#thread: kj

[ditzyblues]

April O' Neil Enneagram Analysis. (She's a 3)

DISCLAIMER: I am always learning more about the Enneagram, so this is my own understanding of April’s fixation into the type 3. If you’d typed April as anything else before, I hope to open your eyes to my more correct typing.

Let’s start with what a 3 even is. An E3 is a type in the image/triad center of the Enneagram. These types are characterized by their lack of self esteem. An E3 will try to make up for this lack in finding success.

Success in what? Anything the E3 chooses, really. For the purposes of fiction, the goal is often very tangible, like being the best in their career or being the strongest fighter. Their self worth is attached to the pursuit of their goal.

In short, an E3 is looking outside themselves to fulfill their self esteem needs, when they need to be looking inwards and finding self satisfaction. Their growth point is often authenticity and learning they’re enough.

I’ll be using three (heh) April episodes: “Hypno! Part Deux,” “Operation Normal,” and “Always Be Brownies.”

In "Hypno! Part Deux," April is fixated on appearing cool to Taylor Martin, as this'll grant her social acceptance and fulfill her self esteem of belonging. This manifests as rejecting anything that’ll threaten this persona. (Donnie’s malware software, Mayhem’s magic.)

Note: due to an E3's ambition to reach their goals, they're often willing to abandon their true selves in order to fit in well and succeed in social scenarios, especially E3's with a social instinct (April is a social 3.)

This goal of fitting in and being cool is quickly lost when April's life is threatened (as with any type.) But towards the end, when everyone is safe and broken free of Hypno's curse, Taylor has THIS to say..

Beginning-of-episode April would've been devastated at this, but at the end, her growth is complete. She doesn't need this silly persona and the social standing that comes with it to be complete.. her "not coolness" saved the day!! E3 arc completed!

Honestly April's arc in "Operation Normal" is pretty similar to this previous episode. April fixates on appearing as someone she just isn't, pushes away her brothers who she can be herself around, but learns it's okay to be a weirdo!!!

It's "Always Be Brownies" time. I have an ABB phD. April begins the episode at her prototypical-ist E3: Insecure and down about her multiple club failures. She's devoted herself to these things, but just can't succeed!

This is a hit to her self-esteem. But after being kidnapped by Casey's girl scouts, April finds that through her tenacity, strength, and ambition, she really isn't that big of a loser after all. All on her own!

This is amplified by the fact she doesn't let Splinter reassure her, she reassures herself and finds her self worth. It doesn't get more E3 than that, if you ask me.

I rest my case. April O' Neil is an Enneagram 3, with a primary social instinct that she filters her threeness through. The reason I chose episodes where she's operating on her own is that she lets loose around her brothers and isn't concerned with all of this around them.

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Character, book, and author names under the cut

Will Darling/Kim Secretan- The Will Darling Adventures by KJ Charles

Phèdre nó Delaunay/Melisande Shahrizai- Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey

Gideon Drake/Nico de Varona- The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

Rhy Maresh/Alucard Emery- Shade of Magic Series by Victoria Schwab

[drunkkara]

Had a great afternoon with my mom and sister and was feeling better but then it didn't end very well and now I'm very on edge again and the ideation is very strong and I just uuuiiggghhhj

[pluggedintosaverockandroll]

i sew everything by hand because i am insane

[more-profound-bond]

Queer Books for Pride Month:

"Death in the Spires" by KJ Charles

This book is a murder mystery rather than romance.

It's still queer of course, but it focuses entirely on solving the murder of Toby Faysham.

Our narrator, Jeremy Kite, has only one thing in mind, so he begins to track down people who might've been connected with Toby's death.

This is a cleverly done dual-timeline story, told entirely in Jeremy's POV.

We start in 1905, ten years on from the murder. 

The book forces us to sit with questions of justice, forgiveness and who can truly judge people's sins.

This is definetly a more serious read, but nonetheless absolutely worth it.

