#Which is the theme song to one of my fave TV shows

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my friend asked me for murder show recs and i put together a list of a bunch of them and thought i'd also share it here in case anyone else who was not raised by the glow of mystery! on pbs might want an intro. extremely subjective commentary, obvs. enjoy.

hello. welcome to the world of finding television shows about people getting killed comforting. it's fucked up, but who isn't. here's a list of the ones i like and why and where to watch them.

midsomer murders (1997-current): this is one of those sterotypical "it ran for 25 years and did nearly 18 episodes" british shows. it was adapted from a book series, which are the early eps. they're really fucked up and great imo. the later ones lose that sharpness, but until seasons 20+ i think it's a really solid show. the theme song is performed on a theremin. pluses: every great british actor shows up at least once, incredibly great deaths, lots of hyper niche hobby groups, tom barnaby is the best. minuses: showrunner brian true-may quoted as saying that his version of "english countryside" is entirely white. he was booted from the show at that point, however. i've watched the entire series 2-3 times, except for s5e3 "Ring Out Your Dead" because there's a death in it that i found particularly tragic the first time i watched it and have no desire to revisit it (but ymmv). robyn's fave ep is s3e3 "Judgement Day," because a brass band plays the show's theme song at a village fete and also Orlando Bloom is run through with a pitchfork. (ACORN)

Poirot (1989-2013): truly the goat. David Suchet bodies this role. i don't know how familiar you are with christie, but hercule poirot was her recurring detective character, a fastidious little belgian living in 1930s England. in this show, it's the late 1930s for 20 years, and the sets and costumes are so good. not a single streamline moderne property in england is overlooked. the early episodes are short--40ish minutes each--but they transition to 90 minutes at some point. they adapt all of the poirot books, with the big ones--murder on the orient express and death on the nile--done as higher budget tv movies. (BRITBOX)

marple (2004-2013): another christie adaptation, with 2 actresses playing miss marple in sequence. they also adapted a bunch of non-marple stories to have miss marple in them. set post-WWII, mainly countryside english mysteries. (BRITBOX)

miss fisher's murder mysteries (2012-2015, film in 2020): set in 1920s melbourne, mfmm follows independently wealthy private eye phryne fisher. it's an adaptation of modern novels, so it's less conservative than the christies. phryne's best friend is a suit-wearing lesbian doctor. it's a sharp, smart show, and phryne herself (as well as her relationship with buttoned-up detective jack robinson) is very sexy. it ran three seasons and was followed by a crowd-funded film in 2020, which isn't GOOD, but it is FUN. there's another a spin-off set in the 1960s called miss fisher's modern mysteries, which follows phryne's niece. again--not good, but fun. nothing beats the og series tho. (ACORN)

lewis (2006-2015): this is technically a spin-off of the inspector morse series, which started in the 80s, but i've never watched it so you should be fine. this follows very un-academic inspector lewis and his very academic assistant DS hathaway in EXTREMELY academic oxford england. i really dig the pacing of this, as well as how profoundly weird smart people can be. the big downside is the actor who played hathaway is laurence fox, who's a real stinker of a dude. right-wing, racist, etc. so. ymmv. (BRITBOX)

vera (2011-current): vera is a nearly retired, irascible, set in her ways detective in northumberland. she heads her own department, so part of the appeal is definitely trim youngsters dashing to do her bidding with a "yes mum." she drives a huge old land rover, wears a raincoat everywhere, has no patience for class barriers, and in short i love her. in the newer seasons there is also a detective in her squad called Jaq who is a very cute butch. (BRITBOX)

dalgliesh (2021-current): adaptation of pd james novels following detective-poet adam dalgliesh. set in the 1970s, which sets it apart and which i quite enjoy. his character is really sensitive and thoughtful is a way that's unusual for cop shows. (ACORN)

annika (2021-current): i'm gonna dive into some of the weirder ones now. annika is still pretty serious, but the title character has a habit of breaking the 4th wall to loop the audience in on the meta nature of her thoughts--usually relating to a book or story. it's set in glasgow and they investigate marine crime specifically. annika is played by nicola walker, who full disclosure i find VERY attractive. she's norwegian, she's odd, and she's trying her best. she has a teenage daughter who's gay. (PBS)

queens of mystery (2019-current): this one is VERY odd. think british murders meets pushing daisies. there's a narrator, and occasional technicolor flights of fancy. it follows a very serious detective who was raised by her three aunts after her mother was killed. she comes back to work in her home town and has to navigate both sides of her life, plus still wanting to know who killed her mother. production was interrupted by covid, so the main actress changed between seasons, but the new person is also very good. (ACORN)

brokenwood mysteries (2014-current): this one is sort of...sillier than the rest? it's a new zealand show set in a small town. it's fairly queer (although not nearly queer enough), and one of the things i love the most about it is it maintains a roster of recurring characters (which i think is only possible because of the small size of the NZ film industry). pretty good maori rep, especially jared, a local who seems to know or be related in some way to everyone in town. i adore him. he's off the show now, and i miss him. (ACORN)

mcdonald & dodds (2020-current): set in bath, this is an odd couple partnership of an ambitious young cop lately from london and a shy older cop who has lived in bath all his life and hasn't seen action in a decade. their interactions are funny and lovely, and it's refreshing to see a black woman character allowed to be ambitious. (BRITBOX)

#took out the julie mentions left in the robyn mention #because their love of a tv show playing its theme song on the show is so funny and i love it #gentle murders #this is like. half the length this list could have been #and that's not even getting into the mini-series

[simonnebethel]

WIP Questionnare (tag game)

Tagged by @buffythevampirelover ^^ using A Chant for Blood to answer these! Answering them all out of boredom, but you can answer as many as you like ^^

What was the first part of your wip that you created? ...the first chapter 😅 but tbf the very first scene has changed drastically since then! it was a bit of a 'main character wakes up' cliche so I decided like right after writing chapter 3 it would be changed after the first draft was done.

