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ok I haven’t seen X-Men ‘97 yet but

are the writers actually applying not only the “psychic rapport using a very particular phrase to describe it” plot point but also the “they get separated in a way that makes them think the other dead, and the non-telepath tries to move on by dating someone else, which doesn’t end up being serious but helps him open up as a person” plot point to Erik and Charles?

because those are plot points from the original Dark Phoenix saga. those are from Scott and Jean’s storylines. those are originally explicitly romantic plot points.

like. the Chris Claremont run is what made the X-Men what they are today, and the Dark Phoenix saga is often considered the crown jewel of that run. I’m not saying this is absolutely definitely intentional, but this is a staff that choreographed Cyclops’ fights after how he plays in Marvel vs Capcom. they know their shit, X-Men wise.

#whether or not they’re gonna do anything with it or it’s just a little ship tease is anyones guess #x men 97 #cherik

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not to be controversial bc I know this is like…not in line with shifting opinions on fanfic comment culture but if there’s a glaring typo in my work I will NOT be offended by pointing it out. if ao3 fucks up the formatting…I will also not be offended by having this pointed out…

‘looking forward to the next update’ and ‘I hope you update soon!’ are different vibes than a demand, and should be read in good faith because a reader is finding their way to tell you how much they love it. I will not be mad at this.

‘I don’t usually like this ship but this fic made me feel something’ is also incredibly high praise. I’m not going to get mad at this.

even ‘I love this fic but I’m curious about why you made [x] choice’ is just another way a reader is engaging in and putting thought into your work.

I just feel like a lot of authors take any comment that’s not perfectly articulated glowing praise in the exact manner they’re hoping to receive it in bad faith.

fic engagement has been dropping across the board over the last several years, and yes it’s frustrating but it isn’t as though I can’t see how it happens. comment anxiety can be a real thing. the last thing anyone wants to do is offend an author they love, and that means sometimes people default to silence.

idk where I’m going with this I guess aside from saying unless a comment is outright attacking me I’m never going to get mad at it, and I think a lot of authors should feel the same way. ESPECIALLY TYPOS PLZ GOD POINT OUT MY TYPOS.

#I agree!

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all-day nosebleed sonnet I.

O! Noxious wound of battle never fought

That breaks my fast with broth from my own bones

And slakes my thirst with bitter iron draught

That weights my gut with Mars’ molten stones.

I’faith, thy fetid flow may yet outstrip

That of the blighted womb that late I bore,

Yet in the end, much tighter is thy grip;

One’s own skull may not, living, be foreswore.

Blood, issued from sweet Reason’s very breast,

Shouts: “Heed that thou wilt die!” Could I forget?

Pace not the plot where I’ll eternal rest,

I’ve scarce begun my share of living yet.

God grant the air never my face assay

To find its own vehicle bars the way!

#subbyp’s writing #blood cw #this is a new approach I’m trying towards unsolvable medical problems: #Shakespearean-style sonnets

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also, I’d appreciate some clarification: did echo park burrow its way into carta bella’s rib cage, feast on its entrails, and fashion its skin into an unconvincing disguise, or was it the other way around?

attn. ranger/stampers anonymous, it’s time to come clean—tim holtz and simon hurley are the same person, aren’t they?

#paper crafting #scrapbooking #body horror

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attn. ranger/stampers anonymous, it’s time to come clean—tim holtz and simon hurley are the same person, aren’t they?

#scrapbooking #paper crafting #i’m at least 97% certain they’re the same person #[i am forcibly ejected from the papercrafting convention]

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Reblog to let your followers know that despite your current obsession your previous obsessions still exist and are simply lying dormant until they awaken and strike again

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come to think of it, this is also very erasermiccore, especially if you subscribe to my “they used to be class S and Eraser broke it off for Mic’s career but they’re still pining for each other” theory

today’s zosancore: the bit from Watchmen chapter III when Dan and Laurie fight off a group of muggers and, as the fight ends, they turn to each other high on adrenaline and nearly kiss before nervously backing away

#bnha #yamada hizashi #present mic #aizawa shouta #erasermic #‘I find it best not to pursue this line of thinking’’ indeed

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today’s zosancore: the bit from Watchmen chapter III when Dan and Laurie fight off a group of muggers and, as the fight ends, they turn to each other high on adrenaline and nearly kiss before nervously backing away

#one piece #roronoa zoro #black leg sanji #zosan #zoro/sanji

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depends. was it vegan?

Passed this place in Portland with no sign of human beings inside or any indication of what it means

#Unless you meant Portland Maine in which case: was Stephen King there?

