#y’all remember the Shakespeare anon

[free-pool-trash]

If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die.

i think I’ve seen this film before… 😒 and I didn’t like the ending 😩

[because-of-a-friend]

Vampire!Seokmin

Happy Spooky Season everybody!!!! Thanks for requesting anon!! I hope you like it!!! I have Spooky Season requests for Jeonghan, Jun, Woozi and Wonwoo (I’m pretty sure) So everyone should go ahead and send in more if they have any!!! 

Also sorry, I copied over from word so the format got all fucked up (If that ends up bothering y’all enough just let me know and I’ll edit it up)

MASTERLIST

Warnings: Curse words, mentions of blood/blood drinking, some horror elements, as always let me know if I missed any!

Word Count: 1.1K

·        Congratulations

·        You are dating the worst vampire in the world

·        Like sincerely

·        When your friends told you the guy they were bringing along was avampire

·        You were expecting dark clothes, gloomy attitude, and cold shoulder

·        Not the bright and overly bubbly boy dressed in all yellow that excitedly came to greet you

·        To say you were absolutely fascinated by him would be an understatement

·        You never ask Seokmin directly how old he is

·        It’s way more fun to wait for his little slip-ups in conversation when he mentions the past and slowly try to create a timeline as far back as you can

·        “Well, I had a lot of fun in the seventies”

·        “No, sadly I didn’t make it over to London during the Victorian Era”

·        “I remember seeing Shakespeare once”

·        And every time he says something, you’re just scribbling it down to try and figure out just how far in the past he’s from

·        It’s a fun game you two play

·        It also makes you wonder how he hasn’t become more grim over the years

·        But Seokmin is truly just a ball of sunshine

·        Speaking of sunshine

·        “Seokmin, I told you, you need to wear more sunscreen and a cap or hoodie when you go out. You get so sunburnt all the time! Better yet, let’s just start going out at night!”

·        “But I like it when it’s sunny”

·        :((((((((((((((((

·        Again, he’s very bad at being a vampire

·        To the point where sometimes you forget you’re dating one

·        Until he has another slip up and casually mentions how fun Ancient Greece was

·        It also means you have to be somewhat responsible for making sure he stays safe

·        Trying to keep him out of sunlight

·        Not keeping any silver in the house

·        Making sure he doesn’t walk past mirrors in front of strangers

·        Group photos are a nightmare

·        You love bothering him with random questions about what vampires can and cannot do

·        And also, about what legends are true or not

·        AND annoying him with various vampire references

·        “Seokmin?”

·        “Yeah, babe?”

·        “How come you’ve never carried me on your back and called me little spider monkey?”

·        *cue pillow thrown in your face*

·        Sometimes, him being a vampire is VERY obvious

·        His strength is hot af, first of all

·        He can pick you up as easily as plucking a book from a shelf

·        He’s usually very sweet, but sometimes he can be a bit rougher with affection

·        Like he’ll very suddenly grip you and keep you in place as he holds you

·        And sure, he gets blood from donors or even animals

·        But he can’t resist pulling you into him, pressing his nose into your neck as he takes deep breaths

·        OR

·        Grabbing your arm and running his nose up and down your forearm before letting his tongue trace across the veins

·        You’ve already agreed that he can drink from you

·        He doesn’t like to risk it though

·        He tries to keep full off of donor blood or animal blood so he’s not thirsty when he’s around you

·        He has, on a few occasions, nibbled slightly through your skin and taken a few small draws

·        But that mostly happens during heated make out sessions

·        Speaking of which

·        Literally nothing compares to being on Seokmin’s lap, making out with him and pulling back to see his eyes flash red

·        Like sincerely this boy drives you crazy

·        Him being a vampire is also very obvious when you feel threatened in any way

·        Like when a friend is being rude

·        A stranger is being pushy or making you uncomfortable

·        When anybody is causing you any form of anxiety

·        Sweet, sunshine Seokmin fully disappears

·        Full on vampire Seokmin comes out

·        Bro if anyone is trying to intimidate you or bother you or mess with you

·        Seokmin will fix them with the darkest stare you’ve ever seen

·        His voice gets deeper

·        He pulls himself up to his full height

·        It’s almost as if he gets all around bigger

·        He doesn’t resort to violence unless it is absolutely necessary

·        But if it comes to that, he’s not above throwing some punches to protect you

