#this post IS for the anon I’ve had sitting in my inbox for 2 days about how it’s wrong of me to like Eddie making bad choices

[sleepanonymous]

In light of recent events (that I fully missed and only caught the resolution of), I figured maybe I should drag this post out of my drafts instead of sitting on it like a coward.

TLDR: It’s important to respect the band, but it’s equally as important to respect your fellow fan’s wishes to not know Sleep Token’s identities.

(These two asks are from the previous drama, not what happened yesterday.)

I’ve had those 2 anon asks sitting in my inbox from that drama last month with a Tumblr user revealing Sleep Token’s names in a rant post because the guys did not unmask during/after the Wembley ritual. I hate to bring this back up but I feel guilty because I pretty much tossed a barrel of toxic waste onto that existing dumpster fire and walked away as everything exploded. I’d gotten back to everyone who DMd me and sent non-anon asks, but couldn’t answer these two. I didn’t want to publicly put that tumblr blog on blast because I did not want it to look like I was trying to instigate a witch hunt.

I had planned on ignoring these two asks since I had no way to DM the anon users, but figured I may as well use this as an opportunity to talk about something else: Sleep Token’s identities and respecting the band member’s wishes to stay anonymous.

Nowadays it’s nearly impossible to simply look up “Sleep Token” and not have the guy’s names and/or faces spoiled. It’s not your fault if this has happened to you, and you aren’t a bad person or disrespecting the band. Even if you looked up the information on purpose, that doesn’t make you disrespectful. It’s human nature to be curious, especially in regards to things that you love.

It’s okay if you know the names and faces of the member’s of Sleep Token. It is not okay to pass this information along in Sleep Token fan spaces, even if you disagree with the anonymity aspect or believe it’s just a gimmick. It is okay to be curious about the members and search for information about them online (such as old projects, public accounts, etc). It is not okay to harass them or their friends/family online (and yes, commenting “Worship” is harassment outside of Sleep Token’s official accounts). It is okay if you don’t find Sleep Token attractive after seeing their faces. It is not okay to hate on them or bodyshame them, especially in Sleep Token fan spaces. It is okay if you recognize the guys out in public, such as outside a venue. It is not okay to draw attention to them, take unsolicited photos of them, or approach them with anything other than respect.

The point I’m trying to make is that you can only be responsible for yourself. I am in a space where I regularly use Sleep Token’s first names, and relentlessly censor myself outside of that space to make sure I don’t accidentally namedrop. If I, an adult with ADHD and a 50 second attention span, can do this, so can you. Know that if you are refraining from openly sharing/spreading information about the band’s identities, you are not only respecting the Sleep Token’s wishes to remain anonymous, but you are also respecting countless other fans that are trying to avoid that same information for their own reasons.

It’s also important to remember there are people on the other side of the screen before sending hate. It’s easy to forget that a living, thinking, feeling, human reading what you’re saying. The best way to deal with people online who give you strong negative emotions is to block them and forget they exist.

If you’ve read this far then I just want to say that you’re amazing and I love you (especially if you’re my mutual or follower). You’re all truly the best community in this fandom. I hope you’re having/had a fantastic day. Forehead kisses and Large Mug Morning Espressos™ for all of you.

[superfallingstars]

I’m limiting myself to 3 because I was hit by a wave of kindness while typing this:

1. You put not one, but TWO Radiohead songs in your weird sisters playlist AFTER saying it was for mid Brit pop, truly your worst offense, borderline unforgivable.

2. You have stated on multiple occasions that Snape was serving cunt with little evidence to back it up, the only thing he’s serving is 15 to life

3. You’ve compared snape to sue sylvester many times but have never gone the step further of comparing lupin to will schuester (could this be unfair bias 🤔)

Im hoping you take the time to reflect on these issues and grow as a person ❤️

LMFAO I wondered if anyone would actually send me stuff when I rbed that 😭😭😭 listening and learning here! But also I must defend myself

1. So I just looked and I actually put three Radiohead songs on that playlist lol. Ummmm. You know what two of them were from Pablo Honey so I think calling them mid britpop is arguably fair. Also I was so insanely obsessed with Radiohead in middle/high school that I can literally reclaim calling Radiohead mid… I spent days downloading all of their songs with youtube to mp3 to put them on my iPod and drew fanart of Thom Yorke screaming “FAT UGLY DEAD” from the anyone can play guitar mtv video and made my own hail to the thief shirt with fabric markers. Oh and then in high school I tried to write an essay in high school about how Ok computer is a concept album about postmodernism but I didn’t understand what postmodernism was and I had to tell the teacher that I couldn’t do it and ask for an extension so i could pick a new topic. That’s not really relevant but whatever. Facts are facts America, and the fact is that Radiohead is sometimes, dare I say frequently, mid

2. Snape DOES serve cunt!!! He serves trench coat buttoned all the way to the TOP!!! He’s got charisma (“ghosts are transparent,” anyone?), he’s got uniqueness (biggest nose in all of hogwarts, also a uniquely unlikable guy), he’s most certainly got nerve (the nerve to be a total bitch), and he’s obviously got talent (for potions, and also for being a bad person, and also for being a good person, all of this is very complicated but it is true at the same time.) And wowww anon cant believe you would bring up criminal convictions here, do you think people serving 15 to life can’t ALSO serve cunt??? This is very problematic and anti restorative justice of you, look inward anon 🙄

3. Ok I actually do think Lupin is probably the best analogue to Will Schuester out of everyone in HP. I can’t remember if I’ve posted that before or if it’s sitting in my drafts (most likely as an answer to an ask that’s been in my inbox for 478274772 years). Anyway. Lupin is overly involved in at least one student’s (Harry’s) life, he’s much more insecure than any 30-something should be, and he’s also deeply cringe. Those are like the core qualifications for being Will Schuster-coded. Also now I’m thinking about that episode where Sue tries to seduce Mr. Schue………….

Well that was some great ruminating! Really feel like I’ve stretched my little pea-brain, I’ve truly grown as a person. Thank you for taking the time to submit your claims and bringing these important issues to my attention.

[sitp-recs]

Fandom creators self rec game! Choose five favourites from your own creations (and tell me why, if you like!), then pass on to at least five other people. I'd love to hear what you're proudest of.

Hello beloved! It’s always a privilege to see you in my inbox, thank you so much for this lovely ask and apologies for taking two centuries to reply lol this was a quite emotional trip down memory lane for me - I couldn’t decide whether to go with rec lists or single recs (oof I haven’t written one in so long 🥲) because they’re both so different and special in their own way. In the end I’m gonna do lists because I think they’re generally more helpful and popular! I’ve been going through a creative / fandom slump for a while now, so this was great encouragement as it made me look back at my own recs with joy and kindness. Thank you babes 💜

1. I actually still love the Drarry for Beginners series! Fun story, I wasn’t very confident about it at first - I was getting many requests for a classics rec list back then but I don’t really vibe with the “MUST read these or you’re not a valid fandom member” mentality so I tried to come up with a different format that felt more like an invitation than a lecture. I think I found a good balance of well known fics and hidden gems, so I’m very proud of that. Also, the banners looked really good! Especially the redemption arc and the Muggle!Draco AU ones if I do say so myself.

