and they were childhood sweethearts.

So maybe Yams got it from them? My memory on that convo is hazy but it’s only possible that he built Eremika from there. And Levi and Hange’s development is just incredibly different that I don’t think Yams thought that far to do it.

My theory here is that Yams is writing a war story and he only has one way he could have ever shown romance in a war story and that’s through ‘running away’ so I believe the parallels are unintentional but I genuinely believe that this was Yam’s way of showing romantic undertones.

And I personally do not think that Levi and Hange would have ever kissed in that time in their life, at least intentionally and I hoenstly commend Yams for doing such a good job with the subtlety of the romance because I’ve literally seen so many great characters in other stories completely butchered by a poorly done romantic subplot so I aint complaining about these romantic undertones.

But either way,

I hang in the Japanese fandom a lot and there have been lots of fandom discussion on Levihan becoming endgame if 132 didn’t happen. And there are actually articles on this putting Levihan as endgame along with Eremika so I’m kinda suspecting that invalidating Levihan is an anime-only fan and reddit fandom type of thing.

But anyway, thank you for reading, sorry for the long rant.

#levihan #meta

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i accidentally deleted my message before sdfhsdf so here’s my second attempt at writing this: chapter 3 through sunarin's POV was SO GOOD OMG lowkey happy that suna feels guilty for what he’s doing and only now realises it, how yn makes suna second guess his statements and love for yn has me at the NECK sksksks

the way you wrote suna and iris together was amazing tbh i love it but the fact that she is the enemy makes me resents them even more now i hate it BUT IF YN DIDNT EXIST they would have been a power couple tbh jealous of what rin sees in iris ARGH “What kind of love would it be if he did not go through hell and back for her—over and over again” THIS makes me soooo single omg, i do feel bad for iris (if yn wasn’t around) that she wasnt getting attention from kiyoomi but it still feels so wrong that suna went after his brother’s wife , keen to see more of iris’s back story and what she is hiding too hmmm

the twins are a menace omg and KITA OMG AHHH the way he stood up against suna for what he is doing that was kinda hot, but kite in love with with a maid thouuuuuu OGMGG we need a side story on them (heart eyes) forbidden lovers omg CUTE and the audacity suna telling kita that what he was doing wrong when suna himself was cheating yn the whole time SMH makes me wanna a slap a bitch, “Mine may be scandalous, but yours is disappointing.” GOD THAT HURT (it should be the other way around thou) #protectprincekita the way they all feel that yn might know of the affair but suna doesnt think so makes me LAUGH like JUST WAIT BRO she’s gonna make things bad and make you regret it in the end #bringoutbadassyn i just wanna see what all her years of training has done lolol

just waiting more kiyoomi interactions and rin’s downfall with whatever is planned next hehe

alsoooo do the princes, yn and the wives have specific fashion attires? i know its in the modern era so they wouldnt be walking around in royal olden age attire haha, hope you have a good day :)))

- 🌺 anon

OMG HIBISCUS ANON, HI! aww thank you so much I’m happy to hear you thought it was good sobs. whoa whoa okay, rintaro and iris power couple… I can definitely see it. like in all honesty, I would not have despised iris so much if she didn’t agree with manipulating YN, because she’s a nice girl placed in an unfortunate situation of marrying somebody she didn’t love. she’s hurting from that, and she can’t be with the one she loves. it’s not her fault her circumstances are not going her way, but her agreeing to rintaro’s plan was just not it. it’s not right.

(for clarification from ch3 context: iris told rintaro a long time ago they would never work out because of the royal family laws and customs – she was ready to let him go since he was never hers, but rintaro insisted with a plan to make iris his. and iris eventually went along with it.)

“What kind of love would it be if he did not go through hell and back for her—over and over again” – I fucking hate Suna but he sure is romantic /lh. he is devoted like wow. and hmm yes yes, we’ll see Iris’ backstory in the future chapters! I think her backstory would actually be one of my favorite scenes to write, but it won’t be an in-depth backstory with like a longggg history. but it is enough to deliver a shock factor! (I hope)

THE TWINS ARE A MENACE, YES. I love playing around with their characters here, because they’re actually very interesting princes. GASP actually I’ve been thinking of making like a one shot side stories of the Princes and their love interests just so we can see them hehehe because I love Kita and Airi with my whole heart. In the original version of DTD, Kita and Airi showed up a lot, but I’m not gonna put that in the new series so I might just make a mini collection of the Princes and their partners! they are super super cute like Kita x Airi is so wholesome. I love them.

