#yep I have a little obsession with the movie currently

[billy-hargrooves]

10 characters, 10 fandoms

List ten favorite characters from 10 different fandoms and tag 10 people

I was tagged by @barrykeohgan

Thanks so much ❤️ and sorry that it took me so long.

Harry Crosby  (Masters of the Air) - HBO War

Charlie Sims  (Center Stage) - dance/ ballet fandom

Steve Harrington and Dustin Henderson (I can't choose between them and I won't. Basta! 😏) - Stranger Things

Peeta Melark- The Hunger Games

Robb Stark - Game of Thrones

Percy Jackson - Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Professor Xavier (played by James McAvoy) - Marvel

Clark Kent/ Superman (played by Henry Cavill) - DC

Spock (played by Ethan Peck) - Star Trek

Grogu - Star Wars

Tagging: @violaobanion @springsteens @basilone @marinad3lrey @harritudur @tisdae @emziess @beverlycrushr @letthefairyinyoufly @jakeperalta @staud @rosies-riveters @jesperfahxey @rogue-coyote @cristinasea @isitandwonder @elena-gilbert @rhaenyra-the-gracious @olympain

And everybody else who wants to do it 😊😉

[arkiwii]

I'm going to make a whole post to reply to this so I can put this in the main tag for everyone to see, but yep! Well, they're more more like posters that NoriZC drew;

It is currently being sold for something around 15$ USD! However, it's only available on Taobao, a Chinese site, so you will have to use Superbuy to buy them and have them shipped to your location. Here's a link to the item on Superbuy

There's a little total of 8 posters, supposed to mimic movie posters, and it's very cool! There's nothing really big with them, it's just art pieces, that are noted as being non canon and a fan creation since it's not an official Arknights merch, so buy them if you really want to support NoriZC or if you're obsessed with Rhine Lab like me

[aintashes]

— get to know astraea !

what's your phone wallpaper: my lock screen is a compilation of affirmations that i made, and my actual wallpaper is my husband's sweet face ♡

last song you listened to: i'm literally so taken with wonder eye by little moon right now, it's absolutely criminal that emma doesn't have more listeners because this song fucks so hard

currently reading: does it count if i say my mutuals writing on the dash ??... i need to pick up another book LOL

last movie: idk if it counts but i had one of my absolute favs, iron giant, playing in the bg recently :')

what are you wearing right now?: the sexiest comfy t-shirt-and-shorts pajamas combo you've ever seen

how tall are you?: 5'4" !

piercings / tattoos?: yes, and i'm currently planning more ! right now i have 4 tattoos and a nose ring.

glasses / contacts: yep, and while i do love my giant orange 70s specs, i wish i didn't need them LOL

last thing you ate?: a sandwich !

favorite color: i love so many colors... purple is always my go-to answer, but pink and yellow are close seconds !

current obsession: you can always assume that i'm currently obsessed with daryl LOL but other than him ?? i've been listening to a couple of new albums and eps lately and they're all so good i can't stop listening. if anyone's interested, here's one, and another, and another.

do you have a crush right now?: my husband is my forever crush, he still gives me butterflies ♡

favorite fictional character: oh lordy... how many times can i say daryl's name before i pass out ?

last place you travelled: i went out to columbus, ohio to visit friends for a few days ! it's so cute out there. cool little college city with lots of interesting spots.

tagged by: @innerwar tagging: my newer mutuals ! tag me so i can learn more about you !

[heyholmesletsgo]

Shipper Tag Game

Tagged by @thesilversun, thank you! :)

1. What ship were you completely obsessed with when you were a teenager, but now you don't care about anymore? Probably Ste/Jamie from the movie Beautiful Thing (1996). I joined a very active mailing list at the time, so many beautiful fics were shared between everyone. Now there's less than 20 fics on ao3 for it, when it was such a rich, vibrant, loving community.

2. Which ship would you consider your first one? Probably Peter Pan/Wendy from when I was a little kid, lololol

3. Your first fanfic was about which couple? Probably Peter Pan/Wendy but they were in the form of comics, entire new adventures for the whole crew with drawings on every page. When you're a kid and don't even know about fanfic/fandom works but creativity is still second nature.

4. Do you remember the first couple you saw fanart of? Gosh, I don't remember anymore.

5. Have you ever gotten into ship discourse? Nope.

6. Did you use to have any NOTP or have one currently? Yep. Got my blocked terms set up everywhere cuz I just don't want to see it.

