#wanna hear about my favorite fantasy novel

[clansocreations]

@firstofficerrose I get it I get it. I did it to my dad. (And also I think to @bekabloodhound hehe. And I'm also working on doing it to one of my DND mates.)

Last week Monday he had to go on a seven hour train ride for work and I recommended him Raising Steam, the discworld book about trains. And engineers.

(my dad loves that stuff)

And when he came back on Tuesday I waited in the cold for close to an hour just so we could walk home together and talk about it. And we talked about it the entire way home and then even when we were home. I told him stuff about it and he asked me stuff about it.

It was great, actually.

I've been planning to convince my dad to listen since I've first read it myself. (We have a really similar sense of humor, so I basically knew he'd love it even though it's not what he usually listens to.)

And it worked! The plan worked!

The plan worked!!

So yeah, I get it.

[spn-fanfic-reblog-writes]

Hiii Your WIP list is impressive o.o I would love to hear more about:

An Angel's Unexpected Companion, Sam Wesson x Gabriel, Falling in love with Angel, Tell Me No Lies, Two Men and the Virgin, annnnd The Virus

>.>" I feel like that's a lot for one ask but I am curious

🤣

Plot bunnies don’t escape me. My brain just comes up with ideas and I write them down thinking I’ll get back to it…eventually.

I have a ton of prompts and plot docs too. I even have a prompt list.

I guess it is a lot.

I’m impressed. You even asked about my two novels I’m working on. I’ll do it in order of your list.

An Angel’s Unexpected Companion.

This ideas was inspired by a few different fics. I know one was Hunters Throne by LadyKnightSkye. I love their work! Anyway, it’s about a woman who is a Nephilim (or was it an Elioud?) and prophesied to ending the war between Heaven, Purgstory, and Hell. The way this happens is she becomes an “Angel’s Companion” which is a human that is bonded to an angel (voluntarily) to increase their power and abilities. In this case, they are a second companion to an angel which is so rare. It’s a Cas/Dean with Dean as the first human companion. The woman actually being a Nephilim means they provide more power and a stronger bond. The whole thing is slowly brought to the attention of the archangels and Chuck himself (good dad) that eventually he does recognize her and knows that this is his grandchild. He already knew for he is God.

That’s as far as I got with the story. I don’t know if I’ll ever finish it. It’s a lot of background to keep up with.

Sam Wesson x Gabriel

This is a request for me to retell 4x17 It’s a Terrible Life from Sam Wesson’s perspective with an interfering Gabriel. This does eventually lead to Sabriel.

Falling in love with Angel

This is an urban fantasy romance novel I am working on where a devout psychic woman runs into a fallen angel who has lost faith in God and his mission. Through her he learns that there are many paths to God and they fall in love in the process. It wasn’t supposed to be a religious story but it sort of became that way with my thinking.

I want to get this one published.

Tell Me No Lies

It’s an AU-Canon Divergence fic where the OFC, Ember, is hit with a spell that prevents her from telling a lie. She’s a hunter who reveals she a witch and eventually leads to complications of the heart. This story leads to a triad relationship.

The reason there are two versions is because I tried a different way. The Nightingale Witch version is she’s a special witch where she sings her magic through song—any song because singing evokes and enhances magic from her soul. She’s still get hits with the truth telling spell but the story goes different when it comes to complications of the heart. This story is more of a polycule relationship.

I still haven’t decided which way I wanna go.

Two Men and a Virgin

This a Destiel x Virgin!F!Reader fic. The Reader is a hopeless romantic and wants to save herself for love. She’s just never fallen in love; however, she has moved in next to Cas and Dean, married husband that have become best friends. She, of course, has fallen in love with them and has tried to get over it without success. The Reader has made assumptions that they’re a gay married couple when in fact they’re a pansexual couple and find this out (after five years of knowing them) one drunken night where they all kind of end up making out that leads to sex. It’s indulgent.

There are few real poly fics in the Supernatural fandom and I love Destiel, so yeah.

The Virus

This is an urban fantasy/scifi novel I am trying to write. It’s the omegaverse or a/b/o trope from the very beginning in how it came to be and follows it through humanity witnessing changes into packs and relationship dynamics and the change of laws.

Omegaverse (a/b/o) is my favorite trope.

[spnfanficpond]

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“Don’t Be Koi About It” - All About You

Name: Laili

Age: 38

Location: Gulf Coast, USA

URL: @spn-fanfic-reblog-writes

Why did you choose your URL: I made a bunch of blogs at once and realized I wanted to make sure readers knew what the blog was about.

What inspired you to become a writer: Reading. My imagination. Drawing. I was never big on reading “educational” books. I’m not a fan of Tolkien or C.S. Lewis. I don’t like wordy stories. I read each word and imagine everything I read in a deep detail and texture. I’ve always written and write stories when I can’t find the story I wanna read. I was always told to write the story you want to read. Sing the song you wanna hear. I only publish them because I know I’m not the only one interested. I can’t be. Why would I want to write it if it’s just for me? Someone else, even one other person, is interested.

How long have you been writing:  Most of my life. Writing fanfic since 2022.

What do you do when you are not writing i.e. Job/Hobbies etc?  Reading fanfic. Stay-at-home-parent or -house person, illustrating for bangs and fests or friends, watching tv/movies, hanging out with friends.

How long have you been in the SPN Fandom?  Since Supernatural the tv series came out in 2005.

Are you in any other fandoms and do you write for them? Moon Knight. Yes. The Boys. Yes. Highlander the series. Yes. Star Trek. No. Dark Angel. Yes. RPF. Yes. Medieval, fantasy dragon-focused stories. Want to. Futuristic and high magic stories. Want to. Urban fantasy. Yes. Modern AUs. Yes. Mortal Kombat: Conquest. No. Doctor Who. No.

Do you do any writing outside of fanfiction? If so, tell us about it? 

Poems, songs, and original fiction—usually urban fantasy, sci-fi fantasy, or similar. I have two novels I am working on. 

One is based on the A/b/o trope and how it’d affect humanity. It’ll follow a family. 

The other is an urban fantasy where a psychic woman meets an angel who has lost their faith in God and she guides him through her own day-to-day living back to God. I didn’t mean for it to become a religious fiction book. It was meant more as a supernatural romance but after discussing my idea with a friend, it’s how it went. 

As some with religious trauma, you’d think I wouldn’t write this. I’ve been more active on that novel than the other.

Favorite published author:  so many to choose from…. Christine Feehan, E.E. Cummings, Robert Frost, Robert Asprin, William Sears (NOT the doctor), Laurel K. Hamilton, Erma Bombeck, Berkeley Breathed, and more.

Have you ever read a book that made an impact on your life? Which one and why?:  

 I think all books make an impact but their degree depends on the reader. 

You’ll probably laugh but two of the first books that I can remember that I read…well, my Mom read to me so many, many times were “The Napping House” and “The Circus is Coming”. 

“The Napping House” by Audrey Wood, published in 1984. It was probably more on how she told the story and she always spoke with enthusiasm and energy to show how everyone experienced what was happening. The story is about a different sort of family who naps during a storm, and they all literally sleep and cuddle on one another but get awoken. Despite all the troubles and disturbances, they take it in stride and go outside to play together since it isn’t raining anymore. They rolled with the punches and kept being positive about it, not caring what caused all the issues to begin with. Blame didn’t matter. 

“The Circus is Coming” A picture parade by Hilary Knight, published 1978. It’s beautiful. The art is gorgeous and it’s out of print. It isn’t easy to find. It is a way to be in a fantasy world and live outside it. It shows you the wonderfully, gorgeous and exotic circus parade and the regular kids running alongside it. It has a “Barnum and Bailey’s circus” resemblance to me but true artwork in a book that anyone could see and touch. It’s very silly, very gorgeous, a wonderful imagination, and very realistic. It allows the reader a way to get away for a while and it’s so encompassing, both pages every time take up the art.

Favorite genre of fanfic (smut, angst, fluff, crack, rpf, etc):  fluffy, a/b/o, and smut. I love angst with my fluff or hurt/comfort. 

Favorite piece of your own writing: Imagine You’re Dating Vampire!Dean

Most underrated fic you have written:  Bedtime Routine. It's a kid fic and fluffy.

Story of yours that you’d most like to see turned into a movie/tv show: Domestic Destiel #1 OR In The Mood

Favorite Tumblr Writer(s):  ​(not all of them but a lot) @spnexploration @zepskies @luci-in-trenchcoat @holylulusworld @moosekateer13 @riley-phoenix @impala-dreamer @malicmalic @zationao3 @sharkfish @redamber79 @butterflysklinky @quietwingsinthesky @destielshipper4cas @thoughtslikeaminefield @wigglebox @naughtystiel @niche-patische @wisteria-lodge @a-deed-without-a-name @valandrawrites @anyreiart @queerwolfsstuff @punk-is-notdead @almaasi @omegadeanlovesalphacas @no-gorms @lizleeships @envydeanwrites @nickelkeep @baconandpie1 @sitruunavohveli @peachonified @unforth @starlightoffandoms @seidenapfel (There are tons more not on Tumblr!)

Favorite fic from another writer:  Pack by @spnexploration​

Favorite character to write: Dean Winchester

Favorite Pairing to write:  Destiel

Least favorite character to write (and why):  “Evil” characters because it’s hard for me to understand them and write them well. I love a good bad guy, truly, especially when you don’t realize they’re the bad guy until it’s too late. Those are the best. The ones you love and break your heart.

Do you have anyone you consider a mentor? I guess K.M. Weiland since she has the website helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com and she explains all aspects of writing stories with examples, so much. It helps so much. ​

Do you have any aspirations involving your writing?   I want to be a published fiction writer on the NY Times Best Seller list. 

How many work-in-progress stories do you have:  lol! I had to make a list and counted, 94, that I have every intention to write. (This does not include the bingos I haven’t even touched yet or worked on.)

What are you currently working on?  Waiting for my beta on my Spn Sabriel Bang fic (to be posted August 11th). I’m working on an a/b/o series that leads to a polycule (destiel x reader).

“Pond Diving” - All About The Writing

What/who has had the biggest influence on your writing?  My Mom. She’s the reason I haven’t kept writing when I would lose interest. Now, I can add so many fandom folks I met on discord or tumblr that have helped keep me going, especially when my depression starts getting to me. It helps so much. Thank you is not enough to say.

Best writing advice you've been given:  When you start writing, write what you know. Read and read and read but read good authors.

Biggest obstacle you’ve faced in your writing: Depression. It lies and wants you to give up on everything. It makes you focus on yourself when you should be focused on those around you and your mutuals.  

What aspects of writing do you find difficult when you write fanfiction? Finishing. Stopping the plot bunnies from dominating my mind while I’m writing. 

Is there anything you want to write but are afraid to (and why): Triggering aspects of mental health. I’m worried no one will want to read it. I’m worried I’ll end up triggering someone or myself as I write it. Well-written negative mental health episodes in stories have triggered me and I was surprised. I knew how to handle it because I have a lot of different coping skills I’ve been taught and practice but I recognize not everyone has that.

What inspires/motivates you to write:  Life. Other people’s creativity. Stories I want to read that no one has written yet. 

How do you deal with self doubt:  My family, friends and mutuals are huge ego and mood boosters. Taking a break does help and getting different perspectives on the situation or what’s going on can make a big difference.

How do you deal with writer's block: Change how I’m being creative. Instead of writing, I’ll draw or paint or do photography. My goal is to always be creative or artsy. It’s ok to do other things than write. 

Do you plan/outline your story before you start: Honestly, it depends on how I come across the idea. I tend to do half and half. If I outline, it’s basic stuff and then I’ll write, sometimes I’ll go a different direction than my plot line which is acceptable. Just depends on where the characters wanna go.

Do you have any weird writing habits:  I write on my phone. lol! I also collect office supplies but I think that has more to do with being close to my dad whose trunk used to be his storage when he sold office supplies. 😊

Have you ever received hateful comments on your fic and how do you deal with it?  Not for my fic writing that I can recall. Honestly, I ignore them. I will talk to close friends about it to help me process it and reduce my anxiety but I just ignore them and delete the comment.

Conversely: what’s been some of your favorite feedback on your fanfic?  People asking me to write more, even on one shots. People telling me that they love it.

If you could give one piece of advice to a new and/or struggling writer, what would it be?  ​

I have two and I can’t remember who said them.

Just write. It doesn’t matter what you write, just write.

Write the story you want to read. 

Those are two things I think of when I’m staring at blank paper or a blank screen and nothing comes to mind. That last is why I write what I write. Sometimes I don’t even know that’s the story I want to read until it’s done. 😊 

[b0oksquirm]

Quotes that will get you hooked on my new WIP novel. Pt. 1

My new WIP is a Percy Jackson style, middle-grade, fantasy story but with Arthurian legend! Here's some of my favorite (funny and serious) quotes.

The only ways to not pass inspection were being found with contraband or being found with a room that looked like a tornado had blown through it. Archie was now facing the latter. Typically Archie didn’t care about failing the inspection but if he failed it this time it wouldn’t just mean scrubbing the dorm toilets for a week (which he considered himself pretty darn good at.)

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“It doesn’t say drummer on here.” “An astute observation! That’s because I’ve already found one.” James smiled at him but Archie still wasn’t getting it. Archie rolled his eyes. “Well thanks, but I don’t play anything but the drums. And trust me I’ve tried. You do not wanna hear my guitar skills, and I swear my singing would cause an avalanche.”

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“We’ve been friends for a while, and I’d totally understand if you want it to stay that way but…uhm…” Sammie pushed up their glasses, trying to get the words out, and for once in his life Archie wasn’t oblivious.

