#yes these go in the regular tags idgaf

[skeletood]

More Scout and Wanda.

[avntrine]

runs n’ drops 🤍💙🩷 in ur inbox c: wiv bladie n’ boothill ofc… ehehe mwah kith kith

ALEXI !!!! running around u in circles hihihiiii !!!! thank u for the askie hehe :>

🤍 — what is your favorite activity to do with f/o?

bladie and i really just love being around eachother !! we've spent alot of our lives drifting from place to place until we found a home within the stellaron hunters and eachother—so any quality time spent together is my favorite. i do especially like when he's in a softer mood and lets me braid his hair (sometimes, he'll even let me add a flower or two.)

boothill... there are many options i could pick but i really like slow dancing in the kitchen with him. on the days when he first comes home after long periods of time, he'll hum a soft tune and twirl me around the room until my tears are dry and i'm laughing in his gentle hold.

💙 — do you and f/o live together? would you ever? if you do, what does a regular day-to-day schedule look like between you?

blade and i essentially live together, i'd say. speaking in a more modern au, i think that we move in together pretty fast. we spend our days off lazing together or fucking like rabbits n' simply enjoying our time together.

boothill and i do not... not even sure if boothill has a permanent home with how often he's out being a galaxy ranger. sometimes he'll let me tag along, but on more dangerous outings i stay at home and wait for his calls. it gets a little lonely sometimes, but he's always sure to shower me in attention in the time we do have together. this also involves fucking like rabbits.

🩷 — pda, yes or no? what about pet names/cutesy nicknames?

blade is the quiet sort of possessive, so he'll never be outrageous with displays of affection but you best believe he's always got a hand on me — on my hip, slung around my waist, on the small of my back. other than that, he saves everything else for behind closed doors. as far as pet names go, he'll call me his angel, or when he's feeling especially predatory or teasing, little fawn. i like to call him bladie n' my love !!

boothill on the other hand is NOT winning the idgaf war. while he's secure in our relationship, he also has extremely jealous tendencies, so if some rando is bothering me he CAN and WILL stop the conversation via deep makeout session right in front of them. he loves pda. as far as petnames go, he likes to use sugar, darling, sweetheart, or simply just my girl. for him, i like to call him baby, handsome, or my cowboy. if i wanna rile him up n' tease him, sir or daddy works perfectly.

[hislittleraincloud]

Also the screenshot you posted of that tik tok? It’s the fact that these people are using an AI generated voice of Jenna to narrate their glorified fanfic, something that Jenna is highly against smh.

Well, I use Wednesday's (and other characters' voices, like Jonathan Miller and Cairo Sweet's) to enhance my fic as well; but I am always clear that everything is AI generated (hence my 'jennAI ortega' tag), that it's all fan fiction enhancements and nothing more. "Multimedia fan fiction artistry", is what I like to call it, because my fics often go beyond the writing and into something immersive. I used to do the same in online role playing.

I don't know what Ortega's exact thoughts about her voice being used are, but she is highly against AI photos (pervy ones generated using her underage face; that's what caused her to say that she hates AI). I've done non-pornographic AI to enhance Afterburn ("The Raven" by Donovan comes to mind

as well as a snapshot of Afterburn Wednesday in the Guns N' Roses t-shirt; the triplet of fire for Afterburn 2 photo is based off of one AI photo that I bought the rights to). I think that AI has its place in fandom for those who don't abuse it (like using 'real people voice' vs. character voice, and yes there are distinct differences between Ortega's two characters that I use for mine, vs. her regular speaking voice).

But back to using it to narrate their queerbait. I mean, if the Wenclairs wanna play that game, I can too: There was unintentional Wenovan snuck into this flaming sack of anti-canon, too.

This never fucking happened on screen, but ooo, yay, Mejia threw some more Sheriff-to-Addams contact in there just for thrills:

It's nice to add to Wenovan moments, but it isn't canon and not what happened in the show. Donovan just left her there with his stanky Hyde son, and she seems to have had to have found her way back to school on her own.

(In my fic Donovan takes her back alright...only after railing her 100 feet from the crypt. Fan fiction. My fanon, not canon.)

I could even argue for that addition to be canon since it's much less intrusive to the characterizations (that is very much a canon-compliant characterization of Donovan) with just a small re-write of the scene that does nothing overall.

But then there's this load of crap that I will neeeeeeeever get over, and maybe if people fkn hear it, they'll understand just how bad changing Ortega's lines is:

It's just...gross. A terrible, terrible stripping of Wednesday Addams from a dour, defiant, "IDGAF" riot grrrl with a quick wit to a softened, dumbed down version that we never saw (and NC Wednesday was a little dumb to begin with, but that's a whole other post).

Ah right, this was about the AI thing.

I'm in the minority. I like AI and what it can do. Everything, everything has a potential for abuse. Don't be grotesque about what you do/create and be reasonable. I know that's a lot to ask.

