#you're a king and I'm your lionheart. yeah

[hartwign]

Im on a little hiatus so look at my old Anduin stuff from 2016 because I have a type I miss him

[junipers-archive]

Personal Issue

Word Count: 650

Includes: fluff, fluff, fluff, you confront Spencer about him saying he loved you last night when he thought you were asleep!!

You were on your way to meet Spencer for lunch, you two were missing each other so often it wasn't uncommon that one would come home while the other was sleeping. You had roomed together for a year now if only for convenience of both of you working government jobs, him a profiler and you lawyer.

That convenience however, changed after 8 months when you started dating.

But last night was the night he told you he loved you, last night when he thought you were asleep.

And this afternoon was when you promise yourself you will confront him.

The traffic is hell, but you eventually meet upon the agreed spot, a local café you two frequented.

He see's you before you see him, coming up from behind to startle you, in pure Spencer fashion.

"Hey!"

"Jesus Spencer, you know better not to scare me like that!" You giggle softly at his pouty expression as you turn around.

"Oh come on, you can't excuse it this one time?"

"Well since you're so adorable..." You smile, wrapping your arms around his neck to peck him on the lips.

"Come on lets get a table, its almost rush hour." He says when you pull back, leading you to the front desk as the waitress has you follow her to a small table near the window.

You order eventually, choosing your favorite dish even though you'd also promised yourself you'd try something new. And as you wait you begin to find yourself chickening out of asking him about last night.

You want to know, you really do, but what if he was going to say it today? What if he was going to say it in 30 seconds?

"Did you know chicken alfredo initially appeared in France during medieval times?" He's referring to the grilled chicken Alfredo you just ordered,

"Its actually a pretty interesting story, grilled chicken was the favorite of King Richard the Lionheart during the 12th century and at this time grilled chicken was a delicacy-"

"Spence." You interrupt him, which he takes in stride.

"Y-Yeah what's wrong? Am I ranting-"

"No. No You're not, I just-" how do you begin this conversation? "You know when you came home last night?"

"Yea it was around two in the morning and you were knocked out.." he tilts his head like a puppy and you feel yourself grinning.

"Um yea, I-I wasn't asleep, I had stayed up in hopes I could surprise you but then-" You stop looking up at his horrified expression of your entailing.

"You-You heard me um...look Y/n I totally get it if you're weirded out or don't want to talk about it or if you even wan to-"

"Spencer. I'm not. I just...Why didn't you tell me? Why didn't you try when you at least thought I was conscious?"

He winces at that, speeding up his words to compensate for his eratic mind, "Itwasapersonalissue"

"what?"

He takes a deep breath as the waitress leaves your drinks on the table.

"It was a personal issue."

"You being in love with me involves me!"

"But-"

"No. Spencer, I know you're new to this and its adorable but when you love someone you tell them. To their faces. When they're awake." You emphasize shaking your head.

He grimaces, nodding his head. "Well, to be fair I was only practicing."

"Practicing, really?" you were smiling despite yourself.

"Yeah I wanted to tell you for a while just didn't know how." He rubs the back of his neck out of nervous habit.

"Well." you asked expectantly.

"Hm?" Did he really not know?

"Are you going to tell me?"

"But you already-"

"Doesn't count." You grin at him victoriously as he blushes, ducking his head and telling you exactly what you want to hear.

"iloveyou" and its short and fast and adorable and so Spencer like that you'll take it.

"I love you too, Spencer."

[youvegotrpmemes]

lyric starters from my current On Repeat playlist (part 3)

Show me how to lie, you're getting better all the time

And no one even knew it was really only you

Nice work you did, you're gonna go far, kid

Hit 'em right between the eyes

And if you can't get what you want, well, it's all because of me

My dear, there are secrets here

If only I could break the chain of disappointments weighing me down

I won't be afraid

It's the fear, and not the ghost, that leaves me haunted

You're an anchor for all the heaviest regrets inside of you

I heard you tellin' lies

I know we're the crooked kind

It ain't a talk of "if," just one of "when" and "how"

So, collect your scars and wear 'em well

They're never truly gone

I carry their blood too

I'm far from where I wanna be

I get lost in my delusional reality

It's kinda hard to think about your own mortality

And I'm hoping for a never ending odyssey

Just give me something good

I've made up my mind over and over

I can't be everything you want me to be

But it's all gone

It's all the same sound and my ears are burning

Never to be moved by the words of a liar

The dark doesn't frighten me

I chose to close my eyes

The night doesn't frighten me

I chose to let it thrive

Oh, my precious child, how lucky you are

I got a friend that's losing sleep

I never needed a reason for keeping secrets from myself

I'll wreck this if I have to

Tell me what good would that do

I'd be so good to you

And I don't know how this is wrong

You were a friend of mine

They don't know you like I do

I can never go back home again

Don't you ever tell me I'm not loving you best

And I just need a minute, I just need a breath

It's very hard to drink to my continued success

It's getting better in the worst way

I like to push it and push it until my luck is over

Please just follow me

I wonder how we used to ever go so long without it

I am right beside you

I thought you wanted me

I've been here so very long

I never took you for a trick but sometimes I don't know what you want

I could take it if you need to take this out on someone

I don't know how it got this way

But these problems aside, I think I taught you well

We're here to stay

But you're a king and I'm a lionheart

We're still the same

I'll be here to hold your hand

You won't be alone, we're unstoppable

Don't be ‘fraid to show what we're going for

Oh, all you need to know is that we're holding on

Even if we fall, we will rise up

No, we're not gonna stop until we reach it

We all have our burdens, yeah, but we just keep on fighting and we never look back

I know I was born for this

They just don't get it, I think they forget I'm not done 'til I'm on top

I believe we can write our story

We come from different places, but have the same name

We are the broken ones who chose to spark a flame

I've struggled for years and through all the tears I've faced the doubts I hide

I never gave into my fears deep within 'cause I heard my voice inside

Don't ever lose your hope

[cmrosens]

Worldbuilding Thoughts 3

Ok so one thing I don't see very much in medieval fantasy settings with a royalty system is the issue of the monarch travelling with a retinue. If you're writing one like GoT and you're into the whole idea of the monarch needing to travel (trust me, if it's medieval, they really do need to do a circuit of their kingdom, even if administration and judicial system has been centralised. If you don't, you can't monitor the nobles on the periphery, and you ... really need to do that).

If this is something you've considered, ignore, if not, I was just thinking about the medieval England situation for the earlier kings (William I to John).