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“Oh look Archie’s here!” One of the girls giggled. Marley rolled her eyes.

“You still cool to help me with my math homework tonight? I am totally stumped on it, man!”

Marley had never been more ready to leave. “Yeah definitely.”

“Oh come on, Archie can come too! You have all of tomorrow to finish your homework.” The same girl said.

Now Archie was eager to get away from them too. 

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“Is that your imaginary girlfriend from America?” Marley leaned forward on the table, trying to sneak a peek at Archie’s phone.

“Partner,” Archie corrected. “And they are not imaginary.”

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The moment dragons and magic came up Archie turned into a child, wide-eyed and filled with wonder. Archie was almost bouncing with energy as they reached the street performer, Marley lagged behind looking like a tired mom.

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“Eat my…sword?!” Archie realized he had no clue what he was in for. He’d only ever fought monsters in video games, the best creature he killed were bugs. But obviously you couldn’t just stomp on an elephant sized dragon, or hit it with a book. Well he could hit it with a book but it probably wouldn’t do very good.

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The dragon thrashed its wings back, attempting to throw Archie from itself. Archie stabbed his sword in its back and held on for dear life. He came back down on the back of the dragon with such force that he was sure he would have scale-shaped bruises for weeks, but he managed to hold on. He yanked the sword out, straddling the creature’s back. He began to crawl further.

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“You called me something at the lake, Archie Pendragon. That’s- that’s not my name.” Excalibur glowed in Archie’s hand, emanating a weak golden light. It hummed with magical energy. “And is this really…”

“Yes, young hero. I have entrusted this sacred weapon in your hands. You are its rightful owner now. Merlin will teach you, do not worry.”

“Merlin? Wouldn’t he be dead?”

“Ah,” She smiled. “You have much to learn, young one. Something stirs in Camelot, a great evil is reawakening. I can feel my sister’s presence. She is closer than we think.”

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But now Archie was walking through an actual Medieval kingdom, well that or he was dead. But he figured at least if he was dead he would have the sickest afterlife if it were anything like this.

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“Excalibur?” Archie drew the sword with pride. “Yeah, I just happened to find it after I fought a dragon.” Archie smiled, leaning the blade back on his shoulder casually.

Okay, so he was bragging a little bit. But hey, he did just defeat a dragon. Not alone, and mostly because of luck. But still, after such a life-threatening experience he deserved to be a tad cocky.

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“That leaves our last matter. Merlin’s apprentice.”

Archie fought the urge to raise his hand and volunteer. He wanted to jump up and down and say ‘Me! Me! I wanna learn magic!’ but, he knew better than that. He already had the legendary Excalibur, he was not going to get greedy now.

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The first thing Marley did was slap Archie square in the face.

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“Aw, you cared that I was gone!” Archie teased.

“¡Por supuesto! No, obviously you just died and I was okay with it! Of course I cared, you’re my best friend. And if you ever dare to suggest that I do not care-”

“Okay okay! Sorry-” Archie had only been trying to lighten her mood but Marley looked even more upset than before. So he decided to just shut up for the time being.

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Archie was happy to be dreaming about Sammie. Especially now that his dreams were so vivid.

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The next tapestry depicted a young boy pulling a sword from an anvil. The boy had golden blonde hair, and bore a remarkable resemblance to Archie. The boy was so scrawny, and it was crazy to think that he would become the great King Arthur.

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“No,” Queen Guinevere studied the tapestry. “Her mother was hopelessly in love with Lancelot, he entertained the idea for a while. She was Lanetta’s mother, but Lancelot would not stay with her. A week after bearing her child, she died of heartbreak. After her mother died, Lancelot felt responsible for her care.”

“Great guy…” Archie muttered.

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For a while Marley hated them, and she tried to run away three times in the first year. Eventually she came to terms with her new life, pouring everything into her football. Then of course the moment she had finally gotten used to everything, it changed again.

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“How long have you been training?”

“Pretty much all my life. Once I was big enough to hold a sword, my father taught me how to swing it.”

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It was approximately five minutes before Archie decided to go in after her. For the most part he wasn’t worried but he’d lost sight of Marley so quickly, god forbid if anything were to happen to her on his watch. Plus, after she’d left, weird things began happening. 

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“Here, put these on.” She said, pushing the armor into his arms. “Then meet me in the courtyard. Your training starts now.”

“But it’s so early!”

Lanetta rolled her eyes, “You’re never going to become a proper successor to King Arthur if you keep complaining like that.”

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“I need to see your skill now. Think of it like an evaluation.” She said, settling into her fighting stance.

“But-”

“You defeated a dragon did you not?” Lanetta raised a brow.

“Well…” Archie sighed. “Yeah, I guess I did.” He wasn’t feeling so confident about that fact now.

[writtenonreceipts]

Hi friend! Can I ask you a book related question? So I read the Skyward series from Brandon Sanderson—those were the first of his books that I’ve read, and I loved them. I’ve wanted to read his other series for a long time, since I always hear so much about them, but I have no idea where to start. Cosmere? Stormlight? I read that they take place in the same universe, so do I need to read those series in order? If you could help me out it would be much appreciated. If not, I’m sure I can find the answer somewhere through google, but I thought I’d ask a friend first 🫶

Hey friend!! Yes! I love book questions! Haha 😄and I love Sanderson too, lol, and never get to talk about it enough. Forgive the rambling that is about to commence 😅

Skyward is honestly such a good place to start with his books tbh. He is very much a high and epic fantasy writer and that series really eases readers into his style as well. I still need finish them, lol, but I'm so glad you liked them! I've just read the first one and it was such a fun reach honestly.

As far as his other books go: The Cosmere is basically what Brandon called the magical universe he created to interconnect most of his books. (I think theres only 1 or 2 right now that aren't considered part of the Cosmere). So yeah, if you wanna choose chaos you can read any of the different series as you want in whatever order. But I do have some thoughts:

I do recommend starting with Mistborn. It is what he is best known for and what really launched his career. It's...it is a little denser, but the world building and characters and pay offs are phenomenal. It highlights a great magic system, political intrigue, overthrowing evil, and heists. Brandon describes it as his Cinderella heist novel, lol. It's the what would happen to the world if the villain had won? And highlights one man's desire to fight kill/eat the rich. The Mistborn books are considered "Era 1". He has 3 series planned set on this specific planet in the Cosmere.

Era 2 of Mistborn: The Wax and Wayne Books. A Western fantasy. And I love it. Queer characters, autistic characters, chaos, broody male mc, sarcasm and puns, marriage of convenience (thought that plot is very small. It's my favorite thing about the series though). The final book just came out last Nov. I'll spare you all the other thoughts lol. But it can technically be read on its own without needing to read Era 1, though, there are a lot of things about this series that work better when read after the og trilogy. I hold this series close to my heart. It's a lot of fun and you can tell Brandon just had fun.

Warbreaker. Handsdown love this book. I want to recommend reading it even before Mistborn as it does bridge the gap of ya to adult fantasy rather well. The magic system is different and fun too. This book has the forced marriage plot a bit stronger, political intrugue, queer rep (albeit small), and magical talking swords that want to kill you be your friend. And I love the female characters. Vivenna is my love. Hands down one of my favorite female characters ever. I don't think this book is talked about enough tbh. I could go OFF an all the things I love about it.

The Stormlight Archive. Get ready to buckle in. It is planned to be a 10 book series. Book 5 should be coming out in 2024. They are 1,300-1,500 pages long. So... yeah, long and epic but so so worth it. Like. I can't even begin to describe it. War, mental health, religious discussions, honor, depression, hope. Iconic characters. I also hold these books special to my heart. You can jump right into this one, but there are references to world hoppers on this book and the magic system is steep. So, I would recommend reading at least Mistborn. But that's just me.

>>Other Sanderson Books and thoughts: The Rhythmatist, people have mixed feelings but I liked it, which is why I bring it up. It's another ya almost adult fantasy. It's another great one to get into the way Brandon does magic systems and world building. Elantris is technically his first published. It was not my favorite. I mean...I enjoyed it but it was hard to get through. You can tell it's his first book. The premise is cool and interesting but I struggled with it. It is technically the first book of the Cosmere universe. He has a book of short stories and novellas interwoven through the Cosmere. If you can find it on it's own The Emperors Soul is great.

I'll stop. I loved this...anyways...

[zelphin124]

I hope nobody else sent this yet- But here, for you~

1. who's your favorite oc?

2. who was your first oc?

3. how many ocs do you have?

4. have you kept all of your

ocs since the beginning?

5. are any of your ocs based

off of a show/book you like?

if so, who?

6. what is the species of the

majority of your ocs?

7. are any of your ocs an

original species? if so,

what's the species and who?

8. if you can, draw (oc name)!

9. write a few sentences as

(oc name)!

10. are any of your ocs part

of a story? if so, what is it

about and who's in it?

11. do you have any twin ocs?

12. are any of your ocs

siblings?

13. what is the gender of the

majority of your ocs?

14. make up a new oc right now

based on (concept/show/color/

etc.)!

15. would you ever give up any

of your ocs?

16. who is your oldest oc

(age-wise)?

17. have you ever roleplayed

as your ocs?

18. how many of your ocs were

adopted from someone else?

19. who is your least favorite

oc?

20. which oc do you think has

changed the most since you

made them?

21. who is your newest oc?

22. have you ever cosplayed

your own ocs? if so, who?

23. which oc do you think has

affected you the most as youve

grown with them?

24. have you gotten cosplayers

of your ocs? if so, of whom?

25. do you have any ocs that

you havent drawn/written as/

talked about in a long time?

if so, who?

Aww! Thank you skele-things! I appreciate it! And no one has asked me this yet (:

DISCLAIMER: I have many many many many many many OC's... especially outside the Undertale fandom. BUT- I'll try to center around Undertale as those are known best! Questions below!

I mean, I love all my boys equally what do you mean- Winter Sans. Outside of UTMV? Garrison, a character in my novel.

For the UTMV - Iro!Sans. My girl has been with me for... six months now.

Too many. UTMV-wise, eight 6. I have six, for now.

For the UTMV yeah! I've kept all of them!

I got inspiration for SeasonTale based off one Game of Thrones clip I saw with a dragon, a man, and a woman, and the bad sanses. It was literally only one scene, and it sparked a story!

Heh, Sanses... Outside of UTMV? I love writing elves, creatures I make myself, or humans! Humans are so interesting when they're powerless in a powerful world.

Unless you count a girl Sans original... nope! As for my other books, I've made a TON of fantasy species! The main character in my novel, The Fergen, is a Fergen! Which is an elf with dragon wings and can breathe fire! Lmk if you wanna hear more.

aaaaaa sadly I am not confident in my art enough to draw my characters... I will learn someday, I hope!

Winter: "Must you cause yourself pain to get revenge? It isn't worth it! This is only hurting you!"

Oh yeah! SeasonTale and IroTale have very complex and intricate stories that I am in process of writing! You can find more info on their masterposts!

Oh, good question! Although some come close, nope!

Yep! Winter Sans and Summer Sans are brothers! That's why Summer's eyes can sometimes be seen as snowflakes!

Male. I make a lot of females outside the UTMV though; it's been really interesting to learn about how the male mind works when writing them!

Crap ya didn't give me any concept to go off of! Haha! I am a creative dumpster, if you give me some concepts, I can definitely spit out some ideas!

Yes, I have given a ton up outside the UTMV, so I am sure it could happen with my Sanses, unfortunately. But I don't plan to anytime soon (:

If Cocoa!Sans doesn't count, as I made it with a community, then probably Iro!Gaster, who is timeless. W!Gaster is like... 250 years old too.

Oh yeah! All the time! It's how I flush out some of the lore! Usually, it's on discord.

I was about to say none but then I remembered Reformed!Error, haha! So I guess 1?

Like I said I love all my boys equally- there's Chester from my novel... as for my UTMV? Hmmm... Maybe F!Gaster (Fall!Gaster). He's very cowardly and I don't like his character, but it serves a purpose.

Definitely Iro!Sans. She went from a maintenance Undye to who she is today. She's developed a LOT.

I created all my Season Sanses together... probably Solstice!Asgore. He's a new edition to the story!

Nope! I don't have the money to cosplay ;'/

Iro!Sans probably, mainly because of how her villainhood is from her brokenness, and honestly... she just needs a big hug. I relate to some of her brokenness and needing a hug so she's always been a character that in every scene I write with her, it hits deep.

Nope! None that I know of! If you have please let me see!

Probably Cocoa!Sans! I don't get to talk about my jolly old pal and his cafe a lot! He's super sweet and loves serving coffee from CoffeeTale, and his cafe is a universal hotspot! I've heard there's a lot of similarities between him and Ccino, though I've never read Ccino!Sans' story before.

WOW! What good questions! Thank you for allowing me to answer them!

Always feel free to ask whatever questions you have! (: Have a splendid day!

[risingshards]

Storyteller Saturday open question!

My thought for this week is about starting a new WIP, my main question being

How do you start a new WIP?

I'm curious about the methods, ideas, sparks of creativity, what have you, etc. What was the inspiring incident (s) that led to your WIPs getting off the ground? Was it in response to something else, emulating another story or rejecting one? Did you just have a character that wouldn't let go? How do you overcome the hurdles of starting something completely new? I wanna hear stories!

Me rambling about my own WIPs past the cut:

Because I've had issues starting a new WIP even though I wanna have something that's like a just me written project that I try to write tradpub with (while not neglecting Rising Shards, something I write when Rising Shards side of brain needs rest).