[gwendibleywrites]

Hello yes is there a "Tumblr for Dummies" because I am old and don't know what I'm doing. This is not MySpace.

So I started writing a story. A juicy little fic about Dieter Bravo gaining weight for a movie role. Except it becomes a bit sexy. Yes that's right I'm writing about feedism, muahaha I've entered the realm of IDGAF and you're (all 3 of my followers) all going to witness my sanity unravel as my unhinged need for Pedro Pascal consumes me.

But how does one post stories on Tumblr? Are there rules I must follow? (I'm a recently discovered autist™️ and rules are very important you see)

Do I wait until I've written the whole thing? Yes I know you lovely filthy wordsmiths post chapters on the regular and leave us sated but begging for more each week, but what if I started writing and posting but then... Stopped? I couldn't live with the shame. But then I don't think I could wait until I've finished it because I feel like it's the kind of thing I'll keep writing forever and never find the end of. Plus I can't bear the idea of it not being perfect (again, 'tism). Tell me to post the first chapter. Make me do it. I can't promise it'll be amazing. Or good. Or entertaining. But gosh darn it it'll be words. I may even have spelled them all correctly.

Tagging @beefrobeefcal and @rebel-held because I know they're up for a bit of P-boy belly love and it's about the only feature I know how to use. I also used an emoji, so yeah. #learnding

[akatsuki-shin]

I... I don’t often call out anyone specifically using social media before, but... I saw this among the reblogs in my first post about MXTX novels English release announcement and I feel that this is just too much...

I’m not going to tag this with the fandom tags because this is literally just my personal rant, and I don’t want unpleasant things to appear when people are happily browsing the tags.

I also censored the person’s blog name. It’s not like I want people to mass attack them.

But I do have some things I want to say about this kind of mindset.

And this is gonna be a long post, so I’ll cut it with "Read More” later below as not to disturb anyone’s browsing experience.

Why do they have to split the books into multiple volumes?

First, you do realize that the original Chinese version and other languages versions are also in multiple volumes that don’t always be published on the same date, right?

SVSSS has 3 volumes, MDZS has 4 volumes, TGCF has 5 volumes.

With the English release, both SVSSS and MDZS get +1 volume while TGCF gets +3 volumes.

Why you ask?

Have you ever considered how long a single Chinese word would be if written in alphabets?

The word “人” in Chinese only needs 1 (one) character, while in English it would translate to “P E O P L E” = 5 (five) characters.

The word “知己” in Chinese only needs 2 (two) characters, while in English it would translate to “C O N F I D A N T E” = 10 characters, or “S O U L M A T E” = 8 characters.

Now apply this to an entire novel. FYI, TGCF has more than 1 million word count in Chinese, so you can do the math by yourself.

I mean, just go watch the donghua or live action in YouTube. One single sentence in the Chinese sub is often translated to two or more lines in the English subtitle.

And have I mentioned that the English release will have:

Glossary

Footnotes

Character Guides

And I’m going to repeat this once again: In China and other countries that already get their official releases, it is also NOT always all released on the same date as a single set/box.

So yes, (not) surprise! For the Chinese release and official releases in other countries, you also often need to purchase multiple times, pay shipping fee multiple times, and wait for certain period of times until all volumes are released.

It doesn’t only happen to MXTX novels, it happens to almost all novels, be it danmei or not.

Why don’t they just wait for translations to finish and release it all at the same time/as a box set? Why the span of two years?

On my part, I already say above that in China and other countries that already get their official release, it’s also not always published all on the same date.

Other than that, I’m not an expert at book publishing, much less when the publisher is not from my own country. But maybe consider the following:

They’re releasing 3 (three) hugely popular IPs all at the same time. Maybe the preparations take more time and effort to ensure everything is flawless?

Since it is very rare (or maybe never, cmiiw) for danmei novels to be published in English, maybe the publisher is testing the market first? Because if they already release them as a huge bundle from the start and it somehow flops, the loss would be very big. If it works well, then good! Maybe for future danmei release, they will consider making a box set or releasing them within shorter timeframe. 

In terms of marketing, if they wait another 2 years to release it all at once, will the momentum still be there? You can say “so in the end it’s all about money”, but if not sales number and money, what else should the publisher expect to receive for their work? They’re already putting a lot of effort buying all three IPs from the Chinese publishers, proofread or even translate some from scratch, pay translators, editors, illustrators, printing companies, etc. If it’s not selling well simply because they release it at the wrong time, aren’t all these efforts going to be wasted? And you can bet there will be no more danmei published in English if their first try already flops merely because of losing the momentum.

Are there any other rules or regulations they need to comply that prevents them from releasing everything in one go? But once again, even in China and other countries, it is also not always all released in one go, so this argument is already invalid from the start.

But they make it so expensive like this!

I’m sorry to break it to you, but I’ve compared the prices to MDZS Japanese release + TGCF Thai release and... The price isn’t really that much different.

