#want this to not flop but also this is tumblr. why why would i care about flopping

[ruvviks]

introducing night city's second worst family (please for the love of god click for better quality!) // most of them belong to @reaperkiller =^) diana "vulture" crane >> a high profile fixer from city center's velvet harbor; stays out of the family business and with that avoids most of the drama that comes with it maxwell crane >> diana's ambitious younger brother and ceo of the spaceship elysium; competitive and brash and generally doesn't get along well with others kinsley osborn >> maxwell's wife and ceo of the spaceship elysium; idealistic and somehow still believes that arasaka doesn't own them (they do (but they're also getting fucked over by cobra cybernetics)) jesse colton >> the youngest of the coltons and the only bearable one; doesn't want to be involved but loves to create family drama on purpose to make everyone else worse william colton >> the oldest of the coltons and ceo of cobra cybernetics; sweatiest sack of potatoes of a man you've ever met and that's all you need to know about him luiza colton-vidal >> william's wife and oldest sibling of the vidal family; absolutely here for the money but she's good at keeping up appearances (and yes she gets william killed (it takes everyone almost a year to figure that out)) alana cartier >> brilliant arasaka scientist and head scientist of arasaka's serpent projects; used to be married to sebastian vidal (luiza's younger brother and main test subject of project cobra) andrew colton >> the middle sibling of the coltons, alana's husband, and head of arasaka's special programs branch; he's the cause of everything that happens in the story

#cp2077 #cyberpunk 2077 #art #art:jesse #art:vulture #art for others #nuclearocs #nuclearart #'officially' claiming two of them and maxie and kinsley are shared custody with the rest of elysium and the others are from red =^) #tumblr killed the quality of the first pic because the full piece is like nearly 40mb so i had to nerf it but it's ok #that's why i added the closeups =^) please don't let this flop also do you know how much work this was. i am very proud of it #little andy was not supposed to be this fuckable but i want him so bad now it makes me look to the left really fast #family dinners with these cunts are HORRIBLE. i would just end it all right then and there and you know what? none of them would care #but yeas so basically everything that happens in the extended blorboverse with cassidy etc is caused by this family ^_^ <3

[phasewashere]

various images but with arthur morgan there too

creds: bloodstained-blonde, amanita house, iamnothealing, bojackhorsemanquotes, hailey noecker, haruki murakami, suzanne buffam, feral-t33th, ada límon.

#phase weeps #screaming crying #want this to not flop but also this is tumblr. why why would i care about flopping #but i fo but in a pathetic way #screaming and cryinngggggg #mad about this one i dont like this oneeeee #rdr2 #that is all im tagging its making me upset SWEDFR$T #web weaving

[papercorgiworld]

Pansy’s interrogation

Theodore Nott and Mattheo Riddle

Weird behaviour and rumours have Pansy asking questions and figuring out who the guys are crushing on.

Warning: Mattheo says a foul thing.

I feel like I’m spamming tumblr with unasked for fic’s, like I’m anxious that I’m bothering everyone, but at the same time: here’s another unasked for fic. Also, English is not my first language and this is not proofread, so feedback is very welcome.

For more interrogations: click here

For more Theodore: click here

For more Mattheo: click here

Theodore Nott

“Rumor has it you are tutoring first years?” Pansy sits down next to Theodore with a cup of tea in her hand, carefully stirring. Theo growls, he knew this was coming, he knew Hogwarts was notoriously fast when it came down to gossip, but it hadn’t even been a day. Pansy raises her eyebrows, her way of saying ‘spill it, I want to know’.

“So?” Theo simply shrugs trying to downplay it and thereby hoping to avoid spilling his hidden agenda.

“Not really your thing, is it Notty-boy?” Pansy playfully ruffles through Theo’s hair. He immediately gets her hand out of his hair and tries to comb it back to its regular mess with his fingers. “It earns Slytherin points.” Theo finally explains when his hair is remodeled.

“Earning Slytherin points?” The girl huffed, clearly not falling for his excuse. “If you really cared about our house points you would start attending class, stop doing drugs and getting caught, and you would keep Riddle out of fights instead of getting him into more fights.”

Theodore frowned and forced his lips into a line. “Keep Riddle out of fights, who do you think I am, the pope?!” Pansy shakes her head. “Don’t try to change the subject.”

Theo looks away and feels saved when he sees Draco approaching them with his usual dramatic walk. He should be enough distraction for Pansy. “Theo, I heard you’re tutoring first years?” Right. How could I forget, he’s Hogwarts' second biggest gossip.

Enzo joins the group now that the entire common room knows Theo is a tutor thanks to Draco. “Really?” Enzo quips and Theodore simply nods. “(Y/n) must be so pleased that you’re helping out with her tutoring project. She had trouble finding capable and willing volunteers.”

Draco huffs at Enzo’s oblivious reaction. “Theo is so whipped for (y/n).” Pansy mouths an OMG at Theo who immediately realizes he will never hear the end of this.

Suddenly Blaise and Mattheo arrive. “Mate, you tutoring first years?” Mattheo asks, ignoring everyone else and with a very confused expression. Theo sighs and lets himself sink in the sofa, wishing it would swallow him. “If you’re tutoring? Why don’t you help me?” Blaise adds a little offended.

“Apparently, Theo is only doing this to earn points… with (y/n).” Pansy explains with an unmistakable grin on her face. Theodore rolls his eyes and stares at the ceiling for a moment. I need a smoke. And new friends.

Mattheo Riddle

Pansy flops down next to Mattheo who up until then was enjoying his quiet time lounging on his favorite couch in the Slytherin common room. Mattheo doesn’t recognise Pansy’s presence and simply continues reading his book.

Pansy’s smirk grows wide, she’as already enjoying herself and she hasn’t even started interrogating her victim yet. She turns herself to face Mattheo’s side and dominantly places her arm on the back of the couch behind him. Now he’s closed in the game begins.

“I hear it’s been a while since you’ve had a shag?” Annoyance fills Mattheo’s eyes as he stops reading just to stare in front of him.

“I’m assuming everything *pansy gestures to everything between his legs* is still working fine. So… No luck on the market ?” Mattheo’s eyes roll to the corner of his eyes to stare at Pansy.

“Pans, don’t.” Mattheo returns his gaze back to his book.

“You must get frustrated? Getting no release.” A heavy breath leaves Mattheo’s chest. He really didn’t like it when Pansy played her games.

“Oh, but he has plenty of Willing Witches magazines. He gets by.” Blaise jumps to take a seat on the couch opposite of Mattheo and Pansy, spreading his arms to take up the whole couch. Mattheo’s jaw clenches clearly not amused by his friend's humor. When Pansy giggles, Mattheo can’t help but feel exposed and blush a little.

“Why do you care?” Mattheo finally breaks, giving Pansy his full attention.

“I want to know why you’ve been playing boring at every single party for the last few months. Girls talk, you know.” Mattheo rolls his eyes. “Girls talk? Wow, that’s news.” His sarcasm had a poisonous undertone.

“If the guy wants to be on his best behavior, let him, Pans.” Blaise cuts in, attempting to get Pansy off Mattheo’s case.

“Why? Why are you suddenly done with manwhoring about?” As every part of Mattheo’s body tensed, Pansy threw a quick glance over to Blaise to affirm her suspicion: she was onto something.

Acting quick and avoiding a witty or snappy comeback from Mattheo, Pansy moved a little closer to Mattheo. She let her head fall to the side and put up an innocent face. “Are you trying to impress someone?” Mattheo’s dark eyes shot at hers. “Ah, that also explains why you’ve been attending classes more often.” She added enjoying how the puzzle pieces were falling together. “And, it’s been a while since you’ve had detention for fighting. Oh please, don’t tell me, are you trying to convince (y/n) that you’re a good boy?!”

As soon as Mattheo heard your name his face went from cold and annoyed to shocked and horrified. It lasted only for a second, his dead eyes were even more furious than before. “Pansy. If it ain’t for sucking dick then I advise you keep your mouth shut. Now, go bother someone else.”