Do you know how many the king travels with?? How many guards how many horsemen, lads to take care of the horses, courtesans, scribes, courtiers who need to stay close, accountants, etc? Now have a look at the size of the castles. They're not that big. You have to scale the castle to the landscape (and really seriously consider how long it takes to build a big one). You've got space for a prestigious guest, and then like. 20 extras. At an absolute push, in some cases. Ok, bigger ones, yeah ram 100 in.

The king's got 200 men. He doesn't scale down to stay at a castle or fortified manor that fits 50max and already has 30 occupants. He just rocks up. People do not want him to, but he does anyway.

What used to happen in Medieval England was - there wasn't ever enough space. Literally none. There was also no system, it was King gets the best guest room, everyone who needs to be immediately close to him crashes on the floor, and if you're not fast enough and a bit further down the pecking order, you're marching into someone's house and saying "I'm staying here tonight" and sleeping downstairs with the goats. There are sources of courtiers bitterly complaining they had to sleep in barns and some "camping" (sleeping rough in the rain) in the forest because there was NO SPACE FOR THEM in the castle/fortified manor or in the surrounding villages because they came late due to their admin duties holding them up. And they don't have a tent. They have to literally sleep outside with their cloaks over them. Did they die of exposure? I mean, sometimes. Did they catch chills and die of those? Sure, yeah. Did it really piss them off? Every time.

(Peasant perspective: So many young* angry men with swords with untreated PTSD from all the war/general life trauma, chips on their shoulders and complexes about being younger sons (the spare not the heir) and desperate to prove themselves in a chivalric context of fighting/shagging prowess but they've been give a lot of admin duties to do, drinking a lot of alcohol every single day. Since being on the road they have had to cut down on the alcohol which hasn't improved their mood. And they're all coming to your village. And you can't feed or house them all.)

Then the king decides to leave.

It takes a good few hours to let everyone know because **nobody knows where anyone is**. You have to prep the supply wagons and the horses. And the king stands up after breakfast and says "I want to leave NOW"

Then he changes his mind.

Now you're leaving tomorrow afternoon.

If you're trying to picture this, with a lot of highly strung horses in an enclosed space being yelled at and dragged into position to cut down time, and people running to comb the villages and the woods for stragglers and leave messages for others coming through later, it's chaos. Absolute chaos.

Now imagine being put in charge of it.

So many plot points to play with there.

*For reference, because I've been watching Robin Hood adaptations lately, Richard 1 "the Lionheart" is depicted as an older man in all the films but he was only 42 when he died (b. 1157, d. 1199). The Third Crusade was 1189, when he was 32. He's played by Sean bloody Connery in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, when he actually was around the same age Richard Armitage was when he played Guy of Gisborne in the BBC Robin Hood series. (For context). Prince John was 33 in 1199 when he became king and only 23 when Richard went off to war. We're often largely talking about an intensely homosocial group of men in their 20s and 30s. ladsladslads

In the 14thC, one of the Earls of the March led his first campaign in the Hundred Years' War at the age of 17. ladsladsladsla-

[el-dritchknight]

hand in ungloved hand [binxhera playlist]

a soft, sweet playlist for the weaver of fate and her knight of darkness. art by kathe gravel.

my first @d20exchange gift for @ljsarts !! happy holidays 💜

if my heart was a house - owl city

Chills run down my spine / As our fingers entwine and your sighs harmonize with mine / Unmistakably, I can still feel your heart / Beat fast when you dance with me

i wouldn’t mind - he is we

Carefully we'll place for our destiny / You came and you took this heart and set it free / Every word you write and sing is so warm to me / So warm to me I'm torn, I'm torn / To be right where you are / I'm not afraid anymore / I'm not afraid

stand by you - rachel platten

Hands put your empty hands in mine / And scars show me all the scars you hide / And hey, if your wings are broken / Please take mine 'til yours can open too / 'Cause I'm gonna stand by you

hold my hand - jess glynne

Break my bones but you won't see me fall, oh / The rising tide will rise against them all, oh / Darling, hold my hand / Oh, won't you hold my hand?

through the dark - one direction

When the night is coming down / We will find a way through the dark

different kind of love - kid runner

It must've been something / Oh something you said / You're pulling me under / Holding me close Inside of my head

i see the light - mandy moore, zachary levi (tangled ost)

And at last I see the light, and it's like the fog has lifted / And at last I see the light, and it's like the sky is new / And it's warm and real and bright, and the world has somehow shifted / All at once everything looks different / Now that I see you

dream state - lucy dacus

Without you, I am surely the last of my kind / We had a lot to measure / We had more past than pleasure / And time grows deep like weeds / You catch me when I'm falling

back up plan - maya hawke

The dream you planted in your forest / Your winter coat in summer storage / Your favorite game, your secret shame, your eyesore / I wanna be anything you've lost that you might be lookin' for

heal - tom odell

And take a heart / And take a hand / Like an ocean takes the dirty sand / And heal, heal, hell, heal

sweet nothing - taylor swift

They said the end is coming / Everyone's up to something / I find myself running home to your sweet nothings

king and lionheart - of monsters and men

And as the world comes to an end / I'll be here to hold your hand / 'Cause you're my king and I'm your lionheart

ready now - dodie

You said, "I will listen / Tell me it all You don't like the ending / Then we'll find one that's yours"

when he sees me - sara bareilles

What if when he sees me I like him and he knows it? / What if he opens up a door / And I can't close it? / (What if I only open up?) / What happens then?

entropy - beach bunny

'Cause somebody's gonna figure me out / It's what I am, it's what I was, it's what I wanna become / Yeah, somebody's gonna figure us out / And I hope they do 'cause I'm falling for you, whoa

i would be so pleased - tim di pasqua, deedee magno hall

Is it what I'm worthy of? / Still I have my doubt / Could I live my life for love, after life so long without?/ There's so many ways to go It makes it hard to see/ I need so much more to know, if it's where I'm meant to be

if you love me for me - sierra nelson cover (from barbie: princess and the pauper)

What you see may be deceiving / Truth lies underneath the skin / Hope will blossom by believing / The heart that lies within

[cementcornfield]

Is there any song/songs that make you think of Joe’marr? I keep thinking about them listening to Troye Sivans album 😊 (I’d also like to thank you for your Joe/Ja’marr/Joe’marr/bengals tags bc I’ve totally fallen in love with the team v v quickly 😅)

Hi! lol i've seen you in my notifs the past few days, i love when i can tell people are going through my tags! so glad you're joining the fandom just in time for all the content to start back up <3

and oh boy, okay, i'm the kind of person where once i get obsessed with a ship or character, EVERY song makes me think of them (even some that really don't work at all, whoops!) but here are some that get me particularly in my feelings about joe'marr

