#they recommend me so many spop tags

[adorawasright]

literally so sick of tumblr forcing me to see c//a smut

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Tagged by @unremarkablegirl, thanks! I love an opportunity to ramble :P

Name/nickname: uhhhh I often go by some variation of Finn online. Although you could call me something fun like Leapfrog maybe haha

Gender: Female

Star sign: Scorpio

Height: okay I’m either 5′5″ and 3/4 of an inch or 5′6″ and 3/4... either way i wish i was taller :/ Science North lied to me, i had such expectations

Time: 8:02 pm

Birthday: October 28

Favourite bands: MUNA, The Amazing Devil, boygenius, Neon Trees, Dry the River

Favourite solo artists: Phoebe Bridgers, Mitski, Sara Bareilles, Maggie Rogers, Luther Vandross. also (but a bit more secondary of late) Jac Ross, Ben Platt, King Princess. 

(this doesn’t really capture the full scope of my music taste... for a long time I was really into playlists so there are a bunch of individual songs that I love but still haven’t dug into the discographies of the artists who made them. only more recently have I been on a “everything by so-and-so” kick. also there was a long time where I listened mostly to like. broadway cast recordings and stuff. idk just fyi) 

Song stuck in my head: I’ve had Bag of Bones by Mitski running through my head a lot the past few days, but also Shower Day and I Know the End by The Amazing Devil and Phoebe Bridgers respectively

Last movie: Hoodwinked 2 lmao. I recommend the first one a LOT more but this one still has some nice things, especially if you already love the first

Last show: Grey’s Anatomy lol I’m finally watching season 16 and dying it’s the best

When did I create this blog: oufff okay so it was sometime in highschool, I wanna say grade 12, but I only used it off and on until this summer? A few months ago? don’t really remember. No one asked but my first url was fanfreakdeathdomtastic XD i don’t like hate it but i really thought i was doing something lmao good times

How it started: a lot of my friends and my brother had had accounts for a long time, and I kept seeing the overflow posts to like fb and insta and stuff and wanted to try it out

How's it's going: So good! Finally gave up completely on having a robust tagging system lol and am just going with the flow and enjoying things. Fell into the witcher fandom, which led to making an ao3 account, and falling back into fanfiction! all good things

What I post: dear lord. many things with little rhyme and a complete lack of reason. Mostly either atla, spop, and witcher fan content, and whatever memes etc are going round? Don’t really know haha

Aesthetic: honestly not convinced I know the meaning of the word

Last thing I googled: definition of the french verb lasser, I’m currently reading a french translation of the silmarillion 

Other blogs: I have a side blog where i go to be angsty lmao

Following: um a fairly eclectic mix of ppl I guess! Some from the witcher fandom, a couple atla/lok blogs, a few ppl who post like quotes and peotry and stuff, and then assorted others lol. For some reason it takes me a while to warm up to the idea of following new ppl so not that many all in all

Followers: 69 heh heh 

Average sleep: i honestly don’t know anymore, my sleep schedule is a mess lol. The past few weeks tho I think it’s been generally at least 8 hours so yay me i guess

lucky number: 31, or 9 often for intramurals

Instruments: sort of play piano, used to sort of play the drums 

what i am wearing: sweatpants and a zip-up hoodie

Dream job(s) (in no particular order): I don’t know anymore.. animal rehabilitator or something in conversation stuff, but also currently feel incapable of doing bio-related jobs lol so idk

Favourite Animal noise: don’t ask me this... there are so many cool animals who make nice noises and i cannot think of any of them... birds? as a whole??? okay actually lmao I really love the call herons make, because they look so majestic when standing still but then while flying they look super gangly and make this horrendous amazing like, squawking... it’s fantastic I love it lol. Also though loons are very nice, and bard barred owls!! but also moose, just because imitating the noise is a fantasic way to release tension, I’ve found. Wolves are cool too

Random: monkeys

Dream trip: eventually I want to see all the provinces and territories, and there’s that train with a nice view probably. Other than that idk but the world is cool so

Favourite food: there are many foods that taste nice

Nationality: canadian

Favourite song: i mean right now it’s Bag of Bones. Me & my dog by boygenius is always a mood... I’m really bad at picking favourites honestly lol 

Last book i read: I think it was On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong. very good! very lyrical

Top 3 fictional universes i would like to live in: oooh okay gotta say the pjo/hoo world in solidarity with my younger self who spent MUCH time imagining being a halfblood :P and then I think maybe LOTR bc being a hobbit is the ideal life i think probably, and the witcher universe i guess even though i’d probably be a peasant and die as a child bc I’m blanking on everything else

Tagging @aubreys-posen and @its-sorcery if they want, and anyone else who wants to!

