#twisters is one of my faves this year

[ohday-nonsense]

THIS !

I really adore the casually prioritized importance of friendships in the new Twisters movie. Like obviously there were sparks of romance that i thoroughly enjoyed but the point is that that was never the point. The way that Javi and Kate took care of each other and looked out for each other even when they were fighting. The way the whole tornado wranglers crew acted like family and welcomed Kate right in. The way Tyler was genuinely interested in getting to know Kate and working together with her. There was no big fight between Javi and Tyler over Kate or anybody else. Kate spent the whole movie processing a lot of trauma and was able to be supported by the friends surrounding her instead of having all of her interactions stopped up with an intense budding romance. I just really love it when friendship and people are the most important things.

[veliseraptor]

I don't know if you're still doing this but top 5 musicians?

i can still be doing it, for sure. honestly i can still be doing top fives whenever, they're fun for me

Vienna Teng. my OTM (one true musician), queen of my musical heart, comfort artist I always come back to. I think Spotify told me I was in the top less than 1% of listeners last year? and that's been true the last several years running. I'm so excited for the new music this year that was promised to me. or if it doesn't happen this year I'll be excited for it next year, or whenever it happens, I don't even care. would try to pick a favorite song but honestly I don't know that I could

ThouShaltNot. I tripped over this one because of @shorelle back in my livejournal days and they've been a mainstay of my listening rotation ever since. I love their lyrics and their sound both. very different from most of the others on this list but still a fave, for sure. favorite song is probably "We Could Have Flown Like Pollen" though it's a toss up between a lot of them on that album.

The Crane Wives. I found these guys through "Tongues and Teeth" which is a #shipping aesthetic song and then learned that I just really like the rest of their music also. "Tongues and Teeth" probably remains my favorite of theirs but I also have a big soft spot for "The Hand That Feeds."

Delta Rae. another more recent discovery where I just really like their general sound/style. I think my favorite is "Chasing Twisters" but I also really like "Forgive the Children We Once Were."

Within Temptation. this spot was a bit of a toss up between them, Nightwish, and Blind Guardian (mostly for Nightfall on Middle Earth, lbr), but ultimately I landed on Within Temptation. bonus points for giving me hella nostalgia for a very specific period in my life. this is another one where my favorite song is a serious open question, but I am deeply attached to the entire The Silent Force album.

[jesusismyhostage]

I was tagged by @moviesludge

I haven’t done one of these in years. Thanks for the tag and for making it feel like 2014 tumblr even for just a little while. 🥹

Do you make your bed?

I do not. I’m lazy and I rarely have time. Besides, I doubt making my bed every morning will make me feel any better about myself. History will show that I never made my bed as a kid. At one point, I slept on the floor in my room because my mom made my bed and told me I couldn’t sleep in it if I refused to make it. I showed her.

Fave number?

I don’t have a favorite, but I’ve always liked 13.

What’s your job?

I’m an admin assistant at a church. Ironic, isn’t it?

Go back to school?

Maybe. I’ve kicked around the idea, but it’s not something I’m too serious about.

Can you parallel park?

Sure if you give me 20 minutes. I get stressed out and angry if I have to do it, so I’ll just drive around the block or change my plans.

Job you had that would surprise people?

I was a certified nurse’s aide in high school. My first job at 16 was in a nursing home. I did not want the job, but a class I took in high school was a prep class to get licensed by the state. I had no idea, I just wanted an easy class.

Aliens real?

I don’t know, man. Probably?

Can you drive stick?

Nope sure can’t.

Guilty pleasure?

The Challenge on MTV. It’s such a horrible show, but I can’t get enough of it.

Tattoos?

Last count was 14.

Fave color?

Black or dark green. Those are the only two colors I can wear and look somewhat decent

Fave type of music?

My go to is usually oldies (50s & 60s because I’m old) or my 90s grunge comfort albums.

Do you like puzzles? Word/mind shit, trivia, board games, etc.?

I love trivia, but I’m way too competitive and people get their feelings hurt.

Phobias?

Trypophobia. Don’t give me this nonsense about it being a fake phobia. I’ll fight you.

Favorite childhood sport?

I was not an athletic child. I did like playing badminton and kick the can.

Talk to yourself?

I talk to myself all day long.

Movies you adore?

Rear Window (Jimmy Stewart not Christopher Reeves), Amadeus, The Fugitive, Twister (not plural), The Godfather, and a bunch more I can’t think of right now.

Coffee or tea?

Coffee of course. I’ve tried to make myself like tea, but just can’t do it.

1st thing you wanted to be when you grew up?

A teacher because I wanted to write on the chalkboard all day.

I’m tagging @sharnefarn @justastheyplayoursong @alyoshas-doubts and anyone else who wants to travel back to the good old days.

[philhoffman]

Saw my baby on the big screen again tonight :’)

Special screening of Boogie Nights in 70mm—blown up from PTA’s original 35mm negative print of the film. I’ve been hoping to see Boogie Nights in theaters for a few years now and I bought tickets to this screening months ago. One of my favorite theaters, the same place I saw The Master and an early preview of Licorice Pizza! I was very excited to add this experience to my list.

Despite a lil projector malfunction towards the end of the film, it was perfect. And honestly, that hiccup was a nice reminder of the medium we were watching, how film is real and dynamic and deserves careful handling.

Big happy audience. When PSH walked on screen as Scotty J for the first time, bumbling through the backyard gate, the whole crowd stirred. It wasn’t like anything I’d seen in a theater before—it wasn’t applause, it wasn’t laughter. It was like everyone sat up a little straighter, whispered to whoever they were with, a few excited gasps and giggles. It was magnetic, electric, kinetic energy murmuring through the crowd. So special.

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about film and what it means for artists to be preserved on screen forever, or at least well past their lives on earth. There’s a line in Babylon (the only thing I remember from that messy film) about the gift actors receive—how they “spend eternity with angels and ghosts.” Ghosts, I don’t know. The couple of hours I spend with Phil through his films each week, he feels more alive than ghostly. Tonight, his Scotty J was alive and pathetic and beautiful and true. And he always will be, whenever anyone watches his work, as long as film exists, forever. So angels—maybe, yeah.