If your story was a TV show, what would the theme song/intro be? oo! Possibly Nothing Else Matters by Apocalyptica. Prob my fave one out of the story's playlist.

Who are your favorite characters you've made? Why? Probably the makoth characters, like Gunilde and Oddvar. and idk 🤷 ive had a soft spot for orcish characters lately, makoth included. Can't forget Karliah, too! She's been with me since middle school.

What other pieces of media do you think would share a fanbase for your story? oooh. i dont know. possibly game of thrones? or any gothic fantasy novel. I actually don't read that much victorian fantasy, so I don't know many. However, Snow White and the Huntsman did influence me a lot, so if that movie has a fanbase I suppose it counts.

What has been your biggest struggle while writing? Creating the magic systems. It's like chemistry for me; my brain just can't work it out. the main magic system, which i have just called Spellwork, feels so underdeveloped, but the other magic system for the Makoth, Skvæla, is a little bit more fleshed out. At some point I have to sit down one day and work the whole Spellwork thing out before I lose my mind 🥲

Are there any animals in your story? Talk about them! There is! Maugr are native to Reyoarfell, and only used by the Makoth. Wolf-like beasts the size of polar bears, with thick fur and short legs to combat the cold climate of Reyoarfell. The makoth only use them for travel or to carry/pull heavy things, they are not suited for combat or racing. These animals are important to them, and are not allowed to be owned by anybody outside of the country.

How do your characters get around?(ex: trains, horses, cars, dragons, etc.) Mostly by horseback or carriage, as trains haven't been invented yet. But also, the first book is contained in one city so they don't need anything else to travel long distance. However! Portals to travel between countries do exist, but they're rare and expensive to use.

What part of your wip are you working on? I'm currently editing the early chapters, getting it ready to look for beta readers. Adding more scenery and sensory descriptions, changing a few things about the characters, trying to find a way to make the plot twists less obvious before they're revealed 😅

What aspects (tropes, maybe?) of your wip do you think will draw people in? Hmm. victorian fantasy, knight lady, eldritch being, vampiric lizard man, body horror, corruption arc, and monster hunting are the ones I can thing of off the top of my head 😅

What are your hopes for your wip? That there's people out there that would at least enjoy reading my novel, and love the characters as much as I do :)

Open tag to whoever wants to join! No pressure ^^

#A Chant for Blood #writing #writeblr #writers on tumblr #my writing #fantasy #victorian #my ocs #ask game #writers

[tabswrites]

WIP Questionnaire

Tagged by @winglesswriter here!

Gently tagging: @bee-barnes-author @mysticstarlightduck @mister-writes @pandoras-comment-box @ahordeofwasps @theprissythumbelina and an open tag. Blank questions below the cut!

For the Guardians of Eternity Series:

1. What is the first part of your WIP that you created?

The initial idea was about a magical bear of some sort that would appear and guide people to a magic forest. The story grew from that one idea.

2. If your story was a TV show, what would the theme song/intro be?

Instrumental, for sure. I really like Bear McCreary (Outlander, Godzilla, Rings of Power, etc.) and Lorne Balfe (His Dark Materials, Wheel of Time), so I’d be happy with any composer with similar vibes.

3. What are your favorite characters that you made? Why?

My creatures! My cute little guys 💜 I love them so much. But I love each of my MC’s equally—it’s impossible for me to choose. I’d say I have the most fun with Adrin, but my best writing is with Hettie.

4. What other pieces of media do you think your fan base would share?

If you like anything character-driven with found family, magical creatures and fantasy worlds where nothing is ever what it seems, you’ll vibe with me. I’ve taken inspiration from a lot of my fave shows/books, so there’s something for everyone.

5. What has been your biggest struggle with your WIP?

Everything. Tomb of Light is the first novel I have ever attempted to write, and the first time I’ve written fantasy. It’s hard to know when to let loose and when to pull back—which is how I’ve learned that I am an underwriter. Big time.

6. Are there any animals in your story? Talk about them!

Creatures!!! Hell yeah! I made a post here about them.

7. How do your characters get around? (Ex. Trains, horses, cars, dragons, etc.)

By foot or by horse (except Adrin, who is afraid of horses. He walks everywhere. Like a fool.)

8. What part of your WIP are you working on right now?

I have started outlining and writing the sequel to ToL, The Forest’s Embrace! In addition, I am also working on ToL’s first round of edits (which is very hard without alpha readers).

9. What aspects (tropes, maybe) of your WIP do you think will draw people in?

I have a hero to antagonist arc that is essentially an exploration of grief following trauma and a toxic relationship. That is what I think will help my story stand out from other fantasy stories—the magic is really just an instrument that helps the characters heal. (That is the most boiled down explanation I can give.)

10. What are your hopes for your WIP?

I would love to query ToL by 2025 and have it published within the next few years. For right now, I just want more people to connect with the story and see it for what it can be one day.

1. What is the first part of your WIP that you created?

2. If your story was a TV show, what would the theme song/intro be?

3. What are your favorite characters that you made? Why?

4. What other pieces of media do you think your fan base would share?

5. What has been your biggest struggle with your WIP?

6. Are there any animals in your story? Talk about them!

7. How do your characters get around? (Ex. Trains, horses, cars, dragons, etc.)

8. What part of your WIP are you working on right now?

9. What aspects (tropes, maybe) of your WIP do you think will draw people in?

10. What are your hopes for your WIP?

#wip questionnaire #wip: tomb of light #tag games #fantasy writers #writers on tumblr

[simplysummers]

what's one of your favorite headcanons for your meerkat?

Okay so the lovely Meg sent me the exact same ask a while ago, and so I think I'm going to reserve my top favourite Sebastian headcanon for that post, just because it may be easier to find since it came from an account, and the headcanon I'm going to talk about is very special to me, and I'm super duper proud of it.

So for this ask instead, I've decided I'm going to list a few of my fave Sebastian hcs that I have! Some may be general, some are unique that I came up with, but either way I've realised that I tend to talk about my version of Sebastian a lot of discord, but not so much on here! So let's introduce you all to him.