[strrykais]

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[onthewaytosomewhere]

WIP'ing this Wed out

yep ya know this banner by now - it means more dragon alex cuz well yeah that's what we're doing lolz (which we're now working on chapter 7 of and somewhere over 36k)

thanks for the tags today @suseagull5914 @jmagnabo92 @eusuntgratie

BIG OPEN TAG TO ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO PLAY (and some other tags down below)

Unbeknownst to the dragon, Henry watches him with the young horses from one of the tower’s narrow windows, hidden behind thick curtains. He tells himself it’s idle curiosity and nothing more. But he cannot seem to look away. This is the first time he’s seen Alex in the human form he didn’t know he had. There is something in the way Alex moves in both his forms, but especially his human one—strength wrapped in softness, wildness tempered by care. His smile is full and genuine when he crouches to scratch behind one of the young horse’s ears. He looks… happy. And somehow, watching him like this, the prince feels an ache low in his chest. Not painful, not unpleasant—just unfamiliar. He’s never seen a dragon play; he’s never imagined one could keep their large form nimble enough to play with young horses. Never thought a creature like that—wings and scales and fire—could also be a man who brushes a horse’s mane and repairs a fence for animals he’s sure most dragons would just eat. And now Henry can’t stop wondering what else there is to Alex. His thoughts trail like smoke—curling, elusive, but persistent. What else is there to the dragon who is not just a friend to horses but beloved by them, whose smile reaches the corners of his eyes, and never once, that Henry has seen, roars just for the sake of it? The question settles as a restless thing in his chest and tugs at his composure. Somehow, this dragon is nudging at the walls he’s built around his heart as if they’re some brittle, easy-to-demolish thing. He’s drawn to him by some thread he can’t see, but the more days he spends here, with him, the more it only feels stronger.

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[caterpills]

(Six)(Seven) Several Sentence Sunday

I'm 2-for-2 this week in writing memes, what's going on. Many thanks for the tags this Sunday from @onthewaytosomewhere @dezinthecloud @suseagull5914 @sophie1973 More rough draft of the time traveler AU? Sure.

"I've been put on probation for three weeks," Alex says, flopping dramatically over the front counter and onto a half-finished garment. Henry is silent, unspooling wine-colored thread, unmoved by Alex's thunderous arrival. Henry actually tugs the fabric free from under the dead weight of Alex's body, as if Alex is some inconvenient rock in his way. And, yeah, technically, he is, but he came to Henry for support, not to be ignored. Alex frowns. "You're not even going to ask why?" "I don't need to," Henry says, threading a needle with casual precision and beginning to stitch a button to—what Alex can tell, now that it isn't being crushed against the counter— an eighteenth-century waistcoat. Western European, if Alex tried to guess. With his attention still focused on his sewing, Henry sounds like he already knows the answer when he asks, "You attempted to stop the JFK assassination, didn't you?" Alex lets out a loud, exasperated groan. "Fucking grassy knoll conspiracy theory bullshit. I almost had him." Henry is silent again, but this time, Alex catches the corner of his mouth twitch, fighting a smile.

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[curreres]

any day off from work was a blessing for kj, especially considering how busy she could be even on her off days. she still had quite a few errands to run but she figured that she'd definitely earned a stop at the daily grind for an iced coffee — even just the thought of it was making her mouth water.

she's brought out of her thoughts when out of the corner of her eye she notices someone drop something on the ground, specifically someone that she didn't recognize (and definitely didn't look like they belonged in a place like this). without really thinking, she bends over to grab the folder. "shit, sorry," she apologizes when she notices that he's bent over to grab it, too, and returns to her full height to hold it out in offering to him.

Location: Outside the Daily Grind Open to all!

Laurent had never been so broke. Not since he was a kid.

