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Queen Cobra - chapter 2

Yes this is a continuation of the snake miraculous hero Alix fic. There is Rich Kid Friendship. Lots.

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Queen Cobra did not stop going on patrols. After all, Hawk Moth may have been caught, but that didn’t mean crime in the city was just going to stop overnight. She had hoped Ladybug and Rena would join her, but so far she hadn’t seen either of them. Trying to call them up didn’t seem to make any difference. Maybe they really had stopped. Hopefully not, though… it was a bit lonely on the rooftops with no one else around but the pigeons.

She checked the Snakeboards on the little screen near the tip of her tail, seeing if there were any emergencies people were posting about that needed dealing with. It didn’t look like it. Well, it wasn’t like people used the Snakeboards much anyway, instead preferring to talk about the other heroes on the other parts of the Ladyblog forums. She was already used to having to trawl through the city herself, looking for crime the old-fashioned way.

Still no sight of Ladybug or Rena. Those two had always taken patrols together, so maybe she just kept missing them or something? She didn’t know their schedule. Partially because she had never bothered to find out. Yeah, she was starting to regret that a bit. Putting on the “aloof” act all the time was maybe not always such a good idea, especially when it came to her own (rather friendly) teammates.

It was late in the evening now. Usually during the daytime her large cobra hood could keep the sun out of her eyes but now that it was low in the sky, no such luck. She turned to face the other direction instead – and caught the Agreste mansion within her view.

Ladybug’s special powers had fixed all its damage the other day so it didn’t look any different from usual on the outside. Still the same large building, the big imposing front gates, the huge courtyard it overlooked. Inside, on the other hand, things for the occupants must be very different indeed.

Queen Cobra glanced at the phone on the end of her tail again, feeling somewhat guilty. Adrien had indeed tried to call her once in the past few days. She had just ignored it. After that he hadn’t tried again, and he hadn’t sent any messages either.

Well… maybe he was just being polite. Wanted to thank her for the other day, or something like that. Or maybe he just had more superhero questions that he wanted answers to. (In which case he could easily just go and ask Master Fu, duh.) Hopefully he didn’t want support or anything. Nah, he would have called Nino for that instead, right? Nino was good at that kind of thing. He’d even been akumatized for Adrien. So that phone call, that must have been for something relatively unimportant, and it wasn’t a bad thing that she ignored it. Phew.

It was getting late, she should probably get home before her dad realized she was missing and she got into trouble, as always. Ever since her birthday, the amount of trouble she managed to get into had somehow increased exponentially, and it was a lot harder to be a superhero when she was grounded.

She turned back towards the sun to leave…

That missed call just came straight back to mind. What if it had been for something serious? It wasn’t even that she had missed the call, she could easily have answered it. She’d just straight-up turned her phone onto silent and pretended she hadn’t even heard it. Having to have a Meaningful Conversation with a distraught person was one of her least favourite things, thank you very much. So she had just avoided it without even thinking it through.

Oh, why was being a responsible superhero such effort sometimes?

Her conscience got the better of her. (That was probably a good thing really.) Instead of heading back home, she headed towards the Agreste mansion.

She hadn’t been here that often before. There was the whole “defeat Hawk Moth” thing the other day, the time during Christmas when everyone had been invited over, the occasional akuma attack here, such as the Bubbler or Simon Says, and a few times in-between as a civilian for boring stuffy rich people events. It would be weird to visit and know that Gabriel Agreste, aka the world’s most annoying supervillain, was residing in prison rather than in this fortress of a building.

Adrien’s room was one of the windows on the side, she knew that much. Those big evil ones that looked like bars, that made it seem like the poor boy was locked in. Wow, not only was Gabriel a sucky person, he was pretty obviously a sucky father too. Imagine waking up to something as bleak as that every morning.

She used her stretchy prehensile tail to wrap around the railings above the window, then hung upside-down in front of it, tapping on the glass. It was only after seeing Adrien’s expression of shock that she realized that dropping in unannounced, quite literally, was possibly not a great idea. He had been sitting on his sofa and presumably playing video games, but now leapt back in surprise when he saw her, practically falling onto the floor. Whoops.

In any case, once he was over his initial shock, he rather shakily opened the window to let her in. “Queen Cobra? What are you doing here?”

She jumped in through the open window. Standing in front of him as Queen Cobra rather than Alix was nice, since her super skates gave her a bit of added height and she didn’t feel quite so tiny for once. Still pretty short, though.

Noticing that she had been about to put on her normal aloof Queen Cobra voice, she stopped when she remembered that he knew her secret identity. It didn’t matter. She could just be herself.

“Just thought I’d drop by to say hello,” she said.

“Oh, okay… hello.”

Yeah, that had been a lame thing of her to say, and also untrue.

“And also to apologize for leaving so fast the other day,” she carried on. “You probably could have done with a bit more reassurance than a cup of tea.”

He smiled weakly. “Please don’t worry about that, it’s alright, I know that must have been a stressful day for you too. Master Fu was very kind. I made friends with him.”

“Oh, good.”

Now what? She really should have thought about this before she got here. Being polite was boring, small talk was boring, and she didn’t know Adrien well enough for it to be okay for her to make morbid jokes about how he totally had the most emo backstory ever now.

Hmm… maybe attempting to be a comforting friend would be a start. Adrien had always been that kind of person to all his classmates, and he definitely needed someone like that right now, she knew how important it was, remembering how much Jalil’s hugs and kind words meant to her after her birthday when she had–

Nope. No thinking about her birthday right now.

“How are things going?” she asked. That seemed to open the floodgates.

“It’s been stressful,” he admitted, looking down at the ground, rubbing his arm nervously. “My father’s business sort of belongs to me now, I guess. Nathalie’s been doing all she can but she’s very overworked, understandably, so I really should be pulling my weight too.”

“Seriously? A 15 year old, running a company?!”

As usual, she wanted to smack herself with her own tail for speaking without thinking. Why had she decided to do this again? Adrien needed a Rose, or a Marinette, or a Nino, not an Alix.

“Not exactly running it,” Adrien said. “Nathalie’s been doing the business side of things. But considering my father’s… current reputation… the company’s sales have dropped a lot. Too much. I’ve had to double the amount of photoshoots, promotion events to attend, everything like that, just so we can keep the company running…”

He sounded like he was going to start crying again, thinking about his father. Time for the escape plan.

“You’ve talked to Nino about all this, right?” she asked. To her surprise, Adrien shook his head.

“The wi-fi and international messaging costs are so expensive for him now that he’s out of Europe for the next several weeks. He has been trying to call a lot after he heard the news, asking if I’m okay, but I don’t want him having to pay so much just to talk to me when he should be having a relaxing holiday!”

Really? So someone really had been trying to keep Adrien Agreste sane, and he ignored it??? This boy needed more help than she realized.

“You need a break,” she said firmly. “A lot’s happened to you recently and you can’t be expected to just get thrown back into model stuff and high society events while you’re still like, I dunno, grieving. And for god’s sake, talk to Nino! He’s probably super worried about you!”

“I know, I know, but he can’t exactly fly back, and international calls and texts really are expensive! And I can’t just let my father’s brand – my brand, I mean – fall apart! People don’t want to support a supervillain, so I’ve got to show them that it’s not him running it now. It’s m-me.”