Sebastian headcanons:

In my mind Sebastian is an only child, and a miracle child at that. For those who do not know, a miracle child is a surprise baby conceived and carried to term by a couple who were told having a baby would be borderline impossible. I think this hugely contributes as to why Sebastian is so spoiled, it's extremely hard not to melt over the son his parents never expected to have, and considering they have the funds to do so, they do exactly that.

(Have this from an edit video I made about Sebastian to fully explain what I mean 🙂)

In my mind Sebastian is an only child, and a miracle child at that. For those who do not know, a miracle child is a surprise baby conceived and carried to term by a couple who were told having a baby would be borderline impossible. I think this hugely contributes as to why Sebastian is so spoiled, it’s extremely hard not to melt over the son his parents never expected to have, and considering they have the funds to do so, they do exactly that.

(Oh I dubbed his parents Nathaniel Smythe, and Gabrielle (née Alarie) Smythe. We know his father’s canon job is a states attorney (and according to me, formally an international lawyer flitting between the Columbus and Parisian firm, where he specialised in finance) and I’ve always thought his mother to be a surgeon.)

I think Sebastian gets a lot of his mannerisms from his mother, his cold shoulder, his snark, his passive aggressiveness, it all comes from her. And always has. (They both find it comical when Sebastian is an adult, but as a child/teenager, they could argue about anything due to clash of personalities.)

His parents appreciate his talent in the arts, and made sure he explored all aspects of the craft at a young age. He took multiple styles of dance, had singing lessons weekly, and was even forced into learning an instrument (the violin) from a young age (the last of which he wasn’t very fond of.)

Growing up in Paris, while having family in the states, Sebastian struggled a lot with his childhood bilingualism. As a child he was merely upset by the prospect that he couldn’t hold a conversation with people in his family and their dislike for his bad communication skills, but as a preteen he would instead obsess over every little pronunciation when speaking in English, just to make sure it was absolutely perfect and he wouldn’t have to feel so degraded for something so basic. (I have an unpublished fic about this if anybody would like to read it.)

Equally, music and dance helped Sebastian a lot with his bilingual struggles, which is another reason he is so passionate about the hobby. It helped shape him in so many different way.

Sebastian’s favourite childhood TV show was Disneys ‘the house of mouse’, and he would always, without fail sing along, to the theme song.

When Smythe’s moved back to America indefinitely, Nate bought Seb a car because Seb was really upset and he wanted to make his son’s sadness disappear :( (Gabi’s like “girl what- 🤔🫣”

They 👏 love 👏 Kurt

Gabrielle warms up to Kurt a lot quicker than Nate does because he’s a protective father who doesn’t want Sebastian to get hurt (because he knows deep down Seb is a good person), whereas Jeff and Nick are like “what’re you talking about? Mr Smythe is lovely” to Kurt, who is petrified of.

Kurt has a clothing line named after Sebastian called ‘Simply Sebastian’ and yes that’s a nod to my old username. His little logo is an embroidered meerkat.

If anyone steals my headcanons I’m going to personally put baked beans in your shoes

#I am completely kidding I do not care if people like this ideas #I just had a problem with someone from this fandom not only trying to steal my ideas #but my whole ass identify Lmaooo- #anyways #glee #Sebastian smythe #the warblers glee #Sebastian headcanons #my sebshine 💛 #kurtbastian #btw if anyone ever wants to talk Sebastian headcanons with me I have an entire document dedicated towards his life

[ofallthingsnasty]

Do you have a fave My Little Pony song? I’ve never watched it and don’t plan to but I’ve seen clips of it on YouTube, scored through its TV tropes page (pretty much what I do with everything I don’t end up watching/reading), and I even once read a little bit of Fluttercord fic lmao

But I can’t deny that the show has absolute bops. I have a few of them on my musical theater playlist. I don’t really have a fav song but I like any that has Rarity because her singing actress sounds so good

Yes!! Yes, I very, very much do!! It's Open Up Your Eyes from My Little Pony: The Movie. Movie clip here, just audio here. CG5 also did an amazing cover of it, link here.

That fucking song, good grief. I could listen to Emily Blunt call me 'little one' in a song all day. It's BY FAR my favorite one. Second place goes to the über classic This Day Aria! Other than that, I adore the various pony mixes - from Sim Gretina to JTH to loophoof to µThunder... My favorites in that genre are Our Town, I'll Fly, Your Heart Is In Two Places (which was my lyric blog theme until a week or so ago haha), You'll Play Your Part... I have a giant pony music playlist I listen to almost daily - the fan music is usually so light and airy and just makes me happy. One of the best parts to come out of that show, imo. A few of my fics have titles inspired by MLP music as well hdsuhsfdjk, I just love to listen to that while writing my silly little noncon fics What are your faves? I really want to know what struck you!!!

#ask #anon #pony.post #i.e. my overhaul p1ss fic is named 'generosity' after rarity's manehattan song lmao

[journeytothewestresearch]

I think my little sis was obsessed with a TV show that's about the Investiture of The Gods before in the COVID period

So much I remember the damn theme song,more and maybe I would have memorised the actors' names, her fave is Jiang Ziya, I think it's because she likes how his name sounds like in Vietnamese

Her other fave is Shen Gongbao, he's a funny guy in that show,an absolute pervert though, I really like his hair,the highlights are so catchy

I admittedly haven't seen any of the Investiture of the Gods TV shows. I know there are some from the 80s, 90s, and 2000s. Which one are you referring to?

#Investiture of the Gods #Creation of the Gods #Jiang Ziya #Shen Gongbao #Chinese television #Chinese TV #Chinese mythology

[raksh-writes]

✨ people I wanna know better! ✨

Tagged by the lovely @roxannes-love-letters thank you, hun!! 💗🥰

Last Song? I got into Sabaton recently (like, two days ago 😂) and went for a greatest hits playlist on spotify yesterday to check more of their music, so the last song there was "In the Name of God". A really good listen, y'all definitely give it a go if you like heavier sound! I sure missed it.

