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f1byjessie · 3 months

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HE LIKES MY AMERICAN SMILE ━━ OP81.

love is a wild ride, and logan sargeant's sister is about to find this out the hard way.

( oscar piastri x sargeant!reader )

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yourusername yeehaw (bahrain edition)

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user the only person more american than logan is his sister

logansargeant imagine spending more time with a horse than your own twin brother

↳ yourusername don't need to bc i did

↳ logansargeant this is the cyber bullying mom warned me about

↳ yourusername do you wanna see bullying? cuz i'll show you bullying

user oh to be a girl at the beach during sunset

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yourusername baby's first f1 race! kick some ass logie! 🫶

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logansargeant thank you but we're literally the same age??

↳ yourusername umm i think you're mistaken cuz last i checked i was still a minute older

user LOGIE I'M DECEASED

user y/n giving us the low qual logan content we've been craving

williamsracing Best of luck to Logan! We're happy to have him as part of the team!

user WTF IS A KILOMETERRRRR RAHHHH 🦅🦅🦅

oscarpiastri i don't even wanna know how far back you had to scroll in your gallery to find that last picture

↳ yourusername careful piastri, i have some of you too and i'm not afraid to use them

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logansargeant could've been better, could've been worse, but i couldn't have asked for a better cheerleader this weekend. everyone's jealous they ain't got a sister like mine

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user RAAAAHH!! USA!! USA!! USA!! 🦅💥

alex_albon could really feel the williams love all weekend long 💙

yourusername i mean i GUESS i have to take my job as your sister seriously SOMETIMES

↳ oscarpiastri as opposed to the rest of the time when you're mortal enemies

↳ yourusername i'm glad SOMEONE understands

user am i the only one who didn't know logan had another sibling???

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f1paddockgossip_official Y/N Sargeant, sister to new Williams driver Logan Sargeant, makes her F1 paddock debut this weekend at the Bahrain Grand Prix! With such a bright demeanor, it was hard to miss her! It's only the first race of the 2023 season, and we hope to be seeing her around more often.

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user THAT'S WHO THAT WAS???

user she's our all american girl and we love her

user nothing more american than twins

↳ user this literally makes no sense?? what??

user FORGET THE DRIVERS I WANNA MEET HER 😍

user becoming a logan fan just for his sister

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yourusername goodbye bahrain, you were a wonderful experience

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user will you be at the saudi arabian gp???

williamsracing We hope to see you at more races Y/N! Thanks for coming out to support our team! 💙

↳ yourusername of course! i had the time of my life!

user who needs to be a wag when you can just be the sister of a driver and get the same benefits

user is this supposed to be a reference to oscar's post??

↳ user wait omg is it?

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oscarpiastri goodbye bahrain, you were everything.

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━━ a/n: oh gosh, this is my first time posting anything like this on tumblr so i hope it's good! more to come eventually! still trying to figure out a style, so please excuse any mistakes or discrepancies!

#formula 1 #formula one #f1 #formula 1 imagine #f1 imagine #f1 x reader #formula 1 x reader #oscar piastri #oscar piastri x reader #oscar piastri imagine #social media au #f1 fanfic #f1 fic

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marlee-goat · 5 months

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What's your favorite game you played this year?

oohooohooh ok so this is sort of a toughie. favorite games this year consisted of all really fucking good games but if I had to rate them based on how I enjoyed them it would definitely go

mario wonder

pizza tower

antonblast

vividlope

(...i know antonblast isn't technically out yet, but hush)

in general mario wonder was a fucking GREAT experience. got it day 1. streamed it to like 3 people. played on my own for the rest of that day. proceeded to beat it the next. then I 100%ed it within the next two days (minus the standees because I did stupid shit and totally forgot to spend my flower coins on them so I missed all the bonuses that would have made that easier) but all in all holy shit I love that game. the online is so fun and im still trying to figure out if I can take up lexis offer on racing it heuheuheu...

pizza tower is also a Really Fucking Good Game god. I waited 5 years and I was not disappointed. this [cheesy pizza pun redacted]. i recently p-ranked the final boss to finish my 100% savefile and it's so fun to replay tbh. not to mention the modding scene god it's big and the amount of shit people are doing with this game is insane. and they're still adding new official content to the game too!!! it's crazy !! cannot fucking wait for the noise update...

ANTON BLAST 💥💥💥 was pretty fuckin good. i love the ctr boost mechanic. not to mention the voice clips and music and sound design and the animations and everything else about the game is just mwah. very pretty. it's just two levels right now and I'm having a [antonblast pun redacted]. people kept saying pizza tower is a wariolike but I beg to differ, frankly. pt is much more similar to like. sonic. i believe antonblast is the true wariolike here. can't wait to play it when it comes out ^^

vividlope was a pleasant surprise! one of my friends introduced it to me while they were srteaming it in a vc and god it's fun. best way I can explain it is like. Autistic Q*Bert. lil painter rabbit girl walking simulator.. 3 dimensional.. and they added a level editor a little bit back too so now you can make funny levels and things like this!!

although this game is fucking infuriating at times. jaklub you are a monster

also not really on the list because it's not a new game but one I've really been playing more. god i love tf2 and I will always love tf2. I've been getting back in the swing of making content for it and dear lord it's so fun. one of my main recommendations any day. might be tough to get into but I urge anyone who can to play it...

thanks for the ask sky!! ive been waiting for it ...

#super mario bros #pizza tower #antonblast #vividlope #tf2 #teehee....#:3 #reblog #ask #ty sky .... and you are right we should do something at some point !!!

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piease-iove-me · 1 year

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all. of. them

hiiii thank you 🥺🥺

✨What's a fic you've posted you wish you could breathe life into again and have people talking about it? (or simply a fic you wish got more credit)

mmmm absolutely that one jibaro inspired thing i write this September? i love that baby so much :')

💘Is there any posted fic you want to rework/re-edit/re-write?

yes!!! it's something i started years ago and then dropped. but always think about:') it's got mercenaries and familiars and a whole gang of idiots stuck in one place :')

💫what is your favorite kind of comment/feedback?

omg absolutely those who mention lines from the chapters OR even better when people go on and on about plot points and characters 🥺 just make me smile so incredibly wide

🌈is there a fic that you worked *really fucking hard on* that no one would ever know? maybe a scene/theme you struggled with?

omg idk?? i honestly always scream about it to someone/everything when I'm in trouble 🥹🥹🥹

🦋what are you most insecure about when you post a fic?

mmmm everything???? mostly I'm just afraid it's not good enough but isn't that just how it is to post and put something of yours out there

🌻what makes you want to give up on writing? what makes you keep going?

oh uh... answer to both would be me, in all honesty:') my brain mostly

🎀give yourself a compliment about your own writing

oh god that's a tough one. wishfully i can say it's nice enough to pass general approval????

