#vienna rants

[eyluvu]

REYNA AND LEO SIBLING DYNAMIC OH MY GOD?!??!?!?! WHY DID I NEVER THINK OF THIS?!?!?!?! IM SQUEALING

[phoenixesse]

Okay, sonadow fanchild au where they inherit Shadow’s black arms hivemind DNA but it responds to their parents’ Chaos energy instead.

Since this connection feeds off Chaos energy, it manifests less as hivemind shared ideas and more projections of Sonic and Shadow’s attitudes.

So imagine a sonadow child with the angel/devil dynamic but it’s just Sonic and Shadow…

Dark angel Shadow and blue devil Sonic; they’d be so silly 😭

[eyluvu]

i cant part with my twitter porn unfortunately

[eyluvu]

My dads new crib looks kinda like this 😇😇

(Poseidon, god of the sea, underwater palace)

[phoenixesse]

Tails and Amy matchmaker besties is canon now

[murdleandmarot]

4, 6 and 10 for the jellicle ask!!!

Hi hello!!!!!!! Ty for the ask :)))

4. I wish I could just say the entire cast of Thunerspiele because hollllyyyyy shit they’re all SO gorgeous to me. My favorite ever. But I’ve narrowed it down to two, one Tecklenburg and one Thunerspiele

For Thunerspiele, it’s Victoria

Just so unbelievably gorgeous ma’am marry me immediately. Every day I curse and shake my fist at the sky that we don’t have a readily available proshot or bootleg. A disappointment on so many levels.

For Tecklenburg, it’s this unnamed ensemble member that I am completely head over heels for

I would follow her into the underworld. I would do anything for her.

6. I have a couple that I’m a really big fan of, but probably my favorite is Cettie and Pouncival are queer-platonic soulmates. I love them both so, so much. The runner-up was Bombalurina and Mistoffelees, but SPECIFICALLY the 1981 London Bomba and Misto, because I can imagine them making fun of Tugger together in his song. SO fun. Love them.

10. Oooo this is a good one!!! I actually came up with a ‘The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musical’ au at like. 1 am innnnnn Vienna? But I didn’t write any of it down, so I literally have no idea what the hell I was talking about.

ANYhow, I read this one fanfiction on ao3 that was basically an au about Misto being Macavity’s son???? It drove me absolutely fucking insane, (it was the same night as previous tgwdlm shenanigans), and I left a flurry of comments that I have not revisited since bc I do not remember making them. Anyways it was SO fucking cool and if yall want me to find it again and post it, I 100% will, because it’s one of my favorites ever.

Also at the top is @diorlusional’s cats apartment au, (which I SWEAR I’m writing something for. It’s just. Hard. Motivation is hard to come by these days 😔😔😔). Anyhow, this apartment au is everything it’s ever wanted. It’s a collage, it’s an I-spy book, it’s a pintrest board, it’s a community garden, it’s the hundertwasserhaus in Vienna. It’s everything to me forever

[eyluvu]

@sliqee84 <333333

-your fav brit

love is stored in the friend who reads your fanfiction

[justaboymadeofhoneyandglass]

Can I say hi to uhhhh Harley or Vienna???

I am Kadennnnnn

Yall prolly dont know me yer

Oh hi! (Vienna here)

Ohhh you're Kaden! You're cool I like you

James hasn't told me much about you but he said you rlly helped her today so I think you're cool

Whats your favourite sea animal? Mine are tiger sharks and dolphins but I also love orcas hehe

[hyacinthusmemorial]

writing the third chapter and honestly I dont know how to make the story interesting, I am writing nonsense.

I think I will answer this publicly because writing advice is universally loved and adored (right?). This is more about motivation than mechanics. It's about telling a story rather than about grammar, POV, verb tense.

The first thing to do is just write. Don't think about plot, don't think about characters, don't think too hard, just write. Sometimes you have to spew out absolute garbage to start writing gold. Start somewhere in the action, then describe the surroundings, then describe the character, why are they there, what about them is making them act this way. A fun tip: write what you want to read. I daydream all the time, I go on walks--long walks--I listen to music, and I just daydream. Usually, what you enjoy imagining, other people will too. Slip tidbits of your life in, they don't need to be blatant, just little pieces of yourself to add humanity to it.

