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that-damn-fouth-chaosemerald · 9 months

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can you do south park sleepy hcs ? like how they sleep at night or if they take naps lol (core four and maybe craig's gang as well?)

thank you : )

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Omg I absolutely love this idea!! 💕

And I had a great with writing this as well-

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So thanks Anon! ✨💕

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basically just cuddles, sleeps and naps with them :3, awful joke, fluff fluff FLUFF, they all aged up, the reader is in a relationship with them, some Creek, they are adorable, kisses, cuddles, short, cute petnames, probably some spelling mistakes as well •v•", any gender can read this i think, oh wait- Tolkien calls the reader princess once- but that's all I promise

Fandom: South Park

Character(s): Eric Cartman, Kenny McCormick, Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Clyde Donovan, Craig Tucker, Tweek Tweak, Tolkien Black, Jimmy Valmer and Sparky :3

Ship(s): some Creek + the characters/reader

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𝐒𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐬 :𝟑

𝑺𝒐𝒏𝒈: Coffee Breath by Sofia Mills

“You've got those big blue eyes

Drive me crazy

Make me fantasize 'bout you baby

And you smell so sweet

Like fresh-picked daisies

Call me Dahmer 'cuz your hearts so tasty”

★ Eric Cartman ★

• first you would think that he is lazy again

• but no

• he is now really sleepy

• he is a jerk with everyone as always

• but sometimes he simply doesn't respond back to guilty comments

• he is quiet for the whole day

• and he likes to be left alone

• "Eric?" you spoke softly. "Are you okay?"

"Leave me alone, Y/N."

• he isn't that active

• you thougt he was sick

• but there was nothing what could tell he would be sick• so you calmed down a little bit

• "Y/N..." he lies down next to you. "I'm so tired..."You smile at him softly as you start to cuddle with him.

• when you guys nappin

• he likes to watch the TV while he rest his head in your laps and you playing with his hair

★ Stan Marsh ★

• when you two are nappig

• you usally resting on his chest

• you hear every beat of his heart

• it's so relaxing

• he moves closer to you

• and gives little kiss on your hair

• the whole room is quiet

• you can just hear the music from his phone, his heartbeat and Sparky's snuffle

• sometimes you reach down to pat Sparky

• Stan usally locks his door• first, because of his sister

• second, because of his parents

• yes, Mrs. Marsh is very sweet with you

• but no one will disturb yours and Stan's nap! >:3

★ Kenny McCormick ★

• you guys usally napping outside

• because he says the grass is cozier than his bed •—•

• and anyway

• you guys do a bit different things in his bed ;)

• the position:

• he rests on your chest, the legs spread while he is between them (don't worry, there will just fluffy things- :3)

• or when it's hot outside (but definitely not hotter than him!)

• he takes down his jacket (what is rare)

• and you guys rest on it, next to each other while you holding hands

• sometimes he leans closer and gives kisses on your neck while you are giggling

• what he loves, because your voice is like music to him

• "Babe?" you ask while you are giggling. "What are you doing?" "Me? Oh, nothing." he asnwers with a sly smile on his face as he gives more kisses.

• you two just simply resting a bit

• or quietly talking about some random things

★ Kyle Broflovski ★

• he will be definetly awake

• while you are resting next to him

• like he would protecting you from something

• he is just like Stan

• locks his door

• nobody will disturb you two while UnU

• he is the most emotional of his friends

• he gently holds your hips with his hands

• while he listens your heartbeat

• and sees how beautiful you are while your eyes are closed

• you look like an angel to him

• he gets sleepy as well

• he snuggles closer to you

• closes his eyes

• and slowly falls asleep with you

★ Craig Tucker ★

[Creek version]

• Tweek has ADHD

• so he falls asleep more difficultly

• as napping or just taking a little break• they're cuddling

• Craig's head resting in Tweek's laps or on his shoulder

• while Tweek gets more flustrated everytime

• when Tweek gets a little bit sleepy

• Craig makes for him coffee

• CUDDLES CUDDLES CUDDLES!

• they are really close to each other

• sharing one warm blanket

• while Craig's sometimes gives some kisses on Tweek's cheek or forehead

• Tweek can't sleep that easily, so everytime when he wokes up

• Craig looks at him

• and the first question is:

• "Dear? Are you okay?" he asks softly. Tweek nods as he lies down again while he snuggles closer to Craig.

• he is so attentive about his boyfriend 💕💕

[Non Creek version]

• as napping

• while you sitting on the couch

• he just lies down and rests his head on your laps while he is surfing the net on his phone

• you smile, knowing what you should do

• you gently start to play with his hair

• but when YOU get sleepy

• I can imagine that he carries you to the bedroom

• he makes your bed for you

• he covers you with the blanket

• and before he leaves he gives you a kiss on your forehead

★ Clyde Donovan ★

• he will definitely ask

• "Y/N?" he looks at you with a confused look. "Are you tired?"

• you look like you are almost dead

• and he is asking that are you tired-

• btw he is so sweet with you tho

• he will make you some coffee, chocolate, tea or anything you want

• grab a warm blanket

• sits down next to you and covers you and himself with it

• you snuggles closer to him

• and you guys watching some netflix until you fall asleep

★ Jimmy Valmer ★

• he knows that you are already tired

• but he will definitely mess with you with his jokes

• especially the awful ones

• "What do you call a fish with no eyes?" he asks as he smiles at you evily. Your suffering definitely makes him feel better.

"I don't know." you said these 3 words again for about the fifth time.

"A fsh."

You slams your head into the table.

• you sigh tiredly as you puts your head down on the table

• he finally leaves you alone with his jokes• he can't carry you

• but he will definitely helps you with that he makes your bed

• after you lied down

• he will give you a kiss on your nose

• or on your forehead

★ Tolkien Black ★

• he is the most gentliest

• "Aww, baby... You did a lot of work today, and I'm proud of you, but try to rest now, alright, princess?"

• he will care you into the bedroom

• before you asleep

• you two will definitely cuddle

• he will give you kisses while you are resting next to him

• he won't leave you while you fell asleep

• he will be there with you all the time

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polutrope · 6 months

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By the way, do you have the impression that Turgon and Thingoil are characters that I think Tolkien liked and admired much more than most people who write fanfics, that Tolkie really admired them and has better opinions of them than many people in the fandom in relation to fanfic about them.

Hi Anon!

I am probably not the most knowledgeable about fandom-wide opinions because most of the opinions I'm exposed to are from people on my dash that I've chosen to follow, and I read fic by and recommended by that community of people. That being said, I try to branch out and remain open to various interpretations. My experience participating in fandom this way has actually led me to a lot of people and writers with quite nuanced, generally favourable opinions on Turgon and Thingol! It's only from those people that I have heard that this is not necessarily the norm 😔.

Based on what I have heard and occasionally encountered, I do think Tolkien "liked and admired" Turgon and Thingol more than many readers in fandom, but, crucially, I don't think he was approaching them with the same mindset as most of those fans who take an unfavourable, even hostile, view of them.

