#also their speech read as sort of similar to me? idk

[cerealbishh]

"The world's lucky to have you."

#ffvii remake #ffvii rebirth #ffvii rebirth spoilers #zack fair #aerith gainsborough #zack x aerith #zerith #biggs #wedge #briana white #caleb pierce #ff7redit #ffviiedit #zackfairedit #aerithgainsboroughedit #zerithedit #just wanted to make a gifset with zerith talking to/motivating avalanche members they barely know #i know aerith hardly has any scenes with wedge but still... #also their speech read as sort of similar to me? idk #there's at least one more gifset of them talking to biggs and wedge that i wanna make #just genuinely good people trying to do their best to help #i know biggs was the only one to say that quote but i feel like wedge might've thought something along those lines #look i'm a multi-shipper but i just think that personally this is zack and aerith's best match? #they're alike in so many ways but they bring out different sides of each other and i just think that that's beautiful #aerti is the second best aerith ship to me #but like... CLOSE second #what can i say? zerith gives me rapunzel and eugene vibes a little! #it's the rotating camera in both scenes for me too #pardon me i can't color correct these scenes for shit...

[keyotos]

kiss the girl

summary ⎯ five times dan heng has thought about kissing you, and the one time he actually does.

tana's words ⎯ i've been recently listening to kiss the girl (ashley tisdale version) and its cute and made me think of dan heng. and idk if this follows canon story or not bc im not at xianzhou yet lolz.

also ik the title says 'kiss the girl' but that's only bc i was listening to the song. reader is gender neutral.

tags ⎯ friends to lovers. pining i think. hurt and comfort (at the end). flustered dan heng. fluff i think.

THE FIRST TIME dan heng thinks about kissing you, he immediately pushes away the thought. it was out of character; it was outrageous for him to think of a friend that way. it made him feel perverted for even thinking of the action.

it was a sunny day. you two (plus march and stelle) were in belobog at the time and you guys were witnessing bronya's speech. all of you agreed the speech was marvelous, and you all felt a sense of pride for bronya.

your eyes were sparkling in the sun as you watched bronya speak, and dan heng couldn't help but become enamoured by your face. he looked away from his paper to peek at your awed expression.

at that moment, dan heng thought you were the most beautiful person he's ever seen. but he can't think that. he cannot. not only were you a fellow trailblazer, but you were also his friend. he couldn't risk one of his greatest friendships over something as minimal as this.

so, he pushed the thought out of his brain. he thought that it would be gone forever, but he was deeply wrong.

THE SECOND TIME dan heng wanted to kiss you occured while you two were gazing in the astral express. by this time, you two have left belobog, and are awaiting your next journey.

you chose to pass the time by 'star-watching,' a new term you created as a substitute to cloud watching. the activity is similar to cloud watching as you point out shapes that make beings.

dan heng told you that you were just pointing out constellations, you said that you wanted to pass on the technicalities.

so now, you two were star-watching. you kept pointing out absurd patterns, such as, "this one looks like svarog," (it did not) and, "this one looks like balls." of course, none of the constellations looked like either of the comparisons (dan heng was thinking about taking you to the eye doctor), but dan heng played along anyway. anything to make you smile.

at one point, the absurdities stopped, and you began pointing out real constellations. so many beautiful creations in the sky, yet the real beautiful thing was right next to him, continuously pointing out constellations.

you rested your head on your hand, mindlessly gazing out at the empty field of stars in front of you, "it's beautiful."

"yeah," dan heng mindlessly replies, not even realizing what he's just said, "it is," he finally says, looking at you.

maybe it's the light from the stars hitting your face, or maybe it was just your radiant beauty, but the urge to kiss you came up once again. subconsciously, dan heng knew the feeling would arise sooner or later. but that didn't mean he liked the feeling.

he wants to preserve your friendship so bad; but sometimes, the line drawn alongside friendship and love begins to thin. sometimes, the line gets so thin that dan heng fears that he'll trip and fall into you.