During the credits, I clapped and cheered as loud as I could at Phil’s name—my fave personal tradition since seeing Twister in theaters almost three years ago!—which made the rest of the audience get excited and applaud him, too :’) Someone behind us said “What was that for?” and their friend replied “Scotty J!” ❤️

[hangmanbradshaw]

20 questions for fic writers

Tagged by @urmomsonfire and I figured I should keep going with the writing questions today!!! (thanks kale, love u)

1. How many works do you have on AO3? 17

2. What’s your total AO3 word count? 796,198 (do we think I can crack a million in close to a year we'll see)

3. What fandoms do you write for? I'm still living in Top Gun summer so I'll just be vibing here for a while

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

i want to brainwash you into loving me forever (nfl fake dating au)

baby, i'm howlin' for you (wolves & foxes au)

i can't stop you putting roots in my dreamland (rival princes au)

loose lips sink ships all the damn time (pirates au)

Love (Suite Love) (my travlor inspired AU lmao)

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not? I try to!! I'm really behind right now because I get really sucked into writing (and life, been very busy with my social calendar at the moment) but eventually I'll go through and catch up. Writing like this is for community, ya know? Engagement? Making friends, being crazy together, it's the vibe. (Plus every time a comment notification dings, an idea angel gets its wings lmao it's my fave part- talking to people)

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? Unhappy ending? Don't know her. I guess you can make my wish come true just cuz it ends with them deciding to kidnap the president and cyclone being like oh my god

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? it's 2am and i'm cursing your name is pretty stupid sweet but also wanna be your left hand man/iwtby left off prettyyyyyyy sweet

8. Do you get hate on fics? Everyone's always been sooooo sweet.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind? *glances at my work from the corner of my eye* yes. just yes.

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written? My mummy fic has actual mummy characters. But I've written a lot of like inspired ones? Some loose, some closer. One based off the Mummy, one that's a mummy/national treasure crossover LMAO, one off Jurassic Park, one off Twister, one off Beauty & the Beast kinda, one off princess & the frog, one kinda princess diaries 2/how to lose a guy BUT I actually have an insane idea I came up with recently that would be a uhhhhhhh crossover I guess........I'm giggling as I think about it

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen? I don't think so? I hope not.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? some people have asked! So maybe soon.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before? nope! but I love to riff with other writers. i'm way too particular about my own work to co-write probably tbh

14. What’s your all time favorite ship? Hangster currently! prev: buddie, destiel, sharpay/gabriella from hsm (leave me alone lmao).

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? if I post I am going to make myself finish but I have some I've never posted that I doubt I'll finish (one's a rivals fake dating destination wedding)

16. What are your writing strengths? I'd say melancholic fluffy humor and banter, others have told me world building and being lowkey emotional

17. What are your writing weaknesses? being concise and angst actually- I struggle with that sometimes

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic? Amazing when people can do it, but I tend to avoid writing it since I'm not fluent.

19. First fandom you wrote for? High School Musical and then I took a massive break and started with Top Gun again.

20. Favorite fic you’ve written? I love all my babies for different reasons but IWTBY & That Little Farm are currently my true loves

Tagging anyone who wants to do this, also @paulmezcal as a welcome to tumblr (no pressure you def don't have to do it haha)

[tashibum]

Howdy, friend! Thank you so much for interacting with my post, which has made you one of my 10 recipients for this ask game. Also I'm still laughing about your slasher rb. No pressure at all btw, I won't be offended if you delete this.

List 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the askbox for the last 10 people who liked or reblogged something from you!

Have a great day/night 🫶

OMG girl I love your account❤️. I thought Left in Lincoln was my fave until I met Slasher. How fic writers like yourself manage to write is beyond me because I always have no motivation to complete/start a story.

Is it bad I struggled to think of things that make me happy? 😬 I have a very boring life🙈

-My mum's homemade KFC Twister wraps (garlic mayo is life)

-When I go a long stretch without any IBS symptoms/anxiety that then leads to an IBS attack

-My fave youtubers (ItalianBach, Cold Ones, Taffe316, Hell on Earth, GentleWhisperingASMR)

-Staying at home (nothing beats when plans get cancelled🙌🏻)

-Playing Hitman on xbox. Recently spent the Easter break playing it everyday

+1 more for fun

-Listening to music and dancing/runway strutting when I’m home alone (I fucked up my foot 2 years ago jumping around to Azealia Banks)

[swiftllama]

💙Smoshblr December Asks Day 10💛

What are your top 3 favourite games they’ve played on smosh games so far?

(or just your top 3 fave smosh games vids in general, if you want 🤗)

This was a tricky one to choose because there’s been so many I’ve loved over the years. I’ve went with my favourite videos for this one :-

1. 1-2-Switch Got Better! - Loved this video, especially given all the Ianthony moments 😌 Still waiting for them to replay it and have different people go against Ian and Anthony.

2. Adult Twister Bang (Game Bang) - I love so many of the Game Bangs from back in the day but this one popped into my head when trying to think of some of my favourites and it definitely is up there 😁

3. Sledding w/ Ian and Anthony (Smosh Winter Games) - This technically maybe doesn’t count as they don’t play a game in it, but it’s on the channel and I’m indulging myself! 😅 Both Summer and Winter Games were some of my faves, Winter especially, and this video was honestly one of the cutest things and if we’re ever lucky enough to see the return of SSG/SWG, I need another of these videos!

[we-return-in-waves]

YO MY FELLOW MAGIC TREEHOUSE ENJOYER

Which one was your fave? I was partial to Vacation Under the Volcano and Tonight on the Titanic.

(also did you know there's an anime movie)

MAGIC TREEHOUSE GANG

ya know i am not sure! it’s been ages since i’ve read them it’s time to a refresh. i remember having Feelingies especially for Night of the Ninjas? the was the first book ever in my life that i completed disappeared into, like i finished it and was like where am i. who am i. existential crisis for an eight year old

but i also have notable memories of Twister on Tuesday and Civil War on Sunday and the first few books of the Merlin Missions. that selkir one, help me sjdjjssj god i love that series. a true comfort set 😭 not me opening the libby app rn to check them out from the library

WHERES THIS MOVIE TELL ME RN

[floralcyanide]

🍄🏜️🎨

𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫!

find these questions and more, here!

🍄 share a headcanon for one of your favorite ships or pairings

I love some Tyler/ Boone (Twisters) my favorite headcanon is definitely there only being a single bed left at a motel or something and them having to share it <3 and this has definitely happened more than once.

🏜️ what's your favorite type of comment to receive on your work?

I love to receive any kind of comment, but my fave is when people point out a favorite line or part they enjoyed!

🎨 link your favorite piece of fanart and explain why you like it

@zowiemortem 's Turn: Washington's Spies fanart is my absolute fave and has been for years (': I'm not sure I can pick a favorite tbh

[ichika27]

The World Ends with You

(Yeah, it’s the same screenshot I used for my post about ep. 1. I couldn’t get a new one so...)

Ah, first week without the TWEWY anime to look forward to. I’m actually kinda sad cause I’d miss waiting for the episode every Saturday night (Ani-One posts theirs on that day here). I have some stuff I wanna say about the anime so I thought I’d make one of these plus this is a good way to end the twewy anime blog post series I make every week. I’ll try not to spoil until the very bottom of this post which will have a spoiler warning.

Also, this will be very long and rambly as most of my fandom posts are haha.