🎈describe your style as a writer; is it fixed? does it change?

wordy. it's wordy. but ever-evolving

🎉how often do you celebrate completing & posting a work? how often do you give yourself the credit/validation that you seek from others when you post? (if you don't, you should!)

i don't really know how to???

💞what's the most important part of a story for you? the plot, the characters, the worldbuilding, the technical stuff (grammar etc), the figurative language

idk depends? lately I'd say the writing itself and characters rather than the plot

💝what is a fic that got a different response than you were expecting?

mmm as i said, my first dd which got lots of support 🥹

🤍what's one fic of yours you think people didn't "get"?

mmm omg mind blank. maybe all in some kinds? but not necessarily in a bad way

🕯️was there a fic that was really hard on you to write, or took you to a place you didn't think it would take you?

yes😓 there's this heavily dd fic I'm writing with a friend's help that's such a challenging thing to write. i actually had to take a break from it because it often took me in a bad place mentally and i really can't do that rn

💥find your least kudos'd fic - say something wonderful about it.

omg... i can't find anything good to say about them. they're so old all i wanna do is orphan it😭

🍭why did you start writing?

for funsies? just to see if i could pull it off, still trying to understand if i can, actually but it's fun

💎why is writing important to you?

oh ig because it became a way to escape everything? and to throw in all that's going onb

📡why is writing and sharing your writing important for fandom?

oh god idk? don't think it is djhdhd

🪄what is your post-writing/sharing aftercare? How do you take care of yourself or celebrate yourself when you've finished a fic?

a whole snoozing week 🥹

🎙️which one of your fics would you like someone to make a pod-fic of?

oh uh idk? doubt any is good enough for that but if i had to pick one maybe that one jibaro inspired fic? I'm particularly fond of that one

🤲what do YOU get out of writing?

oh i guess i feel lighter? as in it's my own way to get rid of everything going on in my mind so good therapy

💋when you leave comments on a fic, do you want to hear back from the writer?

yes!! but i do understand when it doesn't happen. no big deal

☯️how do you think engaging with each other through tumblr, twitter, comments, kudos, creates healthy fandom experiences? How do you deal with that if you're not a social person/experience social anxiety?

oh god... i know it's important to create a following and it's great to have amazing support from the fandom but sometimes it adds up and turns into pressure for expectations so awful for anxiety. i think there's the need to find balance but I'm personally still struggling with that. so what i can do is take occasional breaks from everything as self-care

🧿what steps do you take to not take things personally if a fic doesn't do well, or if your writing/posting/sharing experience isn't going how you'd like it to?

oh uh actually nothing? i just shrug it away. it's okay

💌share something with us about an up-and-coming work (WIP) that has you excited!

_ “As long as she does her job, I don’t need us to like each other.” And his eyes drift to Scott, staring back at him already.

Theo holds his gaze—taking in the disappointment turned discomfort—and then lets himself stand.

“You’re gonna be a team, Mr. Raeken,” he hears, but is already turning around from the table. “You will want them to like you out there.” _

#thiamsxbitch #sorry it took so long #busy day:')#and thank you again for this! it was so much fun!#ask game

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sleepyssnail · 10 months

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For the fic writer ask, 🌈 🎀 💝 💥 💋 💌

Oooh, those are some good ones!

🌈is there a fic that you worked *really fucking hard on* that no one would ever know? maybe a scene/theme you struggled with?

YES! Oh my gosh, yes. In Apollo Would Break Your Legs, I had such a hard time trying to encapsulate Tim's experience as Oracle and how even though he misses who he was and what he could do before his injury doesn't mean he can't love and accept himself for who is is now. It was meant to air out my issue with people trying to reduce both Barbara and Tim back to their original vigilante personas ("Fixing" Barbara's spine so she could be Batgirl again, and having Tim be Robin even after everything that happened as Red Robin), but it turned into a kind of introspection of how it's okay to miss the person you used to be while still looking forward to who you are/have yet to become.

🎀give yourself a compliment about your own writing

I use a lot of funky vocabulary!

💝what is a fic that got a different response than you were expecting?

Logan's Log Entries, for sure. I never expected to get so much feedback, suggestions, and community interaction!

💥find your least kudos'd fic - say something wonderful about it.

Summer Nights and Christmas Lights, has 13 kudos but it's cute, was based off my own Christmas in July party, and makes me happy :)

💋when you leave comments on a fic, do you want to hear back from the writer?

OH MY GOSH YES!!! I will GUSH over a fic in the comments, but I will lose my mind if the author responds!

💌share something with us about an up-and-coming work (WIP) that has you excited!

Batfam Circus AU. I've had it in mind long before @cirquedubat-week was announced, but with that on the horizon I've been inspired to get something written to share so the idea isn't just simmering on my brain's back burner. Simply put, the Grayson's adopt Bruce before he even knows what's happening. He doesn't get a choice, he's family now.

#andes answers #ask game #ask #batfam #batbros #batboys #voltron legendary defender #voltron #vld #my fanfiction #my fanfic #fanfiction #fanfic #tim drake #barbara gordon #oracle #red robin

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cargopantsprentiss · 1 year

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Hi!! From the lets get real fic ask thing; sorry if there are too many

✨What's a fic you've posted you wish you could breathe life into again and have people talking about it? (or simply a fic you wish got more credit)

💘Is there any posted fic you want to rework/re-edit/re-write?

💫what is your favorite kind of comment/feedback?

🌿how does creating make you feel?

🍉in what ways has writing helped you process trauma and/or navigate through your own life?

🧿what steps do you take to not take things personally if a fic doesn't do well, or if your writing/posting/sharing experience isn't going how you'd like it to?

🎈describe your style as a writer; is it fixed? does it change?

🎉how often do you celebrate completing & posting a work? how often do you give yourself the credit/validation that you seek from others when you post? (if you don't, you should!)

🤍what's one fic of yours you think people didn't "get"?

🕯️was there a fic that was really hard on you to write, or took you to a place you didn't think it would take you?

💥find your least kudos'd fic - say something wonderful about it.

💎why is writing important to you?

