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the sexual tension between me & the alternate reality I daydream about

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My brain says write.

But my heart says buy more cosplay.

This is a conundrum.

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Random insomnia fueled Hawks rant because he lives in my brain tent free.

I know there’s been a lot of back and forth in the mha fandom about his character, because the fanon interpretations of him have gotten to be a little... much... Like not to shit on other people’s headcanon’s but the “Oh he’s a bird so he does mating dances” thing is weird let’s be real. He’s a human with feathers he can move telekinetically and that’s that. (He might not even have actual wing appendages but that’s a rant for another day)

But going past that, fanon Hawks is known to be a huge flirt and whatnot, while manga readers argue that canon Hawks wouldn’t know how to because he was raised by the Commission and therefore lacks those sort of interpersonal skills. I’ve seen some people go as far as to say that he probably has no personality what so ever and everything he does is just a front. But that just seems so extreme to me? On both sides? I could be totally wrong, but I see Hawks as comparable to Black Widow, not like the Winter Solider. Raised to be a tool of the government, but still has his own thoughts and feelings. Hell, we SEE that in the manga and anime when we read/hear his internal monologues. He’s not mindless. He might do what the Commission tells him because he doesn’t really have another option, but he’s cynical about some of their decisions. And he also could still be interpreted to be the flirt. Maybe not the sex icon the fandom has him pegged as, but as a hero (and a very popular one at that) he knows how to work people. He knows how to make them like him. What better way to do that than to be a little bit flirtatious at times? Sure you could call that manipulation, but I can imagine after his traumatic childhood, a part of him does like having the attention and adoration of those around him. He probably feeds off that reassurance that some people out there care about him in one way or another.

Idk that’s just me. Maybe I’m letting the interpretation I have written of him in my fanfiction cloud my judgement, but I feel like that fits the best? He’s a complicated character (a lot of mha characters are honestly) and trying to sort him into “fanon Hawks” and “canon Hawks” categories just takes away from the fact that his character isn’t black and white. He’s a gray character and it’s purposefully done that way.

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baby just noped his way outta there

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me [likes a thing]: hey, i like this thing!

brain: excellent. you will be unable to think about anything other than that thing for a period lasting from several weeks to a number of years.

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That awkward moment when you post a new chapter of your fic and people unfollow/unkudo it...

I don’t write for likes or anything but considering I was already on the fence about that chapter it sorta low key makes me regret the time I put into it 🙃🙃

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*saves game six times just in case*

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“Why am I so good at reading smut but not writing it?”

-an autobiography

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Shameful cosplay Instagram plug since a few people followed me for my cosplay post 😬

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That feeling tho when you find that fic writer that just absolutely fucking

understands the characters to their core

writes so well they–just so–they just—their writing is—-THEY WRITE GOOD

shatters your bad mood with a new update

writes a fic that you can read over again and still clutch at your heart like HOLY SHIT I FUCKING LOVE–I LOVE THIS FIC

writes a scene that has you all giddy in public and that one random stranger asks you like “ooo you are smiling :) :) is that a boy :) you are talking to :)” and you’re like “no I’m reading a Everybody Lives/Nobody Dies AU, please leave”

understands and portrays the characters better than the people who make MOVIES with those characters

amazing. just amazing. fic writers are awesome

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Two of MANY photos from my Fem!Hawks progress photo shoot! I love how this is slowly turning out and can’t wait to have it all done ❤️

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sure i love literature (fanfiction) i’m always open for book recommendations (fic recs)

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Thoughts and prayers for those who aren’t Dragon Age fans, but who follow Dragon Age fans during this dark and trying time. The time of incomprehensible fantasy politics essays is returning… I can hear the rumble of a thousand mechanical keyboards being smashed upon by gamer fingers with the kind of fury and speed that man was not meant to produce. Bullshit ahead.

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thinking about the guy on reddit that posted a pic of a giant water bug he put on his arm after flipping it over because it was on its back

#this gives me anxiety

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I hate how the stereotype is that dolphins are good and sharks are evil, when dolphins are so smart that they have the capacity for evil but sharks are simple fish who can only be true neutral, so even if a minority of dolphins are evil there are still more evil dolphins than sharks