Sweet

King and Lionheart - Of Monsters And Men And as the world comes to an end I'll be here to hold your hand 'Cause you're my king and I'm your lionheart

Aquemini - Outkast Nothin' is for sure, nothin' is for certain, nothin' lasts forever But until they close the curtain (y'all know) It's him and I, Aquemini

1950 - King Princess So cold that your stare's 'bout to kill me I'm surprised when you kiss me So tell me why my gods look like you And tell me why it's wrong

Thinkin' Bout You - Frank Ocean Or do you not think so far ahead? Cause I been thinkin' 'bout forever

Bodyguard - Beyoncé Be your best friend I protect you in the mosh pit And I'll defend you in the gossip You know how people like to start shit and pop shit I don't like the way she's lookin' at you Someone better hold me back

Nineteen - Tegan and Sara I felt you in my life Before I ever thought to I felt the need to lay down Beside you And tell you I feel you in my heart And I don't even know you

Angsty

Fireproof - The National You're fireproof Nothing breaks your heart You're fireproof It's just the way you are You're fireproof It's what you always say You're fireproof I wish I was that way

Bad Religion - Frank Ocean If it brings me to my knees It's a bad religion This unrequited love To me, it's nothin' but a one-man cult And cyanide in my styrofoam cup I can never make him love me Never make him love me

Earfquake - Tyler the Creator I don't want no confrontation, no You don't want my conversation I just need some confirmation on how you feel, for real You don't want no complication, no

New Magic Wand - Tyler the Creator Can't be in the picture if it got no frame And let the world know 'cause I ain't got no shame Blow the whole spot up, 'cause I ain't— I wanna share last names, I wanna be your number one Not the other one, keep it on the low I'm in my right mind, keep it on a high

Secret Heart - Feist Why so mysterious? Why so sacred, why so serious? Maybe you're just acting tough Maybe you're just not man enough What's wrong?

Somewhere in Between

We Belong Together - Vampire Weekend We belong together Baby, there's no use in being clever Baby, it don't mean we'll stay together Hallelujah, you're still mine All I did was waste your time If there is not some grand design How'd this pair of stars align?

I Want to Know Your Plans - Say Anything I want to know your plans And how involved in them I am [...] I'll look out for you 'til I die, 'til I rot I'll remember you 'til I die, 'til I rot

Never Be Anyone Else But You - Emmylou Harris Cause I hope and pray the day will come when you belong to me Then I'm gonna prove to you how true my love can be There'll never be anyone else but you for me Never ever be, just couldn't be, anyone else but you

Vito's Ordination Song - Sufjan Stevens And when you write a poem I know the words, I know the sounds Before you write it down

Specialist - Interpol You make me lose my buttons oh yeah you make me spit I don't like my clothes anymore You take me to New Orleans where you put me to the test I know what my heart is for

Bedroom Hymns - Florence and the Machine Cause this is his body, this is his love Such selfish prayers and I can't get enough

[ofmermaidstories]

If the spotify wraped drabble is still going on.... 24 please? 💖

24. king and lionheart — of monsters and men

and as the world comes to an end

i'll be here to hold your hand

'cause you're my king and I'm your lionheart

this is one of my all-time favourite songs, and has been ever since it was released. 🥹 if i had to pick one song to describe my philosophy, when it comes to writing what i do, it would be this one—a song that, to me, encapsulates that when we love people (platonically, familiarly, romantically) we sometimes have to be brave and pick up a sword. 🗡️ ✨ because it’s such a favourite song, there’s a few things i associate it with. 🥹 SJLT, for Scribbles and Deku. Bakugou, seeing the golden illusion of All Might, at his death. A non-fandom project, where one of my main characters has to reckon with being reincarnated and tied to the same duties and people as before.

It’s just—it’s just about looking at someone you love and thinking, yeah. I love them and want to protect them, however I can.

(and wouldn’t we all feel that, for a hero like Izuku? Meeting Izuku out on the street, after work; being there at home when he comes back, tired, his face still lighting up when he sees us. The hardness of his arm, under his hoodie, the metal cool even under the cotton. The way he kisses us gratefully, when we say hello—i think it would inspire that furious need to protect him, however you could, even just for the night. keep him at home, keep him safe, remind him that when it’s just the two of you he doesn’t have to be the Deku that never gives up—that he can just be Izuku. our Izuku.)

[smeepyhead]

chapter 4 of my maxley royal / running away au fic "you're a king and i'm your lionheart" is up now!

here's a little snippet :)

“If you say so,” Bradley shrugs, feeling a smile twitch onto his lips. Who the hell is he now? It’s like he’s on cloud-fucking-nine. “Any sightseeing ideas in mind?” “I don’t know,” Max muses, shoving his hand into his pockets. “Thought we could just see where this goes.” For a brief moment, a terrifying one, Bradley gets the sense he’s not just talking about sightseeing. He doesn’t push. The guy’s been a coward his entire life and old habits—well, they certainly die hard. “There’s this nice place out in the woods, though.” He softens. “Yeah?”

Or they manage to find their way to Max's hometown.

[incorrectstarvs]

Happy 5 year svtfoe finale anniversary!!!

Here’s my starco/svtfoe playlist I made back in 2020!! It’s 19 hours long bc I’m clearly insane /hj

Here’s some lyrics I felt really resonated with Starco (mostly in order of the playlist)

My first day on Earth, I fell into your eyes. Look at how our galaxies collide / You and I will be fine, we belong together // I don't know where we're going, but I'd like to be by your side // And as the world comes to an end, I'll be here to hold your hand. Cause you're my king and I'm your lionheart // Were lying in the streets, staring at the stars. Everything we need, is everything we are //

(More under the cut!)