Talking about his father really did seem to be making him very upset, with his fists clenched again, and tears already starting to run down his face. Maybe this wasn’t such a good idea. But he wasn’t stopping now.

“And I wish my father had taught me how to do all of this before, so I would know. But no, he didn’t. And maybe I should go visit him in jail, they said I can if I want, but… I’m not sure if… if I want to see him… Oh man, does that make a bad son?”

“What? No!” No one in their mind would call Adrien-freaking-Agreste a bad son. “Your dad’s a total dick, he doesn’t deserve you.”

He started crying now. Right. Insulting his dad had probably been a bad idea.

“Sorry,” she muttered.

“No, you’re right…” He wiped a few tears away from his eyes, his fists still clenched. “He’s a bad person, he hurt a lot of people. Everything’s so unfair! And now it’s all on me to sort it out!”

Dealing with crying people was never any fun. If this had been school, she would have just run off to look for Rose or someone to go be a Good Motherly Friend and calm Adrien’s tears. But she couldn’t do that here. Drat… she was going to have to be the Motherly Friend herself now, wasn’t she? Was that even what he wanted? What did crying people want?

Well, as much as she never wanted to think about that cursed day ever again, she had certainly been crying on her birthday due to… that thing that happened. And Jalil had been there for her. What had he done again? It was hard to remember now. He had hugged her until she stopped crying, then told her a few bad jokes to cheer her up, and then put on a movie to distract her, and made her some food…

Okay. How much of that could she do? Adrien probably had tons of movies and no shortage of food, but he could do that himself later. He was too busy crying for the bad jokes stage yet. So did that mean she had to hug him? No way. Queen Cobra did not DO hugs. Neither did Alix Kubdel, for that matter, with the sole exception of her brother.

Oh, why did Nino have to be on holiday? Things would have been so much easier with him here! And didn’t Adrien have other people he could rely on? Marinette, Alya, Rose, Juleka, Kim, anyone?

But then again, none of them had been there at the moment when he found out that his father was Hawk Moth. None of them knew how much it was truly, deeply hurting him. And he couldn’t talk to any of them about the dramatic new secret he had discovered – the identity of one of Paris’s superheroes. Perhaps he was keeping it all to himself because he didn’t want to let anything slip. Perhaps he wasn’t sure if any of them would understand if he couldn’t confide everything to them.

So, it was up to Alix then? Great.

Feeling like a totally clueless moron, she stretched out her tail and wrapped it around his shoulders. There, that counted as a hug, right?

Well, it certainly felt like one. Not many people knew that she could indeed feel sensations in her tail when she was transformed, like an extra limb. How else was she supposed to grab people with it and dangle them over the edges of buildings without accidentally squeezing them to death? (Cobras were not that kind of snake.) She needed the pressure sensitivity. Usually she just used it for superhero stuff.

A hug, though? This felt totally new.

It seemed to be helping, thank goodness, since Adrien was now clinging onto the tail for reassurance, his tears starting to subside. It was a good thing the scales were waterproof, or that might have been kinda gross. Anyway, it looked like she had actually done something right, finally.

“Thank you,” he said eventually, still holding onto the tail for dear life. “Sorry, I’m just… a mess? Everything’s been a lot lately, I’m tired, and scared, and… and…”

“Smad?”

He turned to look at her, frowning.

“Smad,” she repeated. “Sad, and mad, at the same time. Smad.”

For a few seconds more he just stared. Then, very quietly, he started chuckling.

Phew, looked like the bad jokes stage had worked fine too.

“Smad,” he sighed, still smiling, finally letting go of her tail. She quickly retracted it, not used to anyone holding it for so long, or for any length of time at all really. “Yeah, I’m smad.”

“Well yeah, that makes perfect sense considering all the wacky stuff going on in your life. Seriously, it’s like a movie. Speaking of movies, wanna watch one?”

He shook his head. “I don’t really feel like it right now…”

Oh, whoops. Movie and food stage had failed. She knew her success streak had been too long to last. Maybe it was best to get out of here before he started crying again when she made another misstep, which she inevitably would.

“Do you need anything else?” she asked, hoping he wouldn’t.

“No, I think I’ll be alright, thanks for being here… wait, are you leaving already?”

Drat, he was looking afraid or something, like he didn’t want her to go. That was somewhat unusual. Unless she was doing superhero stuff, people tended to want her to leave as quick as possible. She knew perfectly well she was considered annoying. But if he wanted her to stick around for a while, that was weird, and… kind of nice.

“Do you want me to leave?” she asked.

“Oh! Um… well no, but… if you have to go, then…”

Technically she really did have to go. If she didn’t get back soon and her father realized she had been out too long, she was going to be in a heck of a lot of trouble. But was Adrien going to be okay if she left him alone again? It was pretty clear he was not going to call Nino, nor was he going to take a rest. The stubborn, perfect child was going to carry on working himself to death.

“I’ll visit you again soon to check up you, I promise,” she decided, wondering if she would regret it later.

“Really? Thank you!” He was smiling again, a little more happily than before. “You’re so kind.”

Liar. She was not kind in the slightest, and he knew it. Honest, maybe, good at heart, had the best of intentions, all that stuff. But kind? That was going a bit too far. And she very much tried to ignore how proud that fake compliment made her feel on the inside.

“If you need anything then just let me know,” she said.

“I will.”

“Cool. See you later then.”

She finger-gunned at him, the gesture feeling so weird now that she was doing it as Queen Cobra, who never usually did stuff like that. He grinned and did it back. Good – if he was grinning then he was unlikely to start crying again, and it was safe to leave. She jumped back out of the open window and leapt away.

She had almost reached home before she heard someone calling out to her.

“Queen Cobra! There you are!”

Oh, that was the most reassuring voice possible to hear when on the rooftops of Paris all alone. She turned around to see Ladybug and Rena Rouge running towards her, huge smiles on their faces. They didn’t know her secret identity, of course, so it was time to be Queen Cobra again. Snarky, sassy Alix would have to wait.

“Hi,” she said. “Good to see you again.”

“You too!” Ladybug replied, coming to a stop in front of her, Rena doing the same shortly after. “We’ve been looking for you. First of all, well done on the other day! We could never have defeated Hawk Moth without your help, you did such an amazing job!”

They were both looking at her with such genuine support on their faces. Trust them to always be so kind all the time, the sort of person a superhero should be. Couldn’t Adrien have discovered one of their identities instead? They would have a much easier time being his freaking therapist!

“Thank you,” she said. “You too.”

“Aww, well, we’re a team, right?”

Barely…

“We had questions actually,” Rena said, in that usual matter-of-fact tone. “Ladybug and I have always specialized in fighting akumas. You, on the other hand, are all about being the coolest masked vigilante ever and cleaning up the streets of Paris, stopping dangerous criminals from hurting the innocents! Now that there are no akumas, would it be okay if we started doing that too?”

“Only if that’s alright!” Ladybug added quickly. “We don’t want to infringe on your job or anything!”

“We just want to help.”

“I know you like working alone, so we won’t bother you or anything, we just wanted to know–”

“–how do you track down ordinary criminals? Unlike akuma villains, they don’t make themselves known–”

“–and do you just take them to the police or what?”