2. The Hidden Gems series is also one of my most precious babies - it took me a long time to plan it out, read all fics and prepare the small blurbs for each one and I really love how it came across, the authors I chose to highlight, and the fact that I was able to mix Drarry and rare pairs. I remember getting an ask back in the day that accused me of only reccing my friends (anon really overestimated my network size 🤣), they could have at least checked the hidden gem series before going for public embarrassment lol there’s so much to explore there, and I really wanna come back to it one day to finalize the second edition that I started posting in 2022. Hopefully this year!

3. 35 Romantic Shorts: my heart is so very soft for this one, not only because the ever generous @bluebutter-art has let me use her stunning art for the banner, but I’m also such a passionate champion of short form and I feel like this list really embraced the concept and delivered great recs. I’m not a fluff gal by any standards so this was a nice exercise finding the softest, most romantic and soothing reads that made my heart beat faster. It would be lovely to go back and maybe add a couple more lists with new shorts, or alternatively make new lists for medium-length and long fics. So many ideas, so little time!

4. It feels like a lifetime ago but I’m still very fond of my “smutty recs week” that I made to celebrate one of my first followers milestone. Ahh the nostalgia! All lists can be found here and include a wide variety of themes and kinks like voyeurism, dirty talk, gang bang and others. Those banners are some of my favourites too, they turned out very sassy and clever if I do say so myself. I had so much fun with them! I gotta find the time to sit down and update some of those lists with newer treats!

5. Now highlighting something more recent (from Feb 2023… LOL) I’m super proud of my Rare Pair Romance list for Valentine’s Day. It was a great chance to compile (most of) my favorite rare pair fics in one place and include different ships and tropes. I’m always looking for an excuse to rec het pairings which I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, so this was the perfect way to do it.

[theringers]

V-card anon: hi sorry about that first ask i kinda went into a fugue state (spelling?) altered state of reality maybe when i wrote that and damn near outlined a fic in your inbox

The way we played hot seat was either part of a larger drinking game when a certain card was pulled from a deck, or just on it's own. You sit in a circle, everyone has a drink, usually a beer or cider. In the card pull version, the one who pulls the card gets asked a question by every person playing and if they refuse to answer they drink from their drink. In the standalone, you do that but everyone gets a turn being asked until people get bored and leave. Fun way to find out shit about people. Usually the unwritten rule is that you can't lie. I imagine everyone sitting on shitty chouches and chairs in a semi circle around a table full of cups and bottles playing it

Questions i have been asked: are you a top or bottom? Do you like anal? Wheres the weirdest place you've fucked? Body count? Favorite position (sexual)? Fuck marry kill/ignore people in this room (EVERY TIME I PLAYED I GOT THIS QUESTION)? Tits or ass or other? Favorite non sexual body part ex. Thigh? Ideal fuck buddy? Sex regrets? Etc

Also more weird details i have head cannoned out for some drivers and most likely does not fit with irl personalities, do with this what you will, use it or don't i just have feelings. Also everyone is like compressed in age to like 20-27ish except for some of the grid who i will just think of as younger alumns who come back:

Danny R: social chair, owns a jeep he takes the doors off of in the summer, walks girls home at night to make sure they're ok, tries to DJ house events and is rebuffed by literally everyone, has like 30 pairs of vans you trip over in his room, stolen roadsigns everywhere, masters in something arigcultural or physiological, cutoff frat shirts for days, fuckboy but nice, a bit cringe, will drive around with you at night so you can scream, met reader bc she had a band tee on and wanted to talk to her about it (no gatekeeping)

Charles: some kind of engineering or math degree but no one has any idea how the fuck he's gotten so far, 4.0 never studies, games with other house members, will show up at events randomly you will have no idea how he gets on your couch but he is there, the best and worst taste in clothes, is the only one allowed to play the piano in the house, sweet, cannot help you with studies but is always down for helping you out after, has to be reminded to clean stuff, disaster bi, reader met his gf first and they probably met through that

Pierre: good fashion and music taste, shirt is gone halfway through the night, also fuckboy but wholesome, actually studies, plays a sport for sure probably soccer in some way either club or Division he's too good for rec, will hold your hair back so you can throw up, will tell you your outfit sucks, good at math, also part of the squad that games, econ major, workout buddies with reader anday have taken a math class together

Max: is part of the hockey team he will go pro, also actually studies, got into gaming because of Charles, has the nicest car, is serious until he gets a couple drinks in him, he and Daniel are close and roomed together at some point, owns like 30 sets of the same outfit a white tee and jeans, knows reader through Dan and they get dragged by him to some of the same stuff

Lando: is a pledge or new member his big is Carlos, undeclared major, just happy to be here, gaming squad, used to play lacrosse or something equally obscure, king of knowing where the good snacks are, weirdly good at beer pong, growing into a fuckboy wholesomeness level tbd, probably sweet with reader as she helped him through a blackout or something, met her because she's basically house mom for some of the new boys (the kind of mom who will teach you to do laundry or iron ONCE)

Carlos: hockey flow but does not play hockey, actually studies and is smarter than what people give him credit for, came from a private high school and uni really opened his horizons, also good study buddy, gets along with most people, goes to office hours the most out of the actually studies gang, fun at parties, owns the frat dogs, he and reader met at Office hours (they were the only students) and found they had mutual friends too

Lewis: is/was president of frat, great grades greater bod, did full evolution from fuckboy to good man, has the back tests and the moral support, up for late noght talks about life, definitely was a D1 athlete, best fashion game, implemented no hazing policy, fits into notable alum or PhD category

Mick: undergrad like Lando, also plays soccer or something, too sweet, also walks girls home/holds your hair back etc, cleans parts of the house that aren't his responsibility, higher alcohol tolerance than you expect, everyone is bizarrely protective of him, legacy member (his dad was a legend), drives a motorbike around campus and can't decide between law and psychology, actually studies, met reader through the frat and she would die for him, brings her to class on the bike sometimes because the bike is faster

George: business major, frat treasurer, three ring binder business casual in class kind of guy, nice enough, shirt comes off when drunk, runs marathons and a podcast about investments, best notes in the game and great study partner, actually studies, is drinking monster at 6AM but not because he stayed up late, he and reader met through the frat and sometimes drink wine and bitch together

Lance: hockey player, legacy member, studies sometimes, sarcasm on point, great at stack cup, very chill, knows every good nap spot on campus, also has high alcohol tolerance, is the kind of person who does well in the cold but does not like it, wears headphones so people don't talk to him, great one on one but not in crowds, business major and minor in computer science, probably also met thru Lance's gf but vibe as more introverted people and will cover for each other if one does not want to go out

Nicky: a good boy, part of the walks people home squad, sets up designated drivers for parties, good snack game, future in medical field, good listener, pretty good study buddy, midnight snack enabler, met reader through frat and his gf he and reader are on babysitting duty together sometimes when others get too drunk/high

Yuki: also a pledge or new, majoring in games or computer science as they gave me the same energy as him, games squad, bit of a mad lad, has several stolen street signs, good, met reader through frat and Yuki is the only one patient enough to explain some games to reader, they cuss people out on mic

Esteban: good man, has a full ride scholarship, actually studies, also good study buddy, Dan's little, plays soccer but maybe on a rec team because he prioritizes school, very sweet guy as well, probably chose a really practical major/dual major, met reader through Dan and are also dragged similar places by him