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Goe: [makes threat displays against his own reflection]

me: what sorta backwards fuckin’ pageantry is that?

Goemon can be so zippy when he tucks in his trailing forefins and his dorsal frill and just fuckign GOES

conversely, he can deploy those fins to come to a screeching halt

and every time he does it I think of the way the main character says “pump th’ brakes” in the cold open of Letterkenny s1e1

#subbyp’s fishious little tank #apistogramma borellii

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Goemon can be so zippy when he tucks in his trailing forefins and his dorsal frill and just fuckign GOES

conversely, he can deploy those fins to come to a screeching halt

and every time he does it I think of the way Darryl says “pump th’ brakes” in the cold open of Letterkenny s1e1

#subbyp’s fishious little tank #if we had the fish cam set up I’d show you what I mean but we don’t yet #apistogramma borellii #pumpthbrakes.

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here’s some more:

Orihime and Sora were sericultural laborers in 10th-century Japan

during the calamities of 907, Sora allowed himself to become malnourished so that Orihime could have enough food (“I’m fine! You’re a growing girl, you know!”)

in the tragic irony that so often accompanies ghost stories, he then died, became a hollow, and devoured her

many, many years later he regained sapience as an arrancar and regurgitated Orihime to be his fracción

they still loved each other very much, but their relationship was…contentious, to say the least

a couple centuries ago Something Happened. Orihime doesn’t discuss it

but when the dust settled, Sora was gone and Orihime was the 4th Espada

ulquihime reverse!au wherein the weird goth kid that Ichigo’s known since they were in kindergarten together gets kidnapped and held hostage in the realm of the Espada of the death/rebirth cycle, whose intimate connection with samsara and the impermanence of all of human works has made her a nihilistic madwoman

#bleach #orihime inoue #sora inoue

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here’s some more:

Ulquiorra first became friends, such as it is, with Ichigo and Tatsuki the day he transferred in to their kindergarten class. the two of them tried to say “hi” to him during recess and immediately got in a Gale Force Three Baby Fight over who could pronounce “Ulquiorra” better

given that saddling him with the name “Ulquiorra” and then moving to a country where nobody could pronounce it is among the least of the Schaefer family’s acts of neglect and scorn towards their youngest son, and given that these were kindergartners, you can imagine how well that went for either of them

but they just kept on trying to do it. not only that but they were asking him to pick which one of them was saying it better, as if his opinion on something actually mattered

the sheer fucking absurdity of this completely foreign experience made Ulquiorra actually start laughing, at which point the Baby Fight expanded to the point that all three of them officially got In Trouble

but it was too late. The Contract Was Sealed

being human and not a supernatural embodiment of nihilism, Ulquiorra isn’t totally humorless in this AU. he does joke occasionally, in an extremely deadpan way. sometimes he even smiles. but over a decade later it remains the only time Ichigo or Tatsuki has ever seen him laugh.

(given that he’s a young man now, most people he meets just call him by his family name, even Ichigo’s other friends. that the Woman holding him captive seems equally insistent on getting his given name right, despite clearly having been alive in an era when she would’ve had far less exposure to Western names…. well, he’s not sure what to make of it.)

ulquihime reverse!au wherein the weird goth kid that Ichigo’s known since they were in kindergarten together gets kidnapped and held hostage in the realm of the Espada of the death/rebirth cycle, whose intimate connection with samsara and the impermanence of all of human works has made her a nihilistic madwoman

#bleach #orihime inoue #ulquiorra cifer #ulquihime #ichigo kurosaki #tatsuki arisawa

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like ok tbh Raven starts it in the intro session: “My main problem with Max… he’s so controlling! I know he loves me, that he’s always there for me, and I’m glad, I am—but he treats me like a child. He always has! It’s like, I need him, but I need my independence, too! Even now that I’m pursuing my career there’s always this feeling between us that Max knows what’s best, that he’s just letting me have my fun, and frankly? It makes it hard to be around him.”

and Charles, who is still keeping his promise to stay out of Raven’s mind but who can’t help picking up the authentic pain coming out of those words, thinks that they are actual criticisms of Erik’s behavior and just shoots him one of his “I am so very disappointed in you” looks

and Erik, who knows damn well who those words are actually about, is just internally “are you fucking kidding”

“Lark is far too intelligent and perceptive to be as naïve as she is. She acts as though she can make the world a kind place just by loving it into submission. Frankly, it’s insulting. I love her, but I need a wife who lives in reality,” and he looks over at Charles and raises an eyebrow like the fucking drama queen he is