Finishing each other’s sentences, as usual. Oh, classic Ladybug and Rena. She hadn’t realized until now how worried she had been about the possibility of never seeing them again. As distant as she kept herself, she really did like their company. It was nice to know that they always had her back.

“Of course you can start doing that, you don’t have to ask me,” she said. “Isn’t that what superheroes are supposed to do anyway?”

“Oh, right!” Ladybug nodded. “Of course. Thanks.”

“No problem. As for how you find criminals, just keep an eye out. Especially after dark. And check the Snakeboards on the Ladyblog, people often post things there.”

“What do we do with criminals we catch?” Rena asked.

“Take them to the police, like you said. With evidence if you can.”

“Ah right, thank you, that makes sense.”

Did they really have no clue how to do all this? Akumas had always been a big deal, but she had assumed they got on with this stuff too in their spare time. Apparently not, by the sounds of it.

“We’ll try our best,” Ladybug said, pumping a fist in the air.

Why did that nervous smile on her face look familiar? Oh yes, it was similar to when they had fought Stone Heart, the very first akuma all that time ago. Ladybug had been worried, sure that she would fail, not knowing what to do. Then Rena had gone over and put her hands on her shoulders, looked in her eyes, and told her to believe in herself. That they would do this together. That was the moment Ladybug had begun to become more like her usual confident self, and the moment that Queen Cobra knew she was doomed to forever be a third wheel.

So Ladybug was nervous now? Well, this was a fresh start for her. Fighting akumas was what she was used to doing, what her whole hero image was based on. It made sense that she was worried.

“You’ll be great at it,” Queen Cobra said, trying to sound as encouraging as she could without breaking into Alix-levels of enthusiasm. “Paris still needs you. Your jobs aren’t over yet.”

That seemed to help somewhat. It was much easier to motivate a nervous superhero to do her job than to stop a terrified, broken kid from having a breakdown, that was for sure.

“Absolutely right,” Rena said, tapping Ladybug on the head with her flute. “What do you say, milady? Time to clean up the city?”

Ladybug nodded, her face back to the determined expression that she was known for. “Definitely. Let’s get started right now!”

“You coming, QC?”

Queen Cobra shook her head, aware of the sun dipping below the horizon. “I have to go. But good luck.”

“Thanks. I hope we’ll still see you around.”

“Oh, and did you get the Butterfly Miraculous back to the Great Guardian?” Ladybug asked.

“Yep,” she replied.

“Good work! Do you think you could introduce us to him someday?”

“If he wants me to.”

“Fair enough. Anyway, see you around!”

Ladybug flashed her one last smile, before yoyo-ing away into the sunset, with Rena following. Those two really did make a great team. It seemed like two was a good number of superheroes to have together if things didn’t want to devolve into “leader and sidekicks”. Ladybug and Rena were partners, equals, teammates, friends, and Queen Cobra was… an acquaintance, maybe.

Just like she was as a civilian. Her classmates were easy to split up into friendship pairs. Unlike the very distant Nathaniel she wasn’t lonely as such, but she certainly didn’t have a “teammate”. It was fine, really, it was. She wasn’t jealous or anything. Of course not. That would be stupid. Really stupid.

Never mind. Time to get back home before she got into trouble.

Except, of course, she did get into trouble.

“You said you’d be back 20 minutes ago!” her father sighed, looking down at her, disappointment written all over his face. He was always like that these days – did he not realize it hurt?

“Sorry,” she muttered.

“What were you even doing?!”

Being a superhero, duh. But saying that wouldn’t end well. The worst part was, she couldn’t even think of any excuses that wouldn’t land her in even more trouble. Going to the bakery? No, it would be closed by now, he knew that. Hanging out with a friend? Then he’d ask which friend, and knowing him, would literally call up their parents and ask. Another challenge with Kim? She couldn’t keep using him as an excuse, and anyway, that would make her father even more mad!

“If you’re not going to answer me, I suppose I’ll have to waive your rights to stay at home during the upcoming art promotion event.”

The upcoming…?

“What? No!”

“I have made up my mind. You’ll have to come along.”

“Dad, please, no,” she said, trying to sound like a good, adorable child who no one would ever refuse. It was not easy. “You promised I didn’t have to go to that.”

“And you promised you would be home on time, but here we are.”

“Oh come on! You know I hate those event thingies! They’re so boring! And the people are so mean, and I have to wear a…” She couldn’t even bring herself to say the word dress.

“They are necessary, and you really need to learn to attend more of them.”

“No I don’t! I don’t wanna be a museum person or some CEO or something when I grow up anyway, I don’t need to go to these things, they’re just a waste of time–”

“And maybe they’ll teach you some manners,” her father said firmly. “You’re not a little kid anymore, Alix. You’re 15 years old. It’s about time you started acting like it.”

Ohhh, did he always have to say that whenever she was being “bratty”? Wow, it was almost like 15 year olds had their own choices and opinions or something!

She was about to stomp her foot and say so when she realized something.

“Did you say… art promotion event?” she asked.

“Yes, I did.”

“Is it a big thing?”

“Yes.”

“So then… was Gabriel Agreste going to be there before he got chucked into jail like he deserves?”

“I believe so.”

“Sooooo, does that mean Adrien will be there instead?”

“I don’t know, why all these questions?”

Adrien would be there. That was bad for him, poor thing, but at least maybe this way it wouldn’t be quite as awful. And if she was going too, at least he could be reassured that there was someone there who did actually feel sorry for him. A secret superhero to protect him.

But if it was a big event then it was possible that she wouldn’t even bump into him while there. That had happened once before, when she and Chloé hadn’t even realized that they had been at the same gala until Chloé was bragging about it afterwards, since they simply hadn’t seen each other.

In that case there was only one thing for it.

“Adrien is my friend and needs support,” she said. “He can come over here before the event and we can take him there with us. I don’t want him there all alone. Is that okay?”

Friend was a bit of a strong word for Adrien, they were mostly just classmates who knew each other and got along alright, but then again he did now know a bigger secret about her than anyone else did. And calling him a friend might just persuade her father to let her do this. He had always thought of Adrien as much better than her – why can’t you be more like Adrien? So polite and helpful all the time? He’s so responsible! You should try to be like that!

Yeah, it was pretty clear her father wished he’d had Adrien as a child, rather than either Jalil or Alix. Especially after what had happened on her birthday. Adrien would never have done what she did that day…

She looked up at her father, trying her very best not to look as angry as she was feeling. Temper management had never been one of her strong points.

“Oh, alright,” he said finally, sighing. “Maybe he can keep you under control better than I can.”

Hah, there was no way. Adrien was easily the kind of person who would let her do whatever she wanted, whether that was sock-sliding down empty corridors or spending all evening at the drinks table and refusing to talk to any of the other people there.

“Thank you so much!” she said, before running off upstairs to her room. She pulled out her phone and called up Adrien immediately.

“Alix?”

“I know I literally just spoke to you like twenty minutes ago,” she said quickly, “but I’m being forced to go to that art promotion thing on Tuesday evening, are you going to that?”

“The one at the museum? Yes, unfortunately I have to…”

“Well you’re not going alone and neither am I. Annoyed rebel kids team up. You can come over to my house beforehand and then go with us, okay? Then I won’t have to spend all evening looking for you while I’m there.”