Antonio: manbun, philosophy or classics major possibly business dual, generally good natured but can be seen supplying his own wine at parties, used to be really into metal but kept the hair, does not know that people find him attractive, soccer boi, met reader through frat and she's the only one who will (pretend) to listen to him rant about philosophy

Alex Albon: another full scholarship guy, somehow gets along with everyone, switched majors due to an asshole professor, electrical engineering or computer engineering, actually studies, helps with frat pets,will show you pictures of his cats at home, sweetie, another contender for will hold your hair or walk you home, probably met reader through a class or club and found they had mutual friends and that reader is friends with his gf

Notable alums:

Checo - dad, successful in finance somehow (he looks like an really successful accountant of CFO to me idk why)

Kimi - dad but people forget he is, holds the record for most drinks in 24 hours that will never be come close to by anyone else, shows up on random alum weekends with 2 kegs, legally cannot tell you what he does or he would actually have to murder you

Valterri - was good at a sport when he was there, now a very effective lead engineer at an architectural firm

Seb - environmental or mechanical engineering, all around good guy with someone the best grades in frat history

Alonso - legendary for sexual exploits (consensual)

Anyone I put as actually studies is probably the type reader would hang around for more serious stuff/schoolwork and would probably be closer to, with the exception of Dan bc I feel like he'd be like we're friends now :)) we shall hang or Charles bc he will just show up. I also imagine she has a pretty good friendship with any existing gf, however if a driver does have a gf and he is the love interest sorry bb girl u gotta go for the purposes of this fic

Sorry this is so long hahaaaaaaa glad you liked my Charles thoughts ilu

i honestly wasn’t going to share this like the rest of the anon asks i’ve gotten that i keep close to my heart but this was just too good to keep to myself.

LOOK! AT! THIS!

f1 drivers as frat bros/college students headcannon

i’m writing a series - each “chapter” will be a smut with a different frat bro and i’m hoping to post a sneak peek this week some time but here’s something to hold you over and give you some ideas

to my vcard anon - i appreciate this so much. my inbox is always open for ur thoughts bc they are SO GOOD !! can’t wait for you to read the first part of the series bby

PS if some of this doesn’t make sense to u feel free to send in asks (i know a lot of this is focused on american college culture so if u don’t get it i’m happy to explain)

[swedishshieldmaiden]

Any books you recommend? I want to read as much as I can to educate/inform myself on paganism/wicca/witchcraft because I am so fascinated by it all. I would love to practice it. But I want to know a lot before really starting.

So if you have any books that helped you a lot when starting. It would be really great!!

Sorry for not answering this sooner. I saw the question and had to let it sit in my inbox partly due to finals but also because it's a bit of a tricky question for me. Since I am Swedish most of the sources I've read are in Swedish and I would be more than willing to recommend some of them if anyone is interested. However since you asked the question in english I'm gonna have to assume that you'd prefer some sources in english. I am a norse pagan so all of my recommendations will be related to that. Many of these sources are good not only for understanding the norse mythology but also the cultural context in which they were written and the religion was practiced in.

Before I begin to answer this I think it is important that I mention that you can practice in pretty much any way you want. Considering we have quite little source material from the actual viking age about exact practices during rituals it is quite hard to say what the RIGHT way to worship is. The one thing I can say is to be respectful towards the Gods and towards nature. Now let's get into the meat of this question.

As some of you are aware I'm currently taking a university course in Old Norse religion at my university. Some of the sources I've come in contact through this course are in english so I'll start by recommending them!

1. More than Mythology: Narratives, Practices and Regional Distribution in Pre-Christian Scandinavian Religions by Catharina Raudvere and Jens Peter Schjødt. (Specifically the chapter called "Continuity, Change and Regional Variation in Old Norse Religion", but I'm sure the whole book is interesting. It's available on google books.)

2. Old Norse Religion in Long Term Perspectives: Origins, Changes and Interactions by Anders Andrén. (Haven't had the time to read this one yet but I will soon and it looks really promising. Also available on google books.)

There were a few more in english but i think these two were the most relevant. They are academic books however and focus a lot on historical facts and theories. As for actual, modern day practice I'd recommend internet sources.

1. https://asa-community.se/ Here is a link to one of the more serious norse pagan groups in Sweden. The website has the option to be viewed in english. I am not part of this group but from what I have heard and seen on their website they are serious in their worship and it's founded on good principles. They might not offer the most in terms of facts but they have some good tips for how to think and how to practice the norse pagan faith, specially if you are new and need some guidance. Of course this is just one way to do it, there are multiple ways to worship the Gods as stated above.

2. Life and Afterlife: Dealing with the Dead in the Viking Age by Neil Price: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu2gN8n15_A (A lecture by the archaeologist Neil Price at the University of Cornell. It's about practices concerning burials and an analysis of Ibn Fadlan's text about meeting with Rus vikings. I'm sorry, I'm a history major so these sorts of videos and sources are important to me).

3. Jackon Crawford on YouTube. He is a scholar at the University of Colorado and specialises in Old Norse. His videos are good but sadly I watch them quite rarely. https://www.youtube.com/c/JacksonCrawford/videos

4. Lastly of course the eddas and other norse literature. However I am unsure what english translations are good.

Finally, before I finish this post bc it got super long, a book that I love and perhaps was more of what you were asking for anon.

1. Norse Gods by Johan Egerkrans. (Beautiful illustrations that accompany some of the stories from the Eddas in an easy to read way).

Sources are important and it is a constant issue within this community to know which sources are good and which are less good. All sources should of course be approached with a critical lens! I'm sorry that this answer is a bit all over the place, I had a hard time answering this question tbh. I hope it is a bit helpful at least. I did not include any sources about wicca/witch stuff bc I do not identify as a witch. For that I'd have to direct you, anon, to a different blog I'm afraid.

Thank you for reading and thank you for asking anon!

[agerefandom]

hi hi! sorry if this has been asked before but do you have any advice for agere writers just starting out? if this is annoying or if you've answered feel free to ignore this

This is the second ask I’ve gotten along these lines! I’ve had the other one (from an anon) sitting in my inbox for a couple weeks, wondering how to answer it, but I’ll do my best... I’m certainly not an expert but let’s go! 

~Advice for Age Regression Writers~

1. Write what brings you pleasure! Agere writing doesn’t often get a lot of interaction, especially in smaller fandoms, so it’s most important that you’re having fun. 

2. Interact with other regressors in fandom: write things inspired by other people’s headcanons and tag them, talk to bloggers who share fandoms with you, seek out community! That helps to boost the views on your work, increase your inspiration by chatting with other regressors, and also you get friends out of it! 

3. Use the ‘fandom agere’ tag, as well as whatever specific content you’re creating (agere writing, agere headcanons, etc.) and your fandom (ie. bnha agere, harry potter agere). Tags are your friend! 

4. Posting on AO3 will get you more feedback than on tumblr, especially if you’re comfy with cross-tagging (the AO3 regression tags system is wonky, I don’t endorse cross-tagging on tumblr but it works differently on AO3). People are more likely to leave comments on fanfiction sites, for whatever reason. 

5. Make sure your information is obvious on your blog: your DNI, your list of fandoms, what kind of content you create, and whether requests are open. 