Btw, I’m using Google’s currency converter, in case anyone wants to know where does my calculation comes from.

Okay, so here’s MDZS Japanese version from CD Japan:

One volume of MDZS Regular ver. cost 1760 yen. This is 15,96 USD before shipping. There’s only like $4 difference.

There’s also the Exclusive ver. that cost 3660 yen (32,92 USD) but we’re not gonna talk about that because they’re basically making you pay for the bonus, which is some acrylic panels and illustration cards.

Now here’s TGCF Thai version from Sense Book:

Translation using Google Chrome page translate:

One volume of TGCF costs 360 baht. This is 10.77 USD before shipping. So there’s about $9.22 difference.

Again, notice the difference of word/sentence length in the Thai words and English alphabet.

"But there’s still difference in price and other releases usually gets merchandise!” - Correct me if I’m wrong, but the US is probably one of the most expensive countries in the world. Do you think the materials, printings, and manpower cost is the same with other countries? Especially compared to one in Southeast Asia.

“But it’s xxxx times more expensive than the original Chinese version!” - Excuse me, the original Chinese version doesn’t need to pay for translators, proofreaders and editors with multilingual skills, and purchase the IPs? If you think it’s more worth buying the Chinese version, then by all means go ahead.

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Some last words...

I’m not looking down on those in difficult financial situation, but hey, I’m not filthy rich either? I come from a third world country and even if I’m a working adult, I’m still in working middle class + I got my parents to take care of. My country’s currency is literally just a tiny 0.000069 USD per 1 Indonesian Rupiah.

Every single fandom merchandise that you see me bought, either I’ve saved up for that or I sacrificed other things to buy that. I just don’t show the struggle to you guys because why should I? I’m just here to have fun about the fandom I love, not to flex my struggling financial condition.

These official English release of MXTX novels? All 17 books are going to cost me almost HALF of my monthly salary. But hey, I think it’s a good thing that they didn’t release it all at once, so that I can save up between months to purchase them all and plan my spending better.

If you feel the price is expensive, especially if you have to ship from outside North America, consider the following:

Book Depository provide free worldwide shipping

The books’ ISBN numbers are all available in the publisher’s website, just show it to you local bookstore and ask if they can order it for you

Plus, there are already hundreds of generous fans doing free giveaways in Twitter, even the publishers are helping to signal boost this. You can go and try your luck if you’re really desperate.

Lastly, I know how much love we all have for our favorite fandoms, but remember that fandom merchandise is NOT your primary needs.

You are NOT obliged to purchase any fandom merchandise if you can’t afford it and you should ALWAYS prioritize your primary needs.

Also, if you still want to read the fan-translations that are still available, alright go ahead. But remember that the translators themselves already said fan translations in English are now illegal. You can read it. We all consume pirated contents at one point. But don’t flex about it and diss the official release just because you can’t afford it.

I don’t know if the person who made that reblog tags are going to come at me or not, but even if they do, I literally don’t care. I’m not gonna waste my time arguing with someone with that kind of mindset and will block them right on the spot.

Also Idgaf if they call me out or talk behind my back, I literally don’t know them, so I don’t care.

End of rant.

[cosmic-goddess-leo]

I was tagged in this self-ship headcanon challenge by @miyuswriting !! Honestly I rarely participate in tag stuff but this seemed fun and I’m bored lmaooo so thanks for the tag, miyu!

rules;; write some hcs about you and your favorite and tag some people!

Leo x Kuroo HCs

This is gonna be a mess, I’ve heard many variations of our ship name: Keo, Leroo, KurooLeo. Idk, take yall’s pick lmaooo

I have 0 athletic ability and dont have much interest in sports unless one of my friends gets me into it, so I highkey wouldn’t really know anyone from the Nekoma team aside from class interactions.

I was always involved in journalism tho, that was my shit. I was always walking around, taking polls and doing interviews, getting pictures and whatnot. So i’m willing to bet that’s how I’d get involved with the team. 

I would deffo go to Coach Nekomata, just to let him know I was gonna be covering the volleyball team then oh? Hello? Who’s that tall drink of iced tea over there? It’s Kuroo lookin finer than a mf during practice. Lordy.

Lowkey highkey take a fuckton of pictures during regular practice and practice matches, he’s in almost all of them, if he doesn’t notice immediately it’ll probably get pointed out by Yamamoto.

“Maaan, she never takes any pictures of me, it’s no fair! She only ever gets Kuroo’s!” Snitch...

Then once I’m on his radar he’d deffo be like “Oi, shouldn’t you be getting an interview with the captain for these articles?” And that’s probably the point where I’d die. From then on I could imagine him trying to get me out of my little reporter bubble so I can actually get comfortable with the team.

After some time I’d deffo be friends with p much everyone on the team, deffo closest with Kuroo though cuz 1. he’s hot as fuck and 2. we have matching energies, both in terms of humor and dorkiness and mom/dad friend vibes.