A lot of my projects were started around the same time and took a long long time of prototyping and figuring out to get going. I tried to do Project ZERO from scratch but it ended up being a bummer to work on because I didn't have that zinging feeling that made it work for me. Right now my creative side isn't in the mood for D6R as well, as I'm having issues with it being Rising Shards backstory and am wondering if I should just keep it as lore and not try to force something that could feel prequel-y and have content that would be important for RS that wouldn't be in RS if that makes sense.

I have one WIP with my bestie that's from scratch that's coming together nicely I feel, but my solo from scratch WIPs don't have that same benefit. I just get hung up on something and end up with a lot of frustration. I'm in a book club at work that reads new fantasy/YA stuff and I get that like "I CAN DO THIS WHY DON'T I HAVE A TRADPUB BOOK I KNOW THE FORMULAS" feeling which is hard to shake lol.

My ideal for this spark of a WIP idea would be something that's kinda formulaic just for the wants of publishers, something separate from Rising Shards in its own universe, similar to the ideas of Project ZERO in that sense, but one that isn't as stressful and blank whiteboard-y as ZERO.

My project starts for my major recent ones:

D6R: Two of my favorite series ended so I wanted to do a spiritual successor

Rising Shards: Birthed out of D6R, RS ended up out of my desire to write about a bunch of stuff I love (mainly yuri LMAO) while also venting out and dealing with personal things as well as a means to explore my own queerness (this was pretty subconscious at first but it's definitely in there from the start and heavily there where it is now) in web novel form so I can write all the things about characters I love without any restrictions, just something that's wholly me.

Versus: I really really really really wanted to write a Star Wars trilogy and I have the plot points here that will come up somewhere (likely as RS lore since this is that universe), I couldn't get this one to come together, partially because of the D6R hurdle I have rn of thinking too much about how it fits into RS lore/timeline placement.

Collab project: My bestie and I came up with OCs and wanted stuff to do with them!

My WIP starting requirements seem to be:

-I need characters I really love

-I need a major inspiration that won't get out of my head (Bionicle for D6R, yuri and LWA and a bajillion other things for RS, Star Wars for Versus)

-a format I'm excited to work in

-sincerity about what I'm working on and not cynicism

-a combo of the above giving me that spark, that feeling that I have to do this

[its-cunt-dracula]

Objection. Nuance?

I don’t wanna come off as if I disagree with everything you’re saying because I’m not. People should try and branch out as much as possible when reading. Find new perspectives, different writing styles, etc. It’s not good for adults to read exclusively YA or fanfic.

However acting like cookie cutter romance and ya fantasy and fanfic are rotting women’s brains is… not cool? Saying these books are making people dumber is simply not true. You’re implying that you’d be better off – nay smarter! – by not reading entirely. I know you’re not encouraging women to stop reading but to orient themselves towards a more diverse bookshelf, but you are indirectly implying:

Read serious books for adults

Not read

Real silly books for silly kids/ romance/ fanfic

Reading these books is not optimal, but it’s not making young women dumber. It's a start.

On that note, I’m honestly sick of the face of anti-intellectualism being young women reading ‘sub par’ books and not… people who don’t fucking read at all? Especially men. And they’re proud of it too! I vividly remember reading in a bar when I was 16 (my mom worked there and I was waiting for her so we can leave together) and a group of men saw me and started praising me for reading and talking about how many kids my age don’t read, yadda yadda, I hear this constantly – and then they started proudly proclaiming that they haven’t read a book since high school. Like these men were in their late 20’s, 30’s and 40’s and they were bragging about being dumb. There are also adult women who just don't read at all but the problem is people reading books I don't consider up to standard.

Truth is there are a lot more women and girls reading than there are men/boys and girls and women reading is a good thing. Saying ‘it doesn’t count because the books they are reading are actively making them stupider’ is misogyny.

Also there are shitty formulaic books men read too but, again they’re not as popular because men don’t read as much so they don’t receive as much criticism. Mystery novels that are super formulaic, dunnit type mysteries, shitty horror novels. Have you ever heard of the SAS series? No? They were my dad’s favorites and they’re fucking trash. There’s like fifty of them (update I looked it up and there’s 200) in total hard to distinguish from one another with sexy femmes fatales on the covers and bad fucking writing. But nobody’s blaming those books for the fall of literature. God, they have the worst sex scenes in existence but oh no! the women are reading cliche erotica.

It feels like we’re criticizing women and girls for reading more.

Phone addiction is melting people’s brain and it’s making reading harder, definitely. I know I have that problem. I recently deleted tiktok and I’m currently trying to get back into being able to read for hours on end but it’s so fucking hard when you have a dopamine vending machine in your back pocket. And considering how many of these 'bad books' got popular on tiktok - the app that's famous to kill people's attention span, it starts to really make sense. The books are a symptom of a bigger problem.

The point is easy to read and kinda shallow mass market books have always existed and will always exist. They’re not new and if they haven’t rotted people’s brains so far I don’t see how it would do it now. Your gradma was reading clinch covers and dime novels and she turned out ok. Yeah, remember dime novels? When they first appeared people were also calling them slop that makes you stupider. But some of them are classics now so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

There’s something to be said about women’s self-confidence and the way many of them don’t think they can read a ‘serious’ book. That they’re not smart enough. And that’s on the patriarchal society we live in. I just think there’s a better way to go about encouraging young women and girls to read stuff that’s challenging. I do think that if we want to make a positive change saying ‘hey, you should read this because it’s good for you’ and not ‘stop reading that! It’s bad for you!’. Shaming people for liking certain things doesn’t yield good results in my experience.

I guess if you’re just looking to vent you don’t have to take into consideration other people’s feeling. But if you’re looking to actually make a change, I know that I would have gotten real offended back when I was reading exclusively YA if I saw a post like this. It wouldn’t have made me want to change, just not openly talk about the books I liked.

Also some older women are at the begging of their reading journey. They weren’t into books as kids or teens for some reason (didn’t have access to books, weren’t eased into reading, thought books were for nerds) and they can’t really discern what a good book is yet. Yes Colleen Hoover sucks but if you’re just getting into reading it’s normal to love books that suck. In a few years if you keep reading you’ll develop a better taste. But you have to start somewhere.

I think there’s a boom in new readers because of booktok and that’s why so many ‘bad books’ end up blowing up and being read by so many new readers who don’t know a good book if it fell on their heads in the library. I believe many of them will outgrow this phase like twilight teens outgrew theirs. So many people started reading because of Twilight and they look back on it and can say “Yeah, Twilight sucks. But it got me into reading and I can’t complain about that.” And Twilight for all of its flaws really awoke interest in books in many teenagers

These bad, mass market, cliché, cookie cutter books are keeping the industry afloat and book seller in business so they can sell you the less popular, deeper, more thought provoking books. Those books will never be popular because the average person just isn’t interested in them. But that doesn’t mean no one is reading them. Most books are losing money, expect for the big juggernauts: romance, self-help books and celebrity memoirs. They have a place in the ecosystem.

I feel like I could go about this subject forever so I’m gonna end it here before this post becomes too long. If I didn’t make sense somewhere, sorry but english is my second language. If it seems like I’m jumping from point to point, I have ADHD and I tent to do that. If you want clarification on something, don’t hesitate to ask. I really hope I’m not coming off as mean or angry, I’m just passionate about books and nuance.

p.s. i only saw like one tiktok of a girl saying she skips long paragraphs and then 20 tiktok of people criticising her or straight up making fun of her. it's not a wide spread phenomenon, just a few bad apples.

I feel like many adult women are making themselves functionally illiterate by refusing to read anything but YA and very simple, straightforward romance. Basically for books what McDonald's is for food. Already digested and regurgitated to make it as unchallenging as possible. And it IS women, it's almost only women both writing and reading this shit! It's women making a whole social media persona about being a "reader" but skipping whole paragraphs because they don't contain spoken lines and it's too boring and too long. The market is fucking flooded with absolute garbage. To me this looks like female anti-intellectualism.

[haootia]

Wanna hear about the fantasy/rune thingy you were working on and never went anywhere ヽ（・＿・ ；)ノ

basically it was about two kingdoms locked in a decades-long war over this stretch of land between their two countries that had once been fertile but over like 100+ years of war it had become a total wasteland yet the two kingdoms were still fighting over it because they didnt want the other one to win. one of the kingdoms set up a program to recruit kids aged like 12-18 to become soldiers with the promise of sending a lot of money to their families, bc a lot of people had been killed or disabled in the war, and as part of this program they offered the kids this magical healing service where by tattooing sigils on their body with enchanted metallic ink they could cure essentially anything, and they had implants/prostheses for missing eyes and limbs and stuff, but the trade off was that you had to sign up to be a soldier for 20 years. the ink was super expensive so this was the only practical way to get it for 99.9% of people. but of course recruiting child soldiers for your pointless infinite war machine is Bad, Actually, and the vast majority of the recruits just got immediately killed as soon as they stepped into the wasteland. also the survivors had to go back and recover the dead bodies so the alchemists could recycle the metal ink. not a great system for anybody really

so yeah i put a lot of thought into the setting of this world, but i just could not come up with a plot that was interesting and character-driven while also being even slightly reasonable. turns out its actually very difficult for a ragtag group of charismatic teens and young adults to save the world from evil. in order to make the story resolve according to my standards it wouldve had to be like several massive arcs of incremental change as they slowly dismantle the war machine, because i just couldnt in good conscience end it with the kids killing the evil emperor or whatever. i mean for one theres two of them. neither kingdom is good here you dont want either of them to win. basically the scope span way out of control, and like, i still really like all of the stuff i came up with! but i decided to put this in cold storage for a while and work on other projects. maybe ill come back to it in 10 years and write a bestselling series of 6 full-length novels that perfectly balance plucky YA heroism with the horrible realities of war while also having great action sequences and just enough political intrigue to be interesting. who knows.

some other concepts / plot points include:

everybody has some amount of innate magic, but the dominant society heavily restricts its use to healing and war only. elemental magic is definitely possible and was common a few centuries back but now they consider it a perversion of the natural order and its mega illegal

both kingdoms originated from the same culture group and worshiped the same pantheon of gods, but in the modern era one has forsworn all religion and claims to be all about science and rational philosophy, and the other teaches that their favorite god (Death) has killed and eaten all the other gods except for one (Birth) so now those are the only two youre allowed to worship

(in the endgame, it turns out that the gods are, to some degree, literally real, and Death is able to grant the protagonist some last-minute save because in abandoning all the other gods the kingdom has unintentionally given all their power to Death and now she's pretty much all-powerful. like, the system here is that there are definitely real divine forces, but their exact configuration depends on what humans call them, so that the more gods are recognized the smaller each one's scope is. by getting rid of all but two of them this kingdom has basically put all their eggs in one basket with Death and it turns out Death is not actually cool with that and wants to see them get wrecked)

people can have animal familiars by putting some of their own magic into a dead or dying animal which then comes back to life and also acts as a backup life for their creator. and the familiars look cool as fuck and glow and stuff, and they can communicate telepathically with their creator but no one else.

the protagonist has chronic pain from a spinal injury that gets "fixed" with magic ink and implants but then it turns out that the enchanted metal is not actually a perfect forever solution and if you use a lot of magic it starts literally melting out of your body, oops! people who survive their initial recruitment into the royal army generally have to keep getting more and more stuff put on or in them to stay in fighting shape. as the protagonist journeys around fighting stuff his body gradually degrades and he has to figure out how to keep doing stuff as his pain comes back.

at one point a woman with a huge amount of metal fixtures forced on her by the army uses all her magical power to destroy an entire army and all the metal melts out of her and floats around in a ball of liquid steel which she throws at a siege machine to destroy it. then she dies and is revived by her familiar and lives the rest of her life much more happily with ordinary mobility aids and accommodations

at another point a different woman uses super secret forbidden elemental magic to turn a whole sandstorm into glass needles and its awesome as fuck

at least one hurdy gurdy

[insomniumstella]

Ok so I'm taking you up on your offer lol. I was listening to my Spotify playlist and this song called I Won't See You Tonight came on and the title gave me major Bucky angst vibes. Like maybe he and reader are secretly dating but he keeps bailing on reader cuz other plans come up with his friends and he doesnt wanna turn them down cuz he's afraid they'll suspect something? I dont know. But maybe if you can give it a happy ending?

promises, promises

bucky x reader

warnings: swearing and bucky being a dick

word count: 2,060

author’s note: i’m so sorry this took me ages to write, love. i don’t even know why it took me this long but here it is! hope you like it! also, for everyone else, my request are open but i’ll probably take a hundred years to write them haha

The line between love and hate has always been thin. It’s the kind of line that’s easy, too easy at times, to cross. Enemies turned lovers, and lovers turned enemies. A line easily blurred. Enemies who’d go to the edge of the world for each other. Lovers who seem to forget about one another. It’s a strange line indeed. 

“You made a promise.” It was true. Some weeks ago, Bucky did make a promise to accompany her to the masquerade ball. And he knew just how much she anticipated that night. She started picking out their outfits as soon as Natasha invited her. 

“I proposed a deal.” It hurt so much more to hear those words after their countless talks about the food, the fancy dresses, the crazy beautiful venue. There was so much to look for that night, and y/n was ready to immerse herself in the party of her dreams. The kind of gathering she has only ever read about in her favorite fantasy novels. “And now the deal is off.” It was supposed to be a dream come true. Bucky’s suit was still hanging on her closet’s door. “Steve invited Sam and me to a baseball game.” While y/n enjoyed going to the games with the boys, it was nothing compared to the masquerade ball. 

“You know how important this is to me! It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity.” While the games were dirty and loud, she imagined the party to be elegant and breathtaking. 