Story:

A boy named Neku wakes up in the middle of Shibuya with no memory and finds himself as a player in the Reaper’s Game. For a week he must partner up with a girl named Shiki and both of them must complete missions, battle creatures called noise, and survive as failure meant erasure.

Characters:

Neku Sakuraba - our main protagonist who somehow lost his memories and is now playing the Reaper’s Game. He’s a loner who isn’t too keen on getting close to anyone let alone working alongside anybody - unfortunately for him, it’s a requirement if he wants to survive. As a player he has an assortment of abilities to fight off noise and other enemies (in the game this meant he can use a lot of different pins).

Shiki Misaki - the nice and friendly Shiki becomes Neku’s partner in the Reaper’s Game. Unlike Neku she has knowledge of the game and fills Neku in on things he doesn’t understand. Her ability is to control her stuffed toy called Nyantan/Mr. Mew which she uses in combat.

Beat - the tough skateboarding player, he’s somewhat more like the typical hot-blooded shounen protagonist when compared to Neku. He’s protective of those he care about especially his game partner, Rhyme. He uses his skateboard in battle.

Rhyme - Beat’s game partner who is a lot kinder and calmer than him. Rhyme tends to be the one to reason with Beat when needed and the two are always seen together.

Yoshiya Kiryu - a mysterious boy who seem to know more than he lets on and acts at times acts suspicious. He prefers to be called by the nickname Joshua.

Sanae Hanekoma - a cafe owner who helps out Neku and the others and would give them advice. His advice prove to be very helpful and Neku takes them to heart. Seem to have a lot of knowledge about the Reaper’s Game but doesn’t seem to be a reaper himself.

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Thoughts:

(I tried my best to not be spoilery in the character descriptions so some names weren’t written in full)

The World Ends with You (or in the original Japanese “Subarashiki Kono Sekai”/It’s a Wonderful World) is an anime based on the video game of the same name. It had to compress an entire game’s worth of story within it’s 12 episode run which meant they cut out a lot of things and combined some scenes to quickly run through them. It’s theme song is the anime version of the game’s original OP “Twister” although this wasn’t what was originally planned but an incident involving the band who sang the original theme forced them to make changes. The original voice actors from the game also reprised their roles for the anime. The series is created to be watched before the release of the long-awaited sequel game.

The art style is made to be similar to it’s game version (with a bit of change to adapt it as an anime like when it comes to body proportions). They also retained the effect of the characters from the UG (players/reapers) being brightly colored while those from the RG having darker/muted colors. While the noise are obviously cg, I personally liked this since they’re said to be from a different plane anyways so it’s a nice contrast to those from the UG and RG. They had to update the setting though as years had passed since the original game’s creation and they had to model anime version of Shibuya to what it’s real life counterpart now looks. The characters are also given smartphones instead of the flip phones they had in the game (anime-only watchers who are gonna play the game would have to get used to them still using flip phones though lol).

Okay so story-wise... it’s rushed. Of course it is. They shortened it so that what’s left would mostly be important plot points from the main story but they cut out many scenes that consist of character interactions and several little things that could’ve fleshed out the characters more. The gameplay is also made simpler with some mechanics taken away and the mini games weren’t adapted (RIP to Reaper Creeper and Tin Pin Slammer, especially the latter as you’re severely missed). The game boast an assortment of characters and some NPCs have their own stories but due to the anime’s limited run time, they had to either be cut out (and are just given cameos) or given smaller roles (and their stories weren’t adapted). They did, however, give a few bits and pieces of information that weren’t in the game such as some details about certain characters and one supporting character was given a bit more screentime that they did in the game version.

Despite the rushed nature of the series (which may or may not affect how one views the story itself), the anime made sure to adapt several important scenes and the dramatic stuff is made worse... like, they really had to make some deaths harder to take. The battle scenes were nice as well although my biggest complaint about them is that the boss fights were over too quickly. There were scenes that were changed for the anime version and there are those that I liked and those I didn’t but there are many which I think was as good as the game’s version.

Do I recommend the anime? The game is better, the characters and story are more fleshed out and the way the character/relationship development happens is better paced so of course, me, biased already would tell you to play the game instead if you haven’t yet. Do I recommend those who played the game to watch the anime? Yes! Yes I do. I think the anime is better watched when you’ve played the game and know the stuff that they cut out cause it’ll make better sense that way. Plus I found it enjoyable seeing the scenes from the game animated and the characters are speaking whole dialogues and moving. It’s great!

Even if the anime wasn’t perfect, like I mentioned before, they did their best to condense the entire main story in a 12 episode series and it tried to be as faithful as it could to the original story so despite the deviations when it comes to how things got to the way they did, if you summarize important plot points, they would be the same (with some details changed). Overall, it was very enjoyable and it wasn’t as bad as I feared when I heard how many episodes the anime was going to have.

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Some spoiler thoughts:

It would’ve been better if the anime had more episode count than just 12. Cramming a 3 week story of game into just 12 made the thing very rushed with Week 1 only getting three episodes, Week 2 getting four, and final Week getting five. They had to get to the good stuff so they cut off a lot of scenes where the characters are interacting with each other which means they suddenly get character developments and relationship developments too quickly. It might not be that obvious to anime-only watchers but to me, it felt kinda sudden and it feels like it doesn’t work out well story-wise since Neku had to learn how to trust other people and make friends and with how he started vs. how he came out of it contrasting each other.

By the way, they made the characters look good in the anime. Especially Joshua. Have you seen Joshua? He’s so pretty in the anime. I want a picture of him I could stare at anytime I want to (I do not own a phone, sadly).

I like how they gave Eri more scenes though and that they changed her outfit for the anime so she won’t look exactly like UG!Shiki. All of her scenes though made me feel like I wish the anime gave closure to Shiki’s own story by showing us her and Eri making up. Another scene I liked in the anime is Neku’s fanboying of CAT when he finds out the truth. It was adorable.

Some info was taken away from the anime. Beat and Rhyme leaving home had scene dialogue and unlike Beat just narrating it in-game but they didn’t mention specifically why he was angry and his trouble at home. Joshua wasn’t present when Sota and Nao gave Neku a pep-talk either which is a shame cause I think that helped Josh as well. 

I mentioned before how the anime made things go too fast. They cut off chunks of not-main-plot story that let the characters interact with each other more which means each game day is shortened as well. I think it made sense that Neku wakes up at the scramble in the end and not stressed out because he didn’t go through as much as his game counterpart did. That said, game Neku learned a lot from more than just the main cast in the game compared to the anime so I like his character development in the game better.