7. Who were the couple in the last fanfic you read? songxiao! Song Lan/Xiao Xingchen :D

8. Currently, do you have any OTPs? Yes! songxiao, but also xiyao as well. The former I write all the time, the latter I made a few fanvids for, but oddly don't read much fic for. I adore a lot of xiyao fanart, but I take songxiao anyway I can get it ♥

9. Is there any couple that, to this day, you are extremely mad about not getting together? Will/Lyra getting together was a major plot point in His Dark Materials but I'm still salty about them not getting to stay together. However, their not staying together is the heartbreak that keeps them together in my heart :P

10. Is there any ship you used to dislike but now you think they are kind of interesting? No?

11. Do you have any ship that, in the past, would've been considered normal but now you would be cancelled over? Hmm, I can't think of any. I've been in fandom a long time but I would either like a canon pairing or the work itself, but I honestly don't actively ship much.

12. What is your favorite crack ship? ??? I mean I ship two swords, Fuxue/Shuanghua, but I don't consider it crack :P

13. What is the couple you read the most fanfics about? BBC Johnlock most likely, for the several years I was inhaling fics about them.

14. What do most of your ships usually have in common? Competence and each having respective strengths that complement one another. EDITED to add: Them not being together in canon really kicks it up a notch--Wendy growing up and moving on? Will & Lyra separated in different dimensions!? Sherlock faking his own death?! Song Lan becoming a fierce corpse and XXC's shattered soul? OMG. That's when I get O B S E S S E S S E D !!!

15. What you absolutely hate in a ship? This is hard for me to answer--I was about to write down something from my NOTP but it was also present in an OTP, so really I can forgive a lot if the chemistry is there. It just comes down to vibes, I either feel it or I don't.

Tagging @alectoperdita, @apocrypha73, @snarkivistfic, @jamiesugah, @galauvant and whoever else would like to answer!

[ravenlilyrose]

20 Questions for Writers

Tagged by @oakashandwillow

1. How many works do you have on AO3? 100, exactly. Some of them are ridiculously short (3SF) and some are compilations (also 3SF) so not quite sure how much that number means.

2. What's your total AO3 word count? 86,252

3. What fandoms do you write for? Interesting question. I think Narnia still has the highest number of works published, but I haven't written much of that in a while. Doctor Who and Star Trek also have a lot, as do Merlin and Star Wars. I've written a couple things for Queen, Good Omens, Goncharov. Most everything else is stuff I've only written one or two fics for. I'm currently publishing my first Elementary fic and hope to do more in that fandom. My interests are pretty fickle.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

The Pendragons' Protector. Merlin. Royal(ish) Merlin. First in my series of the same name.

Breathe. Star Wars. Clone Wars era Obi-Wan back on Melidaan fic. Part of my The Absent Third series.

Choices. Star Wars. The Young offer the Vod'e a choice. Next in The Absent Third series.

Warm Chocolate Milk. Star Trek. A childhood friends Kirk&Spock AOS AU. First in my Separate, Not Apart series.

Introductions. Star Trek. Baby James Kirk and baby Spock meet. Next in the Separate, Not Apart series.

5. Do you respond to comments?

As much as I can. Chronic illness (fatigue, pain, etc.) mean that I sometimes take a long time, and if there are only emojis I sometimes don't know what to say (I still really appreciate those, just not sure what the correct/acceptable response is - I overthink everything), but I try to respond to everything.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I don't really write angsty endings. Maybe High King of All Albion, but that's more bittersweet than anything else. Goodbye, my Goncharov/Katya fic is also kinda bittersweet because it's canon-compliant and that whole relationship is tragedy. I'm probably forgetting something, but I do tend more toward healing and fluff.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I think more of my fic endings would be categorized as reflective or peaceful, than happy. Maybe Meant for the Sky, which is a Biggs Darklighter lives AU? Or Coming to Terms, which is a Merlin magic reveal story with a very experimental style? Don't really know.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

I think someone once told me one of my stories wasn't realistic, but I wasn't trying to be realistic, so...

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Nope. I'm the kind of aroace who is uncomfortable with sex. I skim smut that includes plot and skip smut that doesn't include plot but could never spend enough time with it to actually write it.

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

Yep. Most of my crazy crossovers don't actually make it all the way to a finished product. Actually, going through my AO3, I don't think any of my crazy crossovers made it there. I did a Narnia/Sandman for 3SF 2023? I have had daydreams about putting like six fandoms and three bands in a room and just kinda seeing what happenes, but those are too chaotic to write.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

I've translated some of my own fic? If that counts?

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Nope. Too anxious to work with other people. Closest I've gotten is trying to write Star Wars movies with my brother when we were little.

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

I don't really ship things in the traditional sense. I focus a lot more on platonic relationships and get obsessed with the literary things about them. Parallels, etc. Also, y'know, codependence and other fascinating psychological disorders and traumas. I was pretty into Doctor/Rose for a while, otherwise platonic relationships that fascinate me include Spock & Kirk, Merlin & Arthur, Joanlock (Elementary).

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I have a massively extensive Tarsus IV (Star Trek) fic that I've been sorta working on for close to a decade now. I doubt the main fic will ever get fully written but some of the outlying stories might.