“Really? You’d let me do that?” The happiness was easily perceivable in his voice. He sounded like a little kitten, honestly. It was kind of adorable.

“Definitely. I hate these events as much as you do.”

“Oh, thank you Alix! It’ll be nice to have a friend there.”

Hrmmm, friend…

“Do you know if Chloé will be there?” she asked quickly. Maybe if she was then she could be Adrien’s emotional support for once. Those two were friends, right? Sort of? Sometimes?

“I doubt it, this isn’t really the kind of event the mayor would be attending, so neither would Chloé.”

Dang it. “Aw, well, never mind. I’ll see you soon anyway.”

“Yes, see you soon, and thank you once again!”

“No problem. And talk to Nino!” she added hastily, before hanging up. Perhaps if he got to talk to someone else about his ridiculously tragic life before the event then she wouldn’t have to worry so much about him suddenly bursting into tears on her at any possible moment.

He had called her a friend, too. Okay, fine. A lot of people did. Marinette, Alya, Juleka, Rose, Ivan, Mylène, even Kim and Max occasionally…

Was he just being nice, as usual? Or did he mean it?

Eh, no point getting her hopes up. No one ever really meant it.

Scoot floated out of her pocket lazily. “Finally, you’re doing something right.”

She poked him. “I’m always right, string bean.”

“No, you’re always wrong. But I’m glad you’re going to help the Agreste boy. I’ve clearly been such a good influence on you.”

“Oh, be quiet. I’m gonna go talk to Jalil.”

“Fine, escape my wrath while you can!”

Scoot was so darn annoying all the time, always so unhelpful and unsupportive. But hearing him tell her for once that she was doing the right thing, well, it made her feel better than she wanted to admit. He was a kwami who had been alive for thousands of years. If he thought she was doing okay this time, then maybe she really was.

#i had already finished most of this yesterday actually #miraculous ladybug #alix kubdel #adrien agreste #ladybug #rena rouge #random stuff #queen cobra #aish writes #writing gen fic is so refreshing tbh

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pateldevs · 3 years

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Hello! I am a little new to your tumblr and love all the stuff you post particularly the wolfstar. I'm a pretty-solid-sorta-background-reader-but-sometimes-talker in the hp ao3 fanfic crew and have read a LOT of dramione and a variety of rare pairs BUT I have been wanting to read wolfstar for like a year and have just never gotten around to finding my jumping off point in that. Do you have an recs? Thanks in advance <3

hey!! first of all welcome and thank you so much for your kind words! (i’m also super honored that you’re looking for my opinion on wolfstar fics!!) tbh i tend to read like the same 5 fics over and over ~for comfort~ but here are some of my faves, putting them below the cut bc i did also include my thoughts and opinions:

if you like marauders-gen fic...

the lost generation — this is it folks. this is the holy grail of fics for me. it’s well-written, it expands way beyond canon, it has lots of regulus content, it develops all the marauders era characters so perfectly. mostly set during marauders era at hogwarts, canon-compliant, with lots of jily as well. it’s super long (it was started in 2013!!) and is still in progress so there is plenty to get through although i did fully get totally up to date (then 130 chapters) in like 2 days when i read it lol. really i can’t recommend this fic enough, i’ve read it like 6 or 7 times in its entirety and it gets me every time.

it never goes out — completed and canon-compliant, another amazing marauders-gen fic set during hogwarts years. if you like reading cultural backstory (e.g. remus being welsh and seeing him interacting with his home & culture during the holidays) then would highly highly recommend since this has a lot of personality & character beyond just “boarding school” kind of vibes. lots of jily, lots of dorlene, much more contemporary in language compared to TLG above (like imo you can tell it’s american influenced but i don’t mind at all), and very in-tune with the 70s time period. cw for themes of abuse, addiction, and self-harm but relevant chapters are always marked. again i’ve reread this like 3 or 4 times and it was also one of the first wolfstar fics i ever read so <3 the author is also super nice!!

holy things — pretty young fic (as in they haven’t gotten together yet) but again it’s canon-compliant, set during the marauders’ years at hogwarts. if you like thoroughly developed metas and hcs about the harry potter universe this is for you! cw for themes of abuse and violence but relevant chapters are marked. background jily and dorlene and bonus content with cho chang’s parents lol.

sanctuary — ok i always leave and come back to this fic because it’s quite slow-moving and the author is VERY specific about everything. whenever i come back to it i’m just floored by the level of detail. slight au where remus thinks his lycanthropy can be passed through touch but still very much canon-compliant.

brave faces, everyone — THIS IS THE SEQUEL TO IT NEVER GOES OUT and it is fantastic, again same exact vibes as its prequel in terms of historical context/late 70s vibes and a lot of cultural backstory to everyone. LOTS of domestic wolfstar and jily, plenty of background dorlene. again, canon-compliant. cw for themes of addiction, but again the author is super sweet and always marks all the chapters concerned

if you like aus...

the last great american dynasty — ok i don’t read wolfstar aus much BUT i love this one because it’s politics and i love that vibe. also it’s set in the states. slightly young adult (post college), kind of rwrb vibes if you like that! still very young but chapters are super substantial <3

if you want some angst...

the last farewell — ok this is the king of angst fics, it’s set before book 7 where remus tries to grapple with his guilt over marrying tonks so if you like stuff that respects canon/fits with the canon universe/timeline and you don’t mind remadora but still want wolfstar, this is for you. cw for grief obvs

several ways to apologize — a post-whomping willow prank fic, personally i like this one a lot because it’s a refreshing change from the usual “remus is angry everyone is picking sides” kind of fic

it’s alright — this is more hurt/comfort than angst but if you love nightmare hurt/comfort fics this is for you!! i regularly return to this one because i like to ✨project✨ but it’s just such a lovely wholesome fic with a happy ending :’)

to perish by the power of fire — very long one-shot set during hogwarts years with a particular emphasis on remus’ pov and his relationship with his lycanthropy and sirius, plenty of angst but with a happy ending

if you like dadfoot and domestic wolfstar fics (where sirius and remus raise harry)...

hold on to this lullaby — canon-compliant, where sirius manages to get to godric’s hollow and the order shows up right after voldemort finds james and lily :( fast-paced writing but it’s sirius & remus raising harry!! which is super sweet and cute all the time :)

a store of happiness — ok this is another one of my comfort fics, canon-divergent/fix-it starting at the end of book 3 where sirius is exonerated and he and remus take care of harry :) i come back to it probably once a week, it’s so cute <3

#i hope this is good enough to get you started!!#again i'm super honored and flattered that you're asking for my opinion lol #and i hope u enjoy these fics as much as i have!!#i come back to them all the time there's something so sweet and comforting about them #but also like the lost generation. GOD that is the KING of all fics for me #anyway pls feel free to ask/talk/anything else!!#answered #inwildernessandsea

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i always want fic recs yes tell me more

ahh sorry that this is a few days late I’ve been trying to find the time and brain power to sort out a coherent rec list!

national hot dad alliance is now calling...

the very first Haikyuu!! fanfic I ever read that actually got me into the series! I read this before every watching the anime or reading the manga and I distinctly remember having to google characters appearances constantly jdsjlaakl.

despite not having any clue who any of these characters were I still really enjoyed it and rereading it only made it better. this is one of those fics that you just can’t help but reread over and over again tbh

I’d definitely recommend it to anyone who really enjoys captain shenanigans!! it also has good queerplatonic relationship rep which I can always get behind

THE WIENER SOLDIERS

yes it’s another chatfic I’m sorry,,, this is another fic that I reread a lot whenever I’m in the mood for some shenanigans.

this one def plays itself less seriously than national hot dad alliance but still has it’s moments where it pulls back from some of it’s more crack-like attributes

I’d reccomend to anyone who likes more chaotic fanfics that can still get serious or just people that think the second gen captains are neat. there’s two poly relationships in it which I, a polyamorous person, always appreciate!