I'm not an expert on Tolkien the Man, i.e. who he was as a person and how that was brought into his writing, but I do know that he was a scholar and enjoyer of literary traditions that did not follow the conventions of dominant contemporary storytelling. Many of the stories that inspired Tolkien were about legendary, epic heroes who were violent, fallible, selfish, etc... but still heroes -- basically because the genre said so. I didn't study Norse and Anglo-Saxon culture and traditions like Tolkien, but I did study Homeric literature a bit and the stories and heroes of the Silmarillion have always reminded me of those legends and characters (it's why I love it!).

I think it's impossible to reach a conclusive argument about the morality of or a verdict on the actions of e.g., Homer's Achilles or Odysseus. It can be diverting, an interesting mental exercise, creatively fulfilling, but I think the storytelling is ultimately incompatible with that kind of analysis. The characters just are what they are, and if the text says they are Great then they are. That's that.

I believe it's that way with Thingol and Turgon. We are told they are glorious and wise kings but a lot of what they actually do doesn't seem very glorious or wise. (Feanor is like this, too -- big time lol.) I think that's because the genre/traditions the Silm is inspired by do not necessitate that the story back up a character's "quality of excellence." We are just invited to accept it.

My sense is that that is not satisfying to many people (works for me though!). It is interesting to judge characters for their actions. It's what contemporary novels/TV/film/etc invite us to do, and many like doing it (again, not really me, but I'm strange).

(Tolkien's later writings, like LotR and some of the post-LotR writings, do invite this kind of reading, and I think that Tolkien at that stage was taking pains to show as well as tell us that X character was noble/wise/brave/etc. Which brings me to an issue that I think is at the root of so many interpretive disagreements about the published Silmarillion, namely that it's compiled from a selection of drafts written over decades and those drafts are not always compatible with one another in terms of genre and tone. Christopher did his darned best, and anyone who has read through HoMe will appreciate what an impressive job he did, but while he could iron out inconsistencies, without extensive rewriting -- which he was determined not to do -- I think incompatibilities like this were unavoidable. So we get Tinwelint from the 1917-19 Tale of the Nauglafring blended in a soup with Thingol of the 1950s Narn i Hin Hurin and the result makes for a bit of a strange aftertaste. There's even some full-on characterisation whiplash for those who are looking very very closely, as us fans like to do. Turgon is another character whose story is drawn from disparate strands of the Silmarillion's textual history, hmm... maybe something there.)

So, I have been theorising that all this is possibly why there seems to be a disconnect between Tolkien's presentation of characters like Thingol and Turgon and how much of the fandom receives and interprets them. Storyteller and reader are looking at things through incompatible lenses. Which is interesting! I think the problems (and vitriol) arise when people are not recognising that their opinions are filtered through a particular lens.

Probably far more than you were looking for with this Ask, but this issue has been circulating in my mind. I hope it makes some sense. I am trying to articulate half-formed thoughts through the fog of a head cold.

#asks #anon #turgon #thingol #meta

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olderthannetfic · 1 year

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Goyim goysplaining shit to me is why I don't write Jewish characters anymore. "Well actually that name is this AGAB so the character isn't NB they're *insert AGAB here*" "well actually according to Google you shouldn't have used the word candle you should have said this" "well actually goy is a slur and it's not bad of commenters to use 'Hebrews' to refer to all Jewish people even though I *will* get mad if you call Catholics 'Latins' in response" "well actually it's a kippah not a yarmulke you can't use the word yarmulke it's a kippah" "well actually Jewish people are white so why is this Beta Israeli character not white Jewish = white" "uh excuse me but your Jewish characters didn't exchange Hebrew names that's really unrealistic" "uh excuse me why is your character breaking kosher to stay alive? everything I see on TV says Jews would rather die than break kosher and live - no I don't know or care that pikuach nefesh is a thing I just wanted to correct you on the proper way to write a Jewish character" etc. Whether it's goyim commenting on Undertale fanfics to say all Jewish people would be Red souls (because we don't have individual souls, personalities and colors like the non-Jewish characters, that'd be silly) because we survived the Holocaust or goyim saying Jewish Bruce Wayne makes sense because Jews have all the money, or being confused on how you can headcanon anyone as Jewish who isn't white because Jewish people are white (which is a surprise to my Iranian Jewish self but go off I guess) there is always someone there to tell you that you're not human like other people. These people would never go "oh Latinos all have Red souls and the same personality, definitely" or "Muslim Bruce Wayne makes sense, those people all have oil money" but they'll say antisemitic shit right to your face and then have the gall to be annoyed when you don't like it.

This is why I pulled all my fic without leaving copies up for archives. "B-but I love your fic it's the only multichaptered one for this rarepair!" Well you didn't respect me enough not to say Jews have all the money, so fuck you. "Nooo I loved that fic it had such a good magic system!" Yeah well I didn't love being told my "race" shares a single personality type/soul color so tough shit.

And then afterwards of course they write "Jewish Batfam" fic where there's 1 line in the entire thing where one character mentions Hanukkah once and they pat themselves on the back for being such good, diverse, inclusive writers. They're so woke and accepting and galaxy brained, devoid of prejudice, aren't you going to pat them on the back for clogging up Jewish related tags with fic where skipping one line could erase all presence of Judaism from it? No? Well then why don't you go write your own fic then?!

It's a rhetorical question, but here's the non-rhetorical answer: I don't go write my own fic because I'm tired of having to hear Jewish people talked about the way y'all talk about Tolkien's elves or Undertale's monsters and having to advocate for the idea of treating Jewish people like people is exhausting work.

Literally the only fandom I've ever been in that didn't go "oh well that's just fandom! if you don't like it don't write fics lol" was Star Trek. And even then, you venture outside of AO3 at your own risk.

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glorfindel-of-imladris · 1 month

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Russingon and Angbang

(Russingon was answered here!)

Oh wait a minute— did Angbang actually get a near perfect score? 🤣

Okay, but Angbang. I don't actually write it nor am I active on that side of fandom, but let me tell you about how this ship gets the most irl air time from me, talking about Tolkien to normies. In fact, as recent as a week ago, I talked about the glory of Sauron as a literary villain on a train ride that I'm sure half the passengers didn't ask for but they had to listen to anyway. 😂

Sauron—and yes, I do call him that because I like my villains to have earned their titles—is hands down the best, most compelling villain ever written. He is my top example of what Lawful Evil looks like. You can tell he is intelligent, and with that intelligence comes his cunning, the skilled and organised way with which he goes about things, how he plans things and is methodical with their execution. The fact that he was originally a Maia of Aulë is even also very interesting, because you know that group is one that values skill and the creation of things. Morgoth, meanwhile, kind of brute forces his way through everything. He has an idea of what Arda is supposed to be, and kind of stomps and tantrums his way to seeing it all come to being. Despite these differences, and how I know for a fact that Sauron is smarter than Morgoth (lol), Sauron was loyal to Morgoth until the end. Even when Morgoth had grown weak, having carelessly given himself to Arda, and even weak enough for Sauron to have been arguably stronger than him, Sauron never attempted to usurp him. He might have been disappointed by him, but I believe that was more because had Sauron had his way, there would have been better ways for Morgoth to achieve his goals that would not have weakened him the way his choices did. Had Morgoth been more successful with his marring of Arda and had not been captured by the Valar, Sauron would have continued to be his loyal lieutenant. There is something compelling about this kind of loyalty, especially from someone so intelligent, cunning, manipulative, and all the things that Sauron is.

