#they're both oblivious idiots and i love/hate them for it

[this-is-krikkit]

erwin: hey mike, you ever look at two people and wonder why they haven’t kissed yet? mike: every single day erwin: yeah me too hange and levi, in sync: why are you looking at us?

[weaponizedducks]

i hate it when they're so obviously in love with another character but they are so fucking blind to it. they will literally describe the guy as the sun, beautiful, life itself, and then three sentences later call them 'bro'. other character is like 'they will never love me'. my dude shut the fuck up there is a fine line between obliviousness and self deprecation and you walk that fucking line like a tightrope walker. the closet is glass but you're fucking facing the wall. dumb fuck. fucking break the glass. 'what are we' IDIOTS YOU'RE BOTH IDIOTS

[beanghostprincess]

I'm gonna shamelessly drop some silly headcanons for the Cross Guild and also Shuggy:

• Shanks absolutely told Mihawk to his face "hey I think you and my boyfriend should hook up"

".... Excuse me?"

"I said you and Blue should hook up! :)"

".................. what percentage is that rum-?"

"I'm not drunk! I just think you'd like him!"

"Shanks. Redhair. I begrudgingly think of you as an acquaintance with whom I am not averse to spending time with, but if you ever insinuate I would "hook up" with a clown of all things, I will sever your other arm and beat you to death with it."

".... hot."

"You need professional help."

• cut to several years later, Mihawk is looking at Buggy, laid out on the ground on his tummy and playing with a baby humandrill. Oh, he thinks, watching Buggy coo and smile, quiet for once, sweet and unfiltered, oh no

• falling in love, for Mihawk, was a gradual decline, slow and steady until he suddenly got kicked off a cliff roadrunner style. He was warming up to the clown, was beginning to see what perhaps Shanks saw in him, was growing begrudgingly fond. Then one day, he happened across Buggy curled over onto a desk late at night, his cartoonishly large red outfit loose around him, drowning his limbs. With a touch of something approaching compassion, he designs to move the other to the couch at the very least, but then he sees Buggy is kneading the spare fabric in his sleep, not unlike a cat. When Mihawk scoops him up, the swordsman almost drops him because humans do not purr, and yet... shit. Shit. The Clown is cute. Who authorized this? Seas damn it all, he owes the Red bastard 250 Berri

• Crocodile resisted love with all the aplomb of a feral koala on crack. He outright REFUSED to fall for a clown, let alone THIS clown in particular. Then Buggy goes and does something absolutely mundane but cripplingly sweet like making his coffee PERFECTLY and then asking about the newest batch of strawberrywanis that just hatched. Croc gets affection aggression and is fuming over how much he wants to kiss this dumbass.

Buggy goes and makes it worse by making a soft comment about having been looking into their care himself out of interest and brings up maybe looking into expanding, what with the 'Wani yield, something Croc has been debating for future endeavors because while the current set up is okay and will remain alright, it won't always be. He is frothing. He is feral. He wants to kiss the clown. Shit. SHIT. How dare he?!

• Buggy is simply Oblivious. He has Shanks (and wowza if that hadn't been nice, seeing his boyenemy again after a highly traumatic experience like prison-and-then-war), and he knows he has a bit of a crush on his new business partners, but there's no way they'll like HIM back. It's simply not a Thing. He'll make do with self indulgent fantasies for now.

• Shanks is across the new world, sipping rum out of a sippy cup and grinning at the denden bc He Knows. He knows damn well that nobody is immune to his baby's charm. Nobody Is Immune To Buggy.

• Luffy wakes from a nap in a cold sweat like "my sand dad is about to kiss my clown mom. Zoro. Zoro wake up your dad is about to fuck my mom. Zoro-"

My favorite thing about Cross Guild falling in love is the inevitable way in which both Crocodile and Mihawk swear on their life they will NOT IN A MILLION YEARS fall for somebody as pathetic and ridiculous as the clown. And yet. And yet, they fall and it is painful to go through and they hate every second of it. But it goes from "I wanna kill him" to "He's okay" to "I guess he is cute" to "I would kill for him" in, like, months. Which for them feels like seconds. And they want to die.

And Buggy is completely oblivious, of course, he thinks they hate him. They are just two neurodivergent men who do not know how to communicate their feelings because they have been on their own for too long. So they are just. They're idiots.

Also, Luffy and Zoro reacting to Bughawk has to be the funniest things in the world-

[ladyarthem]

I saw something in the internet that made me think of this so...

Newho Doctors and their sexuality (headcanons)

Nine: aroace and just happy to be here

Ten: ace but the most romantic fucker there is, if it were for him he'll still be mopping about Rose. He's monogamous and jealous. (It's not his fault he's hot and everyone wants to snogg him) (pansexual)

Eleven: teenage boy who just discovered what sex is and is so down to it (also he's married to River and really happy about that). Into Clara but wouldn't be with a human because he's scared to lose them). Monogamous and really jealous. (Pansexual)

Twelve: demisexual and demiromantic idiot (not because of being demi but because he just is), has known River (his wife!!!) for more than a thousand years (or 4.5 billion years if you count that) and can't kiss his wife when they see each other again after so long because it's too soon (they still have 24 years). Has known the master since they were kids, been through so many lives together yet she's been on the vault for 75 years and it's still too soon, has kissed him and he doesn't reciprocate even though he loves her. Hates to be touched by everyfuckingone (though I believe that if he saw Donna again, she would be an exception). Polyamorous and somehow still jealous. (Pansexual)

Thirteen: fucking ball of sunshine (and repressed sadness) that loves everything and everyone and it's even more oblivious. Not averse to sex but doesn't really care (would sleep with River or Yaz if they wanted to but gets more excited by infodumping on them). Polyamorous and very happy about it, the more people there are to listen to her rambling, the best it is. (Panromantic and sex positive ace)

Fourteen: bisexual man in their fifties who's just afraid to date anyone ("He was, wasn't he? He was so hot"). Falls for every psycho they find. Only personhe woudn't fear to date is River and he woudn't be that much into sex even though he'll still enjoy it and would probably be the one to initiate it. In a queer platonic relationship with Donna. Polyamorous and not jealous (has to explain to River why the game -him being jealous and she enjoying it- is kinda ruined but he still loves her very much).

