#BUT it hit the landing SO WELL

[aparticularbandit]

I think

If I finish the chapter I'm in

That might be the last chapter?

And then the epilogue

And the Nagito chapters?

Maybe?

Maybe?????

#musings #bandit writes fic #dr1 end rewrite fic #i make a lot of comments about whether danganronpa canon entries stick the landing or not #some of them are good but don't get the end right (dr2) #some of them are iffy but hit the landing (dr3) #(dr1 is acceptable on both counts i think #udg is the best entry so far in terms of the games #but it is so much either hit or miss that like #-gestures-) #(dr kirigiri had some hit/miss aspects #three books for the twelve cases was #rough #BUT it hit the landing SO WELL #minus the epilogue we don't talk about the makoto cameo here xD) #so for me it's looking at these fics and did i hit the landing #will i hit the landing #i think oaei needs a bit of smoothing out but hits #i don't think oafc's ending is as set up as i want because it is so long and i figured out and changed some things in the writing #but i think if set up properly and smoothed out it will hit #but i don't think it's as strong as oaei is #and that's in part on ME as a reader #i love oaei and there are parts of it i really ALREADY like going back to and running through #there aren't as many of those in oafc #and it's because i was trying to shove too much in one thing #i think now that i have a better idea of what it's supposed to be i can smooth some of that out #but right now it's a mess #WHICH IS FINE BECAUSE IT'S A ROUGH DRAFT #and y'all aren't even going to get chapters until september #xD

[starflungwaddledee]

which ocs in the fandom do you find the most interesting? also, which ocs do you think have the most aesthetically pleasing designs? finally, which ocs have you only heard of but would like to know more about?

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh nooooooo ha haaa noooo i can't possibly answer this because it would be soooo unfair to have favourites wouldn't it's comet knight by @kittenvirus

#sorry it's the colour scheme and the glitter and the fluff. i'm unfortunately so so weak to all these things 😭 #even a little bit of pastel rainbow star theming specifically... comet really has everything i'm sorry to say #i think starstruck would faint immediately if she saw him. could they be friends?? i'm not sure i think she'd just be like this: 👁️👁️ #he is also one of (if not the very) first designs i saw when i started picking around the kirby community #so i'll always have a soft spot for him no matter who else i discover. #there are also a dozen other OCs that i love and adore but the more that i list the more folks will feel that i didn't list *them* #and i really really don't want to do that! my mutuals have some absolutely banging designs as do some folks who i don't follow! #there are also a lot of REALLY cool designs that are 'semi' oc but are more like redesigns? from folks AUs or comics or so on #many great morpho-esque redesigns out there too i'm always a fan of those!!! #please understand i'm listing only ONE design that hits all these prompts (bc i also don't know the creator well hence 'only heard of') #and one that always stands out to me personally because of the sentimentality i mentioned above #but i love MANY many many. if i started listing them i would never stop!! if you have an oc or a design i probably love them!! #i realise that is a bit of a dodge of the breadth of this question but i just... yknow? haha #i'd be happy to learn more about any ocs really!! i would actually love for starstruck to start having some relationships with others too? #if folks are interested in that!! she has relationships with the dream land four but not so much with ocs; and that might be fun too!! #others ocs #asks

[dollypopup]

Tired: Colin teaches Penelope how to fuck Wired: Colin teaches Penelope how to flirt Inspired: Colin teaches Penelope how to fIGHT

#bridgerton #polin #colin bridgerton #penelope featherington #bridgerton season 3 #look at me #LOOK AT ME: if we don't get boxer Colin in S3 i will riot #i will write so many posts and fanfics about it y'all will be beyond sick of me #(more than you already are i mean) #i need to see flashbacks of a teensy colin gleefully teaching daphne and eloise everything he learned from B + A #i need to see Colin telling Penelope that if a man is making her uncomfortable she should aim for his throat *(thank you red) #and then realizing she's too short #so she should punch them in the gut instead #those lessons damn well better include him cheering her on when she finally lands a hit on him #GIVE IT TO ME BTON!!!! #someone fucking hire me to write this season #i have IDEAS #also Colin has like. . .0 game #come on let's be real #i LOVE it about him #so so much #but the 'colin teaches penelope seduction' is the blind leading the blind #pen: i don't know how to find a husband #colin: i don't know to find a husband either

[latinforest]

Jack Sparrow walks like That because he’s more accustomed to walking on ship decks.