16. What are your writing strengths?

I'm pretty good at worldbuilding and those kinda long reflective, expository sections. Relationships are also a strength of mine.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Pacing and plotting. I'm pretty good at character arcs but plot is not a strong point.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

I've played with this a lot, though mostly with fictional languages. I think if you're writing long paragraphs of dialogue, it's not going to work too well, but a sentence or phrase here or there can be done just fine in several different ways. Unless it's just a word or two that you use repeatedly, you do need to have some kind of translation somewhere, though.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Harry Potter, I think, but that was ages ago and Narnia and Doctor Who took over pretty quickly.

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

I'm fairly proud of Plenty of Beds, a queerplatonic Joanlock fic, but High King of All Albion, Coming to Terms, and The Pendragons' Protector are all pretty high up there, too. (Apparently I do a lot of my best writing for Merlin. Who knew?)

Tagging @grace13star, @sharpestasp, @capybaraonabicycle, @ruinconstellation, @quillsink, @syrena-of-the-lake. Absolutely zero pressure and also tagging whoever wants to do this. Curious about other people's answers!

[hischiersjohnston]

get to know me

tagged by: @jonassiegenthighler Ty for the tag!

do you make your bed?

yep! I need to make my bed or else my day is not good lol

favourite number?

16! idk why? It’s a nice even number that’s divisible by 1, 2, 4,8 and 16

what’s your job?

Currently a server and have been for five years. It’s sometimes fun ngl but I’m really just here while I’m in school and hoping to jump start my career

if you could go back to school, would you?

I mean I’m in school now? But if I wasn’t, and money wasn’t an issue too, I definitely would. College for me is a lot more fun than uni was and it’s more hands on too

can you parallel park?

Theoretically, and about three years ago yes. I haven’t tried since I was practicing for my G2

do you think aliens are real?

I wanna say yes bc you never know what’s out there

can you drive a manual car?

lmaooo nope

guilty pleasure?

Huh… this is a tough one bc I don’t really feel guilty for anything I like? I learned to embrace the cringe and I wear it with pride

tattoos?

i don’t have any but I’d absolutely love to have a few. I wanna have the Capricorn constellation, a quote that says “you are the author of your own story”, a yin yang symbol and also maybe a little movie camera

favourite colour?

it depends on the day and it’s between blue, gray, green, white or black lol

favourite type of music?

very much like pop/pop rock/pop punk. I listen to all time low, fall out boy, Ed Sheeran, Taylor swift, Knox and sub-radio to name a few artists

do you like puzzles?

Yep!

any phobias?

I used to be kinda terrified of dolls bc of chucky but now I’m kinda meh about them? And I’m not deathly scared of heights bc I’m fine going up. It’s the going down part that the issue lmao

favourite childhood sport?

the closest I’ve ever done to a sport was cross country so I guess that

do you talk to yourself?

All the timeee

tea or coffee?

coffee all the way

first thing you wanted to be when growing up?

A dentist! Idk why but a lot of kids are scared of the dentist but I was obsessed with the getting my teeth cleaned? So I wanted to be a dentist when I was 6 lol

what movies do you adore?

I really like the campy ones and horror films! Like my Letterboxd in order goes: The Mummy (1999), Fear Street: 1978, Ready or Not and Pride & Prejudice. Honorable mentions go to Scream (1996) and Scooby Doo (2001). Also White Chicks. Like I love a wide variety of films. The cheesy, the horror, parody… but also I do love some international films like Big Deal on Madonna Street, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Like I said: very wide variety and it’s a mix of me being a film student and me just going for vibes lmao

tagging: @barkovsasha @tangerwolls @offside-the-lines @coffeehound91 @hischierlovebot @useragarfield @nicohischier and anyone who wants to do this!

[deathtulips]

people I'd like to get to know better (´ε｀ )♡

i was tagged by @blackskorpi0n @wldestluv-rs, @rottengurlz smooches you ALL

Last Song: OUT MY BODY! - not 4 jay idk why, its kind of addictive rn and i wont like it next week

Favorite Color: mm i like a sage green, mauve and black. tbh i have a lot its just what i find pretty

Currently Watching: im watching so many shows LMAOO but right now i guess the latest one ive watched is this kdrama Destined with You.. have i watched it lately.. no

Last Movie: Bottoms (I loved it sm 10/10 very funny)

Currently Reading: Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt (its halloween time baby idc.. its about a witch who haunts the town and they cant get out. she'll be standing in their houses and its so WEIRD)

Sweet/Spicy/Savory: it depends on my mood ngl. maybe savory

Last thing I googled: Bechdel test cus i was showing my sister what it was

Current Obsession: witches and vampire stuff, mk1 when ive only played a little when i was younger and have mk x only.. (its cause everyones AHEM..), resident evil, (esp ada.. if i speak..) bg3 and i havent played it yep

Currently working on: well i would say my vampire coven.. its making progress but its halting me bc im trying to give them some amount of personality but its HARD!!!

tagging: @minaevesmoths @yuyulie @sims4thehoes @fizzytoo and anyone who sees this!!