·        He will also lowkey possessive over you for a while after any incident like this

·        He’s sitting there like: My baby almost got hurt by someone, now no one can even look at them or I’ll lose it >:(

·        And you’re just sitting there like: Get over it fang man, your vampire intimidation stance has already worn off. Let’s go do something fun, you big dumb softy

·        But sincerely, for the rest of the night, he will always have his hands on you

·        No matter where you are

·        He’ll throw his arm around your shoulders, or sling it around your waist, or keep a hand on your thigh, or constantly be petting your head and staring at you with heart eyes

·        “You don’t have to protect me, Minnie”

·        “I know, but what’s the point of me being this if I don’t at least do that for you”

·        Even tho Seokmin is a pure sunshine through and through

·        He fucking loves scaring the shit out of kids on Halloween

·        He always dresses up as anything but a vampire

·        So that when suddenly flashes his eyes and fangs at kids trick-or-treating

·        They’re never expecting it

·        “Babe why do you have to scare kids like that?”

·        “Cuz it’s part of the fun of Halloween! It makes the night more exhilarating for them!”

·        “Oh, so if I get you to watch a horror movie with me later, it’ll be part of the fun then, right?”

·        “It’s not fun when I’m scared tho :(“

·        “…Seokmin”

·        “What???”

·        “How can you even be scared of horror movies???? You’re a vampire!!!!”

·        You make a lot of bets with him

·        And your price is always that if you win, he’ll have to dress up like Dracula for you

·        He makes sure than you never win y’all’s bets lol

·        It’s ok cuz his price is usually that you have to give him a kiss

·        Besides the occasional possessiveness and mentions of times centuries ago, it’s hard to distinguish dating Seokmin from dating a regular human

·        Of course, you two have conversations about his immortality and your mortality

·        He says he’s willing to turn you but he wants you to think about it for a very long time and then decide for yourself

·        There’s no pressure from him

·        He’s told you plenty of times that he’ll be happy enjoying time with you for as long as you’re alive, no need to become immortal for him

·        He loves his little human so much

·        He’d do anything for you

·        And he’ll love you and only you

·        No matter how long your time together will be

[littleteatimestories]

writing prompt 101 with MTMTE Megatron please? Bonus if the reader is the one saying "you're tolerable". Thank u!

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Prompt: @ourwritingprompts’s #101 “I love you.” “You’re tolerable.” || Pairing: With MTMTE Megatron ||| As requested by a mysterious Anon

A/N: Hey, guyths!!! Long time no see, right? I’m so sorry for not being able to update anything. I got really busy with work and I always ended up watching TV series during my free time. But, here it is! Another request fulfilled and updated! Finally, I’ve actually done something! So, as you can all read, this is a drabble prompt about MTMTE Megsy and I really hope that the dear anon (whoever you are, if you’re still out there) will be able to like this. I’m proud to say that the poem y’all going to encounter was inspired by William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 29. Anyone familiar about this will probably recognize that I borrowed one of the playwright’s lines in there. Anyway, enjoy this one and if you want a prompt request, make sure to check this 🔖 first before making any attempts. Godspeed!

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Budget meeting… How boring… You yawned practically for the fourth time now, trying to focus your attention on the different graphs displayed on the screen. The words were Cybetronian, but thanks to Brainstorm, you were given hi-tech glasses where the foreign words were automatically translated to your native language.

Ultra Magnus was still blabbering. You already wanted to end this, but knowing him, he can get pretty long. You already saw Rodimus playing with his datapad since you can see his tongue (whatever the Cybertronian equivalent term for that is) sticking out to which your TIC was completely ignoring. You turned your attention to your SIC, Megatron, who was diligently listening to the report. Well, good for him because as the selected liaison of Earth, you were tasked to keep an eye on him (and the rest of the Lost Light crew as well). You were like keeping the diplomatic relations between the ex-warlord and the crew (and also making sure that he’s not going to plan on invading Earth again). So far, it seemed everything’s fine.

You puffed out a breath and kept on wishing that this meeting would be over soon.

***

Megatron kept shifting his attention between Ultra Magnus’s report and to you. Actually, he mostly focuses on you when you were not looking at him. It had been six months since you came on board of the Lost Light. To admit that it was love at first sight that pulled his attentiveness towards you was an understatement; too cliché even. But, that was the truth. His brain module was like malfunctioning crazily just the thought of you.