Ahhh thank you for this! I skipped a few I don’t really feel up to answering right now I hope that’s ok.

✨ What's a fic you've posted you wish you could breathe life into again and have people talking about it? (or simply a fic you wish got more credit)

I’ve actually been rereading a few of my old pieces whilst trying to work on ones I’m struggling to update and I recently went over taking the long way around again (I’m thinking I might draw something from it) and man… those were simpler times before s16 had thrown a spanner in the works. So I guess that’s my answer.

💘Is there any posted fic you want to rework/re-edit/re-write?

Ha, honestly most of my early Jemily stuff could definitely do with being rewritten. I also wrote an AU for a different fandom which I wound up deleting which I wish I could rework but it makes me miserable thinking about it lol.

💫what is your favorite kind of comment/feedback?

Honestly, I love all comments, but I’d be lying if I didn’t say I absolutely lose it when I get a review email come through and it’s multiple paragraphs of someone picking out their favourite lines and delving into the imagery etc. I love those comments you get where it’s clear the person who read it just *got* it and gets you.

🌿how does creating make you feel?

Often frustrated hahaha. But it’s also my favourite way of being.

🎈describe your style as a writer; is it fixed? does it change?

I feel like my style as a writer is deeply influenced by other writing I love, and from that point, it is ever-changing because I’m continuously finding new pieces that inspire me. But there’s definitely some things that I recognise as patterns: I’m always writing the same scenarios but slightly different. Those like slice of life, mundane moments like waking up next to a person you love, or travelling late at night. Moments you take for granted like sharing a book that you love with someone you love, or having tea made for you. And then on the other end of the spectrum there’s the moments that rip your heart in two. Parts of characters which never get addressed in canon, trauma that doesn’t get resolved. I feel like with my stuff there’s no in between. A lot of my writing just feels like nothing happens in it, or EVERYTHING does. Does that make sense.

🤍what's one fic of yours you think people didn't "get"?

I will always yell about now we’re ashes on the ground because I’m so proud of that piece. I don’t think it’s necessarily that people don’t get it so much as it’s not as appealing as something that actually has Emily present in it lol but it’s always the one I’m most excited about people commenting on or giving kudos.

💥find your least kudos'd fic - say something wonderful about it

My least kudos’d fic is a Gaphrodite piece so I’m not hugely surprised it’s not got more kudos. I really felt like I pushed myself with writing it though, and I love how it turned out.

💎why is writing important to you?

Honestly, writing is cathartic. It’s so good to turn your frustration for a piece of media (or, rarely, your admiration for it) into something carefully sculpted and often self indulgent. Writing is the one thing I have been consistently good at since I was a kid so I’m so glad I continue to find new ways to enjoy it.

#Jemily-in-paris #answered #fanfiction is srs bsns

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desolateice · 1 year

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✨What's a fic you've posted you wish you could breathe life into again and have people talking about it? (or simply a fic you wish got more credit)

🌈is there a fic that you worked *really fucking hard on* that no one would ever know? maybe a scene/theme you struggled with?

💥find your least kudos'd fic - say something wonderful about it.

💌share something with us about an up-and-coming work (WIP) that has you excited!

✨What's a fic you've posted you wish you could breathe life into again and have people talking about it? (or simply a fic you wish got more credit)

This is difficult because I feel like people go in waves and currently everything feels like it's in a lull. I ended up writing a lot more than planned so to save dashes I'm putting it all under a read more.

Like arguably root beer floats and green tea tends to every once in a while get hits, and I'll get comments as people read and then people tend to hit a wall or life gets busy and I never know if they actually finish it or if when I start responding to their comments when I have time if I scare them off 😅. Like did I say something that they didn't like and they noped out of there because tone doesn't transfer well to text? Or if life just gets busy or the fic is just so so very long. (Valid) I'm not sure how many people have actually finished reading it. The final chapter has one comment and the final chapters in general tend to have much less than the earlier ones. People generally, comment based, don't seem to make it to the end. Let alone past the Okinawan arc if they even make it there. The authors note is where most people actually left their comments which are more for the overall experience and the end of the journey which I greatly love and appreciate. But because I spent so long with time and energy (and research) on that fic I just want to know what did people like in the chapters. I wonder sometimes if that 100k chapter just is super overwhelming. Which is why I'm kind of debating cracking it into smaller chapters. Heck it freezes ao3 when I try to go back and edit issues I find in it. So I can only imagine. But at the same time, it's ridiculously long so I don't really feel comfortable asking for anything related to it because it's such a time commitment and no one owes me comments or anything. And the comments I have gotten and the messages are just always a delight and I'm very grateful. Because it does in fact have a lot of comments, the most I've ever gotten on anything. I'm not sure if that accurately answers that question. 😅

🌈is there a fic that you worked *really fucking hard on* that no one would ever know? maybe a scene/theme you struggled with? 😂 I'm amused you messaged me this since you get all my complaints. I worked really fucking hard on Root Beer Floats and Green Tea, but because there's so many notes and it's so long I think every one knows that. I worked really hard on Wisteria Sherbert but that was because I was trying to drop a long fic in a month. Really all of them. Except the Feast for Fools, that one I just had a ton of fun with and it went smoothly, though I did struggle a bit with the end and I do have some cut parts for that one. For example they were going to get married and Margaret had left designs for the arch and Johnny made it by hand. Put a ton of effort into that and then was like nah, 😂 this can end with them going on vacation. But as I've complained to you multiple times I fight a lot with Earl Grey. Here's a part I cut as a treat:

“Where are your friends?” Dutch looked blankly ahead. “You know it’s important to make the right friends. You’ve got a lot to uphold. Legacy.” Dutch’s fingers dug into his legs. Who’d been the ones to scare off his last batch of friends? “You can’t keep biting people.” They deserved it. He hated that they waited until moments like this to talk to him, talking out of the side of their mouths, barely moving their lips, too concerned with the painter getting something wrong. He knew he couldn’t have an outburst. Not in front of the painter. So he just dug his fingers deeper against his thighs. Nails digging in. “You need a partner. What about a nice girl?” Said the couple who suggested every girl he ever met was a gold digger, and not a single one was allowed on the property without being thoroughly vetted. What even was the point of it all? He smiled as angrily as a person could at the painter. Teeth gritted, trying his damn hardest not to let anything change in his position, in his face. Make friends. But no not those friends. Go out more But no not there. Not those places. Invite people over. But not those people. Dutch wanted to scream. Why did it even matter. They weren’t ever home anyway. So what if one of his friends pocketed the silver? So did that guy from Les Misérables. He stole silver from a church and bread and he was still a beloved character. He was the hero. So what did it matter? It wasn’t like the silverware was actually something they couldn’t replace. It wasn’t like the statues were being enjoyed. They were just collecting dust. Like all the gold and rubies and precious jewels. Dust. So much fucking dust. Like him. Just left with everything, alone in the house to collect dust.