[the-unending-journey]

Get to know me

Tagged by: Haelleno (thanks!)

Share your wallpaper:

The last song you listened to: God's Gonna Cut You Down - Johnny Cash. Been trying to write a blurb for Kiyo's AU where she goes down the path of Reaper and this song gives me the vibe for it

Currently Reading: I don't even remember the last time I legit sat down and actually read something. These days it's just fanfics jkdllshg

Last Movie: Once again, I don't remember the last time I actually sat and watched a movie, so hell if I remember what the last one was

What are you wearing right now: Tanktop and lounge pants. This is typically what I wear for sleeping in and when I'm just lazing around the house

How tall are you: ...5'4". And that's 162.56 cm for you metric folks

Piercings: Just the typical ear ones

Tattoos: None, but I hope to get over my fear and get a few someday...

Glasses? Contacts? I wear glasses. The thought of putting ANYTHING in my eyes makes me want to shrivel up and die

Last drink: The new "Transformation" flavored Coke because it's not bad. It's coconut and strawberry I think???

Last show: I just finished Trigun Stampede and I highly recommend it! And this is coming from a big fan of the '98 series

Last thing you ate: Spicy tuna fish sandwich... last night. It's like noon here now, I need food mvdjls

Favourite colour: I like a lot of colors, but I always find myself gravitating towards varying shades of purple. And black of course. But I can also appreciate pastels too

Current obsession: Well if this blog is anything to go by... you know what it is lmao That and the new Trigun series reawakened the dormant fan in me once again

Unrelated Obsession: I'm a huge, HUGE Transformers fan, so don't ask me anything about the franchise unless you want me to turn into an unskippable cutscene. Also my OC's, but that's always gonna be a thing with me. Oh and Elder Scrolls as well

Any pets: Yep, got two very loveable and sweet rescue dogs. My big boy Rhett is a Staffy (American Staffordshire Terrier) and my little girl Izzy is a Pit and Lab mix. Fun fact - they both came from the same rescue, but Izzy was a special case. The lady that ran the place asked mom and I if we wanted to help her get these puppies these people were trying to get rid of, and that's how we ended up fostering (and failing since we adopted) Izzy. Her and her siblings were only 5 weeks old, so we've had her since she was literally a baby

Do you have a crush on anyone: Yeah my girlfriend and the many, many fictional characters I love

Favourite fictional character: God there's so many to just pick a favorite, and that's not even getting into the franchises I love. If we're talking specifically FFXIV? Aymeric and Haurchefant for sure, plus all the Scions. Sadu, Cirina, Lucia, Maxima, even Magnai... I could go on

Though looking through my folder of art and pictures I like to save... it seems to be Vash and Wolfwood from Trigun lmao

Tagging: I'm bad at this. If you see this, do it!

[rosalysaoirse]

Tag Game - Fandom Edition

Thanks for the tag @iamstartraveller776 💙💙

Your Name: Rosaly (pen-name); Lya (nickname with friends but I prefer if they use my full name)

Your First Fandom: HP.

Your Current Fandom: Technically still active in the Lokane fandom. Currently in the Romance Club fandom (it's a visual novel app). They're more active on Reddit. Been involved in the football and F1 fandom for a long time now. And CW's Nancy Drew.

How did you first get into fandom?: The last movies of HP came out and my entire class (actually my entire year, I think) were freaking obsessed. So I started looking up stuff so I was as knowledgeable as them. Took me into fanfics, then into Twilight 🤫 and from there...

How long have you been engaging in fandom spaces?: A little over 12 years.

How often do you read fanfic?: Less often than I used to (getting back to writing a little now).

Top three characters from your current fandom?: This is so hard 😅. I'll pick from RC. Adil, The Desert Rose; Vicky Walker, Heaven's Secret; Ares, Rage of the Titans.

Have you ever written a fic for a fandom and if so, shout it out!: Yep. It's all here.

Have you ever drawn fan art for a fandom?: Nope. But I want to. I wish I can spend more time learning to draw.

Share a personal headcanon that you feel strongly about: That Loki had a little more feelings for Jane than canon ever established.

You’re trying to convince a friend to get into your current fandom(s) with you. what episode, clip, or scene are you showing them?: I tried to convert my friend to Lokane once. It's that scene in TDW, when they first met. For my current fandom... the scene when Vicky slays Satan in Heaven's Secret S2. It was fire. There are scenes like that in the other stories too. For Nancy Drew, I'd say S2 EP11. It's one of my favourite episodes (not that I could choose... they're all good!). For football and F1, just highlight reels.

And finally, what does fandom mean to you?: Community. Comfort. A place where I can just be, learn things, share things. Sometimes they're the brightest spark in my day.