Pansy was used to harsh language, but Mattheo’s denigrating tone made her tense. “I wonder what (y/n) will think about your foul mouth.” Pansy got up, pleased now that she knew what made Mattheo tick. Mattheo on the hand was frustrated that he led himself get played by Pansy’s games like this.

#slytherin #slytherin boys #theodore nott #theodore nott imagine #theodore nott x reader #mattheo riddle imagine #mattheo riddle x reader #mattheo riddle #pansy parkinson #papercorgiworldwritings

[steveandbuckysdaughter]

Hi, again. 👋

I found the post you were talking about. The stan's account was deactivated, but yeesh. 😬 Nice replies to them, btw.

The stan that bashed on me said I was being misogynistic, even though I'm a black woman who just wanted to see another black character get their chance to shine.

Hell, it's not just the shows and movies (I think this all started with Endgame). It's also the Steve Rogers musical too. I don't know if you know about it, but Disney made the musical real, and it really did Sam and Bucky dirty.

Sam isn't even in it. Maybe he was mentioned once, but the musical showed an image of Sam as Captain America. As for Bucky, his scene from CA:TFA, where he saved pre-serum Steve, was given to Peggy instead. Bucky was mentioned once, and the musical tried to justify Steve's ending from Endgame. All for this ship.

And, frankly, I don't hate Peggy, I'm just more annoyed that other characters get shoved aside as well as this great dynamic that Steve and Bucky had, while she and her ship with Steve has been getting propped up more and more. But, seeing some of your and the others' posts, I get why you guys don't like her.

Girl, don’t get me started on the abomination that was Rogers the musical. It could have been glorious, it had so much potential, but once again Bucky’s role in Steve’s story was given to Peggy, and Sam wasn’t even there!

I feel like Marvel feels the need to tone down Stucky or their friendship overall because it was just too powerful. We all remember the hashtag that begged Marvel to make Stucky Canon, #givecaptainamericaaboyfriend. They just couldn’t let it happen, not to a main and important character like Steve, god forbid. And so ever since civil war Stucky has always had little to no scenes together no matter how well established it was in previous projects. All their scenes and dynamic were given to Peggy, their friendship was toned down, Steve’s whole ending happened. It just feels like Stucky is so menacing to Marvel that the only way to stop us is by destroying Steve, Bucky and their relationship.

I mean, Steve is given no justice in his ending and in all the other projects he appeared in. Bucky went from a victim and prisoner of war to someone who must make amends for things that were beyond his control. And the depth of their friendship was toned down and reduced every time Peggy was involved. And then they wonder why many people in the fandom dislike Peggy or why the whole Rogers the musical initiative flopped the second it went beyond Hawkeye.

Like, even if you don’t ship Stucky you can tell that they care for each other, and you can tell there was a shift after people actually wanted Marvel to take action and do something about this dynamic. Steve can’t get even one episode as his own character because Peggy must be there. Bucky had more luck, but still… and let’s not even talk about Sam, his only appearance was as a zombie!

In another post of mine I ranted about how bothered I was that Peggy was inserted in the 1602 storyline, and i haven’t changed my mind. It would have been so nice to give Steve one episode about himself, about his dynamic with his best friend and about the relationship with himself and his fellow avengers. But no, Peggy must be there too, and for no good reason as well.

I feel like Marvel trying to erase pre-existing relationships to have Peggy shine only results in fans turning their back on Marvel and hiding in fanfiction or whatever piece of media that can actually bring justice to the characters. Once someone on Tumblr said “you gave us the characters, but once you mess them up they’re not yours anymore. You don’t understand and respect them, therefore you don’t deserve them.” and I couldn’t agree more, which is why I am currently reading and writing fanfiction rather than buying into everything marvel gives us.

Peggy was the love interest with more screen time even before what if and all that jazz, she had her own show! And I fear that the day Marvel will realize that pushing a reimagined Nazi turned Mary Sue into every single what if episode where she can fit instead of enhancing the characters that are actually relevant in-universe it will be too late.

Sorry about the rant, I get carried away when it’s about my boys lol

#Steve rogers #pro Steve rogers #anti endgame steve #bucky barnes #pro bucky barnes #stucky #pro stucky #steve x bucky #anti peggy carter #anti steggy #marvel critical #mcu critical #what if #sam wilson #pro Sam Wilson #sam wilson is Captain America

[moonshynecybin]

Omgg that other anon has put ideas in my head. Imagine Bezz in Love with Vale but never daring to make a move because he puts him in a pedestal.

And then rosquez reconciliation happens and he catches them... the angst

seee i dont think hes IN LOVE capital letters with vale i think he has a sexually confusing crush that he is in denial about.... like bezz to me is the kind of guy that is really good at avoiding thinking about like. WHY he thinks/feels things. he knows he has strong feelings about stuff and if theyre generally good or bad but when he tries and put specific ass names to them he gets lost a bit in the repression weeds. among the emotional jungle. and THEN he shies away from confronting the more complex ones bc hes a BIG people pleaser who is also invested in recieving macho-man praise from people around him and the public writ large... exhibit A. collarbonegate. idk i think being gay would scare the shit out of him! bc well. some people would look at him differently. and that would be hard to swallow. so he does a lot of mental gymnastics to ignore the specificity of his emotions and why he might be having them in relation to certain people. like its okay in sports to love your homies sos os so much but it is NOT okay to want to actually get married to them because that might involve social sanctions, risk your sponsorships, mess with your career, be RUTHLESSLY talked about on social media etc... its a really big deal !!! hes invested in not being gay but also very invested in loving people within these safe little frameworks bc thats what hes allowed to do

so for instance he knows he loves cele and hes okay with admitting to crying when he got his first moto2 win and talking about how much he cares about him in articles, because thats what sports is to him/ BUT if you asked him to his face if he's IN LOVE with cele i think my guy would fully bluescreen. please reboot your motorcycle racer. cold ass flop sweat playing with his 100 million bracelets like uh why would you say that. nervous smile. like he doesnt even know why he's so nervous but he IS. has to REALLYYY do some digging into his psyche to get to the bottom of all of that i think. it takes some time. which SUCKS bc cele keeps getting his hopes up and then getting shot down in roundabout uncomfy repression dude ways so he thinks bezz is uncomfy around him :/ which he ISNT hes just uncomfy around himself 1!1

which is also lowkey why the hero worship thing with vale is sooo interesting to me (esp with his weird ass marc complex lmao) bc its so sumbliminal and essential to bezz's identity AND easy to miss. easy to explain away. until you have 8 sex dreams about the man and it gets harder to ignore. and fr just makes a lot of sense to me inside the framework of the repressed gay sports guy miasma. also the idea of vale being bezz's gay awakening is just funny to me. he's like the keira knightly for tumblr bisexuals of the motorcycle racing community

#callie speaks #motogp #asks #i love you fictional gay marco bezzecchi we should hang out #this is also why gay mentor rosquez makes me cryyyyyy #didnt answer your q at all um. i think it would be an adjustment but he'd get there if it was clear vale was over it ! hes a loverrrrrr

[jenyifer]

Pit Babe ep 4 initial reaction

Well I’m having fun at least lmao I’ve not found the ABO stuff too annoying. I’m pretending like it’s magic or something. People get magic powers it’s what happens 🙌🏻 I do like there hasn’t been a sexist divide in the show which is my main problem with abo I mean there are no women but you know what I mean. After struggling to watch cooking crush I was worried maybe I didn’t like BL anymore cause if offgun Neo my babies can be in a flop that makes me want to tear my eyes out then what else is there. HOWEVER pit babe brain rot is the exact kind of bullshit I need.

Anyways on to the photo review

Okay so they drunk drove quite a ways out of town. Great job boys.

I wish the flashback told us WHY WAY IS SO HUNG UP ON BABE. I mean sure I can understand having a little crush on your friend but for 10 years and using your mind powers to keep him single and a playboy? Lots of work for nothing.

Is it bad I kind of think Charlie hired the goons as a way to get back into Babe’s life? Wish I had been watching this ep by ep cause I would have speculated for a week. Last thing he says to Jeff is that he’ll fix it.