“Mine may be scandalous, but yours is disappointing.” I’m telling you, Rintaro is gonna do and say anything to defend himself sobs. also hmm fashion attires, yeah! I’ll probably make like a closet feature of them soon but Maiko loves wearing flowy sundresses paired with those pretty hats that kind of just…sit on her head. idk what you call those hats but the ones we mostly see people wearing on the beach? YEAH THAT ONE. yellow is Maiko’s color, and Iris has a color palette of teal and white. she often wears skirt-suits and kitten heels! for YN, she dresses the most formally out of all them. she’s often wearing lace gloves and high collared dresses/blouses. she really likes clothes that covers her neck because it helps her to look forward and point her chin higher, to really give off that confident posture expected of her.

have a good day too, anon!! thank you for taking the time to send me this ask <33

#asks with naoya's trophy wife #series: dusk till dawn #long ask #anon:🌺#tw: infidelity

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greycappedjester · 4 years ago

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hello!! ^___^ you stated that the next update of haikyuu at hogwarts would be on may 15th, i haven't been keeping up with your tumblr lately.. when will the next update be? :o /lh

Hey there! I’m working on finishing it up today :)

Just got done with finals so I’m running a couple days behind. I’m expecting it to be out either tonight or tomorrow morning, judging on how much writing I can get done tonight.

Since it’s late of the 15th, here’s the first scene

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Yamaguchi squinted towards the other side of the Great Hall. “So have they….made up now?”

A few tables down, Kageyama and Hinata seemed to be in the middle of a very loud and very spirited argument on whether condiments could ever count as side dishes. Grevious insults to intellginece and threats of murder had both been made.

“I think so.” Ennoshita didn’t sound confident.

Hinata attempted to tackle Kageyama off of his bench.

“But, they’re still not playing together for Quidditch,” Yamaguchi confirmed

Kageyama shoved an apple in Hianta’s face.

Asahi watched wide-eyed. “They said they couldn’t yet.”

A resulting debate over the term 'breakfast fruit’ emerged. It was somehow even more heated.

“But, they’re not fighting?” Yamaguchi had to confirm.

“Suga says they aren’t,” Daichi said.

They had now decided to share the apple. Yachi beamed from beside them.

Yamaguchi decided there and then. “I’m never going to understand their relationship.”

“They’re idiots,’ Tsukishima concluded.

And, thus, the most watched and highly contentious fight of the entire school year--Tournament included--finally came to its baffling end.

“Anyway,” Daichi moved on, “we have bigger things to talk about.”

The mood at the table immediately plummeted as if a grim had just stepped by.

Flumpy.

“It’s been weeks,” Asahi said, running a shaky hand through his hair. “We’ve been watching him constantly! How haven’t we found anything?”

In the middle of the table, Flumpy sat, napping.

Yamaguchi slumped in his bench. “I think I’ve aged twenty-years. This is the worst.”

“Maybe that’s Flumpy’s secret power,” Ennoshita said. “Unrelenting anguish….Actually, that would fit. Maybe he has something to do with moods--like a boggart or a dementor.”

“I think we’d notice if he was changing into nightmares or sucking out our souls,” Tsukishima remarked. “That we can handle.”

“So, whatever Flumpy’s doing, he’s doing it subtly,” Ennoshita argued. “He’s smart, crafty. He’s the type of creature that enjoys hunting his prey.”

“But, that just makes it harder to catch him.” Daichi sighed. “We need proof--solid proof. If not, Noya and Tanaka are just going to deny it.”

“It would help if they just told us,” Yamaguchi grumbled.

“He’s got a point.” Asahi tugged at his sleeves. “....we could just ask. It’s Noya. It’s not like he’ll lie if we tell them that we already know something’s up with Flumpy. Noya just….underestimates the danger and doesn’t like to worry us.”

“All of which makes it even more concerning that they haven’t told us yet,” Tsukishima put in. “Merlin, at this rate, Flumpy really is going to kill us. This time we don’t even have a warning.”

“It’s not that bad,” Daichi straightened his shoulders. “We can still do this. We’ve handled a lot worse than Flumpy….probably. The point is to always stay calm, stick together, and don’t make things seem worse than they are. It won’t help us at all if we start catastrophizing. Then, we’ll never figure out what makes Flumpy’s so dangerous. We have to stay rational.”

The group nodded reluctantly.

“And with that, we only know three things.” Daichi held up a finger. “One: There’s something definitely off about Flumpy.”

Nods again.

“Two: whatever it is, Noya and Tanaka have to know. If not, they wouldn’t be interested this long.”

Grimaces but general nods.

Daichi held up the third finger. “And, finally, I think it’s safe to say by now. That, unless we have proof, Noya and Tanaka are never--never--going to tell us on their own.”

“Hey, guys…..”

The table all jumped.

Noya and Tanaka stopped in front of them. Their normal smiles were gone, replaced with drawn expressions and tight eyes that spoke of lack of sleep. Their shoulders were tense, looking to each other more than meeting the eyes of the group. Most of all, they weren’t even launching themselves towards breakfast.

In short, something was very, very wrong.

“Listen,” Noya started, voice hesitant, “we have….there’s something we have to tell you.”

At once, everyone went tense.

“We’ve been working on something this year,” Tanaka added. “More than just this year, actually. Something secret--sorry, we didn’t want to tell you guys until we knew more.”

Five pairs of eyes went to the flobberlump laying at the table. He was awake now, watching.

“W-what is it,” Asahi asked first.

