#(and tbh I don't think there is such a thing as irredeemable trash)

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Is kagehina your favourite ship in haikyuu??

Hope you don't mind me asking is there a reason for your shift in writing from romance to platonic? I really enjoy all of your writing btw just wanted to ask as I was rereading one of your fics.

Also what is the fav among the ones you wrote?

Hope you hav a wonderful day

Omg omg, hello there, anon!!! :D And eep this ask is so!!! Thanks for dropping by, your questions are really fun!

Long answer incoming, pls proceed with caution ;-;

For your first question, oh man, you're making me open a can of worms here (laughs) how to explain… I don't think I really have a favorite ship, since I don't "ship" anyone in Haikyuu!! in the strictest sense. It's more of, I like Hinata a lot, there's something about his character that scratches the itch for me, and his relationship with other characters are interesting to explore. There's a revolving door of shows where I actively ship characters--like I'm very much cheering for specific pairs to become endgame--but I often don't feel compelled enough to write them. I'm not really a writer writer, I've never aspired to be the next Stephen King, I don't want it as my day job, I hate the act of writing. And I'm not being self-deprecating when I say it. I really, really hate it. So the urge to get to know the characters on a much deeper level must be super strong, enough for me to park my butt in front of my ancient laptop and grind out walls of text that some unlucky schmuck might come across someday. And Hinata pretty much ticked all the right boxes.

I must admit, Kageyama was a slowburn of a character for me, but it's more of a case of his character archetype usually being a hit or miss for me (pls don't murder me kgym fans). But looking at him through Hinata's perspective made me appreciate him a lot, like a fuckton, he's more than just the cold blue-eyed anime guy who's stereotypically talented in one thing (and srsly Hinata would come out of the manga and bludgeon me if I said otherwise), and right now I can honestly say Kageyama's one of my favorite characters in the manga. Plus he's silly. I like my anime men irredeemably silly.

It's pretty much par for the course for me though lmao. I find Hinata fascinating, and because I'm a very basic, very predictable person, the things Hinata loves I grow to love as well. And in the entire series, it's pretty much undeniable who Hinata cares for the most. That's why I write about Hinata and Kageyama as a pair, even though I don't exactly have this desire to have them be romantically linked all the time.

I also hope that partly answers your question about my fics being romantic or platonic. Like tbh I don't really have a particular reason for choosing "/" or "&"; it depends on the type of story I wanted to tell and the aspects of their canon relationship I wanted to highlight in my own work. For a hurt/comfort or coming of age story, maybe a more romantic vibe might fit, and for an adventure-heavy one it might not. It really depends. If I'm being honest I prefer writing gen stories because it gives me the most freedom to explore, and for the fandoms I've been on it's always the gen fics that moved me the most.

As for fics I wrote that I liked… …… … I wrote a short and silly PJO fic of Annabeth Chase & Thalia Grace back in the day, but I'm pretty sure I've deleted every trace of it in the web. It was pure, unhinged trash, but I had a fantastic time planning it and coming up with limericks for fic!Annabeth to solve. Makes me laugh just remembering it.

Thanks for your time, anon! :D Hope you're having a splendid start to your year!!!

#ask #anonymous

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ugh, and then when I was double-checking my response to that email with a friend, they had the gall to refer to them in a really dehumanizing way, so that’s a whole other thing I also had to deal with today. yeehaw.

just a quick psa, there are lines we don’t cross, y’all. no matter how annoying or outright horrible a person is, there are lines we don’t cross. you are not personally obligated to put in the work to help a bad person become better, but you absolutely do not get a pass to lash out at them in awful and damaging ways, because that makes shit harder for those who will put in the work, including the people you lash out at.

a couple examples: direct dehumanization, slurs, misgendering, death threats/kys

I get that not everyone is viewed as capable or worthy of rehabilitation, even though I’m iffy on that. but that doesn’t make it okay.