Such a grumpy boy. Okay so if everyone has super powers why does this man want babe again? I know supposedly he has super senses when he’s banged someone but anything else? Why does Tony want him so bad. How did he know Babe had these abilities as a kid? Babe wasn’t having sex as a kid I hope. Also for someone who doesn’t care about Charlie I think this confrontation has to do with the fact Charlie got hurt for Babe.

Honestly I’m surprised Way and Babe haven’t attacked Jeff before this tbh. So is Jeff Charlie’s little bro? I’m thinking that instead of senpai complex rn

So Tony’s other son body guard guy is going to get with Pete the Hot man I guess that’s okay. I don’t see the point in killing him that doesn’t make his money or deals go away so any other course of action seems nonsensical.

Okay BUT WHY IS CHARLIE AT THE RACE TRACK AT ALL BABE CLEARLY BROKE UP WITH HIM. Yes I want them back together but boy needs to learn boundaries

BONUS

Dear god of tumblr,

Let my next lesbian lover dress like the dark hair influencer boy (north maybe? Idk)

GAY-MEN

Love ya

Jenny

I still am just attracted to what that man wears every time!!!

#pit babe bl #pit babe #pit babe the series #charliebabe #pit babe ep 4 #Jenny’s watching

[youcanstayhere]

how to enjoy stanning (any kpop group)

1. Stay away from Twitter and tiktok.

Twitter is known for fanwars, all sorts of drama within the fandom as well, akgae fights, the most vicious and hateful comments targeted towards the artist.

Tiktok is one big misinformation machine. They spread all sorts of misinformation out of context and it’s an echo chamber where people don’t care to fact-check and start problems.

2. On that note, tumblr has a more stress-free, drama free fan interaction

Mainly gifs, fanarts, moodboard, fanfics, etc. you might not know the latest hashtag trending and “apologize to ___” or which fandom is fighting over what. But without those gossips, you can curate your feed however you like without those drama popping up on your timeline.

3. Focus on watching the artist content

There are plenty youtube content to watch. I’m still behind on skz-talker. V-lives, live performances, behind the scenes, interviews, etc. rather than consuming short clips fans made and people fighting about those videos, maybe it’s better to go directly to those videos and leave positive comments/feedback.

4. Steer away from competition and numbers

Kpop fans get so competitive about number of views, awards, albums, hitting the new record, etc. of course wanting to support your group is not bad! But often, people use this to flex during fanwars and call another group “flop.” Maybe we can listen to music to enjoy them, watch mv cuz we appreciate the art, and buy albums because we genuinely want to without the pressure for the “next record.”

5. Lastly, have other hobbies in your life

I know hyunjin also mentioned this to stays, to have other hobbies other than stray kids. I think this applies to all other kpop fans. Sometimes people get so invested in their group that their whole identity is based on that group (which is why they get the satisfaction boosting about their numbers and calling others “flops.”) have at least one another hobby than stanning kpop. It can be as simple as going on a daily walk, reading a book, learning a dance, baking, whatever it is. This would make us be less invested in fanwars or rumors.

#kpop #kpop problems #kpop stan #kpop imagines #stray kids #skz #twice #itzy #nmixx #jypartists #xdinary heroes #bts #blackpink #ateez #seventeen #loona #gidle #le sserafim

[monstersinthecosmos]

i saw your tweet about not writing for 2 months bcos no one likes your last fic??!! vantablack?? what do you mean!! I LOVEE THAT FIC LIKE NO OTHER FIC BEFORE IT.

i am right here right now baring my soul to you to say how much i owe you my life for that fic! THANK YOU!! that fic was so well written that i, who rarely drop asks to people, is right now on my knees, dropping this ask in your inbox just to tell you this :((

dsagdkjl omg thank you ALSO I'M REALLY EMBARRASSED I TWEETED THAT WHILE I WAS HAVING A FIT FEELIGN BAD FOR MYSELF I'M SORRY I'M SORRY LOL

to be clear I try to keep my fandoms sequestered (sorry VC/IWTVtwt is absolutely insufferable & SK fandom can't thrive on tumblr because tumblr is not friendly to adult content) but I was talking about my last SK fic that kinda flopped. I am really intentional about not taking fic engagement & numbers seriously as a measure of my self worth but it also was just like absolutely crickets on my last couple SK fics and it really hurt my feelings. 😂

anyway I beg everyone please leave comments on the fics that you read. Fic writers do it for fun and share it for free, please don't just consume them mindlessly like they're a content mill. It's the easiest way to drive writers out of your fandoms and then you stand around wondering why there's no fic. I've never taken it personally that my VC fics don't do numbers, either, because the fandom was always so small, but VC discord has always been really supportive to me so I felt okay about it and knew who my secret audience was. It's not about clout and numbers, but it's hard when there's no feedback at all, it's not a good feeling.

(I'm also a terminally insecure writer so my first thought is always "wow I fucked up, I must have mischaracterized, my pacing doesn't make sense, all these hits and no comments because people got bored and DNF" etc. lol. lmao.)

It's really not about entitlement, either; it's not a numbers game to me. One comment means the world to me. But I just need like something, even if it's just one person who liked it letting me know they liked it, because writing is really hard and lonely and takes a lot of time and it's really hard to stay motivated when no one wants to talk to you about it, you know? I'm a person who would probably write, anyway, but I don't necessarily feel the need to share my fics on AO3. Why waste the time editing and agonizing over it and trying to stick to a schedule if no one fucking cares haha.

THIS HAS TURNED INTO A PITY PARTY I'M REALLY SORRY, ANYWAY PLEASE EVERYONE BE NICE TO FIC WRITERS THEY ARE SENSITIVE LOL

#ignore me i feel sorry for myself HAHA #i swear i dont feel entitled to ao3 engagement but it just flopped so hard it hurt my feelings :( #it's unusual for that fandom ! #i think i fucked up! it's probably not a good fic! i wanna delete it LOL

[kujo1597]

I’ve been watching my friend liveblog her rewatch of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (great show) and it looked really fun to do. And she’s also doing this to get into writing SPOP fanfics and as some of you may remember, I have a Jem fanfic called Unbreakable that I really do need to finish. So I figured I would blog my rewatch of Jem. I wanted to watch the show again to get my creative juices flowing and figured why not.

Because I know the show backwards and forwards due to watching it five or six times my posts will probably largely focus on the characters and traits they have that I incorporate into the writing. I’ll talk about Jerrica’s relationship with Rio and why it’s so dysfunctional and concerning.

I’m also going to be a fucking weirdo and keep track of the crying because a character trait of Kimber’s I find really interesting is how private she is with her tears compared to the others. But this will be kept in a folder of its own and I won’t dwell on it.

I won't be putting all of these into the fandom tag because I worry that I'll be deemed "too active" by Tumblr and my posts will stop showing up in the tag. So I guess if you're interested in keeping up with these keep track of the "Kujo Watches Jem" tag.

Man I love this show’s first intro song and the animation. It’s largely rotoscoped and looks really nice.

The show starts off with a look at Jem and The Holograms at a premiere and it’s a cool way of introducing the characters. They make it very clear who’s who.

Aja

Shana

I love how they just fukkin’ throw Kimber out of the car. This is a good time to mention that the animation in the first five episodes is pretty janky. They’re stitched together seven minutes shorts that were part of the Super Sunday block on whichever channel this aired on. So we’re kind of watching a proof of concept right now.

And of course they show Jem as this cool and mysterious woman as she shrugs off her sheer veil in front of a cheering crowd. Reporters ask Jem a bunch of questions.

Then we hear our protagonist, Jerrica, start narrating.

She tells us that her story begins after her father's unexpected death. And they establish later in the show that this funeral is on or around Jerrica's birthday. Which is really awful. I feel bad for her.

I remember Eric being kind of creepy at the funeral but always forget just how creepy he is. Especially because I’m fairly confident that at this point in production Jerrica is meant to be an older teen. Like, 17 or 18. I don’t blame Rio for dragging her off.

But oh man, let’s just add this to the “Jerrica apologizes for Rio count.” It’s a recurring thing.

Now we cut to a shot of Starlight House and the characters working to fix it up. This also has cool details like a design table, Shana is into fashion design as we’ll learn later.