I bounce between being shy and confident, I’d probably hit him with that “Can you hold this for me? *puts my hand in his* thanks!” to let him know I’m interested. I’d probably get a lot of playful teasing from him for it... then shut him up by kissing his cheek

I could see us staying in that weird limbo between being close friends and dating for a while until he’s finally like “Have I not asked you out? damn, guess it slipped my mind. Anyway, wanna be my girl?” He’d get a lil arm punch for asking so casually but I’d still say yes

He’d probably get so pouty because I can’t always have him in my article photos and interviews if we’re dating cuz conflict of interest lmao. “How do I make it up to you?” “Oh I dunno- start giving me goodluck kisses before every game.” “A small price to pay for journalistic integrity.”

Lots of handholding and cheek kisses, I’m soft af and you bet your ass I’m letting everyone know I simp for Kuroo every chance I get. I’m stealing that extra jersey and wearing it to his game too idgaf.

We’re the couple that slips notes into each other’s lockers, doesn’t matter if it’s cute stuff, dorky stuff, or blushy stuff. I would have a folder full of all the notes cuz why not save them for a rainy day?

Loudest ones in the cafeteria either cuz of our talking or our laughing. Our corner of the library is always full of whisper-yelling and not-so-quiet-snickering until we get in trouble. We just feed each other’s chaotic dork energy so much it’s insane.

Aight I need to stop there or I’ll keep going lmao thanks so much for the tag! I tag @allywritesimagines , @vventure , @starboybokuto and @nekoglasses !!

[unrrrreliable]

07.01.2022

its midnight now lol

anyways, on autumn break we decided to go to amsterdam, everything was going fine until like 3 days before the day we were supposed to go i realized the tickets i had bought werent valid anymore because the airline (alitalia) had gone bankrupt. long story short, i had to tell her, she got really mad (not at me - maybe yes but she didnt say in case-) and my mom got really mad, i felt like shit bc i didnt care to change the tickets after the arline had announced it was shutting down (3 weeks prior). anyways, after that i noticed that maria was just acting different. kind of apathetic, really not that excited. we get to the airport (i bought new tickets), it gets better, but as soon as we get to the hotel in amsterdam she kind of loses her sparkle. whatever, she sprobably tired. throughout most of the trip tho she remains like that. like u can see she’s not excited excited yk. the second and third night we met up with some friends of hers from ukraine. 1st night: started off nice, we met up at kfc and i ate a bucket of 20 chicken wings (worst decision of my life). after finishing eating we go straight to the coffee shop, i get my fake id ready and we get the weed. sativa. second worst decision was inhaling that shit like it was ventolin. after like 5 minutes and 3 pulls i start feeling really weird, no force, wanna vomit, get really hot and dizzy, i just storm out the coffee shop and try to puke but nothing goes out. i sit down in the street (it was an alley w a bunch of ppl - friday night-) and try to not throw up. stomach gets kinda better but atp im fucking baked. we get (they) a tavble at a nearby sandwich shop and they get me a coke. they sit me down for like 1h and im just plunged in oblivion. everything fades in and out, marias records me, idgaf. 1h later i feel like im able to walk so i try to and surprisingly dont fail. we rush to the bus stop, im still stoned and can barely keep my head up, they just run like that was the last fucking chance to get to their hotel. maria says were going to their room wo asking me if i even wanted to but ok. while we run to the tram stop shes just running with them like 5m ahead of me and occasionally looks back to check on me. idk why i got mad at her after that but whatever. we then get to our room, i staert feeling better, at this point theyre only speaking and russian and ofc i dont understand shit. at some point she looks at me and goes “can u go to sleep i wanna have fun”. again i got kinda sad when she said that but i really just pretended i didnt understand what she had said. thay went outside for like 10min to smoke again and then came back. the rest of the night isnt really relevant.

so 2nd night was a little spicier. red light district, we went to see a live sex show lmfao. just some strippers and ppl fucking in front of us. nothing that special tbh but it was funny. after that we go to a coffee shop and smoke there for like 2h. at the beginning i ask some random questions in english to her friends n shit but they just give short answers and than switch back to russian. she doesnt really seem to care, matter of fact at some point she goes “sorry im too high to speak english” like damn i didnt know weed makes u retarded but whatever. 

the following day were at a normal coffee shop having breakfast and when coming from the bathroom i peep at her phone and notice she posted a story on her close friends. i grab my phone and look for it while shes in the bathroom but dont find anything. i check her highlights (where she has some regular stories and some from her close friends) the close friends ones are gone. wierd. i vividly remember that she was checking the views and there was a green tag so i know it was hers. tbh i think it was a video of me stoned af, not that i care too much but the fact that she removed me from the stories to post that really says a lot. the video in itself isnt that bad but i had asked her not to post it. 

so yeah other than that theres also the fact that she would be on her phone all the fucking time. on the bus, tram, at lunch, while we were eating. fucking great. 