The second thing is to have a goal in your writing. When I start writing a chapter, I always have an "idea" of what I need to accomplish according to an internal map of where my story is going. Then I just write (The first point) until I accomplish it. Another goal I have when writing a chapter is that I usually give myself a word count to accomplish. For me, my word count is 3,000 for a chapter minimum, unless its a prologue or epilogue. This word count encourages me to fill in gaps, describe scenes better, but it also keeps me in-line with pacing of action.

Third thing: re-rewrite it all. When I wrote Anele and Forgotten Age, I erased whole chapters, I trashed it (I kept it in a separate compilation document that is multiple chapters long). I went back to the blank page, I said, I can write this more subtly, I can write this more succinctly. I can write this better. Sometimes, you have absolutely NO IDEA what is going on until the characters have taken you to the end of it all, and you have to go back and write it all again BETTER. And sometimes, you have to write it all again.

And, one last thing: Allow yourself to be mediocre, accept mediocre. I have seen more people stop writing because they feel like they suck than any other reason. Put the shitty words to paper--it is absolutely the greatest thing a human can do. Everything we write is a written record that someone existed. And when I write, well, sometimes, sometimes its absolute garbage, and sometimes its fine, and sometimes I feel like there are spirits touching my fingers to the keyboard. No one is good 100% of the time, and that's okay.

I think you said you were a teen somewhere, I can't remember. When I was a teen, my mom told me I needed to "Hurry up and write my novel, so we can get out of here." She had complete and utter faith that I would write something brilliant one day, and she thought that it would save us both from a pretty shitty situation, but I didn't write anything long or brilliant because I just didn't have it in me yet. I had all these ideas, thoughts, concepts, but there was something missing. My mom ended up dying when I was seventeen, and she was sick for awhile. It's been nearly ten years now, but she shows up in my writing--she's a ghost in the background. Sometimes, we can't write our story until we figure out what's worth keeping alive, and that's okay. You don't need to experience tragedy to be a writer, but living experience is necessary. You don't have to know what it feels like to be stabbed to write about it, but you probably know what it feels like to be betrayed by someone. You may not know what its like to kiss someone, but you know what its like to love someone. Sometimes we can't write until there's life there, and like I said, that is okay.

This is a warning: don't treat novel writing like a career option because quite frankly, its not. I'm in nursing to support myself, but writing is my Netflix. Its free. Its fun. I get to make the show I want, and share it with people free of charge on AO3. Unless you have an incredible entrepreneurial spirit to you, writing for a career will eat your soul and your pocketbook. Unless you plan to be an English teacher, don't get a college degree in english (it is literally useless, Stephen King, Rick Riordan--they all had English degrees because they were teachers). The best thing about English is you can read books, and learn grammar, and write on your own and become proficient at it without a teacher telling you what to do or paying tuition or other fees other than library fees for all those books you didn't return. There are obvious exceptions: you have rich parents who let you live in their house and feed you, you have a strong entrepreneurial spirit and a trust fund, or you already signed a $14 million book deal with Disney Hyperion Books.

[parisofpeoplez]

Taylor Swift and Vienna Eras Tour

So, Eras Tour Wembley Night 2 just happened and I am sad

I am sad and I am upset and I am also happy for all of the Swifties who got the chance to attend but I am so upset that I had one chance to see Taylor and that was taken away from me, and thousands of other swifties...

And I'm seeing other swifties defending Taylor and her team, and being so insensitive and mean to the Vienna fans and I'm just in shock. Everyone moved on from this so quickly and the Vienna fans are still trying to deal with the immense sadness that we're all feeling.

I'm hurt. Hurt that she didn't even acknowledge the Vienna cancellations in any way whatsoever. She didn't have to state the reason, just an acknowledgement to show that her fans are seen, that she cares about them. Just that would have been enough for us.

And no, I'm not being an entitled person asking for my favourite artist, the only artist whose music I've listened to for YEARS, to atleast tell me that she was looking forward to performing for us. She isn't answerable to us but she is a celebrity with millions of fans who support her and stand by her no matter what. So no I'm not entitled in asking 1% of that support back from her.