THE THIRD TIME dan heng wanted to kiss you was when you two were hanging out in his room. over the span of months, dan heng has learned to appreciate your being, and sometimes (he will never admit this) he feels calmer around you.

usually, dan heng didn't let other people be in his room, but it was different with you. for some reason, he liked it when you were in his room. sometimes, he finds himself wanting you to be in his room.

he was quietly sorting through his data bank while you were reading. it was such a calm and quiet moment; dan heng felt peace for once. there was music playing softly in the back, the room was silent, and the air was just right. it felt nice.

dan heng was too tuned into his data bank that he didn't hear footsteps coming up closer to him. it was only when he turned his head to check on you, that dan heng noticed you were right next to him.

you were right next to him, head nearly leaning on his shoulder, and you were so close to him. dan heng's heart was about to beat out of his chest, and he began to worry about the warmth that was rapidly spreading to his neck.

when you noticed dan heng's reaction, you thought you'd surprised him. you moved a little bit back, "sorry, did i scare you?"

"no, not at all. i was just a little startled," dan heng replied while rubbing the back of his (reddening) neck.

"that's like, the same thing as scared," you gave a low chuckle and moved closer to him once again, "you would know this."

"dunno," dan heng paused, "maybe i was too frightened to remember." when you laughed at that, dan heng swore he blushed all the way up to his ears.

"you are not funny," you gave him a slight shove that didn't really affect him. you leaned closer into the database, "what are you doing?"

you didn't realize how close you were to dan heng, your faces nearly touching. you were scrolling around his data bank while dan heng was trying to hide his rampant blush from your eyes.

dan heng stared at you while you browsed, taking in your close presence. you didn't seem nearly as tense as he did. you were relaxed, comfortable, you leaned into him. dan heng found himself staring longer than normal.

then, the thought, came in. the same recurring thought he'd been having for a long time: the thought to kiss you. he wanted to take you by the hands and pull you closer to him. he wanted to feel your palms and he wanted to feel you closer to him.

and this is the moment were dan heng realizes that he wants to be more than friends. dan heng realizes that he likes you; he wants you to be with him, he wants to feel you by his side. he wants endless star-watching nights; he wants to see you constantly.

and that is dangerous. not only would that ruin your friendship, but it would also endanger you. there's so much that would put you at risk.

"you should go back to your room," dan heng puts a gentle hand on your shoulder, causing you to look back up at him. your confused expression almost shatters dan heng's resilience, but he goes on, "it's late. go get some rest."

you keep the hand on your shoulder, "you too. don't stay up too late, okay?" the soft tone of your voice makes dan heng melt, and he almost wants to pull you back and ask you to stay. almost.

dan heng nods and you leave. he leans back on his desk and puts his head in his hands. what is he going to do?

THE FOURTH TIME dan heng wanted to kiss you was the night you arrived in the xianzhou. you (and march and stelle) were exploring the city and it's wonders while dan heng was treading carefully behind you.

you haven't had a full conversation with dan heng for days. you assume it was probably because you were snooping around his data bank, but he has never minded that before. you haven't got an actual chance to apologize either, because for some reason, dan heng is now constantly busy.

the four of you decided that you would split up to look around. march immediately went to stelle, so that left you with dan heng.

dan heng knew this would happen. he couldn't avoid you for too long anyway, even if he tried. he would always end up gravitating back towards you.

it pained him to not talk to you. he missed your voice, your jokes, your little touches. he missed your book talks, he missed the way you'd always be in his room, he even missed your nosiness.

you and dan heng were aimlessly strolling around the streets until you found a lively street parlor. they were selling food, and the aroma was absolutely divine. dan heng knew you immediately caught your mind on something when he saw your beaming face.

you still haven't found a correct time to apologize to dan heng, but that can wait for later. you just wanted to talk to him. "dan heng! we should try some," you beamed.