Also, I like to joke around that Sauron is a Whore™ and he probably has the most number of ships in the fandom (we know silvergifting is super popular, and of course the seduction of Ar-Pharazôn and Númenor, he also probably seduced the Nazgûl lbr, and maybe a random hot Rohirrim, you can't convince me otherwise), but I do believe Morgoth was the "love of his life"—or whatever equates to it among, you know, evil beings with evil ends. I don't actually think about Angbang strictly in a romantic sense, although yes, in fact there is a lot of parallels. I dunno! I kid you not when I say I sit and think about Angbang at least a few times a year.

#thank you for the ask!#another accidental essay #sauron though #i have a lot of love for him #another fave #ship grid #ask game

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leohtttbriar · 1 year

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Choose violence 8, 10, 24 for Tolkien? :)

<3 when i saw you had sent me an ask, i blushed so hard i'm pretty sure i gave myself a mild fever. omg hi <3

also, so sorry but i def employed some tolkien-esque verbose-ness in answering these lol. especially the last one, whew. like, im embarrassed.

8. common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about

what’s funny with the tolkien fandom is that the movie fans and the book fans have whole different spheres of bugaboos and Annoying Habits so it’s easy to vacillate between either camp when you keep encountering the Nonsense.

that being said, i one hundred percent consider myself a “book fan” and think movie fans are more annoying than all of us literates. like, they can’t help it—the movies are the source of most their ills— but as a rule movie fans are wrong about like all of the characters. as in, legolas isn’t mister stoic badass, sam isn’t More Heroic, aragorn isn’t pathetically reluctant, elrond is much prettier than hugo weaving, and denethor is not nutso (to name a few).

i would say, though, that book fans are generally really bad at figuring out what parts of the movies to pick on. like for years i’ve been so baffled by people still being angry over glorfindel’s exclusion in the fellowship movie and no offense to people who have read the silmarillion and the fellowship…but that was not only the best adaptational change but it also improves on the book. in that, sending arwen to guide them to rivendell and to physically hold frodo to her as she defended the last homely house with water horses, is an genuine story improvement—not just because lotr is a sausage fest and that Sucks but because it foreshadows arwen giving frodo her passage west, via a flight east, it lets arwen actually parallel luthien riding across middle earth on huan, which in turn gives arwen an equal sort of challenge in living up to a legacy, something that can thematically help aragorn live up to his, doing that thing tolkien does best and telling the same story over and over until the song finally scans and the rhyme resolves and the Big Story ends.

of course, the movies left out the arwen-giving-frodo-the-evenstar-gem thing so in terms of Sexism both media are equivalent.

i think book fans in general are wayyyyy too like faithful monk readers of the bible. and not even like medieval monk readers, where there’s a clear delineation between various interpretive approaches, going from the literal to the poetic in degree. no, tolkien fans i think have mistaken a rich creative world for something near perfection, to the point where they don’t really know how to explain why the amazon series is bad beyond “amazon is bad” and what makes tolkien’s fantasy unique. tolkien fans, in terms of pedantry, are worse than dune fans.

but yeah. everyone is wrong about glorfindel in fellowship. he is Not as interesting as arwen as a character and does Not really fit in the story.

10. worst part of fanon

definitely the freaks who treat genuine baddies as misunderstood kittens. like, i don’t feel very sorry for maedhros? also, why is the elrond-considers-maedhros-and-maglor-as-dads caucus in the tolkien fandom so loud??? look, there’s no arguing these are tragic and pathetic blorbos, and i personally love stories in which they seek atonement, but elrond had a dad. if i were elrond or elros, i wouldn’t even be considering letting someone else slot into that position. especially not with my dad constantly being in the sky, like a particularly unfair reminder. maedhros can be complicated and alluring, but i hate the fanon of him or maglor genuinely adopting the baby half-elves out of untainted goodwill. it softens them in a way that makes me like them less.

also, the fanon of people being like “tolkien wasn’t sexist. look at melian.” does that count as fanon? if so, i hate that too.

24. topic that brings up the most rancid discourse

i feel like this goes for all fandoms, but by far any sort of accusation of racism in the work or in fan works is the most grenade-like kind of accusation one can lob.

with tolkien, i see a lot of people often focused on tolkien’s own opinions on “allegory,” and to be quite honest, anyone who uses that to say tolkien isn’t as racist as you might assume, is dumb as a rock.

tolkien’s frustration with "allegory" is the concept of 1 to 1 relationships. he didn't like when people were like "rohan is anglo saxon england" or "aragorn is [insert historical figure]" or any sort of reductive comparisons of lotr to real life figures and struggles in world war ii. (interestingly, however, he has said that dwarves were very inspired by jewish people. like, to the point that saying tolkien's dwarves are jewish is as accurate as saying shylock in merchant of venice is jewish--in that, they are characters in a story written by a christian who didn't really understand a whole heckuva lot about judaism. but that's a whole other topic.) and while that might tempt you to think that he therefore was not trying to represent any person or civilization from the real world in his books, unfortunately the core tenet of analytical reading is to assume deliberation over every single detail. you do in fact have to choose an idea before you write it down. and tolkien wrote the word "swarthy" one too many times for any of us to assume good-faith.

of course, there's also the claim of lotr not being as racist as the man (tolkien) likely was because art and the artist are not the same thing. and yeah. but again. "swarthy."

there is no easy answer to the whole death-of-the-author debate and questions over how much biography should be allowed in critical readings--at least no easy answer that doesn't just boil down to the simple demand to "think critically" (which isn't all that simple, in the end)--so i'm definitely not going to try to arrive at one now. but when it comes to tolkien's little made-up world, there are certain tropes in the fan interaction with it that make me somewhat queasy? like tolkien was so demonstrably inspired by real-world mythos and folklore that it is so easy to fit some of his characters and stories into real-world folk art and aesthetic. and to me there's a sliding scale of acceptable inspiration to maybe-we-shouldn't(?) inspiration. like when i see fan art that is labeled "indigenous tolkien," with no tribe or even geographic region specified, i find that weird.

and the reason i find that weird is the fundamental reason that i think discourse in fan circles over racial biases can get so rancid (unlike the discourse in non fan circles! just kidding, fandom discourse has nothing on a medievalist conference with a panel on white supremacy in the field, lol), and that reason is: tolkien's made-up world is not as made-up as the immersiveness of his world suggests. it is very rooted, and deliberately so, in the histories and folklore of western-european people (in particular) and thus the stories, the characters, the aesthetics, the ethics, and the themes are all off-shoots of these traditions. there is a missing element of material recognition in the interpretations of tolkien as really one thing or the other. material culture plays a much bigger role in the whole of all his arda-tales than is immediately obvious.

people want to give fantasy a pass when it comes to certain biases and they use that annoying allegory quote to do it with tolkien's work. because they are enlightened and do not project white supremacy and other legacies of colonialism onto a "made-up world." but tolkien would probably be the first to say that his work was built off fairy-stories, as a contribution to the genre.

he even goes on this relevant tangent at the beginning of "on fairy stories":

It is perhaps not unnatural that in England, the land where the love of the delicate and fine has often reappeared in art, fancy should in this matter turn towards the dainty and diminutive, as in France it went to court and put on powder and diamonds.

whether or not he's right about this distinction between english fairies and french fairies, this still shows that he considers the fantastical an expression of real and observable culture. therefore, despite the fact that it is bad-faith to read anything in tolkien as 1 to 1, he was trying to represent our world with his because he doesn't see the fairy/monstrous/supernatural as entirely separate from the physical/metaphysical or the human imagination. he was just trying to tell the same story that has always been told, from creation and onward.

so yeah. it is entirely valid to call aragorn's Specialness as a Special Sort of Human kind of fascist.