They took away Tin Pin Slammer. I am sad and disappointed. I was hoping so bad for Another Day to be adapted even if it’s an OVA. That and the ramen incident are part of Josh’s week which meant some side of him wasn’t shown (I mean, anime fans don’t know he wasn’t there on week 3 since he’s busy playing a kid’s game elsewhere and how he could talk about food like he is from a cooking anime). Speaking of Josh, they made him very suspicious from the get-go in the anime. I understand as there’s a limited run-time and they can’t really afford to be subtle about it but it meant some of the fun interactions with Neku is gone and so are some scenes where they actually got along. At least they had ice cream together, I guess?

(I have more to say when it comes to Joshua cause he’s my fave character but this is long and my thoughts on it would make this way longer. I might make another post.)

In the end, it wasn’t perfect but the anime was fun and enjoyable enough that I found myself looking forward to it every week. Seeing scenes I recognize from the game in animated form (with voice acting!) felt exciting and awesome. I’ll miss this show and I still wish it was longer.

If you’ve read this far well, thank you. And also I’m confused why but still hopefully that was a good time-killer. I have so many other things I wanted to comment on but that’s for another time. Maybe.

[beeblackburn]

Ghosts for the fandom ask as well! 👀

The first character I ever fell in love with: Thomas Thorne. “Ah, she’s gone” remains one hell of a delightful line delivery. And his following melodrama was just amazing to sit through. I love dramatic™ bitches.

A character that I used to love/like, but now do not: I... honestly don’t know? Like, I generally like every character in this series and that’s not particularly a small feat. I suppose if I had to choose... the Captain or Mike, and only because I’ve come to realize their later more self-centered/forcible moments were there from the get-go, from the Captain’s complaining about Fanny’s screaming and Mike taking out a loan without talking about it with Alison while she was in a coma, not necessarily because I dislike them.

A ship that I used to love/like, but now do not: Ummm, none! I generally agree with the ships in this series. 

My ultimate favorite character™: Thomas Thorne, he usually guarantees a laugh with any line reading, he looks good, he usually holds back before his crush on Alison gets too creepy, The Thomas Thorne Affair and Free Pass helps explain his more romantic tendencies and the former genuinely floored me with some of its twists and that last revelation broke my damn heart. Poor Isabelle and Thomas. They lost so much because the first Lord Button was a selfish arse. And I adore that Thomas was the first one who sung along In the Bleak Midwinter with Alison. I hope all the best for him.

Prettiest character: Kitty or Thomas. Kitty’s more my type, and I love her dress, but Thomas has those floofy locks to die for.

My most hated character: FUCK LORD BUTTON THE FIRST WITH A MUSKET BALL. That being said, I don’t come out of the Christmas Special respecting Mike’s sisters. And, depending on how Kitty’s backstory goes, her sister’s set to replace Lord Button the First. Honestly, I feel like I come out of this series hating cousins and sisters.

My OTP: Mike/Alison. Aside from some hiccups, Mike’s genuinely supportive and follows Alison’s lead and Alison grounds Mike’s eccentrics or flights of fear. They’re not friction-less, but they feel lived-in, have little jokes with each other, and are a couple who love each other and work through their problems.

My NOTP: Yeah, still none.

Favorite episode: Man, there’s a spoil of riches in Season 2 alone, but I keep revisiting Happy Death Day, Getting Out, About Last Night, Redding Weddy, The Thomas Thorne Affair, and Bump in the Night. If I had to narrow it down... The Thomas Thorne Affair, Bump in the Night or The Ghost of Christmas all vie for favorite.

The Thomas Thorne Affair is the best flashback episode Ghosts got, given it’s got a ton of narrative room to breathe around the death in question (I love Redding Weddy, but I wanted more scenes between the Captain and Lieutenant Havers), allowing for multiple perspectives to see the death, and I love how many holes get plugged up by POVs like Kitty’s or get misdirected off-track like Robin’s or get made into a more interesting imaginary scenario like the Captain’s (real talk, his take never fails to make me laugh, bless you, Captain). It’s all hilarious (that bird getting shot by Thomas’ gun as he falls is my second-guiltiest laugh of the series) but it also speaks to a very real idea of our memories: that we edit, we revise, we look back with nostalgia or clean up the messier bits. Add in the twists and the Mike subplot and it all adds up to a tragic tale whose theme is about how another man’s utter selfishness is capable of destroying a relationship between two lovers through violence, either directly or by proxy. It’s delightfully hilarious, but it hits so hard and Thomas’ words about the truth making it all worse twists my heart.

I feel Bump in the Night is the funniest episode Ghosts’ got. It’s not particularly serious, there are no real stakes, given one of the burglars is terrible at theft, it’s just a bunch of total morons fumbling through a breaking-and-entering and it’s amazing. Fanny complaining that the burglars are terrible at theft, the Ghosts calling for 999, only to not think through how to communicate, them trying to communicate with Mike via a creepy doll’s eyelids, Alison immediately realizing Mike’s in the wardrobe, Julian writing “2 of them” instead of 2 like a non-dumbass, MIKE IN THE SUIT OF ARMOR, it’s all amazingly funny, but at the same time, it’s all underlined by the emotional truth that Alison, Mike, and the Ghosts have come far enough that the Ghosts are willing to help them out because they like them, instead of scaring them off or causing problems like in Season 1. Alison verbalizes it, but the more touching scene is how she thanks Robin, the Ghost that first scared her because he had nothing better to do, for getting Barclay to help them and he just nods humbly back. This episode is full of idiots, but it’s got a decent amount of heart in it that gives it weight beyond the laughs.

The Ghost of Christmas probably has one of my favorite theses on why we endure the holidays with our families, despite it never being as magical as can be. There’s stuff to nitpick like how I don’t like how Mike’s sisters delight in Mike throwing a fit, going so far to film it, and some of Julian’s scenes with the baby run a bit long for my taste, but I really do like Julian’s summation of Christmas: that it’s perfect because it’s not perfect and that we should be grateful of any time we spend with family, because it will all go away someday, as the ghosts can testify. We take the good with the bad. There are some delightful humor bits like the Ghosts needling the Captain and Thomas to join in on Twister, Fanny looking up at the tall tree from the seeds they planted, Mike’s dad having a chainsaw, and Julian waving off his daughter being a MP of the Green Party (screw you, Julian, she rules because of that), but there’s also the theme of family in the emotional scene. When Mike’s dad tells him they’re overbearing because someday they won’t get to do things for him, there’s a heartwarming irony that, even past death, the Ghosts are there for Alison, their newest family member. This episode made me realize just how... barren Alison’s biological family connections are from the first episode’s mentioning that there were no other direct relatives. And In the Bleak Midwinter is a gorgeous song that cuts as a certain truth: just because others can’t see your family doesn’t make them any less real to you. 

Saddest death: Thomas dying all alone at the tree, no one living by his side, feeling the sting of being rejected one final time at the end because his cousin was a selfish arse who capitalized on a woman he didn’t love for her estate? God, this bears repeating, but fuck Lord Button the First.