#I am rewatching pirates of the Caribbean #so I realized that #Jack sparrow #walks perfectly well when the ship is on rough waters #and he’s great at jumping on the mast #and flying through the rigging #but the moment he hits dry land #he becomes a mess #which can happen when you spend a lot of time at sea #and when you go back to dry land you have a kind of sea sickness #it makes me imagine that Jack grew up on boats #he spent more time on the sea than he did on land #Jack #captain Jack sparrow #potc #pirates #pirates of the caribbean

[ohitslen]

Eh idk man just mulling over the thought that it’s super awesome to think of Vash as this little silly guy who is always so fucking pissed at Wolfwood ;or just people generally but I’m using Wolfwood for this one because it’s funny to me personally.

Wolfwood is the most vocal of the two in that regard, about being pissed off at Vash a lot of the time, nobody wonders about it. But think about this, one day Wolfwood says something or does something (not about killing) that Vash so heavily disagrees with and he looks so done.

Not done as in augh this conversation again, but pissed as in repressed anger, as in you should be thankful I don’t vouch for violence as my first option.

And it feels so oppressing, Wolfwood genuinely wonders if someone is out there wanting to kill them, but it’s just Vash doing a poor attempt of regulating his emotions while looking at WWs back with immense murderous intent

#he’s just like me fr I’m totally not projecting though #sometimes people disagree with me and I have to actively decide not to resort to some sort of violence. usually verbal. #i just straight up don’t talk to that person for a good GOOD while until I know I won’t explode in the next disagreement #and i just thought oh wow this dude totally seems like he would do this too. takes one to recognize another or something like that #but yeah Vash is filled with so much ancient anger I don’t think he reacts to stuff well #SPECIALLY with WW. since his whole point is being the one that challenges Vash’s beliefs the most and stands up against him #which is why they work out and are so fucking dysfunctional-ly functional. I hope I will never have what they do it’d be concerning <3 #anyways then I guess aLWNENW #trigun #vash the stampede #nicholas d wolfwood #vashwood #lenssi rambles #uuh no spoilers for the manga also pls if you’re so nice I’m still at it in case I somehow landed a hit with any of this

[keeps-ache]

i have my glasses now!! here are some things:

saw my mother clearly and almost cried

saw the parking lot and the sky and a tree and forgot to breath for a second

was so enamored with the Sky i tripped over a curb

the stars. oh my god the stars

#just me hi #HELLO #GOD BLESS THIS BEAUTIFUL PLANET WE ARE SO WONDERFULLY HERE #FORGOT TO MENTION THE MOON. SHE WAS STUNNING SHE WAS RED AND ORANGE AND YELLOW AND SHE WAS PERFECT #YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW ENCHANTING A GROCERY STORE REALLY IS UNTIL..!!! #and i HATE the grocery store man!!! #/my mother was wondering how it looked to me before the glasses and i drew a quick thing to show her hfsvh #it suddenly hit me the utter power of a vision and any intent i'm. i'm going to be making art forever aren't i #//but the SKY let me tell you about the SKY #it was wispy with white and that shade of blue we know so well was so much more shocking i can't!! describe!!! #AND THE SUNSETTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT #THE SUNSET. YOU DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND #it WAS. it was grey and blue and SUCH a vivid hot-pink it's seared into the backs of my eyes like a vision of something sacred #/TRY and tell me everything wasn't made deliberately. like everything wasn't woven with love and the intention of wild beauty. i'll bite yo #//MY MOTHER. SHE IS SO LOVELY #she looks so much older and she makes my throat hurt and i'll think about how she looked in that costco forever Lol #/my FACE HOLY LANDS #i didn't expect to look so textured!!! i need to look at myself more i felt so many things looking into that little mirror!!!! #/my DAD my SIBLINGS my HANDS our CAR i'm going to live forever in a world that is so much more rough and utterly bewitching #//today was beautiful and i could go on waxing forever but!! now i have energy to run off and thoughts to think so!! #toodles !! :DD

[brutal-out-here]

*conrad thinking the others don’t care about losing the house as much as him so talking it upon himself to save it and pushing them away when they say they’re upset he didn’t tell them etc* Older Sibling™ core