Uh, I need to point out this bird cage. You’ll see why later. But I need to point it out.

I wonder how long Ashley’s been living here for. Because she comments on the house being a dump as if she’s just moved in. Also she broke that chair. She tried to flop onto it but it broke.

Now we meet Mrs. Bailey who helps take care of the kids. Nice lady. She informs Jerrica that her dad, Emmett, would get money to fund the Starlight House’s upkeep from his music company. So Jerrica goes over to the office. She sees a new receptionist, walks past her and enters her dad's old office.

Eric continues to call Jerrica “darling” and talks about how he’s hired a new band called The Misfits. And they ride in on these extremely toyetic motorcycles. I don’t think they ever did get released though. But man, this screams “toy commercial show.” Jem is way more than just that though.

We get the first song of the series and it’s great. Fun imagery. And it’s funny seeing them play their instruments because Stormer is playing this weird boomerang guitar. I seriously do wonder when they finalized what instruments the characters play. Aja was messing around with drumsticks earlier in the episode and spoiler alert, she’s not a drummer, like, at all.

Jerrica calls The Misfits trash and insults Pizzazz. Then they talk about Eric holding a rigged battle of the bands competition. Which obviously Jerrica doesn’t approve of.

We then cut to Jerrica in her bedroom on a stormy night. Jerrica’s mad about Eric ruining the good image of her dad’s company. Then Kimber points out the jewellery box addressed to Jerrica. It contains earrings, very familiar earrings. Everybody wonders who they came from. Aja figures it was Rio.

Then thunder and lighting, and a mysterious woman who looks like she walked out of an exercise tape addresses Jerrica in a slightly ghostly voice.

And then Jerrica very rudely puts her hands in this woman’s belly. Jerrica! Personal space!

Understandably the mysterious woman leaves. In a flash of light.

Everybody follows the directions left in the earring box and meet up with the woman in Starlight Drive-In. She walks through a wall and they follow her in their van, the Starlight Express.

A quick aside, I was talking to my friend who’s only seen two or three episodes of Jem because of me kind of going, “Well, these episodes are very silly. I think it’d be fun to watch them with you.” Anyway, I was talking about the show and because of the fact that everything has the word Starlight in the name he asked if Starlight was Jerrica’s last name. And yeah, I get why he would think that.

Anyway, the woman introduces herself as Synergy and explains that she’s a highly advanced entertainment system made by Emmett Benton. We get shots where the characters split off and look at their interests, Shana at clothes, Kimber at the musical instruments, and Aja at the car, the Rockin' Roadster.

Seeing Synergy’s ability to make realistic holograms along with all the instruments gave Jerrica an idea.

Oh neat, we’re seeing a performance by a band that sounds… not great. I guess the rigging is going well.

And then we hear some more music, this time a song building up.

And that song the first one performed by Jem in the series. It’s a very solid one! A good note to start the band on.

Obviously everybody loved this band, they sound great! Eric gets all worked up and demands to know what they’re doing here because the contest is invite only. Jem points to Jerrica and announces that she was sent there by Jerrica.

And then Jem totally inconspicuously runs off of the stage and behind a tree. Then turns into Jerrica. She meets up with Eric on the stage and they’re caught arguing on the mics. I actually forgot that Eric was the one who put control of Starlight Music up as a stake in a new competition. One just between The Misfits and Jem and The Holograms.

A film producer named Howard Sands happened to be in the crowd and he promises a movie, and a mansion to the winner of the new battle of the bands competition. Six months from now.

Jerrica accepts the challenge having full confidence in herself and her sisters.

The Misfits are rowdy trouble makers so they steal Jem’s equipment and drives off with it in their van. The rival band gives chase because that’s their stuff and they need it. Musical equipment is not cheap. We get this thrilling chase where Roxy and Stormer throws things at the car Aja’s driving to try to get them to crash I guess. And uh

That’s a cliff. They’re heading right off a cliff. And Aja hit the gas judging by the sound effect.

Good work.

You can kind of tell this was the end of the short, especially when they come back from commercial and replay the chase scene.

Jerrica’s not dumb. She sends a hologram of Jem out to get help. The hologram meets up with Rio and tells him where the car is. Rio saves them.

The paper reports on this and gives Jem and The Holograms a bunch of publicity.

The Misfits don’t see much of a problem with this because they can still win the competition and of course

winning is everything.

I just, look at this GIF.

Okay I needed you to see that. The music video is a wonderful flavour of silly.

Now back to Starlight House. We see the girls putting money into the Honor Jar. It's a communal fund that the girls contribute to in order to afford things for Starlight House. They’re trying to buy a new fridge. Before adding the funds to the jar they have to announce how they made the money.

Ashley questions the jar which really adds to the feeling that she’s new here.

Also, it’s weird hearing Deirdre being voiced by Samantha Newark. She’s voiced by Patricia Alice Albrecht in her later appearances. The same VA as Pizzazz, Samantha Newark is Jerrica’s by the way.

Meanwhile Eric phones a thug and tells him to make Jerrica uncomfortable.

I need to know where this place is located. It’s in the middle of a forest or something. And I swear that’s a river behind it. Is that safe when you have twelve kids? The youngest is eight so maybe we don't have too much to worry about.

Anyway, Ashley steals money from the Honor Jar and Jerrica catches her. And then says something that never sat super right with me.

“There’s no room in Starlight House for girls who steal and lie.”

Like, hm, I dunno, I can’t articulate exactly why it bothers me. I feel like it would kind of breed dishonesty. Like how controlling parents often end up with kids who are really good at sneaking around them.

But Jerrica is a teen herself and taking care of twelve kids so I can’t be too hard on her. Especially because her dad did recently die so there is going to be some adjusting to the new role as foster mother.

Jerrica tells Ashley that the other girls are going to decide on her punishment because they’re the ones running the Honor Jar. The punishment is to raise $30 which is ten times the amount Ba Nee raised by the way.

I get a kick out of Samantha Newark trying to sound like a tough girl, possibly from Jersey. What do I know? I’m Canadian. Now I’m kind of wishing they kept her as Deirdre’s voice actor. We do get more "tough girl Newark" later in the series though. In an excellent episode.

Later on during the night Rio’s explaining that the power’s still out and offers to stay over. But Jerrica turns him down. They lean in for a kiss.

And hear a bunch of giggling which is cute.

Jerrica turns to them and says, “Jealous?” before kissing Rio.

I like this dynamic between Jerrica and her girls.

Later that night the thug Eric talked to, Zipper, awkwardly breaks into the house. It takes him a couple tries to break the window. Still better than what I could do.

One of the Starlight Girls, Marianne, never named in the show, alerts Jerrica to there being a noise coming from downstairs. So Jerrica takes her sisters with her to check out the noise while the kids stay upstairs and safe.

Because there’s no power and it’s the middle of the night Kimber’s holding a lantern with the biggest damn flame I have ever seen.

Zipper having been caught pushes past Kimber and knocks the lantern out of her hands. And sets the house on fire.

Like, crazily on fire.

And this is where the episode ends.

I would love to do more but this took even longer than I expected and I haven’t been getting enough sleep so I’m quite tired and dizzy. So bedtime for me. I’ll pick this up later, possibly tomorrow.

#Jem and the Holograms #Kujo Watches Jem #Well that took almost three hours #Next episode will have less screenshots. I mostly wanted ones that show the characters when they get introduced #The screenshotting took the most time #I can't wait for the Honor Jar to stop being a thing. I have to consciously make an effort to spell it without a u

[tasteofdeathao3]

(idk if tumblr ate this ask or not?? pls feel free to ignore it if it makes you uncomfy!!) may I propose: izzy avoiding ed like the plague after he eventually accepts stede as a caregiver bc he doesn’t want ed to see him being vulnerable/weak until he has no other choice. misunderstandings & hurt/comfort ensues

I think Tumblr must've eaten this bc I didn't see it before! very sorry!

but yes! There's already a few regressors on board, and once Stede works out that Izzy is also one of those regressors, he's got his heart set on helping out Izzy.