when i confronted her about all this she made up some shit - she acc aknowledged the speaking russian thing thing, but she said that she was just checking social media bc we had been talking the whole day so it was kind o flike a break - makes no sense but whatever. 

anywaysssss back to my birthday: yeah after the trip our friendship kind of fell off. not that we stopped being friends, but i ignored her for a week bc i was genuinely mad at her for said reasons. eventually she apologized but the close friends thing made me realize that were not close friends at all (sorry for the pun - its genuinely not meant to be “deep” but thats the simplest way to put it). like why did you hide something so blatant? also just in general her mood was just off. and she really didnt make an effort to cheer up. so yeah after we made up i really started looking at her a different way. i didnt fully express what happened in amsterdam on here but it was just a lot of sketchy shit. as in, i dont think a true friend would do this kind of stuff.

[fyodorsuggestions]

Tagged by @fy-soukoku

1. How did you come up with your username and what does it mean?

My A03 username, and main blog and twitter and facebook and freaking discord and literally every single thing is Darke_Eco_Freak either with hyphens, spaces or underscores and basically I was an edgy 11 year old who loved Jak II and the concept of the evil version of the protag Jak. Only I wanted to be extra Edge™ so I added an extra E to dark.

2. Which fanfic of yours has the most feedback? (bookmarks/subscriptions/hits/kudos)

Hits: Sex Pollen isn’t a real Thing (it was one of the first smuts I wrote and it’s kinda bad now whoops)

Kudos: Sex Pollen again

Comments: T(w)o Me, Fo(u)r Us, or as I call it 2/4

Subs: 2/4

3. What is your AO3 profile icon, and why did you choose it?

It’s been Virus from this piece of art for some months now. Why? Because Kat made it and I love it a lot so you know

4. Do you have any regular/favourite commenters?

Um damn, I haven’t gotten regular comments in a few months except from my friends whom I spam with my many many fics. I’m actually in another fandom I made another archive account for because reasons but yeah. My friends are my fave

5. Is there a fanfic that you keep going back to read again and again?

I haven’t actually read fic in a while, there’s one or two Daredevil ones I think about but I don’t go back and re-read, my attention span’s been pretty shit for a while.

6. How many stories are you subscribed to? How many do you have bookmarked?

I’m not subbed to anyone but I have bookmarked 6 fics

7. Which AU do you find yourself writing the most?

None really. My latest fandom isn’t really open for AU’s, well written Au’s at least and yes I’m forever salty over that. Hmm, if there’s one I like to toy with though it’s Evil AU’s, you know the villain turns bad AU? Love em

8. How many people are subscribed and bookmarked to you in total? (you can view this on the stats page)

Subs: 465

Bookmarked: 2133

I don’t really care though because A) I’ve been in a lot of fandoms since 2014 and I know most ppl are here for the porn as per comments on said porn.

9. Is there something you’d like to write about but are afraid of people judging you for it? (Feeling brave? If so, share it!)

Idgaf. I’ve written necro, cannibalism, torture porn, self-insert stuff. Honestly I dump most of what my other fandom wouldn’t accept on this one. Plus Fyodor is a very easy character to manipulate for me so it’s always fun.

10. Is there anything you would like to be better at? Writing certain scenes or genres, replying to comments, updating better, etc.

I’d like to be better about my chaptered fics, not abandoning them and things like that. Also, action scenes, I want to get better at those.  

11. Do you write rarepairs or popular ships more often?

I multiship myself to hell. For this fandom I write whatever catches my eye because I don’t know the characters all that well? The running meme of me not watching the show is still a thing. In my other fandom, I’m one of the few writers around and I write every single ship I can think of cause I can.

12. How many stories have you posted on AO3 to this day (finished and unfinished)?

One my darke account: 73, on my other account; 10 but I post a lot to tumblr and don’t really cross post all that much.

13. How many stories do you have saved in/with your writing program?

I can’t tell you that because I just keep huge word docs around but for the year I’ve written about 600 k so that’s cool.

14. Do you write down story ideas, or just keep them in your head?

I just write off the top of my head most of the time, I’ll talk out a plot with a friend sometimes but otherwise it’s just whatever I feel as the day goes.

15. Have you ever co-authored a story?

I have, two, soon to be three.

16. How did you discover AO3?

I think I saw someone on ff.net mention it and I started looking at the site.

17. Do you consider yourself to be a popular or famous author in your fandom(s) on AO3?

Fuck no lol. I’m here writing the rarest of pairs and writing oc/characters, not to mention in first person sometimes and those tags alone mean ppl won’t read. Eh, I’m just posting to archive to bolster the number of fics a character has tbh. (this is for BSD fandom but I’ve never been a popular/famous author in any fandom)

18. Do you have a nickname or fandom name for your readers?

Umm, half the time I’m not sure I have ppl beyond friends who read my fics so yeah.

19. Was there an author who inspired or encouraged you to write?

I’d say Lakshmi Persad, a local author. Mostly because I hated having to do that book in lit class and wanted to do better than her.