"okay. i'll wait over here," dan heng monotonously replied. your smile slightly faltered, dan heng thought the sight to be excruciating.

he couldn't still be mad at you, right? you had to apologize soon, because this silent is agonizing. you couldn't help the fact that you missed dan heng. you missed late nights and his warm touch. you missed his sarcasm and his gentle nature.

when you returned, you brought back one giant kebab that dan heng knew you couldn't finish. you'd probably have enough to share with the entire express.

when you took a bite of the kebab, you moaned with delight, and dan heng forgot how much he missed your smile. it all came rushing back to him, all the things he missed about you. you are right here, in his grasp, yet he still cannot have you.

after your first bite, you offered a second bite to dan heng. etiquette was all out of the picture when you were there.

originally, dan heng wasn't planning to eat. there were lots of problems at hand, and dan heng could not relax now. but you were an obstacle in his equation. how could he refuse you when you were practically bouncing on your toes, smiling, and looking at him with such mirthful eyes. saying no to you was like refusing a blessing from the aeons.

he took a bite out of the kebab, to which he nodded in delight. dan heng finished chewing with a delighted expression on his face, and your smile appeared once again. dan heng felt his lips creep up, and sooner or later, he was smiling as well.

he looked down at your happy expression, and he noticed that you had food on the corner of your mouth. dan heng usually scolded you for being slightly messy, but in this tender moment, there was no need.

dan hen grabbed a napkin from a nearby table and wiped the corner off your mouth off. he wiped the food off so tenderly that you would think he was tending to something delicate and fragile. and the gaze he gave you after. you nearly passed out. dan heng looked at you with such fondness and love that you gripped the kebab harder.

his mind hadn't registered what he just did before you quietly said, "thank you."

dan heng nearly malfunctioned. what he just did was criminal. it was a simple thing, however it was most criminal to dan heng. during that moment, all he could think of was your lips on his. the tenderness of his touch was his mind projecting how he would cup your face when you two kissed. all of it felt so wrong, but so right.

"no problem," dan heng blushed and avoided your eyes. "do you... do you think we should meet back up with march and stelle?"

"yeah," you looked down at the ground, slightly flustered, "yeah. let's go."

things were awkward. but at least things were okay. and that was all that mattered to you.

MARCH 7TH HAD speculations. you and dan heng were like a pair. you two were a dynamic duo, second to march and stelle, of course. you would always be seen with each other. when march "accidentally" stumbles into dan heng's room, you'd be somewhere in there as well.

so, why is it that whenever march barges into dan heng's room, you aren't there? why are you not with him? why is he "constantly busy" when he there is nothing to store in the data bank? something was up, and march was determined to find out what was happening.

"don't you think it's weird that we never see dan heng and yn together anymore?" march asked stelle while sipping on juice.

stelle huffed, "i mean, it's a little weird. but maybe they're both exhausted. we just got out of belobog and now we're facing more conflict in another world."

"yeah, but," march paused for dramatic effect, "i saw them together in dan heng's room a few days ago."

stelle furrowed her eyebrows, "are you stalking them or something?"

"what?!" march exclaimed, nearly jumping out of her seat. the scene caused stelle to laugh, "no. of course not, i can't believe you accused me of that!"

"so... you don't think it's weird that we never see them together anymore?" march continued.

"okay. i'll answer. it's a little weird. but whatever it is i'm sure they have a reasonable explanation for it," stelle said. "why are you asking about them anyway?"

"because," march drew out the syllables, "they're cute. i've been shipping them. and plus, dan heng hasn't really been acting like himself recently."

"yeah, but what are we gonna do about it? he hasn't really opened up to us about his problems... like... ever..." stelle trailed off, as if she tried to remember how many times dan heng has ever spoken about himself.

"don't worry stelle," march grinned, "i have a plan."

"i can't believe we fell for this," you grimaced in the closet you were stuck in.

march and stelle split up and told both of you that there was a group meeting in march's room. obviously, because the both of you thought there was something urgent, you rushed in there. you were prepared, only to be ambushed and pushed in a closet by march and stelle as a ploy to "make up."

alas, you knew you needed to talk things out sooner or later.

dan heng, on the other hand, was freaking out. you're close. you're so close that he can feel every time you exhale out of your nose. this closet had no space, so you were practically pressed up on dan heng.

the one thing he couldn't see though, was your face. dan heng wanted to see your face. he wanted to study you up close: he wanted to your skin with his hands, wanted to pull you closer so he can observe the way your mouth lifts when you smile. he wants so much, but he can have none of it.

"i think i can break us out," dan heng offered.

"do you think they're guarding the doors?" you chuckled. dan heng gave a small smile after hearing your laugh. it's ironic that you're laughing in this situation while dan heng's heart is about to burst.