#raineyrambles #well. #I didn’t ask to be called out like that at 1:30am #I did not realize how much this season would hit home #but also I’m so glad it is because there’s not much that talks about losing not only an important person and an important place #and when they do it’s a childhood home you live all the time #it’s different when it’s a place that was like a special dream land #tsitp #the summer i turned pretty

[theinfinitedivides]

'i hit on her first' TELL THEM BITCH

#tv: king the land #king the land #lee junho #junho 2pm #im yoona #girls generation yoona #yoona snsd #kdrama #local gay watches KTL (and gets diabetes in the process).txt #local gay watches k-dramas.txt #'well i didn't literally hit her. so if you want to know some of my secrets come to me. i'll give you a special lesson' #'from the day i met you my world has been full of you' #taking us to church tonight we say hallelujah and amen

[millenniummmbop]

rivalshipping is about healing to me but like in a “well-meaning yet still ill-advised codependency” way

#*pulls down projection screen and extends my collapsible pointer stick thing* #Yugi was a lonely kid with unresolved anger issues who went too far w the whole revenge fantasy thing #until The Power Of Friendship TM mellowed him out and he finally landed in a more emotionally stable state #*clicks to next slide* #meanwhile kaiba over here is ALSO a lonely kid with unresolved anger issues who ALSO went too far w his own fucked up revenge fantasy #*quickly shuffles through slides of Death-T* #but two mind-shattering comas later and yugi at the very least was willing to bury the hatchet and try to start over again #the whole 'kaiba vs peg sus' fiasco was where everyone finds out kaiba's motives up to that point and where it all finally clicks for yugi #*clicks to next slide to reveal the 'he just like me fr' meme but it's yugi crying on the balcony inside peggy's castle* #it's after this that yugi starts thinking 'Well friendship fixed ME so maybe it can fix HIM too' #*clicks next slide and hits play on the embedded video* #Yugi: good morning kaiba-kun! nice weather we're having today huh? #Kaiba: I'm going to beat u in the face and in the ass #Yugi: haha alright bud I'll see u at regionals tomorrow #Yugi said so himself that he wanted 'friends he could count on and who could count on him' (paraphrasing) #i think he saw this mess of a human being recklessly barreling towards the edge at 100 miles an hour and said #'yeah this looks like something i can personally fix' #bc he's the type of person to just selflessly shoulder a mountain of burdens if it means helping someone he cares about #like his heart is definitely in the right place but i don't think he realizes that kaiba also needs like #therapy and mood stabilizers or some shit #*a voice rings out from the back of the class* #'op they had like 10 minutes of conversation MAX over the entirety of duelist kingdom this is literally all in ur head* #no no the groundwork is there for all of this i PROMISE #lion king rafiki voice: look harder #like yes i'm delusional but i'm also RIGHT #(⓿_⓿) #ignore me

[teufelme]

You ever just want to talk about Bertl,

#i . ooc . #The tags got so long just warning U now! #OK I know his appearance wasn't the longest but like. I'll never stop talking about him because he doesn't get enough credit? rip. #I know it's not really relevant any more because post-timeskip everyone is a lot better but. Referring to everyone's skill as of pre. #Reiner said Bertolt was the strongest of all of the shifters but he held himself back. He came 3rd without giving his all. Or really trying #I hc he held himself back to try not to let too much of his strength show bc people forget he had military training b4 joining the 104th. #And ofc. Also to not bring too much attention to himself bc of who he really is??? #The way he mastered his Titan straight away and also has such a good handle on it. #Out of the 3 shifters he was the one that stayed true to the mission. Despite his reluctance he's got the strength and commitment. #People are so quick to say he relies on Reiner too much. And while he does at times. Reiner relies on him just as much if not more. Even if #Reiner doesn't realise it. Bertolt keeps him on track and has no one supporting him at all. #In COTT arc... U see him dodge Mikasa who is an Ackerman and seen as one of the strongest characters in the series... #And the same in RTS. Everyone gets too distracted by Mikasa to actually pay attention to how he dodges her 4 times?? Even tho she attacks #from behind? And the way he lands a hit on her. I just *screams*. I love how many times she tries to kill him. lol #How effective he is when he abandons his guilt and this is sort of irrelevant but. It's so special to me because as someone who is #a quiet person irl round people I don't know well. Who has it brought up a lot. I just adore when a character that remains in the #background just comes out and says enough is so hhhhh I know his reasons aren't good BUT RTS BERT... AH. #Also gotta talk about his marksmanship skills in a thread at some point?? Maybe Mp bert I J UST.. #Anyway I might do a cheeky revamp of graphics n icons and that. Dunno yet. Need to actually write that'd be good lol. #This account is a lovebot didn't U know.