If you think he was taking notes of Ultra Magnus’s report in his datapad, believe it or not, he was actually composing a poem; a love poem, to be exact. He had been arranging this for a while now and edited and repeated it many times. At first, he wanted to constitute the idea of your beauty. However, it turned foreboding that he had to entirely make another one. He tried again and it was still perturbing. He can’t seem to shake the fact that he was and will always be the mass murderer who everyone would associate with.

That’s why he always had this feeling that he didn’t deserve to be loved; that he didn’t deserve to have your love especially because he tried to kill your planet.

***

I long for a different path or route

Though it seems that I can’t have that at all

For I look at myself, I curse my fate

For how I wish I can have your love–

‘No, no! Don’t ever put that!’ Megatron mused. He was once again back to square one. His previous poem was a disaster. It was like he was pining over you on it and it frustrated him. He didn’t want to long over you because he knew couldn’t have you. It was impossible, after all.

After the meeting, he went back to his habsuite quickly. He had to find more inspiration on how he could express his adoration without looking like he actually wanted you in his life (though he really wanted that). He grumbled. He didn’t even know why he had to stress over this when he can always tend to other things.

‘You know what, forget about this. It won’t matter-‘ His thoughts were interrupted when his habsuite doorbells rang. He knew immediately who it was since that doorbell was designed only for you so that they could open their large doors for you.

He ex-vented anxiously and tried to remain calm.

‘Everything’s going to be fine, Megatron,’ he told himself and pushed a button to open his door.

***

You waved at him with a smile. After the meeting, you thought he went to the bar. You searched for him, but didn’t catch sight of him. You were delayed a bit when Tailgate scooped you up in an embrace and cooed you to hang out with him and Cyclonus. You told him that you needed to check on Megatron, which you were returned with an, “Awww! But, (Y/n)…!” It was a good thing that Cyclonus saved you and dragged Tailgate away from you. You sighed in relief at that time.

“I didn’t see you at the bar so I came in here,” you said. “Just wanted to check up on you. Are you okay? I feel like you’re being a little distant or something.”

***

That surprised him. “No, no! Not at all! I was just…” He was looking for an excuse. “I… needed to summarize Ultra Magnus’s report. It was rather long and Rodimus needs a more simplistic explanation of it.” Finally, he found one.

Just gazing at your innocent expression, his brain module was being frantic again. How he come to love any expressions you give to him was out of context and yet, he came to adore those.

He waited for your answer.

***

You nodded your head slowly. “I see. So, I guess you’re busy then. But, do drop by at Swerve’s once you’re done. It’s not like everybody hates you now. They already know you’ve completely changed. And if some of them don’t, I’ll have to remind them.”

Megatron smiled sheepishly. “That’s very nice of you, (Y/n). Yes, I am aware that everyone, if not all, doesn’t hate me that much anymore. I’m just… busy at the moment.” He loathed to lie like this, but for some reasons, he had to.

He saw you beamed. “Okay. I’ll see you then.” He longingly watched you walk away from him. Unconsciously, his lip plate was reaching upwards even more.

‘I think I just found my inspiration.’

***

I long for a different path or route,

Though it seems that I can’t have that at all,

For I look at myself, I curse my fate,

Wishing to myself that there could be hope,

To desire to be everybody else,

Desiring this to have done something good,

With my past, I enjoy contented least;

Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,

I see your smile almost so radiating,

Like those clichéd romantic comedies,

Just thinking of you is enough for me

You amaze me every day of my life,

For your sweet love remembered such wealth brings,

That I scorn to think who I was before.

You read the poem over and over. It actually surprised you that he would do you a sonnet and that just warmed your heart. He didn’t say outright that “I love you”, but you got the idea that he couldn’t say it because he was afraid to say it. He feared his past as a murderer of billions of lives and thought he didn’t earn to have such caring feelings to anyone except for redemption. You knew he had come a long way and he proved to have really changed for the better.

You can’t say for certain if you could return his feelings, but, what the hell. He needs this and you’ll give it to him.

***

You were in an another meeting, this time, accident reports. Ultra Magnus is taking the lead again (because he couldn’t persuade Rodimus to do the reporting, for the life of him). As the boring reporting went on, you sent a message to Megatron.

***

Megatron’s datapad vibrated.

You have (1) message(s) from (Y/n).

As he was about to open it, another vibration occurred.

You have (2) message(s) from (Y/n).