[moderndaygaang]

tagged by @praetorqueenreyna woohooooooo

To see the fics I’m talking about, here’s my ao3 ! (I’m including a WIP or two in this that i am THIS CLOSE to being done with and plan on posting before the year is out and I don’t have much else 🤷‍♀️)

Which Of Your Fics...

Did you think would get a bigger reaction/audience than it got: HONESTLY I was expecting “Hit And Run” to get more hits. It got way more genuine love in the comments than I ever expected from the people who did read it (including so many writers I admire *swoon*) so who cares, truly! I just forget how few people actually ship zutaraang.

Is your funniest: i actually think my korrasami WIP is very funny but that’s because i think Korra has a good sense of humor and her banter with Bolin is like the first half of the fic lmao. Out of my published stuff I would say “Better Left Unsaid” is more consistently funny throughout, but i did actually laugh out loud writing “Hit And Run” because of the ending!

Is your darkest/angstiest: none of my published/complete work because it’s not quite my style, but I have a Rangshi WIP that will be posted soon that is quite angsty and depressing feat. What if Rangi and Kyoshi didn’t get together and Rangi fucked with Kyoshi’s emotions because of her internalized homophobia ???? why am i writing it? Good question.

Is your absolute favorite: i love all my children equally i refuse to answer this (i actually just can’t decide)

Is your least favorite: mmm probably my most recent one “watch it spin”, which is actually not ATLA but a SPOP fic focused on Catra and Perfuma becoming friends (a big hc of mine) and getting high together (based off some funny fan art). I only say it’s my least fave because it’s not my best work, but it is very niche and self-indulgent and I’m glad it’s in the universe for my own sake!

Was the easiest to write: “Better Left Unsaid”! That one only took a couple of hours. Started as just a warm up for something else and then I was like ‘oh this is cute’ :)

Was the hardest to write: “Wanna Follow Your Voice...”! It was the first fic I had written in YEARS, first for ATLA, and I had never done anything with chapters before. I spent a lot of time on it! Just figuring out the pacing and the events I wanted to include and trying to maintain a consistent tone over time was not easy.

Has your favorite line/exchange/paragraph (share it): gosh this is so hard!!!! I have favorites from all of them. I really was proud of how in “Wanna Follow Your Voice” zuko connects flashes from his dreams to his actual interactions with Aang (too much to share here). But have this bit from “Hit And Run” because it’s peak romcom imo —

Before even Aang can react, heat bursts from Zuko’s finger tips, lighting the poor, unassuming bartender’s beard on fire.

“Shit,” Zuko mutters, and jumps up. The bartender is screaming now, haplessly batting at his own chest to try and stop the flames from spreading.

Katara reacts in time with Zuko, pulling him towards the door while the other customers around him clamor to help the bartender, Rin and Aang included.

Zuko takes the opportunity to grab Aang’s wrist, dragging him away from the scene.

Luckily, no one realized where the flame came from, so their timely exit goes unnoticed. By the time Rin stops and looks for ‘Lee’, they’re already out the door and scaling the building next door to get out of sight.

When they reach the rooftop, they all collapse on their backs and catch their breath. Aang pulls off his bandana and wipes it across his brow.

“Well that’s one way to claim your territory,” Aang grinned. The three of them burst out laughing simultaneously.

When their laughter settles, Katara shoves Aang’s shoulder.

“Hey, you’re a little too good at charming the pants off of our enemies. Tone it down a notch next time.”

“I can’t help that the people love me.” He throws his hands up in resignation, drawing out another laugh from Zuko and Katara.

“I have to say Zuko,” Aang starts as he sits up, leaning back on his hands. “You must really love me if you’re willing to set someone on fire out of jealousy.”

Zuko covers his face with his hands, and an embarrassed groan pushes past his lips before he can stop it. “I didn’t mean to set anyone on fire!” he exclaims.

Have you reread the most: “hit and run” but only because people left the most kind and detailed comments about stuff that I genuinely forgot I put in there so I would go back to refresh my own memory LOL

Would you recommend to someone reading your work for the first time: “Better Left Unsaid”, most likely. It’s short and simple, lighthearted, not too shippy, but still captures my writing style well I think.

Are you most proud of: mmmm “Hit And Run” because I really like the way it turned out. It required the most ‘world building’ (so to speak) which is really not something I feel confident doing, but I think I did well with it! Plus it has an OC who I actually loved creating and would totally write about again.

So fun. Gunna tag @kuchee @jaystrifes and @flerkenkiddingme to do this ♥️🥰

[mopeytropey]

Fic author profile

Tagged by @dreamsaremywords (thanks!) 