💥find your least kudos'd fic - say something wonderful about it. 😂 That would be at the moment: Hardboiled Gunpowder Tea Dear little Tommy/Johnny fic you're new and only have 1 chapter, so it's okay that you don't have a lot of anything because there's not much to you anyway. I've got two-ish more chapters started and I know this is going to be research heavy because I want each chapter to talk about a different type of detective work/skill. So the first two are fingerprinting, i.e the first is how to dust, the second is how to tell what kind of finger print it is and then we're moving onto photography and old school darkroom work. I just maybe have gotten a bit too tied up into the mechanics and haven't figured out what is happening, who did it or how to get these two together yet. 😅 It's all sort of vague at the moment. But I love mysteries so I'm hoping to have a lot of fun with it. Plus it's the Tommy route of Root Beer Floats so....I at least have the world and relationships already down. 💌share something with us about an up-and-coming work (WIP) that has you excited!

I have two open WIP that are being posted and I've already talked about them so I guess I'll talk about the ones I'm debating about and one in my drafts. I have two Lawrusso and one Bobby/Johnny I've got that I'm planning. Since this is an I'll stick with the one that is actually started and not just stewing in my brain which has the place holder title: 🐔 which is sort of this deal Cookie and I made. I write this and Cookie will draw a horse, I mean that's not the whole deal but listen if I can write something that's been on my the back of my pile and it'll make Cookie move something from the back of the planned art pile then I feel like it's a win win right? 😂 So 🐔. Here's a clip, I might've already given you one that I inevitable cut in a different ask but I feel like this one, which also might get cut, is more of the thesis of the fic:

Johnny carefully took out the incubator and plugged it in, reading the instructions carefully and transferred the eggs into the machine, flipping on the switch to keep them warm. They were alive. Over a dozen eggs. Maybe 20 or so. Too many. Too many fucking eggs. Sensei, our assignment is to raise eggs and watch them hatch and take notes. But Mr. LaRusso planned our training session for the entire break out in the mountains so we can’t. They shouldn’t hatch while we’re gone, but please keep an eye on them and keep them warm. You shouldn’t have to do anything else. Thank you so much Sensei! You’re a life saver.

Johnny carefully took out the incubator and plugged it in, reading the instructions carefully and transfered the eggs into the machine, flipping on the switch to keep them warm. They were alive. Over a dozen eggs. Maybe 20 or so. Too many. Too many fucking eggs. "Sensei, our assignment is to raise eggs and watch them hatch and take notes. But Mr. LaRusso planned our training session for the entire break out in the mountains so we can’t. They shouldn’t hatch while we’re gone, but please keep an eye on them and keep them warm. You shouldn’t have to do anything else. Thank you so much Sensei! You’re a life saver."

But uh something that has me excited? When I originally envisioned it I wanted it to be a fix-it fic, but then I thought maybe I'll just have it focus on the chickens. But now I'm like well maybe I can fit some of that fix it into it. Which essentially is I had this idea about the baby. And I kind of like that plan (spoiler, no baby) and I wanted to explore this thing that I kind of explore frequently in the fics which is this promise they gave in the first couple of seasons that like Johnny does in fact learn but he stopped and they sort of made him a joke in the later season/let him backslide pretty far. I kind of took a shot at it with Wisteria Sherbert. But it's something I want to explore and I don't know if explaining it flat out is a spoiler. Like if people want that or not. Err I guess I'll write both the plans (the no baby and Johnny learning/backslide) and just stop now if you don't want to know.

🐔 So Carmen and Silver met, and Silver explains she's got a choice, she can either keep Johnny occupied while he deals with his issues with Daniel or the next time they interact he can't promise Johnny'll make out alive. And Carmen decides to fake it. She's a nurse, so she fakes the whole thing to keep Johnny busy but she doesn't necessarily want to marry him or have a real kid. That's part of it anyway. So I think that's going to be my start. And the Johnny backsliding from where he'd learned... So I realized or like wrote somewhere that something that bums me out is that like if you look at Johnny from the very first time we ever meet him in the Karate Kid is he's telling the guys, no thanks for the beer, I'm going to improve, I'm going to get better, I'm no longer going to have my life as a mess. And then he fails. And he just keeps failing. You add to it that pretty much everyone thinks he's an idiot, and I think if that happens enough times your self worth just tanks. He has pretty much no self preservation, he doesn't think about taking care of himself, not for himself anyway. So you take Kreese who tries to murder him for not getting first place, you add Sid who did who knows what and he has this fear of failure so great that he just can't try. Trying becomes so freaking hard, which leads to failing from the get go with Robby. But every once in a while he tries. Right? And he learns, when given the chance, but then he fails again, and people call him an idiot again. And so I think at some point it becomes just this defense mechanism. If he doesn't try, if he doesn't learn then he won't let anyone down. He'll just be an idiot to everyone around him and then that disappointment wont crush him and...arguably the won't leave or try and kill him for not being perfect. So my thought is that he's not an idiot, he's just using it as a shield. And he's pulled so deeply within himself so as not to get hurt. He's trying in ways, but no one's gotten to the kernel of it because when he does try and fail he fails in big ways. Like he screwed up, got a lady pregnant, and he screwed up with Robby so he's going to try but he's trying by like ways that would benefit others and not himself. I.e. cleaning and wearing a mask but taking it off to drink a beer so really not protecting himself beyond the barest minimum, or like being an awful rideshare driver because if he sucks at it well then he's not going to care if he fails. It feels like the dude's just limping through life. Occasionally he manages to walk, occasionally he takes a rest and gathers himself, but most of the time he's wounded. And I think part of that is the only person he thought who believed in him unconditionally died. (Laura) and every other person who believes in him, well it's conditional. I mean even Miguel took away his trust and belief in him. (For valid reasons) but with his shattered self esteem I think it just makes things so much harder on him.