Noya shook his head. “Not here. Later. This isn’t….this isn’t the kind of thing we want getting out until we know what to do.” His gaze flicked to Tanaka. “In our dorm, tonight. That’s where we have the research.”

“Research?” Yamaguchi went pale. “It’s that serious?”

Noya grimaced and Tanaka sighed.

“Yeah,” Tanaka admitted. “If we’re right, it could be deadly. For a whole lot of people.”

The collective pulse of the table skyrocketed.

Noya grabbed Tanaka’s shoulder, looking around the Great Hall. “Not here, not now. We’ll explain it to you guys later, okay?” He scooped Flumpy off the table, putting him in his pocket as the rest of the table nearly had a heart attack. “Just come to our dorm tonight.”

And, with that, both Tanaka and Noya left the Great Hall, the flobberlump still safely with them.

As one, the remaining Crows met each other’s eyes.

“Merlin,” Asahi swore.

They didn’t like being wrong; but, they found they hated being right.

Flumpy really was the most dangerous creature alive.

#hq at hogwarts

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dogin8 · 4 years ago

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Also if you want to tell me your ramble about the quotes feel free to!

- quote anon

Ayo dope, here's my completely irrelevant off topic rant about quotes and meaning

I don't really have many thoughts on the whole "sieze the moment" thing but I think so many people just say "sieze the moment" that nobody really cares or wants to hear it anymore, i feel like if enough people are saying a thing it gets boring so you need to use different words to give it meaning again if that makes sense? like the term "yolo" is boring and kinda weird at this point, like if u say yolo people will cringe but people are saying things that have the exact same meaning as yolo just with different words and nobody is calling them cringe

Okay like, obvs I don't have a degree in anything or like any genuine knowledge but from personal experience a lot of these phrases sound *so so so much* like "Bootstraps" (Basically the classic phrase "Pull yourself up by the bootstraps" used by diehard capitalists to say something along the lines of "work harder, never ask for help simply work harder and you will be able to achieve anything", the irony is in how the metaphor of "pulling yourself up by the bootstraps" doesn't work because you can't go anywhere by pulling on something that is attached to you, BUT I DIGRESS) like it sounds so preachy to hear somebody who is obviously *not* in your shoes, who does not know what you are going through, come to you and give some half-baked advice that you have heard a thousand times, like saying "just live in the moment" to somebody with anxiety, they have probably heard it a million times and if it was helpful the first time it sure as hell isn't now

So, what am i saying? A mix of a bunch of things: 1) If you want to make an inspiring quote, BE ORIGINAL, this is very important because if you actually want to impact people, they have to know that you mean it, and if you put in just that much effort to change the words even a tiny bit, maybe they'll feel like you care (adding onto this, if somebody has never heard something before, they might actually think about it a bit more)

2) It has to come from the right person, movies are great for this, because as much as you can watch it (and not to get too far into the parasocial copypasta lmaoo /lh) you can never really know them if that makes sense, so lets say I struggle with anxiety (Full disclosure, I probably don't) and somebody i don't particularly like says something that could easily be a motivational quote, It definitely won't mean as much, also for the previous analogy, if it's somebody who has never struggled with this problem and hasn't taken the time to understand what you're going through, it won't mean shit to hear them say some quote (Probably something to do with how people love to associate memories, for example I know songs that are bangers but I still don't like the song because i associate them with somebody i don't like)

3) Idk about a third thing but in essays, speeches, books, speaking in groups of three is always more appealing to the brain, But I actually thought of something now so let's keep it going: SPEAKING OF how it's better to use groups of three, that's like, one of the big rules of writing stuff to be punchy, so I guess maybe 3) is "make it punchy" actually nah I'm not a fan of that, I'd rather talk about how language changes, even in really short time frames, like, I have no idea when the first person said "yolo" but it can't have been more than 20 years ago right, and even in such a short time *language has genuinely changed* the way people talk now is (even if only ever so slightly) different from how it was then so like, if somebody were to tell you something like "I think we only get one go and that's it, we're done, so we might as well make this one the best we've got" (paraphrased quote from iirc the inbetweeners) the word "yolo" doesn't feature at all, but it's exactly the same message.

So i guess point 3 was about making sure what you're saying translates and doesn't feel dated

Anyways hope you enjoyed my thoughts, this has got to be the messiest essay I've ever written and I didn't even figure out what it was that I was trying to say half way through but I always love to talk so there's that

#asks #quote anon #anon #thoughts

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maxielxy · 5 years ago

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Max’s highlights at 2019 press conferences

Australia Thursday

Q：Max, you said some things could have been better. What could have been better?

MV: Some things. I cannot go into detail, can I? No, I can’t.

Q：What was the nicest, funniest or weirdest thing you’ve done in the winter of 2018/2019?

MV：Some more exciting things happened, some less exciting things happened but should I share them? I don’t think so.

Spain Sunday

Q：What are the strengths of your car? What are the good characteristics?

MV: I think at the moment we’re not really better in any corner than Mercedes.

Monaco Wednesday

Q: Now, with many people saying you are in the best moment as a driver, does it disturb you, to think to enjoy your moment, to change your history in this grand prix?