Sky Full of Stars

y’all don’t even get me started on how much I love this fic!! the characterization for Natsu is always very consistent and I find her very cute! this goes for all the OCs in this fic tbh because I love all of them

I’m p sure you’re all aware of how much I adore Tsutomu and the other STZ boys and they’re all written so well in this fic. very rarely do I ever find them to be OOC wish is really nice since plenty of people mischaracterize them in fics

I’d heavily recommend this to anyone who loves the STZ boys as much as I do and who likes seeing cute OCs in fics!! as of rn there’s no ships and it’s just a gen fic but there are implied crushes

Who We Are

this fic!! this fic holy shit!!! this fic has inspired so many of my own trans headcanons!!!! it’s incredibly wholesome at times yet isn’t scared to show the downsides of being a transitioning teen

if you’re going to read it then I do have to warn you that some characters can be OOC however it’s normally very minor or as a result of personal development. Tsutomu’s also a major supporting character which I love to see always and has very cute relationships with the other characters. other major(ish) supporting characters are Yaku and Kyoutani with plenty of cameos

this is a fic that I’d recommend to people who like or create content with copious amounts of trans headcanons because that’s what this fic’s entire basis is. it’s got a fairly large variety in gender and sexuality headcanons and portrays them very respectfully

Ace

crossover fics done well are always so much fun to read and I think this fic def falls into that category! I’ve seen a few fics with Lev and Alisa being related to Victor from yoi but this is probs my fave

I’ve never seen yoi so I can’t say much about the characterization of those characters but I really like how the Haiba siblings and Nekoma are written! I find them to be very in character and enjoyable to read

I’d recommend this fic to Haiba and Nekoma stans since they’re the main focus of this fic but I do need to put a disclaimer that it’s an unfinished fic

Oikawa's grand plan to get free food from his rivals.

Shirabu's crazy scheme to get revenge on Oikawa

I don’t know what more to say about these two then just 14,000 words of setter squad antics! all the setters are a p good mix of their fanon and canon selves and I genuinely find both fics funny

I’d recommend this fic to those who also appreciate the setters and like the Pretty Setters SquadTM

6/10

a fic that’s so good at describing social anxiety that it activated my social anxiety djslksl. I’ve personally always thought of Kageyama as someone who has anxiety and seeing it written out like this only makes me more set in that idea

people who also see Kageyama as having social anxiety will probably like this fic but if you’re sensitive to depictions of anxiety then this fic likely isn’t for you. it made me uncomfortable a few times because I couldn’t help but empathise with Kageyama

The Lucky Ones

just a oneshot about STZ magical boys because I personally really like magical girl animes and just thought this fic in particular was cute

If I Had You

a really good kyouhaba fic that mainly deals with Kyoutani coming to terms with his sexuality and his attraction to Yahaba. I don’t always like how people portray Kyoutani but I feel like this fic does a very good job with his character!

there’s repeated cameos from other aobajousai members and Tanaka, Yamamoto, and Misaki are all pretty important characters in this fic. this fic also addresses how different people handle coming out to both friends and family

this is a fic I’d recommend to people with exquisite taste who ship kyouhaba and who just want the best for both of them!

Mistakes and Misunderstandings

I really like this fic and how it deals with the relationship between Semi and Shirabu and their own differences in personality! it also touches on how them having a strained relationship affects their teammates and how the other members try to help them work it out

I like this fic especially because it shows how their own inner thoughts differ so greatly and presents a realistic way for them to learn to communicate with each other. it doesn’t just try to play the tsundere card and instead gives both characters good characterization and reasoning as to why they find it hard to just say what they mean

I’d recommend this fic to other STZ stans or to people who enjoy well written gen fics!!

Summer Leaves

a seijoh!Hinata and stz!Kageyama fic because it wouldn’t be a fic rec list if I didn’t include a Kageyama AU

I haven’t reread the Hinata POV chapters since the first time I read the fic but I’ve read the Kageyama chapters over a few times and really enjoy the characterization of both Kageyama and the other STZ members. the way Oikawa is written in this fic feels fairly truthful to canon and none of the other aobajousai members are very OOC. out of the STZ members Semi in particular is written in a way I rarely see for him which is always refreshing

this fic is one I’d recommend to people who like teamswap AUs especially since it’s so well written!

as bright as a blackhole; and twice as dense

almost 30,000 words of Kageyama being dense and awkward in social situations while Tsukishima watches on in pain

plenty of cameos from other characters and doting on Kageyama

if you like crack fic that’s taken a bit too seriously then this is for you

rainwater

Five Times Kawanishi Wanted to Hold Shirabu's Hand, and One Time He Did

Statistics and Star Princes

harbour lights

Window Vine

just a bunch of STZ ship fics that I also adore but am too tired to also talk about in any detail because writing this rec list took more time than I thought and I’m exhausted

#asks #babbling #fic rec #haikyuu!!

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waywardfacegarden · 4 years

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I just saw that you're back into writing after a months-long break! I'm SO HAPPY for you! 🎉 And ironically enough I came here to ask you a writing-related question ^_^ What are your thoughts/opinions on major character OCs in fanfics? Like, dislike, meh? What about Character x Reader fics? I'm curious to know 😁

LOVELY!!💖💖💖 Yes, I’m finally back on track!!! I’m actually pretty inspired right now, but I think I’m taking a bit of a break and take it slowly since here because my last fic was so long and writing 25k in two days and spending 5 days editing it was really exhausting. Plus college?? Gah. But I’m so happy words are finally working for me!!!! Writer’s block is absolutely terrible and it strikes me ALL THE TIME, but it never felt this frustrating for me before. Mainly because this time I HAD the ideas. It’s not like I didn’t know what I wanted to write, is just that I couldn’t. Every time I sat down in front of my laptop I kept... I don’t know, I just couldn’t bring myself to write even one line. i wrote down something like “The sky was mainly grey, a couple of clouds gathering around and hiding the welcoming goldish sunlight of dawn.” and I kept staring at it for 30 minutes and going “nope. I hate it.” and closed the document and gave up for the day. I don’t know why, but I just couldn’t bring myself to write. I felt like words weren’t working as I wanted, if that makes sense. But I really enjoyed doing this last fic, it all flowed down pretty nicely, so I’m really happy!!! And it’s just pretty sweet of you to being so happy for me, too???? Aaaaah, my heart🥺🥺🥺😭😭

About your questions!!! Because you know I always sidetrack and talk too much ajsdajdasdl. I actually haven’t read that many fics with major character OCs in them, and it’s not something I personally actively look out for? However, the few ones I’ve read (from different fandoms), where OCs play major roles in the fic are in my main favorite fics of all the time. For example, I remember one of the top of my head that was from Gravity Falls (LOL), and it was like 21 chapters. It was mainly about the twins getting back to their town and every chapter was about one different classmate (all OCs) describing how weird they were, haha. It’s one of my fave, fave, fave fics, and I keep getting back to it a lot, even after like, six years of the first time I read it. So while it’s not something I mainly look out for, I think is pretty interesting. People tend to develop their OCs really good, and it’s a refreshing perspective to see characters from POVs you don’t know nothing about? It gives you a whole new light, given that even if you’re reading something through the eyes of another character (that’s not on the main couple, for example), you kind of... already know a bit about the way they see them? But it’s different when it’s a whole new character -- I don’t know if I’m making sense asdkjald. So, conclusion: I think they’re interesting, I haven’t read that many but I really liked the ones I have read, and I love getting to know new freshly characters and the way they develop into the story with characters we already know.