(and just as the rooted-ness of tolkien's fantasy world means that his work cannot escape accusations of bias, the rooted-ness also opens the way for a specific kind of progressive reading that is less about plugging one's ears to the bias but leaning into it. the real-world is more complex than one man can imagine it and when that one man is trying his hardest to represent the world, as any good writer would do regardless of genre, things will slip in to the story that the man chose but may not have understood. eowyn's speech about staying in the burning house is feminist thought even if tolkien would probably never have claimed it as such. the love between legolas and gimli is canonically transgressive and metaphysically-challenging--aspects of a love that tolkien probably would have assumed of gay love, in his time. if that makes sense. his biases don't define the art, even if they are present. especially since he was a very good writer and reader.)

#tolkien

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hirazuki · 1 year

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Hi! Thought I'd send you some of these, what about... 🔮You can reach into the Beyond and ask the Professor to settle one (1) debate for you. He won't even waffle on the answer, honest. What do you ask him? -and- 🤔 Tell us one of your favorite Silm headcanons. Can be one that’s out in the wild or a personal one! If you feel like it

Hiiii!!

🔮You can reach into the Beyond and ask the Professor to settle one (1) debate for you. He won't even waffle on the answer, honest. What do you ask him?

So... as far as debates go, I kind of prefer them unsettled/unresolved? One of my absolute most favorite things about Tolkien's universe is the mind-boggling quantity of alternate scenarios and events. I honestly don't want to know who Gil-Galad's father is. I don't want to know the "true" origin of the orcs. I don't want to know who Tom Bombadil is. It's fascinating for me to toss these issues around in fandom and hear arguments and counter-arguments, that then inspire new interpretations and headcanons and possibilities and fanart/fanfics, etc. It makes the world he created feel that much more alive to me, and I feel like sometimes knowing some things for certain actually stifles creativity.

So! I'm going to tweak the question a bit to be more general -- as in, if I could ask the Professor anything, what would it be -- and I would ask him to expand a bit on his ideas regarding the nameless things, that he describes as dwelling in caves and migrating deeper into the earth after orcs and dwarves took to digging tunnels (LotR) and that roam and reside in Nan Dungortheb and the associated ancient shrines for nameless gods there (Silm/BoLT), that predate Melkor and the Valar. Again, not necessarily to explain -- because I find that sometimes explaining too much takes the magic away, sometimes "vibes" are just better -- but to elaborate on his concepts, inspirations, any additional thoughts or plans or ideas regarding the region and who would have built those shrines that never made it into the text (because, obviously, the Silmarillion itself isn't concerned with them); mostly just a chance to listen to him talk about aesthetics, inspirations, and his process of world-building, with this topic as a locus.

🤔 Tell us one of your favorite Silm headcanons. Can be one that’s out in the wild or a personal one!

Hmmm, I feel like most of what is pure, shameless headcanon for me is technically Third and Fourth Age... there's the Eol's servants are former thralls of Angband, which is my new personal favorite, but we already discussed that recently lol...

OH, right, I headcanon that Mairon and Celebrimbor met in the First Age!

Mairon was sent to southern-ish Beleriand to scout around for Nargothrond's location -- to make up for his loss of Tol-in-Guarhoth, though haven't decided yet if I want it to be on Melkor's instructions or as self-inflicted atonement; most likely a combination of both -- at the around the same time that Curufin and Celegorm were kicked out. I'm planning on writing this as a one-shot so, without saying too much, basically Celebrimbor is on the road returning to the city from his last interaction/argument with his father and uncle where he broke off with them, while Mairon is on the road heading in the opposite direction and they cross paths, Mairon presenting himself as a nameless elf. Celebrimbor never finds out, though he does have a moment of near deja vu with Annatar at one point in the Second Age.

#thank youuuuu ♡#silm musings #silmarillion #tolkien #mairon #celebrimbor

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victoriousscarf · 6 months

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There's so many questions on this thing I can't choose lol- (if that's too much stuff at once just pick the ones you feel like answering and ignore the rest 😅)

7. How do you choose which POV to write from?

9. Do you comment on stories you read?

12. how does receiving or not receiving feedback/support impact you?

16. How many fic ideas are you nurturing right now? Share one of them?

17. What do you do when writing becomes difficult? (maybe a lack of inspiration or writers block)

20. Have you noticed any patterns in your fics? Words/expressions that appear a lot, themes, common settings, etc?

22. Are there certain types of writing you won’t do? (style, pov, genre, tropes, etc)

28. On average, how much writing do you get done in a day?

29. What’s your revision or editing process like? (Plus 47. How many times do you usually revise your fic/chapter before posting?)

40. If someone were to make fanart of your work, what fic or scene would you hope to see? (this is probably my favorite question) (I'm most curious about covet verse scenes ofc) (but yeah feel free to talk about whatever fic you feel like)

53. How do you spend your time when it comes to fanfiction? Are you primarily a fic reader, writer, or a perfect 50/50 split of both?

55. Of the characters you write for, which is your favorite? Has that choice been swayed at all by your followers/readers’ reactions to certain ones?

60. Have you had a writer you admire comment on your fic? What was that like?

65. Tell us about what you’re most looking forward to writing – in your current project, or a future project

7. It depends? Like sometimes a story will just be one POV--like Covet is pretty much Fili, and I'll often take Dick's POV over Jason's in a DC fic, but usually it's like whose eyes do I most want to be on in this fic/scene? I have definitely started leaning toward whole fics in one POV but I will still switch if it works for the story (for example, needing to know scenes about which one character cannot know about). I would have previously said I would switch POVs more in long fics but Mahanon sorta shot that right out of the water. I enjoy the challenge of a limited POV fic sometimes, because you really are stuck with this one dude for what's now 500k and thus as limited in knowledge as he is. But it's rarely something I think like, that much about.

9. I am once again trying to get better lol. It's all about seasons of our lives, right? I used to try and go through fics that didn't have a bunch of comments and comment on them in the smaller fandoms/ships I was in, but then I stopped reading fic for a very long time, and now that I'm more regularly reading again, it's like flexing a muscle to comment again.

But it is an effort, one I think more people need to start accepting again. Writing is really hard work, it deserves some acknowledgement.

12. Like. I will write some wild things, and I don't need a LOT of feedback persay, but if something is getting no acknowledgement at all and another fandom is doing their best to feed me... receiving/not receiving feedback WILL impact my desire to work on a fic. It can be one or two dedicated as fuck readers who get me through a whole story, or it might be a whole swarm of them, but if I get dead silence, I have less like ability to push through the bad times (which always come in any multi chapter fic) and keep going. It hurts the motivation to get silence for sure.