He finally opened it.

(Y/n):

Thanks for that poem. You really didn’t have to do that. :)

“You’re tolerable” by the way

He replied,

What does that mean?

Not mere seconds later, there was an instant response.

(Y/n):

Uh… It means what it means. I felt the same

And from that moment, you were able to gaze at one another with huge smiles on your faces.

[preathfics]

Prompts are getting claimed but no one wants to do the 10 things I hate about you one😭😭. I really hope someone takes it

I agree, 10-things anon. 

Y’all. 10 things I hate about you is so cute. 

This is a great prompt for someone who’s struggling to come up with a good story line or wants to try to improve an already good story line. And, if you’re like “movies, schmovies I’m here for the real art,” just remember that you’d technically be doing an adaptation of Shakespeare! 

[thestuckylibrary]

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Anon 1 said:

Idk if I have sent this before... There is a fic I’m looking for, it has a Bucky and Tony friendship, Tony pretends they are in a relationship in front of Steve, Steve thinks there was something between Howard and Bucky and thinks along the lines of “I cant lose him to two Starks in a lifetime”?? Can you help me?

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Anon 2 said:

Hey y’all, I read this fic a while ago and I don’t remember a whole ton but I’m pretty sure it was where Steve was intersex and finds out in the 21st century after genetics are more well known???

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Anon 3 said:

I read this fic a while back and can’t seem to find it again so I’m just wondering if you have any idea. It was a werewolf fic and I don’t remember much but I remember that steve was an alpha and bucky was part of his pack and the other betas always accused steve of favoritism cause steve was secretly in love with bucky and gave him special treatment. sorry that this is super vague and thanks in advance

Anon 4 said:

hi, i’m looking for a fic where bucky and steve are put into some sort of shared dream where they’re normal people who are like high school sweethearts or something, and when they wake up they have to confront it? i think in the summary it mentions something about their relationship being ‘seemingly perfect’ or something. thank you!

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Anon 5 said:

Hi. I'm looking for this fic where Bucky goes to talk to Steve, because Steve saved his life in the war. They talk at Steve's house, which is somewhere countryside I guess. I don't remember much, but Bucky was hurt on the field because of a bomb which damaged his arm and he waited a long time for rescue. I'm starting to think I dreamed the whole thing because I never saw this fic again. It's not "Time can heal" by perfect_plan.

Anon 6 said:

Hi lovely people! Sorry to bother but I've been looking for this specific fic for ages and can't find it anywhere. It's about Bucky recovering his memories after being the WS and he thinks he was in a relationship with Steve, but they never were. I remember a very specific piece of dialogue where Bucky kisses Steve and says "I can't believe you never told me." Thank you so much!

Anon 7 said:

hey! so i’ve been looking for this touch starved fic forever and i only read it like a month ago. all i can remember is that bucky was slowly getting more and more comfortable with touching steve. also there’s this one scene where peter is there and he sees bucky touching steve’s stomach or something and his eyes go wide and he immediately leaves the room. i hope this isn’t too vague! thanks!

sevendeadlyfun said:

I’m desperately trying to find a fic and I’m hoping someone here can help. It’s a postwar survival AU where Steve and Bucky move to California and Steve goes to art school and Bucky learns to surf? Any help appreciated!

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Anon 8 said:

Hi! I’m looking for two different fics. both are in an office setting. 1. steve works as a designer at stark industries and bucky starts a job there. I remember an office party where steve dresses up as Mr. Rogers and a christmas party where bucky gets drunk and steve and Nag have to help him home. I think Nat and bucky are roommates. 2. is a oneshot where bucky stays after work and steve calls him into his office. i remember that steve was introduced as an asshole. thank you so much!!! 

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Anon 9 said:

hello! uh, there was a one-shot where bucky recites steve a poem from shakespeare?? and it was about love and flowers i guess, bucky was telling steve how much he loves him and at the end of the poem bucky was proposing to steve. does it ring any bell??? i loved it so much and i would love to read it again! thank you!

[ask-shakespearehigh]

Q&A post with the Mods!!!!