Fifteen: bisexual man slut, thrives on physical contact and "human" interaction, enjoys sex a lot and finds it a need. Always has an emotional connection even if it is a one night stand, the people he sleeps with really enjoy it too. Polyamorous, loyal to a fault, always offers informed consent: he's married, they're both poly, etc. River sometimes joins in. (Slightly hypersexual)

[aethelwyneleigh27]

Knight!Ellie x Princess!Reader

Drabbles and imagines through a headcanon format

My rules for requests and characters I can write for

TLOU Masterlist

Ellie Williams dating playlist made by yours truly (Modern)

Enjoy this official playlist as a sneak peek of a fanfic I'm currently working on (This post was highly inspired by it)

ꕥ HOPE YOU ENJOY! ꕥ

A/n: Thinking about Knight!Ellie x Princess!Reader because I just love this trope so much. It's literally a fave of mine along with grumpy x sunshine ("I hate everyone but you") and enemies to lovers. This'll be constantly edited because it isn't proofread and more ideas will come to me soon.

Disclaimers/warnings: OOC?, I'm so sorry but English is not my first language so please don't come after me.

Tiny sidenote: Implied chubby reader???

♡ Knight!Ellie who literally was just stuttering and speechless when she first saw and met you. Your parents kept you face hidden from the public, of course that being done maids who are not one of your personal maids gossip about how you are more likely to be ugly, must be why your parents kept you.

Of course rumours spread like wildfire in the castle and the maiden who said such things lost her job and Ellie being a new knight, she's heard of said rumors but she didn't care nonetheless because she was getting paid worth at least two chests filled with gold coins to protect you.

♡ Knight!Ellie who became attached to you because you're so beautiful, how could she not? Although there were downsides to this, Ellie realized that the first time your parents had you meet a suitor.

♡ Knight!Ellie who had to stand there and watch on the side as you danced with a suitor, his hands on your body in such a way that made you so uncomfortable. Ellie watched as your face contorted a bit wondering what kind of a daft oblivious idiot won't notice it.

She saw the way you squinted your eyes in pain everytime when the suitor hastily steps on your foot. The little whimper that came out of your mouth because of how much weight the suitor stepped on you with, he didn't even apologize, not after he did it every 3 minutes.

♡ Knight!Ellie who was incredibly livid, the fact that he didn't take you into consideration, so mad that she was clenching her fists that she swore it would bleed if she doesn't cut her finger nails regularly. (We all know why she does)

♡ Knight!Ellie who always pays attention even when you think she's not, whenever you sneak out into town even when she's surveillancing around for anything that might cause you danger she'd know when a puddle is there and would either lay her coat down so you can step on it and continue walking or carry you and put you down when you passed the puddle.

♡ Knight!Ellie who saw how you interacted with the town's folk despite how none of them knew who you truly are. How the kids adored you, giving you wild flowers they've picked. The kids noticed how you took one of those flowers and poked it through her hair in between her ear, the look Ellie gave you of pure love being overlooked by the oblivious darling that you are.

A little girl called her out on it saying that she doesn't blame Ellie, only a fool would be stupid enough not to love you. Said little girl was told by Ellie to keep the secret of the little crush and you turn back to both of them with a confused look as to what they're talking about but the little girl just giggles and Ellie shrugs and smiles innocently at you.

♡ Knight!Ellie who finds so many different ways to touch you and any excuse to do so. She'd help you up a carriage by holding your hand even though she knows you can get up by yourself. She'd have her hand on the small of your back, the other on your hand again whenever guiding you to a rocky or unstable platform.

♡ Knight!Ellie who faced a lot of criticism for being female and has been through a lot during her training because other knights treated her differently but now that she's with you, she think it's worth it and is most certainly cocky to her colleagues about it and shoving it into their mean faces.

♡ Knight!Ellie who would rather die than face her own blade towards you in any way possible, she'd even go as far as you beg you if you accidentally point her sword/dagger towards yourself asking you "Princess please, don't ever do that again".

♡ Knight!Ellie who pleasures you in the way others have failed, she makes you feel loved, protected and cared for. She never half-asses anything that has to do with you because no matter what, she knows you deserve only the best.

♡ Knight!Ellie who worships the ground you walk on, every single thing that you do makes her fall in love with you even more. She'd defend your honor as if her life depended on it.

♡ Knight!Ellie who is always at your beck and call, even if you don't even ask her to help you with anything. Something as simple as helping you dress and being able to kiss skin on your shoulder in which she revealed by moving your chamise and putting it back in place when she's done. Most definitely loves helping you with your clothing, so much so that she goes down on her knees just to help you slip on you shoes.

♡ Knight!Ellie who smokes but when you caught her, she promised you she would quit and she did. But relentlessly teased you saying you just wanted to keep her alive longer for yourself, not that it isn't true but you'd never tell her that right?

♡ Knight!Ellie noticing the little things about you, how strands of your hair make their way in front of your face and how you huff in annoyance because it disrupts you of whatever you are doing so you blow it back. She finds herself tucking the strand behind your ear for you.

♡ Knight!Ellie who loves it when you read to her, how you so comfortably ask a commoner like her to be in your bed chambers and to make her lay in your bed as you read to her.

Her heart beats faster, her breath hitches the moment you thank her for providing you protection, safety and care. The young knight butting in saying that you deserve nothing less, looking up at you with those beautiful sage green eyes of hers.

♡ Knight!Ellie caring more about your well being than her own, constantly forgetting to eat meals, losing sleep and not giving herself enough time to heal when injured so you just had to sit her down. You took care of her, fed her and changed her bandages when you was too stubborn to do so, to say that Ellie knew in that moment, she just couldn't help herself. That was the first time she kissed you.