16. So many. So many. As always so many.

I've got usually a whole stack of fics waiting for me to care about them/have the time which I never do. In Dragon Age I've got a pirate AU (Just, Cassandra ranting every 30 seconds about the fact they declared her a pirate but when someone offers her a pardon if she turns Mahanon in she tosses them over the side of the ship like well anyway) a whole Regency Era AU with strong vibes of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrel, and a very strange fake dating college au that may involve Fae.

Tolkien wise I've got some fics I promised people that I never wrote, an elf time loop one (which apparently is becoming a really popular idea in the Silm fandom on tumblr haha but I've been nursing this damn one for ages), that Anastasia-ish Hobbit story, a Regency Era AU for them too (but specifically Emma) and a story I've turned around for literally years now where Thorin died before the quest so Fili becomes king in exile and pretty much laughs Gandalf out of the room when he tries to convince him to reclaim Erebor (he's got a LOT to deal with emotionally okay, he's not got time for that) so they have to go and like try and kill Smaug in the middle of the War of the Ring instead.

And those are just the ones off the top of my head.

17. I think the most important thing as a writer is give yourself some grace. I try and write every week, but like I went on a trip and then I've been too exhausted since I got back, so it's been 2 weeks now with no writing for me. And frankly, I'm still feeling really wiped out so it's more like, if you're not feeling it, it's okay to take a break. Drink some tea, read a book, let it all peculate in the back of your head for a while. Try to do some things that inspire you, like for me it's reading history, or taking walks outside or going to museums, basically just learning new things. See some friends. Spend time with people. And then come back and see if that all triggered something. We forget writers block is often a systematic issue, like we're too tired or burned out or whatever, and it's about reinvigorating your creativity. And understanding and giving yourself the time. And if you're just exhausted by life well, unfortunately, maybe it's about trying to make those bigger changes, or accepting this will be a period where you plant some clover on the field of your creativity and let it lay fallow for a season or two. It will be there when you're ready again.

20. I mean, over the years I've written some wildly different things but yes, hahaha, very much yes. My favorite conflict is duty vs desire, I'm a sucker for loyalty, I'm a sucker for little shits that just don't stop, I'm a fan of knock-down, drag out street fighters, and if you leave me alone long enough, I will manifest a revolution into basically any setting. I like characters who are competent and don't give up, but who are human and make mistakes and fuck things up and keep going anyway, despite the fuck ups and danger and road blocks in front of them. I like when people feel things very deeply, but maybe aren't very good at talking about it or dealing with it, but always know they loved first and foremost, but sometimes it wasn't enough, and sometimes they did terrible things for it. I like imbuing the every day with intense feelings, be that ships or robots or undead horses or flower crowns. And I will probably try and make you cry at some point.

22. Hm. Yes and no? I have written things that I would never have expected, and I have written a LOT of stuff over the years on what are essentially dares. And there's things I wrote before that I'm like, way less inclined to write now? Like looking back my early 20s were way more willing to play around with student/teacher relationships that now I'm like... why was I even touching that with a ten foot pole? I also really really really hate pregnancy and will probably never write that into any story with any degree of detail. I'm not saying people won't have kids, but I'm not gonna be dealing with it.

So I'll write anything, as long as I can make it work for me. But it might not be in a way that like, other people expect or like.

28. On days I write I aim for 4ish pages, single spaced, 11/12 font. On really good days I can do 8 pages. On really good days I can do 20. I do not usually aim for that though. 4 is quite manageable for me on one go. (And as you'll see in the answer below on my editing, that's usually the length my chapters are. I know some people like to complain about my chapters being ~too short~ but honestly I don't want to hear it. On a good weekend you're getting 8 pages of writing if I write both days, and while some would probably prefer me waiting until my chapters are at 8 pages instead of 4, the reality is if I wait for it to be that long I will start spiraling mentally on myself and if it's good enough, so it's actually much faster for me to post the smaller chunks than deal with that. I'm a post or die person, and isn't that better than not getting anything at all?)

29/47. ... Hm.

Yeah I don't really edit. My editing process is usually to do one read through before posting (Unless I'm feeling like a scene is not working at all, in which case I may go back and rework it while halfway through and change things to make it work. But if I have to do that more than 2 or 3 times I will delete the whole thing and start again). I will try and grab typos and make sure things are working, then I will post. Once posted I try to do another read through on a typo hunt, but sometimes I don't get to that for another day or two, depending on when I post it.

40. I mean, there are always so many images while writing that make me go this would be really fun as an art haha.

I would love the scene in chapter 7 of covet not the feel of gold or taste of blood of Kili just sorta losing it. Or Fili, poor lad, covered in gold.

I'd love Dick in his magic shop from trust not in the darkness, trust in my outstretched hand, or the cabin covered in candles and the snow. I tried to work on my settings a bit more in that one.

I love any time someone draws Dick and Jason and the bike from find the sun in the corners of shadows.

I would love to see Mahanon and Sonja in art together. That would probably make me cry.

But honestly I would not really care. Like any fanart is a gift that makes me so emotional any time it happens. I understand why commissions etc exist, but I feel like the idea of sharing gifts in fandom used to be stronger than it is now. And that does make me a little sad. But it still happens and every time is worth treasuring.

53. I'm more of a writer, but lately I've been reading a lot of fics again. (Stranger Things got to me). But I also read a bunch of non fanfiction things, so I go through seasons of reading fic or not. But I almost always am writing, so I'd say majority writer, but when I read I do lose it.

55. I mean, the classics at this point are Fili and Dick and Mahanon probably. I am a sucker for someone who has every reason to hate the world and chooses instead love, belief, compassion, or in Fili's case, simple fucking survival haha. And no, I don't really care about people's reactions to certain characters. If I did I would have less plans for Gaspard in the forest is dark and deep. (Every time he shows people yell at me about how much they hate him and I'm like oh well, you're going to have to keep dealing with him anyway <3)

Honestly I only seem to chose popular characters by chance, and sometimes don't really care about the fandom reading on them (Fanon Dick Grayson my beloathed). I don't mean this in a "I'm not like other girls" way, I just know I'm contrary at best, and don't really care for the whims of popular fandom. I do what I want, and I have gotten yelled at for it by readers, and not in a good squee-yelling sort of way.

Unless you mean, swayed by readers/follower's opinions in a "I will never write this again as long as I live" way in which case yes, I did actually drop a whole ship because the readers were so mean about it and it killed all joy I ever felt in those characters together. And it was Tony Stark/Loki back in the 2012 era. That was the worst experience in fandom I ever had, you will always be legendary to me for all the wrong reasons.

60. Yes! Actually I commented on their work and they went wait, aren't you the one who wrote xxx? And I was like oh, yes, that is me, and we went from there. And then we became fandom friends lol. It is always a very kind, warm feeling to realize people have read your stuff, especially when you know they've got good tastes in their own work lol.

65. Listen, listen, I'm so excited for where ancient sea is going, the fact my brain is refusing to write it is driving me crazy. I want Hawke to meet Bianca! For the temple of Dirth to be a total shit show!!! the Forbidden Oasis being EVEN WORSE! I want my boi Abelas to show, I want things in Orlais to get batshit insane while Mahanon goes "whoops" I am dying for the assassins from Josie's personal mission to show up while Mahanon is on a hair trigger on that issue (especially! Josie! After! Wycome! holy shit). I want Gaspard to show up and be really annoying for like many different things while Mahanon keeps wishing he killed him while he had the chance (real "I should have left you on that streetcorner where I found you" "But you didn't!" vibes). I want for them to try and start breaking Mahanon and his symbols down and for him and his to rebuilt something new from the ashes.