6. Depending on your DNI, you will have to block people constantly. Review and check your new followers when you’re feeling stable, not when you’re regressed or having a bad day! And always feel free to vent to me or a friend or a big sib blog if you’re having trouble with bad followers. We’re a family and we protect each other when we can. 

7. Once again, try and have fun with it all! This is a small and agreeable community, and most of what we’re trying to make is comfort content. Make things that are self-indulgent, publish things that you feel aren’t 100% in character. If you’re filling requests, then remember you’re writing for free and you don’t owe people perfection! If you’re writing for yourself, then remember that the whole point is to enjoy the process, not stress yourself out over the results. 

[jupiterix]

are you by any chance currently writing anything? i loved all the fics you have written so far!

Hey anon! thanks for your ask 🥺 I hope this ask is not sitting here for long because I haven't checked my tumblr in days. But to answer your question...yes! I'm writing, in fact, I had a very productive 2 weeks of writing in a row (shockingly) 🤭 but I'm afraid I'll only be able to post new content by October.

A spoiler for what you can expect from me is below the cut if anyone is interested.

I'll for sure post the final chapter of the Princess Diaries au soon, and @libradoodle1 and I plan to post the 2nd chapter of Hit The Jackpot this week. Aside from that... I have three drabble asks sitting in my inbox, two oneshots outlined for the October event, one collab with @moondancer71 that we are planning to post by the end of October and I'm always playing with some drafts... I think at least one of them I plan to post at the beginning of October. (So yeah, October will be a good month 🥰) I'm just terrible at focusing on one thing to finish 🤭 but I hope my muse focus soon on a forbidden love oneshot that I've been dreaming of writing for like forever now.

Me and Moon, are also full of ideas for new potential collabs 🤣 I can assure you at least one of them we will write! You may want to follow her because she is always making moodboards and you might find some spoiler in there 😏.

Thanks for the ask!

[kurosukii]

hi lovely i hope you're doing well🖤 i also hope you're prepared because this might be kinda long? idk.

firstly, to those who are demanding the truth, i'm sorry but nobody is obligated to answer if they don't feel comfortable doing so.

i understand that you may not believe what's being said by me or other nonnies but that doesn't give you the right to be mean/hateful. i've been getting anonymous threats and hate and extremely personal questions in my inbox. that's not okay and you're making me uncomfortable.

so to answer the nonnie questions and accusations:

i love sharing my stories and experiences with people and when i saw that this was a safe space to share about dilf experiences i started sharing and sending in updates when i had my chance. that's why there's nothing but maybe a reblog on my page about my story. it's like a little community of dilf lovers here and if they enjoy the dilf stories then i'm going to give them the dilf stories.

i'm off anon because i'm literally of age and nobody knows who i am on here. none of my irl's know i have tumblr either so i'm going to be off anon.

i'm not "stealing" anybody's story/experience. everything i say is 100% true. it's not always going to be the full story because there's only so much i can share for privacy reasons but what i do share is the literal truth. plus i don't care about a story THAT much that i'd go as far as faking text messages.

and i don't see him every single day so i can't update as often as other people. then there's the fact that some stuff just isn't worth updating over. i'm not gonna sit here and talk about how he helped me with a math lesson because honestly i probably forgot how to do it anyways. and again, privacy. i respect his privacy and comfort levels as well as my own. i'm not going to share anything too personal or that i know he wouldn't like being out there regardless of our anonymity.

the story of me and mr.dilf goes like this:

i was walking in the parking lot when i was in his blind spot and he almost hit me with his car. since the start of the year we would always crossed paths but that incident is what led us to really start talking to one another. we started to get to know each other and he then offered to help me with math when i expressed my hatred disinterest in the subject. there was sexual tension between us, a few things went down, and now we're really starting to get involved with each other in a way that we are trying to figure out and label.

like i said, i love telling stories and sending in updates so if you have questions it's okay to ask but be nice about it. please stop harassing jul and other people simply because you want answers or don't believe something you read online. where literally anything can be fake.

i'll just make a separate post for updates soon to keep this from being longer than it needs to, but i hope this clarified everything for all the nonnies asking questions.

very well said boo !!! you didn’t have to say anything but for all intents and purposes, thank you and i appreciate you a lot i hope u kno that !! <33

having said that, i will not be entertaining any asks that are accusing any other person of lying and/or being fake anymore because:

1.) like what i’ve said 1847483 times, take everything that’s on here with a grain of salt because it’s not supposed to be taken seriously and/or worth losing your marbles over ‼️

2.) maintain the safe space and light atmosphere that i and other people have built on this blog ‼️

[shadowdianne]

Alright, so @delirious-comfort tagged me in something about wips and SHAME. That's what I got. Sure there was something else thrown in there but bottom line: shame! xD She, brilliantly, went for WIPS in the sense of works that have never seen the light and who knows if they ever will -please, I want to know what half of them are about, you evil- Since that's basically impossible on my end of things I'm just gonna go for unfinished stories and call it a day since they are -technically- works in progress

Painted Voices -SQ- Oh boy, 2015. I don't even remember what I wanted to do with this one. It was at the time there were a bunch of stories with either one of them being blind or deaf and I tried to jump into that. I'm ashamed of it and certainly will delete this because I'm sure it sucks and I was an idiot about the whole thing.

The recognizable stranger -SQ- 2015 as well... I remember this one. I have mixed feelings about this but I will simply state that I don't remember what I wanted to do with this one. I was the: What if these two met prior to the events of S1 that existed back in the day.

Words unsaid -SQ- Technically I wouldn't count this as a wip but A03 is marking it as such so I'm going to stick with it xD FixitFic. I used to do a bunch of those with every new episode or so. Eventually, however, I stopped writing them in a single series. I remember having someone telling me that it bothered them that I did it like that and so I started posting them as separate one-shots and I guess I forgot to close the thread of this one.

The missing page -SQ- 2015 againnn, honestly, I don't remember what I wanted to do here. I believe it was about Regina going back into the book or in time and just seeing things from an outside perspective. It was also the time when writing Daniel and Emma as the same person -sometimes Emma having Daniel's soul within her some other times in a more convoluted way- was a thing. So if I remember correctly this was my take to that.

A forgotten promise -SQ- The witcher au before the witcher turned mainstream xD Ah, I'd have loved to finish this one. It required a lot of work and I was in the middle of my uni years and the feedback was... uh. Let's go with uh, so I started to have second thoughts, think it was rubbish and halted it altogether. [For context sake the small amount of ego I DO have tells me to point out I was churning 4 to 7 prompts per day at the same time] I would probably erase it entirely if I tried to do anything with it now so I'll just leave it there.

It feels like magic -SQ- Ohhh, remember when we all did magic realism? I loved that. On this one Regina was transformed into a cat because things and the story revolved around Emma buying her as her familiar. It has 13k posted but I think I wrote like 30k beyond what I ended up posting. Same story: I started to think it was shit; cornered myself into a panic attack and never finished it xD Tag yourself: Dianne doesn't end up their wips edition

Sateen memories -SQ- No fucking clue what that one was about

I'm not afraid of the dark -Princess Rover- It was going to be a rewrite of a bunch of lore back in the Shannara Chronicles all the while shitting on canon and the books but didn't happen.