♡ Knight!Ellie who can't get enough of your kisses, your soft lips hitting her chapped ones, giving it warmth and life. She pull you in, arms wrapped around your body and hands rested on you back. You cupped her face continuing to share your warmth with her. That cemented it for Ellie, she just had to have you no matter how guilty and selfish she felt about it.

♡ Knight!Ellie who lays awake at night dreaming what it would be like if she was able to express her love for you in public, let the world know that you belong to each other.

♡ Knight!Ellie who used to use sweet nicknames as a tease and now using it as a term of endearment putting the word "my" before each one whenever in the privacy of four walls.

♡ Knight!Ellie who makes anytime with you feel domestic, just makes her want to take you with her and run away to a small cottage near a field where you two could happily live the life of a married couple, maybe even adopt a child.

♡ Should I do Knight!Abby x Princess!Reader or Knight!Abby x Maiden!Reader next? Both? Honestly I need more Abby content. (Maiden = Commoner)

[funkyplantguy]

cumbo. ough. they make me violent. idiots. I think one of them could be flirting in the most obnoxious entirely obvious way and the other would be sooo oblivious. Either of them could fill that role. Maybe they’re both doing it. They’re stupid. witness geminitay is in fucking shambles she hates them (she knows because grian was witnessing it first and he couldn’t do it alone he had to drag someone else into it) scar (violently aromantic but doesn’t know) thinks both cub and mumbo are being normal and he doesn’t understand why gem and grian are so dramatic. they r literally just awkward grian… you literally told me last week you wanted to elope that’s just what friends do. gem proceeds to beat grian to death with a shovel for not inviting her to the wedding. this is not a 200 word prompt sorry I’m a yapper. only important bit is the cumbo the rest is implied.

YES. yes. you get it. you Get It. they're both so fucking weird and Not Normal About Anything in the best possible way. i feel like they make each other SO much worse. you think you've seen cubfan135 be Weird? watch as i introduce the world's most wet cat of a man to the scene. it's autism x autism but like, slightly different flavors so it could either go so horribly wrong or they could end up making out sloppy style and i have personally decided that it's the latter. but yes i too love the highkey flirter x oblivious dumbass trope. big fan of the idea of cub trying to hit on mumbo SOOOOOO hard (in his own weird-ass way) and mumbo being truly so fucking unaware. like, painful levels of unawareness. everyone around him is .2 seconds away from strangling him at any given moment. gem and grian have already planted 37 tnt minecarts underneath his base for when they inevitably can't take it anymore and need to blow something up but luckily cub gives up and just straight up asks him if he wants to make out before they can pull the trigger anyway. please come yap in my asks (or dms) anytime you'd like. i too am a yapper and will talk your ear off about cumbo (or anything, honestly) for 7-9 business years

[babygirl-diaz]

share some of your alpha buck, alpha tommy, and omega eddie headcanons pretty please 🤲🤲🤲

(i cannot decide if i like alpha or omega tommy more and its killing me 😭)

Hiiiiiiii! See, for me, I like Alpha Tommy with Eddie but I like Omega Tommy with Buck. And when it's the three of them, I like it both ways. Hehe.

Anyway, as for my Alpha Buck, Alpha Tommy, and Omega Eddie headcanons...

Tommy and Buck fight for Eddie's attention at first and Eddie is totally oblivious. So my headcanon is basically S7E4. Eddie hangs out with Tommy and Buck gets jealous and unhinged. He ends up hurting Eddie and Tommy visits Buck and kisses him and they call it a truce and decide to court Eddie together.

Eddie definitely plays hard to get. He's not gonna make it easy for these alphas. Nope. He enjoys being courted.

I want a little bit of angst, so I say they together after Eddie gets hurt somehow. Maybe during a call, a feral alpha attacks him, and he ends up in the hospital? Buck and Tommy are right there by his bedside the whole time. They take turns taking care of him and looking out for Chris.

Eddie's nest is filled with clothes from Buck and Tommy. In fact, they love seeing Eddie in their clothes. So they keep scenting their clothes and giving it to him.

When Eddie spends his first heat with Buck and Tommy, they take such good care of him. They're both so gentle. But Eddie is totally irritated by that and is like "Can't you two fuck me like you mean it?" and then they both go at it with him.

Buck and Tommy like to pass Eddie around when they're fucking him. And Eddie wouldn't have it any other way. 😏

Buck and Tommy are so protective of Eddie when he's pregnant. They won't let him do anything, which Eddie absolutely hates.

They're also very possessive of Eddie. No other alpha can even get near Eddie without these two big-ass alphas trying to growl at them. Eddie just rolls his eyes and tells them they're idiots.

AHHHHHH NOW I FEEL LIKE WRITING THIS. 🥺️

[youdrewstarsxaroundmyscars]

omg new fic idea

ok so what if it starts out like unrequited starchaser angst right where regulus is like "i wish i were heather 😩" about lily right cause he's jealous of the fact that james is head over heels for her and he wants to be with james but thinks he's not good enough and all that yadda yadda plot angst shit. BUT THEN.