On the other hand I also want to keep trucking in Covet because I'm really excited about some of the stuff there too, and getting to the point where I can start posting some of the side story stuff I've been writing to keep myself sane in the main story lol. (I've got like a whole 13 pages of Nori POV that came out of a fucking joke to someone that I can't post yet and now I'm mad about it lol).

#vs does a meme #i talk so much but to be fair there are a lot of questions haha

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artabria · 5 months

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Tagged by @onewhoturns

1) How many works do you have on AO3

29!

2) What's your total AO3 word count?

36.281 words. (I like drabbles).

3) What fandoms do you write for?

My current main fandoms are Tolkien, Dishonored and the occasional Final Fantasy drabble.

4) Top five fics by kudos?

Caged, Desert Rain, Time After Time, Through the Looking Glass, Of Halls Painted Red.

5) Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Sometimes.

6) What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Dream a Little Dream. Emsider one-shot based on a High Chaos!Corvo ending.

Being rewritten/not published yet because the characters have decided to do their own thing: Leitmotiv.

7) What’s the fic you write with the happiest ending?

Maybe In the Houses of Healing?

8) Do you get hate on fics?

The joys of writing drabbles and rare pairs is that you get very little hate, lol

9) Do you write smut?

Yes, but I haven't in a while.

10) Do you write crossovers?

Except for tiny drabbles, I don't write a lot of them anymore.

11) Have you ever had a fic stolen?

As far as I know, no.

12) Have you ever had a fic translated?

Not to my knowledge.

13) Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yes!

14) What’s your all-time favourite ship?

Oh, this is a hard one. 20+ years in fandom means that I have have several all-time favourite ships.

When I was a kid, I loved Takari from Digimon 01/02. Back when I was into crossovers, specially with Buffy the Vampire Slayer, my favourite crossover ship was Legolas/Buffy... And I guess it still is?

I guess nowadays my main ship is Emsider, from Dishonored. There's not many of us, but it's fun, :D

EDIT: I forgot my other crossover ship: Youko (Yu Yu Hakusho)/Kagome (Inuyasha).

15) What’s the WIP you hope to finish but doubt you ever will?

Leitmotiv, lol.

16) What are your writing strengths?

I'm not a native English speaker. English exams in high school always had a question where you had to write about something/a story and it had to be between 100 and 200 words.

Anyway, I'm good at writing drabbles.

17) What are your writing weaknesses?

I'm good at writing drabbles. As in "when I write a section of a story that section is always around 100 words and I blame my English teachers".

18) Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I'm not a fan unless it's random words and expressions in a made up language. Mostly because people tend to use languages that I actually know and I can tell that the phrase makes no sense.

19) First fandom you wrote for?

Lord of the Rings 10th Walker Legolas/OC.

Yes, I was 12.

20) Favourite fic you’ve ever written?

New favourite is Vlatka.

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thatfeanorian · 15 days

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20 Questions for fic writers!

Thanks for the tag @spiritofwhitefire!!! I love these <3

1. How many works do you have in A03? I just hit the 50 mark with my most recent oneshot!

2. What is your total word count? 285,059 and that's just the stuff I've published on ao3 I'd estimate it's closer to 350-400,000

3. What fandoms do you write for? It's all the silmarillion. that's all that exists. save me.

4. My top 5 fics by Kudos: ahh yes it's plug time:

Make You Mine (the way you should be) is an older Kidnap Fam fic featuring E & E having prophetic dreams about M & M (very fluffy)!!

All The Ways To Love is a completed russingon longfic of mine featuring an arranged marriage AU with Bad Dad Fëanor. Normally I love Fëanor but he just worked so wonderfully as a villian here lol.

The Difference Between You and I is a kidnap fam fic centering around the first night E & E spend with M & M. I love this fic so much and I'm so glad it's in my top 5!

And We Begin Again is my current WIP longfic with modern AU russingon. I am super proud of this fic and it is being updated slowly but consistantly due to the fact that I am a disaster nursing student.

Guide You Softly Slowly Towards The Light is another kidnap fam fic (very super fluffy with only a hint of angst) featuring Mae's love language being cooking/baking and lullabies.

Please check these out and leave me comments if you can I will love you forever!

5. Do you respond to comments? Every single one. They keep me writing and I am in debt to anyone who has ever said a nice thing about my fics. I also often take requests in the comments for what people want to see in the future chapters of long fics because ultimately I am writing a story to share!

6. Fic with the angstiest ending? OOOOH... honestly it's easily When Stars Sing, one of my favorite things I've ever written which has (imo) sinfully few reads. It made me cry while writing it and the TRSB art I wrote it for is stunningly beautiful. It's a Russingon fic (again oops) exploring Maedhros and Fingon's relationship in Beleriand.

7. Fic with the happiest ending? Perfect For Me. I am on my body diversity elves campaign and this is one of the fluffiest things I've ever written. I will def write more stuff like this whether or not there is an audience for it because it makes *me* happy.

8. Do I get hate on fics? I have indeed and it was on the ones where I have written chubby elves. Honestly, I just feel bad for the people who feel like they need to hate on bigger bodies and tell me that "you're slandering Tolkien's idea of what elves are." I simply delete and move on, so don't bother leaving them because they will not stop me from publishing what I want.

9. Do I write smut? If so what kind? I do indeed write smut. Most of it is plot relevant but I do have a few pwp oneshots. So kind of everything.

10. Do I write crossovers? Nope.

11. Have I had a fic translated? I have not but I would be beyond honored if anyone ever wanted to.

12. Have I ever co-written a fic? I did a long time ago with a friend in high school but there is nothing published that was co-written. I'd love to do it again though so if anyone wants to co-author a fic with me (ahem @last-capy-hupping, @arofili, @spiritofwhitefire I'm eyeing all of you intensely) I'd adore that.

13. All time favorite ship? Russingon. All you have to do is look at my AO3 to confirm that.

14. WIP I want to finish but don't know if I ever will? This isn't published but I have a longer Russingon fic about Valinor flirting/getting together that someday I'd like to publish but at this rate I think it might be years and probably a hundred thousand words away.

15. Writing strengths? world building and imagery because I can sit there for hours and describe a setting without adding to the plot even once.

16. Writing weaknesses: writing action scenes and arguments, I always feel like they come across choppy and unrealistic.

17. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language? I've never done it but I would be open to trying it... the closest I've gotten is writing phrases/words in Quenya and Sindarin in my fics.

18. First fandom I wrote for? I actually have no idea it might have been Percy Jackson with my classy self-insert or possibly Lord of the Rings.

19. Favorite fic I’ve written? That's hard I'm stuck between my current WIP and When Stars Sing (both linked above) although I also really love Your Face, So Sweet, another modern AU Russingon fic about adopting baby Gil-Galad.

Did I miss a question somewhere?? I don't think so but if y'all have any other questions or requests for fics my askbox is always open even if I'm a slow writer at the moment.

Tagging: @last-capy-hupping, @arofili, @i-did-not-mean-to, @jaz-the-bard, @secretlythranduil, and anyone else who wants to, make sure you tag me because I want to see everyone's answers!!!