He thought of his Greco-roman style Villa, the one he had left behind in Monaco and almost just started weeping. He thought of the pool and the courtyard, and the fact that he had staff. God he missed having people to do things for him. How he fucking missed having a maid. There was no way he was able to afford one now and who knew using a vacuum could be so frustrating.

With a slim folder full of sheet music tucked under his arm, Laurent was scowling like a leopard with a headache when she reached into his coat pocket for a cigarette. He was just bougie enough to have his own little slim metal case, the kind that even had a space for your zippo if you were so inclined. Laurent was a matches kind of guy though.

Laurent had the cigarette between his teeth, hands cupped around the end to spare himself a non-light situation and was half contemplating a latte when he dropped his folder. The thing was zipped tight, thank god, so nothing went scattering but still. Laurent dropped his head back and had a vicious and violent thought that did little to calm the tension curling like vines around his bones. He wanted to start screaming.

He sucked hard on the cigarette and with his pride long abandoned, bent down to pick up his belongings.

[archiesinamerica]

movies i wanna see riverdale actors in

(i will fully admit i am not the most familiar with most of the riverdale actors work outside of riverdale. i am working largely off vibes and procrastination.)

kj apa: good lord something gay. he needs to be doing josh o'connor shit (challengers, god's own country, new benoit blanc if lucky) in the sense of finding movies where he can look longingly at another man. i wanna wake up to a story of him robert pattinson emailing the safdie brothers or whatever to get him into a gregg araki movie. he could do fight club. essentially i think he needs to be sweaty, dripping with blood, and have an excuse to do the thing where a leading man stares at his reflection in a bathroom mirror and questions what's he's done with his life. there needs to be some dance number like that mads mikkelsen film for fifi to come out.

lili reinhart: ik she's been in some thrillers but i want to see her in a full on horror film. considering the ethel cain connection i could see her doing something with a preachers daughter vibe maybe? or she's coming back to her small religious town after getting the fuck out at eighteen bc her mom's dead and she has to face the town and then oh no the horrors. she should do a slasher, final girl or maybe play a hitcher 1986 type beat. she could do midsommar or the vvitch. wait actually i wanna see her in a robert eggers film. or a emma seligman film. her facial reactions would've been so good for bottoms and she could've done excellent in something like shiva baby.

camila mendes: i wanna see her do a heist film!! i think she could do something like oceans eight or maybe charade. she could've done la la land and yes i know about música and i think she could do more musical things. i kind of want something like what happened with ayo edebiri to happen to her so she can also be in some luca guadaningo film, i think she could do very well in it. i could see her as a muse for an artist who slowly grows resentful of him and becomes an artist herself, or maybe even phantom thread. i think she could've been jennifer tilly in bound. she would be so good in a noir film too, as a wife covering up the fact she murdered her husband.

madeleine petsch: i kind of want to see her in a holiday hallmark film for comedy points. no but seriously i think she could be on the white lotus. mike white come over i got another talented redhead!!! i'm definitely pulling from a fic but i would love to see her in something where she has to roller skate or do roller derby i think it makes so much sense for her. she could've done jennifer's body or debs. she should be a witch a la hocus pocus or glinda in og wizard of oz movie, or in some kind of fairytale movie like mirror mirror or the company of wolves.

vanessa morgan: she deserves to be a leading lady of something. i kinda want her to be a vampire again bc i think it would be fun, or maybe something like blade? i would not be opposed to getting her on iwtv. i think she could very much be in a rian johnson benoit blanc film, either helping out the investigation, doing the martha/andi thing. i would love to see her in a romance film, maybe even something like lost in translation. i think she could've done the watermelon woman. or maybe a barry jenkins moonlight or celine song past lives sort of deal.