Tell me the story of how we met, not that I'll ever let you forget // Make a spark, break the dark, find a light with me // And I've moved further than I thought I could, but I missed you more than I thought I would // There is something different about you and I, and I feel like I have known you my whole life // To be where you are, but even closer to you, you seem so very far // Take my hand, I'll teach you to dance, I'll spin you around, won't let you fall down // And I know it's hard to tell, but I think I really like you // And yeah it's true that I'm a little bit intense, right. But can you blame me when you keep me on the fence, like // Life is not the things that we do, it's who we're doing them with // I can't help but love you, even though I try not to // But always know that you'll be safe, I'll be here throughout your days // And when I am feeling small, you get me through it all, Just like we were kids, just like we were kids again // Love, I think we got time to make mistakes, bitter and the sweetness, I just love the taste // You know I talk too much, honey come put your lips on mine and shut me up // Since I've been walking solo, dreaming you were back home // Can't be on my own without you, I'm a little bit lost without you // You've got it all, you lost your mind in the sound. There's so much more, you can reclaim your crown // I don't need the stars in the night, I found my treasure. All I need is you by my side, so shine forever // Dear soulmate, do you think of me? 'Cause I do. Do you have green eyes or are they brown like mine? / Maybe I already know you and love you, but we'll fall in love some day // Why do you have to be so cute? It's impossible to ignore you. Must you make me laugh so much? It's bad enough we get along so well // When your arms are around me, I'd swear that I'm holding the sun // One glance and the avalanche drops, one look and my heartbeat stops // Put your hand in mine, you know that I want to be with you all the time // You gave me something to believe in, we were the best of friends // You caught me when I was falling down, picked me up when I was on the ground / I thought I was lost but now I'm found, it's you I wanna be around // Travel light and see the world right, you'll never know if you never go //All we do is mess around, but I know that it's love we found // All I wanna be, all I ever wanna be is somebody to you // Well you've got a funny way, of hanging around // Even when we're breaking, I'll be loving you // Confess I loved you, just thinking of you, I know I've loved you from the start // And I will make sure to keep my distance, say I love you when you're not listening // I didn't wanna believe my feelings for you, I didn't wanna believe that I could lose you // You take the darkest days and fill them up with light // I got all I need when I got you and I // Wherever you take me, it's clear I will go. Your love's the one love that I need to know // Can I take you to a moment where the fields are painted gold? And the trees are filled with memories of the feelings never told? // I'll hate the goodbye, but I won't forget the good times // I'll find my way to you, though I'll admit it may take me some time // Well, tell her that I miss our little talks // What if we could risk everything we had, and just let our walls cave in? // Like a force to be reckoned with, a mighty ocean or a gentle kiss. I will love you with every single thing I have.

[allsassnoclass]

I would absolutely love an explanation for the playlist if you're up for it. I just had a look through it and it looks amazing, I can't wait to listen!! <3

alrighty!!!!

for reference, the playlist in question.

under the cut because it got a little long :)

First of all, some of these songs come from THIS playlist compiled by Maggie @calumsclifford over the years. Some of the explanations are things that we talked about when I first suggested these songs for her playlist back in the day.

1. Growing Pains by Neck Deep: THE mashton song to me!!!! this is my favorite Neck Deep song and I love the loud uninhibited guitar and drums in the original version (although my favorite version is the acoustic Dr. Martens performance). The steady support in "Don't bear the weight of the world on your shoulders/It's not too heavy/ I'll break my back so you can feel like someone's on your side" is very mashton, especially when reflecting on the manner in which they both opened up about their mental health back in the day. ashton didn't start opening up about his own mental health until after michael was getting a lot of attention for saying he went to therapy and it was getting overwhelming. maggie and i theorized that ashton starting to talk about his own was a way to help michael by shouldering part of the advocacy burden and taking some of that pressure and attention from him. then the lines "They don't know what we share in the briefest of moments/ I'm head over heels for the smallest components/ That light in your eye or that look on your face/ Secure in the fact that we both know our place" also feels SO Them, because I do think that their dynamic is pretty understated and played down publicly. They don't really ever "perform" their friendship, and because it's one of the more subtle ones that means that a lot of their dynamic is kind of passed by and overlooked, but they're both secure in it. And then, of course, the emphasis on music in these lyrics :)

2. Summertime by My Chemical Romance: you can run away with me any time you like :) michael and ashton both had BIG "gotta get out of this town" energy at the beginning, which is partly why they became the battery that was so instrumental in driving the band forward in the early days. they both risked a lot on the conviction that the band could be successful and they wouldn't be stuck in dead end jobs in their hometown, so songs about running away with another person make me think of them.

3. Don't Give Up On Me by Andy Grammer: "I will fight for you" with how protective they are of each other and always willing to defend, the idea of not giving up reflected in their relentless drive within the band and their music!

4. King and Lionheart by Of Monsters and Men: yeah just read maggie's and my explanation here

5. War Cry by The National Parks: the loyalty! the protectiveness! they will stay by each other's side!

6. Garden Song by Phoebe Bridgers: this one is mostly vibes but i like the idea of imperfect growth for both of them

7. Fix You by Coldplay: the gentle but all-encompassing support <3

8. Undeniable You by Jukebox the Ghost: okay i'll be honest this is mostly because i wrote a fic at maggie's behest (can you tell that maggie was instrumental to my understanding of mashton back in the day)

9. The Party by Maisie Peters: okay! way back in the day (years ago at this point!) I had a conversation with @clumsyclifford about whether this was a malum or a mashton song. Mashton won out for a few reasons! The line "I'll take your chaos and your crooked in a heartbeat" feels very mashton, with that sort of unconditional acceptance that they have, but the lyrics also imply that they seem like an odd couple to outsiders, which i think is reflected in where mashton ranks in popularity in the fandom. I am also a HUGE sucker for the idea that mashton feels like they've known each other since childhood. It's one of my favorite ways of portraying how comfortable they are with each other in my writing (I know there's a line in Puzzle Pieces that references that), and with the history that luke/michael/calum have, I like to think that Ashton doesn't feel any different even though he came around a few years later. The line "People ask how long have I loved you, no comment/ 'Cause probably since I was seven and you were eight/ We didn't know each other, but baby, it was fate" is SUCH a mashton line to me because of it

10. Small Hands by Radical Face: bruh just read these lyrics they make me want to stare at the ceiling and maybe cry. the support! the love! the conviction that they will get through this and that the narrator is here for whatever the subject needs! "And if you wind up in the dark again/ Just turn and call my name/ And if the fire in your chest goes out/ Well I'll hold you all the same/ And if you need to take this out on me/ Well you know I won't complain"

11. peace by Taylor Swift: this is one of those "imperfect love" songs that i like. even so, there's the unending loyalty in this one, and the lines "All these people think love's for show/ But I would die for you in secret" definitely support the idea i talked about earlier with how a lot of their relationship is understated and private. folklore in general is also a mashton album though

12. Honeybee by The Head and the Heart: big "you're my person despite our hardships" energy that i love

13. For Me, It's You by Train: honestly? i just wanted to include a train song. i like the way that so many train songs are kind of casual love? understated? the way that this is sung is so relaxed, almost lazy, and yet you have the immensely touching "for me, it's you" sentiment. i like to think that's mashton's vibe

14. The Edge of Tonight by All Time Low: i love the idea that they find solace in each other and that they act as emotional anchors!!! the idea of keeping each other safe!!!!

15. Float by HARBOUR: "Understated, overwhelming/ Life is always best when you're around" their dynamic is understated but that doesn't mean it isn't profound!!!! the safety of being able to step off the ledge with each other and trusting that you'll float instead of fall!