Character x Reader fics are, again, not something I actually look out for. Maybe because I’m more into shipping LOL than the actual idea of me getting with one character? AJSDLAJD. Like I can LOVE with all my heart a character. Love them totally. I have like (5) crushes in anime characters [more tbh LMAO but I’m talking about like. The strong ones] that I swear to god are so insanely big that is ridiculous LMAO, and if they existed, I swear I would be head-over-heels LMAO. (You have Rin, for example, that I swear -- if he existed irl and I was his friend OHHHH BOY I would be a mess around him LMFAO. Clumsily in love with him from afar, oh the tragedy :’u) -- but I just. I guess I don’t see myself with them in a relationship? It doesn’t appeal to me personally (read a character I love fall in love with me) for some weird reason asdasjdlasdj. But like I said, maybe it’s because I’m completely enamoured of my ships and the dynamics they have -- whether in a platonic or romantic setting -- so I absolutely LOVE reading them in like 8000 different scenarios interacting HAHA. I had read like (3) character x reader fics in my whole life, though, and I absolutely loved them, haha. So, idk, I think is a matter of what you prefer?? I personally prefer reading things of my ships or gen of my fave characters, but if character x reader fics are your cup of tea or your preference for whatever reason than that’s totally okay!!! You shouldn’t be ashamed for loving the things you love, never, and I’m not trying to shame those who love this kind of fics. You do you, my friend, and you’re absolutely valid💕💕💕💕💕

#asks #sorry for answering this just now babe #i had it like. staring at me and even if i knew the answer i was so busy to reply coherently hahaha #thank you so much for your sweet words!!!!!!!!#and for asking me things!!!!! i love getting asks from you. my boost of serotonin YES #like it's so sweet??? how you keep getting curious about things ajdkadj so endearing #I FORGOT BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THEM????? I WANT TO KNOW TOO #LOVE YOU SO MUCH. hope you're doing okay and having a wonderful weekend!!!!!!!!#take care and stay safe #*sending all my positive vibes to you*#love yaaaaa <333333

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impossible-rat-babies · 5 years

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11 Question meme!

rules: answer 11 questions, write 11 questions, tag 11 people. I got tagged by @bitchesofostwick! thank you!

I’m going to tag: @veridium-bye, @dickeybbqpit, @ryanglitter, @merilsell, @mocha-writes, @emjs-good-out-here, @biserker-kadan, @dragonie, @wicked-eyes-and-wicked-hearts, @allisondraste, and @pillarsofeternity!

1. Which fictional character do you relate to most?

I relate to a lot of different character across the board in all different sorts of media. But, if I had to pick one, I’d go with Dorian. He is very important to me with his attitude and his fears. He was really the first gay character I wholly enjoyed without giving into that fear of judgment for enjoying him/being like him.

2. What’s the best concert you’ve ever been to?

I don’t go to concerts, mainly because of sensory processing disorder + anxiety. They aren’t enjoyable to me. I had a friend who recently went to a muse concert and bawled the whole way through it and head banged so much they had a sore neck. But they had fun and that’s what was hella bout it.

3. First ever game console?

Gamecube! We bought a special pokemon version of it and we loved it.

4. Go-to cafe order?

At starbucks, It’s a venti strawberry açaí refresher. At Dunkin, it’s a med iced coffee w two sugar, cream and hazelnut shots. At a local place in town, I just get a drip coffee with cream and sugar. It’s good enough to drink without many frills.

5. What is one dream you have for the near future?

I would like to be able to make it through my next semester of classes successfully and graduate in the fall. We wanna move the next spring too and hopefully I can get a job.

6. Top three fic tropes?

Slowburn, enemies to lovers, and ‘we’re stuck in a closet together and oh our faces are really close’

7. Favorite animal?

Barn owl! I love owls in general, but those funky little guys are my fave.

8. Favorite OC?

MMM that's like asking a favorite child, tbh. I love all of my own kiddos + everyone else’s kiddos. If I had to pick one that is getting more attention from me lately, it would be a split between Aoife and Dimitri since I'm playing poe deadfire again + big stuff in happening with dimitri in the campaign.

9. Favorite pizza topping(s)?

I love veggies. Veggie pizza is my fave.

10. Favorite pokemon?

Swampert! I’m a gen three kiddo all the way.

11. Best memory of last year?

We went to California last year, my partner and I, to visit some friends. We went to disney which was a lot of fun and got to spend my birthday there! We had a very nice dinner and the company of friends is always wonderful, so that is probably my best memory of last year. I can also say I have been to three of the disney parks! California, Paris and Florida :)

Questions below the cut!

1. Fave fic you’ve written and/or fave fic you’ve read!

2. Favorite smell?

3. Top three favorite foods!

4. How many oc’s do you have?

5. What is your favorite outfit?

6. Favorite obscure video game?

7. Favorite dnd class!

8. Do you like hats or not?

9. How many blankets are on your bed currently?

10. Favorite time of the day

11. Favorite oc!

#tag meme #owen talks #ooooo thank you these were fun!#wooo go for it y'all

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isabelslightwoodsss · 6 years

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I recently noticed that I got my first hundred of followers, which is honestly dope and surprising as hell too. I never expected to even have more than two to be honest and even less to have met all these wonderful people. Because I don't have the time or the talents to do something, I decided to do a kind of follow forever post where I'll talk about my favorite people on this Tumblr. (Let's just hope that Tumblr don't mess with the tags)

PEOPLE THAT I LOVE

@quaking084: I cannot talk about my friendship on Tumblr without mentioning you or Zoe tbh. I don't remember how we interacted for the first time, but I'm forever grateful it happened. You're one of the sweetest and kindest bean I have ever met who's always here to listen to my rambles about my life or my ex or crying over my shows. You're so supportive and amazing and I definitely don't deserve you but I'm so glad that you're in my life. You're honestly my favorite people, one of my most beautiful encounter on this site. Laura, I love you so much and I'm forever grateful to have the chance to be your friend. You're smart, and funny, and hella talented and you're definitely an MVP here. I know I can count on you, even when I'm at my worst and I just feel so lucky. Anyway, I love you babe and I swear that I'll visit you and your country one day too. (but I also Lowkey hate you because I know that you will break my heart with angst into). I just love that we get along so fine.