What you want -SQ- Emma is the Dark One, Hypersexualization of the character. If you have heard me rant loud enough you know I prefer teasing. I got bored.

Nothing is true, everything's permitted.-SQ- The AC au! I also have mixed feelings about this one due to THINGS. It involved lots of studying because I wanted to make an accurate enough portrait of the historical momentum I was writing about. This was in 2017 so whilst I don't remember exactly I know I was working two jobs plus uni so yeah, nah, I didn't have the mind to write more than the prompts I was doing at the time xD

There is no hex or spell I could unlearn with you by my side -SQ- The HP AU. I basically stopped due to -points at JKR- and that it was a series of drabbles so it was linked to the amount of prompts. I remember it was the time Tumblr did an inbox purge, lots like half the prompts, most of them for ever so... it just sits there.

Of magic and prowess -SQ- Steampunk! It was supposed to be the second part of And the cogs are ticking if I'm remembering correctly. Very short and sweet, 5 chapters. I got 11 eleven kudos, 2 comments, about 15 asks stating that they rather wanted me to keep writing prompts than whatever I was doing with this and I said fuck it. Yeah, yeah, the vitriol I have inside is not lost to me.

Tiny nothings -SQ- Same thing as some fics above this one. I started doing lost moments but I ended up migrating it to single oneshots. This one is set in S6 so added to the previous explanation I would also add the: S6 was a pain, one.

Hidden truths -Rizzles- It was a prompt(?) but I was never too sure about my ability to write Maura and my brain shortcircuited.

Deipnon -SQ- Actually this one is co-written. Life happened. Nothing more. -I hope you are doing good Eva, love you lots-

Lost words -SQ- One word prompts. Same story than before really: I wrote them solely on tumblr, someone told me to re-post them on a03, I did, I then got anons telling me that it bothered them, stopped altogether.

The miller's daughter -SQ- Ohhh, I used to love this one. Rewriting of... something I guess xD Enchanted Forest based, total AU but trying to give a Grimm-esque perspective. 2016... who knows what I did xD Again, overworked is the answer.

But I know this night you will come -SQ- Well, actually this one was a trio if I'm remembering correctly... yeah, Regina, Red, Emma. Dunno, is this time to state that I've discovered I'm demi? lol. I'm not sex-repulsed but it bores me to tears writing about it. Give me teasing and I will write a full novella out of it. But sex is *yawn* for me when writing about it.

Ghost of you -SQ- Ohhh Emma!ParanormalInvestigator! I have a bunch of those. There was a mirror, a very angry Queen and far too much worldbuilding to fit into a tiny story. Yeah, I also see that pattern xD

Arcadia -SQ- The only fic I will ever be ashamed that I didn't finish to the point of self-destruction. I actually wrote it, I then lost the files, corrupted, gone, puff. But then I didn't rewrite it and then I felt self-conscious and then... shame.

Beyond -SQ- 2019 Probably one of the last de facto prompts I accepted. I wasn't feeling all that good about my writing. I think I was basically trying to jump start something that had died. I would have loved to finish it. Honestly.

Annnd, that's it! Tagging @rubikanon for this one <3

[dreamersleeps]

So, as someone whose father is very similar to Endeavor, I've never understood the notion that Horikoshi is trying to whitewash or excuse his abuse by giving him a character arc. Abusers are awful people, but it's not often that they're one-dimensional villains. Nobody ever talks about how confusing it is when your abuser wakes up and sees the damage they've caused, much less when they clumsily try to make ammends. It seems fans would rather it all be simple, when it's anything but in reality

/2 Are there ways it can be handled better? Of course. But a writer making an effort to explore the complexities of abuse through all its angels is far from abuse apology. It’s much more respectful (imo) to treat the situation like the confusing, complicated mess it is in reality, rather than reduce it to some simple cartoonishly evil bullshit that either limits the survivors of his abuse to being lifelong victims, or enables the continued abuse perpetuated by a former victim (i.e., Dabi)

Hello, I’d like to thank you for sharing your thoughts and opinions. I was actually surprised to open up Tumblr to see your messages in my inbox. I spent the past couple of days sitting on and thinking about it. I’m not sure if you were asking for my thoughts and opinions, but I’ve finally sat down and written my response. It’s late at night so I apologize if there are any statements below that are poorly worded or expressed. 

As you express, it’s a very complicated topic as a whole, because Endeavor, or Todoroki Enji is a complicated character. 

I can not and will not claim that I understand abuse like those who have experienced it. Additionally, It’s not in my place to tell people how to feel or think. However in response to what you shared, I will give some of my thoughts as a reader and fan of BNHA on the topics surrounding Endeavor. (Btw to the anon: some of what I have to say below will be my general opinions about the topic as a whole.)

When I try to write meta and other analysis pieces, I try my best to go back to the manga and base my analysis and arguments on the (official) translations instead of my opinions and thoughts from the beginning. I sometimes have to go back and re-read chapters to remind myself what is “canon” and then try to understand and express my interpretations on the matter. This is not to talk down on those who do not do this: this is just something I do for myself. I am most definitely influenced greatly by what others have to say but I also want to figure out my own interpretation of the story and characters.  

So, as someone whose father is very similar to Endeavor, I’ve never understood the notion that Horikoshi is trying to whitewash or excuse his abuse by giving him a character arc. 

I personally never really saw it as Horikoshi trying to excuse Endeavor’s abuse by giving him a character arc as well. As many others have stated, I don’t see it as a “redemption arc,” because it isn’t. 

I think that we all have to remember the diversity of the fans and readers of this and other fandoms. There are those who can personally relate to or understand what the Todoroki family has gone through, and others who are unable to. Those who are unable to fully understand certain experiences but can sympathize with the characters however even then, this lack of knowledge or exposure to the topic has led to people accidently expressing opinions that hurt or offended others. Additionally, based on what I’ve seen and read on Tumblr, there is quite a wide range of differing viewpoints from those those who can relate to the experiences of the Todoroki family.

Abusers are awful people, but it’s not often that they’re one-dimensional villains. Nobody ever talks about how confusing it is when your abuser wakes up and sees the damage they’ve caused, much less when they clumsily try to make amends. It seems fans would rather it all be simple, when it’s anything but in reality.

Abuse is complex. There is a very wide range of complicated feelings, emotions, thoughts and opinions that surround it. Everyone has a reason as to why they feel or think the way they do. Because we all have had different experiences and reactions to the events of our lives, we can not expect everyone to think similarly. 

Given that BNHA or shounen manga in general is catered towards a younger audience (compared to, lets say seinen manga) and Horikoshi is working with topics that are difficult to read or understand even for adults, I’d argue that part of the discourse may result from that. 

It seems like when we say that we like a certain character, people tend to automatically assume then that we approve of what they stand for and what they’ve done. I first watched the first two seasons of BNHA before I began reading it. I absolutely hated Endeavor in the beginning, however after I caught up in the manga and began to follow the chapter releases each week, ultimately the characters that really pulled me in to the story was Endeavor, Hawks, and Bakugou, arguably some of the most controversial characters of the series. 