It takes a while, and a lot of conversations with a very cranky Izzy, but eventually he lets Stede take care of him, learns to let his guard down around him and be vulnerable and weak - Stede tells him not to call it that, because 'feeling little doesn't mean you're weak, Israel, don't be mean to yourself'.

But Ed? He can't possibly see him like this. He can let Stede bathe him and change him and read to him and put him down for naps and swap out his knives for wax crayons and feed him weird yummy mush instead of his usual stale rations, but he just can't let Ed see him act so weak and scared, especially after years of being his ironfisted first mate.

Ed had taken care of him, years ago of course, but they'd just stopped one day and that was enough for Izzy. He's too old for this anyway, he can't be the ship's first mate while also being the captain's little nap-needing mush-eating baby boy. It's embarrassing, most of all, for someone as cool and smart and strong as Blackbeard to have to watch his own first mate play with bubbles in the bath.

Every time he slips around Stede, he's completely relaxed and happy until Ed comes in. The second his captain walks into the cabin he quickly flips his drawings over, pushes his crayons off the table, pulls himself to sit up properly instead of flopping and sliding all over the chair.

Ed, of course, notices every time.

Stede had told him when he first thought Izzy might regress, and he'd confirmed it, that they'd used to do that together all those years ago until Izzy had just stopped one day. Stede keeps him updated, because why wouldn't he tell his husband everything?

He wants to look after Izzy, desperately. Stede had described him as being so young, when he'd only felt like a little kid when he'd regressed around Ed all those years ago, told him in detail how cute he was when he was trying to speak around his knuckles in his mouth or with mashed fruit spread over his face.

But every time he goes near Izzy he just goes rigid, goes right from calm and relaxed to almost petrified, gets up and runs out of the room the second Stede doesn't have a hold on him.

It hurts. a lot.

He can't possibly understand why Izzy would avoid him, because now it's not just when he's small, but also when he's big, and now he doesn't know what he's done for his first mate and best friend to avoid him like the plague.

Stede tells him to just try and talk to him, but Izzy will do almost anything to stay several metres away from Ed at all times, it's completely pointless to even try talking to him at this point.

Ed, of course, is moping around everywhere because he thinks his best friend hates him and now he's bringing the whole ship down with his sad songs and laying face down in random places across the deck, but now Izzy is affected too, unable to regress fully because he's so afraid that Ed will pop out around the next corner and see him playing with Stede's yummy bubble bath or acting out stories with his carved wooden statues, and he just can't have that.

Eventually, after Ed refuses to corner big Izzy and just talk to him and Izzy starts crying every time the door to the cabin opens, Stede takes matters into his own hands.

He tucks Izzy up into his cot in his own room, since recently Izzy's been too on edge to sleep anywhere in the cabin - in the bunk, on the chaise, even in the auxiliary wardrobe - and sends Ed down to go have a chat with him.

He knocks on the door quietly and steps inside, closing and locking the door behind him, like Stede told him to, so that Izzy can't get up and run away again.

Izzy presses up against the wall of his cot, tugging the blankets up to his chin in an attempt to hide himself from Ed.

He sits down on the edge of the cot beside Izzy, wringing his hands, and begins reciting the speech Stede had help him practice.

'I don't understand why you're avoiding me', he says, voice cracking a bit, 'But I want- I want you to know that I'm not angry at you or ashamed or anything. I'm just feeling... sad. because I don't know why you don't want to be around me. I love you so much, Iz, I don't want you to leave me. I'm sorry for what I did, I don't want you to be scared of me. You're my best friend, I don't want to lose you.' By the end of it his eyes are wet, voice wobbly, and he's practically sobbing between words.

Izzy is watching him, both nervous because Ed's with him and he's small, but also because big strong cool Ed is sitting on his bed and his crying because he thinks Izzy doesn't like him anymore.

He reaches out to hold Ed's wrist and squeezes very tight, Ed turning to look at him with red eyes and quivering bottom lip.

'Sorry.' He whispers, his own eyes growing damp now. 'Love you too.' he chokes out, voice catching on a sob as he begins to cry in earnest.

'Oh, Iz,' Ed sighs, turning around to take Izzy up in a big hug.

Izzy eventually explains what he's been worried about, and even with his limited vocabulary, Ed manages to get an understanding of what's going on.

'I'll always love you,' he says, cuddling Izzy close to his chest. 'You'll always be my favourite person, my strong first mate and my smart talented best friend. I don't care, I don't care, I just want you to be happy, let me take care of you. Like we used to.'

Izzy nods, sniffling into Ed's collar bone.

'It'll be better now,' he says, kissing Izzy's hair, 'It'll be so good. Me and Stede both love you. We both need you, we both want to look after you,' he pulls Izzy away from his chest to look him in the eye, 'Will you let us?'

Izzy takes in a deep breath, letting Ed wipe his tears and snot away, and nods.

Stede finds them a good few hours later, unlocking the door with his stolen key and watching the pair sleep, cuddled up in Izzy's cot with Izzy pressed into Ed's chest and Ed wrapped up around him.

#sorry for the delay! not sure what happened with the ask box! #fandom agere #agere #sfw #age regression #izzy hands #ofmd #little izzy hands #ofmd regression #ofmd agere #cg blackbeard #cg stede bonnet #cg edward teach #hurt/comfort #ficlet

[vicontheinternet]

I watched fate so you don't have to. This has been in my drafts since yesterday. I honestly didnt know if I was going to post this. Don't worry I don't go through Netflix to watch it I pirated it netwinx won't get views on Netflix from me. Honestly it's such a blur and made my head explode I never laughed unironically and cussed at a tv show this much in my entire life.

Fucking hell this show is fucking mixing all first three seasons of the cartoon to get their second season Rosalind and bloom had a icy and bloom type confrontation shadow haunt kinda and realix and valtor what the fuck and it’s only 7 episodes

I honestly thought that sebastian was going to be their version of hagen. Not valtor with darkar motivations and the more I learn a WOW the more I think it’s a adaptation of that because sebastian looks more like the sebastian from there

Bloom talked so much fucking shit to aisha about being farah’s pet she should look in the mirror now from let her out from flip flopping from trusting her to not to trusting her again then doing her homework this is all the things she accuse aisha of doing ohh I have so many words for her

You remember how quickly how the cartoon got over the initial love triangle in szn 1? yeah this show got over it quicker they only bring it up once and Stella is only affected

The outfits are a little better this season they aren't like winx better more like wannabe pinterest or out of touch adult trying to by clothes for their kids better. Also stella physically looks more like daphne thus season I see daphne to be a cottagecore queen. They finally put bloom in blue.

They made Stella look like the mom from modern family it was styled pretty every once and a while

Bloom is so much worse this season

On tumblr we often joke about sky and skloom being boring. But this sky is giving wonder bread skloom is giving stale. I wanted to skip every skloom scene because it was giving nothing why was I supposed to care abt them when I didn't even see their development.

Honestly andreas was a low calorie charlie hunnam. And I suppose to feel bad for him when he kill his father whom he probably only knew for two years of his life collectively.

A list of who fate whitewashed, flora via terra Musa saladin via saul stella's uncle whom I assume is Celsius he could just be an oc they made sure not to say his name

My mind stopped working at how beatrix died the only words that came out of my mouth was what the fuck three times because what the fuck was that death scene

Sky's entire arc this season was as kennie jd puts it "a brooding hot 25 year old teenager"🎶

Only this show could make a friendship between a villain and hero more believable then their main friend group. Stormy and stella would laugh at how their fate counterparts being friendly

Stormy would throw a fit if she knew her fate counterpart was a fairy

Beatrix and Aisha and kinda stella were the most likeable characters in this season yes my girl Aisha can be the best girl even in the the shitty adaptation.

Flora is fine ig but she acts nothing like flora. Terra tells one of the girls that flora is shy but all we get is flora not being shy closed off maybe but shy no.

What happened to marco?

I hate that daphne isn't a character in general but it's also great for me because know the cant ruin her

I hate that that was the sky resurrection scene. Cartoon sky did died for bloom and friends only so he could just die without cause because bloom was to stupid not to think of burning the fucking vines

What was the point of making terra and sam siblings when they don't have any scenes together

They dubbed down on not making Aisha a princess and gave the black girl a treacherous love interest

Rosalind who looked like a prime minister and acted nothing like she did last season too the point were they could've said she was a different character and I would've been like ok. Also was I suppose to be sad or elated or feel anything when she was killed.