charles melton: he's in may december so hopefully will get recognised more and go on to do great things. i want him in a wes anderson film, i think he could do it, french dispatch or asteroid city type of thing. he should also go for being a romantic lead again, again, he definitely could've done challengers. i think he could've done queer as drew starkey. or a stephen chow comedy, thinking really specifically about that one bit of him pulling out jingle jangle w an OoO face, though he doesn't have the kung fu chops for it. left field but i kinda wanna see him in a shakespeare adaptation just to see how he would handle it. he could also do westerns imo, maybe even something like zachariah? kinda wanna see him in a sean baker film.

cole sprouse: lisa frankenstein. love a film where he keeps his trap shut

[vonbabbitt]

20k Party Guest Announcement - KJ

KJ!! super excited to announce that KJ, voice of harada keizou, will be joining the stream! please look forward to seeing him!

please note that this list is subject to change - this is a thread of everyone who is currently planned to attend! it will be subject to ongoing updates!

[drunkkara]

Won't be able to get my medicine until at least another 3 days

[curreres]

"your work apron? i swore i washed it and hung it up to dry," kj responds as she turns away from where she was 'making dinner' at the counter — or in other words, plating up some food she'd grabbed from the diner. "maybe it made its way into the hall closet or something. i can take a look around if you want."

who: kj thompson ( @curreres )

"Hey KJ, have you seen my work apron? I've looked everywhere and I can't find it." Kira sought out her sister in the house, looking a bit stressed. She had time before work still, but she usually always put her apron in the same place but now it seemed to have disappeared.

[more-profound-bond]

Queer Books for Pride Month:

"The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting" by KJ Charles

Another one of my comfort books on this list.

It explores many different relationship dynamics.

Of course we've got queer romance there, but there are also a different kinds of sibling relationships, a lovely relationship between a step-mother and her step-daughter, a relationship between uncle and niece, a few parent-children relationships and many, many more. And even though the main focus is on Robin and Hart, every one of the relationships in the book is important and meaningful.

And as for the main plot, I think the idea of not so good fortune hunters trying to change their lives around, and finding love and their true selves in the meantime, is really appealing and you can really get lost in the story. Also the charming Robin and the not so charming Hart will absolutely steal your heart and make you root for them with true passion.

[terrorbitch]

🪻🐇 ⸻ okay, under the cut are some of my guy muses that i want to write and i wanna do some new stuff with them and i miss writing them. throwing this in the tags but pls feel free to interact even if we have threads going on!!! like this if you'd like to write with any of these muses and i'll message you and we can plot it out a little more, hehe.

gibson abernathy, bisexual, emt (matthew daddario fc) ⸺ i want to do a thread where he falls in love w his babysitter OR a thread where he runs into his high school sweetheart and she secretly had his kid.

chilton brown, bisexual, criminal lawyer (sinqua walls fc) ⸺ plots where he's defending really terrible people and there's a lot of chemistry, or a plot where he falls in love with the woman he pays to have sex with.

palmer caulfield, bisexual, student (drew starkey fc) ⸺ anything where he's with an older woman, bonus points if it's one of his profs who's married to his coach or whatever. or just a neighbor or something.

ferg franklin, bisexual, journalist/writer (logan lerman fc) ⸺ i could truly slot him into any slice of life plot? so let this sarcastic cynical dickhead with mommy issues take up a role in any plot you've been wanting to do

walter geoff, heterosexual, contractor/dealer (jeremy allen white fc) ⸺ i am begging on my kneeeees for someone to give me a long winded ship where he is working on this preacher's house all summer and the daughter is obsessed with him. like, pervert level obsessed and maybe she's a virgin and writes fantasies about him in a little journal and he finds it and confronts herrrrr. and they have this long drawn affair and at some point they scream and cry in the rain whatevEERRR!!!