THEN.

regulus and lily are paired up for potions right (cause that's how it always goes obviously duh) and ofc it's cause he got moved up a year whatever that's not the point. THE POINT IS james is now looking over at them and regulus gets upset that he has to deal with james pining over lily when he's right there but also lily is perfect as as much as he tries he can't hate her and they have to work on a project or smth so they become like reluctant friends to actual friends and bond over ✨older sibling issues ✨ and he finds himself falling for HER TOO and he goes about unlearning prejudices and all that fun stuff but like also his feelings for james aren't going away and so he's now stuck being in love with both of them while watching lily be oblivious and james pining for her BUT

what he doesn't realize is james is having a crisis on his own when they get paired together cause oh my god lily what a goddess 😍 but also damn regulus is lowkey looking really good rn wtf 🫣 so HES now navigating his feelings for the both of them and trying not to freak out every time they're in class and he watches them whisper to eachother and smile and is all hopeless and shit cause look at them they're perfect for each other

AND MAYBE

lily is also freaking out a bit cause maybe she's from a more conservative christian household where it's "😡one man one woman😡" (you get one wife! that's the way the world works!!) but oh no the boy who wouldn't stop making fun of her and "fake asking her out" and actually kind of attractive now?? and not quite what she thought he'd be like??? and he's making eyes at the pretty slytherin boy to her left now and moved on from her but yk she can't blame him cause the pretty boy on her left is actually really pretty 😫 and she has a DOUBLE freak out when she realizes she wants both of them while dealing with the religious trauma side of things and also her own insecurities as well while having to watch them both pine at eachother from afar and maybe it hurts

cue the three of them being stupid pining idiots for eachother but very slow burn and gradual and very "oh fuck" "oops" "shit" of them

anyways

james "has two hands" potter BUT ALSO

lily "has two hands" evans AND EVEN

regulus "has two hands" black

cause why stop at james???

[redrandomposts]

hi sorry for the days of non-uploads i was going on a long journey to regain creative juices... anyways its almost turkey season for fellow 'mericans so just a bit of drabbles of some aus, completely based off willpower

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what are you most thankful for this year?

mermaid au

ivan: ...unfortunately, it's the sea witch (sua) i'm most thankful for. otherwise, i wouldn't have been able to see my beloved clearly.

till: my pearl. he's given me a lot of inspiration, from painting to advising me in ruling.

mizi: ^^ i'm thankful for everyone! especially sua... she didn't have to go through so much trouble for ivan. not that ivan's trouble! ir's just, well... magic isn't that easy to wield, especially something fundamental like earning souls and stuff...

android au

till: ...fuck. i hate to admit it, but that bastard (luka) did some good. i'm thankful he put ivan together again, but from what i heard from hyuna, he's not good news.

hyuna: ...luka. i got to see hyunwoo again after so long. i hate to admit it, but he's redeemed himself... as much as a dog-fucking bastard he is.

ivan: ^^ till! and luka! i'm always thankful for till... and luka pieced me together again so i can be with him!

random android refugee: there was this couple by the border that helped all of us out. they were both woman, and they were especially kind, even if it may not seem like it at times - especially considering the black haired one's protectiveness. their names were mizi and sua... yeah, couldn't have crossed as safe as we did without them.

abo au

ivan: till didn't have to take care of me so well... i didn't even tell him the pup was his, yet he treated me better than some mated pairs do, from both reality and films.

till: my sweet darlings. he held out for so long to give birth to an angel, and it was through this i realized how much i loved him.

hyuna: god. only god could have spared mercy on all of us and devised a plan to get two oblivious idiots together.

reincarnation au

ivan: my friends and boyfriend. i've never had friends before them... and, well, they may be odd but they're really caring. one time, a senior tried to hit on me, and they all managed to fend him off. ...though we did have to stop hyuna from castrating him.

till: sua and hyuna... god, i'm such a mess. ivan's right there, but he doesn't have his memories. if they didn't get me out of that headspace, would we even be together..?

lab kid au

mizi: doesn't it go for both of us..? we're really lucky to have clematis and sara. i might've been able to hold on, but till... well, we really are fortunate that we found them.

sara: my mom! or... other dad? i'm not really sure. but he is really really cool. whenever i'm too sad, or if papa's really tired, if i talk to him or even think about him it really feels like i've been pumped with happiness! papa says it's because he's an angel and doesn't want to see anyone of us sad... so i'm really thankful for him!

clematis: ma! and sara! and till! ma is really strong. did you know that she defeats any robots that find us? and sara is always nice, telling me that my other ma loves me too and that she's also an angel watching us. and till always gives me candy!

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yeah that's it im going to respond to some asks now!!

[theghostbunnie]

Alright this is gonna be alot gang but let me cook

AU where Graggle was a more prominent character and instead of turning fully human and then being killed off, he could take on a human form and used it to take a job up at camp campbell so he could experience human life and be closer to Quarter Master who he thinks is his biological father. And he's always like "I love you dad!!! Dad come see what I did over here!!! Dad look at this!!" And QM barely pays him any mind because he has SHIT TO DO. But it never changes his spirits and he keeps that energy up no matter what. He also doesn't know that much about human "normal behavior" to ever get a good scope on his weird Quartermaster is. Graggle thinks they're much closer than they actually are

CJ showed up sooner in the plot and Cameron being a very not active figure in his life, CJ holds resentment Cameron is actually oblivious towards. Cameron acts unaware he's even done anything to wrong him even. He tries to hype CJ up as this almost mini-me and CJ in fact hates it. Cameron thinks they're much closer than they actually are.

CJ and Graggle are both IDIOT himbos but Graggle is all about eloquently and manners and big on love where as CJ is like...a fucking redditer who cannonically already called David a weirdo to his face.

And then I make them FRIENDS!!! They are like the B team to David and Gwen.

[localcryptic]

Elaborate on Ripley/Chen NOOWWWWWWWW

ahaha what if you acted like you hated my guts for years and years all because you didn't trust me. and were jealous of how close i got to your best friend/crush. and then you accidentally doomed me to be tortured for five years when you found out i was an escaped lab experiment and assumed i was dead so you stopped looking for me. and i only found out all of this from you after i showed up back in your life (not dead! lol) and started hanging out with you and your dog as my one happy place. and also only after i started catching feelings for you (which is a crazy big issue seeing as i'm a supervillain and you're my enemy now). and we were both boys. like what would you even do

(incredible! this couple got divorced before they even started dating!)

the thing about steelstep with ripley and chen is that they ultimately like. have a really sweet relationship. i think there's a universe where they're better for each other in the long run. chen makes ripley feel validated and real and cared for in ways he never thought would be possible. when they can reach that point, they understand each other better than anybody else has been able to. but oh my fucking god. the many many many many MANY universes where they're the death of each other............. just so yummy

and then there's the issue of both of them still being hopelessly in love with ortega. nothing like bonding over your (supposedly) unrequited crushes on the same man. crushes that you've been hiding for like, a decade. this is like, repressed victorian levels of romantic suffering. and they both know how the other one feels about ortega. it kind of brought them closer together in a way. bonding over the oblivious idiot.