Terra and flora are second cousins by marriage? and it was only brought up once because they keep calling each other their best friend which there is nothing wrong with your cousin being your best friend at all

Istg that fate has writer’s going through tumblr post for idea because I kid you not bloom is a 1,000 years old

Bloom murders a person goes to trial gets sentenced somewhat the get off scott free. I honestly don't remember how she got out of this plotline.

Musa pulled a darcy with sam

We get introduced to the greater value demodogs

In conclusion winx fans all over the world could have done a better job making a show. I'm glad I'm done with this show I only watched because I wanted to make a youtbe video because I'm better at expressing myself when I'm talking then writing. I will not be watching the third season hope they don't get one.

#i binged this show in in two days and im not touching it again #i watched it so you don't have too #anti fate the winx saga #netwinx

[innytoes]

Chaos! 20, Reggie x Flynn

Reggie wasn't sure what the big deal was, really. He'd worn a suit! To a red carpet! So what if it was the same suit he'd worn to the last three red carpets, the pretty red one with the butterflies. It was a good suit. His favourite, in fact.

Okay, so it was also his only suit. But nobody ragged on all the other male celebrities for wearing boring black tuxes at every event.

So why was he the one who became a meme? And why did the some of them have to be so mean about it? Luke had dragged him away from his computer before he could start a twitter fight with some youtuber who said butterflies were overrated. And that thinkpiece about Reggie re-wearing his suit because he'd grown up poor had hurt, okay? They'd even gone after his ripped skinny jeans. Those were cool! He could afford normal jeans if he wanted to!

The label hadn't been too amused by his 'guess I'll wear the red butterfly suit' meme. Even though the ones on tumblr were pretty funny. He especially liked the one of him photoshopped into disasters like the Titanic and Godzilla attacking LA.

"Just go meet with a stylist, dude," Luke said. Luke was one to talk. Stylists loved him and his stupid biceps and his stupid sleeveless shirts. Nobody ever called Luke poor for his ratty-ass shirts that didn't even have sleeves. Maybe if his knees were really swole, people would leave him alone about the skinny jeans.

"I don't want to," he whined, flopping over and putting his head in Alex' lap. Alex looked a little disgruntled, before sighing a little resigned 'okay' at him and petting his hair. Victory. "Stylists are mean. The last one tried to get me to give up my flannel. My flannel, guys!"

Alex looked down at him, putting on his Stern Face. "If you want the tiktok youths to stop bullying you, you gotta wear a different suit to the next event," he said. "It's a big one."

"But I like my red suit!" he whined some more. Alex always looked hot at red carpets, but he had ten-plus years of gay spite fueling his fashion decisions. "How am I ever gonna find something as cool as that? I don't want to show up in some boring-ass black and white tux because people can't understand sustainable fashion." That was what one of the nicer blogs had said. He was eco-friendly, okay, not poor or uninspired.

"What if you talk to a friend of mine?" Julie offered. "My friend Flynn is super fashionable, but she's not a professional stylist, she's a DJ. We always try to go shopping together for events."

Reggie thought about it. Nobody ever had something bad to say about Julie's outfits. She was always 'cool' and 'fresh' and a 'slay it queen'. "Fine," he pouted. "I'll meet your cool friend. But if she tries to take away my flannel, I'm running, I don't care if it's rude."

Julie rolled her eyes, leaning over to fist-bump him. "Deal."

Which was why, a week before their next red carpet, he got a text from an unknown number to meet him at a vintage store tucked away in a back alley somewhere. (Yes, he did check with Julie if it was her friend Flynn. He was a himbo, he wasn't an idiot.)

When he rounded the corner and saw what he assumed was Flynn standing there waiting for him, his first thought was 'wow, she really is fashionable'. His second thought, when she turned to look at him, was 'oh no, she's hot'.

His crush only grew throughout the day. Flynn was funny, and cool, and smart. She actually listened to what he had to say, and she totally agreed that his red butterfly suit was cool. She even suggested he wear something different to this event, and then wear the red suit the next time just as a big 'screw you' to the media.

He tried on a bunch of different stuff at the first store, Flynn yay-ing and nay-ing on some indecipherable scale that Reggie didn't understand. He did kind of like coming out of the dressing room and hearing her wolf-whistle at the red plaid suit, though. And if his face turned red to match when Flynn called him 'eye candy', well, all she did was wink at him.

They took a break after a few hours, getting cinnamon rolls and coffee at a local café. Flynn was so easy to talk to, Reggie could have stayed there for hours. They talked about fashion, but also music, and their childhoods. Flynn shared some incredibly funny stories about her and Julie that Reggie couldn't wait to bring up to her at some later point. Especially when she was ragging on them for being dumb.

The afternoon flew by as well. Especially when Flynn looked at him with a glint in her eyes and asked him what he thought about dresses. If the Fashion Police and the label were gonna drag him for being boring, that would be a great way to get them off his back.

Reggie had never felt prettier in his goddamn life, okay? The gown was floofy and flowly and huge, black with beautiful sparkles. The train was long and reminded him of storm clouds, rustling behind him. And it had a split at the front so he could show off 'those pretty gams of yours', as Flynn had joked. He was going to beat Alex at his own game. Hell, he was going to beat Julie. He was going to Win this red carpet.

Flynn even arranged for an Uber to meet them so Reggie could practice getting in and out of a car in it without flashing anyone or tripping on the train. He tipped the driver fifty bucks and sent her on her way. Once he was back in his ripped skinny jeans and flannel (which Flynn had said were fine, by the way, take that, stupid stylist), he met Flynn outside the store again.

"Okay, so just tell Julie to let you borrow her silver star necklace, and you should be good to go," Flynn said, checking her phone. They'd gotten shoes, found him a cool couple of rings and a bracelet, and discussed make-up. He had two new suits in a bag and the gown ready to be sent to his apartment after being steamed.

"I was thinking, maybe we could meet up some time?" Reggie asked, as they were saying their goodbyes. He didn't really want this day to end, but it was getting late and Flynn had plans.

"You need me to walk you through putting on the eyeliner?" Flynn asked, smiling.

"I was thinking more... dinner and a movie?" he said, trailing off hopefully. Flynn looked back at him, her mouth a surprised 'oh'. "If you don't- I'm sorry, if you're not interested that's cool, too, but I've never had as much fun clothes shopping as I did with you, and you're so cool and fun and funny and-"

"Dinner and a movie sounds great," Flynn said, cutting him off before he could list all the things that were great about Flynn.

A few months later, he was on the red carpet again, in his red and black butterfly suit, with the most beautiful woman in the world on his arm, wearing a matching black and red dress.

Suck it, Stylists.

#julie and the phantoms #flynnxreggie #flynn taylor #reggie peters #fanfic #AUs are awesome #I wrote a thing #let reggie wear a dress 2kalways #yes he does wear the dress to the next event and gloats about how he Won #Julie and Alex aren't even mad #yes Flynn 100% got a custom dress made to match Reggie's butterfly suit just to annoy the fashion blogs

[thevikingwoman]

Feedback, criticism, reviews and creator distance

Something has been on my mind for awhile on the topic of feedback and creators, especially in the spaces of fanfics and smaller original creative works, especially in interactive fiction. 

I mash these together, because many IFs are hobby or side projects, or at least one person efforts. For both fanfics and IFs, there is also usually an element of interaction with the creator and for IFs, especially on tumblr, it tends to happen in a “fannish” way. 

I have a very long post under the cut, but TL;DR: no creator ever owes you anything and no feedback should be unsolicited.

First however, lets talk about reviews - what are they and who are they for? Reviews are opinions. If you review a book or movie, your audience is other people who might go spend time on this media. The purpose of a review is to inform others. It’s not a way to deliver feedback to the creator - usually by the time you get to reviews, the piece of media is done. It’s not something that’s particularly useful in fandom or for most IFs: most are free or free-ish (for IFs), and it’s simply easy to back out if you don’t like something. Positive based rec lists are more useful: you are drawing attention to something good, not sparing someone from the latest MCU flop. 