@beacon-hills-chance-harbor: Zoe, I cannot not talk about you when mentioning people that I love. You're such a babe that I'm happy to call friends and who deserves the entire damn world. Your kind and wonderful and warm and you always know how to make me feel good. Since I met you, you never been anything but supporting, when I talked about my writing, when I was shittier than I ever been, you have always been there and supported me. I never met someone this sweet and sensational cause Zoe is my favorite Irish girl. I just love you so much and I could ramble for hours about how lovely you are, how talented you are (CAUSE YES YOU ARE TALENTED AS FUCK BABE), how much I love everything you do. You're a truly a queen of angst who breaks my hearts (leave Caoihme and Liam happy pills) but I would still love more and ready to fight for tho.

@rhaenystargaryen411: Ariella aka one of the sweetest and lovely person I met. You're always so thoughtful of people, always nice and kind to anyone and lifting people up. You're literally an angel ready to listen to anyone about anything. I love all our crossovers forever, you know that, but I also love your talents. You amaze me every time either with your writing or your edit, you put everything you have in it and it's just making the result even more amazing. I'm glad to call you friends cause you're literally everything that I want to be and look up for: smart, kind and gentle. I'm just so glad we talk, that I'm lucky to talk to you. Honestly, you're a cinnamon who's truly underrated for me. I just appreciate you very much, love.

@petrovalvst: Ananya, we haven't talked that long, but it doesn't stop the fact that you're one of my favorite people ever. I love to talk about how Skeet is hot, about how much Bucky Barnes deserved better and that Seb is fine as hell. I love how supportive you are for me. There's not literally a day where you didn't make me smile because of how adorable with me, where you didn't support me. I just love talking to you and I love the person you are. You truly deserve the best.

@chlobenet: Ally, Ally, where do I start?? You're one of the first people I met on this site and I never regretted to start talking to you. In my eyes, you were intimidating cause your stories were amazing and your edit blown my minds, but I just discovered a sweet and kind bean. You're supportive of everyone on Tumblr, you're always ready to talk about ocs, or even people. You're truly a pearl and never doubt about it. Plus, let's be real, I'm just a big fan of your sass and you're relatable as hell and I just love it very much. Like, you're an angel combined with a an infinite amount of sass and wit and I love it very much.

@maddspetsch: Erin or one Tumblr's baby and one of the most adorable and loving people on Tumblr. I remember that we started to talk because you made a whole beautiful manip and then we just keep talking about hours to. You're caring, always supportive and so smart and I just love you cause you're an amazing person?? I know we don't talk that much these days, but I still be a big fan of you and loving you and you're just a neat person who deserves way more recognition. An angel who breaks my heart too with all her angst (like pools, let my babies be happy for once) and I would literally die for any girl of the Girl Pack or Colton Greene or Hailey Rivers. You're talented, and I'm always amazed by your works or your story ideas. You're truly the best kind of girl and you deserve everything that happened to you. I'm super glad you graduated babe, congrats and I'm pretty sure you'll nail it at college!

@itscapokaybye: Helena is an amazing bean who deserves a ton of love cause she's truly MVP. We don't talk very much, but it doesn't change the fact that I love how sweet and nice you are. You're strong as hell and I really look up at you cause your fighter for me, you're a strong gal and I just admire you?? Apart from that, you really gentle and lovely to people and I just love your writing. Your words are always right and powerful and let me tell you that I love Charlie Rogers and I want her to be happy.

@moirei: Rei, I know that I've been pretty shitty when it comes to respond, but it doesn't stop me from liking very very very much. Like, I literally love Carter Merlyn more than everything and she absolutely needs to be protected from you and your angst, truly. I just love how I can talk to you so easily and about everything. Especially when it comes talk about my passion for dctv and raging against how Arrow is fucked up too, I love talking about you, and I very appreciate you.

@abcbarricadeboys: Jess, I'm just a big fan of you. You're really nice and kind to people, you're talented and have an amazing taste. Like, could you be less perfect?? I know we don't talk that much, but everytime you do, I just love it cause you're so easy to talk to. Honestly, you're one of the best people out there and I just wish you luck with everything you do!

PEOPLE I LIKE AND ADMIRE IN A CORNER:

@wild-stdreams: Well, it's isn't really a surprise, but I'm a big fan of you Rosie (and Paroxysm and your friendship with Ally which is #g o a l s.). You really seem sweet and funny and sassy and supportive, a true angel tbh. You're being talented and I just think that you're one of the most talented people actually. So your personality which seems hell goals and your talents make your highkey goals but also amazing?? Anyway, I'm just a fan and I wish I had the nerve to come and talk to you (but I'll probably bore you to death though). Seeing Paroxysm or any of your creations or ocs are always great, it clear my skin and add me ten years in my lifespan so thank you very much for basically existing and being talented as hell.

@sweetpca: Lee, you already know how talented I found you are. You're unapolegictly yourself and that's really refreshing to see someone who's confident in herself and give zero fuck to haters or what people think. You're very talented and you always made bombs characters (Cal is so precious and I love her), you're basically a writing goals. I just think that you're great and deserves so much love cause you're literally a sassy sweet bean with a bomb ass personality.

@fraysquake: Georgie aka the Queen of Angst. You're really adorable and caring person and I admire how much you pursue your dreams, it's really something admirable and I'm pretty sure that you'll have a big career cause you nail nearly everything. I'm also very admirative of your writing and your story. Daughters of Nemeton are truly one of the best stories/series I ever read and I just wanted to thank you for writing this fic. I love Gen and Ari more than anything and I would totally be ready to kill for them. I just think you're a neat and outstanding person and I just love to see all your works/fic on my dash and I just loves to see all your works/fic on my dash, you have no ideas.

@whittymores: Let me tell you that I love EVERYTHING you posts and your ocs are always on the point. I truly look up for you and think that you're a kind and nice sould. I'm pretty that Alex is one of my aos ocs and that she and Lincoln will be the death of me.

@hennigshelleys: You're a very supportive person, very talented and the best part in it is that you seems very sweet, warm and kind. I just love how you lift people up, how you're dedicaced to all your stories and your talents. You're always willing to share and help people and that's very nice to see how you support authors or simply people. I look forward to read all your stories tbh and Sara Riley will always have my heart tbh. You're talented and kind and I just love it !

#one hundred follower celebration #ines rambles

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neo-shitty · 3 years

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toffee!

ah yeah i suppose ur right. yeah i think quarentine has had that sort of effect on a lot of people :( sorry to hear abt ur strict parents, hopefully ur friend will be able to come back soon. small outings (even with family) are still good tho, make sure ur taking care of urself toff.

youre totally right! ah yes thats good advice (/gen) ill try and use that when im in a slump ty. any music suggestions?