#fey talks #tag game #20 questions #my fics #my writing

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earmo-imni · 1 year

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okay but you having a you that goes on continuous adventures throughout the Favorite Fictional Worlds is AWESOME. That sounds like a blast. I am never in any of my daydreams. I'm not about to inflict situations upon myself lol. I DO however badly voice act a line I'm making my characters say until the emotion is right. Much to the horror of everyone else who lives with me, I'm sure. I write a TON of dialogue and the thought that the readers don't understand the exact voice I want the character to say things in... and that I barely comprehend that voice myself... brutal. Don't make me voice act my own characters I swear to god. It's just everyone talking in different flavors of my voice in there.

Yeah, it's unbelievable how much mileage I've also gotten about Seven Deadly Sins as compared to the other fandoms I've been in. Sometimes I just don't want to pluck the characters out of the canon and put them in my head, because I feel like that would disturb the beautiful creation, so I don't daydream about those fandoms at all. I basically have like three main universes, the longest of which I've had and have been working on regularly since the fourth grade. VERY interesting story to go along with that one, but it's the kind that you CANNOT tell unprompted, so I'm waiting for an appropriate time to entertain the Internet Strangers with my strange childhood book experience.

Anyway! Happy to be following you now, I'll have a blast looking around at your blog :D

You are so freaking nice, thank you!

I inflict SO many situations on myself, partly because a lot of the time I find it easier to roleplay myself-but-slightly-to-the-left than to roleplay one of my ocs, but also because I legitimately enjoy my big crazy universe and also it’s just fun to be like “Yeah, I’m best friends with Meliodas and a member of Fairy Tail and a companion of the Doctor and also grown up Gamzee’s my moirail now cause I saved him from going brainwashed-and-crazy and also I fixed the MCU! It doesn’t suck anymore! The plot holes are gone!” It’s just fix-it fics and self-indulgent “girl fell into Middle-earth” style fics all day long. Unfortunately for alternate me I very much enjoy whump and angst and hurt/comfort so alternate me goes through. So much. Luckily alternate me is immortal due to shenanigans (the same way as Meliodas, essentially, except the resurrection time is way faster and also there’s no losing emotions), so they can survive everything. Unluckily this means I can kill them as many times as I want. Angst! 😃

(Meliodas may have had to essentially shake me by the shoulders and go “I know you want to help me and I appreciate it but I would like to not have to watch you die for me repeatedly because I see you as a friend and it hurts to watch you die regardless of whether you come back or not” whoops)

I also voice act all my characters (I actually find it significantly easier to keep track of my story if I speak it out loud) and boy howdy is it awkward when a family member comes down the stairs or I’m out on a late-night walk and suddenly realize Oh! There’s a person there! Hearing everything I say! And I sound insane!

And saaaaaaame with the problem of everyone speaking in different flavors of my voice!!! There’s a few characters that I have a pretty good grasp of their voice, and some that have very distinct ways of talking (Gamzee my beloved. Also literally everyone from Middle-earth) that make it easier to do them. But yeah, I FELT that.

I don’t usually write stuff down, I just let it exist in my head and hope I remember it next time I feel like playing in the sandbox. My au that you found is only like. The second thing I’ve actually tried to write down as a coherent narrative since my first attempts at fanfic when I was 15 (the other thing being my Tolkien OC Mavwin’s story. It is. Not even a full first draft. Oh boy.). I have a bunch of notes for a rewrite of an old fixit fic for a musical I like, and a bunch of notes on some Harry Potter OCs and significantly less notes on a Fairy Tail OC. Also a largely-unused sideblog for my multiverse-travelling daydream. (Don’t look yet, it needs some rewriting and a whole lot of updating.)

I am very curious about this world you can’t speak of unprompted, so consider this your prompt lol. I promise it can’t be any worse than what I’ve read/come up with/listened to my best friend explain about their OCs (I swear she’s worse than I am about giving her characters trauma 😂)

#marijn answers #hihopelessromantics #marijn talks

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transsexualhamlet · 1 year

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Why do people say tolkien fandoms are bad?

Well I mean, I've really only been in the tolkien fandom proper for like 6 months, the last times I was super into tolkien I didn't have internet access (yes I was 12 and then 14, no I did not have a phone nor computer) and even though I'm in it now I feel like I've only really dipped my toes into everything that's out there (a Lot). so you know, I couldn't really tell you on a broader sense? But from the limited amount of activity here on tumblr it seems. Well I love it but jesus christ there is so much discourse that shouldn't exist. (for example, for some reason there seems to still be some ongoing war as to if sam or frodo is more heroic, as if that's a valid point of discussion. why would you ever take a side on that have you not read the book) One of the main other points of contention is people who basically worship tolkien and defend every idea he ever mentioned to the fucking death (dude) and the guys who hate him so much and are so critical of the canon that they strip the text of any sort of meaning. Ideally there is a medium of "hey guys maybe thinking about what you read is important you're not trying to pull a gottem in 10th grade english". I think most people here are sane but god I've seen some takes.

I'm getting the sense that it's better than it used to be (a fucking free for all fighting grounds between tolkien dudebros and gay people who liked the movies), but it's still one of those that can go after your throat if you don't know every detail from everything, but as with most every fandom you can curate your experience and not. run into that lol. I think the case is just that the bigger a fandom is the more insane weirdos you get making noise in there and as long as you just. Ignore the insane weirdos you can have a great time

#rowan gets yelled at #anon

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randomnameless · 2 years

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Would you say that 3H has caused lasting fandom damage considering now we have a bunch of imbeciles trying to argue that FE has always been about "lizards bad", basically missing the forest for the trees?

I'm not going to call people names because this is a Fandom blog, but...

I understand where you are coming from, anon.

It's as if someone wants to defend Orc n°68 thus says Tolkien's LOTR "extolls the virtues and inherent goodness of War".

Missing the point is a thing, it's another entirely to shoot at the lama 78 km away instead.

Elibe, Archanea, Magvel and Tellius never say lizards bad, it is always a comparison between dragons and humans which ends as some "we're not so different after all, let's work for a peaceful coexistence in the country/world".

Everyone can have their own shit takes, some of mine were, with hindsight, seriously crappy back then. But when you defend them by calling people transphobes or what not because the deck is stacked against you, it's not "anyone can have their own takes" but it becomes "lol it's this person again who has a breakdown each time we tell her a part of her otp isn't into women and she tries to force her headcanons everywhere, claiming it's canon".

#Anon #Replies #Fandom woes #Some other people have said it better #But it's as if Fe16 is the first game those people Fandom about #They don't have all the codes #And it's a mess

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coconi · 1 year

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17. (asking out of desperation lol), 65., and 67.!

17. What do you do when writing becomes difficult? (maybe a lack of inspiration or writers block)

I try many different things. Sometimes I'll focus on a different craft/hobby and let my brain brainstorm in the background. Other times I'll come up with titles, tags and summaries ahead of time to give myself the "illusion" of productivity and perhaps make something click. I change fonts. I go digging for songs that fit my WIP to make a playlist. I switch to brainstorming on paper with diagrams and stuff. I go for walks with headphones on. I allow myself to not write at all for days and weeks, or to simply have the document open while I do something else. I reread my writing. I edit what I've already written. I write shitty drabbles, erase them and close the tab before I can regret it. I reblog ask games. I reread kind comments. I take prompts and ignore 3/4s of them. I switch to a WIP for a different fandom for a change of pace. I fall back into my A-Z Drabble Challenge. I remind myself I didn't write for 10 years, so any hiatus is brief in comparison...