lincoln hunt, heterosexual, professor (robert pattinson fc) ⸺ student/teacher except she's pursuing him like crazy and he doesn't know how to handle it!!! orrrr his childhood best friend asks him to help her make a baby and it's strictly platonic but it takes a while and they both discover a lot of things about each other

silas huxley, bisexual, pilot (theo james fc) ⸺ i have no idea... i want to write him sooo bad BUT idk what to do with him so if you want to write with some himbo ego maniac pilot and think he would fit a plot you want

dax martinez, bisexual, author for children's books (oscar isaac fc) ⸺ a plot where he pays for an escort's time upfront for an entire year (like a million or whatever) and they go through that all and then eventually we get to the end where it's the last day and idk it's emotional ?

archie sorrentino, bisexual, loser (dominic sessa fc) ⸺ the hot popular girl from high school hits him up after years bc she thinks his weirdness is hot and feels bad that her high school boyfriend bullied him like crazy. orrr maybe she's married to the hs boyfriend and runs into archie and they sleep together regularly and the hs boyfriend is her husband or w/e and archie is the father of her unborn baby?? lol OOOORRRRR mean rich girl who wants him as a little pet to dress up and drag around places

gunner sao, heterosexual, broadway actor (kj apa fc) ⸺ reality show things where he actually takes it seriously??? (love island, the bachelorette, etc) OR he falls in love with one of the producers (olderrrrr??) and desperately tries to stay on to stay with her

kofi parker, bisexual, woodworker (trevante rhodes fc) ⸺ also maybe a reality show thing but bc of his tik tok following and he's a fish out of water?? OR stardew valley esque where the new farmer leans on him for help and he builds stuff and they fall in love and it's sooo cute

plots in general i want to write, could be with these guys:

being on a super packed bus and grinding on each other

serial killer lovers au

any sort of age gap where the man is younger and the woman is older

corruption sooo like a girl who is sooo desperate to be corrupted (blasphemy or even darker horror things)

multiple threads with muses who are connected! so i have lots of muses who are siblings/friends/in a band together, and if you also have that i would love to make a little world together!!!

anything supernatural and campy?

i love to write men obsessed w their girls but alsoooo... would be fun to have a girl obsessed w my guys because MOST OF THEM are total losers and in threads they're always the dumb little desperate for attention dweebs

[facewithoutheart]

On writing & Swept Away progress

For those of you who don’t know, I’m working on a novel. Updates and thoughts about writing below.

The other day, I came across this thread from KJ Charles on Bluesky that made me cry.

This was part of a larger discussion about NaNoWriMo shutting down which you can read in full on Bluesky.

It came across my feed at just the right time; I’ve spent months agonizing over my book but never pushing forward the needle. Sometimes it felt like I’d never find a path back to my computer desk. I was fully afraid of it. I had to poke a friend to hold me accountable and then reading what I’d written just made me wanna curl up under my bed and hide.

When I saw this message, I was on day two or so of pushing through to finally incorporate my alpha readers input, fixing some deep structural problems in my novel I barely wanted to admit existed let alone fix. Writing at its worst lol.

But I muscled through and it’s hard to say I’m finally done because I’m not; all I’ve done is shore up Act I which I already celebrated finishing so it hardly feels fair to say, “Yay! Progress!” But it is. It’s progress. I am celebrating it, whether I feel allowed to or not.

Today I woke up energized to write again, to tackle what I’ve written on Act II, and that feels like progress too, wanting to get back to the forward momentum.

And progress was also all the days I didn’t write. The days when I jotted down thoughts about the story but didn’t make coherent sentences. The days when I thought about my babies but didn’t write anything down. The days where I didn’t think about my book at all.

The days where I read. The days where I wrote fanfic instead. The days where I laughed and traveled and cried and lived and omfg got shingles for the MOTHERFUCKING SECOND TIME because actually it’s all kind of full circle; the last time I got shingles was in college making the same sort of decisions my MC is making so maybe it’s all happening for a reason? It’s certainly nice to think so.

I told a friend yesterday that I know I’m going to write this book, I feel it like a certainty, but I don’t want that knowledge to paralyze me or comfort me. It’s gotta be fuel.

Anyway. In case anyone was wondering. This is where I’m at.