“You decided to keep us a secret, just tryin’ to keep us that way.” Bucky sighed and picked up his baseball hat. “I’ll take you to a different ball. A better one.” Grabbing his keys from the desk, he walked up to where she was standing. “Promise.” Bucky intertwined their hands together and kissed her forehead. “You look stunning.” 

“James.” She called out when he was walking out the door. Y/n rarely called him James; Bucky immediately knew he was in trouble. “You promised me 8 different dates in the last month, but neither of them happened.” He stared into her eyes for a moment. Teary and sad they were. She was biting her cheek to stop herself from crying, afraid to ruin the makeup Wanda spent a couple of hours on. And even though Bucky felt guilty, he didn’t feel guilty enough to stay. A single tear left her eyes when he disappeared from the doorframe. You look stunning, y/n muttered to herself. What a fucking lie. 

The good thing about storms is the rainbows that came out after. Y/n soon found out the ball exceeded her expectations. It was a sight straight from a fairytale. 

“I thought Barnes was supposed to accompany you?” Natasha looked drop-dead gorgeous. The widow hardly ever wore all red, but when she did, she looked like a goddess straight from heaven itself. Y/n was surprised at her choice of long sleeves and a modest neckline. “Don’t.” Natasha scolded her when y/n started pulling on her dress. “You look amazing.”

“Didn’t know you were going to be so covered up.” y/n smoothed out her dress, embracing the steep neckline. “And so did I.” She pressed her lips together. “But he bailed last minute.” 

“What an asshole.” Natasha grabbed 2 glasses of champagne from the waiter walking by. “Please don’t ever date him.”

“What gives you the impression I ever would?” But the only answer she got from Natasha was a sly smile. “It was a dare!”

“Mhh.” Natasha hummed, smirking. 

“I kissed him because you dared me to.” 

“On the couch, in the living room, yes.” She raised one eyebrow, smiling, and gave one of the glasses of champagne to y/n. “I never dared you to kiss him on the balcony, though.” Y/n was sure she looked like a deer caught in the headlights. “Don’t worry, I didn’t tell anyone.” 

“That statue over there looks interesting, no?” She took a sip of her champagne. Shaking her head, Natasha gave y/n a genuine smile this time and linked her arm with hers. 

“Wanna check it out?”

Bucky thought he could have a good time at the game. Bucky was wrong. All he could think about was y/n. He mostly thought about how she looked. Truthfully, he thought about the sight more than he wanted to. It’s been a while since the two of them have been on a date. And not the kind of date where Bucky would order takeout while y/n got into her pajamas. No, the kind of the date where they both would dress up, go out to the city, and stay up late, so late that the sun would be out when they got back. The kind of dates Bucky missed terribly. It felt shitty to realize this was all his fault. Yeah, this one was on him. 

“You good, buddy?” Steve brought him another beer. 

“Well, our team is losing, but yes.” He gave him a half-smile. 

“You didn’t have to come.” Sam chimed in. “We know y/n asked you to be her date for the masquerade ball.” 

“I wanted to.” That was one big lie. 

“Could still make it.” Sam took a bite of his hot dog. Bucky glared at him right away, but the only thing Sam did was shrug his shoulders. “Just sayin’.”

It wasn’t hard for y/n to notice she was one of the very few single people at the ball. Even the people who came without a date, much like Natasha, were coupled up by the end of the night. So even though she didn’t blame Bucky for going to the game, she wanted nothing more than to rip his guts out for choosing his friends over her. Usually, this wasn’t something she gave much thought to, but the stupid ball was the last straw. Last drop in the bucket. Is it really love if Bucky can so easily say goodbye to her? So easily leave her standing in their room, all dolled up and excited, alone? He would be here if he cared, she thought, good to know what his fucking priorities are.

“Care for a dance?” She glanced down at the hand outstretched to her. 

“Sure.” 

“I’m sorry if I might appear too bold, but I must say you look ravishing.” He said when they got to the dance floor. “The dress is beautiful, but it’s nothing compared to you.” His warm smile assured her he didn’t mean it in a weird way. His deep brown eyes held a comforting warmth too. It felt great to be appreciated. Not in the Bucky kind of way where he’d tell her she looked good and disappear through the door. It felt great to be appreciated in a "you look so beautiful in this wonderful gown, with the intricate mask you spent fucking hours picking out, in this incredible venue, surrounded by lovely people on this huge dance floor, while my hands are on your waist, yours are on my shoulders, and we're slow dancing in a place that's straight out of a fairytale" kind of way. Is this too specific? she wondered when the previous thought ran through her head. Luckily, she didn't spend much more time thinking. Instead, she danced the night away. It was a great time too. As it turned out, the guy, who she quickly learned was named Dean, was a brilliant dancer. He was light on his feet, elegant and graceful with his movements. Dean made it easy for y/n to dance with him; he'd lead her in the right direction and always helped if she didn't exactly know how to dance to a certain song. He was charming and funny and engaged her in an interesting, but playful conversation she thoroughly enjoyed. So, yeah, Dean was a great dancer and a great man, but he was no Bucky. 

"Mind if I take over?" She didn't have to turn around to know who was speaking. She wasn't sure if she wanted to anyway. 

"I don't think we're done yet, are we?" Dean didn't get an answer as Bucky wrapped his hands around y/n and pulled her close. 

"I was kind of in the middle of something." She spat out. Smiling, Bucky tightly wrapped his hands around her waist. Hesitantly, y/n put her own on his shoulder. 

"Oh, that little stunt?" He chuckled.

"Excuse me?" 

"Dancing with a random little punk." Bucky turned his head to look in Dean's direction, but he was already gone. "Holding him close." Enraged, y/n hit him in the chest. 

"What else was I supposed to do?" She put her hands on Bucky's shoulders again. "You chose the boys. His name is Dean, by the way." 

"And for that, I'm sorry." 

"That's a first." Y/n closed her eyes. She was so mad, she could murder somebody, but Bucky was there. In bone and flesh, wearing the suit she picked out, his cologne overclouding her senses. She could make this work. "We need to talk when we get back home. I don't want to make a scene right now." The thing Bucky did next was something he's definitely going to get an earful about when they get home. Abruptly stopping in the middle on the dance floor, he quickly picked y/n, threw her over his shoulder, and walked out of the venue. This time she didn't close her eyes for a hope of a fairytale, no, this time, it was too humiliating to look at people's bewildered glances. She knew Bucky expected her to scream, shout, do just about anything to express her dismay for his actions, so she did nothing at all. In fact, she didn't move, she didn't say a word when he put her down and started apologizing over and over. She just stood there, the coolness of the night's air more than welcome on her burning skin. Even though the outside of the venue was pretty dark, with only the moon to illuminate both of their faces, y/n could easily make out Bucky's worried expression. 

"I'm sorry."

"I know. Told me about 30 times already."

"Keeping count?" He gave her a crooked smile. "I don't want to lose you." He admitted. To that, she could only laugh.

"You're making it pretty easy for me to walk away." Bucky knew that. Ever since they decided to keep their relationship a secret, he did everything in his power to keep it that way. The only thing he didn't realize was that by keeping other people away from their business, he also got further away from y/n. 

"Please." He wrapped his arms around her, pulling her close. "Let me make this right." He said, taking off his mask, and seconds later, took her's off too. "All I need is one chance." The way she rolled her eyes didn't go unnoticed. "Just one." 

"No way in hell you're getting two." She replied when he pressed his forehead against hers. "You know, Natasha told me I shouldn't ever date you." Bucky was the one person she found hard not to forgive. 

"It's too late for that, isn't it, doll?" He chuckled. 

"Why are you here?"

"Because I made a promise." Y/n was ready to tell Bucky how he made it absolutely clear it wasn't a promise, rather a deal, but she didn't have the chance to when he captured her lips in a deep kiss. "I promise you." He paused for a moment. “Swear on everything that I have.” He kissed her again, this time much slower and much more passionate. "From now on, wherever you want to go, I'll go." Bucky peppered small kisses all over her face. "I'll be there because I want to." He gave her one final kiss. “All I want is you.” Bucky was a great kisser. The kind of kisser you'd want to pull back in, over and over again. Was she still mad? Yes. But did y/n want to keep kissing Bucky? Yes. So she pulled him in for a kiss before he had to chance to say something else. Bucky softly grabbed her face in his hands when they pulled away, again, and he noticed y/n leaning in, ready for another round of her lips against his. Laughing, he caressed her cheek with his thumb.

"I love you" He confessed when they pulled away, eyes soft and genuine. "Always and forever."

[timetravelprincess05]

This looks so much fun!! I’m ALWAYS in the mood to answer anything Back to the Future related! Let’s gooooo!

1. My favorite way of seeing the trilogy used to be on my dvd boxed set i’ve owned since i was a kid. Looking it up online, it came out in 2002 and i’ve been a fan since at *least* 2006-2007? It’s definitely aged not only because the art is worn. It also skips in a few places and when the picture display on a flat tv is in letterbox format LOL! So now i watch it on the 25th anniversary box set.

I love watching it with my partner, even though we’re still long distance. And it’s not on any streaming site (for free)…

2. Omg i have thought about this for YEARS! (No pun intended) Hmmm… Probably good ol’ 1985.

3. Does a photo with Michael J Fox count?? 😭

4. I think i’d get along with Marty (and hopefully Doc) wonderfully. I’m also the youngest in my family and although my family is more similar to when he comes back from the past the first time (when George is a author and Lorraine is not drunk), they’re less…. happy. I also just relate to his nature of feeling like he doesn’t really belong anywhere, has to stand up for himself, but he’s still so kind and brave.

For Doc, science is a 50/50 subject to me, but Doc makes it seem interesting and fun, and honestly just radiates safe father figure. And i LOVE THAT. Being a massive reader, i would love to go to him and be like “Check out this new novel i read!” Only for him to endearingly be like “I don’t understand why x and x have to/did…” or just be somewhere to go when i have family troubles.

These two are my comfort characters, you have no idea! ❤️

4. I’m tempted to say none, however, i would change one detail in the scene where Biff is with Lorraine in the car. It wasn’t until i was older and experienced a… situation… That i realizes what he was doing. I’d change it to maybe a heavy make out session? Or just something where it doesn’t imply that’s what he’s doing. In the novel of the book, it’s worse because it almost outright says it.

5. Definitely the game! I played it years ago and wanna play it again, but don’t have the consoles to. Bummer :(

6. I haven’t yet! I keep putting it off lol. I hope one day i can see it live.

7. Oooo probably more time with Clara and Doc before Marty? I adore Marty, but i wanna hear more about the seven(?) months of them in the timeline where they are in a relationship before he comes to rescue Doc and subsequently Clara. You know what? More Seamus and Maggie (plus William) as well! I have SO many questions and adore that lil family!!

8. The watch Marty wears (yes, the one that is always messing up lol) was a gift from Doc.

9. Biff Tannen or Bufford Tannen!!

10. Dang, that’s a good question… *Maybe* Rock n’ Roll Fantasy?

11. Probably why does Marty only drink/order sugar free things? I know about the joke in Lou’s diner, and it probably sets it up for that. But i’m looking for the in-universe answer.

12. Hmm.. Define aspect. I’m gonna just gonna say all of it! Lol

13. God, these are amazing questions! Top memory has to go to when i went to Orlando, Florida and saw one of Delorean’s used in the movie and the time train! I even met an actor who pretended to be Doc. He was so on point! That was when i was 12-13. I hope to go back one day

14. I definitely would have liked that moment filled out for sure. Or the moment between the McFly family in the 1800’s eating supper and the morning where Seamus takes Marty to the train tracks. So many possibilities!

15. Does Clara count? She’s SUCH a role model for a GOOD female character! Kind, smart, knows how to stick up for herself, and knows how to chase after what she wants! Oooo i strive to be like her!!

16. The fur babies!! Ahhhh!!! ….Copernicus. Smoll boy

17. The main theme! Part three! Goosebumps

when “The End” appears every time ❤️

18. Classic skateboardz

19. Either the cowboy outfit with the poncho or classic white shirt and suspenders :)

20. In 1955, while he’s tinkering with the Delorean and building the “not built to scale” model of Hill Valley :)

21. Any of them! But i did a closet cosplay of Marty (minus the red vest) a few back for a college costume contest and won $10!

22. Three, one, and two! :D

23. I couldn’t dare!

24. Gotta go classic #1

25. I can’t pick oneeeee!

26. Probably one of the beginning scenes where Marty busts out of detention

27. The McFly house or the Clocktower!

28. BOTH!!

29. Marty would be the perfect age to try the first computer when it comes out!

30. N/A

❤️❤️❤️

⚡back to the future ask game!

decided to make this litte ask game for y'all fellow bttf fans! have fun :D

📽️what is your favorite way of seeing the trilogy and who do you like watching it with?

🕰️if you were to insert yourself into the trilogy, what year would you come from?

💵what is a piece of bttf merch that you really really want (but can't afford)?

😊if you could be best friends with one of the characters, who would you choose and why?

🎞️if you could change one scene from any of the movies, which one would you change and how?

🎮what is your favorite bttf extended media (the game, comics, musical etc.)?

🎵if you have listened to the musical soundtrack, which song is your favorite and why?

✒️you are hired to write/draw a new bttf comic, and it can be about whatever you want. what in the bttf universe would you want to expand on?

👀share a random headcanon you have about your favorite character!

💢which one of the characters would you want to punt into the sun the most? (feel free to include the new characters from the expanded media as well, there are certainly a few of them who would deserve it)

🎼if you have one, share a song that you associate with your favorite character!