No pressure tags (and anyone else): @finnismyoriginalsin @ancientflight @starfilled-heart @vixenofcourse @fay-lans @southsidestory @justarandomgirly @varangianviper @iamnmbr3 @thesaltofcarthage

[ladyfarona]

Tagged by @justmori ! Thanks so much! Wasn't sure which blog to do it on but decided on my main. @crowleys-ducks is my Good Omens sideblog so head over there if you like post-heavy Ineffables!

TAG SOMEONE YOU WANT TO KNOW AND/OR SOME OF YOUR BESTIES

favorite color: Just about any shade of blue, but I'm rather fond of navy and cobalt blue. Also I love Aziraphale and Crowley shades of gray.

last song: Archangel by Amaranthe

last movie: Uncle Frank (highly recommended, it was so moving and beautiful but also angsty so watch out for that)

currently watching: nothing

other stuff i watched this year: Good Omens, Lucifer, honestly I can't think of anything else. Otherwise I watch like the same 5 true crime shows and be sad about them.

shows i dropped this year: Lucifer. I love that show, but I had to stop in the middle of season 3 because Lucifer is a hot mess of religious trauma and he's just so triggering. Gah. I love Deckerstar though. Will pick it up again when I can.

currently reading: Her Little Flowers by Shannon Morgan. I'm only into chapter 4 I think, but it's really good so far. It's about a reclusive woman living in her crumbling English manor with several ghosts. Honestly the setting feels like the video game Goetia, but instead of demons in the walls there's ghosts, which, I don't know, is probably better?

currently listening to: Queen. Yep, it's time for the Gomens playlist.

currently working on: several art projects... a portrait of Supreme Archangel Aziraphale, an angsty picture of Crowley, uhh there's a Miguel O'Hara sketch, some ObeyMe OCs, at least two pictures of Lucifer from ObeyMe, and so many other WIPs.

current obsession/s: Good Omens. It's consumed my life and I'm okay with that. Also my ObeyMe OCs' stories which I will never post, they're just self indulgent.

uhhh I think that's everything, I'm tagging @actual-changeling @fellshish @heccubus but you definitely don't have to do this!

[ribs-leftonrepeat]

tag 9 people you want to get to know better

tagged by: @rainy-circle (omg, mi first tag! Thank you very much💕🫶🏼)

last song: I've been obsessed with All You Wanna Do by Six the Musical, sang by the amazing Samantha Pauly. The beat, the raw in her voice, the FINAL PART, ugh, so glad that I heard this masterpiece

last show: I watched His Dark Materials, but just season 1, it seems interesting, maybe when I'm at vacation again I'll watch season 2

currently watching: I'm currently watching The Last of Us buuut, I'm kinda lazy with series in general so... I only watched half of the first episode. Also, I'm in my musical movies era so I just finished Hairspray and now I'm watching Rent

currently reading: ok, so in books I'm reading The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir, sometimes it's a bit overwhelmed because of the existential thoughts and also some of the heavy reflections but I think some of the ideas and conclusions still applies nowdays.

In fanfic, I'm reading right now "Have yourself a merry little Christmas (just not at your parents)" by @greyghoulclub yep guys, I'm still in Christmas time with Hellcheer

current obsession: hellcheer, hellcher and oh! did I mention Hellcheer?

tagging: @fathershia @pearlypairings @vandiien @xxpeppermintxx109 @hellcheertrashman @peachpieatmidnight @me-another-fangirl @little-scribblers-heart @a-strange-inkling only if you want to do it friends!

[larielmusic]

Yep, it’s February 2nd, 2023, Groundhog Day! And I’d like to take this opportunity to share about one of my favorite movies of all time, Groundhog Day, starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell, on its 30-year(!) anniversary. 

The film, known as an “existential comedy” by the great Harold Ramis, is now considered by most theologians to be one of the great depictions of a universal spiritual lesson - what the hell are we doing here, what is our purpose, and when do we achieve enlightenment? To Bill Murray’s character Phil Connors, it means having to live the same day over and over until he finally gets it right.

There's a popular phrase in 12-step rooms - "insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." There are innumerable ways and means in which I was the Phil Connors in my own life story, reliving the same experience over and over, furious and terrified and bewildered as hell, wondering why nothing was changing.

So, throughout my life as a creative, in order to pay rent and live, I would take these office jobs. It was the quintessential day job, trying to strike the perfect balance of little responsibility (entry level) and no demand (I'm not spending one fucking minute after 5PM at this bitch.) Because, I AM AN ARTIST. I don't have time for you people. I would look down my nose at the other workers, the interns, and of course the bosses, privilege and contempt dripping from my pores. You dare to ask me to wipe down the conference table or order lunch? I graduated magna cum laude! I studied Shakespeare, assholes! And, the years would pass and those interns would turn into my next bosses (meetings may be temporary but kale salad orders are forever.)