This is going to be a long one oh boy

How strict is the delineation of creative control vis-a-vis characters/plays between the mods? (@pedanticlecturer)

We generally have the plays split up along lines of “what we know”— we have a list at the very beginning of the blog. Sometimes we’ll draw the others’ characters (mostly me drawing some of Star’s…) but even then the final say on characterization is up to the “main” mod for that play — mod aster

what aster said -- mod star

What is your favorite play? What is your favorite character in terms of how they were written in the source material? (@pedanticlecturer)

I think my favorite play overall is Macbeth, just because I like the vibes (and the fact that I too could kill Macbeth), the fact that you don’t say it’s name in theatres, and the fact that it’s a play I did a full read through and analysis of in class. Favorite character? Puck from Midsummer. — mod aster

uhhhh,, hmm. ive always had a soft spot for midsummer since i saw it with aster esp bc of how fun the costumes were. of the comedies it has the largest potential to be the most visually pleasing bc of the concept of fairies,,,and im gay and dramatic so i love that. id die if i got to costume design for midsummer,,,or be in it,,,yeah. fav character. hmm. probably mercutio?? i recently saw a version of romeo and juliet where mercutio was played by a woman and oh my god it was amazing!!! not to mention mercutio’s portrayal in baz luhrmann's INCREDIBLE version of r n j!!! (I based my mercutio design on him) he just spends the entire time making dick jokes. love that. -- mod star

How do you answer asks so fast? I mean it's great but I'm impressed 😂 (Anon)

Personally, it’s a mix of: notifications on, quick drawing speed, and using the blog to avoid my class work — mod aster

aster is fast and (as you can see from all of my answers) im lazey -- mod star

Are there any elements/characters of the plays you're covering that you would have liked to work into this blog's plot, but couldn't due to the constraints of the setting or the synthetic nature of the blog? (@pedanticlecturer)

I wanted to make everyone gay but unfortunately due to plot constraints we have to have some hets but that wont stop me from making it lgbt as possible. -- mod star

I did want to make The Tempest more of a central play, but it just didn’t translate well. Similarly, other supernatural elements like the witches in Macbeth. This isn’t so much a constraint mentioned, but my own time/energy means that I want to show the Macbeth backstory, in a specific format, but I can’t right now— mod aster

Is there a hierarchy of import when it comes to each play's individualized impact on shakespeare high's general arc? If so, what plays are crucial to the foundation of the story? Which ones did you do mostly for shits and giggles? (@pedanticlecturer)

This is phrased like an ACT question and i might not answer it right so sorry in advance but: mod aster and i only selected a few plays for each of us to do given we dont know all of shakespeare’s works, but we tend to put more emphasis on the the more well known. But it also comes down to 1. How much we have plotted out for each play and 2. What the followers ask about most. Our two most popular are hamlet and macbeth bc people are familiar w those but around march caesar always becomes relevant again. I didnt even have designs for some of the characters until someone asked about them. -- mod star

I would say the same as star— it generally comes down to what people ask about. I will say that the overall plot is sort of separated into “has happened” and “is happening”. Like, the human potion of Midsummer, Julius Caesar, and Macbeth are all in the “aftermath” portion, while Twelfth Night, Hamlet, and Romeo and Juliet, among others, are happening. We’re trying to incorporate as much as we can, and I don’t think any of them were really put in without some thought.— mod aster

What personal significance does shakespeare hold in ur guys' lives? (@pedanticlecturer)

I go to a theater school rn and so ive dealt w shakespeare (although not all of them) it also helps that i was in loves labours lost last year as moth and that i read hamlet and r n j. Theres also a theater in my state that always does One Big Shakespeare per season and they always do them super well!!! My love for shakespeare probably started w seeing midsummer at that theater w mod aster!!! So. Theater kid rights!! -- mod star

To be honest, I got back into Shakespeare Because of the blog. I’ve been friends with some people that got really Pretentious about Shakespeare, and it kinda put me off of it. I did have a book of abridged plays (the plays’ plots written out in prose, basically) that I read as a kid, which is what got me into not only the plots of a lot of the plays, but also the idea of having them illustrated. And, same as star, the theater in state does the One Big Shakespeare— and they tend to do some really cool things with the costumes, setting them in diff time periods. I haven’t been able to see any lately since I’ve moved, but they still slap. — mod aster

🥰😘💙🥰🥰💜💟🥰I 😍💗💚😍😍LOVE🖤🖤 YALL ♥️♥️🧡💛💚💝❣️💕💘💖💗💓💞💝❤️💛💜 okay now i have a question i swear— how long have the two of you been doing art??? and what were your first shakespeare plays??? (@hellaghosts)