(this is the point where Emma would be stifling laughter if she didn’t have the poise of a champion)

on a much lighter cherik note, I just had an idea for a post-beach divorce undercover-at-the-couple’s-retreat fic wherein the X-Men initially contact the Brotherhood to ask Raven to go undercover at the retreat with Charles to use it as a staging point to investigate the vanishing of three nearby mutants

but then Erik shows up with both Raven and Emma under the logic that Raven can’t pretend to be her brother’s wife, that’d just be weird and icky, and two telepaths are better than one anyway, so they thought Emma should play Charles’ wife instead, anyway bye—

and then Raven blithely says that doesn’t the resort look nice? and she hasn’t seen her brother in a few years, you know, and the X-Men have the money for it (“Excuse me?” says Charles) and four heads are better than two really—

and thus was created Francis Snow, a distinguished yet beleaguered genetics professor from a small Massachusetts university; his wife/secretary/power behind the throne, Andrea; his sister, aspiring actress Lark Eisenhardt; and Lark’s architect husband, Max.

(“Ironheart?” “….I panicked.”)

#xmfc #x men first class #cherik #charles xavier #raven darkholme #erik lensherr #emma frost

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of course, the obvious result of this is Charles messily hashing his relationships with Erik and Raven out in group sessions while the moderator tries to direct him back to his supposed actual wife

meanwhile Emma is just sitting there smirking and going “no, darling, go on, you were talking about how much it hurt you when Max suddenly cut off all intimacy…”

on a much lighter cherik note, I just had an idea for a post-beach divorce undercover-at-the-couple’s-retreat fic wherein the X-Men initially contact the Brotherhood to ask Raven to go undercover at the retreat with Charles to use it as a staging point to investigate the vanishing of three nearby mutants

but then Erik shows up with both Raven and Emma under the logic that Raven can’t pretend to be her brother’s wife, that’d just be weird and icky, and two telepaths are better than one anyway, so they thought Emma should play Charles’ wife instead, anyway bye—

and then Raven blithely says that doesn’t the resort look nice? and she hasn’t seen her brother in a few years, you know, and the X-Men have the money for it (“Excuse me?” says Charles) and four heads are better than two really—

and thus was created Francis Snow, a distinguished yet beleaguered genetics professor from a small Massachusetts university; his wife/secretary/power behind the throne, Andrea; his sister, aspiring actress Lark Eisenhardt; and Lark’s architect husband, Max.

(“Ironheart?” “….I panicked.”)

#xmfc #x men first class #cherik #charles xavier #erik lensherr #raven darkholme #emma frost #alcohol mention cw

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on a much lighter cherik note, I just had an idea for a post-beach divorce undercover-at-the-couple’s-retreat fic wherein the X-Men initially contact the Brotherhood to ask Raven to go undercover at the retreat with Charles to use it as a staging point to investigate the vanishing of three nearby mutants

but then Erik shows up with both Raven and Emma under the logic that Raven can’t pretend to be her brother’s wife, that’d just be weird and icky, and two telepaths are better than one anyway, so they thought Emma should play Charles’ wife instead, anyway bye—

and then Raven blithely says that doesn’t the resort look nice? and she hasn’t seen her brother in a few years, you know, and the X-Men have the money for it (“Excuse me?” says Charles) and four heads are better than two really—

and thus was created Francis Snow, a distinguished yet beleaguered genetics professor from a small Massachusetts university; his wife/secretary/power behind the throne, Andrea; his sister, aspiring actress Lark Eisenhardt; and Lark’s architect husband, Max.

(“Ironheart?” “….I panicked.”)

#x men first class #cherik #charles xavier #erik lensherr #raven darkholme #emma frost

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if you hate some type of animal because it “serves no purpose” or “doesn’t have the same emotional/mental capacity as humans/dogs/cats” i need you to set yourself on fire for me ok

#listen I will happily MOCK the ocean sunfish until the sea cows come home #but to assume that I—or any other human—have the right to determine if it ‘’deserves’’ to EXIST #strikes me as bloodthirsty and arrogant in the extreme #with the exception of human-borne pathogens—against which treatment is self-defense not a value judgement— #humans have to stop acting like thumbs and writing are some kind of eternal immunity idol #that entitles us to vote whole-ass other species off this island Earth #like okay. killing individual animals might be justified— #in self-defense. As compassionate euthanasia. For food if done humanely— #but as the only species that we know can grasp the impact of wiping out another #I think we have the responsibility to recognize the gravity of such an act #and not advocate for it even jokingly—certainly not for such ridiculous reasons as humanocentric ‘’usefulness’’ or ‘’value’’ #anyhoo! Essay in tags eh?