Favorite season: Oh, definitely Season 2. I love Season 1, but I’m not a huge fan of second-hand embarrassment and seeing Alison get embarrassed by her reacting to ghosts that others can’t see made me wince quite a few times. I much prefer Season 2′s handling of Alison and the Ghosts and how they work.

Least favorite season: Season 1. I don’t take to the more second-hand embarrassment humor of that season, but I do love every episode except Free Pass. It’s still a great season with episodes like Happy Death Day, Moonah Ston, and Getting Out. Special mention to Happy Death Day, which was the first time I realized Ghosts could balance the comedy and the darkness with sincere emotion without them undercutting each other at the wrong time.

Character that everyone else in the fandom loves, but i hate: Now? Not really. In the first season though, I sometimes found Kitty a little too grating, possessive, and intrusive. Not that I don’t get where she’s coming from, her childhood sounds lonely and painful in ways she doesn’t fully comprehend and ghosthood hasn’t exactly made her any less lonely in some ways, most times I understand, but sometimes, like at the start of Getting Out where I feel she really should pump the brakes. 

That being said, her backstory’s gonna break me. I just know it.

My ‘you’re piece of trash, but you’re still a fave’ fave: Fanny or the Captain. They really can be abrasive or domineering in that first season, the Captain steamrolling over Pat from time to time and Lady Fanny’s nitpicking and homophobia, but I do get why they are that way and they do get better.

My ‘beautiful cinnamon roll who deserves better than this’ fave: Kitty, who deserves all the blankets for that childhood. Mary, who likely has a mental illness and got burnt because of that. Humphrey, who doesn’t deserve being ignored by the Ghosts.

My ‘this ship is wrong, nasty, and makes me want to cleanse my soul, but i still love it’ ship: Thomas/Alison. Thomas, sometimes, your behavior can get a little too much regarding Alison. That first (thankfully only) peep at her in the shower, I know you’ve been frustrated for years as a Ghost, but noooooooo. That being said, when Thomas respects her boundaries and is a supportive friend (have I mentioned how touching In the Bleak Midwinter is?), I dig them.

My ‘they’re kind of cute, and i lowkey ship them, but i’m not too invested’ ship: Pat/Cap. Not that I don’t get it, and it promises heartwarming feels and heartbreak (Pat moving on after they hook up and Captain having to watch another leave him again, but this time, Captain got to admit his feelings before the leaving) and they are rather adorable together, but I’m more waiting for the narrative to acknowledge the possibility before launching myself into the ship full-time.

[chroniclesofalonewolf]

AN APPRECIATION POST TO MY FAVE PIG-TAILED GIRLS IN ANIME (in no particular order)

YUU KOITO (Bloom Into You)

Her Deal: The person that Touko Nanami fell head-over-heels in love with. Claimed that she would never fall in love with anyone - but of course you know that isn't true.

The moment when Yuu is starting to 'feel it': During their school's sport fest, at the relay race (Chapter 16 of the manga). The anime made it even more dramatic (Episode 9 - On Your Marks/The Unheard Start Signal), by playing Riko Azuna's "Rise" during that scene.

HINA AMANO (Weathering With You)

Her Deal: Can control the weather. The so-called 'Sunshine Girl'.

The Great Escape: On probably one of the most epic scenes in the movie, Hodaka attempts to bring Hina back to the ground. The things we do for love.

UMI MATSUZAKI (From Up on Poppy Hill)

Her Deal: Raises flags in memory of her father. Does chores in her grandma's boarding house where she and her sibs are staying (read: perfect 'wife' material). The Latin Quarter's saving grace.

That 'fair girl': Umi's raising flags didn't go unnoticed. In the Latin Quarter Weekly (their school's newsletter), a poem about her appeared on its pages. It is written by her eventual love interest, Shun Kazuma.

CHIYO MIHAMA (Azumanga Daioh)

Her Deal: Child prodigy that is accelerated to high school. Class president for 3 straight years. Can do almost EVERYTHING - well, except for sports and tongue twisters (or so she claims).

Peak Chiyo-Chan cuteness: In their Second Year Cultural Festival (Episode 16 of the anime), Chiyo wore the now (in)famous penguin suit made by Kaori to promote their class' Cafe.

HARUKA OGASAWARA (Sound! Euphonium)

Her Deal: Kitauji High School Concert Band President during the series' two-season run. Plays the baritone sax.

The President Breaks Out: On episode 7 ('Station Concert') of season 2, Haruka seeks the support of the band amidst the whole Asuka mess and their Nationals preps. She also slays her baritone sax solo like there's no tomorrow during the band's station concert performance of "Takarajima".

SHEETA (Laputa: Castle in the Sky)

Her Deal: The first of many heroines in the Studio Ghibli catalog.

Heir to the throne: Her full name is actually Lusheeta Toel Ul Laputa, making her the last of the Laputa clan and heir to the famed Laputa castle. That is until Muska shows up.

[blackfemmejeanvaljean]

my laptop is still not working so instead of being productive I'm gonna just infodump about what was absolutely the best fanfiction I have ever read in my entire life so I strongly encourage y'all to skip this post because this is really embarrassing and I'm gonna be a real bastard about it (but also just read the fanfiction. it was amazing and I highly recommend it)

Link to Realize

gonna break this insane ramble down to five parts: I explain why I was reading rocket power fanfiction in the first place, I briefly explain the pitch with no spoilers, I give my calm and collected opinion on why it's worth your time and finally my original review with all the passion and light to moderate spoilers (it's a fun read imo and only my opinion) and finally the fanmade playlist

and then I never mention it again

okay let's begin!

Part 1: What Type of Fucking Weirdo Wastes Time Reading Rocket Power Fanfiction

All right here me out. The year was 2008. The summer between middle school and high school. I was a pretty lonely kid and my parents rarely let me out of the house. I'm not kidding. I did what many sheltered children did I glued myself to the internet. So I came across a little show called Total Drama Island. The show itself was great but what really impressed me was the show's potential for fanfiction was so great I revived my former love for the genre. I read, I wrote, I messaged boarded. I had a swell time. In addition to TDI I read fanfiction from a number of different fandoms from my childhood. Some quite good, some (most) that made me regret learning how to read. The gems were 'faved' to be enjoyed at a later date. Little did I know that date wouldn't come for another 12 years.