Sometimes I would try and pull a geographic - I'd quit the job in a dramatic fashion (oh, please, who am I kidding - I'd give a month's notice because I was sooooo indispensable), start looking at grad school applications in other states, or even move across the country. But somehow, no matter where I went, there I was - somehow with the same job, the same boss, the same misery and giant ol' chip on my shoulder getting ever heavier.

But what about your creative endeavors, you ask? Didn't you focus your energy and attention to working on your craft, using every possible free moment, each available cellular unit of energy, to create? That would be a giant fucking NOPE. Instead, I just became obsessed in the pursuit of it, much like Phil Connors' pursuit of Rita.

Just like Phil memorizing French poetry, I thought maybe if I KNEW all about the music industry, then I could finally break free of my self-imposed eternal prison. I turned into one of those annoying people you meet at cocktail parties, spouting expertise and blabbing about all the current trends in music, etc (I even made a podcast!). But to actually sit down at the keyboard and create??? Oh HELL no. My art was placed on such an insanely high pedestal, adrift in the waves of "if onlys" and "somedays" that it became the Moby Dick to my Captain Ahab, somewhere out there in mystical perfection, my hopes of ever finding it getting dimmer by the day.

Once Phil realizes that he can't escape this eternal day loop, the wheels come off and he starts acting out, in fun ways that eventually turn dark. For me, faced with my endless loop, It was far easier to "get busy dying," to quote my other favorite movie. Just stay in the shit, endlessly complain about this boss or that stupid-ass project, eat and drink away any notion of taking personal responsibility for my circumstances, and find whatever distraction I could* to relieve the anguish that I was a failure, a joke, a victim of life's cruel sense of humor. (*dive bars, Netflix binges and doom scrolling are a few favorites of mine)

So, what's the turning point, the solution, to all of this? For Phil, it's coming to terms with the fact that there is no solution. He's tried everything, including several creative ways to off himself, but he keeps waking up at the same time, in the same place, every day. He's had to let go of the illusion that he could control anything, least of all the possibility of a tomorrow.

He starts to poke around the walls of his self-imposed prison and starts taking a sincere interest in his fellow cell mates. He learns how to play piano (nice one, Phil!) He learns ice sculpture. In addition to self-improvement, he becomes a friend, a counselor, a comfort and a support to everyone in the town - a George Bailey of Punxsutawney, if you will. He learns to love without any expectation of return. And he tries to make each day, each "same" day, the best day of his life.

So, have I personally achieved Phil Connors' Nirvana? Um, no, because my life is not a movie. Have I been inspired and humbled by Groundhog Day? God, yes. When I stop and think about it, some of the coolest people, the smartest people, the most thoughtful and creative people I have ever met in La-la land were from these office jobs. Some of my most enduring friendships have come from office jobs. So much kindness and generosity came from the very people I resented - the bosses who asked about my music, came to a show, donated to my tip jar, championed me and protected me from far worse outcomes and possible destitution that I never realized until much later. Saved my ass, basically, and asked for nothing in return.

“Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it.” – Ai Weiwei Being an artist is tough. For whatever reason we have to support our art, sometimes over several lifetimes, until it can support us. However, the jewels of inspiration are in the fabric of the every day, the life we are living in this very moment. Sure, I'd rather be inspired by the whitewashed walls of Rick Rubin's studio than the gray matte fabric of an office cubicle, but life's what you make it, with the tools you've been given. To quote Phil Connors, "I think people place too much emphasis on their careers. I wish we could all live in the mountains at high altitude. That's where I see myself in five years. How about you?"

[nocturnalghoul]

✨️Get to know me!✨️

Tagged by @anotherghoul666 I feel so popular lol :D

Share your wallpaper: okay my main lock screen is my girlfriend and I, which I am not sharing, so here is my home screen. It is in fact girldick Sunny because I saw Crow (I think?) post it and immediately went "yep I'm using that" (ignore my 8k emails o.o and the fact that its 2am, well 3 by the time I am posting this)

Last song you listened to: Secrets of the Stars by The Milk Carton Kids (working on a fic inspired by it rn)

Currently reading: I'm semi-rereading Dracula but that doesn't count in my opinion because I've read that book too many times. My at work book is Odd Apolocalypse by Dean Koontz (the fifth book in the Odd Thomas series). I had started that series years ago back in college and only recently realized I had stopped at book 4 so I decided to finish it out.

Last movie: Listen, I take zero pride in this but the answer is Goon (2011). I had a super bad week at work last week and it weirdly always makes me feel better. Sometimes you gotta watch a not great movie to make the brain happy.

Craving: I would commit a crime for one of those lemon Italian ices right now.

Currently wearing: Drag Talk tshirt, Astros shorts (I'm a big baseball fan), "Bigfoot is real and he tried to eat my ass" baseball cap to keep my hair out of my face.