MV: I’ve done four, hopefully I’ll do another 20, so I have a lot of chances to do a good result.

Q: They always say ‘after that, he became more mature.’ How do you see that yourself?

MV：Well, I think not only after that, I think in general, it’s life. I’m getting older, general life experience but yes, sometimes you have to make mistakes to become a better driver and so this was one of them.

Monaco Saturday

Q: What was the target, what was realistic and are you satisfied with third place?

MV：I think this is my first qualifying here but I’ve only done three now.

Austria Thursday

Q: Just tell us a little bit about the performance of the car？

MV: Great!

Q：How would you like a race on London streets – or would you rather stay at Silverstone if it was one or the other?

MV: Silverstone is a great track, so, if they want a street circuit it needs to be an extra grand prix then.

Q: How do you like the idea to have only ex-Formula One drivers as stewards?

MV: For me, I think it’s not good to have the same stewards all the time – because it’s the same in football: if you have a referee who doesn’t like you, and you always have to play with that same referee, I don’t think it’s a lot of fun.

Q：As drivers, do you feel the sport’s in crisis?

CL: As Checo said, already from having a closer field would help, cars that can follow closer to each other will help also for overtaking and these are done by a few things and these other points agreed inside the… FDA!? No?!

MV: Ferrari driver academy?

CL: … the GPDA

MV： At the end of the day, even with the new rules coming at the moment, everybody is just speaking for their own advantage. Maybe it’s just better to leave out all the teams from the discussions and just say these are the rules and you deal with it.

Q: Is it more skewed to qualifying than the race and is it still that balance of car and engine that’s holding you back?

MV: I think I explained that in the beginning of the press conference where I see I’m losing, compared to Mercedes and Ferrari. Probably somebody recorded it so you can look back at it.

Austria Saturday

Q: Yesterday Helmut Marko confirmed there is an escape clause in your contract. Can you tell the details about it?

MV: What do you think, my friend? Of course not! Why would I? I know, but I don’t care.

Austria Sunday

Q:Juan Pablo Montoya said yesterday that he wanted to be a race steward, are you happy with that?

MV: I think he was quite a hard racer himself so I would definitely support him being a steward. I think he would be my mate.

Germany Sunday

Q: How does it compare to the other six wins?

MV: Are you going to keep asking me that question: ‘how does it feel compared to the other ones’? I don’t know. It’s always different. I mean now, after the race, I can say I did that 360 for the crowd, but at the time it was a bit tricky out there with the medium tyre, very low grip.

Q: Seb, do you consider this second place almost as a victory from what happened yesterday, from what happened today?

SV：For us it’s dull, as drivers so I think we rather enjoy here, close to the Netherlands with a lot of Dutch people coming…

MV: It was a bit tricky today because it was orange against red, you know those colours don’t really match.

SV: Well, they’re similar. I was taking the orange as well on my side.

MV: When they were going up, right?

Hungary Saturday

Q: Lewis, seven years ago you were here the winner but 2012 we had six champions in the peloton and you were only a one-time champion. Today we have only three champions in the peloton and you are a five-time champion.

MV: I didn’t know we had a peloton…

Q：Max is the top scorer in the last four races?

MV: You need to be the top scorer over the whole season, that’s what counts.

Q: Max, throughout your career so far you’ve held the majority of records for being the youngest driver to hit certain achievements. This is one of the few things you’ve missed out on. Do you care much for those kind of accolades and records – or not really?

MV: No. I don't’ know, I can make it a long story but it’s not so. It’s nice but it doesn’t make me sleep better, or anything.

Q: Renault claims that the engine is now at 1000bhp. What about Honda and Mercedes engines in this case? And an engineer said it’s impossible right now in this state to break this, also for Ferrari.

MV: Well, if they claim to have a thousand horsepower they have a really bad car! I think it’s better to do the talking on the track than in the media anyway.

Hungary Sunday

Q: How do you feel close with nine championship titles.

MV: I don’t know what to say! I have none! I don’t know what to comment on this! I still have a few years, hopefully in F1, so hopefully one day I can add one. Yeah. That’s it, I think.

Belgium Thursday

Q:We know you for five seasons already and every time we are writing ‘Max is a very good young driver’. What do you think? How long can you be a young driver?

MV: Until I’m old. Is it 30 that you get old? Thirty. OK. Well, I guess there’s eight and a half more years.

Japan Thursday

Q: Do you want to be consulted when it comes to deciding whether it goes ahead on Saturday?

MV: I’ve got my speedboat on standby so I’m ready to go for Saturday.

United States Thursday

Q:Lewis had some comments to say about you after the last race. Said he affords you more space than other drivers in fear of being torpedoed. And I think Seb also said that he copy-and-pasted what Lewis had to say. I was wondering what your feeling is about those two comments?

MV: From my side, yeah, it was a bit of a silly comment to make. I think I’m always a hard racer but fair. I think it’s just not correct – but of course it’s easy to have a dig at someone. From my side, it’s fine. It’s always positive when the talk about you. That means you’re in their head, So, for my side, I just focus on my driving and I think that’s enough said.