[mishy-mashy]

Ray (BNHA Resistance OC) incorrect quotes

(Context: Ray is his codename. An OC forced into joining the Resistance after Bruce accidentally concussed him. His Ability was useful, so they wanted him)

~

Ray: I don’t have a New Year’s resolution

Yoichi: You could relax a bit more

Bruce: You could take a bath.

Kudo: Don’t be such a bitch.

Ray: Okay DAMN, SHIT.

-

Kudo: We've decided to adopt.

Ray, still concussed: Congratu-

Bruce, slamming recruitment papers onto the table: It's you, sign here.

-

Bruce: Before I forget, do you have any special requests?

Ray: Death penalty.

Bruce: Ray-kun, it’s just about living accommodations.

Ray, whispering: Please kill me.

-

Bruce: Why did you dress up as each other for this mission?

Ray: Leader is the scariest thing I could think of.

Kudo: Ray told me I should pick the dumbest disguise possible.

-

Kudo: Ray, I think you need glasses.

Ray: Leader, my vision is fine. Look.

Ray: *points at Kudo* Leader.

Ray: *points to Bruce* Bruce.

Ray: *points to Yoichi* All For One.

-

Yoichi: When I cried about my brother to Kudo, he hugged me and told me he'd carry my feelings into his battles

Ray: The first time Leader was ever nice to me, I thought he was a fake. It was such a disaster that I avoided him for like a week.

-

Kudo: The first time Yoichi opened a box of Cheerios and looked inside he yelled, "OH WOW! DONUT SEEDS!"

Kudo:

Kudo: I love him so much.

-

Bruce: It's locked. Can you open it?

Ray: Yeah-

Kudo: *kicks in the vault door*

-

Kudo, on the way back from rescuing Yoichi: You need to be more careful.

Ray, who was forced into this: Careful? CAREFUL?! I'LL CAREFULLY WRAP MY HANDS AROUND YOUR THROAT-

-

Kudo: Ray finally learned his gun had a safety lock, but he assembled a rifle last week.

Bruce: This reminds me of the Ray who couldn’t open a tabbed can, but can break into any lock.

Kudo: This is the very same Ray.

-

Bruce: This is the best idea I've ever had in my life!

*Many years later*

Kudo, to Bruce: Letting All For One take Ray's Quirk was the worst idea you’ve ever had in your life.

#his search quirk was the bane of all the vestiges when it came to dealing with AFO #because no matter what they did AFO was always watching and ready #since ray's quirk is a pain in the ass they decide ray is the same despite never meeting him #someone worth disliking a bit #then shinomori is taken by tomura and meets ray in AFO-vestige-land #and yeah ray terrifies him #shinomori: why is my quirk not activating with him #IF BRUCE JUST GAVE OFA TO RAY THEN THE FIGHT WOULDNT HAVE BEEN AS HARD #his quirk in vague terms lets him see though things and outlines life forms that he can kinda bookmark #the limit to range is just about how much damage the eyes are willing to take. which AFO easily circumvents with regeneration quirks #as for ray well hes blind within five months of joining the Resistance #since AFO stole it from ray he also ended up stealing ray's existing “bookmarks” #to be fair bruces idea wasnt “give AFO Ray's Ability” but it ended up happening in the chaos and they didnt realize until later #the “bookmarks” of yoichi kudo and bruce overlap and combine. then theyre passed onto the OFA holders because they “merged” with #the first three. so. AFO can find the current OFA user no matter what. because somewhere in them they carry the first Three #bruce considered giving ray OFA. but he didnt. and thats what led to AFO taking it for himself. so. #bnha tags are something of a nightmare in which i hit the tag limit too fast #bnha #spoilers #oc #incorrect quotes #my hero academia #boku no hero academia #bruce #kudo #yoichi shigaraki #one for all users #all for one #one for all #afo

[andthebeanstalk]

Ya know. I spent most of my life with horrible painful soul-crushing social anxiety.