Favourite colour? Violet! Or, I guess most people say purple, but for me it's the more blue-ish shade I associate with violet, and that's the one ^^

Currently watching? Nothing much, I'm not exactly a tv shows person, and if I end up watching one, I usually binge it (which hasn't happened since Kinnporsche: the series tbh), so for now it's mostly gameplays and let's plays on yt or streams of games Im interested in ^^

Last movie? Oh, I can finally answer this! 😂 I actually caught up on three movies I wanted to watch for quite some time last week. The last-last was Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, which hasn't sucked me in quite as much as I was expecting until the back half of the movie (tbf I usually watch animations with polish dub and this I watched in original, so maybe that had smth to do with it too?), but overall a very lovely movie and the ending was *chef's kiss* and two days earlier I caught up on John Wick Chapter 4 (Hiroyuki Sanada's parts were Amazing and absolutely my fave in the whole movie 💗💗 yes, Im biased, sorry not sorry xD) and I Finally watched Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among thieves too and y'all... Y'ALL, it was so good 😩👌 I LOVE IT! You can feel so much heart went into it, the humor was super fun, the characters Lovely, it Really felt like a DnD session in play and Holga my absolute beloved 💗 It actually managed to jerk a few tears out of me too 😂 Overall such a lovely movie, absolutely give it a watch if any of y'all hadn't already, it's definitely worth its time 💗 (Also, I'm surprisingly in the mood to catch up on some more movies, any recs anyone? ^^)

Sweet/spicy/savoury? Hm, out of these options, probably savoury. I've been trying to accustom myself to more spicy dishes too and it's slow going, but so far I'm liking that more and more too ^^

Relationship status? Single. Have been for years, unfortunately 😔 I miss having that sort of connection with someone terribly, but so far, no luck.

Current obsessions? Sad to report Im lacking a proper brain rot rn 😔 It was Astarion from BG3 for a while, but I kinda fell off the game after making a 100h in a couple weeks and now Im searching for a proper obsession again. There IS this new survival-building LotR-themed game but I Really don't need another one I'll play for a week or two and abandon forever, not to mention I shouldn't chip away at my savings any more than I absolutely have to now that I'm not working. So... We'll see if I'll cave in or not 😂 (for now I got Shadow of Mordor on sale so I might finally check it out tonight, who knows!)

Last thing you googled? Sabaton - 40:1 'cause I wanted to check the lyrics (and it's currently among my faves from Sabaton and no, not only because it's about polish history! it's just that good ^^)

Selfie? I'll do you one even better! Look at our lovely pupper:

It's an older photo, but shhhh, no one has to know! And she's still looking good ^^ (better even, without the eye buggers!)

Friends I wanna get to know better: @dual-desires @fleet-off @asexualannoyance @the-cookie-of-doom @theflowergirl @livingbythewords @oenothera5 (This is no pressure tagging as always!)

#tagged #tag game #Raksh posts

[yuujispinkhair]

Good morning my beloved ✨🤍 I wonder how is the creative process for your kinktober fics? Is there a movie or song that inspired you to create them or where did you get the idea? How are you working on it? Is there any fic you're more excited to finish than any other?

Take all the time you need and I just want to remind you that this is your hobby and these fics will be ready when they are ready. Don't pressure yourself with a deadline because you're already doing a great job, ok? I love you and I'm hugging you (plz don't forget to drink some water)

Aww hey hey hey babe 💗💗

This is such a sweet ask!! I love talking about my stories and the process of writing them!! Thank you so much!!

"Brother" (Yuuji x Reader + Sukuna x Reader) was a spontaneous idea. Usually, I love to write a softer version of Sukuna, but I thought that Halloween would be the perfect opportunity to finally write a truly evil version of him. I can't say too much about the story, though, because I don't want to spoil it. I am excited to see what people will think at the end. There are several ways to interpret it.

The song that I picked for this fic is "Pink Party" by Isaac Dunbar. I have it on my Itadori Twins playlist for another AU, and I love the vibe of it. This story starts at a party, and in my mind, this is the song that is playing in the background while Reader is trapped in the bathroom with Sukuna. The evil twin gets explicitly mentioned in this song, so it is really perfect ;)

"Mine" (Megumi x Reader) has been in my drafts for a long time. It was originally planned for a You collab (the tv show). But I never finished it. So when I saw my friend Loni make a Halloween collab, I remembered this story, and I thought it would fit very well. And it's a good motivation for me to actually finish this story finally.

I love taking a character like Megumi, who I think is a pretty good person in canon, and then taking one of their character traits or one of their super relatable insecurities and twisting them into something dark. With Megumi, those are his abandonment issues after his dad left him as a little child and after suffering the loss of several people he loved. I love the horror of seeing someone who started with good intentions lose control and become the villain.

I picked the song "King of Shadow" by Kat Cunning for this story. It is one of my Megumi songs anyway, and I think it fits this story very well. To me, it is a song about becoming obsessed with the person you love and refusing to let them go again, wanting to be as close to them as possible, wanting to know them better than anyone else could, wanting to be the only person who can give them a good life. Megumi sees Reader as his light while he is in the dark. She is like a goddess to him, like his perfect person, and he CANNOT lose her.

"Death's Bride" (Sukuna x Reader) was an idea I had when someone close to me was very sick, and I kind of needed a story about Death that was comforting to me. I once read an explanation about Sukuna's hand signs and that they are associated with the tale about the King of Hell, who judges the dead souls and decides which part of the afterworld they have to go to. I really love this idea and so I decided to write Sukuna as the personification of Death.

The song I picked for this story is "Don't Fear the Reaper" by HIM. I love their songs and the ongoing theme of death + romance in them, so this fits super well for falling in love with Sukuna as Death ;)

I can't really pick a fave because all three stories are very different, and I enjoy writing each one of them a lot. The Itadori Twins story is the darkest, in my opinion. The Megumi story is dark too, but in a different way. And the Sukuna story is actually pretty sweet, in my opinion.