Q: Do you think that you’re getting dug out by Lewis, by Sebastian? They don’t seem to dig anyone else out, it just seems to be you; you seem to be the centre of attention a lot of time.

MV: I think from my side it only shows that I’m in their heads and I guess that’s a good thing but from my side I don’t need to dig in to other people in the press conferences because first of all I think it’s a bit disrespectful as well and I prefer to fight on track which I love to do and of course I like to fight hard but on the edge. Otherwise, if they want me to stay behind, it’s also better to stay at home. I really want to take the fight to them because that’s what we are here for. We are racers, we in Formula One, I think we are the best out there and we do fight for victories because that’s what I live for.

Abu Dhabi Thursday

Q: Max, you’d like to offer your worst of the season?

MV: Er, no – save the time.

Q: If you were the director of the Drive to Survive documentary on Netflix, what moment of the season would you definitely put in?

MV: Hockenheim.

Q: Do you every focus yourself like looking at Lewis, maybe winning six?

MV: I was thinking about ten.

Abu Dhabi Sunday

Q: Were you surprised by your dominance today, because you were 13 seconds ahead of Max after 20 laps?

LH: Yeah, I definitely wasn’t expecting to haver the pace advantage to that extent.

MV: You could have slowed down!

#Max Verstappen

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giranswife · 5 years ago

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Busy Holiday

Summary: It’s that time of year again, and Ashley is helping Marielle and the others get ready for another week of holiday fun. This is causing her schedule to be a little full, which means her and Shiroe haven’t been exactly able to enjoy the holidays together as they should.

W: self-insert x canon, fluff

(( I know I haven’t posted in a while, but I wrote this last night and it was super cute. writing these holiday fics is helping me get kinda back into the writing groove, but also helping me feel better bc I’m kinda not rly feeling good physically right now. But here’s a fic with my husband who I miss terribly. I might make a part two to this for the feast! because I miss my lh family so much ))

The holidays are probably my favorite time of year. Especially coming right off of fall which is my favorite season, my mood just grows and grows as the months pass. And with my favorite holiday here, you could say happiness was it it’s highest. Even today with only a couple more days away, I was running around and trying to get everything situated given Marielle was putting together another festival. Being her sister meant I had a lot of grunt work.

Eventually I ended up feeling pretty tired, having ran around all morning taken care of errands for Henrietta on top of everything Marielle needed me to do. Not to mention the kids in both guilds wanted me to help them decorate for both guild halls, and I had to pick one to do today and then one to do tomorrow morning. Log Horizon won today, mainly because this is my guild now and because once I arrived here tonight I wasn’t getting back out.

The idea of settling down with friends and doing something fun like decorating just seemed like the relaxation I needed. Not to mention Minori seemed excited since I’d been pretty busy and hadn’t gotten a chance to really be around much. Last night while I was helping clean up after dinner, she was rattling off to me about how funny it was seeing me so busy.

“Usually it’s Master Shiroe who’s never around. Has he started rubbing off on you or something?” She asked with a little giggle at the end.

I rolled my eyes a little and bumped my hip into hers playfully.

“Yeah, yeah. Very funny. But you’re not wrong. I don’t think we’ve really seen much of each other lately. Marielle has us both really busy.”

I started drying off a couple dishes, remembering the past couple nights that we’ve tried to see each other and it just fell short. The only moment that I had for a break was to eat a quick lunch and that was conveniently the same time he was leaving for a round table meeting. I smiled remembering the small kiss that he gave me on the forehead, quickly apologizing and promising to see me afterwards.

But at that point I had to rush back to Crescent Moon to discuss feast plans with Henrietta. That involved list making and recipe exchanges, running back and forth making sure both chefs at both guilds were on the same pages. Which meant by the time I got back, I had to eat my dinner alone in the kitchen with Serera to keep me company.

Which I had no complaints about. She is an absolute angel, and we got to talking about all the different things she wanted to help me do this year. Taking as much load off my back that she could do, mainly wanting to be in the kitchen with Nyanta as much as possible. Which I had already planned for, but just hearing her go on and on was a real treat.

She and Minori are the biggest reasons why I realized I desperately wanted children of my own. They were both older, of course, but they still gave me that sense of mothering just by how I naturally am with them. Well, with Minori I’m more of a sister to, but there’s still moments where the inner future mom in me comes out. It’s just a hope that I have that one day I can have that opportunity.

Serera, though, I would adopt her if I could. She’s just this ball of energy and an angel that I adore more than words. I definitely love her just like she was one of my own, and I definitely consider her to be family probably more than anyone. I would die for her a thousand fucking times, and before I left for the night I squeezed my arms around her and told her to never change. Stay as innocent like this for as long as she freaking can.

By the time I got to bed, Shiroe was still working, and I didn’t have the energy to bring him to bed. The only time we got to see each other was in the morning before we both ran off to finish what we had to do that day. It’s amazing that the two of us are hard working, but it definitely reminds me why it would be better if just one of us was.