Next, there’s criticism  - there’s a couple of different things that can fall under this umbrella. It can be a more academic review (a criticism of classical novel as canonical literature), it can be a criticism on why something is undesirable to spend time on (games with lootboxes). It can also be directed feedback on things that don’t work in a piece of media. For the latter, I will shove it under feedback, because it’s purpose is the same. 

Now, on to feedback. 

 Feedback is first and foremost meant to be actionable. You give feedback on something because you want to change it, because maybe you’re good at something, or perhaps because you’re noticing something the creator missed. 

the thing is though: feedback is usually solicited. A fanfic writer can ask for beta reader feedback. A novelist will get editor feedback. My friend might ask me for feedback on their letter of complaint to the HOA. 

Now, you can also leave feedback unsolicited. This can take the form of leaving feedback in the comment of a fic or sending it to an IF creators ask box. 

the thing is though - after the creator has put something out in the world, they’ve already asked for feedback from the people they want feedback from. They’re not looking for feedback from bypassers. They’re not looking for “criticism”. They might not even be looking to correct spelling mistakes. 

But, viking!! Don’t they want to be better? Anyone should want to be better. 

They probably do. I want to be a better writer. (Or maybe they don’t, and they just want to have fun, and that’s valid). But do you know where they want to improve? do you know know what they’re looking for feedback on? do you know what is deliberate choice, and what is an oversight? Unless the creator has directly told you: “Internet stranger, can you please give me some feedback and my pacing,” you don’t know shit. Maybe the pacing is intentional. Maybe they’re working on nailing character voices and they don’t care about pacing. 

In short - why do you think you’re uniquely qualified to give feedback to this creator? this is not a school assignment, you’re not their teacher. 

but, viking!! I’m a professional editor! 

I suggest you go work with your clients. (I highly doubt a professional would not get this whole rant)

still with me?

Now, lets get to creator distance - as I mentioned at the start, this is mostly relevant for fanfic and IF and how those two ways of fandom interactions overlaps. Many IF creators hang out in fandom related spaces, or close to their own fandom. It’s also something I’ve seen authors do, both here on tumblr for a few and mostly on twitter. It’s clearly fun for authors and writers to engage with their fans! 

but sometimes I see this lack of distance. Asks get too personal. Demanding. Straight up weird. 

I think sometimes, people forget both that the person on the other end is another person, but also that they do, in fact, own their own creation. Just because they interact with the fandom, doesn’t mean they’re part of it. The barrier between fan and creator can become blurry, but it doesn’t mean it’s not there. 

Just this morning I saw an ask to IF (which I don’t play), begging the creator to make some side characters romancable. And I get it, the author gives people access to them by answering asks (you’re not emailing c/o Penguin Publishing), but there’s something audacious about asks like that, which essentially tells the author how to write their story. Here it’s where all of the above fits in - this unsolicited commentary - please do this, is no different than unsolicited feedback or “criticism”. Not wanted, or needed. 

It’s not a collaborative story. 

I’ve seen many asks like this, or asks telling authors they’re doing something wrong and in the end they simply assume the author needs to be told how to write their story. 

Think about this for a bit. 

Maybe a story element doesn’t work for you, maybe you would like to see something different. There’s no one preventing you from closing the book, hitting the back button. 

I sometimes wonder what people hope to achieve with this type of feedback or suggestions. Maybe they think they’re helping? But mostly it comes off as weird and entitled. I hope anyone assumes the author knows what they want and how to achieve it. And if the author doesn’t - see above. They probably have someone they can ask - betas, editors, friends, playtesters. 

Creators and authors don’t owe you their explanations either, they don’t owe defending their creative choices. Do you like their storytelling? Do you trust them? 

I think creators too need to think of their own distance. Stand by your choices. Reserve a little mystery. Because I see this too; authors getting too involved with their own fandom or their own critics. It’s natural to want to defend, especially with good reason ( here is why I choose these story elements), but in the end I do believe creators need to do create a little distance. 

I think it’s so hard, especially with a small medium which relies heavily in many ways on fandom interactions like IFs, and where many people come from fandom. As a fanfic writer, I love talking to other fanfic writers, but here I have no need for mystery, though I still think the solicited feeback clause applies. 

I think all of this is increased by the general access everyone has to everybody. I can @ tweet famous actors and authors and the vice president. it’s a strange world and there’s a balance that few have found. Both as fans and creators. 

(and yes, if you’re a creator - study Neil Gaiman’s responses. He engages lovingly, supporting, funny. And keeps some mystery around his creations when needed) 

#on creators #and distance #feedback #viking rants #viking rambles #out in too the world this goes #yes THIS could have needed an editor #I'm not an opinon writer #but here we go anyway

[randombtsprincessa]

Hey there dear, it's BlackOrchid again. I don't know if my last message containing my thanks and my request for the BedBereft series was sent out. We had a thunderstorm and tumblr kept loading for quite a while. In the end my connection was gone, yet it said "Send". Did you recieve anything? If not here's my request again: What would a Valentines Day with our throuple look like? A little spice would be great, but it's up to you <3 Take care, always be happy and well <3 Thank you so much again <3

IT IS HERE!! I AM SORRY THAT IT IS THIS LATE BUT I WANTED TO POST ON THE TAEJIN BDAY MIDDAY! ALSO I MISS JIN!! SO IT IS A BIT MORE FOCUSED ON HIM!!

Drabble - The First Valentine’s

The sound of the elevator dinging shut and stomping footsteps made Taehyung’s ears perk. He languished on the couch, an arm cradling his head against a cushion and the other boredly flicked through the channels until it was time for his boyfriend and girlfriend to get home to him. He was eager to spend some time together - all three of them.

He sat up, an easy, wide smile spreading over his face at the very thought.

It was their first valentine’s day as a ‘throuple’ and they had very meticulously planned it - down to the very least detail.

Taehyung would get Y/N to himself for the morning, Jin and Taehyung would get the afternoon and Jin would take Y/N out for the evening before they all came together at home and spent the rest of the night together.

They fretted it would get a little hectic; Taehyung and Y/N had the day off but Jin had an important meeting he couldn’t pass on. It had to work, if it didn’t they could always extend their day…right?

Thankfully, the day had passed without any glitch…it seemed until now. Taehyung managed a glance at his watch, his smile turning confused when Jin and Y/N swung around the foyer.

“Hey, you guys are back early, did you have fun?”

He saw you first, your pretty peacock dress swishing about you as you marched over. Jin followed close behind, fingers already loosening his matching peacock shirt buttons. None of them paid him much mind.

He watched you kick off your heels finally, something that you usually only did at the foyer - and that immediately sent off alarms ringing through his head.

You shoved the heels to one corner of the room before flopping on the couch next to him, arms crossed and legs thrown over his lap. He instinctively placed his palm over your knee - a silent reassurance they’d been sharing since college.

He stared at Jin, the man not meeting his eyes while he diligently undid his cuffs and belt.

Why on earth were they getting undressed in the living room was beyond him?

“Uh guys, what’s wrong?”

Jin continued to slowly undo his belt and from Taehyung’s experience, it was completely too long to take it off.

“Yeah, tell him what’s wrong.” You said finally, provocative as you scoffed at your older boyfriend.

At your tone, Jin finally gave up, throwing his arms up. “Nothing is wrong, Y/N. I tried to tell you -”

“What’s going on?” Taehyung broke in hastily, increasing his volume to cut off an argument he somehow knew was going on for a while.

“We ran into Lee Soowin at the club we went to.” Jin sighed and Taehyung immediately winced. Soowin was the first of Jin’s two girlfriends and the longest reigning partner in his life…before Taehyung came along - the only girl who meant something to him before Y/N.

He could already feel fear gnawing at the pit of his stomach. They hadn’t told Y/N about her.

“Y/N, Soowin…I mean, I’m sure Jin didn’t mean to hide her or anything from you, we just didn’t think it was important -”

“Save it, Yeri already told me about it - a long time ago.”