Author name: mopeytropey

Sites: AO3

Fandoms: mopey writes for Clexa exclusively, though my previous pseudonym was heavy into Skins and dabbled very briefly in the Agent Carter PeggyAngie fandom

Number of fics & total word count: 8 fics; 244,116 words

Your most popular work and why you think it is: Well, ‘a pleasant undoing’ has been the most well received by leaps and bounds. I can’t really say why, specifically, that story resonates with so many people. Who knew Clexa fandom played host to so many international beer nerds?? apu was always meant to be an honest, feel-good story about two idiots falling in love. As an author, reading and writing within the apu-verse just makes me feel good. The characters and their relationship dynamics, the idyllic backdrop of a quaint, New England seaport, not to mention the regional food and beer--it’s comforting. I’m beyond happy that it has also struck a chord with other people :) 

Your top 3 personal favorites of your own works: 

In terms of accomplishment, the writer in me is most proud of the canon series I wrote (when my heart is at war/you are in my head). It was a huge undertaking for me, and I constantly doubted that I was up to task. The fact that I actually attempted it, let alone feel (relatively) good about the end result, is a fucking miracle.

In terms of being a massive, unapologetic romantic, I’m obviously drawn to something like ‘a pleasant undoing.’ The series is fun and sentimental and I get to live out certain aspects of it in my real life. I’ve always said that writing in the apu-verse is an entirely selfish gesture and the fact that anyone else reads these stories, and actually enjoys them to the extent that I do, is again, a fucking miracle. 

Your fic rating count: M--3; T--4; G--1  

Your top five tags most used in your fics: countless variations on pure fluff, slow burn, slow build, friends to lovers

A ship you’d love to write for but never have: I am currently in such a massive spiral of Catradora and spop fandom feeeeeeeels, that of course my brain and a certain fandom friend who shall remain nameless has pushed me in that direction, though I highly doubt it will ever result in anything actually written/published

Three fic recs:

I probably always recommend the same goddamn fics, so I apologize for the repetition. 

what the ground grows --cold makerel (Clexa, canon)

Bloom --RaspberryTree (Clexa, modern AU)

Little Earthquakes --nosuchanimal (Clexa, modern AU)

[zebedeezing]

I got tagged by the lovely and talented mutual Gabby ( @gremlem ) for an ask challenge, so I'm giving it a shot even tho I'm super indecisive lol

Favorite Colours: Not counting black and white, I really like purple and indigo. But honestly, I love all colours depending on when they're used! I used to go on about how my favourite colour was rainbow when I was younger and not much has changed lmao

Favourite Musicians: Love Lemon Demon, Gorillaz, Unloved (people behind the Killing Eve soundtrack), Rav, Glass Animals, Bo En, Black Dresses and many more! I used to be very anxious about sharing my music taste because I feel music very personally with my emotions and often people made fun of me, but I'm allowing myself to share the music I like along with myself as I get older.

Last Film I Watched: Watched Deadpool 2 again yesterday cause it was airing, banger movie but wouldn't recommend to people who don't like gore.

Last Show I Watched: Last live action show I watched was "The A Word" on BBC Iplayer and the last cartoon I watched all the way through was "Carmen Sandiego", one of my absolute favourites that I need to make better fan art for.

Favourite Characters: *clears throat*

Freaky Fred (Ctcd)

Chara and Burgerpants (Undertale)

Hilda (Netflix show of same name)

Omori (Game of same name)

Carmen Sandiego (Netflix show of same name)

Catra, Entrapta and Scorpia (Spop)

Sayori (ddlc)

Mike and Dawn (Total Drama)

Boris Habit (Smile for Me)

Nagito Komaeda (Danganronpa)

Khonjin and Pent/Shelby (Supermental and Khonjin House)

Veronica Sawyer and Heather Duke (Heathers (I only like Heather Duke from the movie))

Steven Universe (show of same name)

Wheatley (Portal 2)

And there's many more but those are the ones in my mind rn

Sweet, Spicy or Savoury: All three, but usually I want my savoury food to be spicy as well.

Sparkling Water, Tea or Coffee: Tea probably, I like coffee as well but I like lemon and honey tea a lot. I don't like sparkling water.

Pets: Unfortunately, I've never had a pet in my life. I love all kinds of pets but my family's always been too busy for any. My Dad has been with women who have pets which I liked, but that's the closest I've got to having one. When I'm older I plan to get a dog and a cat, though it will have to be a cat that produces less enzymes in their saliva because I'm slightly allergic.