20. What writing advice would you give to a beginning author?

If you want it, make it. I’m serious, don’t count on anyone to make the content you want to see, do it yourself and people might follow suit, if not, at least you made it. Hella.

21. Do you plot out your stories, or do you just figure it out as you go?

I finish stories and still have no idea if I figured them out or not.

22. Have you ever gotten a bad comment on a story? If so, what did you do?

I’ve gotten a few, mostly I ignore them. But there was this one fic, it wasn’t for anyone but me and I shouldn’t have posted it at all but I did and someone told me that the characterization was completely wrong for the character I was writing and I ended up leaving the fic alone for months and months. I got back to it eventually but I’m not sure if I’ll ever finish that fic tbh.

23. Is there a certain type of scene that you have a hard time writing? (action, smut, etc..)

Action gives me joint pain. I just how do you make it flow?

24. What story(s) are you working on now?

I want it All

Deathless Sleep

Missing Pages

Five times he fell

Divine(d) Visions

2/4

Many lil drabbles and sexy times.

25. Do you plan your next project(s) before you finish your current ongoing story(s)?

I can’t plan to save my life

26. Do you have a daily writing goal set for yourself?

It used to be 300 a day now it’s 2k because apparently I hate myself. Most of the time I meet it, between the two fandoms I write for daily so yay.

27. Do you think you’ve improved as a writer since you first started?

Absolutely.

28. What is your favorite story that you’ve written?

Step back Through Time and Remember my Touch, definitely those two. One’s the original fic and the other is the sequel. Best things I wrote all year

29. What is your least favorite story that you’ve written?

Maybe Gone, that’s a really old one but god the cringe.

30. Where do you see yourself (as a writer) in 5 years?

Hopefully I figured out those damn action scenes.

31. What is the easiest thing about writing?

I think bringing the characters to life in my own head is the easiest thing.

32. What is the hardest thing about writing?

Not letting lack of feedback get to me cause I’m not writing popular shit, I don’t expect it but god damn it gets discouraging as fuck to see something I worked hard on just kinda flop and drown.

33. Why do you write?

I can’t do anything else and crave validation like the attention whore I am.

I’m tagging @chuuyasuggestions @kyusakusuggestions um idk who has archive shit. If you follow me and you see it, you have to do it okay? 

[sage-nebula]

1, 7, 23, 30, 33!

1.)  If you had a Key Stone, how would you wear it?

First, bless this question for being included? Key Stones and mega evolution are the most, most important. #bless

Second, as a pendant! Necklaces have always been my favorite kind of jewelry, and I like the idea of clutching the Key Stone when activating it. It’s not necessary to hold it in a grip like that, but doing so---holding it tightly, right in front of your heart---is a very powerful thing to me. To me, it emphasizes the bond between human and pokémon even more.

The only problem with this is that, ever since I saw Drake wear his dragonite’s pokéball as a pendant way back in the OS of the anime as a child, I always imagined I’d do the same with my ace pokémon’s pokéball . . . but then again, that’s impractical, and also, I have two flagship pokémon, so. :P The Key Stone would probably go there instead, and I’d never take it off. I mean, I’ve been wearing Shiloh’s tag for close to three years now, without removing it once. I could wear a Key Stone just as regularly.

(Also, I’d want it to be a proper pendant that holds the stone. I balked when I saw that Brock just has his on a cord. Like, really, Brock? Seriously?? You’re going to lose it, what are you doing???)

7.) A pokemon you've always wanted to use, but haven't 

There are so many pokémon, and you can only have six per team, and just. :( It means some unfortunately and inadvertently get left behind. Misdreavus and banette are two that I can think of immediately, particularly since I’ve always loved banette in particular for how horrifying its lore is. Teddiursa is cute af, but I never found a way to work it into one of my teams. Braviary was way too late in the BW games, though I did use a rufflet in Sun Version (it didn’t end well, rip). I have a lot of affection for ninetales and rapidash, but I always had other fire-types, and the same goes for talonflame and pyroar. I especially have affection for flareon given the garbage way everyone treats it, but again, back in my Kanto days I had a charizard, so it made more sense for me to get vaporeon instead. :/ (This was before I made the switch to lapras.)

So yeah, there are so many. I love so many pokémon!! Even with a reserves bench, though, I just don’t have enough room for them all on the One True Team™. It’s sad. :(

23.) Poffins, Pokeblocks, Pokepuffs, etc; do they sound/look appetizing?

Poképuffs look more appetizing than they have any right to. They’re basically just a hybrid of cupcakes and macarons. They look goddamn delicious and I always want to eat them, and probably would, and then people would make fun of me but idgaf, because they’re probably just as delicious as they look.. With poffins . . . it depends. Sometimes they look like cookies, so I could see it, but other times they just look like dog treats, so I’m not interested. And pokéblocks are literally just blocks, lmao. Not interested in the least bit.