Anyway so I'm going to give him chickens. And he's going to fucking nail it and he's going to heal and open up and he's going to realize he can fuck up without it being the end of the world and he's going to show everyone he's not the dumb blonde they think he is and that he can take care of himself and not have to be perfect. Or at least that's the plan. That's the goal.

Thank you for the writers ask. These are from this list.

#long posts #ask game #writing asks #this includes some upcoming project plans that read as headcannons

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x-authorship-x · 1 year

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Can we ask more than one? If so, can I please get 💞💝💫💥🦋🕯? If not, feel free to just pick the one you most want to answer 😊

Hey anon! You can absolutely ask more than one ☺️

💞 what's the most important part of a story for you? the plot, the characters, the worldbuilding, the technical stuff (grammar etc), the figurative language

... world-building but I'm cheating a little because I think characters are a major part of that. It's about the whole experience being immersive, you know? I have a thing for culture, so I would always argue that my characters and world-building are very much entwined

💝 what is a fic that got a different response than you were expecting?

Yeah Kunai, honestly. It was my first big fic and I didn't expect people to like that much, frankly. It's still my most popular work to date which is- mad, to me

💫 what is your favorite kind of comment/feedback?

I do love when I make people think, whether that's conspiracy theories or just quoting bits back to me and getting all worked up 🤭

💥 find your least kudos'd fic - say something wonderful about it.

(not including HP) Intermission Antics and Celebrity Gossip is a KPOP-AU oneshot for Yeah Kunai, it was very very frivolous and extremely good fun! It was also a gift for a very dear friend, so doubly exciting!

🦋 what are you most insecure about when you post a fic?

That no one will care 😅 I'm nervous enough about taking gaps between writing, or that I know statistically that sequel fics do much worse numbers than the OG fics, so every update always feels like a gamble

🕯️was there a fic that was really hard on you to write, or took you to a place you didn't think it would take you?

Until Dawn Breaks! When I tell my readers that this arc was, and continues to be, the hardest arc yet! NoT handled canonical issues and it had a defined structure... but the very nature of UDB is the crazy uncertainty... It makes for great reading (I like it, at least) but it's a dual-edged effect because it makes plotting and writing harder too.

I think Shisui's temper problems in this arc have really taught me a lot about how we deal with the world being hostile, things not going to plan, people disliking us, and not being able to fix everything no matter how much you push... I hope readers enjoy the final few chapters as much as I'm enjoying writing them (even if the process is brutal)!

This was really cool, thanks for playing anon! ✨✨

#torship #torship talks #ask #anon #ask game

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🥺😅🤡✨💖⛔🤩🎶🧐💞🧠(anybody you want to reveal ur headcanons about idc)🤯🤲✅💥💔 and I have a feeling you do but I’ll go ahead and ask 🍷

Holy shit, Paige 🤣 jfdlsalfsjsfajlk

Okay! *Breaks fingers* Let's do this. Some answers are gonna be kind of short!

🥺 Is there a certain type of moment or common interaction between your characters that never fails to put you in your feels?

Honestly, I’m not sure? I do tend to gravitate towards certain themes. I love writing sickfics, hurt/comfort, whump, etc. There’s something about two people putting aside everything to help each other that just gets me right in the feels.

😅 What's a story or scene you've created that you're a smidge embarrassed exists?

Okay. Alright. Sit down motherfuckers. I'm gonna tell you a quick story.

Fun fact about me: I like to include names of my loved ones as minor/throwaway characters in my writing. For example, I need a name for some random cashier or whatever, so I name him after a friend. Y'know, as a shoutout to that friend.

Well. In A Parade of Indignities, there's a scene where Dib is reminiscing over his mother's grave. He has no mother in canon, so I had to invent a character and give her a first name.

I named her after my mother.

It wasn't meant to be anything other than a little shoutout to my very sweet mom. I had no experience with parent death and didn't see this detail as anything but an easter egg.

Well, less than a year later, I did get experience with a parent dying. Really suddenly dying.

I read back through Parade some months later and got to that part. Words cannot express the emotions that went through me. Really, I can't even say what those emotions were. Shame for writing something so serious in the first place without really knowing the fallout of losing a parent? Embarrassment for adding such a dark "easter egg"? All I can say is that I immediately slammed that "edit" button and changed the name of Dib's dead mother to a different, more generic name with no personal connections to me.

🤡 What's a line, scene, or exchange you've written that made you laugh?

Answered in another ask.

✨ Give you and your writing a compliment. Go on now. You know you deserve it. 😉

Rissy, you are good at writing characters’ thoughts and feelings through their body language.

💖 What made you start writing?

My mom and dad! They were/are amazing writers and always encouraged me.

My second grade teacher also ignited my enthusiasm for writing. I remember her calling me to her desk multiple times just to tell me how wonderful and descriptive my little stories and book reports were. She even invited my parents in one time to teach the class about writing.

I was incredibly lucky to have people in my life at that young age who could nurture my interests. It kept me going and I improved as a writer because of it. I credit my continued improvement to the people who have been in my corner to support me.

⛔ Do you have a fic you started, but scrapped?

Answered in another ask.

🤩 Who is your favorite character to write?

Dib and Gaz are actually really fun to write! They let me get as angsty and sarcastic as I want! 😂

🎶 Do you listen to music while you write? What song have you been playing on loop lately?

Yup! I'm always listening to music. Usually when I'm writing, I listen to music without lyrics, though. Stuff like lo-fi or deep house. Sometimes smooth jazz.

As for a song I've been playing on loop, probably this one:

https://open.spotify.com/track/6VGnKsXhFekwBOAnIY8cFM?si=9b7a71d063c9497b

🧐 Do you spend much time researching for your stories?

Yeah! I spend a lot of time researching, actually. I research really obscure things and get frustrated when I can’t find answers. I also tend to go down really useless rabbit holes lol.

💞 Who's your comfort character?

Oh, definitely Zim.

🧠 Pick a character, and I'll tell you my favorite headcanon for them.

Professor Membrane gets so over-the-top concerned for his children when they’re sick, he goes overboard with tests and remedies. Think “Gaz, Taster or Pork,” but for everything Dib and Gaz become afflicted with. Common colds, hay fever, food poisoning, etc. It gets to the point where Dib and Gaz don’t tell him when they’re sick and simply take care of each other while keeping the illness on the down-low.

I’m actually writing a little fic based around this headcanon and how it puts a strain on their family.

🤯 What's a genre you struggle with as a writer (ex. romance, action, etc.)?

Definitely romance.

🤲 Would you please share a snippet of a wip?