Years of dreaming about going to a Taylor concert and this was my first chance. I was supposed to put on my eras tour outfit, wear the jewellery I bought for the concert, anticipate the outfit changes and surprise songs, scream fuck the patriarchy with 50k fans, scream the cruel summer bridge, cry. What do I do now?

Even if she couldn't say anything, a surprise song for us in the Wembley concert would have been nice. Just one song.

I'm just hurt and sad and upset and I haven't been able to listen to her songs ever since the cancellations. I can't bear to look at the concert videos. Yet I open them like a glutton for punishment. Idk what to do. She's been my favorite artist for so long. Her songs brought me comfort when I moved to a new country. And now those very songs hurt me. It hurts and I hate this feeling and I hate that I'm not even seen. I'm just another person who spent money on her.

In the grand scheme of shitty things happening in the world right now, my problem is very much a first world problem. Sometimes I feel so stupid thinking these thoughts. I just want to move on from these feelings. But I don't know how to process these emotions. If anyone has any tips please feel free to share.

[eyluvu]

No one understands how fascinating accents are im gonna cry of excitement

Let’s talk more about accents in the Riordanverse!

• Percy with rounded New York vowels and that quick run-together way of saying his sentences. Percy with an accent you can’t quite place until he orders some coffee or water.

• Annabeth with a Virginia drawl and long vowels that don’t quite go away, even after years on Long Island Sound. Annabeth, who will randomly spit out phrases like “nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs”, whose cup always fills with sweet tea in the mess hall/

• Carter with a fairly standard American accent until he pronounces a word so bizarrely it’s clear he must have learned it halfway across the globe. Carter, who gets slightly antsy in the same place for too long and goes to language classes at night just for an excuse to practice.

• Sadie with a London accent that’s begun to fade after years in Brooklyn House, who accidentally says “cheers” when people hold the door for her. Sadie, who skips over her t’s and who drops consonants and, like Carter, isn’t exactly sure where her home is.

• Magnus and Alex with strong Boston accents and nasally a’s that Hearth is glad he can’t hear. Magnus, whose accent gets stronger in battle, who intentionally leans into it when he’s on the West Coast. Alex, who makes people guess where she’s from and tells them something different every time, who argues with Magnus over whose accent is stronger.

• Jason Grace with languid California vowels, who drops the end of every word when he’s relaxed and over-enunciates when he’s in charge. Jason, whose accent is only present when he’s comfortable.

• Leo Valdez with a Texan accent to boot and quick clipping consonants, whose accent sounds nearly the same as Annabeth’s to the untrained ear, but insists that they’re completely different every time someone brings it up.

• Hazel Levesque with a thick New Orleans accent, whose vocabulary is peppered with French and old-fashioned phrases and the occasional Southern saying. Hazel, who sticks to Deep South manners (and passive-aggression, when necessary), who orders in French when she goes to a bakery and watched old black-and-white movies when she feels homesick.

• Frank, who sounds American except for when he says “sorry”, who speaks a bit of Canadian French (which Hazel hates, because she can’t understand it), and gets teased every time he says “about”.

• Piper with a slight valley-girl sound that she’s worked hard to get rid of, but tends to slip into when she’s tired or angry. Piper, whose voice becomes sweet and soothing in charmspeak, who understands every fluctuation and intonation and how to use them to her advantage.

• Nico di Angelo with a seemingly standard American accent, until you pick up on the odd transatlantic pronunciation or Italian rolled “r”. Nico with an arsenal of phrases so jumbled and eclectic that people do a double take when he talks.

Just. Yeah. Riordanverse accents.

[eyluvu]

decided that Leo Valdez listens to Chappel Roan because I just got a visceral image of him dancing around aggressively to good luck,babe!

[phoenixesse]

My favourite thing about SV is that you can literally ship any of the female rivals together and it’s a banger pairing.

Like I started shipping Nemona/Juliana and liked it, and then I saw the potential of Nemona/Penny, and then you can add to that with Juliana/Carmine, or Carmine/Penny, or the aesthetics of Carmine/Nemona. Like it’s genuinely so hard to choose they’re all so good.