"i think the both of us can take them," dan heng answered.

this is the most you two have ever spoken to each other in days. you missed his voice and you missed being so close to him. unconsciously, you leaned closer to dan heng. you would know his warmth from anywhere.

as you two try to find a good point to hit, your hands brush against dan heng's. the way his hand feels on top of yours just feels right. the way his touch is still so gentle; oh how badly you missed his touch against yours.

"i'm sorry!" dan heng quickly removed his hands from yours. he moved away from you as well. you wanted so badly to chase him: you wanted to come closer, to place your hands with his one more time.

but you didn't. you doubted the fact that dan heng wanted to be near you. with his recent actions, you were wondering if the two of you were still on good terms or not. you could mess everything up with one action; dan heng was the very last thing you wanted to lose.

when you two finally found a good breaking point, you both put all your body strength into prying the doors open. it took a few tries, but the doors finally opened. however, there were consequences. the closet fell down with the combined force of both your bodies shaking it.

before you two fell to the floor, dan heng grabbed your arm and pulled you underneath him in a quick motion. your heart raced against your chest; you were so close that you could feel dan heng's heartbeat as well. and to your surprise, his heart was beating just as fast as yours.

the closet fell on top of you, and dan heng shoved it off of the two of you in one motion. seeing him do that just made your heart beat faster, and you were sure that you were breathing faster as well.

dan heng looked down to check on you, but doing so brought him much closer to you. closer than he had ever been. if dan heng moved down a little bit more, he would be able to close the distance between your lips. the urge was tempting: he was on top of you, your faces were both so close to each other, and your breathing was rampant and quick.

"are you alright?" dan heng asked. his breath fanned your face and you stared right into his eyes.

"i should be asking you that," you breathlessly whispered. he was so close and you were about to burst.

"i'm alright," he leaned down closer, "don't worry about me."

you two were both in a daze when you found yourselves leaning closer to each other. dan heng cupped your face; he couldn't wait any longer. all resilience went out the window, because right here, right now, you were here. you were in front of him, looking as radiant as ever, and dan heng could close the distance right now.

his hands treaded carefully across your face, as if you were one-of-a-kind. finally, his hands rested against your cheeks, and he leaned closer. dan heng was so close to kissing you before a commotion entered the room.

"OH MY GOD!" march exclaimed before running out of the room.

you startled, and accidentally pushed dan heng off of you. you frantically apologized while dan heng brushed himself off and helped you up. you were shaking at what almost just happened. you almost kissed your best friend.

the distance between you and dan heng was wide. he made sure to stand exactly five feet away from you. his hands were crossed and he refused to look at you. dan heng was worried that if he got even the slightest glance at you, he wouldn't be able to stop himself from what would happen next.

you both quickly left the room with racing hearts, confused thoughts, and a realization that whatever just happened was a mistake.

WHENEVER DAN HENG NEEDS SOMEONE to help him with his wounds, you are always that person.

at first, it was for team bonding. before stelle came, you all would take turns patching wounds to build team trust. however, with dan heng, the only person that he'd let patch up his wounds was you. you used to tease him and tell him that he was like a dog in that way, but he always brushed it off.

you were always gentle with him; carefully touching up on cuts and bruises with bandages or rubbing alcohol. by no means were you any doctor, but you were tender and calm.

dan heng was wounded again. there was no reason for him to be wounded. the fight was tame; the enemies weren't extremely powerful or anything. but for some reason, dan heng surpassed the rest of the team with more cuts.

now, you two were in a small room together. luckily, it's more spacious than the closet, but it wasn't as big as dan heng's room. you and dan heng were both sitting on a table; you sitting criss-cross-applesauce while dan heng was sitting properly.

the both of you haven't talked ever since the closet incident. instead, you two have been sharing gazes, brushing past each other in halls, and staying five feet away from each other.

this was the closest you have been in a while.

you are focused on banadaging dan heng's cuts. your eyes are glued to his arms and torso; you refused to look up at dan heng. you couldn't look at him for two reasons: you were slightly mad at him for obtaining so many injuries and you still couldn't look him in the eye after the past situation.

dan heng sat in silence as you tended to him. he knew you were mad at him, and he felt awful. dan heng knew that he didn't need to sustain as many injuries has he had. the only reason why he had so many injuries was that he was trying to distract himself from his feelings. the closet situation had him questioning himself. given the chance, would he hold himself back or would he let his urges win?