I am super excited to share these stories with y'all!! And this ask was so sweet!! Thank you so much for your interest and for giving me an excuse to talk about my fics!! I am hugging you!! I love youuu 💗💗

[hearteyesmcgarrett]

is it weird to just answer the ask meme questions without actual asks? probably, but i want to yell about fandom shit rn so you can't stop me

A - Ships that you currently like a lot. its obvious that im in a grimm fixation rn, so i have to say nick/monroe as a romantic ship (or nick/monroe/rosalee), and the whole gang as a platonic relationship. For SGA, i'm always a mcshep fan but i honestly enjoy any pairing of AR1. Anyone that has followed me for an extended period of time knows that im a mcdanno (H50) and leverage ot3 truther as well.

B - A pairing–platonic, romantic or sexual–that you initially didn’t consider, but someone changed your mind. hmm, not sure? OH some folks doing the sga kinkmeme have mentioned john/cam and im very intrigued

C - A ship you have never liked and probably never will. Rodney/Jennifer :( I love Jennifer, but the writers consistently changed her characterization and that relationship felt forced and weird (SGA)

D - A pairing you wish you liked but just can’t. John/Elizabeth. I'm sorry! maybe its just because im gay af but to me their relationship felt like bffs, not romantic (SGA)

E - Have you added anything cracky/hilarious to your fandom? If so, what? I made that stargate cinnamon roll meme, if that counts

F - What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom? ~10 years

G - Have you ever had an OTP? If so, do you remember your first one? Who was in it? i'm a multishipper for sure, but one of the first ships i remember really clearly was eric/ryan from csi miami (circa age like 12)

H - What is your favorite source text for fandom stuff (e.g., TV shows, movies, books, anime, Western animation, etc.)? TV!

I - Has Tumblr caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why? I dont know that it was entirely tumblr, but yeah, Voltron. The fandom was truly fucking awful

J - Name a fandom you didn’t think about until you saw it all over Tumblr. (You don’t have to care about it or follow it; it just has to be something that Tumblr made you aware of.) uhhhh, like every show tbh. 99% of the shows i watch came from tumblr or online friends

K - What character has your favorite development arc/the best development arc? Eliot Spencer (Leverage)

L - Say something genuinely nice about a character who isn’t one of your faves. hmm, I guess Adalind counts as a character who isnt one of my faves. She's a complex and interesting character, and its clear that a lot of her decisions come from a place of trauma. After having Diana it really shows that she does want to protect her and keep her safe (grimm)

M - Name a character that you’d like to have for a friend. Ronon (SGA), Hardison (Leverage), Teal'c (SG1), etc

N - Name three things you wish you saw more or in your main fandom 1. men showing emotions!!! (grimm does this well, thankfully) 2. on a similar note: depicting how the shit these characters get up to is traumatizing and how that impacts them long term 3. literally any canon queer rep. can we PLEASE have a show like stargate or grimm where one of the characters (especially a man) is canonically queer? is that so hard???

O - Choose a song at random. Which ship or character does it remind you of? Forfeit by Rise Against always makes me think of ascended Daniel/Jack (SG1). Oh and ever since i saw a gifset with lyrics from it, Timberwolves at New Jersey by Taking Back Sunday makes me think of John (SGA)

P - Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas). one of these fuckin days i am going to write a baseball SGA AU

Q - A fandom you’ve abandoned and why. As previously mentioned: Voltron because the fan base was toxic and awful

R - Which friendship/platonic relationship is your favorite in fandom? all my favorite fandoms are themed around found family so this is so hard lmao. Nick & Hank (Grimm), Eliot & Harry (Leverage Redemption), Harry & Breanna (LR), Don & Charlie if brothers count (Numb3rs), etc

S - Show us an example of your personal headcanon anyone who reads my H50 fics knows that i will fuckin die on the hill that Danny has an anxiety disorder

T - Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending?  besides anxious danny, I'd say John having ADHD (SGA), and Monroe being bi (Grimm) are two right off the top of my head

U - Three favorite characters from three different fandoms, and why they’re your favorites 1. Steve McGarrett (H50) - he's been through so much shit, but he's still so damn loyal and protective and kind. He's such a good dude who is just traumatized beyond belief. 2. Charlie Eppes (Numb3rs) - besides the fact that i am CONVINCED he has ADHD, he's just so fucking loving and passionate about his work and the people he loves. he balances out the hardness of Don and the gang with the sheer size of his heart 3. Eliot Spencer (Leverage) - basically the same reason as steve. I have a type.

V - Which character do you relate to most? this is tough. probably Daniel (SG1) - esp early seasons - because of similar worldviews and interests and personalities, and Danny (H50) because of similar personalities

W - A trope which you are virtually certain to hate in any fandom. MISCOMMUNICATION!! its so frustrating.

X - A trope which you are almost certain to love in any fandom. im a big ol softie so i love stuff like mutual pining, hurt/comfort, etc.

Y - What are your secondhand fandoms Good Omens is a big one rn lmao. I've read the book but haven't watched the show. Also, Daredevil probably. I watched at least the first season years ago, but haven't seen anything beyond that. I still enjoy seeing people's posts about it and i read fic sometimes

Z - Just ramble about something fan-related, go go go! im so cranky rn about the lack of depiction of trauma/mental illness/neurodivergence/etc in fandoms where its to be expected. like with Grimm rn, you give Nick PTSD and sensory enhancements but then suddenly forget about them?? that's not how that works! Or why is it always just hinted at that characters are ND? why is it so hard to just be like 'yeah no x has ADHD (or whatever)'? i want to be able to actually have complex/tough/interesting/etc protags that are ALSO neurodiverse. if we're all reading John as having ADHD (SGA) or Parker being autistic (leverage) anyways, why can't these things just be intentionally part of the character

#sorry i just have opinions and wanted to yell into the void about them #ask game