Are there ways it could be handled better? Of course. But a writer making an effort to explore the complexities of abuse through all its angles is far from abuse apology. It’s much more respectful (imo) to treat the situation like the confusing, complicated mess it is in reality, rather than reduce it to some simple cartoonishly evil bullshit that either limits the survivors of his abuse to being lifelong victims, or enables the continued abuse perpetuated by a former victim (i.e Dabi) 

What truly drew me in was the complexities that came with their characters. I haven’t personally experienced abuse however I have lived through other experiences to recognize in my own understanding that life is both so negatively and positively complicated, confusing and messy. Some people want to see Endeavor fall, and others hope to see him actually change. These wishes are shaped by what we’ve seen or experienced throughout life. 

We like simple, clear cut, perhaps one dimensional characters because it’s easier to form an opinion about them. It seems like we struggle with characters like Endeavor and others because we are sometimes faced with the contradicting collision of our own thoughts, morals and beliefs with the actions and story of these characters. 

For some reason a lot of my analysis posts have revolved around Endeavor, Hawks, and Dabi and if anyone is interested, I personally believe that as much as we may love a character, whoever it may be, actions should and will be met with consequences. Tragedy does not excuse one’s actions. They may explain one’s actions but we are responsible for and should be held accountable for the consequences that result from it.  

If anyone was thinking it, this all does not mean that I think Horikoshi should be exempt from critique. And as you ask and answer, “Are there ways it could be handled better? Of course.” Additionally as I have written on the top of my blog, 

There will be posts found here that you may not agree with, however different perspectives are what keeps the meta conversation going. 

I think that many of us would prefer it if people would refrain from accusing, insulting or bullying Horikoshi and other fans because of their thoughts and opinions. Although it is understandable that it is difficult when we respond to the story and others emotionally, taking part in these types of activities is not the same as critiquing something. 

Boku no Hero Academia is still an ongoing manga. We get one chapter every one or two weeks at a time and so we only get little snippets of the full story. Based on new info and what we’ve read in past chapters, we make predictions, assumptions and have expectations about the future. However, I think that we all have to remember that the story of Enji, Rei, Touya, Fuyumi, Natsuo and Shouto is not complete yet. We are still in the midst of an unfolding narrative that Horikoshi is working closely with to present his readers. 

[katierosefun]

Whats the current list of fics you wanna write and/or already are writing?

oh boy, anon, buckle up-- 

so like,,,besides all the prompts still patiently waiting in my inbox? (and yes, did i really just spend the last 10 minutes going back and forth from my spreadsheet to this, yes, yes i did) 

so as for fics that are already being written, you can refer to my masterlist here (it also has fics that i’m going to post, although...it doesn’t cover all of them, obviously)

soooo...one-shots/long-shots: 

kenobi series speculation fic -- currently about 11k words so far, hopefully to be posted on friday or so. (basically. obi-wan. vader.) 

all that glitters is gold -- something that was the result of an ask game, post-tpm anakin and obi-wan softness. 

post-mortis angst -- idk. obi-wan drops a plate because his hands are shaking. anakin and ahsoka are both wary of each other. just. trio trying to be okay after whatever the heck was the mortis experience. 

the rest was confetti -- an anon request about post-rotj anakin and obi-wan.

obi-wan’s-a-little-high-on-pain-meds-and-accidentally-reveals-things -- exactly what it says. anakin and ahsoka are kinda horrified, but obi-wan’s just like ‘lol yeah that was fun. haha. glad i got out of that one alive amirite’. (kinda starting off fluffy, def. going into h/c). 

blueberry muffins -- another result of an ask game. ahsoka bakes muffins for like...a family day. she just gives muffins to everyone and they all figure it out and. it’s just wholesome family stuff. 

i loved you like the sun -- another result of an ask game! (asdfsdf there was this one day that everyone sent in fake titles, and i came up with a fic to correspond to them.) this is. anakin and obi-wan angst. probably post-rots, pre-rots. angst. 

sad post season 5/ahsoka runs into injured anakin and obi-wan and of course helps them -- just like what it says on this scribbled note in my spreadsheet. i’ve been listening to congratulations by blue october on repeat while writing this fic. 

we’re in the same boat but make it tcw -- uh, so i listened to in the same boat from the lightning thief musical, and i just. i pictured ahsoka, anakin, and obi-wan just all tired and grouchy and cranky because they’ve been flying the same ship for like. a week. and they’re all kinda antsy, and uh. mayhaps anakin and ahsoka are bickering and obi-wan’s trying to keep them all together but of course, things go bonkers. kinda crack, kinda adventure-y. 

tickle fic -- an anon recently asked for a fic in which ahsoka accidentally calls obi-wan and anakin her brothers, anakin. obviously. tries to get her to say it again. hence tickling. obi-wan records it. very wholesome. 

anakin pls sleep -- idk there’s an episode where obi-wan’s like “anakin. when was the last time you slept?” and. i’m running with it. (probably post-rookies/post-malevolence episodes.) h/c, as expected. 

how anakin actually got his scar -- so, george lucas said that anakin probably got his scar slipping in the bathroom or something, so. guess what i’m doing. obi-wan freaks out like the good bestie he is. (kinda funny, kinda h/c, etc.) 

diners and obi-wan and ahsoka -- post season 5. obi-wan and ahsoka find each other. they sit in a diner at 2 am. sad. 

foster care au? -- also recently got an anon asking about an au in which obi-wan, ahsoka, and anakin are all foster care siblings, and...you know. as someone who is really passionate about the foster care system/really wants to help reform it, i think. it would be interesting. but i’m kinda 50/50 on actually writing this rn. 

longform planning/outlining/currently writing (but not yet posted) 

getting lost in a big galaxy -- i literally never shut up about this fic, but. obi-wan and ahsoka roadtrip fic. trying to find anakin skywalker, who, for some reason, has vanished off the face of the galaxy. takes place after season 5, so imagine the awkwardness of having a road trip with a daughter who had just cut ties with you. 

red, underlined -- uh. so. i started writing the first chapter, and i just finished the outline, and uh. how to get away with murder but make it tcw fam. (everyone’s a stressed law school student, and maybe anakin accidentally murdered professor palpatine, and what the heck are we gonna do now there’s a dead body we need to get rid of the dead body) 

still writing pages -- a pitched multichapter fic covering obi-wan and satine’s relationship after the deception arc. letters are involved. it’s a lot. i’ve already created a playlist for it. (although it’s private.)

folklore series -- yeah. tcw x folklore. i’ve got a whole ton of fics planned, but i don’t feel like putting them all under the one-shot section because they’re all kinda secret right now/still in the planning process. (I’ve started/got concrete ideas for about...4 of them so far though!)

so uhh...hoping to get some of these out before the year ends, perhaps december/january. 2021 is gonna be. a lot of stuff.

[avintagekiss24]

I know exactly who you're referencing in your call out post, but I thought those people's actions were rather admirable considering 1) they were friends with Hannah for a long time and breaking a friendship is fucking hard especially over something as intense and important as racism 2) they were part of the group trying to help her see the wrongness of her actions and take accountability for them 3) they actually faced the problem instead of running away from it like Hannah did. (1/?)