How tall are you: a little above 5'7" although people always assume I am taller, I do not know why.

Piercings: I have a singular helix piercing on the right ear that I am still trying to heal but am open to more.

Tattoos: None currently. I love the idea of getting tattoos but also have a policy I have to like the idea for at least a year before I get it and nothing has made it past that waiting period. I'm just not good at permanence.

Glasses/contact lenses: Glasses wearer. They are big and green :). I cannot do contacts cause I got a whole thing about anything getting near my eyes so I can never put them in.

Last drink: strawberry lemonade flavored sparkling water. It's yummy!

Last show: currently working my way through The Expanse

Last thing you ate: Banana bread (I made it myself)

Favorite color: blues and greens which is very apparent when you look at me and that is the color of most stuff I own

Current obsession: I mean Ghost, but also Wild Child released a new album on Friday (they are like more of an indie folk vibe) and I am so excited.

Unrelated obsession: the games Hi-Fi Rush and Melatonin. I LOVE rhythm games so much.

Pets: I have a little gray cat named Pierre! He has a whole backstory my former roommate and I made up lol. He is a little french orphan boy and chimney sweep (hence why he is gray). He also has an overbite and his little fangs poke out of his mouth when he sleeps like little vampire fangs so he is a tiny vampire.

Do you have a crush on someone? Does my girlfriend count because she is the only person who has ever successfully convinced me to care enough to date them. I'm more of a large amount of friends kinda girlie.

Favorite fictional character: I am so bad at picking favorites in general but now my mind is void of every character I have loved ever.

Last place I traveled to: I went to Greece last August with my mother cause it was lifelong dream of hers. I'm sure I've traveled within the states since then but outside of Austin for a concert cannot for the life of me think where.

I feel so lame to once again break this chain but I'm historically late to the game and am fairly certain everyone I know has been tagged already so I'm gonna go for the cheap option of if you want to do this and haven't please consider this me tagging you, even if we haven't really interacted. Have fun <3

[recklessinventor]

what’s your phone wallpaper : A picture of my fiance and i on the night we got engaged. My homescreen is a picture of my parents' dog.

last song you listened to : "Seven Days in Sunny June" by Jamiroquai

currently reading : nothing atm, hopefully i have time to read this summer

last movie : The Mario movie! as a movie, mid, as an homage to the mario franchise, fantastic

last show : Better Call Saul - I have 3 episodes left. It is FANTASTIC I had to take a break bc it broke me for a bit

what are you wearing right now: a flowered button-up and jean shorts.

piercings / tattoos? : I have earlobe piercings, but i often forget to wear earrings.

glasses ? contacts? : yep! i wear contacts much more often, especially since i lost my glasses lol

last thing you ate? : a shrimp tempura poke bowl

favorite color(s) : blue, yellow, and purple

current obsession : Earthbound as always + a little bit of so//uth pa//rk

do you have a crush right now? : yeah tee hee :) im gonna marry him next month hope he likes me back

favorite fictional character : oh god

Jeff ( Earthbound ), Ness ( Earthbound ), Charlie Brown ( Peanuts ), Luigi ( Mario ), Jimmy McGill ( BCS/BB ), Jimmy Valmer ( SP ), Timmy Burch ( SP ), Phoenix Wright ( Ace Attorney ), Hershel Layton ( Professor Layton ), Lemony Snicket ( ASOUE/ATWQ ), etc etc etc

tagged by : the wonderful @wendyfulmother ( thank you! )

tagging : i'm so late to the party, if you haven't done this and would like to, steal it from me

[meditating-honey-badger]

Get to know me

Tagged by: @firstprince-history-huh

Rules: Tag nine people you want to get to know better (funny how you assume I know nine people 😂)

Three ships: Tarlos, Jamie/John(OL), FirstPrince, David/Patrick, Ben/Leslie (yep, I'm a nerd) and lots of older ones.

First ship: Brenda/Dylan (yes I'm that old)

Fave colour: purple

Last song: Two Step by Dave Matthews Band (yep, old)

Last movie in the theater: I don't even know if I've been to the movies since the Pandemic 😳Fandango history says I saw A Quiet Place in the theater in 2018. I honestly can't remember if I've been to the theaters since.

Last show: We watched some of The Affair but my husband didn't like it. Before that we watched Big Little Lies

Currently watching: 911 Lone Star, Black Sails, The Last of Us, Trailer Park Boys, The Middle, 911, Station 19

Currently reading: Mostly Tarlos fan fic right now. I go through phases where I don't pick up a book for months and then I'll read 2 books a week for months.

Currently working on: I have 4 WIPs for 911 Lone Star, so that is taking most of my time. I hope to finish some of my OL fics and work on my original novel some more.