Uhh i started drawing when i was like idk 12 and i have the giant boxes of sketchbooks to prove it!!! I moved to digital art at abt 14-15 but mostly stayed traditional until this yr when i got a Neat New Tablet so some of my sketchbooks are sitting abandoned rip. My first shakespeare was either romeo and juliet or midsummer nights dream and i love both of them v much!!! I have a very old piece of art that i did for r n j for my freshman class assignment on it and it hasnt aged well alsdjfjafd circa 2016 i think??? -- mod star

Oh man. I started drawing when I was about 10, but it was Bad. I don’t think I got much into drawing again until I was about 14? Sometime around the end of middle school/beginning of high school. I would say I started getting into drawing as more than doodling/coloring edits sometime around 2015-16? I would draw on my iPad with my finger, then I got a tablet for my computer, and now I pretty much stick to my iPad with an Apple Pencil. My first Shakespeare play was….. uh…… probably Midsummer???? I have No idea. We would go to plays when I was little, so I honestly don’t remember if I saw others before. It may have been Romeo and Juliet— I had that book where it was the original and the “modernized” with the little dog that explained things— which, if you know it makes sense, but if you don’t is probably a bonkers answer. — mod aster

Do you think this blog has like? An overarching thesis (be it b/c intentionally or simply b/c ur own take on the world has bled thru to the point where u believe it’s central to the piece at this point)? (@pedanticlecturer)

Not gonna lie, I had to read that like three times AND dm you to figure out what you were asking from us and all I have is “be gay, respect women, write your own happy endings”. — mod aster

This blog started with an ides of march shitpost and you think we have enough brain energy to write a whole thesis? I projected feelings of found family onto my half of the blog but idk if that counts. Be gay do crime 420 69 -- mod star

What’s the nature/rough dynamic of ur relationship? How do y’all know each other? (@pedanticlecturer)

Met mod aster when i was like 4 and even tho we didnt live close we became like, best friends although the Best part didnt start until we were like 13-ish and eventually we talked like non stop (about anime and homestuck. Yknow. 13 year old kid things) and we didnt see each other a lot bc of Distance and now its even worse bc aster is in colleg.,e but we consider each other siblings regardless of family bc we’re adopted into our own respective families so that bled over into our friendship and it would feel weird calling him anything other than my brother now. We’ve seen each other at our best and worst and if you really want a good insight on what we’re like as siblings watch griffin and justin mcelroy’s overview video of catlateral damage wherein i am griffin and he is the long suffering justin. -- mod star

Star is basically my long distance sibling and functionally the only cousin I recognize bc like their parents are basically an aunt and uncle and like our dads look enough alike that we’ve both accidentally gotten the wrong dad for a hug or similar so like. Anyways yeah Star is the Griffin to my Justin, complete with our absent middle brother who we love dearly— mod aster

Dubiously relevant q but what kind of music do y’all listen to when u do art (if that is indeed a habit either of u partake in) (@pedanticlecturer)

It can depend on the piece? I was working on some (unrelated) oc prints that were song-focused, and for those I just listened to said song on loop. Sometimes I have playlists. Sometimes I’ll just be in a Mood and throw a song on loop. But a lot of time for the blog, I’ll listen to The Adventure Zone for the billionth time, because I have Too Much Attention. I’ve also, on request from Star, linked the most recent “loop song”.— mod aster

I tend to obsess over the same like 3 songs every few weeks so those get listened to on repeat but it also depends on the tone of what im drawing or who im drawing i might genre switch bc of that. If im drawing ophelia i stick to lana del rey and if im drawing hamlet its the neighborhood, horatio is sufjan stevens etc. i have categorized,. Most of the characters i draw into different songs/genres/energies of music but not like i ever follow that. Sometimes i just pull up a really long nonsense video and forget to draw. Essentially: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- mod star

How’d y’all come up with ur pseudonyms? (@pedanticlecturer)

I love space so much and my main blog is starryeydsailor space gay rights!! Im also tiny and full of energy and bright so basically i;m star -- mod star

Uhhhh i was like “hey i want to do uhhhhhh flower?” And then I google searched flower names until I found one I liked —- mod aster

How did you end up deciding the rough timeline of events in canon? (@pedanticlecturer)