The year is 2020. The year of face masks, hand sanitizer, and uncertainty. We live in such exciting times and yet we spend most of our days inside. Bored. Restless. Longing for something, anything to do. I keep busy streaming television programs, cooking, and growing my Instagram following. I explore reddit. I plan for a future beyond the constraints of quarantine. Maybe when all this is over I'll move to NYC and start all over again? I drink wine by the box full. I gain 30 pounds and join a gym. Then one faithful day the siren call of nostalgia leads me to my old fanfiction page. I cringe at my bio section. Marvel at how bad the writing I was once so proud of was. And finally I pour through the pages of old favorite stories. Among the incredibly bad fandom works I find one that I vaguely remember from the Rocket Power fandom. It felt odd that at 14 I would have read fanfiction from a show that was at the time cancelled 4 years earlier but then I remember like these current times I was under a sort of quarantine of my parents design. I was bored and gasping at straws for something to break up the monotony. The story itself was brief, what the locals refered to as a one shot involving the couple I causally shipped before I fully understood what shipping was: Twister and Reggie. In the story's brevity I found what could pass for genuine human emotion. The characters lept to life from my phone screen. For a moment I was 14 again sitting at the family computer passing away another summer's day. I returned to home that kept me prisoner but I was a caged bird singing.

I couldn't help but wonder: if one person could deliver such elegance for this pairing had others picked up on the potential for this love story the show's writers neglected to even hint at. What hidden gems lay ahead of me. I found myself tapping for the Rocket Power section. However there was one glaring problem. In the 21 years Rocket Power has existed less than 500 fanfictions were written about the work. And most of them were unreadable. I was distraught. I had opened my heart to this pairing just to find a deadend. I nearly resigned myself back to my streaming service when a little voice whispered ao3. My searched continued. There were even fewer available on ao3 and what was available was somehow worse than familiar fanfiction.net (I won't go into detail but there's some fucked up people on that website). Just as I was ready to throw in the towel, I came across it. The story that would forever change my perception of what a fanfiction could be. I readied myself for a few hours of indulgent content but nothing could prepare me for the paradise I uncovered.

Part 2: Well, Bitch What Is It About

Basically, without giving too much away Twister is in love with Reggie but Reggie has a boyfriend. A masterpiece ensures.

Part 3: That's It??? How Is That Different From Any Other Fanfiction

Realize is a masterpiece. I'm not saying that to be cute. It is so materfully written it could have easily been sold as a romance novel down at the airport and it would have became an instant classic and a movie. The actual story was written over the span of six years and so much attention to detail went into this work. It is so rare to find a fanwork that the author took as seriously as an original writer takes their work seriously. You won't find spelling and grammar mistakes, unflushed out plotlines nor will you find flat characters nor forced dialogue. It avoids the worst that fanfiction has the offer. Instead you will find a work that is not only true to the source material but expands upon the idea and creates an entire world. And in this world you find closure. Closure for a show that inspired me to not only rollerblade but to believe in and value friendship and my own sibling. I strongly consid3e this to be the true ending of the series. That's how seemless this fanwork blends with the regular series despite taking place 6 years later. Even if you've never even heard of Rocket Power you could still find enjoyment in this fanfiction (but probably not the original show because it...hasn't aged well...). If you want to something that proves fanfiction can be art while also making you believe in love this is your moment. Read Realize.

Part 4: My Actual Review As Copied and Pasted from AO3

I don't know quite how to describe what I'm feeling right now but there is A LOT OF IT. I'm going to try my damnest to express the amount of joy in my heart, the endorphins in my brain and the love in my soul. This whole thing hit me in my fucking soul. I've never felt this way in my life about a fanfiction. This is off the charts. This was so good I would slap my mama over it. Did you secretly write for the original show? Where you bullshitting with that last message? This was professional in different areas. What the fuck. You were in your bag! Wow so many different moments stood out like like the tattoo parlor, the slow dance in the street, Trish's victory, fucking Sam's speech. The four of them hitting us with one final woggity woggity woggity. This fic broke me. It broke me and I entered a new era in my life. I'm a new person and I'd like to think I'm a better person for experiencing this. I didn't just read this I experienced this fic. I could go all fucking night about how much I loved every goddamn moment in this story. I could and I will definitely be back to give you more compliments (I don't care if you never read these reviews since this story is 4 years old I need an outlet). The ending, child, the ending had me believing that true love is real and it's out there (even though I don't have any childhood friends to fall madly in love with). This fundamentally changed me as a person I cannot stress this enough. I literally forgot about coronavirus for a moment when I was reading the ending. All my worries were gone because I was so engrossed by the sheer professional quality of which this was written. I was *in* Ocean Shores at the luau. I could smell the pig roasting and see the fire juggling and feel the sand between my toes. It was like I was there. Not to mention you brought back the Stimpletons, and Sherri and even "That's the spirit!" guy. This provided some much much much needed closure for me, a huge fan of Rocket Power that missed the final episode as a kid. The show never felt truly complete because it was abruptly cancelled in my world. But here I've found solace in knowing that Twister and Reggie found true love, the gang remained friends all their lives, they're going to succeed professionally in their lives. Some irritating people dislike happy ending because they're not real enough for them but for me they reflect real life in a way pessimistic views cannot. And you have given me the gift of a happy ending for the show that helped me cope with my childhood loneliness. You have given me hope for my own future.

This not only my favorite fanfiction it's one of my favorite pieces of writing altogether. Congratulations. I'm so proud of you, stranger on the internet.

Part Five: Xandra Made A Fan Playlist

It's based on songs that I like that remind me of the story as well as songs that inspired the story.

Thanks for letting me vent y'all. Sorry I'm such an embarrassment. Except I'm not sorry. Read Realize and please talk to me about it

[snarkandsarcasmftw]

twenty questions

I was tagged by the lovely @adampage @cowboyshit @hungmanhorsecarriage @hotyeehawman on my writing blog snarkwriteswrasslin and @wardl0w - my bb. So, now that my laptop is FINALLY fixed, I’m just gonna do this real quick. My tags will be at the bottom but it’s no pressure to do this, okay?

what do you prefer to be called name-wise?

Ashley. A few people on here call me Snark and I don’t mind it, honestly. So, Ashley or Snark, whatever works for you.

when is your birthday?

November 2. I’m a whole year older now. And not the least bit wiser.

where do you live?

North Dakota

three things you are doing right now?

Listening to Spotify, answering this and setting up my computer / whining about it via text to J.

four fandoms that have peaked your interest.

Sons of Anarchy, wrestling, The Walking Dead, Supernatural and Stranger Things. There’s way more than four, jsyk.

how has the pandemic been treating you?

I mean... It could’ve been worse, but it could be so much fucking better too. My dad got Covid not too long ago, yeah, that scared the fuck out of me. I’m always worried that family or friends will get it. It’s made my anxiety grow in leaps and bounds, but beyond that, we’ve (my husband and I) been lucky in that it hasn’t been a huge strain on us financially *knocks on wood profusely bc luck.*

a song you can’t stop listening to right now?

Under The Graveyard- Ozzy Osbourne

recommend a movie.

Uhhh... Shit... Lemme think. Oh!! Sweet Home Alabama. It’s not my usual type movie, but it is one of my guilty pleasure ones. Twister though... That’s my alltime fave guilty pleasure movie, so either of those.

how old are you?