Sure! Here’s a snippet from something I’m almost done with:

Dib quietly drifted to his bedside and stared down at him. “Zim…” He had to gather himself before he could repeat the same words he’d asked before. “Tell me who did this to you.”

The words hung in the air between them. Dib’s tone had taken on a quality that, coming from the mouth of any another person, would demand respect. Gone were the petulant, whiny inflections of his youth, and in their place was a certain poise that was easily reminiscent of his own father’s confident speech pattern. Unfortunately, what he had to say often overpowered how he said it. his attempts at persuasion scarcely had any effect on anyone in his life. They certainly never had any effect on Zim. This time, though, he hoped against hope that they would.

✅ What's something that appears in your fics over and over and over again, even if you don't mean to?

A lot of characters in my fics fall asleep at the drop of a hat in my fics. I find that it’s a good way to end a chapter, but it sure does happen a lot. It’s like an impulse thing to just write a character going to bed at the end of a long, eventful chapter. They get a little sleep. As a treat.

💥 How do you feel about criticism?

If it's constructive and/or from a good friend, I welcome it. If it's from some rando and more along the lines of "you didn't write this character the way I personally see them," then I'll roll my eyes big time and delete it.

I’ll add, I LOVE constructive criticism for things that I might have gotten factually wrong. One time, back in 2018, a nurse DMed me and let me know that some of what occurred in Chapter 12 of Parade wasn’t super accurate to what an actual nurse or doctor would do. This person spent the next couple days helping me understand certain medical terminology and procedures, which was super helpful. I rewrote that section of the story, and was super happy knowing I wrote it as factually accurate as I could.

I also love seeing typos pointed out! It’s hard to get everything, even with a beta reader. I guarantee that if you DM me with a typo, I will drop everything and log into AO3 to edit it.

💔 Is there a fic of yours that broke your heart?

Of mine? God, I don’t know. Anything that involves super deep depression is gonna break my heart. I’m working on something right now that involves a character feeling trapped and hopeless. That’s hard to write when you’re not also writing a concrete happy ending to go along with it.

🍷 Do you drink and write?

Oh hell yes.

#thanks paige!#this was fun #writer asks #rissy's asks #parent death cw #alcohol cw

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harrystylescherry · 2 years

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💳💥💳💥💳💥 i would like to see more pls

(but only what your comfortable with)

a taste...

He laughed and started unloading the bags. He arranged everything nicely, despite them not having any napkins or plates. He ripped the bread into even pieces, but paused when he got to the cheese.

“Jos, do you mind?” He motioned to her phone which was tucked in her lap and she tapped the flashlight back on.

Out of his pocket came a pocket knife, and Josie felt her whole body tense. She wasn’t afraid of him—if she was, she wouldn’t have gone and he didn’t have that vibe. That being said, knives outside of a kitchen didn’t feel right to her. She had never been around very outdoorsy people and her brothers barely knew their way around a butter knife.

He quickly set to cutting the cheeses into smaller pieces, while she watched in silence. He traded the knife for the corkscrew and popped open one of the bottles.

“There.” He said and handed it to her.

When she took it, her eyes flickered down to the pocket knife that was still in his hand.

“It was my grandfather’s.” He put the corkscrew away and flipped it over. On the other side of the handle, the initials T.C were engraved into the metal. “Theodore Church. He fought in the war. The second one. But he’s gone now. He passed away a year ago.”

Josie swallowed hard. “I’m sorry.”

“He was great.” Ben rubbed the initials with his thumb. “He lived in the countryside and used to make these big adventures out of camping in his garden. He loved to play pretend. He took me to my first audition, actually. I was twelve and it was Peter Pan.” His smile was wide, but sad. “He was great.”

She couldn’t look at him. She couldn’t see the acceptance. She wasn’t ready. “He sounds wonderful.”

“He was.”

She knew that she was supposed to offer up part of herself then, to divulge some vulnerability that would connect them.

Josie took a swig from the bottle.

“Do you use it often? The knife.” She wiped her mouth with the back of her hand.

He cleared his throat, sensing the change in the conversation's tone. “Yeah, more than you’d think, actually. Comes in handy during times like these.”

“Oh, so you have ‘times like these’ often?”

“No, no,” he smiled and looked down. “I just mean…impromptu adventures, you know?”

“Yeah,” she said even though she didn’t. Josie’s last adventure had been two years ago and even then, she was an exchange student so her experience was pretty meticulously planned. It needed to be, since she still had deadlines and classes to attend. The only thing close to being impromptu was her trip to Nice. It only lasted three nights and she wasn’t supposed to be there alone, but it ended up that way. It ended up meaning more to her than she imagined and after she got over the slight panic of being there alone, she was able to really enjoy herself.

And now she was back, and the feelings she felt the last time were there but they no longer fit her. That’s the only way she could describe it. She recognized them and tried to feel them again, but too much had changed. The person this place had turned her into years ago didn’t exist anymore. She was waiting again for something new, and she was starting to worry that it wouldn’t come.

She passed him the bottle and he took a sip.

“So, London.” She swiped a piece of baguette through the small mound of goat cheese and popped it in her mouth.

“London.” He repeated. When he didn’t continue, Josie motioned for him to elaborate while she chewed her mouthful. “It’s nice.”

“And yet, you left.”

“I didn’t leave London. I left what was in London. I’ve always loved the city. I’d been dreaming about living there since secondary school. I thought I’d live in the West End–and work there, obviously. Even though that didn’t happen, I still walk through every weekend. I go to the shops on the high street and Borough Market–for a local it’s embarrassing how much I’m there. And I don’t mind the rain, actually. It makes everything smell good.”

He wasn’t looking at her anymore, but picking at a thread on his jeans. Josie could picture it all: the old buildings and windy streets, the fog that greeted her every morning on campus. The way he talked about it made her chest ache.

“Whatever it was, it was that bad that you were willing to leave a place you clearly love?”

“We’re both running, remember?”

“Yeah, but you know why I’m running. I know nothing about you.”

‘Which makes sense since we’re basically strangers.” After he pulled the bottle from his lips, Josie swiped it.

She knew he was kidding, thanks to his smirk, but she wasn’t laughing.

#the getaway #i love them omg!!!!!

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💥find your least kudos'd fic - say something wonderful about it.

🍭why did you start writing?

💎why is writing important to you?

📡why is writing and sharing your writing important for fandom?

🧿what steps do you take to not take things personally if a fic doesn't do well, or if your writing/posting/sharing experience isn't going how you'd like it to?