[awek-s-archived]

i was waiting to get my thoughts together before talking about it properly but it hurts that hui is on boysplanet and that he’s being treated like shit almost immediately, not just because i like him and he’s talented and one of the industry’s top vocalists (which he is). but he’s being actively used to fuel hatred not just towards pentagon but towards seniors in the industry as a whole. kpoppies already disrespect idols that came before their faves as if their careers didn’t give trainees an opportunity to continue making it in the industry in this day and age.

hui won best male vocal at jyp and trained with them, he was selected by every single agency at the next audition he prepared for after jyp, he was working with seniors and being mentored by them since he was a trainee (one of them being rain, who has inspired almost every single 3rd gen and early 4th gen idol). he has composed songs for pd101 and its winner group, wanna one, produced many songs for other groups that charted at no1. including oh my girl, wanna one, vav, bvndit, shinhwa, jo1, wei, cix, minzy, etc. AS WELL AS the theme song for idol room, a popular variety show.

let’s not forget he has produced, written, composed, etc. MANY songs for mnet survival shows. so he’s good enough to basically do their work for them, but not receive the basic respect of not being embarrassed on national tv despite everyone and their moms knowing that he could outsing and outperform every single man on that show?

i get that cube probably believes that sending him on numerous survival shows (he’s been on 11 so far), most of which are mnet’s, will allow him to promote pentagon better, but it’s such an obvious lack of awareness on their part and if i was hui (or any member of ptg) i would sincerely consider terminating my contract as soon as i get a chance regardless of what’ll happen to the group as a whole. at this point it’s very clear that mnet use him for shock value and possibly as a cash cow for the amount of no1′s he’s been writing for them. not to mention the fact that drama is what makes a survival show lately and there are SO MANY people hating on hui since he’s been ranked D on the show, as if everyone has forgotten the fact that some of the best songs in the industry, that all of them listen to, straight-up would not exist without him. mnet and cube are both actively encouraging the mistreatment and disrespect of seniors in the industry and using hui and pentagon to do it and it is unsurprising but horrifying to see that outside of the fandom nobody seems to be concerned about how EASY it has been for them to turn the entire audience of boysplanet against him just for.... existing.

#i think id have more thoughts if i thought abt it more but im exhausted of thinking abt it #aweks.txt

[barananduen-blog]

Lasts and Faves Tag Game

Tagged by @iffylogic ! Thanks for the tag! And I'm tagging anyone who wants to do this.

Last song, fav color, last movie/TV show, food flavor, google search, current obsession.

Last song: Li Dai Kun's cover of 《相爱恨早》 ("Love and Hate Early" ??), the theme song of his old... drama? movie? "So Young." Campus dramas aren't my thing, so I haven't watched it, but his version of the song is 💯 Snippet:

I didn't choose the thumbnail, but I also didn't change it ¬.¬

Fav. color: I dunno... I have a lot. And it depends on for what. Purple, pink, aqua, chartreuse, olive green, earth tones, silver (for wearing, but gold for art)...

Last movie / TV show: Last I finished was the Chinese drama "Blooming Days," a palace intrigue drama where the protagonist must clear her name because she's framed for absolutely everything and the dog's cousin.

The last I watched an episode of was "Blooming," which is a completely different one. 😂 This is a comedy about a useless cultivator (immortal...ish martial artist) and her super-powerful clan-mate, who pretends to be useless, and was her husband in her previous life.

I'll soon be done with all these bloomin' dramas.

Sweet / Spicy / Savory: Flavor? Sweet.

Last thing you googled: "How to pronounce Taemin" which was way overdue, TBH (A: teh-mihn) (he's a kpop singer with sexy dances). His "Guilty" dance recently became a viral dance challenge on douyin / tiktok.

Current obsession: Ancient cdramas.

Now let's find a header image for this...

#original post #B text post

[quinnmorgendorffer]

this is so random but every time i see you in my notifs i read your username as quinnmorgoffengender or something and it took me MONTHS to realize it is in fact somebody’s name

Lmaoooo that's fantastic! but, just because today the show turned 26...

let me just say I think everyone should watch it. It truly has some of the best character development of all time, particularly Quinn, but you see the changes in everyone over time and it's the most accurate depiction of high school imo - I'm aware things are different for gen zers, but I think it still rings true. I love it so much I have two copies of it on DVD (one that was uhhhh not so legal but therefore has the original soundtrack), I have two versions of it on my computer, I basically have every episode memorized, I've dressed as Quinn for Halloween (though very few people recognize it), I can tell you the plot of each episode by just the title, I have a page on my blog where you can rank the episodes, and I even wrote fic combining that world with one of my other all time favorite shows, Arrested Development called You're Standing on My Neck (a line from the theme song, which goes tf off!) and it even has a sequel mostly written around one dumb, stupid, ridiculous joke I had combined with one specific episode, My Night at Tony's. ...And in the very first chapter of that one I all but paused the action for four characters to watch Clueless and Top Gun, because of course I did lol.

And while there are obviously many ways to watch it, if you want the most legal way, it's streaming on Paramount+, but it doesn't have the two TV movies (one between s4 and 5 and one that served as the finale after s5, though the first one is more important because it literally resolves cliffhanger relationship stuff from s4 but WHATEVER, PARAMOUNT)

And now I will just drop one of my all time fave quotes from one Quinn Morgendorffer

(P.S. Quinn's a lesbian)

#sorry I just have to promo this show at every chance #i am wearing my daria sweatshirt rn lol #i just get sad bc people particularly most merch just focus on like maybe one or two sarcastic quotes #and people boil it down to something that it really isn't #or they'll put fake quotes on shit #if you ever see something where jane and daria are playing scrabble saying they should be gay #that's not a real fucking quote and it kills me that it gets spread around #anYWAY #thanks for this ask lol it made me laugh #bite me in the ask #daria #i'd say for blacklist but if you blacklist daria.... #why tf are you following someone with a daria url....