30.) Do you prefer your pokemon in regular pokeballs or do you like other balls?

I think it’s nice if I can make the ‘ball fit the ‘mon---like, for a time I had my umbreon in a Dusk Ball, with my espeon in a Premier Ball, but while Soleil is still in his Premier Ball, Luneth is in a regular pokéball now. Willow, my mimikyu, is in a Dusk Ball, though, and that’s cool. Basically, I do think it’s neat to have it fit, but it’s not a necessity. I’m not overly fussed about it.

33.) Do you miss seasons from BW/B2W2?

YES!!!! THIS WAS ONE OF THE COOLEST FEATURES, WHY DID THEY GET RID OF IT?! It’s like when they were stupid assholes and got rid of the day/night feature in Gen III, like---the day/night feature was one of the coolest and most advertised features of Gen II, everyone loved it, and then they got rid of it in Gen III and we were all like ??? why, why did you do this, why would you be so ridiculous, WHY THIS?!

Thankfully, though, they fixed that nonsense one generation later, and we’ve had the feature ever since, but we’re now two generations out from Gen V and we still don’t have seasons back. :( What the hell, Game Freak, please get your acts together and GIVE. US. BACK. OUR. SEASONS!!!

[leftysupremacy]

tagged by: @thelaughingtoucan Rules: Answer the questions and tag blogs you’d like to know better. Nickname(s): Lefty, bicycle Star sign: Leo Height: tall??? idgaf 5’ 10"? Time rn: 23:50 Last thing I googled: gay bicycle (don’t ask) Favorite Music Artists: Panic!, Fall out boy, Alessia cara, Shawn Mendes (i have meh tastes) Song stuck in my head: Last Movie I watched: i watched part of interstellar but haven’t finished it, i feel like there was something more recent lol Last show I watched: Big Bang Theory (yes I’m horrible) What I am wearing rn: flannel pjs and blue shirt When I made this blog: 2015????? I forget lol Kind of stuff I post: Ninjago, Bonkles, Shitposts, sometimes all at once lol Do I get regular asks: aint Why did I choose my url: proud to be a lefty my dude Gender: Male Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw Number of followers: 233-ish Pokemon Team: if ur talking Pokemon go then mystic Favorite Color: Red (or black, idk im edgy Favourite characters: darth Vader/Anakin, Ahsoka, Capt Rex, Zane, Jay, Ezekiel jones, Cassandra Cillian, the doctor, Newt Scamander I tag: @brieflyshypuppy @therealoxymercuration @multifandomfankid @emperor-draygon (sorry in advance lmao)

[theparaminds]

Individualism is the most sought after yet oddly the most condemned straight in any human, with a war being fought over whether or not standing out of a crowd is worth the trouble it brings. Musician and Visual artist Kiddiedouchebag laughs at the very thought that this is a question. The young jack of all trades is no stranger to being unique, and instead, has made it his every goal to stand out in every way possible; from his art, to his clothing to the way he presents himself online. Kiddiedouchebag is the personification of true individualism.

And with such a one-of-a-kind self, there is the yearning to share and grow, to become the forefront and the centre that others look to instead of working in the shadows in privacy. It is now KDB’s time to take the reins and move from the background and into the spotlight, presenting himself and every amazing piece of work that comes with it, knowing for fact others will be in awe once they get a chance to know him even slightly better. 

We sat with KDB to learn how this shift will come about, and how he plans to take inspire others that are as unsure of who they want to be as he once was. 

Paramind: Alright, first question as always, how's your day going?

KDB: My day is going good! I woke up super fucking late though because I skated all day yesterday and hung out with some honeys & shit now I’m about to make pancakes and watch Regular Show all day.

PM: That sounds like an amazing couple days, especially just hanging out skating, when did you start skateboarding?

KDB: My interest in Skating started when I was 8, but I seriously got super into it when I was 11-12, Odd Future pushed me into it even more and I don’t regret it! I don’t have the time to skate as much anymore due to balancing out school, producing, and photography, but when i have the opportunity to skate I go HARD.

PM: For sure, everyone who does it falls in love for life, you mention odd future, who re inspirations for a lot of current musicians as yourself, but what else growing up pushed you into a musical direction?

KDB: Aw man what else? 2013 Childish Gambino inspired me heavily. I found him amazing because he follows the same route Tyler The Creator does which was being a “Jack of all trades” and a visionary while still being a rapper. In 2016 I went through a SoundCloud phase heavily so my favorite artists were (still are) Duwap Kaine, Lil Yachty, Nolanberollin, and ICYTWAT. A lot of these artist I liked because of their melodic sound, I LOVE hearing chords and bells in music which is why my music involves that!

Currently my idol and focus on is also Kevin Abstract, leader of Brockhampton. Kevin is just so dope in many ways, if you look back on his old tweets, right now I am 2014 Kevin. It’s like I understand him and if we ever had a conversation he’d understand me.