Now you might see people's actions towards their response as coddling, but I mostly see them as appropriate because I see them making an effort to change, and to continue to educate themselves. A lot of white people are discovering their inherent racism right now, and to see people actually working to address that in themselves is admirable. (2/3)

Yes, they could take more "direct" action, and we may see that I'm the coming days, but they also are probably still reeling from finding out one of their close friends would rather accept their racism than work to change it. (3/3)

The coddling anon - This is just my opinion. Ignore it if you want because your voice is infinitely more important as a WOC. I just wanted to get that off my chest, and explain why I thought those people making an effort was bigger than it might originally seem.

My dude, I don’t need your condescending explanation on why anybody did anything and why you think it was admirable. I’m not stupid, so don’t talk to me like I’m a child. I don’t care what you think or how you feel about it.

What they did by chiming in on her response to an ask WAS NOT APPROPRIATE. She is NOT a victim and each and every person that responded to it, made her out to be one. She does not need to be coddled or have her back rubbed because somebody called her out in a not so nice way. We are all adults. She has to sit in what she said and what she DID NOT say without people coming to her defense. 

The real victims are the BLACK PEOPLE who have had to read all of this bullshit over the last 24 hours. It’s the BLACK PEOPLE who have come to their escape aka tumblr and had to see people trying to justify the use of the word and context of it as if we’re too stupid to understand it. It’s the BLACK PEOPLE that whose voices and feelings have been drowned out because her friends wanted to jump to her defense for not taking a CLEAR, STRONG STANCE on Hannah, her close friend’s, shitty behavior.

I’ve had several conversations today with multiple people that were involved with that ask, including Cait herself, after they all saw my post. They ALL understand where I was coming from, and understand that they have to be uncomfortable for awhile. They’ll get over it.

I don’t care about the “effort” any fucking more. Your “effort” isn’t fucking good enough. I want change NOW. I deserve change NOW. It is 2020 and we’re still having these fucking conversations. I’m over it. White tears mean NOTHING to me. I don’t want your cute little posts, and your bullshit Instagram blackouts. You either put up or shut up from here on out. Period.

If you truly believe that “my voice is infinitely more important” you wouldn’t have felt the need to “get this off your chest”. Check yourself before you come into my inbox with this bullshit.

[evermorehaikyuu]

So yes, I am back, but with bigger news about this blog. I will not put a tl;dr because to be honest, this should be read. 

This blog will no longer be a priority of mine. I have many other blogs and I have always put this one first to the point where I have abandoned most of the other blogs because I wanted to make everyone happy. But the thing is, I was never happy. No matter how much I wrote or tried, I was never happy. That’s the point of this entire rant. 

I was never happy because it all felt one-sided.

Most of the requests on this blog are on anon and that’s not bad whatsoever but here’s the thing: I did an experiment on myself and it turns out, that even with the same number of requests coming in, maybe even more, I will be more happy because the person is showing their URL and it feels like they actually do like my work, ESPECIALLY if they keep coming back.

I understand that some of you are shy. I understand some of you are silent readers. But what I don’t get is that even with the anon button available to you, you can’t bother to come through and say something about a fic, even if it was “oh hey nice job!” or “i liked this dialogue.” There are people that have come through on anon to say that they liked the request of theirs and I am so glad that they do so, it doesn’t feel one-sided anymore.

And to those people that comment on my smau, which has practically been my pride and joy at this point, and the ones that came through to interact with me? I swear, if you wanted me to get the moon, I’d get it for you. You know exactly who you are. 

But let’s talk generally, shall we? From my hiatus, I have been noticing a lot of things, even with my head turned away. So many blogs are deactivating, going on hiatus or becoming inactive. Why? There are many reasons why, but one of the ones that seems to be the lack of interest. What I mean by this is not the reader’s consumption of fics, but what the author receives. The author could put their blood, sweat and tears into a 10k fic and all they’ll get are a couple of notes. 

Notes shouldn’t define an author’s writing skill, but it sure does help the author think, “oh hey, this piece wasn’t as bad as I thought when I was first writing it!” And also, we are human. Humans constantly crave validation, even though they don’t say it outright. Even the people that don’t seem like they don’t crave validation, internally they do. 

As the readers, it is your job to give them what they deserve. Validation. Whether it’s in the tags or directly in the comments or even dropping into their inbox, authors deserve to know that their work was incredible. 

However, from what I’ve seen in this fandom specifically, I could say this as many times as I want to and it will not stick. You’ll be going back to your everyday lives and to be honest? I’m sick of that. I’m tired of seeing people scream, only for those screams to fall on deaf ears. Because of that exact reason, many authors lose interest and go. 

Here’s my deal: I started writing for another fandom, which I will not reveal, and I get so many requests per week and I feel so happy about that because most of the time it’s people that are coming back and their URLs? I know them by heart. It feels like they come through, give me the validation I have been craving and I happily do the request for them. Hardly have I ever turned a request down because of this reason.

The anon button is a blessing and a curse. A blessing because you can go undercover into so many authors’ blogs and tell them that you liked a specific fic and it could turn a bad day into a fantastic day. A curse because in my opinion, those requests on anon feel like they come in and then never come back to say anything, making it seem extremely one-sided. We finish your request and then move onto the next one, on and on and on and so forth. A repetitive cycle of writing for what seems to be blank faces. 

Oh and another thing? It seems to me like some of you can’t bother to read my navigation. I am on a fucking break. I do not want to see requests. I do not want to see asks about requests. I do not want to see something that will guilt me into starting to write again. Every time I close requests, someone comes through with a request and I have literally put in all caps locks and in bold that my requests are CLOSED. But on my hiatus? It pushed me off of the edge when I got on Tumblr and went into my inbox. Someone had clearly not gotten the message that I hadn’t posted in a month, was on hiatus and my requests were closed. To know that this isn’t the only time it’s happened is disappointing. It gets to the point where I am seen as a machine to write for you, to please you when I can’t even catch my breath. Read the fucking navigation, it is there for a goddamn reason.

I have checked my notes and even silently gone on my blog. Nothing’s changed. It’s the same as it was before. It was the exact reason why I went on hiatus and why I am thinking about staying on hiatus indefinitely. The only thing keeping me going for this blog is my smau because I know there will be that one person commenting on it. It shouldn’t just be one person carrying everything. The thing that could make an author’s entire day will not take you more than, what, 2 minutes? 2 minutes. Just to make someone happy. And so many of you aren’t willing to go that far.

I discovered from my time away that it wasn’t writing that stressed me out. On the contrary, it relaxed me. I realized what was making me feel trapped. This fandom. Nothing ever changes, not even when people tell you what is wrong. Even now, I know that this post will fall on deaf ears and it’ll probably go back to the routine of requests. 

It’s not fair. Put yourself in my shoes. You spend hours a day on your computer, not paying attention to class and writing for complete strangers online that started off interacting with you a lot and complimenting you. You keep writing into the early hours of the morning, past midnight, just so that you can wake up to the amount of love you get from a fic. But over time, everything starts to decrease as people move onto other authors. That is great, so you keep writing to please the people that have stayed. More time passes by and everything is changing. Your writing has become strained, your carefully-planned out events in your drafts have been deleted and you sit there, wondering what’s the next assignment. Along with this, you have to make sure to take breaks, albeit feeling like if you take a break, someone out there will leave.

All of it felt like it wasn’t enough, no matter how much I wrote. It felt like I was pleading for something impossible, although it was possible and I have seen it and experienced it.