❓what is one question you would love to ask bob gale?

❤️this is probably a hard question to answer, but what is your favorite aspect about the bttf trilogy/franchise?

💭share a favorite memory related to back to the future!

⌛choose a timespan in the trilogy that wasn't shown on screen (e.g. the time between november 5 and the monday where marty goes to the school to introduce his parents). how would you have filled that moment out?

➡️what is your favorite side character in the trilogy and why?

🐶einstein or copernicus? (you MUST choose >:) )

🎸what is your favorite piece of movie soundtrack? (can be orchestral or any other!)

🛹skateboard or hoverboard?

🧒what is your favorite marty outfit?

👨‍🔬what is your favorite doc outfit?

🎭what bttf cosplay do you want to own?

🏅rank the movies in the trilogy (if possible)!

🎥what character in the movies would you like to play if you had the chance to?

🚗what is your favorite version of the delorean? part 1, part 2 or part 3?

📄what is your favorite scene in the trilogy?

✍️if you have read any of the alternate screenplays, what is a scene you wish would have made it into the movies?

🏡what filming location do you want to visit the most?

🎢what bttf attraction do you wish universal had, or do you want them to just bring back the bttf ride? or maybe both?

⏲️what time period would you want marty to travel to and what would you want him to do? for fun or for something serious?

💫if you have any bttf related wips, here's the oppurtunity to ramble about them!

[amatchinwater]

Pairing: Stackson

Warnings: N/A

Words: 2709

Prompt: Person A keeps waking up in Person B's bed. Its only a matter of time before "drunken mistake" is a believable excuse. By @inell

Ao3 link

Um, This Isn't Your Bed

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Your best friend being your roommate in college should be pretty awesome, right? What about if you have a crush on said roommate? Should be fantasy level stuff. The kind of thing you’d read about in your favorite steamy novel late at night. Not so much when you consider yourself an average dude and your best friend is a very, very hot dude. Now add in that said best friend is also an Alpha werewolf, so he more than likely can smell every single feeling you have towards him.

Still sound like a fantasy? 

It’s fucking difficult! Stiles is thankful that he is not only on suppressants- Omega equality means co-ed dorms, he kind of needs them- but that he learned a long ass time ago how to steady his heart rate while lying his ass off. He’d never be able to survive rooming with Jackson if he hadn’t. He can’t do anything about his chemosignals unfortunately. Believe him, the spark has tried. It doesn’t fucking work. 

So he suffers in silence whenever he comes back from a long day and the jock put a sock on the door. Lying through his teeth later on or the next morning when Jackson asks him if it’s okay and saying that it totally is with a forced smile. The Alpha isn’t an idiot by any means. He simply can’t not know how Stiles feels about him. No matter what the Omega’s words say otherwise. At least the wolf doesn’t say anything about it. Stiles can’t deal with that conversation. 

He can’t lose Jackson because he can’t get over some stupid crush he has. But it’s not just a crush, is it? No, Stiles wants to be mated with him. There hasn’t been a single Alpha- his father and Lydia aside- that has made him feel as safe as the wolf does. But how the fuck is he supposed to walk up to Jackson and just say ‘hey, I know we’re best friends, do you wanna be my mate?’ He’s not that stupid. 

For what it’s worth, the sock has stopped finding its place on the doorknob. For a few weeks now, actually. Lydia doesn’t have any information whenever the Omega gets the courage to ask her if she’s talked to the other Alpha. Stiles doesn’t think that he can just outright ask Jackson why he’s stopped sleeping with people. Who asks something like that? Weirdos. And Stiles is doing his absolute best at not being weird about this. 

Except that he totally is. 

“You know what wouldn’t be weird,” Lydia muses over the phone on their weekly check in call. “Telling Jackson how you feel. You guys have been friends for years,” she says like Stiles needed a reminder. “The worst thing that could happen is he turns you down. Jackson wouldn’t just drop you, Stiles. You know that.” 

“Yeah, but Lyds,” the Omega sighs, rolling flat on his back in bed, thrumming his fingers on his chest. “I don’t know. I just don’t think it’d be that good of an idea.” Loud voices echo the halls outside his empty room. “I’ll think about it,” Stiles remarks, knowing that the banshee won’t simply drop it if he keeps arguing. 

“Think faster,” Lydia retorts and then his door bursts open with a very clearly drunk Alpha. “Better yet,” he can hear her grin and the Omega really doesn’t like it, “why don’t you just tell Jackson now?” 

“Tell Jackson what?” The wolf slurs, laughing to himself at his struggle to shut the bedroom door. Good to know that even drunk his super hearing still works just fine. Motor skills and comprehensive thinking, not so much. Jackson nearly falls trying to pull one of his shoes off, it’s actually kind of cute.

“That Stiles-”

“Love you, Lyds, bye!” Stiles yells over her and hangs up before the other Alpha could hear what she’s saying. 

Not that it matters. Jackson clumsily kicks his other shoe off and flops right on Stiles’ bed, propping himself on his elbow, “that Stiles what?” 

Um. That he, uh…shit. Come on, Stiles think! Those glazed, icy blue eyes are staring at you waiting for an answer. “That I got an A on my Latin term paper,” Stiles says very carefully and slowly. Which is actually the truth, that is very much a thing that happened to the Omega today. But it’s not exactly the truth to the wolf’s question. Hopefully he’s too drunk to notice. 

“Fuck yeah, dude,” the Alpha playfully- and very drunkenly- punches him in the shoulder. “I told you you would,” Jackson’s words muddled like his tongue is a touch too big. 

“Yeah,” Stiles draws out the word quietly, watching the wolf lay down against his pillow and promptly fall asleep. “Um.” The human looks at the Alpha laying in his bed utterly confused. He turns to see the wolf’s bed, like if he looked at the empty mattress, it’d give him some explanation as to why this is happening. Pinching himself for good measure, Stiles stares at the sleeping Alpha and a yawn of his own rips through him. 

Should he go sleep in Jackson’s bed? Surely if the wolf wakes up beside him, he’ll flip. They haven’t shared a bed together since they were ten. But then that raises the issue that the Alpha could also flip about having the scent of an Omega on his sheets. Or, well, an Omega’s scent that he didn’t purposefully put there. Not that Jackson seems to give two shits about putting the scent of an unmated Alpha on his fucking sheets. 

Stiles is really fucking tired too. 

“Please don’t claw my face off in the morning,” Stiles groans softly, reaching over to turn the desk lamp off, cloaking them in darkness which only makes the heat coming off the wolf all the more noticeable. Shit. He’s just going to lay completely still for once in his life and fall asleep on his back too. 

Yeah. That’s totally a thing the Omega is capable of. 

When he wakes up, Stiles is ready to jolt when the memory of the night before slaps him in the face. Except that he can’t. Because not only is Jackson still in his bed, the wolf has curled around him in his sleep. The human is pulled tightly against the Alpha’s chest, arms holding him close while his nose is tucked in the nape of Stiles’ neck. 

Then the worst possible thing happens. The Omega’s alarm goes off. His arm flies out from under Jackson’s to swipe it away as quickly as possible. But the damage has already been done. The Alpha behind him stirs, tightening his arms for a moment before dragging them off of him. Slowly. Rubbing along every inch of Stiles’ sides along the way. 

“What time is it?” Jackson gruffs, seeming to not care about his sleeping arrangements. 

Meanwhile Stiles’ heart is having a field day in his ribcage. “Uh, s-seven-thirty,” the Omega tells him. 

“Shit!” The Alpha jumps up out of bed, and Stiles freaks that where the wolf is laying has caught up with him. “My mid-term starts in a half hour across fucking campus. Fuck,” he growls, clutching his head as he haphazardly grabs clean clothes and his toiletries bag from his dresser. And then he’s dashing out the door without another word. 

Stiles stepped into the twilight zone, right? That’s what’s happening here? It’s the only plausible explanation the Omega can come up with to be perfectly honest. He doesn’t really have much time to contemplate any of it really, his own test starting soon as well. He was at least smart enough to set an alarm that gave him an hour to study one final time before having to get ready. So he does just that, cracking open his anatomy textbook for a quick refresher. 

Two times! Two more fucking times has Jackson slept in his bed in less than that many weeks! That’s three times total. You bet your ass Stiles is counting. The Omega could never forget it. Each and every time, Jackson has claimed to be drunk when he does it. That he hadn’t realized what he was doing. That the wolf didn't think anything of it when he woke up because they’re best friends and he trusts Stiles.

Because that didn’t punch him in the gut. 

It’s amazing that Jackson trusts him not to be a dick about it. But honestly, the whole ‘it’s cause we’re best friends’ bit fucking sucks. The excuse of being drunk also fucking sucks. Because there’s something really nagging at the Omega’s brain. He’s caught Jackson in his bed twice, right? Two times that he’s aware of. But Stiles has washed his bed spread profusely since then. He’s talking washing them at least three times the morning it happens because he cannot fucking handle smelling the wolf when he sleeps. 

Not when it’s something he fucking craves and can’t have for real. Being able to smell Jackson in the room is already a lot to handle. But he gets by because it’s not right in his fucking nose. Yet he swears that there are some nights that he’ll roll over into his pillow and get a strong whiff of the Alpha. Not detergent or himself; Jackson. 

What the fuck? 

Stiles honestly thinks he’s going crazy. Because he’ll open his eyes and the wolf will be on the other side of the room sleeping soundly. Making the Omega wonder if his senses are on the fritz or some shit. And of course when he explains himself to Lydia, she just laughs at him and tells him to get his head out of his ass and see what’s really happening.

Very unhelpful. 

But then it happens again. And this time, it’s a lot different.

It’s the weekend, so there’s no alarm to worry about waking him up, but Stiles’ circadian rhythm doesn’t seem to care about that today. Waking up, the sun is only just starting to make its appearance over the trees judging by how much light is seeping through the cracks in their blinds. And yet again, there’s arms wrapped around his torso and his legs are tangled with another’s. And Jackson just doesn’t care. 

“Sorry,” the Alpha mumbles, languidly removing himself from the human and getting up to plug his phone in by his own bed. “I guess I drank too much again last night,” Jackson quips, not making eye contact.

Stiles sits up in bed, narrowing his eyes at the wolf. Enough is enough. “No,” the Omega says in a high pitched tone of disbelief, “no, I don’t think that’s what happened. I’ve smelled you when you’re drunk,” he states, even the morning after, alcohol has a distinct scent, “you weren’t drunk last night. In fact, I don’t think you drank at all.” 

Jackson freezes, half dangling his phone over his bed. “Well,” the wolf tosses his phone, turning to face him, “you’re wrong.” The Alpha shrugs, “Danny and I went out to a club last night.” 

That also didn’t happen. Because when Stiles had stopped by the all night cafe on campus around ten or so, the Alpha in question was there typing away on his laptop. Get your head out of your ass and see what’s happening. Sure thing, Lydia. But what the fuck is happening? 

“Jackson,” Stiles looks at the Alpha fiddling with something on their desk, once again avoiding eye contact. “Jackson,” he repeats, a little more assertively, making the wolf jump slightly and hum in response. “Why does my bed smell like you even after I wash it?” 

“An Alpha’s scent is really strong. I don’t know,” the wolf scrunches his face, making himself even less believable. “Get better detergent or something.” 

“Jacks,” the Omega nearly whispers, afraid to get his hopes up. But the wolf is acting like he does when he doesn’t want to admit something. Jackson is nervous. What Stiles wouldn’t give to be able to smell chemosignals too. “Why do you keep sleeping in my bed? And don’t say it’s because you were drunk. Tell me the truth.” 

“I like…” the wolf starts off strong, but mumbles the rest to the point Stiles can’t understand what he says. 

Wetting his lips, Stiles squints at the Alpha, “one more time?”

“I like the way you smell,” Jackson blurts out. “It’s really fucking nice. A-and your heartbeat calms my wolf a lot. Like, I swear it’s purring or some shit when I’m with you, because it likes you as much as I do. We- I want you to smell like me. I- I want the smell to be us, not you and me and- what?” The Alpha asks, finally noticing the stupid grin on Stiles’ face pretty much as soon as he started speaking. 

It’s kind of cute watching someone like Jackson ramble the way that the Omega does. It just shows Stiles that the wolf is telling the truth. That he likes him. Holy shit. Jackson likes him. Jackson’s wolf likes him. 

“Shit,” the Alpha curses under his breath when Stiles didn’t respond. “I knew I shouldn’t have said anything. Fucking Lydia,” Jackson huffs. “I’m sorry,” he scratches the back of his head, “just- just forget I said anything. It doesn’t matter. I’m gonna go for a run and-”

“Wait,” Stiles grabs the Alpha’s wrist, preventing him from running away. Jesus, he’s supposed to be the one spilling his guts and then running in fear of rejection. Not Jackson. “Sorry,” the Omega chuckles, “it was just cute watching you act like me for a second there.” Blue eyes meet his gaze, a little guarded. “Do you have any idea how much I enjoyed waking up next to you? Actually next to you, not across the room.” The wolf shrugs. “A lot.”

“You don’t have to say this for my benefit,” Jackson says. 

“Your benefit?” Stiles’ eyebrows pinch together. Good god, he never thought he’d have to be the one to offer reassurance. “You think I’m lying?” Jackson levels him with a half glare. “Oh my g-” the Omega doesn’t bother finishing, rather throws sanity out the window and yanks the Alpha to him. Pressing their chests flush and slamming their mouths together. 

The reaction is instant. Jackson’s arms wrap around his back, palms splayed to keep the Omega close. Growling softly, the wolf slides his tongue along Stiles’ bottom lip, rumbling more when permission is granted. But, just, hang on. 