#side note: assassination attempts don't fall into the same purview of death threats to me #my morality is just really weird sometimes don't worry about it #I suppose it's a question of using things we think are unacceptable when others do them #to maliciously create an atmosphere of fear #as opposed to putting your money where your mouth is #really think the world will be vastly better off without a specific person? #actions speak louder than words #this doesn't apply to suicide attempts btw because you're waaaaaay more biased against yourself than say #a genocidal fuckhead #like a genocidal fuckhead is probably as awful as you think they are #you on the other hand are extreeeeeeeeeeemely rarely as awful as you think you are #and you also have the option to put in the work to make yourself a better person #which you can't impose on a genocidal fuckhead in the same way #rather than throwing yourself out as irredeemable trash #(and tbh I don't think there is such a thing as irredeemable trash) #(I do think there are people who can't be helped fast enough to prevent atrocities) #(and I understand the trolley problem that gets into and I think the answer is to minimize harm) #(but minimizing harm also means only doing harm to others when it actually stops additional harm) #(rather than just cuz you're petty or hurt)

[tuiyla]

#sometimes i wonder if i'll ever reach this 'idc what literally any of you say she's the best'#stage with santana

Lowkey thought you were already there

Lmao, well Anon you're not wrong but let me elaborate.

I was just musing to myself in the tags because it is different with Katara, you know? I wasn't there from the very beginning for the Avatar fandom but now in 14 years of retrospect, I might as well have been (premiered in 2005, I started watching in 2008). And I've just,,, seen it all. And part of it is just me being older now but I've debated different aspects of this show so many times and have written so many odes to my all-time favourite character. What I mean when I say I don't care what literally anyone says about Katara, I mean that I really cannot be swayed on anything regarding her. Nor do I want to change anyone's mind at this point, she's just a part of my, well not to sound dramatic but part of my soul and there's that.

And I think had I been with Glee from the beginning I would have seen it all there, too, but I'm relatively new to it. And I'd say I'm very grateful the fandom's much slower now but it was a deliberate move from me not to bother getting into Glee while most of the people were still active because even from the sidelines I saw how it was and decided it wasn't for me. Now that I am part of the fandom and I do love Santana, I'd say I'm not at that ultimate stage with her. Maybe that's a not yet situation, I'm not sure. Tbh she does have a much, much bigger hold on me than I ever thought possible.

But I will engage with people who dislike her, I will engage in debates (not arguments though) and yeah, there are trash takes I won't take into consideration (re: The Outing) but overall I guess I'm... What's the best way to phrase this, if only my job literally had writer in the title lol. I'm holding her out in the open, compared to Katara. Believe it or not, I'm less protective of her. And that's honestly partly also the difference between the characters not just my own relationships with the two fandoms. Santana, while I believe a fundamentally good-hearted person, has a lot to be criticized for. So I engage in those conversations because there's more to talk about in that sense, flaws to explore, and I understand that for some people she'll never be a fave for the reason of having been a bully.

And like I say people who say she had being outed coming suck ass, but there is a conversation to be had about her cruelty and yes, even the cruelty that led up to that particular event. The thing I see people say about Katara that similarly makes my blood boil? That she talks too much about her dead mother. Like, wtf, after a while how do I engage with that. How do I engage with people turning a 14 year-olds trauma from when she was 8 into a meme. I can take people calling Santana irredeemable even though I disagree, but I can't take people missing the entire point of Katara's character anymore. Who also happens to be an incredibly compassionate ch and the very heart of her show, btw, so the ~problematic~ buzzword of contemporary fandom discourse shouldn't even apply, not in a way it does to Santana.

Tell you what I never thought I'd be comparing Katara and Santana of all characters in such a way lol but hey, anything can happen. I don't know if that explains it or if this was even an invitation to explain but there you go. TL;DR I've grown beyond the need to discuss Katara with people who don't see her the way I do, whereas with Santana I do welcome that. But ask me again in 13 or so years if I've reached the same stage with her.

#i realize what i say about discussing katara sounds bad #i welcome other perspectives but i'm also just Tired of running in the same circles #I've loved katara for 14 years and i've loved santana for like one #it's not the same #anon #glee asks #santana asks #katara #the glee x avatar crossover you did not expect #just your daily 2am rambling