We’d never get to see each other if that were the case. I knew that it was likely just the business of the season and everything going on, but I knew that the two of us were upset about it. After all, this was supposed to be a time for us to be together. It was our first holiday celebrating prior to our engagement, and we should be spending more time together. Being able to enjoy it is the whole point, and so far that hasn’t really been the case.

But I was also enjoying being able to help ease Marielle’s stress, and help both guilds have a fun time that I had completely forgotten about my own wishes. And Shiroe’s, for that matter. Because he mattered too, and I didn’t want him to forget about that. Or feel like I was forgetting about him.

Which is why I had hoped that the two of us could eventually do something together, once we found the time.

I was in the kitchen after a long day, talking with Nyanta as Serera assisted him with some baked goods for the feast tomorrow night. Henrietta wanted to put together a little something between just the two guilds to get together and have a little fun. It’s been a while since we’ve done something like that, and she promised that she had everything else taken care of so I could sleep in tomorrow. I was definitely looking forward to that, having felt just how tired I was the second I walked in and smelled the delicious aromas.

“Oh that smells amazing,” I mumbled, feeling my mouth water.

“Hey Ashley! Finished everything?”

Serera was checking on something in the oven, putting down her mitts and running over to give me a hug. I smiled, patting her back and giving a small nod of response.

“Thankfully. Everything is pretty much done, which means I can relax until tomorrow evening.”

“They finally gave you a break, hmm?”

I nodded, letting out a little sigh of relief.

“I love them both, but they have had me running around like freaking crazy. I swear my feet are starting to swell. Can’t remember when the last time was that I even sat down.”

“Want me to get you a stool to sit on?”

“That’s fine, Serera, baby. I’m about to go help finish up with the decorations in a few minutes. Anybody know where Shiroe is?”

“Last I heard of him he was still cooped up with more paperwork. No surprise there,” Naotsugu’s voice chimed in as he sauntered in.

He reached to grab one of the pastries on the counter, just as Serera swatted it from his hands. My eyes widened, and I watched him glance after her as she shoved the plate away from him as quickly as possible. It took everything out of me not to burst out laughing, but I was mainly afraid that once I started I wouldn’t stop. Given that I was so completely exhausted.

“Those are for tomorrow!”

“Okay, okay! Geez!”

“Aren’t you supposed to be with Sayeko anyway?” I asked with a lift of my brows.

But the look that he gave me in response was equally as questionable.

“Should I kinda say the same to you? When’s the last time you guys have even seen each other since Marielle started ordering you around.”

“First off, I voluntarily am doing this. Second off--”

I started to say something sarcastic, but I quickly realized I really didn’t have a leg to stand on. He was kind of right, and normally I wouldn’t give him the satisfaction but tonight I wasn’t really in the mood. With a deep sigh, my shoulders slumped forward and I pressed my hand against my forehead.

“To be honest… we’ve barely said a word to each other these past couple of days. We’re both just so busy, and it sucks.”

“Just tell Marielle that you need a break. Sure she’ll understand. She’s your sister for god’s sake.”

“Yeah… You’re right. I’m just really guilty.”

“I mean, this is kinda Shiroe’s thing. Just makes it worse when you’re always constantly working too.”

I nodded, knowing that he was actually speaking a lot of truth. Something that Naotsugu tends to do at times. But I wasn't about to tease him for it, again. Not really being in the mood and mainly wanting to keep things on good terms. After all, I was in the holiday mood which meant not a lot of attitude coming out of me.

He told me a bit about his plans with Sayeko as the two of us walked back into the main hall where the rest of the kids already were having tea that Nyanta had prepared earlier. It seemed they were all waiting for me pretty patiently, which I thought was incredibly sweet and adorable. I couldn’t wait to relax and finally get off my feet.

“There she is!”

“We were afraid that you passed out on us.”

Letting out a laugh, I ruffled most of their heads and leaned back on the back of the couch to watch Isuzu strum a bit. She wasn’t playing very loudly, and it was clear that she was just trying to pass the time. But I always loved listening to her regardless. Listening a little longer might have lulled me to sleep had I not been standing up.

“You sure you’re feeling okay, Ashley?” Tohya asked me with a concerned look on his face.

I nodded, letting out a small yawn as my tails ruffled.

“Yeah, Tohya, I’m fine. A little tired, but I’ll be okay.”

I smiled to try to help them relax, but it didn’t seem to help much. It must have been clear on my face just how tired I was. But I wasn’t going to let them push me out of the room whenever I had made the decision to do this. Plus, I really wanted to be here! No amount of tired could stop me, but I did spend a couple seconds looking around the room.

“If you’re looking for Master Shiroe, he’s still busy,” Minori responded, setting down a box of decorations that she started rummaging through.

“Oh… right…”

Naotsugu noticed the disappointment on my face, nudging me forward a bit with a smile.

With a soft sigh, I nodded in silent understanding and softly gave my cheeks a slap to wake myself up. “Alright, well, let’s go ahead and get started before I actually fall asleep on y’all,” I said with a laugh.