16. Floral & Fading by Pierce the Veil: okay full discretion part of the reason this one is on the list is because it's on a fic playlist for a mashton series i'm working on. also though, the idea of running away together! i'm sure you can tell some kind of big touchstone ideas i have about mashton from these song selections and what parts i point out lol

17. Favorite Place by All Time Low ft. The Band Camino: another person being a refuge! another person who is fiery and can't be tamed but that you can still love and be loved by! also "you're everything I love about/ The things I hate in me" giving big "opposite ends of the battery" energy with the idea that they're so similar but seeing those traits in a different person completely flips your view to the opposite.

18. Come to Me by The Goo Goo Dolls: i just wanted a goo goo dolls one :) but also! once again! the idea of a safe place in another person! physically coming together!

19. My Kind by Alessia Cara: a lot of my justification of this one is the line "Really wish I knew you sooner than my 20s" with that idea that mashton feels like they met as kids and wishes that they had. there's also so much about nostalgia and growing up in this song, and we know that they had their growing pains and got to experience those moments with each other and have grown into very unique and distinct individuals. the chorus is also very much them as individuals, and the lines "I wish somebody would've told me I'd be here now/ 'Cause this kind of life is one to sing about" definitely feels like them looking back at where they came from and where they ended up. i love the optimism of older mashton. (i love the optimism of all older 5sos, i love that despite their challenges and pressures they all seem to be absolutely thriving and happy)

20. It Won't Be Like This Forever by Neck Deep: I wanted to bookend the playlist with Neck Deep and this one is a great, optimistic look on their journey together! The equal reassurance that things will get better! The way that mashton constantly raises each other up!

BONUS CONTENT:

"One Day Robots Will Cry" by Cobra Starship is also a mashton song to me. i have no way to justify it other than the color purple. maybe one day i'll write a fic. idk. this song did not fit on the playlist but it can be a bonus track

I will also say that Bank on the Funeral by Matt Maeson is a mashton album to me. again, no justification

[runningwolf62]

Wolf I think I’m funny so #1 for the fic writer asks, for Dirty Paws, but any song other than Dirty Paws. And also 15 and 16, if you like.

Oh you think you're funny, I'm about to be hilarious.

#1 Share a song that makes you think of [fic title]

King and Lionheart by Of Monsters and Men.

If I have to change bands too, Always Gold by Radical Face for various relationships breaking down while clinging to them

# 18 What’s one of your favorite lines you’ve written in a fic?

Oh god there's so many good lines I've got, be they funny or devastating...

Which is worse, he wonders. The grief at no closure or to drag out the inevitable.

That's technically two lines hmmm

Damn it, that's multiple lines about killing Spiritstar... I'll go with the cheat via two lines.

19. Give us a small teaser from one of your WIPs.

He closes the window a moment, to come sit by Shi-Long, who immediately leans into him, Larry takes the comfort as best he can when they’re both crammed into his small hot dog stand, trying to sell hot dogs, and just get through today.

Larry looks over to Shi-Long’s phone, “Are you rereading my fic?”

“It’s good.”

Larry manages a smile at that at least, brief but manages one. The fanfic is at least easy to write, the words coming easy, when the mere thought of his own original story makes all creativity stop. When all he can think about when he goes to write is the support he no longer has.

They sit in silence a bit, Shi-Long pulls up what looks like a news video of the press conference happening in the park, but the scrawl is in a language Larry can’t place. He squints at it and then asks, “Shi-Long?”

“Yeah writer-boy?”

“Where are you from?”

He gets a warm chuckle in response, sharp eyes flickering to him, “Oh?”

“I… you sent me a message once, in a different language, and I think it’s the same language as that, and I’m a dumbass American, so I don’t know what language it is, so…”

Shi-Long is silent for a moment before he sighs, “I’m Zheng Faian.” At Larry’s blank look he explains, “the Republic of Zheng Fa.” He nods to his phone, “that’s our president speaking.” Something flickers on his face, and Larry thinks that if he asks, Shi-Long would tell him.

He thinks Shi-Long doesn’t want him to ask.

[wardingprotector]

REPOST & SHARE 5 SONGS THAT REPRESENT YOUR MUSE.

I. give and take - poor man's poison

today's the day / revolution's on its way (our time is now) / hold the line, this is how we'll be defined (just stand your ground) / give and take / only works when both sides really / give and take / the revolution's on its way / look around, what do you know? / this whole damn place is about to blow /look around, what do you see? /i see the wolves at bay coming after me / woah, get ready for the war / they're comin' now / yeah, they're right outside the door

II. rooted - aisha badru

plant your feet upon the earth / know your value, know your worth / take a breath that's long and deep / you're carried by the ground beneath / feel the sunshine on your skin / a lotus flower blossoming / your journey is your offering / you are here for a reason

III. elysian fields - the mechanisms

elysian fields roll out before me / sunlight dapples through the leaves / and plays among the oak tree / as i wait for my release / lying here amongst the flowers / i can rest my weary bones / in the earth with my beloved / i will find my final home

IV. me and mine - brother's bright

i will burn your kingdom down / if you try to conquer me and mine / i will burn your kingdom down / if you try to conquer me and mine / gracious men are those who suffer / hope is our gravity / we blaze the trail and we'll never fail / because you will always be

V. king and lionheart - of monters and men

howling ghosts they reappear / in mountains that are stacked with fear / but you're a king and I'm a lionheart / and in the sea that's painted black / creatures lurk below the deck / but you're a king and I'm a lionheart / and as the world comes to an end / i'll be here to hold your hand / cause you're my king and i'm your lionheart

BORROWED FROM: @stagsworn

[heatwa-ves]

i havent read uhhh Any knights stories so am i good to start with lionheart or should i read other ones first? your posting has convinced me

HELLOOOO hi. knights. hi.

definitely do not start with lionheart, it requires context of both izumi and leos characters and previous events to have the Full Emotional Impact (aka ruining your life like it did to me)

I think which one you start with depends on how much you know about knights as a unit and if you want the plot stuff or an overview of them and their dynamics as a group

for plot, definitely read checkmate first, it's the pre ! story for knights and makes me unwell!!! lionheart comes chronologically after checkmate so you can read it then if you want or wait till you've read some of the other stories for more context, after checkmate there's king's horseback ride and then requiem (I'm pretty sure this is the right order? I haven't read requiem yet tho so you better not read it before me 😭)

but yeah as long as you read checkmate before lionheart you're good <- read them the other way round 🫣

I also recommend the meowsketeers scout story as an overview of knights as a unit and also bc it gave me ritsu feelings and also bc there's a kitty cat!!