Tags: I challenge @dreamyexpertise

But ofc you don't have to do it and I'm sorry if this notif annoyed you. ^^^

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Tagged by @korzoff. Thanks! :)

Rules: Pick 5 shows, and then answer the following questions. Don’t cheat. Tag 10 (or however many) people. I’m tagging @pre-successful, @jollythunderstorms, @pizza-n-sunshine, @missnobodynobodius, and @just-a-random-soul-things

1. Miracle Workers

2. Elena Of Avalor 

3. Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist

4. She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

5. Doctor Who

Answers below cut

who’s your favorite character from 1? In S1, it was probably Craig Bog. In S2, it’s 

who’s your least favourite character in 2? Shuriki. I appreciate her as a villain, but she’s The Worst. Ash is a close contended, though.

what’s your favourite episode of 4? I don’t recall episode titles (sorry), but the one where Entrapta tells Hordak imperfection is beautiful and he falls in love with her.

what is your favourite season of 5? Either S8 or S9. Basically, I’m a sucker for the seasons with Twelve and Clara.

what’s your favourite couple of 3? Mitch and Maggie Clarke.

what’s your favourite couple in 2? I am a sucker for the concept of Esteomi, but with the age gap tightened up/AU scenarios.

what’s your favourite episode in 1? In S1, it’s hard to decide (and I don’t know episode titles again), but maybe when they discover God is illiterate and Craig gets super drunk. In S2, maybe “Day In Court”? It had King Cragnoor have temporary character growth and Steve Buscemi calling Karan Soni hot.

what’s your favourite episode in 5? There is so much show to cover, but I’ll pick "Last Christmas” because it featured Santa Claus reuniting my OTP.

what’s your favourite season in 2? I’ll go with S2 because S3 is too painful right now.

how long have you been watching 1? One or two months.

how did you get into 3? My sister watched the pilot and recommended it to me. I was already intrigued by the trailers, so I watched it and got hooked.

favourite actor in 4? Well, uh, I’ll just stick with the main/recurring voice actors. Keston John. Everyone else is great, though. My choice is mainly based on the TGP connection, as he’s Uzo.

which do you prefer? 1, 2 or 5? This is an evil choice. I love DW, but the current season has soured my love. However, I still love everything before it. Miracle Workers hasn’t disappointed me yet, and neither has EoA. Ah, man, this is so hard. I guess I prefer DW for overall, but Miracle Workers for current seasons.

which show have you seen more of, 1 or 3? I have watched all episodes of both, and also rewatched clips of both, so it’s a tie.

if you could be anyone from 4, who would you be? SEAHAWK! I love Bow, but - oh, to be a hot sailor!

would a crossover of 3 and 4 work? I mean, portals exists in SPOP, so it’s not too out there. Why not?

pair two characters in 1 who would make an unlikely but strangely okay couple? In S1, God and Sanjay? I don’t know. In S2, Lord Vexler and Prince Chauncley.

overall, which show has the better storyline, 3 or 5? With DW, it depends on the season/seasons, and ZEP hasn’t finished yet. I think DW keeps things tighter, though.

which has better theme music, 2 or 4? For the instrumental portion, EoA 100% Both have pretty decent lyrics that tell the audience what vibe to expect from the shows, though.

[horde-princess]

I love your blog! And your analyses! Would you mind recommending other blogs with catradora content?

ahh thank you! 💖💖 idk just going through my follow list it’s like.. super random…… and there aren’t many dedicated she-ra blogs :/ itd make me so so happy if other people wanted to recommend some!! or if i dont follow you and youre sad COMMENT SO I CAN FOLLOW YOU

@katradora, @cyraofdriluthiii, @lesbianmagicat, @princessofgayskull,  @gfshera, @catgirl-rights, @swordlesbean

@queencatradora (they have a #not spop tag you can block if you want)

@spiribia (not 100% she-ra but. they make me cry a lot)

yeah thats it.. like there are other people in the fandom that i follow but they post different content so

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2, 4, 16 and 29 for the fic writer asks!!

Oo thank you!! 💖

2. Is there a trope you’ve yet to try your hand at, but really want to? I have never actually written a there’s-only-one-bed, and I hear it’s very fun to write. Either that or a fake dating AU, i think, would be killer.

4. How many fic ideas are you nurturing right now? Care to share one of them? Oh no, so many. One idea I had was a modern college AU featuring drunk Catra and sober Adora, which I started (and didn’t finish, but probably will. Sometime.)

16. If you could only write one pairing for the rest of your life, which would it be? This will come as a shocker (/s) since my AO3 is 95% PJO, but Percy and Annabeth, probably. Comfort couple. But second you would be Catra and Adora, because I like their dynamic and I think there’s a lot to explore that canon didn’t explore. Fic for Percy is mostly headcanon, but I think the SPOP canon delved deep enough into their history that I feel like there’s a lot of material there. And a fantasy setting makes modern AUs actually interesting.

29. If you could write the sequel (or prequel) to any fic out there not written by yourself, which would you choose? Probably this one, a Patroclus/Achilles highschool AU that knocked me right out. I definitely could not do it justice, but I really just want more of it. It’s beautifully written, I highly recommend it, and if anyone knows the author my firstborn child is up for grabs!

Thank you so much for the asks! The tag game is here, for anyone who wants it.