[fanfic-inator795]

Happy 3rd Anniversary Arlo the Alligator Boy! ^v^

As someone who only just joined this fandom late last year, I still wanted to celebrate its anniversary, as this little film has managed to mean a lot to me in such a short amount of time.

When it came out in 2021, I can remember seeing maybe one or two YouTubers talking about it but not many others, making it easy to just brush off. It wasn't until December 2023 when my friend @toondandy convinced me to give it a watch - and I'm SO happy I did! ^v^

While I can't say it's my favorite movie of all time, it's certainly in my top 25 simply through being such a happy and positive experience that I just really admire and appreciate for being so genuine with its heart and its charm. As someone who enjoys fun characters above all else, I love the chemistry between the cast and the found family aspect, I love the absolutely spectacular animation and music of the film, and I love the themes of body positivity, identity, optimism, and the importance of community.

By the time I joined the Arlo fandom, it was pretty much dead (which was to be expected, given that this was a Netflix fandom that hadn't seen any canon content in forever - though I did enjoy going through the backlog of adorable fanart I now had, haha, shout-out to @vanillaearwig for helping keep this new lowkey hyperfixation of mine going through their incredibly cute and really great Arlo art ^v^) but while I was somewhat disappointed, that didn't stop me from thinking about these characters nor did it stop me from sharing the movie and TV show with my brother, my best friend, and another online friend of mine (who I later commissioned to make me an Ansel plush, which I still love to bits! ^v^)

So yeah, tl;dr: Wish I could've watched the Arlo movie and show when it first came out, but hey- better late than never! So yeah, happy 3rd anniversary to a wonderful film and show that (despite Netflix still being a bit of an animation garbage fire rn) I hope gets a sequel or another sort of final follow-up sometime in the future ^v^

Also, for the record: My Top 5 favorite characters in order are Ansel, Arlo, Marcellus, Furlecia and Teeny Tiny Tony; my Top 5 fave Arlo songs are Better Life, Something's Missing, Beyond These Walls, Beautiful Together, and More,More,More; and my Top 5 I Heart Arlo eps are In The Blue With You, Make A Fish, Be The Turtle, The Shedding, and Swamp Itch.

#arlo the alligator boy #i heart arlo #arlo beauregard #ansel beauregard #bertie atab #marcellus atab #teeny tiny tony #alia atab #furlecia atab

[thuviel]

I am hereby bothering you with a question and/or statement(?) (as stated in that post about tumblr ask culture)

What do you think should people know about Norway in order not to lump the Scandinavian countries together as some sort of homogenous "Sweden-esque" mass inside their heads out of ignorance?

Also what is your favourite Norwegian song and tv show and movie?

Also if you could paint perfectly and easily in another artist's style, which artist would you choose?

Also I really like your dark greenish blog theme, the desktop one too, even though nowadays people say they don't ever use tumblr desktop anymore

Have a nice day!

Hello there!!

Hm distinctly Norwegian things huh, it can be a bit hard even for us to know xD But I'd say skiing is definitely one thing, no other culture I've seen skiis as much, everyone here has gone cross country skiing at least a couple times in their life. When you go skiing on easter holidays you always bring an orange, a Kvikk Lunsj (similar to KitKat) and hot chocolate. We will go for a walk in any weather, we even have a saying that goes "There is no bad weather, only bad clothes." If it's snowed a shitton and none of the buses are going and it's traffic chaos, that is no excuse to not go to school. You're expected to put on some skiis, wade through meters of snow or just "figure it out". Snow just isn't a valid reason for missing school (unless there's so much that it's literally blocking your entire front door from opening, which yes does happen several places).

We eat bread. So much of it. For breakfast, lunch and supper. And it better be full of whole wheat and seeds and don't you ever dare put syrup or anything sweet in it. Out of all the Nordic countries we celebrate our national day the most, bc we only got our indepence 200 ish years ago. We have huge parades through every city, singing songs about how much we love Norwegian nature and most people will wear a traditional folk costume (there's at least one from every county), and saying happy birthday to everyone we meet. I could go on but I think this is enough for now xD Fave song: Jeg har aldri sett elg Fave show: Probably Brødrene Dal, I don't watch that many fictional ones xD Fave movie: Lange Flate Ballær (incredibly specific humour from my hometown lol)

Artist: Aaaah this is so hard to pick, but I think I'll have to go with swevenfox, especially their dragon age paintings ive been obsessed with for years And thank you so much! I actually exclusively use desktop (and many of my friends do too haha) so I put a lot of care into my blog theme ^^

Hope you have a very lovely day anon ❤

#thank you so much for the questions!! #it's really hard to pick favourites lol #about me #misc #anon #answer

[quickdeaths]

【ME & 𝗣𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗟𝗘 𝗜'𝗗 𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗚𝗘𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥】

- ALIAS / NAME: Bryn, Ya Girl, Hey You

- BIRTHDAY: March 20

- ZODIAC SIGN: Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh pisces/aries cusp but I will be honest I don't know much about astrology - I consider it harmless fun but it is harmless fun that I do not participate in, feel free to drag my ass because that's EXACTLY what a pisces/aries/pisces-aries would say

- HEIGHT: 5'11

- HOBBIES: Reading, writing, video games, dungeons and dragons/other TTRPGs, hanging out with the fam and/or the squad, watching tv sometimes when I can get the adhd to be quiet and focus on something. I like studying, too, to a point, and I would like to get back to like Working On A Skill in some way. Maybe polishing up my Japanese back to where it was when I lived abroad?

- FAVORITE COLOR: I say purple, which is kind of true, but actually a like, darker blue purple, like an indigo.

- FAVORITE BOOK: I'm annoyingly that girl you went to school with who loved all the books that they made you read. If there is a classic novel from like, 1800-1960 that they made you read in school, I like it, probably. I would also say, when I was in high school, which probably was (along with college) the time that I read most for pleasure, as well, I was really emotionally affected by Ned Vizzini's It's Kind of a Funny Story, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World, and Tim O'Brien's Going After Cacciato and considered them faves.