[mistchievous]

20 Questions for Fic Writers Podficcers Apparently

Tagged by @letmetellyouaboutmyfeels because she thinks she's funny. Spoiler alert, she is. <3

How many works do you have on ao3?

I have 111 atm which is such an amazing number. Look at the ones!

What's your total Ao3 word count?

80,874

What fandoms do you write podfic for?

Mostly 9-1-1, but I've dabbled in Lone Star. I also have a podfic each for both One Piece and BG3. Before I got to 9-1-1, I mainly podficced for The Magnificent Seven: 2016.

Top 5 Podfics Fics by Kudos:

[Podfic] come on, come on (turn a little faster) - My One Piece podfic leads the way! It was written by @kenbunshokus. <3

[Podfic] Leading with the Left - I'm sure you're all SHOCKED to see this one on here. @letmetellyouaboutmyfeels killed us all with this masterpiece.

[Podfic] I Hate Accidents (Except When We Went From Friends to This) - @morganofthefairies gave us oblivious idiots, and I gave you all a podfic. <3

[Podfic] Love in the Time of TikTok - This one was written by @buckttommy, and the fact that it's so high is a testament to how fucking funny she can be.

[Podfic] To Build a Home We Deconstruct Our Rituals - It's @letmetellyouaboutmyfeels back to ruin our lives again.

Do you respond to comments?

I do! I fall behind sometimes, but I always catch up! 💃

What is the podfic fic you recorded wrote with the angstiest ending?

Pretty much everything I've ever podficced ends happily or with some sort of hopeful ending. I have to go with [Podfic] the nighttime fear (see it coming from the edge of the room) which was written by @extasiswings. It's a short introspective piece with no happy ending. I don't think there is another that ends unhappily for me to even consider, honestly.

What's the podfic fic you recorded wrote with the happiest ending?

LMAO! They're pretty much all end happily, as I just said.

Do you get hate on podfics fics?

No. Never.

Do you record write smut?

Oh yeah. I've recorded plenty. 😂

Craziest crossover?

I've only recorded one, and it wasn't crazy considering it was just a 9-1-1 and 9-1-1: Lone Star crossover. It was [Podfic] These Are My Stompin' Grounds written by @benjaminrussell.

Have you ever had a podfic fic stolen?

Idek how this would be possible.

Have you ever had a podfic fic translated?

Why did Mads tag me in this game? NOT ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS CAN BE ANSWERED, MADS.

Have you co-recorded co-written a podfic fic before?

I've had people guest star, and I've participated in one multivoice podfic.

All time favorite ship?

Are you fucking kidding me? How am I supposed to choose? Probably Buddie, even though that feels wrong because it's not even my current hyperfixation. I've never created as much for another ship though.

What's a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

Oh, I'm gonna finish all my shit. Don't you worry.

What are your podficcing writing strengths?

Fuck. Idk? I think I have good pacing and emote really well. And my editing has improved tremendously over the years.

What are your podficcing writing weaknesses?

I'm hypercritical and tend to overedit at times. To the point that it sounds unnatural. I'll also just shove entire projects to the side if I don't meet my own standards, so there are quite a few things haunting me from the WIP folder atm.

Thoughts on dialogue in another language?

I've very rarely had to record in another language. Especially in the last few years. For my Mag7 podfics, there's a bit of Spanish and a small amount French, and they're kind of embarrassing for me to listen to. I've honestly considered taking them down, but I know there are people who enjoy them. So, I never do. There's a bit of Spanish in at least two of my early 9-1-1 podfics as well. I always try my best with it, but I only speak English, so I'm always super paranoid about fucking it up. I'll avoid recording entire fics just because there are other languages in them.

First fandom you podficced for wrote in?

The Magnificent Seven: 2016

Favorite podfic fic you've recorded written?

[Podfic] Carbon Date Me, Excavate Me written by @extasiswings and @letmetellyouaboutmyfeels is my fucking baby. I've listened to that fucking podfic so many times...

But my current favorite that I listen to regularly is [Podfic] nothing is safe written by @foxflowering which is my BG3 podfic. I have other BG3 projects in my WIP folder, but I'm so self-conscious about my ability to voice those characters that they're not coming out anytime soon. I was hyperfixated af on this ship for a while though and listened to this damn podfic on repeat. Also, @letmetellyouaboutmyfeels guest starred in it, so it has a special place. <3

Tagging, with all the pressure because I refuse to suffer alone: @blackestglass @mayonnaisetoffees @brasscacti @rhea314

And then some writers, who this is actually meant for: @theyarnmaidstale @queerbuckleys @honestlydarkprincess @peridotglimmer @gayhoediaz

@homerforsure @princessfbi @sibylsleaves @rewritetheending @fleurdebeton

@hazel-athena @buckactuallys @kitkatpancakestack @buckttommy @kittykatthetacodemon

[starpains]

Trope selection tag game :3

Thanks for tagging me @somethingsteff. This looks fun! I'm doing this in a sort of general way (applicable to all my ships in all fandoms).

🍆 enemies to lovers or friends to lovers - How about enemies to friends to lovers--honestly it's my fave. But if I had to choose from these two I'd probably choose enemies to lovers. I love the idea of overcoming impossible hardships in fiction. I love how authors are able to take some absolutely ridiculous or hopeless situation and write the characters out of it. It takes skill and creativity and it really draws me in. I'm a romantic at heart and the idea that 'love can overcome all' really sings to me.