Everyone was curious about how I was able to do all of this, seeing as I never really seemed to work this hard before. It was pretty easy to explain, considering this was one of my favorite holiday’s and I honestly felt like Shiroe might be influencing me a bit. Whether that was good or bad, I wasn’t really all that sure.

It wasn’t that long into the conversation that I heard everyone speak up and greet him. I couldn’t have turned around fast enough, extremely happy to see his face after the rather long day that I had. It was kinda hard to hide too from the way my tails swayed, having all of them out just because they mainly looked cute in the outfit I had on. And Shiroe had made me feel less embarrassed about having all nine of my tails.

“Hey love,” I said with the biggest smile I’ve had all day.

He smiled tiredly, but it was obvious that he was happy to see me too.

He looked adorable too and definitely not like he had been working all day. Wearing his nice sweater and was in the middle of putting on his coat whenever I had turned around. Almost like he was about to go somewhere, and that kind of had me a little disappointed. Where could he be going this late at night? Unless he had some last minute meeting that I forgot about.

“Hey Ashley-”

“You look… nice.”

I still kept smiling, but there was a hint of confusion in my voice. A reaction that he didn’t seem to see coming, and it was quite clear on his face. It was definitely obvious that there was something I was missing here. Even everyone else around us seemed to notice it, the collection of voices slowly falling until there was mild silence.

“Everything… okay?” I asked, getting a little nervous.

“Yeah, uhm… you forgot didn’t you?”

Tilting my head curious, I looked at him with my thoughts cycling through, trying to understand what he meant. Shiroe and I really hadn’t got much chance to talk over the past couple of days, so I couldn’t exactly pinpoint when we had time to make plans. It wasn’t until I remembered yesterday whenever I had stopped to see him before the meeting.

I remembered when he kissed my forehead and went towards the door, he promised me that tomorrow night he would take me out to make up for this. It was very quick, and I did hear him and register it, but I must have just forgotten in between every task I had to do. The second that I realized it, I knew that I had messed up.

“Oh god, I did! I’m so sorry baby!”

Naotsugu made a low ‘ooo’ sound and slowly backed away, which definitely didn’t help the situation. I rolled my eyes so hard that they could have flew out of my head, and I turned my attention back to Shiroe. It looked like he was trying really hard not to let me see how disappointed he was, which honestly I didn’t blame him. I felt extremely shitty in that moment.

“It’s okay, Sweetheart. I know you’ve been busy. We both have.”

“Yeah, but… You obviously went through the trouble to get dressed up, and I… I forgot.”

“It’s okay, really. I mean it.”

He took my hand in his, giving it a gentle squeeze. Trying to reassure me knowing that I was stressed out, but it still made me feel bad. Especially since I really wanted to spend time with him, but I knew that I also made a promise to the kids as well.

My heart sank, and I didn’t know what to do. And Shiroe was too sweet to make it a thing, which I was partially grateful for given that the kids were around. All I could do was stand there and squeezed his hand, taking in how amazing it felt in my own. I’ve missed his touch that I had started to crave it, even though it really hasn’t been that long. My body just needed it so badly.

He kissed my forehead, giving me a soft smile.

“I’ll go make some fresh tea,” He said, walking off towards the kitchen.

Pursing my lips together, I watched him walk away with my eyes stinging. This was the first time I actually felt like I disappointed him like this. It wasn’t a good feeling, and I understood exactly how he felt whenever he was really busy and forgot something that we had planned.

I turned around towards the others, feeling my ears dropping a little. There was a decision that I had to make here. Knowing that either way I was going to disappoint people, and that’s not something that I really like to do. It was clear on my face that I felt terrible, and before I even opened my mouth Minori spoke up.

“Say no more! You guys go!”

“Huh?”

“Yeah! We can take care of the rest.”

“You two deserve a break, after all.”

A soft smile spread onto my face, and I saw Naotsugu give me a little nod. He patted Tohya on the shoulder, holding a thumbs up. “Don’t worry, I’ll hold the fort here until Sayeko gets here,” He said.

I breathed a sigh of relief, feeling my heart calming down a little. It made me feel good knowing that they were all so sweet and understanding. They really were all amazing, and I felt a little better about the whole thing. And it also meant that I could see Shiroe, who I desperately needed to give my time and attention.

“Thank you guys. I love you so much. I’ll see y’all tomorrow at the party, okay?”

They waved me off, turning their attention back to their own conversation and clearly not at all bothered with me dipping out.

I trotted into the kitchen, seeing Shiroe idly chatting with Nyanta. He barely noticed me walk in, and I took the opportunity to wrap my arms around his middle from behind and squeeze him tight. He jumped a little in surprise, glancing over to see my smile.

“I’m really sorry,” I said softly, kissing his shoulder, “But you’re important to me. And you should feel important to me.”

“I know, Sweetheart. But I really don’t mind-”

“Stop, it’s okay to be upset! I know that you’re upset, but I’m gonna make it up to you. So whatever you want to do tonight, I’m there.”

“What about the others?”