[finitefall]

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#5

remembering how they made sansa bitch about not having enough resources and the fandom hating daenerys for entering and the north and wanting her gone, but the same fandom giving daenerys shit for returning to dragonstone (despite the north being hostile to her and her people and very reluctant to offer a silver of help with some respect) and claiming sansa was right and daenerys should of stayed in wf and her dragon might not have been attacked despite the fandom being ugly about “a foreign whore” being in WF (even tho dany never went to straight into battle, she literally went home to rest where her and her people wouldn't be treated with disrespect? and the writers decided a dragon high above can't see a fleet of ships below....) and the fandom claiming daenerys is stealing their limited resources, but somehow in the final episode sansa was able to move 'thousands' of northmen with her from WF to KL and then back again while declaring war, while also somehow having enough resources to create a huge coronation for herself...

LOL nonnie, most show!Sansa stans claiming she's proved to be the most clever of all the players are just fooling themselves. I'm not even hating on Sansa when I say the writing was absolutely ridiculous, I'm just stating facts: Sansa doesn't know better than anyone how to protect and feed a kingdom, far from it. In fact, she has absolutely zero experience in learning how to rule, protect and feed a kingdom.

Remember in 7x03 after Jon left Sansa in charge of Winterfell, and we see her talking to men and giving them advice?

You're telling me we don't have enough food, especially not if the armies of the North come back to defend Winterfell? No, my lady, most likely not. Then we must prepare for that eventuality. Whatever direction the threat comes from, this is the best place to be. We need to start building up our grain stores with regular shipments from every keep in the North. If we don't use it by winter's end, we'll give it back to them. But if the entire North has to flee to Winterfell, they won't have enough time to bring wagonloads of grain with them. Very wise, my lady.

Yeah, the North already didn't have enough food. That's a real problem Sansa has absolutely no experience in dealing with, unlike Dany. I'm not even gonna mention the books, your message is about the show. While book!Sansa lecturing book!Dany about feeding her people would be even more ridiculous, even show!Dany has way more experience than show!Sansa. Which is normal, since Dany has a leadership arc, unlike Sansa who only got one later in the show, out of nowhere.

Back to 7x03:

Are they covering those breastplates in leather? No, my lady. Well, shouldn't they be? Once the real cold comes?

And the man just looks at her like she said something incredibly clever that would have never crossed the mind of the men used to doing this job. But somehow, Sansa knows better than them about making an armour. I'm surprised we didn't also see her telling a blacksmith how to forge weapons. The whole "Sansa knows best" was so ridiculous, it was almost hilarious to see all those Northerners looking at her like she was a freakin genius and they would all be lost without her wisdom.

Now 8x01:

May I ask, how are we meant to feed the greatest army the world has ever seen? While I ensured our stores would last through winter, I didn't account for Dothraki, Unsullied and two full-grown dragons.

They didn't have enough food to begin with, and even if there have been regular shipments to build their grain store, it's not nearly enough. Especially not to last through winter, because it could last 20 years in this universe! There's no way Sansa managed to pull off that miracle, but let's say she did: then it's bullshit to say there's not enough to feed Dany and her armies since they're not gonna stay there for years. It's not a freakin siege, the Wall has fallen, the Night King and his army of the dead will be there very soon and afterwards Dany and her armies have KL to take so... And what's that about the fact she "didn't account" for Dany's armies? What the hell did she think Jon was doing on Dragonstone? Taking a vacation? The whole point was to convince Daenerys to come North with her armies and her dragons, so she's either saying she didn't expect Jon to succeed or that she didn't understand why he was going... But Sansa stans somehow think that was a badass moment, that also showed she had been ruling the North so well while Jon went away? Huh, what?

Yep, D&D told us "Dany kind of forgot about the Iron Fleet"... look, when we reach that level of stupidity, there's really nothing left to say. But of course, it's Dany's fault because Sansa told her in 8x04 to wait so the men have time to rest and recuperate. Because Dany has shown time and time again how much she didn't give a crap about the people while Sansa has been their biggest advocate since the start. Sorry, I kinda forgot to watch the earlier seasons before writing that last sentence...

If you look outside the walls of your city, you'll find thousands of Northmen who will explain to you why harming Jon Snow is not in your interest.

Oh, the finale. The thousands of Northmen who are here to... wait, rewind to 8x05: are those Northmen not listening to Jon after Daenerys doesn't stop and decides to burn down KL? Are those Northmen fighting with the Unsullied against the Lannister soldiers who had surrendered? Is Jon killing one of his own men who tried to rape a woman and attacked him then? Yep, seems like it. They didn't follow Jon's orders, they followed Dany's signal and fought with her armies. So it's once again freakin hilarious that the Northmen are apparently here on Sansa's command to defend Jon's life.

About Sansa's coronation, perhaps Bran sent her resources since he was like "no problem sis, you'll be QITN even though it totally ruins the argument that you wanted independance to protect the North from Daenerys". He'll probably have to send her food, or the North will starve. But none of that matters: what matters is that Sansa was right all along about Daenerys thanks to everything she learned from Cersei and Littlefinger, proving she was smarter than anyone else, and that she got her crown.

Also, if you don't like Sansa you're a misogynist who doesn't like her because she's feminine and wear dresses. You only love female characters if they have dragons or know how to fight with a sword. You're just angry because Sansa outsmarted everyone and jealous that she was able to see Dany was a tyrant while you thought she was a hero or something, totally forgetting about what she did to those poor innocent slavers.

73 notes - Posted November 20, 2022

#4

I always found it absolutely insane that people who hate the Targaryens cling to Aemond and Aegon when they have some of the most aggressively Targaryens traits that most antis would use as criticism. Big ego, incest, war criminal, bad decision makers, incompetent, hot-blooded, stubborn, do what the hell they want. Petulant, impatient, and bloodthirsty. Actually, few Targaryens were as ruthless and bloodthirsty as Aemond. He murdered his own nephew under a peace banner and started a war, slaughtered the entirety of House Strong (y'know, Alys' family...) under the mere suspicion of one of them being a traitor, and used Vhagar to reduce the Riverlands to smoking piles of ash.

It's called hypocrisy, nonnie. Aegon and Aemond aren't just Targaryens, they're Alicent's children. You'll find that anti Targaryens and Alicent stans are often the same people, and hypocrisy is just typical coming from them. They don't hate Targaryens because they're agressive. They hate Targaryens because GRRM clearly finds their House more interesting than the others (it's the only one he dedicated an entire book about, with a sequel coming). They hate Targaryens because they have a more important role than their faves. They hate Targaryens because they hate Daenerys and the fact her stans still love and defend her.