Current obsession: Tarlos is taking up my entire life, tbh

Tagging: @lord-jen-grey, @mistresspandorawritesthings, @detective-giggles, @chaotictarlos, @noxsoulmate, @bonheur-cafe, @ramblingdisaster73, @a-kinkajou, @lightningboltreader

[trashboatprince]

I was tagged by @terryfphanatics 

I’ll break this up with a readmore at some point cause this is pretty long. 

What book are you currently reading?

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty (aka Ask a Mortician on youtube), it’s pretty good. 

What's your favourite movie you saw in a cinema this year?

The only movies I’ve seen so far is Puss in Boots’ sequel and it was AWESOME! I want to see it again, but the tiny theater in town only keeps a single movie playing for about two weeks (unless if it’s a Big Studio Movie where it’s in there for a fucking month like they did with Avatar and anything Marvel Studios)

What do you usually wear?

Shirt, leggings or pants, and I’m usually found wearing a plaid/tartan button-up shirt of some color and kind. I don’t get to dress nice often cause I tend to spend my time at work cleaning. 

How tall are you?

5′6, the most average height. I am, however, the tallest of my siblings

What's your star sign?

Pisces

Do you share your birthday with a celebrity or historical event?

Albert Einstein, Billy Crystal, and Michael Cain. Also, Stephen Hawking died on my birthday. And it’s Pi Day (technically not PIE day, despite what people say, that’s in January. There is an irony to this day because I have severe dyscalcula)

Do you go by your name or a nickname?

I got by [REDACTED] and John. (I don’t like using my birth name online, because I still go by it on days when I’m not John, but this name is very uncommon so... safety reasons)

I have a lot of nicknames from family members based around my birth name, my older sister has a specific nickname for me just as she does for our younger sibling, and online some of you guys call me by my username when you don’t use John. My girlfriend has a few names for me, and is literally the only person who is allowed to call me Johnny. I LOATH being called Johnny, she has permission because she’s cute and I love her.

Did you grow up to be what you wanted to be as a child?

Kinda???

I mean, technically, I did actually work as a museum archivist for several months during and after college, and my library job was technically an archive job. But this is work that is hard to come by, and is often done by unpaid volunteers, and I’d like to be paid. 

Currently I work at a job that is nothing that I’d ever want to go to school for, but the pay is good and no one bothers me. That much. 

Are you in a relationship? Who is your crush if not?

Yep, I’m in a relationship with my angel, Verzi. Have been since 2016! I do have a fictional crush (Lucian) and celebrity crush (Michael Sheen. Shockingly not David Tennant, but that’s on the grounds that I want to steal David’s gender. Also, Michael’s my type)

What's something you're good at versus something you're bad at?

I think I’m pretty decent at baking and cooking, I greatly enjoy doing these activities, and I think I’m pretty good at writing when I remember to beta my work. However, I’m terrible with time management, but that’s normal for people with ADHD, especially those who are unmedicated. Oh, and I’m HORRIBLE at learning other languages, but, again, that’s related to my ADHD. I’m trying, but it’s never been easy, even from a young age when I lived in Germany.

Dogs or cats?

Both, but maybe I lean a little more on the side of cats because I have three of them

What's something you'd like to create content for?

I dunno, I make stuff for the things I really like all the time, it’s just a matter of actually doing it or not. But then again... there’s this au someone has on twitter that I really like ant for, but I have no idea how to talk to the creator about doing so (mostly it’s a language thing). 

What's something you're currently obsessed with?

*gestures in the direction of Good Omens, Doctor Who, Bendy, and the GOEU* 

I dunno, the usual offerings on this blog and on my side account if you know where to look. 

What's something you were excited about that turned out to be disappointing this year?

Hmmmm... work stuff. I legit happy with the work schedule I had gotten, and I was actually starting to get some decent sleep cause I wasn’t always stuck to four night shifts a damn week, but then a coworker threw a fit and quit on the spot over something stupid and now we’re scrambling to figure out how to give everyone enough hours. 

What's a hidden talent of yours?

When I was a kid, and my memory issues weren’t as severe as they are now (three comas and adhd will do that to a man), I used to be able to quote, word for word, whole episodes of shows I really liked. From Spongebob to YuGiOh, kids paid me to do these things at recess cause it was entertaining. I can still... sorta do this, but nothing like back in the day. 

Nowadays, the only hidden talent I can think of is that I’m double jointed in my hands like my mom, unlike my dad and siblings. They can’t fuck up their fingers like we can (I can even bend my thumb behind my hand) 

Are you religious?

I guess? I’m a Methodist (who doesn’t go to church) who also practices Buddhism and looks into the beliefs of Daisim.    

What's something you wish to have at this moment?

For someone else to clean out my drawers and closet to get rid of old clothing I don’t want anymore, because right now I’m getting things ready for when I move out of my apartment in a few weeks.

I’m not big on tagging people, but anyone can do this if they want to.