And after about 25 years of continuous hard work, suddenly, people started pointing out - to my utter bafflement - that I had, in fact, achieved my lifelong dream of being charismatic. I'm 29 now; I feel comfortable in most social situations, and it is a very rare person whom I cannot make laugh.

I am, undoubtedly, finally, charismatic.

But do you know what I found?

I found that now that I have an understanding of which social rules serve which functions -- Now that I have an understanding of just how much damage my awkwardness was doing to people, well,

I found that, actually, my awkwardness never really hurt anyone at all. People were just judgmental dicks to me about it.

Now that I have the skill-level to (most of the time) creatively vocalize what is in my head as soon as I think it and without fear, I can confirm once and for all what I had always suspected:

I was worth talking to when I was quiet.

I was worth talking to when I was awkward, and when the words in my head took time and patience to hear, and when most of my jokes didn't land. I was worth talking to the whole time.

So I just... I hope that if you've ever wondered whether you are worth communicating with, the answer is yes. Absolutely yes. Each of us has a soul worth sharing - and if you and I were talking, I would happily wait for you to speak (or communicate in other ways) without condescending, and I would never shame you for that harmless awkwardness that so many people feel the need to violently stomp out.

You are worth talking to. You just are. And you deserve people who will speak to you with kindness, with patience, and with the basic immutable respect owed to all people.

(I talk about this with some frequency, both on tumblr and in real life. At some point, maybe I'll gather all my thoughts on the matter into one post. At some point, I wrote about my personal experience trying to build my social skill. But I felt the need to say at least a little bit tonight after seeing this other lovely post, and I'm glad I did. It will happen again.)

#original #social anxiety #autism #that one post #actually autistic #self-diagnosis is valid - in case that last tag implies otherwise to anyone. i think it just denotes i am an autistic and not just an ally. #social skills #socially awkward #socially anxious #autistic positivity #autism positivity #like actually genuinely who does it hurt if i tell a joke that doesn't land? esp if the joke is not about another person #this is not a live comedy show this is life ya gotta learn to say 'ah well they can't all be golden!' #which btw is a line i use when my own jokes don't land and it usually plays pretty well actually. i've got a higher hit rate but #genuinely they just can't all be good! anyway i go into that in the post linked at the end there i think #people can tell when you're not sure of yourself socially and a lot of folks instinctively use that against you. and i am here to say that #it's fucked up that they are doing that and they need to step off actually. imagine getting to decide on which social cues are #acceptable and then using that power to be unkind. fuckin gross. i regret so deeply each time in my life i have made that choice. #being a kid who is abused like that so often it was eager to power trip when i met kids more awkward than myself. but it was wrong #and i regret it. and i am proud to say i haven't done that in a long time and instead when i find myself with that power i try to say #actually what do YOU want? to the people shyer than me. #i'm pretty rad now is what i'm saying lol #like all the ways that having a good social stat has improved my life just made me realize what bullshit it is that this was necessary #doing what I did is not desirable or possible for everyone. they deserve just as much out of life as i do. #side note: i think I've actually surpassed a lot of neurotypicals who had never even had to think about social rules 🤣. #like I feel no competition with other people who have struggled socially but now that I'm more charming than people who were dicks to me #I do feel like fuck you!! I win!!!! I can finally see enough of the full picture to say that your arbitrary rules were FUCKING ARBITRARY #I'm also aware of the fact that not everyone finds me charismatic but i am. in all the ways that matter to me. and I'm still growing! #note to future jack: you did save these posts in your notes app on the day this was written. #tbh i am often still awkward i am just not sorry anymore if i'm not hurting ppl. 'confident and awkward' really throws 'em for a loop! XD

[wolfriver777]

Anyone mayhaps know a guy who knows a guy with commissions open that would be down to draw fem yllz wei wuxian tiddies (this guy could be you!👀)

#i need femxian tiddies so bad #like im a normal guy but ive been hit in the head this afternoon #mdzs #genderbend #i made a paypal this afternoon just for this cause im insane #uuuuh in other words you may have to bare with some hiccups #im also down to like use kofi? #ive used that a couple times #ri fandom posting #if all goes well i will seek to be like a king and comission fem wangxian across the land #feel free to just interact with the post or maybe tag a buddy idk o dont expect anyone to reach out to me but ill poke around!