Taehyung and Jin stared at her.

“You knew? Well, why are you so mad if you already know?” Jin ran a frustrated hand through his hair.

At that Y/N sat up straighter and the look in her eyes told Taehyung she had picked violence.

“Tae, remember San?”

He had to pause, flick through his memories before his jaw tightened.

Kang San…tall, athletic, a fantastic dancer and cook, played the drums in his offtimes and a Japanese exchange student…

While Y/N had never seriously dated anyone during their college time, what with her feelings for Taehyung - if there was one man he had truly needed to worry about, it was San.

“What about him?”

“How alright would you be if I am out with you, he comes over and I forget all about you?”

Taehyung turned to look at Jin with wide-eyes even as the other man raised a finger to halt the conversation.

“Dude what did you do?” Taehyung went on regardless.

His boyfriend shot him a look. “I did not forget about you. I just -”

“Forgot about her?” he continued to supply helpfully, gleefully. As much as he hated seeing his loved ones upset, he had to admit he felt a certain joy seeing Y/N make Jin sweat on a - rightfully - valid point.

He couldn’t imagine sidelining his girl for another, and honestly had no idea what Jin was even thinking.

“I didn’t forget about her! I got talking to Soowin and it had been a long time since I’d even set eyes on her. Yeah, we migrated to her table with her date , mind you, and I introduced Y/N.”

“You never told her who I was.”

“You’re my girlfriend! It’s valentine’s day, it doesn’t need to be specified.”

Taehyung winced. “Did Soowin make eyes at you?”

“No!”

“Fine. You know what, you’re right.” Y/N stood up. There was a deathly calm in her voice, her eyes glinting with a strange light and she smiled sweetly at the two - now worried - men. “Goodnight gentlemen, watch a movie, why don’t you?”

She walked past them and disappeared down the hall. A moment later they heard the click of her office lock.

“I think I fucked up.” Jin muttered.

Taehyung smiled, kissing his cheek and smacking his butt. “And you will fix it or I will join forces with her.” He crooned softly in his ear, taking the stairs to go up to their bedroom.

Jin gulped.

Taehyung spent the next three days watching his girlfriend grate an extraordinary amount of cheese into anything Jin cooked. The man’s face blanched but Y/N maintained that it bettered the taste. His drink stocks mysteriously vanished, his ties almost always in the wash. Jin’s handkerchiefs changed drawers everyday and he could see the insanity roving behind Jin’s eyes now.

Y/N maintained she had long forgotten his transgression that fateful night. She kissed Jin, cuddled them and fed him bits of cheesy meat and veggies that Jin had to bite off her fork.

She loved them. And she drove him crazy.

Taehyung was proud of her for dealing with the matter with no hint of doubt or foreboding. She was now aware of her worth in their lives and she was pulling in her pound of flesh in a whole different way than before.

It was enjoyable when he didn’t have to worry that she would go into her head about it and overthink herself into rethinking their relationship.

So he let the days pass without any interference, he was sure she would stop when she thought it fair.

And when he saw them in the shower, his hands wrapped around her jaw and hair, holding her against the wall tightly, he smiled to himself. Jin still wore his office attire, his white shirt soaked and pressing to his back as he kissed her ferociously.

Normally he would go over and join them, but he shut the door gently, leaving the warmed towels on the bed for them to use. They could use the time making up.

He retreated downstairs and set about ordering some Thai food from their restaurant.

He was going to make sure they had their long overdue shared valentine’s date after all.

#bts fanfic #bts fluff #taehyung fanfic #jin fanfic #taehyung fluff #jin fluff #bed bereft drabbles

[tim-hoe-wan]

(Before I start yes I'm just a casual fan of harry) I think the issue of harries is that they thought you're going to say that harry has no interest in women and like that he's forcing himself into hooking up with them to escape from his sexuality and secretly hate women haha, so that's why he never committed to the women who were he likely dated bc he didn't actually attracted to them, and they also say he's very hot man. Anything else than admit that he's just a credited fuckboy who can't be loyal 💋👍🏽

Also I believe harries insanely project into him, from their own attraction to only gender, to imaginary perfect prince charming who loves his one and only princess. I wonder if they ever notice their weird behaviors? Becoz they blame to one another about projecting on him. When they're both wrong anyway!!

I too have to blame his team to making him a blanket state AND ☆internet boyfriend☆

That's why you will always see: why he doesn't date a guy? Why he doesn't date a girl in 2000s? Why he doesn't date a black? Why he doesn't date a plus size? Why he doesn't date a granny? Why he doesn't date a south American? Why he doesn't date normie? Why he doesn't date a hamster? Why he doesn't date an Asian? ..... trust me I'm Asian, I would never appreciate it if he dates my people like that's a part of his job; He own people nothing. His fans are so invested in his Personal&Dating life that his team should be ashamed of themselves, if he didn't have Gp's support, he would be 100% bigger flop than other dudes in 1d. I hope his team changes the promating antics and shift the focus on his Music career. Sorry it was too long, I'm annoyed I only want to hear about his music and see his live shows

I don’t even want to learn anything further from harries. I am exclusively only listening to my circle about the deal with Harry. Before all this tumblr anons I always just graze over the Harry topic. My only statement will be:

Every LA and London highstreet girlie knows he’s been with men and women. That means he isn’t forced to date women, that also means he can be into men at the same time.

My friends have been almost totally unanimous haylor and holivia were mostly or pure pr

No matter how much hate you send me, same people confirmed hendall dated

Even if I show you unseen photos throughout the years of Harry and whomever (which I have not saved cause those really are just for the gc), you guys already believe what you want to believe end of day. It’s not even about theorizing, you guys take your opinion as facts and get mad at me if I don’t agree with your version of reality.

I am not his fan. And I don’t care end of day what he chooses to do in his private time.

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#5

I started thinking about this on Twitter and had to elaborate: People are interpreting the "you didn't kill Anakin Skywalker" line as Anakin seeing Obi-Wan sad and summoning a shred of his former self to absolve Obi-Wan of guilt. But while that was its EFFECT, I don’t think that was Anakin’s INTENTION. I think he was still trying to hurt Obi-Wan.

Anakin can’t STAND the pity and regret -- it makes him furious. It reminds him of how far he’s fallen and what he’s become. In claiming responsibility for his own corruption, he's trying to hammer home that he isn't a traumatized young adult who was trapped by the trauma of a global war and manipulated by one of the only people who showed they cared about him -- even if he absolutely is that person. But he's TRYING to be his evilest version of himself, to say that he's a monster and he made himself that way and he WANTS to be one.

He’s lashing out in an attempt to reject Obi-Wan's compassion -- that last bit of his past, his "feelings" for his former master -- and, by accident, stumbling into exactly what Obi-Wan needed to hear.

22 notes - Posted June 23, 2022

#4

you'll wish she didn't!

For science, I collected what each of the Houses hears when Gideon speaks to them for the first time.

Seventh: "Yo. Step off." (when Cytherea faints)

Sixth: "Then get off your ass and help me."

Fifth: never got to hear her talk :(

Fourth: thee line of all time, which is to say, "Did you know that if you put the first three letters of your last name with the first three letters of your first name, you get 'Sex Pal'?"

Eighth: "They had names, you lily-livered, tooth-coloured asshole, and if you want to make a thing about it, I warn you that I'm in the kind of mood that can only be alleviated by walloping you."

Corona: "No. I thought their arms would all flop around." (in response to Corona asking if she's seen a necro hold a sword before)

Ianthe/Babs, probably also the Second: "Why?" (after they gather to confront Cyth about Pro's head)

24 notes - Posted October 17, 2022

#3

is anyone else here talking about the foil/parallel of a vampire who's supposedly being manipulated by his familiar and the familiar just believes he's taking care of his master bc idk that also gave me Nandermo Foreshadowing Vibes

26 notes - Posted July 20, 2022

#2

the fact that the Nandermo tag on ao3 is already listing several new E-rated fics and they are very literally canon-compliant.... I cannot even

39 notes - Posted July 20, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

The symbolism of Obi being weak and out of practice but being saved through the kindness of others while Vader is strong but alone in every way that matters

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