💌share something with us about an up-and-coming work (WIP) that has you excited!

💥 find your least kudos'd fic - say something wonderful about it. willingly ignoring the horrible horrible fics I wrote when I first started this blog, I think my fic with the least notes is for old times' sake (jaime lannister), which is a real bummer because I loved writing it and I'm pretty proud of the end result, actually. I think I succeeded in what I was trying to do with my writing, the setting, and the romance, and it's pretty evocative of a Northern winter night—and how the wilderness in the North reacts differently to Jaime (a stowaway, an uninvited guest) and the reader (a child of the woods). but alas, there seems to be no crowd for jaime lannister angst </3

🍭why did you start writing? there was no reason to be honest. I started writing the moment I learned how—probably no older than five. I used to devour children's books and my mind would swell up with so many stories and ideas I either acted out on the playground with my friends, or just wrote down exactly how people who wrote books did. When I found out about Pokémon Diamond there was no turning back, my brain had seized that fantastical world and made it its own already.

💎why is writing important to you? see answer above (i need to get it out of my system, it's my only exorcism, etc.) but also, selfishly, it's the only thing in this world that I (and everyone who's come in contact with my writing, one way or another) consider myself somewhat good at. It's quite literally my only "talent" (though I wouldn't attribute it to talent at all; like everything else, it's 99% practice), and at this point, especially being an engineering student, my gift with words and appetence for literature are my one defining characterstic among my peers. Me being a writer is quite literally the only notable thing about me tbh, and the only way I can get praised. Actually, nowadays I can feel my self-esteem deteriorating the longer I go without writing.

📡why is writing and sharing your writing important for fandom? I don't think sharing my writing specifically is important for fandom, insofar as I've always been clear about the fact I consider fanfiction a "warmup" of sorts for my personal projects. but writing in general is one of the most crucial parts of fandom and writers, as a rule of thumb, are paid dust. It infuriates me to see people copy-paste unfinished fics into ChatGPT to get a soulless AI-generated neat little ending, as if we were stuck vending machines and not actual people who spend weeks, sometimes months writing something simply for the pure joy of sharing it. Of expanding onto existing lore, of imagining characters in alternate universes and discussing possibilities with other fans, of evoking in the reader the same raw, honest emotions as we felt when we were consuming that media in the first place. Creation breeds creation, art makes art, interaction breeds community. Fandoms can only thrive as long as their artists are thriving.

🧿what steps do you take to not take things personally if a fic doesn't do well, or if your writing/posting/sharing experience isn't going how you'd like it to? I personally don't care at all how "well" my fics do on here as long as I get Approved By The Mutuals. 90% of the notes we get are likes anyway so it's not like they mean that much to me either? From personal experience it's just super puzzling to have a fic get 300 likes and like zero comments or reblogs? Like did y'all like it? Did y'all even read it? But yeah no as I said I write primarily for me and for me only. I like the interaction that comes with sharing my work, but I never wrote for audiences, hence why I had no problem stopping posting. There are super personal fics on this blog (thinking of the door to heaven and hell) that flew under the radar but I don't mind it at all bc my writing is self-indulgent and catered to me. idk sorry I can't give more insightful advice but like,,,, don't take it too seriously I think? this is tumblr this is cringe fun

💌share something with us about an up-and-coming work (WIP) that has you excited! unfortunately I have nothing to share today </3 I mean, no that's a lie, I still have my robb stark fic that's literally been sitting in my drafts since january of 2021 and which I love very much and would love to finish someday. I think I already posted snippets of it before? but here are some more lines, if anyones still a game of thrones fan in the year of our lord 2023 or whatever💔

: ̗̀➛ “Your horse is saddled, my Lord. You may depart whenever you want now, though I must reiterate my offer to ride with you.”

Robb would have laughed if the blood in his veins had not frozen from the furtive hallucination. The grounds near Winterfell had not been as safe in centuries — it would be as dangerous for him to leave the castle than to get back to his quarters. Even less so, perhaps. All of the North was haunted, but its most virulent ghosts wandered Winterfell’s cobblestone halls and flickering torchlight shadows.

“And I must decline again. But thank you.”

She nodded respectfully and disappeared behind the door, no doubt already expecting the answer. Such a pilgrimage was to be undertaken by the King and the King only. The entire town knew as much.

Empty streets welcomed the King as he left the castle on horseback, a few minutes later. The early light of day pierced snow-laden clouds like a blade through a curtain of heavy cotton, and he tasted the wind’s gelid kiss on his cheeks before he heard his town’s eerie stillness.

Unwavering, Robb Stark guided his horse through the deserted main street, amidst drawn shutters and swirling snowflakes; and the steady rhythm of his breath and the horse’s hooves on the stones were the only sound in the whole of Westeros, their cadence an oh so lonely funeral march. ༊*·˚

*ੈ✩‧₊ writing asks!

#ladylamrian #thank you for asking! <3 #writing

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awfulwordmonger · 1 year

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When Three Turned Out To Be Five

I was just reminded of an incident that happened about 35 years ago. There’s a moral at the end for all you Thai food neophytes out there.

It was an era in Seattle when there was a new Thai restaurant opening every week or two. My partner and I took great pleasure in trying out the newcomer and reporting back to all our friends about what we found. Although it may seem obvious, different Thai restaurants sometimes have different systems of telling the customers what to expect in the way of spiciness. Generally, you find a system of one to five stars, with five star being eye-watering, mouth-blistering, gut-wrenching spice. We took that for granted on this particular night.

We, being connoisseurs of Thai cuisine (or so we thought), blithely ordered our meal at the 3-star level. We prided ourselves at having reached that exalted level by climbing that ladder slowly, sometimes painfully, but always trying to “expand the envelope” like test pilots reaching for the ultimate experience in a new aircraft. Oh, how pride goes before a fall!

Our meal smelled wonderful, tasted great and…. Holy Shit, was it HOT! 🔥🔥🔥 Forget the five-star scale, this place thought 3-stars should be competing with fission!

It took us a while, but with the help of a few Singha beers, we made it all the way through dinner! We congratulated ourselves not only for reaching new heights of flavorful agony, but also on the fact that our apartment was a short, wobbly walk away from the restaurant. We fell into a blissful sleep that night. We earned it!

My honey worked at one of the big banks in downtown Seattle. Somewhere up around the 30th floor she spent her days keeping an executive with Third-grade writing skills from being exposed as a fraud every time he needed to write a letter. Some days she rode the bus to work, but on this day I decided to treat her to a ride to work.