“What’d Lydia do?” Stiles pulls back breathlessly, keeping his hands on the Alpha’s chest. 

“She knows how I feel about you,” Jackson tells him, resting his forehead against the Omega’s. “She thought it would be a good idea to tell you how I felt. But I didn’t really know how, so I figured since the first time I actually fell asleep in your bed because I was drunk and you didn’t yell at me, that I’d keep trying that. Seeing how long you’d put up with it. If you’d say anything. If you’d do anything.” 

“Do anything?” Stiles laughs, pulling back to look at him properly. 

“Snuggle me in your sleep or something, I don’t know.” 

“I believed you the other times you said you were drunk,” Stiles sputters, “as much as I would’ve loved to cuddle up to you, I was worried about getting my face torn off for doing it.”

Jackson kisses him again and the Omega’s brain forgets its functions for a moment. “I’d never hurt you,” the wolf says matter of factly, “ever. I have been entertaining the idea of you being my mate ever since I realized my wolf was ready for one.” 

“You want to mate with me?” Stiles asks, shocked. Liking someone and wanting to be someone’s mate are two wildly different things. 

“No, I just make sure you smell like me all the time so another Alpha can claim you,” Jackson’s face drips as much sarcasm as his words. Stiles laughs, shaking his head at the wolf. “So, whenever you’re ready, if you would even want me as your Alpha, I’d be more than happy to be mated with you, Stiles.” 

“I’d like that a lot,” Stiles agrees, leaning in to rest their foreheads together again. 

[sparklingichigo]

How to Approach Your Demon Crush

Brought to you by Asmodeus Morningstar

Part 3

The next few days, things are going well especially with Haruka's crush on Satan. They're getting close day by day and Asmo's can't help but rejoice because of this with a little bit of pride in it because look him smirking in victory because his advice works,

"See, told you~" he says. "But be careful though, he can be really territorial when he's jealous."

"I don't think he's one to get jealous actually..." Haruka trails out.

"You'll see." Asmo replies.

Suddenlly their door is opened by Levi who wants to play games with Haruka. He doesn't even knock; he just bangs the door open so hard Asmo drops his brush!

"For the love of God, KNOCK!" Asmo scolds him.

"Can't." Levi replies not caring about Asmo. "Haruka, let's go! It's our gaming day!"

"It is? It is?!" Haruka gasps. "Uh...sure let's go! See you around, Asmo!" She exclaims, going with Levi.

As the door close, Asmo sighs as he continues with his makeup.

"I'm surrounded by idiots..." He mutters to himself as he brushes the blush-on to his face. "Will this be too much for the fangol game? Nah, I think I look perfect~"

In the living room there's Satan reading one of his novels on the couch, just chilling until he sees Ichigo walking out with Beel.

"Really now? You're wearing that?" Oh, the tone! It's so degrading, it made Ichigo's blood boil!

"That's coming from someone who can't use their outer properly!" Ichigo shots back.

"It's for the game, she's coming to watch." Beel says.

"Oh. But it's so...orange..." Satan replies.

"So? It's the fangol team's color. Deal with your own bussiness if all you do is degrade people. As if you're no lower being yourself!" Ichigo snaps. "Let's go, Beel! Can't miss your game." She said with a huff.

"After you." Beel says as Ichigo walks pass him before he follows behind.

Satan is now left alone, rolling his eyes but he hears Levi and Haruka talking LOUDLY across the room.

"What kind of game are we playing again?" That's Haruka for sure.

"Well lots, I mean we can play the Sims, kingdom hearts, mario kart, hey I think we can also play the new game I bought!" Yep, that's Levi.

Their loudness does annoy him, so he snaps his book close, rolling his eyes. He even tsk-ed due to such annoyance until he sees Asmo sitting beside him.

"So, I sense some jealousy~" He starts.

"Definitely not but what's up with your...." Satan replies confusedly pointing to Asmo's whole look.

"What?" Asmo confusedly asks.

"It's so orange!" He replies.

"It's the theme, duh!" Asmo answers as if it's the most obvious thing.

"God, first it's Ichigo now it's you." He grumbles.

"Hey, don't talk about fashion when you can't even wear your outer properly." Asmo teases causing his brother to glare at him.

"What do you want?" Satan finally asks.

"Nothing! I'm just looking out for you! You're my brother so I have to look out for you too~" Asmo replies playfully.

"I start to doubt that that's your intention." Satan says.

"Hm, but I do sense some jealousy in you." Again, with the teasing!

"I'm not and stop putting your nose in other beings' business!" Satan scolds him, walking away.

Asmo pouts watching his brother leave before huffing and start to play with his phone on the couch instead. He does intend to leave for the game anyways but Solomon his date isn't coming anytime soon so here he is.

Meanwhile, Levi and Haruka are gaming like crazy. They went from Kingdom hearts to final fantasy, Mario Kart and more games.

"This one's a new one! You remember my fave, Ruri-chan don't you?" Levi says as he puts the dvd into the PS4 dvd slot.

"I do, he's like your favorite of all anime characters." Haruka replies.

"I actually wanna cosplay as her but I just haven't got a chance yet. Too shy." Levi says. "I've bought all the things I need but yea..."

"Don't worry about it! I'm sure you'll look great!" Haruka says trying to motivate him.

"You think so?" Levi asks.

"Yeah! I mean you can always try it on and show me?" Haruka asks back.

"I won't mind but don't tell anyone about this, okay?"

"I won't."

At the same time in RAD's fangol field, everyone is already there to watch the game including Ichigo. Since she's here for Beel here she is sitting alone until someone pats her on her shoulder,

"Hey," The person greets her.

"Solomon!" She gasps.

"Sup, watching the game too?" He starts.

"I am, yes. What brings you here?" She replies.

"Same thing, but also Asmo's in the cheer team." He answers.

"Ah, right..." That's all she said nodding.

The game finally starts after a few minutes and Ichigo is now so invested in the game, she's cheering so loud along with the other fangol audience,

"Oh my God! That's so close! Let's go, Beel! Go for it!" She shouts trying to motivate Beel as if he'd hear her.

While Solomon just eats popcorns by his seat until he tugs Ichigo's shirt to get her attention,

"What?"

"You want me to use magic to make them win?" He offers.

"Are you crazy?! That's cheating!" She scolds him.

"Not if anyone knows." The reply annoys Ichigo in so many ways that she actually smacks him with her purse.

"No! It's still cheating and Beel won't like it! Stop trying to make things worse than it already is!" Ichigo scolds.

"Yes, ma'am." Solomon says as he raises his hands, surrendering. "I'll just help you with the cheering... CMON BEEL! YOU GOT THIS, CMON MAN!"

"YOU CAN DO IT BEEL!!" Ichigo shouts again, cheering to Beel who's currently carrying the rugby throughout the field.

Down there, Beel's focus is actually quite off with how his opponent starts to catch up with the score, even his friends are worried about it too.

"You think we should go with plan B?" One of his teammates asks.

"Maybe we should, it's probably our way to win this game and go to the finals." Beel replies.

"Plan B it is. What do you think, Coach?" Another asks.

"If that's what it takes, then Plan B it is." The coach replies.

The team nods as they go back to the field going with Plan B. The strategy with Plan B is quite different since they didn't put Beel at the front, instead he's at the back, surprising everyone.

"They put him in the back...?" Solomon comments confusedly.

"For a distraction perhaps?" Ichigo replies just as confused.

"Most likely." Solomon nods confirming Ichigo's guess.

Back in house of lamentation, Haruka finally took her break from gaming and decide to get some water. On the way she bumps on Satan who's busy reading a book.

"Oh Haruka, didn't see you there!" Satan gasps as soon as he sees her.

"Clearly, you need to stop putting your nose in that book. You might crash on something or worse got into a trap." Haruka warns.

Satan sighs and decides to change the topic, "Done playing?"

"Nah, I'm on a break. Today's is full gaming day, so yeah." She replies.

"I see, how unfortunate." The tone is clear sarcasm causing Haruka to raise her eyebrows confusedly, but Satan walks away anyway.

"Weirdo..." She mutters before going to fill her bottle.

After meeting Haruka, Satan walks all the way to Levi's room and inside Levi is still tidying some things so he doesn't bother to answer the door when Satan knocks.

"Just come in," He says.

Once the door was opened it was silence causing Levi to be confused, so he turns back and he legit SCREAMED.

"WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING HERE?!"

"You told me to get in." Satan replies sarcastically.

"I thought you're Haruka!" Levi shouts.

"Well, you thought wrong." Another sarcastic answer is given by Satan.

"Why are you even here?! You're literally a nerd!" Levi asks frustratedly.

"Just checking on you two, you do take a LONG time in there." Satan answers.

"What?! Hold on... You're seriously jealous because we're playing together?!" Levi asks.

"Well..."

Levi didn't bother letting Satan finish, he instantly sniff the air and he gawks,

"You are jealous. It's obvious." Levi concludes

"I'm not!" Satan denies it all, clearly.

"Dude, I'm literally the avatar of envy and I can sense this. Your jealousy is off chart. Trust me, dude. I got nothing going on with Haruka, it's all platonic. I'm just here to game, okay?" Levi explains.

"Tsk. Whatever." The ice-cold respond cause Levi to scoff as that wrath of a demon turns around to exit but instead, they find Haruka by the door.

"Oh hi, what brings you here..." Haruka greets him. "And what's with the demonic aura?"

"Huh?"

"Your aura, it's all-over Levis' room..." Haruka trails out awkwardly.

"He's jealous." Levi teases causing Satan to glare at him in seconds and denies it as always.

"I'm not and Haruka, can you please move? I have somewhere to be." Satan says with his passive aggressive smile.

"Okay...?" Haruka awkwardly slides away with a nod as Satan exist Levi's room to God knows where. "Such a weirdo..."

"You bet!" Levi agrees with a nod. "Your whole relationship with him is weird."

"What's that supposed to mean?!" Haruka asks offendedly.

"Not in a bad way, it feels like reading a manga. It's just so unreal you know." Levi answers. "Anyways, wanna continue?"

"...No thank you." Haruka forces a smile as she collects her things.

"Why not?" Levi asks worriedly.

"Reasons, I'll be off." Haruka says, leaving the room.

Outside the room Haruka is seen running all the way to the room loudly. Satan, who's coincidentally there, stares at her confusedly before following her out of curiosity and worry. Even the door bang tells him something is definitely up!

"Hey, Haruka?" He calls out, knocking on the door. "Are you okay there? May I come in?"

No answer, that girl needs a time on her own now but Satan is persistent. He knocks some more and asks to come in. Haruka gets annoyed and decides that he can come in.

"Fine, come in." She says.

Satan nods as he comes in to see Haruka covered in blankets. A smile appears on his face because he finds it cute.

"You good?" He asks, sitting on the edge of her bed.

Again, no answer but a huff. Even Haruka hides herself more beneath the pile of blanket.

"Just know that I'm trustworthy enough for you to vent. As someone with uncontrolled emotions I think I can be a good listener or a good advisor, whichever your choice." He says, patting the pile of blanket before getting his hand slap away.

"Don't touch me!" Haruka grumbles.

"Okay, I won't." Satan says, understandingly.

After a couple minutes of silence, Haruka finally peeks out from her pile of blankets, "Do you think I'm weird?"

"You want me to be honest?" Satan asks back. A nod is what he get to honest he did.

"Bluntly speaking, yes." He says causing Haruka to throw a pillow at him. "Hey, I wasn't finished! Listen to me!" Haruka only huffs but she did.

"Okay, here's the thing. We are technically weird but that's not a bad thing. You and I are different species and I'm sure you view me as someone weird. Heck you're even playing video games with a snake! This whole thing is weird, okay. So, for me, sure you're weird but not in a bad way, but it's because you're unique." Satan explains.

Haruka's mood didn't get better instead he stares at Satan as if he's a know-it-all, which indeed he is but hey, he's here trying to comfort her.

"And your weirdness didn't make you an outcast. You are accepted here in my house; everyone wants to be your friend. We're your friends and your uniqueness make you special." Satan continues. "Well, I did kinda push Ichigo to the corner but that's not because she's a human but that's because she's annoying."

"Don't bring her into this! Let her be!" Haruka scolds.

"But yeah, your weirdness is not a bad thing but if someone insults you, I'll help you." He finalizes.

"Help as in?"

"Help you throw hands." Satan shrugs as if that's a casual thing. "So, who is it? Who called you weird?"

"Levi...."

"I'll be back."

Haruka peeks out and finally stands up, holding Satan back, "No, please don't go! Where are you doing?!"

"To sit him down, clearly." Satan replies.

"Don't! Just accompany me here, please?" She pleads.

"Okay." Satan nods. "Know what, why don't I take you out? You haven't got a tour around town, haven't you?"

Haruka only shakes her head no and what she gets is Satan's first ever soft smile causing her to blush and her heart skip the beat, there's even butterflies inside her stomach!

"Then I'll tour you around. There's this awesome cafe you should see, oh and there's the city library and ice cream." Satan says.

"I do want ice cream..." She says.

"Perfect! I'll let you get ready, and we'll meet at the lobby, okay?" Satan offers.

Haruka nods shyly before Satan exits the room. If you're in HOL right now you're gonna hear her scream in happiness! She finally gets a date! Haruka instantly opens her closet trying to find cute clothes she should wear.

"Oh no... what should I wear?! Ah! It's my first ever hangout with Satan!" She panics as she looks around the closet until she finds a red sweater and a black pencil skirt.

"Perfect!" She exclaims and changes into that, she also puts on black thighs and black boots to match the skirt. She also puts some accessories to spice up the outfit before grabbing her bag and run all the way the lobby.