🍆 coffee shop au or flower shop au - I'm choosing the flower shop AU simply because I think coffee shop AU's been overdone by now. I think I only read one flower shop AU fic in my life, and I'd like to read more. But honestly... out of all modern AUs I'm really into any professional sports AUs and *wink* bookstore/library AUs.

🍆 hurt/comfort or there was only one bed - I like both! But there's something about hurt/comfort that makes my heart melt, especially when it's well-written. The want to comfort is a really big part of loving someone, and I like when it's connected to feelings realization. These two go well together.

🍆 found family or partners in crime - Impossible choice! I like both, but I guess I like found family just a lil bit more. There is something alluring about lost or broken characters that finally find their place with someone. I like my characters going from sad to happy in any story, and found family is a good literary device to achieve that.

🍆 canon compliant or canon divergent - This really depends on the fandom, but for this question I'll stick to star wars. Gimme my fix-its! Canon is so fucking sad that I cannot deal with it. Besides, for any of my sw ships to happen, the story needs to be canon divergent. I'm one of these people who always hate canon ships for some reason, especially when they're heterosexual, because the romance is almost always unsatisfying and gives me zero feels, and so I need a canon divergent fics to destroy canon ships and replace them with my own.

🍆 fluff or angst with a happy ending - I think it ties back to some things I said before - I need my characters sad/broken and then they get healed by love, it's the most satisfying thing to read for me, so yeah angs with a happy ending is an obvious choice here.

🍆 1st person POV or 3rd person POV - It's funny, cause I don't mind 1st person POV in books (especially in my native language), but for fic it takes a lot of time to get used to it when reading... So yeah, 3rd person POV for fanfic for sure.

🍆 soulmates or forbidden love - Nope. I refuse to choose. I LOVE BOTH. Gimme my soulmate identifying marks, better yet--slap them on two enemies and make their love forbidden :D.

🍆 roommates or fake dating - Fake dating is super fun, especially when the two think they're fake dating but no one is fooled because everybody knows they're in love but being idiots about it.

🍆 slow burn or meet-cute - I mean... it can be a meet-cute that ends being a slow burn :D. It's kinda what I'm going for with The Narrative Effect - they met cute but then Anakin drags it out for several long chapters because he's an oblivious idiot :D. But anyway, if I have to choose I'm going for slow burn because I just love when the first kiss comes and I've waited for so long that reding it makes me tingle all over. *dreamy sigh*

🍆 love triangle or polyamorous relationship - Neither. Give me my one-on-ones. I'd be able to deal with love triangle, but polyamorous relationships or threesomes or whatever are always an automatic nope for me

🍆 royalty au or magic au - I don't really like fantasy, so neither of these two would be my first choice, but if I had to, then I'd first read royalty AU.

🍆 high school/college au or neighbours au - Difficult choice between college AU and neighbours AU (I'm not even considering HS AU, because I don't wanna read about kids...). I'm choosing neighbours AU because to me it gives more possibilities to be creative and come up with some really original interactions. I really loved some fics about neighbours who started off on a really wrong foot and then slowly grew feelings.

🍆 mutual pining or idiots to lovers - I gotta agree with Steff here that it's kinda the same thing. I'm choosing mutual pining because I love pining in general. It's usually a huge part of slow burn fics, and since I love slow burn I just gotta go for mutual pining here.

Idk who played, but I haven't seen @starwalkertales post it yet, so that's my choice.

[always-a-joyful-note]

So because I want to record my progression of where I am in the story, I'm posting my impressions of the units so far. (Disclaimer: I haven't read many of the stories, and about half the knowledge I have is from osmosis and spoilers. The other half is actually reading wiki entries and the actual stories. So if these takes are inaccurate, that is probably the point XD)

Without further ado....

fine - unit of 2 rich kids who are sort of trying to be slightly less evil but kind of still are evil, one (1) theatre kid who is just there for the ride and his crush, and a butler with the face of an angel and the threatening aura of a ezekiel-accurate angel in disguise. Also another impression I had of it was one chronically ill idol stan with three of his idol crushes. But they're solid, if slightly flowery; not exactly my style but their songs are good.

Trickstar - literally my sons. Traumatised idiots who choose to continue to see the bright side with a slice of anarchy. They're all so dumb. Their leader looks straight laced but is more insane than his co-leader who is perpetually wearing the ^u^ expression (except when trauma slapped). The other two members are a camera-phobic gamer boy who is also a model and a guy who exudes reliability and sanity but is also kind of an insane workaholic with inferiority issues. I'm adopting them all and their songs are like…both generic but SO sincere you can't hate it.

Ryuseitai - Me when first meeting them: Awww! A power ranger themed unit! So cute! Me, after hearing stuff about the two senior members' lore and how they recruited their youngsters: (clutching my heart, trying not to sob/lose my mind) Aww! A power ranger themed unit! S-so cute! I would die for literally all of them…WHY. Such silly happy sincere tunes sung by such silly, devastating characters??? Found family, to me

Alkaloid - everyone here believes they are holding everyone else back with their psychological problems (Mayoi), disability problems (Tatsumi), ability problems (Aira), or culture shock problems (Hiiro). And yet they're the unit whose songs have mostly all been ones I absolutely loved. Which means the assembly machine factory idols Eichi's got going on are working and idk how I feel about that

Eden - A bunch of guys with severe family issues who probably have never read the bible (well, maybe Nagisa has). So, like, tw inaccurate depictions of the bible? Anyway, deranged quartet of a softie obsessed with cool rocks but really he has sort of a god complex, a guy with a perpetual :D who is as smart as he thinks he is but is also kind of oblivious to all of his other skills and flaws (and thus is a combo of terrifying snake and kind of someone you're sort of humouring because he's funny), a spoiled princess who might have a bit of a savior complex, and a dude who kinda just got swept along for the ride but is actually really fond of them. And it shows in their music.