Probably what I would say now though is Imogen Binnie's Nevada. I read it on a flight down to a weekend work retreat, read it on the flight, in the cab, and skipped dinner/informal meeting to read it all in one sitting. It's not an easy book to read, nor a "fun" one in a lot of ways, but I read it over 5 years ago and I think it about it constantly. It feels very raw and honest, and like 10 years after publication, I feel its influence on so much queer literary fiction.

There's also some books of poetry that I hold in high regard. I have Paul Muldoon's Poems: 1968-1998 and Seamus Heaney's Opened Ground, Selected Poems 1966-1996. I also have a story about being in college and writing a capstone essay for a notoriously difficult class where we were supposed to write about a book of poems of our choice. My laptop had broken, so I was confined to one of the shitty computers in the computer lab, and I had been working on the essay about a book of poems I found in our school library for maybe three weeks before the due date, and by happenstance, I ended up reading The Captain Asks for a Show Of Hands by Nick Flynn. I immediately had the thought of "I need to write about this," deleted my entire existing essay, and crunched for basically the entire remaining week to write a new one about Flynn's book instead.

- LAST SONG: I'm not sure what song specifically, but I was listening to the entire album Bon Iver by Bon Iver while writing RP replies earlier. I'm very much a full album girlie most of the time. Before that we've got "POPPY (Japanese Version)" by STAYC, "Champions of Red Wine" by The New Pornographers, "Biohazard" by Momma, and "Star" by LOONA (they're still together I swear here is how LOONA can still win-)

- LAST FILM / SHOW: I started watching the She Loves To Cook, She Loves To Eat live action drama last night. Probably gonna start watching Shogun with my mom soon when I go to have dinner and visit with her? As for movie... I saw Origin with my mom in theaters last month. I thought it was a very creative choice to adapt a nonfiction book into a narrative about the author writing the book, while still managing to incorporate a lot of the themes and content of the book into the film.

- RECENT READS: A lot of manga tbh... I read the She Loves To Cook, She Loves To Eat manga recently, as well as reread My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness after twitter drama thrust it back into my consciousness. I've been meaning to read Dungeon Meshi so probably soon? In terms of non-comic books, I read this nonfiction book called The Digital Closet: How The Internet Became Straight by Alexander Monea recently that was very engaging! In short, it's a dissection of the way that the American government's attempts to regulate and censor the internet (for a variety of reasons) have had the knock-on effect of things like age-gating even non-sexual queer content on youtube, or social media algorithms burying queer posts. I'm slowly working through Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett, which is about a woman trying to hold things together and run her family's taxidermy shop after her father's sudden death. It's weird, but good. It's probably also time for my annual(ish...) reread of Stephen King's On Writing, too.

- STORY BEHIND URL: It's a Maki quote! Her and Shuichi are talking about Tenko's death, and Shuichi says something about Maki's insight coming from experience, and she responds, "Of course. Quick deaths are my specialty."

- FUN FACT ABOUT ME: I used to be an elementary school English teacher in Japan, probably everyone knows this by now, but it is my funnest fact. I used to be a decently good soccer player and I was a pretty high-ranked doubles tennis player in my middle school district district for a little while (my partner carried me but still!) I honestly spend WAY too much time doing D&D prep - I spent basically the entirety of summer 2021 rewriting the entirety of the Curse of Strahd published D&D adventure to fit my preferences, and that of my players, complete with new characters/maps/statblocks/items/plot points/etc. Before the campaign had even started, I had absolutely dumped probably 100+ hours into it.

TAGGED BY: @more-than-a-princess the bestie thank youuu

TAGGING: @lunaetis @hopeds @honoosenshi @amoriscustos @wouldhope and you!

#dash memes

[akajustmerry]

merry! hope you're well ❤️ random doctor who question of the day that you are more than welcome to ignore: what are some of your favourite songs from the doctor who soundtracks? (this ask was brought to you by me listening to The Majestic Tale (Of A Madman In a Box))

hiiii I love a random dw question of the day 🥺 and oh boy I have soooo many. I'M SO HAPPY MURRAY'S BACK. mr murray gold has had me in a choke hold since the age of 14!! I loveee majestic tale too! but other than that one my faves are:

Clara In The TARDIS (track from The Snowmen when Clara follows the Doctor up the ladder to the tardis). I listen to this all the time it just gently strokes the happy receptors in my brain idk why

hello twelve - this is 47 seconds and goes so fucking hard murray is such a lunatic I love him.

this is gallifrey, our childhood, our home - this is Murray's magnum opus imo (this and all the strange creatures). needs no intro. I don't even know if the season 3 finale would have been good without this piece of music

hidden treasures - from Vincent and the Doctor, pretty much every track for that episode is dear to my heart but I adore this one. The last 15 seconds makes me cry.

my tardis - this is the little piece that plays when the Doctor meets idris when she's locked in the cage hehe it's just cute. used to be a favourite track to study to

tell me who you are - I genuinely think this scene (where river finally explains she's amy and Rory's kid) is one of the most dramatic scenes ever and I think part of why it goes so hard apart from everyone Acting™ is this track. This comes on shuffle I'm like fuck yeah

same old day - honestly I feel like my fave tracks are just reflective of my favourite eps. These ones from heaven sent + Peter's performance. what TV is all about innit

Murray's instrumental of 'Don't Stop Me Now' from mummy on the orient express is so fucking good. Makes that shit ep worthwhile.

just generally adore all of season 5 and 6 score as a general rule cos I love elevens main themes. fave special score is a Christmas Carol but of course it is cos that ep is about music so it has to be amazing.

I actually....don't really vibe the season 1-2 scores I don't think murray had found his groove yet but season 3 through 6 imo was his best work on the show which isn't to say the rest is Bad I just think he was really on a roll.

I wish the BBC would release season 10's score cos I love Bill's theme so much and it's been 6 whole years and it's not been released and idk why ://

#murray gold #doctor who