Satan who's already at the lobby finds Haruka running there instantly catches her since she decides to trip on air,

"Hey, careful there. I'm not gonna leave that soon." Satan teases causing her to pout.

"It's my first hangout with you so I gotta be there on time..." She replies.

Satan only nods understandingly and pats her, "You look nice."

"So do you..." Haruka shyly replies.

"Shall we?" Satan asks offering his hand, Haruka nods accepting the hand and off they go to town!

Meanwhile in RAD, everyone cheers because the RAD's Fangol team has won! Everyone is happy with the results until Solomon decides to open a shaken can of beer out of no where.

"What the heck, Solomon?!" Ichigo scolds, moving away.

"What, it's fun!" Solomon replies, spraying it everywhere.

"Ew!" Ichigo exclaims, getting away from him all the way down.

As she runs she almost trips but luckily someone caught her, the scent is very familiar and as she looks up there's Beel who actually caught her.

"Hey...." She greets him with a shy smile.

"Hey." He greets her back. "Are you okay?"

"I'm good, I'm okay. I'm escaping that though." Ichigo replies, instantly hiding behind Beel.

"Oh, Solomon! Nice seeing you here!" Beel greets him.

"You too. Congratulations by the way." Solomon greets him back.

"Thanks. Oh by the way Asmo's with the cheering team there if you're here for him." Beel says.

Solomon nods to thank him before bolting to meet his crush. Ichigo then peeks from behind Beel to see if he's gone.

"He's gone, don't worry." Beel says.

"That's a relief." Ichigo sighs in relief. "You did great by the way..."

"Thank you." Beel replies.

"Hey, Beel! You coming to the victory party?" One of his teammates asks.

"Sure, if Ichigo wants to." Beel answers causing Ichigo's eyes to widen in confusion while his teammates coo at how cute they are.

"I mean if you want me to come, I can make it." Ichigo says.

"Perfect! See you two there!" He said.

Ichigo only nods as his teammates walk to the locker room to clean up.

"You wanna clean up here or at home?" Ichigo asks.

"At home unless you wanna wait for me." Beel replies.

"I can wait, no worries." Ichigo replies. "Plus, you stink~" She teases.

"Hey!" Beel pouts playfully making Ichigo giggles.

"Go on, clean up. You're sweating and all, shoo!" She scolds him playfully.

Beel obliges as he runs to the locker room, leaving Ichigo alone at the bleachers with the rest of the audience who's still there.

At HOL, Haruka and Satan are finally done with their date hangout. They went from a cafe to the town's library to read some books and ending it with the ice cream! It's a lot of fun but when they reach the door, Haruka starts to tip-toe trying to kiss Satan, clearly she can't reach him. Satan sighs fondly before meeting her half-way giving her the kiss she wants until the door opens and then closes again.

"How to unsee..." Oh it's Lucifer!

"What happened?" Mammon asks.

"Someone kissing." Asmo replies.

Suddenly they all hear a shout from Ichigo who just got back with Beel,

"WHAT THE HECK?!"

"Ichigo, it's not what you think!" Satan exclaims.

"YOU F*CKING PERVERT! HOW DARE YOU!" She shouts.

"Ichigo, calm down, it's not what-"

"Don't defend him!" She cuts in as Haruka sighs.

The rest of the evening is Ichigo chasing Satan down with Haruka sighing along with Beel until he reminds her of the party.

"Ichigo, you need to prepare for the victory party, right?" He reminds her.

"Ah right... " Ichigo nods but she still smacks her purse at Satan for kissing Haruka.

"I'm watching you Satan, if you dare hurt her this won't be the attack you're getting." She warns him.

"Hey! She started it!" Satan exclaims.

"Doubt that!" She replies.

"Ichigo~" Beel calls again causing her to pout.

"Okay, alright, I'm coming." She huffs.

"That's what she says." Asmo jokes as he leans at the door.

"Asmo..." Beel warns him.

"Just joking dear brother. You did great by the way." Asmo says.

"And you're awesome on the cheers team." Beel replies with a compliment.

"Of course, I am." Asmo says, flipping his non-existent long hair.

[the-ethereal-lorestar]

Writeblr Intro

I already have a writing Tumblr account, but it’s mixed together with art and other stuff, but it’s not centered on a Writeblr account. My brain refuses to acknowledge things that aren’t cut and dry, so I made a whole new Tumblr account focused around the Writeblr community. I wasn’t really active in it with my writing, and art Tumblr account. So, I’m still new to the Writeblr community.

Please feel free to Tag me, send me asks, message me about your characters, WIPS, book recs, etc. I’m happy to receive, and talk about them!

My name is Jessica. I can be referred to as Jess, or as my common persona on the internet, Soul (from SoulGalaxyWolf). I’m 25 with she/they pronouns and I pursued a creative writing degree with a minor in studio art for most of my college years until I had to transfer to a local university—transfer into an English degree, due to financial reasons. The same reasons that force me to not complete my last semester I need to take to finish.

I have bad social anxiety, and it’s challenging for me to interact with an online community. I’m going to try, though. I have a strong desire to interact with more writers. I have problems with motivation and discipline, too. I’m not diagnosed with any mental disorders (officially?), but I have been told I have depression by therapists, so that might be a challenge for me as well to interact with this community.

My main goal is to interact with the community and talk to other people about writing over my own work, but I would like to do progress stuff of my current main WIP. Since the first time I made this post I haven’t been all that successful. I’m going to work on that.  

A common question I would hear is what started it all? I don’t recall specifically when I decided to do it professionally, but I do remember a core memory for what might’ve started it. TL;DR: I went passed a minimum word count for a writing assignment in third grade. The prompt was finding an egg underneath the bed. I remember enjoying how my classmates reacted to how much I wrote. I had a lot of fun writing from that prompt. It would be the only prompt that I could write from, lol. I have issues with them now.

What I mostly like to read and write is YA fantasy. I am interested in other subgenres of fantasy, but It’s hard to find interesting fantasy novel series without a recommendation. Also, all the fantasy books I could think of right now are YA fantasy’s, so I can’t think of other books I’ve read that weren’t YA fantasy.

Other genres I enjoy are paranormal, sci-fi, and historical fiction, and mystery/thriller/horror. It’s mostly a specific area of these genres: supernatural abilities (not much for vampires, but prefer interesting werewolf stories), books like “The Martian” for sci-fi, and victorian-esque(?) era, or steampunk for historical fiction. I’m interested in reading mythology and folklore stories, but haven’t looked or seen any.

If you have an obsession with genres within or outside my interests and would be super excited to talk about it, chat with me. I wanna be convinced, I wanna be pushed, and I want to be attacked by your interests in different and similar genres :)

My favorite tropes are found family, idiot1 and Idiot2, soulmates, villain redemption arcs, villain x hero, and more.

I only like romances as subplots. Only exceptions are probably two stories that’s on Wattpad. One is mxm, but it’s mostly because I kin hard on one character (Dear Uncle Vic from “I Kissed a Boy” series by rotXinXpieces).

My W.I.P:

The Siren with a Silent Voice: Another small town magical realism story. It also has a dark secret that is attached to the town that involves the families of the main characters. Probably incredibly similar to Into the Witch’s Town, but it goes to a different direction that’s more “adventure” fantasy then cozy fantasy. Currently have four chapters written on Wattpad, but haven’t worked on it for a while because I desperately need to plan it out. Plus, the first chapter is boring too me. :(

Into The Witch’s Town: A cottage core magical realism novella/novel. My protag, Zelmarie, or Faye/Zel, inherits her grandmother’s home in a small town filled with inhabitants that have as much of a strong personality as her grandmother did. I haven’t gotten far into the planning phase.

Connecting Souls: This story used to be my main, but I decided to stop working on it until I don’t get so overwhelmed with world building-- I want to make my own world to set most of my stories in. "Connecting Souls” is about a girl that has trust issues who is thrown into a different world then her own. Her family was taken from her, so she has to navigate the world while struggling to trust her traveling companions. Themes include trust, found family, and trauma. I decided to work on something that I could realistically accomplish for now, so this is in the back burner.

[Working Title]: I also have a story I’m writing with a friend. I don’t really have a title to include, but it’s about experiments on magical races by humans. One is a race I made, and my friends character is a race that he made. We haven’t worked on it in a while, but I’m trying to work on some stuff towards it.

That’s it. Interact with this post if ya interested. Have a great day, you guys :3c

[grassbreads]

Thanks for the tag bestie!

Last Song

Snowflake by The Hoosiers. They're releasing new music again for the first time since like 2015, and I'm so pleased about it :). Big win for the mid 2010s 8tracks fandom playlist girlies.

Currently Watching

Bigtop Burger! It has been a shockingly long time since I've watched any actual movies or TV, but the season 2 finale of Bigtop Burger by Worthikids came out yesterday, and I have been losing my mind over it a little bit.

Bigtop Burger is a youtube series and it's very short (the longest ep is 6 minutes, and most of them are under 4), so it's super easy to get into. Season 1 is a goofy comedy about a clown-themed food truck, and the last couple episodes of season 2 will rewrite your brain.

Currently Reading

I'm actually between books right now! I just finished rereading The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor Lavalle, which was just as brilliantly effective the second time through. Genuinely a must-read for anyone into Lovecraft.

Next on the tbr pile is Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn. I haven't started it yet, but I liked the first episode of the TV adaptation, and I loved Gone Girl by the same author, so I'm anticipating a very good time.

As for web novels, I'm still making my way through the last book of Silent Reading/Mo Du by Priest. It's a good story and I like the characters (especially Fei Du), but I can't recommend it to others without a huge grain of salt for copaganda reasons. It's an interesting and impressively intricate crime drama, but at the end of the day, it falls into the same pitfalls as the rest of the police/crime genre.

Current Obsessions

I have a massive collection of webcomics that I've bookmarked as "to read later," and I've been devoting huge amount of my time the past couple weeks to actually reading all those collected tbrs. I hope you're ready to hear me scream about my web comic obsession.

A special shoutout goes to Countdown to Countdown by Velinxi, which is hands down my favorite of my recent reads. It's set in the not so distant future, in a vaguely post-apocalyptic society where a huge chunk of the population now has various superpowers. The main character is the son of the director of a culty prison tower that offers people with powers safety from the dangerous outside world on the condition that they act as though they're powerless. That main character wants out from that condition.

CtC's art is utterly stunning, and the story is a ton of fun (with a delicious amount of absolute heartbreak). You wanna read this comic so bad.

This post will be a mile long if I fully explain all the other things I've recently read and adored, so here's a speed round of the recent highlights (so far) from my web comic folder:

Ingress Adventuring Company by kayartics. A D&D-inspired fantasy about what happens to a powerful but messy wizard decades after he and his party save the world.

Going to Weather by SJ Costello. A ghost story set on a whaling ship.

The Property of Hate by modmad. The story of a young girl recruited to become a "hero" and save a literal world of imagination (and the story of the monster who recruits her).

Broken by Kristina Caruso. A fantasy horror about a psychic zombie and a fairy super-soldier trying to survive in a world of eldritch abominations and military dictatorships.

Wilde Life by Pascalle Lepas. A supernatural horror/slice of life about a man who moves to rural Oklahoma and discovers that his new home is overflowing with the paranormal.

Read more indie webcomics for the love of god. The creators need the support and these fantastic stories need to be enjoyed by more people. I'm never going to shut up about web comics.

Anyway now that I'm done getting carried away, here's tags (and feel free to ignore if you don't want to do this of course). @torterrachampion @halloweentual @travelingneuritis @reloaderror @helpfulbug @brushbugs @grelleswife and @96kyirah. The last tag goes to anyone else I didn't tag that wants an excuse to join in :)

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ty @haasegawa for the tag !!! so sorry i didn't get around to this sooner qwq

Last song: mine

Currently watching: very slowly finishing pokemon journeys, leon is so delicious

Currently reading: stormbringer except it's taking forever because i have the jp and en versions and i'm reading both at the same time

Current obsession: bsd in general, particularly fixated on soukoku and the next gen fic that i'm writing

tagging : @cyber-seaweed @xarlutye @cinammonelles @cyrafoam @severaltuesdays @frostlineprince @bimalewife (first mutuals on the list ty for following!), and @sweebat @killjoy-prince !

[zerochanges]

2021 Favorite Anime

It’s that time once again for me to list my favorite stuff from the year, and oh boy, what a year it has been. It sucked, okay, let’s just cut to the chase. The anime I watched the most this year was probably One Piece, like I discussed just the other day in my media binge reviews. If you wanna see my thoughts on some stuff that isn’t from 2021, check it out, if you don’t give a crap, and really who can blame you, just keep scrolling down. I am once again going to include sequels and long running animes in my ranking this year, and yeah, the list is just in alphabetical order so there isn’t really a number 1 to say, although if you ask me, it’s Muteking! Muteking is my favorite anime from 2021, that was the best show. Well, you can read why down below, but let’s get started. 

Banished from the Hero's Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside

You can tell this one is based off a light novel with that title, for simplicity sake let’s just call it Banished from here on out. Banished is a somewhat interesting concept, instead of being about the classic JRPG Yusha (Hero) character it instead focuses on a temporary party member. If you have played a decent amount of JRPGs I am sure you know what I am talking about, Red the main character isn’t a permanent party member, just someone that joins the group temporarily then leaves at some point. Red, being a former companion of the hero’s party, makes him worldly and interesting but he’s also down to earth and just wants to live a quiet life with his adventuring days behind him. When he meets Rit from his old adventuring days he is initially worried that his cover will be blown but she instead decides to settle down with him. What follows is pretty standard fantasy anime schlock but it’s held together really well because of the great chemistry between Red and Rit that make an adorable couple. It’s refreshing to have two adults actually openly dating with no “will they or won’t they?” antics.