36. I’m an old lady.

school, university, occupation, other?

previously worked as a server, a few other similar jobs. Currently am not working but when this Rona shit eases up more, I’m gonna start looking for office type work again...

do you prefer heat or cold?

Neither. I want it kind of in the middle. Otherwise, I get to be a whiny little bitch about it. I can’t stand being too hot or too cold.

name one fact others may not know about you.

I was born with a condition called congenital hypothyroidism. Honestly, it’s not a big deal other than the chance that I may well not be able to ever have children bc it’s known to cause fertility issues...

are you shy?

Sober, yes. Drunk? Nooooo fuckin way bud. Online? Hell to the nah. I’ll pretty much talk to anyone online or when I’m drunk (unless you’re being obnoxious or a shithead or you’re a goddamn porn bot on here / you send me dick pics bc ew gross) but when I’m sober and IRL, not online? I do not speak a whole lot. And it’s not so much being shy as it is just preferring not to talk much IRL? Like.. I can just chill with someone in the room and be perfectly content.

preferred pronouns?

her/she.

biggest pet peeves?

uhhh, fuck.. silverware scraping teeth when people eat, even though I used to do that myself... Smacking when someone chews... People who pretend to like someone and then either ghost them or go behind their back and tell a whole other story. Just be real with me and don’t smack your damn food and we’re good. (JK on the smacking. I can at least kinda tolerate that. But be real with me. If you don’t like me or whatever, be up front. No need to ghost or be a backstabbing person.)

what is your favorite “dere” type?

Urmm? Idk? Is this like an animal or something?

rate your life from 1-10, 1 being crappy and 10 being the best it could be.

about an 8. I’m pretty damn happy with my life, tbh? But there are definitely things I wanna work on and improve. ( weight, health and finding work eventually)

what’s your main blog?

This one

list your side blogs and what they’re used for.

@snarkwriteswrasslin is my wrestling fic blog. @snarkwritesmultifandom is my multifandom fic blog. @ashleysinspirationhoard is a side blog where I store writing memes / prompts and pictures and stuff for inspiration purposes when I write and roleplay and my rp blog is just saved but hasn’t been set up bc I keep talking myself out of getting back to rp on here... 

Is there something people need to know about you before becoming friends?

Sometimes, I zone out. Sometimes I just don’t come online. A lot of socialization has recently started to exhaust me and when I come on and see a ton of fighting and drama on the dash, I’m liable to yeet myself away. I take constant breaks from social media, but... If you’re my friend, I will definitely try my best to talk to you when I’m online. I try not to annoy people, but I feel like I constantly do, so if I ever just stop talking and you see me posting on the dash, I’m probably just giving you space because I feel like I’ve been annoying or something. Anxiety is a bitch. For the most part I can keep a conversation going, but sometimes I’m just drained. Or I get busy. Please never take it personal if I’m on here but I’m not talking to you or anything. Sometimes I just come on to reblog sexy men and drool for hours.

But I promise you guys, I love you all. And I am a friendly person. I am always open to talk, no matter who or about what. If you want to get to know me, please don’t stop yourself because I promise you, I’m a harmless idiot. With major anxiety.

Tagging: Again, no pressure if any of you don’t wanna do this.

@the-ville-idiot @schizoauthoress @rampagewriting @champemoskellyboi @champbucks @chasingeverybreakingwave @andie01 and anyone else who wants to do this.

[sandalaris]

director's commentary for That Pound of Flesh You Owe because i'm obsessed :P -- but also these lines if we're being specific: "She does that to him, mixes up guilt and shame and curiosity within him, like she’s full of all the answers while he hasn’t yet earned the right to the questions." & "He’s always been better at surrender." my fave lines!! XD

Thanks! XD And thanks for sending me the prompt on them! I loved getting a chance to write this!

I kind of sliced out pieces of the ficlet to comment on, if you don’t mind. :)

One thing I knew is that I didn’t want her to be was gentle. There is way too much baggage between them, and your prompt included “hatefucking” and that is such a thing I feel like could work with them that I just went “yes” and used that as my jumping off point.

He can feel her teeth, human and blunt, against the closed press of their lips

I feel like culebras would have a thing when it comes to teeth (their own are tied to everything from fighting to reproduction), a sort of noting of them that happens more often than a human does. But that line also plays into the fact that this is about the other side of passion, desire rooted in a harder, angrier source. I almost had her bite him as another way of trying to hurt him, but I think the fact that he is culebra, and their much more complicated interpretation of biting, would’ve made her decide against it. Maybe if I ever write that longer enemies-with-complicated-feelings-who-fuck fic about them that’s been floating in my head I’ll explore the concept of biting between them.

...she all but hauls him closer, one hand fisted in the collar of his shirt while the other cuts half-moons into his skin. He wonders if she’s trying to draw blood, slice into him the way he did her over a year ago. Something shivers in anticipation in his chest at the thought and his feet stumble after her as she falls back a step.

... Richie’s hand comes up to rest against the side of her ribs in an futile effort to steady her before she slaps it away, brows drawn in a glare like he tried to take liberties, and maybe he did. Maybe killing her old man gave her the keys to this song and dance of theirs, leaving him groping in the dark for the rules and edges.

Dakota is very much driving things, very much in control of what is happening between them. And yeah, she is trying to hurt him, at least a little. This is about her in her mind, her and her messed up feelings about him and what he has done to her and her family. (And that includes Freddie.) And I only touched on it, but Richie kind of wants her to hurt him here. There’s a certain thrill to it, in part because he hurt her before and in part because she’s human.

... he looks at her, studies that unforgiving flint in her gaze and the special brand of defiance in the tilt of her jaw, and wonders.

Why are you here? he wants to ask, wants to form the words and make the demand into the empty space between them.

Random factoid: This was actually where I first started the fic, with him wondering why she was there and what she wanted, because I can never write things in order.

There’s an odd almost power play underlining this (”almost,” because Richie isn’t trying for more here) and the fact that he doesn’t ask, doesn’t speak because she said not to, and that she doesn’t want him to speak, plays into that. Or maybe its better to say there’s a clear dominant party here, and that they both know who that is.

She does that to him, mixes up guilt and shame and curiosity within him, like she’s full of all the answers while he hasn’t yet earned the right to the questions. He should hate it, being the type of man that he is. Should, but doesn't.

Excuse the rambley mess: So much of those lines comes from how I see Richie and the mindset I think Dakota would be in to start something like this with him.