TLDR: I can't push my brain to write if it doesn't want to, so I have to figure out whether it doesn't want to write at all or if it's just that one particular WIP that is cursed. If I have to wait, I wait. And if the creative energy is eating me alive and giving me nausea and both writing and video editing are a big resounding no, I go for something unexpected. Last weekend, I baked cookies.

65. Tell us about what you’re most looking forward to writing – in your current project, or a future project

Oh I'm so, so excited about my Tolkien Secret Santa fic you have no idea!!! Also utterly terrified!!!! Because I'll be writing it from the POV of a character I haven't written before, and I still feel out of my depth when it comes to The Hobbit/LOTR. But it's a plotbunny I've had for quite a while, so I'm happy this gave me an excuse to tackle it. If all goes well it might be the first work in a series because the AU in question opens so many possibilities.

I can't share any deets except this: 🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪

67. Do you prefer prompts and challenges, or completely independent ideas?

Normally I would say independent ideas but these days I've been really enjoying prompts and challenges! They force me out of my comfort zone, and I feel those are the fics that have allowed me to grow the most as a writer.

#ginneke #writing ask #thank you 💖💖 hope the writers block eases soon

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bumblingbriars · 5 months

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Questions for a fanfic writer!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

17!

2. What's your total A03 word count?

70,247

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Currently I'm focusing my attention on LOTR, but I've written for A Hat in Time, Encanto, Demon Slayer, Monkie Kid, Spider-man, Naruto, Asagao Academy, etc. Plus the uncountable fandoms that stay in the recesses of google docs lol.

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

Whispers in the Walls, Familial Obligations, Only Wishes, The Letter, and Sunlight

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I really want to, and I plan to try with my newest fic. I just get overwhelmed sometimes and don't know how to reply lol.

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

The Letter, probably. God that fic is so old though lol

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I tend to write happy endings, so it's hard to say!

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Used to. It was detrimental to my mental health LMAO. I haven't seen any recently, though.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Don't ask questions you're not ready to hear the answers to, thank you!

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

Nope! Not really a crossover kinda guy. I've read a few if the idea interests me, but otherwise not really.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not to my knowledge (an idea was stolen if that counts, and I know that seems silly but trust it was a "revenge plot" by a toxic ex friend. Long story there lmao)

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

No, but I'd love to!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yes, but the fic has long since been deleted at their request. We've lost touch over the years, but I hope they're well. Otherwise I collaborate to figure out ideas with a friend, but we haven't really written together. (We should, though. They know who they are)

14. What's your all-time favorite ship?

That's a very complicated question. I love many ships and have plenty of oc x canon on the side. Not good at choosing favorites, it's like picking a favorite child lol

15. What's the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

Familial Obligations has admittedly been hard to get back to simply because of people treating me awfully in the comments. AHIT was one of my favorite fandoms and I miss writing for FO dearly, I want to give it a proper ending. Someday, it will be finished. It's so close to being done. Otherwise, I have many fics in my google docs that I want to see the light of day but it's very hard to put myself out there sometimes.

16. What are your writing strengths?

ROMANCE. I love romance so much. I also think my dialogue has gotten better over the years--I also love being descriptive. I think I have a decent sense of humor as well.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Fighting scenes. I understand why Tolkien brushed through them for the most part lmao. I also think I can be a little more tell than show, which I'm trying to work through.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

If done correctly, I think it's good to have. If you're working with a bilingual it's good to sprinkle in their mother tongue when appropriate. I've done it for Encanto and Spider-Man. For full sentences though, I tend to prefer just doing italics, or not specifying what's said but instead working with body language and facial expressions if it's supposed to be a mystery.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

The first fic I ever wrote was for either Powerpuff Girls Z or Danny Phantom, but my first published work was for Shugo Chara. Good lord, what a lifetime ago.

20. Favorite fic you've ever written?

That is like asking me what child do I like the best. Back away from me with that question.

Tagging anyone who wants to do this!

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✨ Hii Mera! Congrats on the follower milestone! I've been following you since the sherlock days, I'm not really into too much of the other fandoms you do but I'm still here 🥰✨

Can I ask for a ship from bbc sherlock and mcu if you don't mind 😊

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Female. 23. Christian. Irish. Librarian. No ship preference. Asexual (romance yes, sex no). Hufflepuff. INFJ. Kind of reclusive thanks to trauma induced mental illness, I am better now though but I feel like I missed on some social skills 🤷‍♀️ love language is gift giving (I looove buying stuff for people cuz I get to shop with a little less guilt cuz hey its not for me hahaa), quality time, touch (will take a long ass time for me to be comfortable with touch cuz trust issues 🙃). I live for vintage things, reading and small old cafes. 30s-40s vintage era is my fav but also 70s. Really want to go to see Barbra Streisand live someday. Fav authors are Agatha Christie and Tolkien. Hobbies: reading, sewing, trying to make vintage inspired clothes, rewatching the same comfort movies and shows, music, walking. Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga 😍 foo fighters, avril lavigne, tøp, violet orlandi, doris day, judy g. Would like to learn a new language someday and calligraphy. I love handbags and tea cups and alice in wonderland and the secret garden. I think that's enough info I don't really know what else to say

✨ 💙 ✨ ✨ ✨congratulations✨ ✨ ✨💙 ✨

Thank you! Wow yeah that is a while lol. Sorry I don't write for it much anymore :/ but I'm amazed and thankful that you stuck around! <3 <3

I hope you like your ships :)

BBC Sherlock:

I ship you with Sherlock!

You two would definitely have a slow-burn relationship. You became companions fairly easily, but were slow to friendship. Once you spent more time together you warmed up to each other slowly, learning the intricacies of each other, and slowly fell for each other.

Sherlock is not a physical type per se so he would never pressure you to do anything you weren't comfortable with. He is perfectly fine just spending time with you, whether is be sitting around the house, reading, playing music, etc. Or walking around the city together. He doesn't need anything but you by his side.

Even if Sherlock doesn't need anything, he knows your main love language is gift-giving, so he knows each time you buy him something, it is you telling him you love him. So, he never rejects a gift, and even if he doesn't need it he keeps it. It now holds a sentimentality to it that he will protect.

Runner Up Ship: John Watson

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MCU:

I ship you with Steve.

Though Steve doesn't mind being physical he is perfectly fine with not being as well. When/if you get to the point you are comfortable with physical touch he will be ready and very caring and gentle as to not cause you any discomfort.

He loves that you like vintage things (he jokes that this is the only reason you love him). He enjoys exploring genres of music, and you two introduce your favorites to each other.

Steve loves spending quality time with you, so he loves going on long walks and having movie nights. He will also buy you gifts when he sees something that reminds him of you (he buys you flowers once a week, and sometimes comes back with an actual plant)

Runner Up Ship: Vision

#ask #ship request #ship #milestone ships #8.5k ships #anon ship #mcu ship #sherlock ship

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