There has to be a restroom in the entry floor of a building where a couple thousand people work, right? RIGHT?! Oh, help! Where in the heck is it?!

Success! The Men's Room… and it’s locked! ⚡️💥💣😱

No options! The Women’s Room door was NOT locked! I entered, hoping it was empty… and it was! Relief (total understatement) was immediate. I was able to breathe more normally, and was thanking everyone and everything that let me escape a fate worse than death.

Morning rush hour in Seattle can be trying. We were trapped in the midst of the thousands of cars negotiating the construction, the hills and each other. Somewhere along the way, my guts started announcing, in no uncertain terms that it was time for a bathroom break. O gods of Spice, please let your unwary victim survive this! The farther we went into the concrete canyons, the worse it got. By the time we pulled up in front of the bank building, I had no choice: abandon ship or destroy the interior of an otherwise perfectly good car. I double parked and beat my lady to the doors of the bank.

And the door opened. I heard the clicking of the high heels coming across the floor. I slowly raised my hiking shoe-clad feet and ancient-blue-Jean lad legs, and stopped breathing. The intruder parked herself in the next stall! As quietly as I could, I pulled my pants up, flushed… and fled!

Epilogue: when I told my lady this story, later that day, I thought she might have a heart attack from laughing so hard. Moral of the story: a) never trust the spice ratings of a Thai restaurant, and b) never go downtown until you’ve used the bathroom at home!

#thaifood #embarrassing #personal #spicyfood #seattle

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hero-in-waiting · 1 year

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💥🕯 for the fic ask game (the first candle question idc why there are two, but if you wanna answer both I'm not stopping you! 😏😎😂)

84 years later but here we are

🕯️was there a fic that was really hard on you to write, or took you to a place you didn't think it would take you?

Guide You Home ended up being a lot harder than I anticipated, especially when I got to the point where Rodney finally accepted John and everyone else was dead and he let himself grieve. I always knew the fic was going to be on the sadder side, but that bit did me in and I sobbed my way thru it.

💥find your least kudos'd fic - say something wonderful about it.

Easy Choices, my SG1, Sam/Teal'c fic. Honestly, I love it. Its a super rare pair so I'm not surprised at the lack of kudos but I still really did enjoy it. I love that Sam is choosing Teal'c, it's her choice, and tbh I loved how Cam and Daniel were both like get it girl

🕯️how do you think engaging with each other through tumblr, twitter, comments, kudos, creates healthy fandom experiences? How do you deal with that if you're not a social person/experience social anxiety?

I think its super important if that's something that you want to do. I know a lot of my headcanons have changed as a result of seeing others view, or noticing things I wouldn't have seen otherwise. and even if its not a hc I vibe with, I still enjoy seeing why people think like that, or what makes them excited. esp when you consider the vastness of fandom backgrounds and how those experiences shape your view of everything.

#ask meme #i got here in the end!!

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gallawitchxx · 2 years

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Hey Bee! I had a question arising from the last chapter of An Exception to the Rule, and I thought I would ask you here so you can take the tumblrinas to witchy school if you so desire.

[Spoilers? Ahead]

Liza, when she puts out the spread says 'have we ever done it in as few as four before?' and then later once Mickey says ok she says 'Alright, so we did it in 7. Not bad!'

and it has me wondering, is there some particular outcome you are trying to achieve when reading? What is the 'it' she is talking about? Is it Mickey's acceptance? Is it an understanding of what the cards are telling them?

It seemed like an interesting thing to me that she would be trying to do 'it' in as few cards as possible, and not something I have ever come across before.

Thaaaanks and I love your story and you and witchy mickey ok byeeee 🖤

HOWL! my love, my dear! 🖤 love love love this question!

for those who haven't checked out chapter 4 of an exception to the rule, it's ok, you're right on time, just click here 🔮

*cracks knuckles*

*fires up slideshow presentation*

*spouts off about witchy goodness under the cut*

liza & mickey

yes, they like to mess around & play off of each other, but both of them strike me as folks who deeply trust the space created in a reading because they've had personal experiences that've led them to connect with the cards & "believe" in it all. working together with the cards has saved both of their lives as its allowed them to process & heal & step back into their own personal power--i may be so inclined to write mickey's first reading with liza during his angry little kitten phase!!!

that all being said, the card count thing came through as a cheeky joke between the two of them because while they love what they do, neither of them are the type to beat around the bush. they both enjoy a more straightforward reading, so the idea that they'd only need the initial spread was kind of a fun like, wow that was so to the point--ian's the sun, it'll be good if you can let it be, there's some literal poetic justice here & also you may roll your eyes, but it's a wish granted. bada bing! bada boom! 💥

then, it felt right to have her mention the actual count at the end, but it was also a nod to 7--my personal lucky number that i've already weaved into the story. (77 was the page number of the bay leaf spell in the witchcraft book!)

IRL

in a real card reading there is no limit to or standard of how may cards get used & there's absolutely no prize for doing it in fewer cards. i actually think that counting cards in that way could become ethically unsound & more about the ego/perceived skills of the reader instead of servicing the client's needs.

the IT though that you reference is quite real & it varies from reading to reading. generally speaking, there's a moment (or you hope for one!) where all parties feel that the reading is complete.

sometimes yes, it comes when the client feels satisfied. mickey's final "okay" signaled to liza that he had gotten what he needed & she was in the clear to wrap things up. other times, i have felt the energy shift when whoever the client is communicating with reaches a point where they feel they've said everything.

most typically though, i steer us to that IT when i notice the clock is ticking & we're running out of time 😉

there's never a desired outcome because cards are like mini therapy sessions & it can be hard to always wrap them up in a tidy bow. but i do like for folks to walk away with some sense of validation/assuredness/support in what's known & unknown, as well as have many more questions to walk away with to sit & reflect on.

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WOOF. i hope you enjoyed that witchy novel & i hope that spoke to what you were getting after!

thank you for reading & for loving witchy!mickey & liza. they're both quickly becoming so important to me 🥺🥺🥺

#howl this was super fun to reflect on thank you!#there are so many little meta moments in this whole fic...#it's been super fun for me to write & also it's been a bit surreal #this ficlet started with squiddy's prompt to put my knowledge in a fic but i didn't see it spiraling like this!#bee's witching hours #ask bee #answered #witchy things #an exception to the rule

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