Part of this is rooted in the fact that Richie is often shown on screen wanting/needing things contradictory to what he thinks and says he wants/needs, which is a whole meta in and of itself so I won’t dive too deeply into here. He has an interesting relationship with guilt to begin with before adding his suddenly being faced with the consequences and results of his actions. Some of what he did without reaction/remorse before the Twister he becomes all torn up about later, and while I don’t think he’d ever reach Monica level of guilt over Earl (the whole cop vs criminal aspect, plus it being an act of survival in his mind), I do think he felt no small amount of regret towards Dakota. Although that’s different from Monica too, because he feels guilt not over killing Earl but rather over how Dakota was hurt by his taking her dad from her. And he focuses on her in season three (at least when she’s around), at least in part because he thinks he owes her. And he does, but I don’t he realizes he can’t actually pay her back, that he won’t ever really make up for what he did. But he was drawn to her from the beginning and that didn’t really change once she revealed herself to be Earl’s daughter.

And then there’s Dakota and her own complicated feelings towards him (as well as a healthy dose of confusion), and her blatant refusal to make things easy for him. She’s not going to explain the nature of human behavior to him, isn’t going to stop and worry about what he’s thinking about why she’s doing what she’s doing (and he picks up on that). She has her own intelligence, and its very different from Richie’s (not sure if the show ever confirmed her truly being a psychologist or if that was just a ruse, but it’s possible she does have a degree in human behavior) and her motivation is murky to him at best.

Anyways, all that came together in my head so I could basically say Richie is mess of emotions when it comes to Dakota and that only makes him drawn to her more.

He settles for the grasping at the hem of her denim jacket, bunching the material up almost questioningly but she doesn’t push him away...

...Her hand comes up to grasp his chin, yanking downward on his jaw and forcing an entrance for the sharp thrust of her tongue, and he gives in with a twisted thrill.

More of their clear cut roles here, definitely some hits of sub/domme undertones and where they would fall in those categories. And Dakota isn’t asking, she is going to take what she wants here and if Richie doesn’t like it he can walk away.

...hands dropping to the wrinkled collar of his shirt and yanking him down again, hard enough he feels the button at his throat give with a muted snap...

I don’t know why, but I was very determined that Dakota was going to snap a button on Richie’s shirt. Specifically that top one he always keeps closed. She was going to do it, and I just had to figure out when.

He’s always been better at surrender.

I will argue until the cow’s come home that Richie is a naturally born follower. Which plays into his submissive tendencies in this ficlet. Richie is constantly putting himself under other people’s control/power. Even when given power, something he claims he wants, he immediately turns around and gives it up to someone else. Despite what he thinks, he does not actually want to be in charge, and he shows that in his constant surrendering to others’ authority over him.

And I’m really glad you liked the final line, because I almost deleted it when I first typed it out because I feared it might sound too cheesy.

[captainsophiestark]

Masterlist

X - x reader F - Female Reader (otherwise it’s gender neutral) ☀️ - Fluff   ✨ - Humor ☁️ - Angst 💙 - Platonic ⭐️ - Author Faves

Harry Potter Masterlist

Marvel Masterlist

Star Wars Masterlist

The Vampire Diaries/The Originals Masterlist

Bridgerton

Anthony Bridgerton

A Perfect Match F!X ☀️

Head of the Family F!X ☀️

Don't Believe Everything You Read F!X ☁️☀️

Benedict Bridgerton

More Than Just A Pretty Face F!X ☀️⭐️

Bad Timing F!X ☀️✨

Picture Perfect F!X ☁️☀️

Colin Bridgerton

A New Man F!X ☁️☀️✨

Husband, Not Handyman X ☁️☀️

A Court of Thorns and Roses

Rhysand

The Weight of the World F!X ☁️☀️⭐️

Pajamas X ☀️

To The Stars F!X ☀️

Azriel

The Hard Call X ☁️☀️

Cassian

Homesick X ☀️

Vendetta X ☀️

Come Here Often? X ☀️✨

Crib Construction X ☀️✨

Crescent City

Tristan Flynn

Not A Relationship Guy F!X ☁️☀️✨

Nosy Best Friends F!X ☀️✨

Presentation Problems F!X ☀️✨⭐️

The Best Night Ever F!X ☀️✨

Power Couple X ☁️☀️✨

Ithan Holstrom

For The Team F!X ☀️✨

DC

Dick Grayson

Seasons of Love F!X ☀️✨⭐️

Unexpected Guest X ☀️

Guest Appearance X ☁️☀️✨

One Night Werewolf X ☀️✨⭐️

Comfort X ☀️

Dance Like Nobody's Watching X ☀️

Jason Todd

Destroy All Comers X ☀️✨⭐️

Weekend Plans X ☁️☀️✨

Vigilante Book Club: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 X ☀️✨

Worth The Risk X ☁️☀️

Percy Jackson

Luke Castellan

Moment of Panic X ☀️

Happy Ending X ☁️☀️⭐️

Go Bearcats X ☀️

Flickering Firelight X ☁️☀️

Don't Mess With Demeter X ☀️✨

Percy Jackson

Blue Cookies X ☀️

Lost Pizza Delivery Guys X ☀️💙

Parents Weekend X ☀️💙

Annabeth Chase

Each Others’ Constants X ☁️☀️💙

The Best-Laid Plans X ☀️✨💙

Piper McLean

Intervention F!X ☀️

Anniversary Allergies X ☀️✨

The Princess Bride

Westley

The Dread Pirate Roberts F!X ☁️☀️

The Reunion Scene F!X ☀️

The Selection Series

Maxon Schreave

Nor’Easter X ☀️

Children F!X ☀️

Pegasus F!X ☀️⭐️

Dive Bar F!X ☀️

Pranksters X ☀️

Star Trek

Jim Kirk

The Easy Part X ☀️✨

Starlight X ☀️✨

Job Offer X ☁️☀️

Cedar Rapids, Iowa X ☀️

Bones McCoy

Storage X ☀️✨

Not A Doctor X ☁️☀️✨

Corn Maze F!X ☀️✨

Irregular Heartbeat X ☀️✨

Pavel Chekov

Heads Up X ☀️

Stranger Things

Steve Harrington

Dayton X ☁️☀️

Not the Usual F!X ☀️

Steve Harrington, Elf Dad F!X ☀️✨⭐️

Top Gun

Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw

Twelve-Year-Olds X ☀️✨

Don’t Go Breaking My Heart F!X ☀️✨⭐️

Winglets X ☀️✨

Jake "Hangman" Seresin

Dogfight Football X ☁️☀️✨

Bird Strike F!X ☁️☀️

Natasha "Phoenix" Trace

Galentine's Day F!X ☀️✨💙

Naval Wedding X ☀️✨

Twisters

Javi Rivera x Reader

Take A Break F!X ☀️✨

Epiphany X ☁️☀️

🌟 Gen Fic 🌟

The Undead Scourge (Harry Potter/The Originals Crossover) ✨⭐️

Cabin 11 (Harry Potter/Percy Jackson Crossover) ✨