You have people coming up with nonsense about Sansa being Alicent's descendant even though her line is extinct, because Alicent and Sansa stans are, once again, often the same people, and since Daenerys is Rhaenyra's descendant they came up with this to give Sansa more importance and have her avenging her ancestor by defeating Dany, with Jon's help according to Jonsa shippers.

They don't care what Aemond did, because he's Alicent's precious boy. But Dany is an awful tyrant who will burn down KL just like in the show because Targaryens are evil. Once again, hypocrisy and the usual double standards in this fandom.

83 notes - Posted December 11, 2022

#3

out of curiosity have you watched the youtubers hills alive dany vids ( I avoided them because she seems to be a dany anti given the title of the vids ) but is she one of the people you talk about when talking about dany antis since recently she made a vid saying that her crucifixion of the masters proves she is a bad queen

I just watched it since many people are talking about it. More nonsense, but I’m sure a lot of people are eating it up - including antis Dany who insisted for years that it made her a tyrant, or mad, and who will now say “have you watched this video? it’s proof that she’s a bad queen!” because they found someone who sounded smarter than them. I’m not gonna comment everything, only a few parts:

Killing people who have enslaved, abused, mutilated, and murdered countless people for their own profit is not something anyone will ever be inclined to argue against.

Funny, because that’s exactly what antis Dany have been doing for years.

Ultimately, regardless of who did what, these are all masters who engaged in human trafficking and all sorts of unimaginable violations of basic human rights.

Duh. So it’s wrong because...? Ah, yes, an “interesting” take on why it makes Dany a bad Queen: she didn’t know which masters were responsible for the 163 crucified children, so she shouldn’t have allowed the Meereenese to pick which ones would be killed. There was no investigation or trial. Please explain to me how she could have discovered the ones responsible for the 163 crucified children, how she could have been sure those were the ones guilty of that particular crime with everyone accusing each other to be spared? It wasn’t possible. Either she’s delusional about it, either she’s aware of it and is, in fact, saying that Dany shouldn’t have killed any of the masters.

Ironically, despite the fact that this was meant to be a harsh punishment to the slavers [...], it actually provided a lot of the more politically intelligent and manipulative masters of Meereen with an opportunity to strengthen themselves and get rid of potential rivals. [...] They would put forward their enemies and protect their allies. Or they would simply throw out the weakest of the bunch because there would be little consequences for betraying the people who aren’t truly powerful in their societal structure. So what that in mind, it is a near certainty that some if not most of the people who Dany killed were not only not responsible for what she was killing them for, but wound up on the literal cross because they were not powerful enough for their compatriots to bother protecting them, or because someone with more sway or political acumen wanted them gone.

That sounds like an interesting, logical argument. Except that Dany isn’t stupid and she knew she couldn’t discover who was responsible for the 163 crucified children. So she sent a message instead by asking the Meereenese to hand over 163 of their leaders and crucify them: you shouldn’t have done that, and this is what’s gonna happen to you if you touch innocents again. If she had picked herself who would be punished, she would be blamed too since she had no way of knowing which slavers were behind the crucifixion of the 163 children. If she had thought that it would be the ones responsible for it, the most powerful people in Meereen, the most dangerous who were chosing which ones would die and decided to punish the former ones instead, she would have been accused, again, of not having any proof.

So Dany was supposed to go to Meereen and tell them they were terrible people, but not do anything. That’s what she’s saying in this video.

She largely seems to see Meereen as a trial run to figure out how she is going to rule Westeros.

That person has literally zero understanding of Daenerys. She chose to fight slavery because she’s been a slave herself. She cares about those people. She’s not fighting slavery to figure out how she’s gonna rule the Seven Kingdoms: she’s fighting slavery because it’s a fight she believes in. It’s so important to her character, you can’t even talk about Daenerys Targaryen without talking about this.

If there were anyone among them who supported Daenerys or had some kind of ethical agreement with her desire to revolutionize the slave cities, they ironically were almost certainly among those that the Meereenese offered up to be killed.

That’s only a wild guess, with no proof to back it up. Does she truly believe any of those slavers wanted things to change? Of course they didn’t.

She then points out Dany’s previous mistakes, because apparently everyone is allowed to make mistakes and learn from them, except Dany. Once she made a mistake, they have the proof that she’s not a good ruler and will never be a good Queen. What’s interesting though in this video is that she points out the subtext in ASOIAF, how GRRM is writing a storyline with a message behind it. She’s doing the same thing here, avoiding the past mistakes of antis Dany. She doesn’t try to defend the slavers, she doesn’t try to excuse any of the masters, she doesn’t say Dany shouldn’t have done anything. Instead, she’s pointing out how Dany is a bad Queen because of how she tries to fight slavery, offering absolutely no opinion on what she could have done to succeed.

And that’s really the whole point of this video, in fact: Dany doesn’t offer a good justice and made enemies because of course slavers don’t want her to be in Meereen fighting slavery. There’s no good way to fight slavery, so she shouldn’t have been in Astapor, Yunkai and Meereen. If she’s gonna make mistakes, it’s best not to do anything. If she’s not gonna succeed, it’s not worth trying. Slavery is absolutely atrocious, she insists on this in her video and I do believe she is sincere (edit: after knowing more about her, she isn’t being sincere at all), but it’s not our business and it’s not Dany’s business. We can’t fight it, so we’re just gonna sit around and cry about it. It’s nor our fault, really. In fact, people like Dany trying to break the status quo are the ones in fault because they start huge fights and wars instead of coming up with a miraculous way to peacefully end slavery.

With those kind of videos, it’s always interesting to read the comments and here’s one:

All of this has me wondering about Faegon. He's a lot like Egg (King Aegon V) from the Dunk and Egg stories if you think about it. A prince who knows what it is to live like a commoner and have a hard life and who generally seems like he'd be an advocate for the commonfolk and perhaps not too brutal as well. He seems, by all accounts, someone who might be a good King yet he is likely not the real Aegon VI but something like a Blackfyre imposter. In contrast, Dany is unquestionably a Targaryen who even has dragons yet she fits the way Varys describes Tommon to Kevan "Tommen has been taught that kingship is his right." and is quite brutal. I think George might be saying "She is technically the rightful Queen but this imposter would actually make for a better ruler than her." a sort of play on the common trope of a rightful heir rising, regaining the old Kingdom and ruling justly. She won't rule justly, I reckon, but the imposter would have and therein lies the irony. My pet theory anyway.