lol sames. even some of the stuff abt seungmin, innie etc is a little uncomfortable, like theyre grown ass men for sure, but at the same time, theyre still young, still just over being a teenager in the grand scheme of things. (on that note, i do struggle with worrying that im infantalising them, obviously theyre adults but at the same time, theyre still young. i do treat all fictional characters as my children, but i guess its different when its real people. idk. what do you think?) yeah some stans rlly need to take a chill pill, some are rlly walking the wire between 'ah theyre attractive/that look rlly suits them' and making fucking smut fics abt minors, like... they do not see a problem with that?? yeah tbh i feel like unless theyre 18 they shouldnt be put into the spotlight, weve seen what it does to peoples mental health, but modern day kpop industry is a lot like old hollywood with a lot of popular child actors -_- hopefully the big companies will learn but i agree, its unlikely

suuuuure toff haha. ill go searching for them, but idk if ill be able to find the fluff needle in the angst haystack (jkjk) yeah, fair i groan and complain but you do write angst etc rlly well, so if its what ur comfortable with, then pls continue, it is one of your strong suits, well as you write fluff aside

ah okay good! ill continue to send you essays then

THE ALBUM YES. so ive been looking forward to it for literally months, this is actually my first skz album release as a stay (since the last on was 9 months ago) i was sitting there hitting refresh on my spotify the second 6pm kst came around. (speaking of which, how did you do the release? i couldnt decide whether to watch or listen first but i ended up on listening cos there would be more material) okay: so cheese was super cool, very skz ya know? tho i almost wish theyd made domino the title track, tho obv it was a more experimental track and would have been a bit controversial (much like whistle for bp) i looooved domino and thunderous was absolutely impeccable. all the songs were amazing but standouts were- secrets, secrets which lowkey made me tear up idk why, red lights which almost killed me (it did not have to go that hard, but it did) and OT8 WOLFGANG omgggg i wasnt sure if hyunjin was going to be included in it but i was hoping and, ya know people had said hed be in there, but the further i got in, the less i was sure and then BAM hyunjin started what had been jisung's part and i just sat there grinning for about 5 minutes. surfin was absolutely adorable and gone away almost made me cry AGAIN. star lost was so touching, almost a nod to hyunjins little star? silent cry was relatable beyond anything. SSICK was funny? for some reason I was laughing while it was playing, idk the combination of added cheering and minhos aggressiveness and the totall seriousness they sung it. but i rlly enjoyed it. sorry i love you showcased their vocals like nothing else. the view is THE BOP of 2021, absolutely going to be stuck in my head for the next decade, that hook is genius. what did you think?

also did you watch their grow up performance? with all the stays and ALL THE TEARS? ;n; i feel like this is the end of an era of skz and tbh im kinda happy but also sad. super excited for their promotions but super bummed they wont get to tour. ah well

<3 w.a. 🐺

answer under the cut bc i gave an equally long answer to this already long ask HAJSH

oh yeah, abt quarantine having an effect. my friend and i talked about this earlier actually. i didn't realize the world was moving so fast until the pandemic happened. being in quarantine gave me time to think and i got to know myself more. it's just the sole good thing i got out of the isolation lmao. and abt my strict parents, ironically i got to go out today so i got to hang out with a few of my bestfriends. i had fun but my legs are a bit sore from walking. but they're a different set of friends. i'll get to hang out with the others when my getaway driver comes home in december.

hmm music recommendations for writing? depends on the plot you're writing. care to share what story you're working on and i'll try to rake my brain for a song that might match the vibe. i listen to classical / lo-fi if i don't have song inspo for a fic because lyrics sometimes distract me.

i don't think that's infantilizing tho. for me, it has something to do with my environment and the way i was raised. maybe it's the same the other way around? like this certain age (for the ones above 18 but below 20) is thirst-able for them. idk really. it's just not for me ?n? what i do NOT condone is writing smut for minors??? like get checked : D // i agree with everything with the idols being 18+ before they debut simply because it's for the best for their well-being like. how can young idols decide that this shit is the thing they want to do for life? or at least until their contracts last. idk :// it's unfortunate that it's unlikely to happen.

WELL. i have a list so you won't have to go search for them! in class (minho), in the rain (seungmin), gladius maximus (chan) and you've read five star already. and i just realized that most, if not all, of my upcoming fics are fluffs and i'm fond of all of them :D i used to focus a lot on angst because fluff disgusted the living shit out of me. i think things changed when i wrote champagne problems and hurt myself so bad i wanted to drop angst entirely. i didn't, of course, but i allowed myself to be self-indulgent now.

for the release of the album, i was on twt and watched the vid at 12 views (if i remember correctly, i watched back door at 14 so HASJH) i’m gonna talk by track so it wont be too confusing? bc i wrote this in paragraph format and it just ???? beware im very picky with tracks even if they’re my ults. so no offense if we have opposing opinions and i’m not fond of reading lyrics so these are all music wise.

cheese - oh god i hated cheese at first listen but it grew on me easily. i was singing the yeahyeahyeahyeah bit all day today :D

thunderous - i cant say that it’s my favorite title track. it felt really dry sometimes, both mv and music wise. but at the same time, it’s not that bad. the choreography carried the song tho o.O it’s so fucking cool. but like go live, another track has my heart and it’s

domino - AND YES I AGREE THAT THEY SHOULDVE MADE DOMINO TITLE TRACK UGHHHHH WHAT A WASTED FUCKING OPPORTUNITY. WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS HOW FOND I AM OF THIS SONG. it stands close to the level i love easy.

ssick - was a skip on first listen too because i found the chorus underwhelming but it grew on me? not that much but i can bear listening to it.

the view - it’s something the gen public like, hence its something i dislike. im not fond of songs that are structured like this? it’s not a bad song, just not the type of song i like. but i agree that the hook is very not catchy but it would get stuck in ur head.

sorry, i love you - it’s not as sad as i expected but i actually like it??? i can’t wait to write a fic out of it (1) HAJSHAJ it’s like a 3/5 for me. it’s angsty but chill?

silent cry - i’m pissed at this song bc it hits but sometimes it doesn’t?@?#!? but it’s starting to grow on me but definitely not my fave track.

secret secret - glad i found a secret secret enthusiast because my irls thought it was a skip?$?#@$? it gives me ikon vibes and i’m a huge fan of ikon’s discog so this was a win for me T_T +

STAR LOST - gives me bigbang song vibes and now im very sad :(( in case u didnt know, i’m a hUGE yg fan and 2ne1/bigbang introduced me to kpop so when i heard this track that gave me yg feels i just <3___<3 and it’s one of my favorite tracks anw moving on,

red lights - I WANT TO SKIP THE FIRST TEN SECONDS OF RED LIGHTS EVERY TIME IT PLAYS LIKE IT MAKES ME FEEL AWKWARD KDSJFSK but fine. i’m adding this to props and mayhem’s playlist LMAO it’s more aggressive than sexc tho. more enemies to lovers o. O

surfin’ - this coming right after red lights just wasn’t the best decision arrangement wise because how did we go from ooh sexc to aigh pARTAY. felix saying sheesh T___T it’s such a fun song i want to go to the beach ;n; do you like beaches?

gone away - i have yet to read the lyrics because i’m using this as inspo for a jeongin fic jskjash it’s not the type of ballad i like but it’s so fucking sad to listen to :’ ) the pitch change caught me off guard? still does. it’ll grow on me prolly.

wolfgang - I YELLED WHEN I HEARD HYUNJIN IN WOLFGANG. i didn’t like this song until recently. it gives me the confidence boost i need to pick myself off self-esteem crashes.

and no i haven't watched that performance and i prolly wont because i’ll cry. i’m excited for the promotions too. do you think they’ll still have a repackage?? i cant fucking believe that i just finished waiting for 12am kst for skz teasers and now i have to look forward to 12am for nct 127??@?#? NOT A SINGLE DAY OF REST FOR THIS STAYZEN

#toff.asks #wild anon 🐺

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