It’s funny because Florian/Kieran is like one of the only mlm ships with the protagonist (also depending on Arven’s age. I got the impression that he’s older, however, I could be wrong).

But anyway I think we all know that the true answer is polyamory. We can all win today

[oh-my-damn]

I am devastated by the news that Taylor Swift had to cancel three shows in Vienna due to a threat of a terrorist attack.

This comes right after the horrifying news that children were targeted and murdered during a Taylor Swift dance class in the UK recently.

And yet, as I sit here, dwelling in the devastation of it all, I know exactly who to blame.

I don't blame the swifties, who waited for so long and travelled so far to go see her in Vienna. I don't blame them for spending a probably tremendous amount of money (no matter how much) to be there.

I do not blame the families or the children or the teachers involved in the absolute tragedy in the UK.

I blame the perpetrators. But I also blame the media. I blame the culture.

I blame the fact that we currently live in a world where it is okay to not only hate (especially female) artists to a degree where you want to harm them and their fans, but where it is okay to hate women to such an agree that you would act like this.

I have, to my enormous outrage, seen comments on how Taylor somehow deserved this. That its a "shame they caught" the people intending to harm and kill possibly thousands of concert goers. Human beings.

I have seen comments blaming Taylor for the deaths of three innocent children in the UK stabbings.

How fucking dare you.

How can you wake up in the morning and look at your own reflection in the mirror?

How can you face your family and friends?

How dare you pretend to be normal, to be a well-adjusted person while harboring these outright evil feelings.

What's wrong with this world is NOT that women and girls of all ages gather to celebrate a female artist.

What's wrong with this world is the fact that there are people out there who not only think they should not be allowed to do so, but violently try and do keep them from doing so.

I want to tell you what, and who, the common denominator in 99% of the issues the world has, are.

But I fear you're not ready to hear it.

Perhaps my opinion and response to this would be different were I not born a woman.

But I was.

And because of that, it is my eternal curse and burden to suffer under the rule of men.

To suffer under the violence of men.

To suffer under the opinion of men.

To suffer under the volatility of men.

To suffer under the oppression by men.

Every single day, I hear another story.

I will hear another story of how a man ruined a woman's life. And a lot of the time, they are never truly punished for it.

I am sick. and. tired. of men ruining the world. I am sick and tired of men running the world. I am sick and tired of men ruining women.

I am sick and tired.

Call me a misandrist. Do so rightfully. I am one.

Call me a liberal radical feminist. Do so rightfully. I am one.

Call me a social justice warrior. Do so rightfully. I am one.

But do also call me a liberal. Do also call me a feminist. Do also call me a fucking JUSTICE WARRIOR.

I refuse to diminish this, I refuse to live quietly among humans who behave this way.

My sister's boyfriend once asked me if I "could truly kill a man if it came to it."

The argument was regarding someone breaking into my home and/or rape. He did not believe I would be able to if it really came to it.

I told him, without hesitation, that I absolutely could and would.

If you try to take from me, I will snatch whatever you try to take right back. You try to rip away my dignity? My feeling of safety? My feeling of being? My right to existing? My right to living?

I will rip away yours thousandfold. I would rather die trying than give in.

I am sick and tired of men actively, aggressively and purposely ruining safe spaces for women.

We have so few of them.

And the fact that we cannot EVER keep them safe says everything we need to know about how much men in general value women.

[eyluvu]

Just want to be loved by someone I love is that too much to ask for (yes)

I love that clingy shit. Be all over me.

[saviourkingslut]

not to be about opera again but to be about opera again. as an art form it has the reputation of being super stuffy and something for snobs who don't know how to have fun only but honestly this was one of, perhaps even THE main theatrical entertainment for centuries. i wish people knew how hard these things can go and how engaging they can be. like characters kill and die and fight wars and (almost) commit human sacrifice left and right. characters fall in love they mourn they're ecstatic they cry they're furious it's an extremely dramatic and emotional art form! and i understand that opera does not appear approachable bc of the general conventions of the art form but i promise old works can be fun and engaging if you go watch them with some preparation beforehand (reading the libretto helps) - not to mention not all operas are old bc there are so many modern operas which engage with topical events! also the music slaps.