[teleomancer]

.

#so it's Infect Your Friends And Loved Ones with the bit about 'everyone around here knows about you' #even if it's positive- the world pays so much more fucking attention to my life for being trans and it makes me.. shiver? #coffee clerk fumbled every facet of taking my order and the apology landed super duper sideways #'oh sorry! it's just that it's my first time helping *you* is all- just seen you around a lot before. you know.' yeah? know what exactly? #how's that supposed to make me feel? every month they hire someone new and we get to do the same tiring song and dance #another young-20s clerk that will not stop trying to make small talk w/me beats ones that only glare yeah- this isn't pain just frustration #and like YES it's better than the cashier that beats the shit out of my beers on purpose or crumples receipts to hand them to me #or the audible 'see- told you he's a man' commentary when he can see stubble behind a mask on days that can't bother me to shave #like the pharmacists at this supermarket make me well aware that nobody else gets their E here. the store knows the local tranny. great. #genpop cannot reliably be fucking Normal Abt Transfems to the point that it makes me wanna thank the rare coworker that just like. #doesn't treat me like anyone different or special or a threat or a curiosity or an object or a shot to gain social capital for being nice? #getting told by young-20s cis girls that calling me dude didn't mean anything b/c they're 'y'know! *also* [limp wrist mime] *girlypop!*' #hits closer to home than getting called a slur to my face because the latter asshole doesn't pretend to be my friend and just. #skips straight to making me a paper doll in their head of what it means to be me and shaped like me and dressed like me and it's.. slimy. #'everyone around here knows about you.'

[pherre]

i have such a lovehate relationship with ted lasso s3 like how can one half of that season be so ass and the other half be so stellar

#with sunflowers being a very clear dividing line #well its like. 3 meh episodes 2 decent apisodes one nice episode and then just 6 incredible episodes of tv #this season turned me around so completely like in the beginning i was so meh on the idea of ted going back to kansas #and i didnt care for henry at all #and by the end i was completely on board with everything #honestly if they would rewrite the zava storyline and remove shandy's storyline completely (why was she even there???) it wouldve been #a much more solid season #the edwin akufo stuff could probably also use more finesse if im being honest #the good 6 episodes far outweight the meh 6 episodes to me but then i start thinking abt it and its like #we coulda had it aaaawlllllllllll........ #its me talking #ted lasso #also i would not have centered nates redemption arc around jade. i get their intentions and what they were going for but it was weird #but nate's arc stuck the landing for me surprisingly enough #ted lasso has this thing where they hit the emotional beats even if they weren't properly earned #its some sort of wizardry

[herearedragons]

So triggering Zevran's romance with Kyana is interesting because it does require you to flirt back at least once, and I've been playing her as very aloof up until this point.

...however, after Broken Circle there is the fact that she kind of doesn't know who she is anymore. A lot of her assumptions about the Circle have been wrong, she consumed some weird Spirit Stuff in the Fade that made her better at fighting, she's beginning to find the outdoor camping and the dog and the constant company less and less insufferable??

So, maybe, when the assassin she's been hanging out (and feeling a weird kinship) with compliments her looks and she has the opportunity to either shut him down or respond favorably she goes you know what, maybe I don't mind this actually. things are already weird, this might as well happen. if nothing else it sure feels nice to be admired

#oc: kyana amell #herearedragons meta #sure I'll tag this as zevkya #<- we are finally entering the territory where the ship is no longer ImpliedTM #also something something she can't really base her self worth on Irving's or even Wynne's approval anymore really #because her approach to magic has changed #but she's being offered a different kind of approval and she might as well take it #same goes for several non-romantic relationships with other companions tbh #I could see her getting more comfortable with Leliana's 'I think you were sent by the Maker to end the Blight' thing around the same time #and winning a duel against Sten in Haven without letting him land a single hit definitely didn't hurt either #so I think somewhere between the Sacred Ashes quest and Orzammar #is when Kyana really starts pivoting from #'I'm the best because I'm a Good Proper Mage' #to 'I'm the best because I'm so good at killing things and getting people to listen to me'