“Naotsugu’s got it covered, and they’re actually very cool and understanding.”

I giggled a little, feeling his shoulders starting to relax. There was even a bigger smile on his face that appeared which made my heart skip a beat. He turned around and wrapped his arms around me, pressing a kiss to my cheek. There was a loud giggle that escaped my lips, and my cheeks brightened.

“That sounds amazing,” He said, touching his nose to mine and leaving me breathless.

This. This is what I had been missing. The second that he put his arms around me, I felt entirely at home. I was relaxed and I was comfortable. Nothing else mattered in this world but being with him. Feeling his arms around me and breathing in his scent. He really was my safe place and my comfort space.

Nyanta cleared his throat, and it was at that moment we realized we weren’t alone. Shiroe slowly pulled away, chuckling nervously and pulling at his collar.

“Uh… I’ll leave the tea out for the others.”

He nodded, and there was clearly a smirk that both of us completely ignored.

Shiroe took my hand, lacing his fingers with my own and the two of us talked about what we were going to do that night. Turns out Shiroe had a couple things planned, mainly just to walk around town since it was actually really pretty out and I hadn’t gotten to just enjoy it. Honestly, anything with him sounded like a wonderful idea.

It was pretty chilly, and every time I spoke I could see the cloud of my breath. But honestly, I loved this weather a lot. I’ve always enjoyed the cold more, being someone who feels more relaxed whenever it’s cold out. But with all of the lights it seemed to feel a bit warmer whenever we were passing by a few shops were still open.

“So do you have much to do tomorrow?” Shiroe asked.

I shook my head, leaning against his shoulder.

“Thankfully. Henrietta knew that I needed a break, so she told me that I am completely free to sleep in and enjoy the dinner tomorrow.”

“That’s great.”

Nodding in response, I breathed in his scent and squeezed his hand rather tight.

“What about you?”

“I finished up a lot today, so it seems like I’m going to be free too.”

“Really?”

He nodded, shifting hair from my face and watching my smile form. It meant the world to me to know that tomorrow we’d be with each other all day. This was the first time in a while that this has happened, and I knew that he had made sure of that. It was just the one thing that I needed to fully relax and enjoy the day.

We passed by someone that we knew selling some hot beverages, and we stopped by to grab some. Shiroe chatted a little bit with them while I just stared at his face, seeing the way that he smiled and looked like he was genuinely enjoying himself. Maybe it was just an excuse to look at his cute face, either way I was completely lost.

When he turned back around, I still wasn’t looking away and the pink on his cheeks was definitely not just from the cold. I let out a giggle, taking a sip of my drink and giving his hand a tug. We continued walking just to talk, stopping at one shop just to see a gift that I could possibly grab for Akatsuki. She was the only person I hadn’t gotten anything for yet, mainly because I couldn’t find anything that she doesn’t already have.

“Is there anything that you want?” I asked, “Not that I haven’t got the perfect gift I’m just asking.”

Shiroe chuckled, stopping near a tree and watching me take a small sip of my drink.

“I’m looking right at it.”

My lips curled into a smile, and I gave him a rather teasing look.

“You already have me, besides that’s not really an option.”

“Why not?” He asked, wrapping his arms around my middle and pulling me closer, “All I want is just to be with you.”

A giggle escaped my lips, and it was loud enough for me to shove my face back into the cup in front of me. I knew that people were probably staring, but at this point I wasn’t even paying much attention. Not to mention most people know us anyway and wouldn’t really pay us any mind at all.

Shiroe was definitely a lot bolder now than he used to me. I would never have imagined him holding me like this. PDA was not really his thing before, and it still isn’t entirely, but he’ll hold my hand and hug me a bit no problem. He is still the flustered man I fell in love with, but he’s getting a lot bolder. Which I’m not going to complain about.

“Baaaby-”

“It’s true. I miss you,” He said, “We’ve both been working a lot, and I think that we need to give ourselves a bit of a break.”

“I agree… I miss you too. I guess I got a little wrapped up in helping Marielle that I forgot that we deserve to have fun too.”

He tucked a strand of hair behind my ear, smiling warmly in such a way that made my heart feel warm and fuzzy inside.

Shiroe gave me a soft kiss on the lips, before taking my hand and pulling me back towards the guild hall. The two of us were feeling pretty tired and just wanted to go back and climb into bed. Since we had tomorrow off, I’m sure that we planned to rest and relax. The idea sounded like the perfect way to end this hectic week.

“Hey, wait-” I spoke up, seeing him lift his brows.

There was a small silence between us before I grinned.

“Did you just actually say that we need to take a break? As in you need to take a break?”

He let out a loud sigh, rolling his eyes and trying to get me to keep walking. But I wasn’t having it. I kept teasing him and teasing him over and over again. Just because I knew that he was going to have that exact reaction.

I was sure that was the most that I’ve laughed in days, and part of it had to be because I was extremely tired. There was no way that anyone was getting me out of that bed tomorrow until at least two in the afternoon.

#self insert #self ship #ship: shirey #self insert x canon #fluff #my writing #fic #fanfic

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