Valkyrie - Just….theatre kids, who put the drama in dramatic and the intense in intensity (that's definitely not how the expression is used). They also have a very strange thing going on even though they're trying to be healthier, but I'm too afraid to ask. Unfortunately, though, they have some killer compositions and so many references to Classics and Things, not to mention their songs are genuinely good for those who want that quick theatrical vibe

2wink - Adorable twins that I was lured into thinking were the normal mischief twin duo trope but what in the actual ensemble were the writers DOING? They deserve at least half the cw/tw tags. Also, one of them is kinda like Trickstar (just wants to make things brighter) while the other one has schemes and will not hesitate to destroy you while giggling, yes. All that angst but they have such cheery tunes. Like, boys please….

Crazy:B - I mean, with a name like that….listen. You think it's the guy with the metabolism-related medical condition who has a dad implied to be accused of cannibalism and his freeloader who is a literal prince but also constantly broke that would be the most insane. But, no, we also have a fifteen year old assassin who has definitely killed and a guy who is literally both committing identity theft AND helping in witness protection. But, yes, their songs are fun, as is their dynamic. Also…Amagi brothers. Ough.

Undead - This is just…four urban fantasy love interests thrown into a unit. I'm not exactly sure what urban fantasy race Adonis and Kaoru are (though sometimes I'm inclined to think adonis is the protagonist who just kinda got swept along for the ride except he does have the vibe sometimes (aka casually kidnapping HiMERU)) but a vampire and werewolf are very obviously there. Really do love their rock and roll style, like come on (though I sometimes do think it'd be cool if they let Rei's love for jazz into their songs)

Ra*bits - Look. I love them. It really is just a single dad with one of the most messed up backstories doing his best. But like, also, leave them alone please?? The writers really just made them the damsel in distress character that makes Subaru go "oh, I have to take this revolution stuff seriously" and that's not even mentioning all the other stuff they seem to go through??? Like they do not belong in whatever genre Enstars is going for but they make it work but….let them rest. Songs not my style but they fit their vibe of "smile and spread joy" which works cause I do feel joy. Like Trickstar without the revolutionary goals.

Akatsuki - TBH, I'm still kind of wondering why these three (a warrior, a mangaka, and a tailor who used to be a delinquent) are still idols. I mean, they do have talent and traditional aesthetic is fire, and they're definitely sort of found family, but why still idols guys? That said, again, songs not my style but they definitely capture their aesthetic and vibe and that's always cool to me. Also, one of the members was raised in a Buddhist temple and helped with funerals, and I do not know enough about Buddhism enough to say if they portray a Buddhist accurately but given how they portray everyone else's quirks, it probably still has a giant dose of deranged on it.

Knights - HAHAHAHAHA. They're all insane. But they have talent and earned their place in the big three. But that does not make them less insane. That's all because I will go a bit barmy if I think about them too much. Silly, insane knights who enjoy hobbies like kidnapping (affectionate) and dancing/singing (will kill you in a duel)

Switch - Look….at heart, I can't hate these fantasy game isekai themed group. I enjoy their music because I do like the electropop remix/edm thing they have going on. And it DOES kill me that the only two 3-people units (Akatsuki and Switch) both have the dynamic of "a couple of parents and their beloved and most treasured cinnamon roll of a chaotic son." But like Valkyrie, I don't know what's going on with the senior members and am too afraid to ask, especially since they seem fine with it while their son with synesthesia cheers them on.

MaM - He is literally a cowboy. I - is there a thing with Japan and cowboys? And did someone at the writer's table see that samurai, Victorian thief, cowboys, and pirates post? Because somehow, the only member of this unit is all of them. A very stark contrast against his weirdly cheerleader/mom friend songs. I know he has mommy issues (mafia thing, I think) but.....son, are you okay?

Double Face - Yeah, okay, I love them. They might be the murder unit and I still have no clue to their formation but I love it. Put the Victorian cowboy thief samurai pirate and the child assassin together and you get secret agent type music that sounds like it could be in an old spy flick? How can you not love it?

[poorlittleyaoyao]

I think part of the threatening to summon lwj with jin king thing is partly like. wwx is HORRIBLE at reading people. like he’s charming. he draws people in. he’s extremely clever and brilliant. but I, personally, think he’s an idiot when it comes to reading people!

almost every wangxian interpretation I’ve ever seen has some iteration of ‘wwx can read lwj while lwj seems expressionless’ and I am always FLOORED how people got that from any of the media. the person who can read lwj is his brother! not wei at the time of my death the man who hated me and my demonic cultivation most was non other than hanguang jun wuxian. not wei lan zhan has a crush on mianmiam wuxian. not wei I couldn’t admit to myself I wanted to sleep with lwj until after I died and got resurrected and we’re all being held hostage wuxian.

fic writers out here are like ‘wwx understands lwj best!’ meanwhile xichen is over here on his fourth cup of ‘insert number of days’ since lwj has been irrational about the cultivation world’s number 1 criminal now that wen ruohan is dead’ coffee like

Am I a fucking joke to you

ANON YOU ARE CORRECT ON ALL POINTS IMO. The very first thing that made me go "ohhhh, I don't think I like this" reading the novel was when LWJ showed up and WWX was genuinely convinced that LWJ despised him and was going to kill him. Like. What? I totally get not realizing the depth or nature of his feelings! But no discernible emotional attachment on WWX's part? They're not even friends? This makes LWJ forcibly dragging WWX back to Cloud Recesses extremely sketchy. What am I even doing here?

And the thing is, I could see WWX's obliviousness being used effectively! LWJ is the one who invited him to Jinlintai for Jin Ling's ceremony, after all; from what I can tell, it's entirely reasonable for WWX in the novel to think LWJ lured him deliberately into the Qiongqi Pass ambush. WWX could've approached LWJ with a mixture of distrust and hostility on the grounds that LWJ tried to kill him in his past life (deceitfully via a gesture of friendship, no less!), and been utterly bewildered by LWJ's behavior towards him for that reason. His feelings for LWJ then change and grow because he's learning more about what the hell happened with the political plot.