To summarize this all, think. What could this cost you? What could ignoring this cost you? Your favorite authors. Your favorite fics will be deleted. Everything you’ve loved from the author will be gone. Even if you move onto the next one, you’ll never see a fic like that one again. It’s happened to me, when I’ve wanted to see a specific fic, I remember it’s not anywhere anymore because the author deactivated or deleted it.

My patience is wearing thin to the point where I have thought many times of transferring this blog to another email and keeping it as inactive. In fact, I’m actually planning to do that at some point. 

Remember this: Authors will not stay if you don’t give them a reason to.

[cookinguptales]

winter fic requests

OKAY so I’ve been thinking this over. I do want to write some holiday gifts for people! I’ll take requests up through.. idk, I wanna say New Year’s? And post them the last week-ish in the year. That said, I’m gonna be way more likely to get them done if you send them to me early. I probably will not be able to write every request, so you have a much better chance of me writing you something nice if you get a request to me early.

Some guidelines if you’d like a gift fic:

Send me prompts! They don’t have to be super detailed. Give me a canon/pairing and a trope or an AU or a scenario or something like that. Few sentences max. I write better if I have some freedom, so please don’t send me a whole fic outline or something.

You can send me multiple prompts! But if you send me ANY prompts, please make sure at least one of them is for something you know I’m familiar with. I am actually hoping to consume some new canons through this, so please feel free to ask for whatever! But if I get a whole inbox full of 90-hour video games I’ve never played or something, that sounds overwhelming! Origific is also okay if there are certain prompts/archetypes you really like! (i.e. dragons, fake dating, magic chocolatier, etc.)

I’m okay with writing NSFW fic, but please don’t ask me for any explicit fic for underage ships unless you’re okay with them being aged up. It’s a hard squick of mine. And please don’t even ask for adult/minor ships as I will not write them.

PLEASE let me know if there are any deal-breakers for you! We call them “DNWs” in the exchange world. I don’t accidentally want to write a fic that triggers you or something!

If you have anything you particularly love, that’s cool too! I’m not asking for a full exchange letter here, but I am trying to write gift fics, not just prompt fics! I want to make something tailored to you that you’ll like. :)

I won’t be publishing any of the prompts publicly! But I would like to have a name I can use when I post the fic. Like, here’s a fic for X! So if you send me anon asks, please sign them with a pseud I can use to refer to you!

You can send me an ask or a DM on twitter (I’m @iletaitunefois there) or a chat here. I don’t really care. You can even email me if you have that info.

I can’t promise that I’ll write any one specific prompt, and I probably won’t be able to do something for everyone. I’ll write fics for people in the order I get inspired to, frankly, which will probably be random and confusing. I will do my best to write something for as many people as possible, though.

I am okay writing past ships that I’ve had, including bunsenbeaker and karabita. I... think. We’ll see how I feel when I actually sit down to write them haha. I’m willing to give it a go, though.

I probably won’t write for Big 2 comics tho because it’s been like a decade and I don’t remember the details! And I’m still sad about Oracle!

FINALLY, if you celebrate a particular holiday (or explicitly do NOT celebrate a holiday) and want the fic posted on that particular day, let me know! Do you want it on Xmas? Okay! Do you super NOT want a gift on Xmas? Also cool! You into Yule? I’ll post it the 21st. You have a birthday in late winter? Cool! Just give me a specific time (or times you do not want) and I’ll do my best. That said, if you choose a date that’s earlier, I may not be able to get things done in time! But I’ll do my best! lmao

idk man let’s give it a go! I want to write you all presents! lmk if you have any questions!

[aceofwhump]

Still very keen for that Wyatt continuation - Sincerely, the person who wrote that ask. P.S. You're wonderful and have given me confidence to be more active in the whump community, even if that's just sending you anon encouragement.

Hi nonny! I've got your previous message saved 1) so I don't forget and 2) because it makes me super happy to read every time I open my inbox. Thank you for that message! Thank you, thank you, thank you for the love!! I'm so glad you enjoyed my ocs! You're so nice and reading it makes my day! I appreciate the crap out of your lovely support ❤ And I'm so glad you feel more confident interacting with the community! I know it can be scary because so many fandoms and communities are a freaking nightmare but this community is wonderful and so nice! I hope you have a great time!

I am working in a continuation of the Wyatt fic!!! Just for you!! I kinda had an idea of where I wanted to take it when I posted the first bit so now I have a lovely excuse to do it lol. I hope you'll enjoy it when I'm done which hopefully will be soonish if I can find some time to sit down and write. Life amiright?

[stubbychaos]

i know i’ve commented how much i love saviin’ika but after reading the recent sneak peak i just need to tell you separately how much i love it. It genuinely is (and i’m not just saying this) in my top 3 fics i’ve read. There’s just something about the concept and how you execute it so wonderfully with such beautiful writing that leaves me excited for more and i genuinely drop everything to read each chapter you put out. I can’t word how happy reading it makes me feel, i’m just in awe with [1]

each piece you put out and i can’t get enough. You show a development within not only the characters’ relationship it but within themselves and I just think you’re truly a wonderful writer. So thank you for putting out Saviin’ika because it is definitely something that will stick with me and that i will continue to revisit. I can only aspire to one day be able to write something as wonderful as it. Much love!💓 [2]

This reply got kind of long and is all over the place, but I’m having such a strange day and seeing what you wrote to me made me feel like a hundred different emotions *R.I.P Amber💀💀*

I know this has been sitting in my inbox for a couple of hours now, but I was just absolutely blown away and had no idea how to respond at first because it actually made me tear up a little (Hi I’m super sensitive and I actually cry at least once a day, it’s fine, it’s normal for me ) 

But thank you so much and I absolutely adore you and your kindness and sweet words!! 🥺🥺 The fact that people like something that I almost didn’t post on here because I was so nervous to do so absolutely boggles my mind, but I’m so glad I did because I’ve met so many lovely sweethearts and people I would actually consider friends even if I’ve never met them irl 🥺

I definitely always see your comments on updates and they truly just brighten my day up so much!! I believe on the last chapter you had commented on how much you like Ima which made me so happy bc I have a lot planned for her and Saviin’ika’s friendship and I always get little nervous when introducing OCs🥺 Also what you said about the chapters being longer brought my dumb little heart so much joy!! I’m always terrified that I get carried away and nobody wants to read a chapter that’s almost 13K when there’s not really a whole lot of plot included 💀💀 So hearing you say that seriously brought me so much relief, thank you so much!! 🥰🥰

I’ve been in such a weird funk lately where I just get so down on myself because I feel like I’m being so unproductive or I’m writing more days than others, but it’s so nice to have support and love from so many, including you, and it certainly inspires me to write more and stop being an asshole towards myself when I don’t have the motivation to do so🥺

Please don’t thank me though, because I should be the one thanking you for always being such a sweetheart and a genuinely good human being in general!! I feel like I’ve noticed more and more talented writers on here getting hate for absolutely no reason, so it definitely leaves such a huge, positive impact whenever fellow writers and readers (even the anons!!!) leave super kind, uplifting messages like these ones!! The fact that you took time out of your day to write me such a lovely message honestly brightened up what was starting to feel like a kind of bad day for me and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for that!! 💖💖

Thank you so much, I love you, and please have a wonderful day 💖 💖