This comment was liked by Hill’s Alive, and I had a feeling that was proven right when I looked to see if she had made a video about Young Griff. I didn’t watch it and have no intention to (there’s also so much bullshit I can take from one person), but her theory is that Young Griff, a character introduced in the fifth book, is actually the real Aegon (son of Rhaegar and Elia). I’m certain she explains very well how he will be a good King unlike Dany. She already didn’t have much credibility in this video about the 163 crucified masters (she tried though, and sounds much more convincing and intelligent than the “mad queen killed innocents slavers” antis, I’ll give her that), but she doesn’t have any credibility left at all with Young Griff.

108 notes - Posted December 18, 2022

#2

I don't know if you've read philosopher Slavoj Žižek's critique of Daenerys' ending in GoT, but I recommend it, even if you don't agree with everything. He points out precisely how she is basically punished for taking actions that no one questions when they are male characters, mainly for wanting to make changes for society.

I remember reading it once, and he does make valid points.

About the misogyny in Dany’s ending:

The finale combines the rejection of a radical change with an old anti-feminist motif at work in Wagner. For Wagner, there is nothing more disgusting than a woman who intervenes in political life, driven by the desire for power. In contrast to male ambition, a woman wants power in order to promote her own narrow family interests or, even worse, her personal caprice, incapable as she is of perceiving the universal dimension of state politics.

Daenerys as the Mad Queen is strictly a male fantasy, so the critics were right when they pointed out that her descent into madness was psychologically not justified. The view of Daenerys with mad-furious expression flying on a dragon and burning houses and people expresses patriarchal ideology with its fear of a strong political woman.

About Sansa when talking about female leads:

The one who remains (as the queen of the autonomous kingdom of the North) is Sansa, a type of women beloved by today’s capitalism: she combines feminine softness and understanding with a good dose of intrigue, and thus fully fits the new power relations. This marginalisation of women is a key moment of the general liberal-conservative lesson of the finale: revolutions have to go wrong, they bring new tyranny.

About Jon killing Daenerys:

Consequently, Jon kills out of love (saving the cursed woman from herself, as the old male-chauvinist formula says) the only social agent in the series who really fought for something new, for a new world that would put an end to old injustices

And about diversity:

And one cannot help but note that those faithful to Daenerys to the end are more diverse – her military commander is black – while the new rulers are clearly white Nordic. The radical queen who wanted more freedom for everyone irrespective of their social standing and race is eliminated, things are brought back to normal.

While also making another valid and important point: the rejection of any actual change, of any revolution, and how the finale diabolize this very idea Dany stans loved her for in the finale.

113 notes - Posted December 22, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

I think the most hilarious part about Sara Hess saying people who love Daemon are basically a bunch of women lusting after Matt Smith isn’t even that she doesn’t seem to be aware people loved the character before there was a show, but that she assumes we’re all attracted to Matt. I love Matt, but honestly the one cast member I actually find really attractive is Olivia Cooke and I don’t like Alicent.

Like, does Hess believe people watching HOTD are 4 years-old girls picking their favorite Disney princess because they want to look like them and their favorite Disney prince because he’s so sweet and handsome and will bring them to his castle?

177 notes - Posted November 10, 2022

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[catboygirling]

1, 9, 11!

1. A song you like with a color in the title

Green Eye'd Monsta by Rare Americans! one of my friends introduced it to me based on the fact that it had Asmo vibes, and they were absolutely right.

I'd like to be my old self again I'm frantic, I'm anxious Strugglin' to get myself out of the blankets Darlin', it was good I was on top of the world I was the queen and now I'm just a

5. A song that needs to be played LOUD

is it too on-the-nose to say I Like It Loud by Cash Cash? maybe. but I don't care.

Shaking through your legs, the way the sub drops Feel it in your chest, the way your heart stops Get this night off right And turn the bass up, Yeah, I like it loud

9. A song that makes you happy

Factories by Autoheart is just such a sweet song. it's about not thinking you're worthy of love but being loved anyway... wuahh... also it's about narumitsu

You are my delightful intruder Taking lessons from the deluded I'm the wretched obstacle in your way

11. A song that you never get tired of

King and Lionheart by Of Monsters and Men has been my favorite song of all time for... six years? I go crazy every time I hear it. it's about sticking together forever. it's about being able to overcome anything as long as you have your king by your side. just-

And as the world comes to an end I'll be here to hold your hand 'Cause you're my king and I'm your lionheart

I originally found it because of warrior cats and now, without fail, I end up associating it with SOME pairing from every single Thing that I like. if your dynamic doesn't fit this song then is it even worth anything

[emmanuellececchi]

Well I agree with you. And on the other hand I understand it's not easy to always think about those things when writing a fanfic. Now if you're a pro and don't check, I might be a tad less forgiving... (but even then...) (more after the cut but it's a bit of a rambling).

First, the famous "french accent": as it is, for a long time, people in France weren't all speaking "french". There were different languages depending on the region where you were. So, as a matter of fact, you could have accents and words different from a region to another. But I don't know when is Reign set so... I'm not sure if it was still the case.

Also, for a long time, French was a common language in many royal families in Europe. Because cousins and sisters and brothers... For example, Richard LionHeart was more a french speaking king than english, because his mom was from Aquitaine and he was Duke in Normandy and Gascony... so yeah, there was a gap between the people and the ruling class.

Now writing in a coherent way when you have people from different background is not easy. In a fanfic where you write for fun, I understand that it can be difficult to think about all the implication, and how they're going to communicate, etc. We're not even paid for doing this job.

It also depends on the type of book? Fantasy and other things like that, I may pass. But with historical? nope. And I say, I may pass, it'll really depends on the way it is written, if it jumps in my face or if it is subtle... like people travelling from one corner of the world to the other and they all speak the same languages? nope.

Finally, I almost forgot this details myself while writing my medieval romance. One of my friend asked me about it and I realized I skipped over this and I had to think about the way of managing that.

So I understand your frustation, and yeah I try to think about it (and it's really adding complexity) but I can understand not all of us want to go through that.

Are people tend to forget about the "in universe" language? I've seen a lot of fanfiction for the shows made in English about another country (France, Italy, Russia etc, none English speaking countries) with main characters being citizens of that particular country and it seems that the authors keep forgetting that English is not the language the characters are actually speaking "in universe".

For example, I've read a fanfic for Reign (set in France with 90% of the characters being French), and there was a dialogue between two french characters with a line

"he said in a thick French accent"

What French accent are you talking about, they are French people speaking French... You just translate their silly conversations into English (or whatever language you're writing in)

I told my bbf that I hate that these things irritate me so much, she said bro you're neurodivergent it makes total sense. I still hate it. It didn't help lol

So, here's the question: do you think about the in universe language when you write stories?