Instead, we just get Wei Wuxian, The Jianghu's Most Tediously Oblivious Man, and his aloof love interest who exclusively shows affection while he is drunk or while WWX is incapacitated/unconscious/whatever and won't remember, and both of them replace Gay Chicken with communication.

I can see "WWX can read LWJ like a book" for the drama specifically. Wang Yibo does an excellent job of conveying interiority so something different is always going on underneath LWJ's stoic expressions. The "you must like Mianmian!" stuff in CQL always read to me as WWX teasing LWJ knowing full well there was no truth to it (though still not getting who LWJ did have a crush on). And since the two of them are good friends in that canon (with WWX's protestations that they are TOTALLY not friends, LWJ is so BORING!! coming off as tsundere behavior rather than his honest assessment of the situation), of course they'd understand each other!

BUT EVEN THEN. EVEN THEN! LXC can read him best. LXC can read him even when LWJ demonstrates his own tsundere behavior. LXC knows his didi better than anyone else and does everything he can for LWJ's happiness and safety, and in exchange he gets kicked to the curb at the lowest point in his life. Maybe the insistence that WWX is the only person who can understand him is so ppl don't have to think about that last part too much.

[doreyg]

I was tagged by @madroxed, thank you so much.

Tagging (though obviously no pressure at all!): @rixareth, @moosemonstrous, @jake-and-amy-are-married

How many works do you have on ao3?

828 over all my pseuds!

What’s your total word count? 2,490,138

What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

All for various superhero media! Pain Split (Moon Knight, kinda selfcest), Catch Me If You Can & On Stormy Seas (For The Flash, Barry/Snart), Superheroes of the Round Table & The Glowing Halo (DCAU, Bruce/Wally)

Do you respond to comments? Why/why not?

I do love and cherish every single comment that I get, and do try to reply to them! Unfortunately I am a horrible mixture of lazy, busy and socially anxious so it doesn't happen QUITE as frequently as I would wish.

What's the fic you've written with the angstiest ending?

Oooh, I actually have an answer for this! Which I was not expecting, given that I am primarily a smut writer and have a big soft spot for characters I like getting a happy ending. The End (Animorphs, Alloran/Visser 3) has a canon compliant ending, which means it is VERY angsty.

What's the fic you've written with the happiest ending?

There are far more options here, as in my heart I am a saaaaaaaaaap. Uh, so I guess I'll go for the most recent example here. Snow on the Beach (Mycroft Holmes Series, Mycroft/Cyrus) where the two idiots involved finally figure out that they AREN'T banging in a totally platonic fashion.

Do you write crossovers?

I have written a few, but I must admit that I'm not particularly interested in them most of the time.

Have you ever received hate on a fic?

Not that much, thankfully! But I received a few deranged comments on my DC stuff back in the day. The one that most readily comes to mind was when I got accused of being homophobic for writing a genderswap fic, because the "breeders" already had enough. I write significantly more slash than I do anything else, their argument was bad.

Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Yes, majority smut these days! And I like to think derangedly intense is my main brand.

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not to my knowledge! Which doesn't mean it hasn't happened, but it does mean that I am very oblivious.

Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes! And it is an absolute lovely thrill every single time.

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

I don't think so, actually! The closest I've come is when I was into DW roleplay in my teens.

What's your all-time favourite ship?

*DEEP BREATH* Oh boyyyyyyy.

I'm going to go for my top three, all from fandoms that literally nobody other than me cares about:

Grubbs/Lord Loss (The Demonata) - one is a werewolf, one is a demon that has murdered his entire family. They're so intense about each other, it's glorious.

2.Dawn Madison/Claudius | Claudia (Vampire Babylon) - She's a vampire hunter, they're a super powerful vampire. She tortures them! And they're both messed up in the same ways and have a super interesting relationship.

3.Sera/Neriah (Guardians of Time) - soooooooo this pairing requires a LOT of legwork given that Sera starts the series off being murdered and only returns as a ghost, BUT what if she hadn't died? Or what if she was a mean ghost instead? And what if Neriah had more feelings about being the daughter of the most evil man in the universe then she's allowed in canon? There's potential there, is all I'm saying.

(I do have more recent pairings that are probably going to stick around for a good while - Kyoko/Naegi/Togami (from Danganronpa), Hera/Thrawn (From Star Wars Rebels) and Light/L (From Death Note) come immediately to mind - but all of these have been my OTPs for over a decade, and if they've lasted that long they're gonna be with me forever.)

What's a WIP that you want to finish but don't think you ever will?

In my wildest dreams I think that maybe one day I'll return to DCAU and finish off that genderswap fic I mentioned earlier (Lex Luthor/F!Clark Kent). It has been almost 10 years, this will never happen. But I did have a whole outline where really cool stuff happened!

What are your writing strengths?

I think I'm good at dialogue. I'm good at writing passion, and characters being headlong in love with each other. And I'm good at following deranged premises through to their logical conclusion!

What are your writing weaknesses?

I hate editing, so I don't always do as thorough a job as I should. I've noticed upon rereading my fic that I can sometimes have a tendency to have characters speechify at each other instead of actually talking like normal human beings.

What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

I have nothing against other people doing it, I think it can be done well, but I don't generally tend to do it myself. Unfortunately I only speak English fluently, with a tiny bit of Welsh on the side, so I just wouldn't feel confident enough to do it.

What was the first fandom you wrote for?

The first one I've got on Ao3 is Horrible Histories. The actual first one is Demonata, I think?

What's a fandom/ship you haven't written for yet but want to?

I have several outlines written up in longhand, but I really want to write something for the Danganronpa series! There are so many great pairings and possibilities, I can see myself writing a lot in that fandom next year.

What's your favourite fic you've written?

To Look at a Star By Glances! The Blake/Avery manifesto fic of my Dreamssssssssss.