It’s mostly determined by like. How we choose per story? If that makes sense. Like, we just take story by story, and decide “is it happening, has it happened, and when?” And then we fit them together in relation to each other just by dint of. All existing at once. Like, I knew I wanted Macbeth to be in aftermath, because like, even though there’s no murder, the way I’ve translated it to the AU is still kinda heavy, and it’s something that I don’t know that I could do properly if it were happening right now. Also, it’s more interesting IMO to have them at different times. Tl;dr we wing it per story and slot them together— mod aster (mod star agrees I just can word better, in theory)

If you could tell the story of shakespeare high in a different format than an ask blog, would you? Obviously y'all are making very good use of the format, but would you want to write this as a animated series or like? a comic book? or is the form inseparable from the story? (@pedanticlecturer)

I kinda wanted to do a webcomic or maybe to plot develop through like, animatics but the element of surprise comes from the asks we get and really makes us think so the blog is a good start. We didnt think we’d get this far -- mod star

Pretty much what Star said— there are certain elements where it’d be neat to do as a comic or as an animatic. Like, the fantasy dream is like, an anthology webcomic of each story, where you can like, see other characters in the background and stuff. But to be honest, we develop a lot by what we’re asked— there was a post about developing worldbuilding by being asked questions and then pretending you’ve thought about the answer, and it’s not far off. Personally, it’s hard to just lay out a story, because I have a whole WORLD and what’s relevant? What are people interested in? It’s by getting questions that I can then focus in on an area to develop. And yeah, we Super didn’t think we’d get this far lmao — mod aster

Any headcanons about your characters that you don't think will ever come up on the blog through asks or plot posts? (@pedanticlecturer)

I could make a whole separate post for this!!!!! Mostly its voice headcanons (and by mostly i mean like 1 or 2) or relationship hcs!!!! -- mod star

Honestly same. I don’t think I have voice headcanons for mine, though I bet I could find some. I’ve got a bunch of miscellaneous headcanons that just kinda float around, but like they’re scattered, too numerous for this post, and also not always things I’m sure are canon yet.— mod aster

[writterings]

was wondering, do u have any sexuality headcanons for the camp camp kids?

and by camp camp kids i mean, any character, lol

*cracks knuckles* you have come to the right place

first things first, since the kids are, well, kids i don’t see too many of them knowing EXACTLY what their orientations are yet. because yknow. it’s all confusing at that age. it’s confusing at any age tbh but kids kinda have it rougher. while i “ship” some campers i don’t actually ship ship them because they’re like ten. i interpret any “romantic” relationships they have as just little crushes so that’s what i’m basing this on. okay? okay. let’s do this:

max: he’s just...confused about what he likes and what he doesn’t like. does he like girls? does he like boys? does he like people who apparently are neither? does he like no one? who knows! not him. though he has had a crush on a boy before. 

nikki: her one and only love is nature....and also she may have had a crush on ered 

neil: he’s gay. some kids know young. he’s one of them. though science is really the only thing on his mind at the moment.

preston: theater is gay culture...but preston??? he’d probably say something like “my only love is the stage and also william shakespeare”. unsure.

harrison: you know how in elementary school they would always say a boy liked you if he picked on you? while that’s usually fake, let’s just say there’s a reason he likes to antagonize nerris AND neil so much.

nerris: kinda like neil -- she knows she likes girls already. is she a lesbian?? well....probably. (i personally see nerris realizing she’s nonbinary later in life, either like a nonbinary lesbian or just a nblw person)

nurf: it’s canon he’s gay/likes boys...so there’s that. (though he seriously needs to work on his anger issues before attempting to get in a “relationship” ever)

ered: she’s knows she’s a lesbian. she seems older than the other campers tbh so it’s probably something she’s figured out based upon who’s she had crushes on in the past. her cool gay dads are, of course, very supportive. cool gay family for the win.

space kid: he’s space kid

dolph: uhhhhh yeah tbh. considering what his character represents i don’t wanna delve into this lol.

bonus:

david: pretty fly for a bi guy

gwen: bi/pan. like. have you SEEN the magazines she reads. 

quartermaster: if it has legs, human-level sentience, is above the age of 37, and is consenting, he. will. fuck it.

cameron campbell: he’s not gay but twenty dollars is twenty dollars

now @ anyone reading this: just remember these are my own personal headcanons and if you interpret any of the characters in a different way then that is a-okay. just don’t add them onto my post here in attempt to try to argue or whatever, like that’s kinda not cool. anyways, thanks anon this was fun! hope y’all enjoy these.