PM: Yeah all those guys are such visionaries beyond music, each icons in their own ways. speaking about jacks of all trades, and doing more than music, what else do you hope to accomplish away from the sounds people may know you for?

KDB: I want to accomplish being known for my photography, I got accepted into college for Photography/Film so hopefully my skills grow more and more! I always wanted to get into fashion too like skater type of clothing! I just wanna inspire people, make people happy and leave a legacy! Thats really it to be honest!

PM: Why photography over any other medium? what about it speaks to you personally?

KDB: Well photography just speaks for itself in a way, I’m a visionary guy and I feel like that is the only way I can express myself besides music, with photography I can show my love for colors, lighting, fashion, music, all in one! Plus it’s better expressing that more than.. shoot I don’t know, WRITING or something

PM: For sure the medium gives more to the eye than any other can and express so much lets shift gears a little and specifically talk about your music, many know you as a producer from the llil booty call track, butterfly, but how did that collaboration come to be? and in what ways do you see your musical style matching others?

KDB: That collaboration came to be because of Instagram really! I love discovering underground artists before they blow up, someone tagged me on his post about “Sailor Moon” and I found that SO rad (btw shoutout to Cranchyou on the visuals). I saw how we both have a similar heartthrob lover boy aesthetic so we clicked like that! And I decided to send him beats because he loves rapping on melodic beats also! So boom! I feel my musical style can match others if they are rapping about relatable shit as Tyler or Kevin would, or also singing in a way that can fit my melodic style

PM: It’s definitely a style that is picking up heavily in the underground right now, but, how do you see your style growing and improving with time and experience?

KDB: I see my style growing and improving when my knowledge of music theory, audio engineering, and piano improves! I know just enough in those fields but I want to know even more!

PM: Now, what about music on your own, how do you hope to make a name for yourself as a an individual as opposed to a producer behind the scenes?

KDB: Well I feel like through Instagram I’ve made a brand name as myself rather than just being known as a producer! A lot of people actually fans of me and did not find out I was a Producer until probably a month after! Plus also I figured I will rap soon to be honest I’ve always wanted to rap it’s just hard finding my “voice” to do so, I’ve been practicing for years though so I can finally say I’m ready to do so!

PM: What work can fans look forward in the future to? do you have any solo projects or future collaborations that an eye should be kept out for?

KDB: Fans can look forward to D.I.Y music videos, and more solo music from me maybe this time I’ll be actually rapping! & with collaborations I’m more of a go with the flow kind of person! Whatever happens, happens

PM: That’s a fantastic attitude to have, would you say there are any projects that are your favourites? And if so, how have they influenced you?

KDB: Projects that are my fav hmmm, Because the Internet by Childish Gambino, Wolf by Tyler, Blonde by Frank Ocean, American Boyband by Kevin Abstract. 

These projects influenced me because these are all risky projects that have seen success! From rapping about the internet to Kevin talking about his high school life and being gay it’s just so tight to me. Even though I’m straight, hearing frank and Kevin makes me have so much respect for them because they are talking about their sexuality which they have been discriminated by since they’ve known about their sexuality! That whole “idgaf and I will continue to be me” attitude is something I inspire to have!

PM: Yes, each of them represent something so much bigger than themselves. also blonde is the best album i agree with you completely. But that poses the question of who you want to inspire and what the of kids you want to speak to and be a friend to?

KDB: I want to speak to the kids that are considered the “soft boys” or “soft girls” the ones who understand people’s feelings and the ones who love LOVE! And the kids who’s considered the weird ones in school, no matter if it involves their style or taste in music! Just want them to know that it’s okay to be you and you will be the shit in the future!

PM: That's beautiful, in a way you want then to take all the outsiders and allow them to create their own group that can make them feel loved and involved?

KDB: Hell yeah! Hopefully one day I wanna create something that brings them all together like, since I’m not going to prom this year, in my future I want to create my OWN prom, no dress code, wear whatever you want be whoever you want!

PM: In that case if you're hoping to include more outsiders, it gives the impression that you were one yourself and felt the same problems, and if you could go back and speak words of encouragement to yourself, what would you say?

KDB: To be honest I wouldn’t go back to tell myself anything, all my good decisions and bad decisions happened for a reason, they made me who I am now and why I think this way! I’m happy about it to be honest

PM: To wrap up, would you say you're proud of yourself and all that you have accomplished? or do you believe you have so much more to do before satisfaction and self pride?

KDB: I am proud of myself! But I feel like I have to accomplish much more! I’m not rich yet and I did not inspire enough kids yet! I’ll make it there soon though I believe it.

PM: For sure you will, as long as you stay true to you, to finish, is there anyone or anything you want to shout out or promote? the floor is yours!

KDB: Uhhh Shoutout Productive Honey, my creative team!, shoutout Cranchyou, shoutout all my followers on my spam page those are where my true supporters are at, and shoutout to my mom for being my biggest fan!

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