Black Clover

Of all the things for 2021 to take, it had to be Clover! How cruel! I kid of course, and with the current state of anime I have no doubt it will one day return, hey even World Trigger did and I never would have believed that. For now though, Black Clover is over, and it ended pretty well for what it was. We got absolutely fantastic battles towards the end, Asta and Yami vs Dante is a true highlight of the entire series and really shows how much Asta has grown up now in the time skip and how important he has become to other people in his life. Hearing Yami finally call Asta by his name gave me goosebumps, it’s a beautiful moment. It hurts to have this one leave, it became a pinnacle of my Saturday nights on Toonami for some 4 years but Asta will return to save his friends again, I’m sure of it. 

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations

Last year Boruto began delving into manga content, both adapting story arcs from it directly and creating new content around it that further elaborated on material left vague in the manga. It was a great year for the series and it’s awesome to see that it pretty much kept that momentum for the entirety of 2021 as well, adapting almost the entire manga by this point. It was this year that finally revealed the secret behind Boruto’s curse mark and the cruel fate that awaits the youth as well as finally bringing the secondary protagonist into the series, Kawaki. Kawaki really shook up the status quo, a misunderstood youth that was being chased by a criminal organization, he had the same curse as Boruto and took crap from no one. 

Over the following story arcs we watched both Boruto and Kawaki grow a lot and share a deep brotherly bond because of the dark fate they have been given. And the battles, holy crap, the fights were incredible. The Boruto staff truly outdid themselves, animating some incredible fights that went above and beyond spectacle into almost cinematic quality fights. And it was absolutely earned, as these fights were tied together nicely with some really great story telling. Overall, I know the following year will probably be a bit slower since the anime has more or less caught up, but I don’t even care, it was one hell of a great ride these past two years, and I can’t wait to see what comes in the future. 

Cardfight!! Vanguard overDress 

Last year the third series of Vanguard finished after a nearly two year long run and 2021 has seen the start of Overdress, the new fourth series that celebrates the ten year anniversary of the franchise. OD is both something new and a return to form, and it was kind of an odd start to me; much of the first season simply did not click for me like I hoped it would. And that is one of the big differences OD has over past entries as the series has shifted to a much older demographic and airs late at night and in single cours. Gone are seasons that last 50-65 episodes and instead in their place are beautifully animated 12 episode seasons. The series having such a smaller episode count however didn’t vibe well with the same old kind of slow pace storytelling Season 1 presented and often had to sacrifice the titular card fights of the series in order to tell plot. I’m watching a card battle anime because I want card battles, that shouldn’t be too complicated to understand, right? 

Season 2 thankfully delivers in many ways and made me realize that a lot of the former season was all done for set up and finally getting this pay off felt great. Card fights become much more regular and said fights in general become really enjoyable with great strategy and wonderful animation. The story really picks up in this season and the cast finally feels like it all has fallen into place. Overdress was a rocky transition but I think Bushiroad has managed to bring a really great and well crafted card battle series to an older demographic. I’m looking forward to future seasons of the series now.

Dr. Stone: Stone Wars

Season 2 of Dr. Stone picks up right as the war between the two different factions of the stone world, Senku’s Kingdom of Science and Tsukasa’s Empire begin their war and it wastes no time in getting to the good stuff. Old characters return, Senku unleashes some great science on us, and most importantly the chemistry of the entire cast is top notch, even for the villain side. Every character is really well realized and written. It says a lot when the end of the season makes you empathize with the villain just as much as you did with the main characters. It’s sadly hard to talk a lot about Stone Wars since it is just one story arc of the series, going into details is pretty much just spoiling the story arc, but it’s a great continuation of a really fun and different Jump manga.

Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken (2020)

Toei’s modern adaptation of Dai no Daibouken is a dream come true, and one I never thought I could get. It brings back the same feelings I had when Madhouse began a new Hunter x Hunter adaptation in 2011, and I simply love that so many beloved 90’s Jump series are finally getting their due. This year the anime finally surpassed where the original 1991 anime left off, and seeing these story arcs get animated is incredible. And the animation is top notch! The staff working on the series really bring a lot of talent and creativity that brings the fights from the series into new light. Most importantly, I’m just having so much fun watching this series every weekend like I’m a kid again. Dai no Daibouken at one time in my life I considered my favorite manga, and to this day it really holds up so strongly. The anime finally entering into the second half of the manga has been one of the most exciting things for me this year!

Full Dive: This Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier than Real Life!

For me it’s kind of hard to do a comedy isekai (another world) series nowadays. It’s probably just because of how dry the isekai well is in general but there’s also just some really great competition, like Konosuba kind of already did everything and did it so well it’s hard to find any more humor from this. But then Full Dive came along and oh boy, I usually don’t find mean spirited comedy that funny but this is gold. The series really takes the piss out of so many power fantasy series, making a VR fantasy world that is too realistic, meaning that if you are weak IRL you are weak in the game, and it’s such a one trick pony but it works just so incredibly well. Watching the main character constantly fall over and over again because doing even the simplest of things in a JRPG is herculean for real life people. Hell, I think one of the funniest jokes is that he doesn’t even leave the starter town until the very end of the season! The thing that usually happens in a couple of minutes in an actual JRPG. 

Girlfriend, Girlfriend

Speaking of great comedies this year, Girlfriend, Girlfriend is another one. Instead of the usual “will they or won’t they” love triangle, the series protagonist Naoya is way too pure and doesn’t want to cheat on anyone so he somehow ends up in an utterly bizarre three way poly relationship with two other girls that is way too hard to explain to normal people and often leads to fairly funny outcomes. It’s just your regular high school romance between one dude and his two girlfriends. The humor is often really absurd, and the characters are sometimes too stupid to even function. The whole thing is held together by just how pure and sincere Naoya is in being the perfect two-timing boyfriend.

Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan

“Hey, that’s me!” is pretty much how I describe Uramichi-oniisan. Do you hate your job? Is life in your thirties depressing? Is your body starting to age and fall apart? Have you given up on ever achieving personal happiness? Are you going to be single forever? If you answered yes to all these questions then this is you too! We are all Uramichi-oniisan! The fact that this show aired on mondays too was way too perfect, I think it had to be intentional; vegging out to work time blues and your depressing 30s on the harshest day of the week really helped to get me through.

Muteking the Dancing Hero!

In what is probably the most creative and ingenious reimaging of a classic property I have ever seen, Muteking the Dancing Hero, takes an old cheesy early-80s Tatsunoko superhero show and transforms it into a modern spectacle that still pays homage to the era of origin. It’s such a clever idea that I can’t get over–poaching one of their many, many, dime-a-dozen Gatchaman clones and transforming it into … well pretty much an old school goofy rhythm game. Anyone familiar with the classics like Gitaroo Man, Rhythm Heaven, PaRappa, and the like, will know what I am talking about: Muteking the Dancing Hero is pretty much just one of those games if they were an anime. Gone are the mechs and the toyriffic gadgets, and in their place are epic dance battles against kaiju that seek to destroy the city. 

The music is phenomenal in the series, naturally, the dance battle portion of every episode is just so much fun, and way too enjoyable, but the soundtrack brings a lot of weight to it outside of just those tracks and there are even some old school classics from the era of the original Muteking; I nearly lost my mind when the show played the legendary (or maybe infamous now) Plastic Love, and somehow made it work for one of the saddest scenes in the series. Then there is also Aurora the most popular celebrity in the city and a dark idol that Muteking just can’t seem to beat for most of the series. Their dance clashes bring some of the best music in the series.

Besides the great idea to take a cheesy old property and reinvent it, and besides the great music that came with this new dance battle aspect of the series, besides all that, my favorite thing about Muteking the Dancing Hero is just that it’s loads of fun. The series is one of those rare shows that every episode feels insanely fun, the characters have fantastic chemistry with each other and no matter how small a role everyone gets something to do, the world is so well defined and cartoonish enough to seem magical, and 25 minutes just go away in a blink of an eye. This was the most fun I had watching anime all year, and easily my favorite show of the year, I will forever go up to bat for this weird, creative series. Two best buddies really can save the universe with the power of dance!

Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation

I originally watched this show because a lot of people were dunking on it for being super pervy and dumb, and hey, oh shit, a stupid perverted dumb isekai series, sign me up, bro. This wasn’t what I was led to believe, as it slowly became a really well written and heart wrenching series, I guess the twitter mobs never know what they are talking about, oh well, at least I watched a great show for once. Mushoku Tensei is a really interesting beast though and I can see why people might be grossed out at the start, it feels like the author probably played a lot of eroge back in the day before writing this series, and hey, me too, so it didn’t ruin the experience for me personally. Eroge, or erotic game in laymen, is probably the best comparison I can think of for Mushoku Tensei, as just like many famous eroge (think Yu-No or Fate/) the horny content is there but an incredibly deep and well articulated plot is just under the surface (and the boobs) too.

Remake Our Life!

This show I really felt on a lot of levels, being a burned out 30-something with a dead end job. There are a lot of fantasy titles in Japan now that seem to focus on escaping to another world or redoing a pivotal part of your life and it makes me imagine there’s a good chunk of the population there just as burned out as me. Remake really did a great job at not only making me extremely jealous of protagonist Kyouya for getting such a great opportunity to follow his creative dreams again in his youth, but also made me feel insanely inspired again every episode. Anybody struggling to become an artist in their adult life can relate to this series, and it really shows how the best of intentions sometimes can lead to the worst results. Nobody ever said second chances are perfect but I can’t help but to think how great it would have been to chase more of my dreams in my college years.

Tokyo Revengers

Tokyo Revengers feels like it might be the last big title from Crunchyroll and that made it extra special to me. We had this big 2-cour long mega popular show with a fantastic Crunchy commissioned dub in the vein of their other prior major gems like Jujutsu Kaisen before it. Now that they are owned by Funimation I had no clue going forward what will happen so this may really be the last of its kind. I can say though, it was a damn fun series to end on. 

Just like Remake Our Life! Tokyo Revengers features the protagonist time traveling back into his middle school self, on a mission to save his childhood sweetheart from a cruel fate in the present. The time travel aspect originally threw me off a bit, as it is kind of poorly written but after a while I came to actually really appreciate it for what it is. This is not a hard sci-fi fantasy series, at its core this is a fun yankii battle manga: the time travel aspect is just a narrative device that helps set stakes and creatively gives you exposition. We know why Takemichi has to succeed so badly because we get glimpses into what will happen if he doesn’t.

TSUKIMICHI -Moonlit Fantasy-

This is a guilty pleasure of mine. Tsukimichi does nothing extraordinary nor is it really that well made but there is just something there that I can’t quite put my finger on that makes me enjoy it a lot. Perhaps it’s that the series has a somewhat older feel to it, the original novels it is based on do date back to about 2012. For whatever reason this show makes me nostalgic and I really don’t have any prior experience with it. Feels like something I would have watched in high school. If you told me it was from 2006 I would believe you, as it firmly feels like Zero no Tsukaima to me. Anyways, guilty pleasure, but I would be remiss not to mention it since I spammed my friends with screenshots from this one quite a bit over this year.

World Trigger (Season 2 and Season 3)

Seeing World Trigger return like it has is honestly something that still surprises me. I was there, eight years ago, I watched since episode 1 aired back in 2014, and never could I have imagined that we would get past that cliff hanger the original first season ended on way-back-when in 2016. Seeing the anime finally finish the story arc it left on is really satisfying in a lot of ways but seeing how much care and effort was put in these new seasons is even more satisfying. It’s no secret the original first season had a rocky start and was right at the peak of Toei being kind of a disaster so seeing them have such an amazing output recently is a true underdog story, Dai no Daibouken and World Trigger are some of the best animated series around right now. Beyond the stellar animation (seriously this is the best I’ve seen in so long) World Trigger always holds a special place in my heart as the best Jump series from the 2010s. To me World Trigger is just where it is at for that decade, and this isn’t some diss on the many other great Jump titles of that era, I just think this is my favorite one; it has the sharpest writing, uses real world combat tactics, a huge roster of amazing characters, and is just a fun sci-fi series all together. 

The Vampire Dies in No Time

The Vampire Dies in No Time is a really great “buddy cop” kind of comedy, where world class Vampire Hunter Ronaldo somehow ends up partnering with the most fearsome and powerful vampire of them all, Draluc–except all that is total bull. Draluc’s legend is greatly exaggerated and despite his best efforts to be the stereotypical Dracula kind of vampire, he’s completely harmless, if anything he only hurts himself not humans. Pretty much even the smallest flick of your finger is enough to kill Draluc, who thankfully can revive endlessly but that’s about all he’s good for. Ronaldo and Draluc bicker constantly, are a terrible vampire hunter team, and each try to betray the other at every chance they can get–but somehow they are stuck together. It’s never a dull moment with these two idiots.

Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun (Season 2)

Iruma-kun is back and this newest season covers some of my favorite content in the series like the Evil Iruma story arc and the Walter Park arc. It’s nice to be able to settle down more into this series and see it continue, and knowing there is a season 3 in the upcoming future makes me hopeful we might get the entire series animated one day. Iruma-kun really fills in that void that Katekyo Hitman Reborn! Left in my heart after its ending. It’s funny, has some great small character moments, and can also handle battle manga material very competently. Watching young Iruma and his friends of demon misfits grow to rise above their misfit labels and become the most respected class of the titular Demon School is just too much fun.