"i'm done," you let go of his arms and started putting bandages away. dan heng didn't know you'd be done so quickly. he wanted to bask in your grace for a little longer. dan heng thought about pulling a stitch in order to get you to stay longer, but that just seemed weird.

dan heng knew he couldn't let you leave like this. there was too many unspoken words between you two; most of them, partially his.

during this, dan heng realized something. he realized that, even though you are still mad at him, you stayed with him. you didn't ask for march or stelle to help him, but you did it yourself. dan heng could be reading too much into it, but dan heng is tired. he's tired of longing for you.

and maybe, just maybe, if you'll stay when it gets difficult (like right now), maybe you'll stay when it gets hard as well.

dan heng decides to leave all resilience behind. for once, he doesn't calculate the consequences nor does he hold himself back.

you're about to slide off the table until dan heng pleads, "wait." he grabs your arm and holds you there with a gentle grip. you could slip out of it if you wanted to, but this may be the first actual conversation the two of you will have in a while.

dan heng takes your silence as an answer. "thank you," he says. he curses at himself at the simple response. it was anti-climatic. "i appreciate you," he adds on.

the compliment made you blush, even though it was very simplistic. you avoid looking at him and rather focus on tapping your fingers on the table. "no problem. it was nothing anyway."

you two remain silent for a few moments; you didn't want to leave in fear that this may be one of your few conversations. dan heng was trying to find the right words to say.

"i really do appreciate you. for being here. for always being here," he continues. dan heng realizes he sounds redundant, and he wants to slap his palm across his face. with you, he couldn't find the right words to convey his actions. saying, "i'm sorry," wasn't enough and saying, "i miss you," was too little.

"i told you. it's nothing. i'd do the same for everyone else," and you wanted to chide yourself for saying the last sentence. not true, because the only person who'd you really do all of this for was only dan heng.

"i think this is the longest conversation we've had in a while," you murmur to yourself.

"i know," dan heng replies. you jump back on the table, almost falling off. if it wasn't for dan heng catching you (yet again), you would've fell off. his touch sends electricity through your veins; his touch brings warmth to your body.

"hey! you need to watch your stitches," you automatically scolded him. your nagging was a normal occurrence, but this time, it felt rare. dan heng hasn't heard you nag at him for years (days), and he feels as though he can breath normally now.

"sorry," he pulls back. you're left shuffling closer to dan heng, not that you notice, due to your almost fall. you two were facing each other now; the distance was a lot closer than before.

you let out a small laugh at the situation. practically falling of a table was not a laughing matter, but you always found joy in those situations. sometimes, dan heng thought it was a bit strange, but he always valued your optimism.

"i'm sorry dan heng," you look back down on the table, "i didn't know going through your data bank would make you ignore me for days," you let out dry chuckle.

dan heng furrows his eyebrows in shock, "don't apologize. i don't mind you looking through the data bank."

you looked up after his reply, expression shadowed with confusion, "wait? really? so... why the radio silence? did i have something to do with it?"

"no! no, it wasn't you," dan heng quickly reassured. "it was me. i was the problem."

"don't have to tell me that," you smiled and bit the inside of your cheek to keep yourself from laughing.

"i'm gonna let that slide," dan heng smirked. it was nice, the way you two fell back into your normal routines once again. it was like all the tension that was previously there, simply dissipated.

"i missed you," you crossed your legs on the table, moving back to the criss-cross applesauce position.

"me too," dan heng replied. "i missed you a lot." he looked straight into your eyes.

you flustered underneath his gaze, "i probably missed you more. sometimes i dunno if i can survive without you," you joked. it was a joke, but occasionally, you find it to be true.

"for me, it's the other way around," dan heng mumbled beneath his breath. "i really missed you. and our late nights. and star-watching."

"you missed star-watching?" you astonishly asked. dan heng wished he could take a picture of your grin when he told you that he missed star-watching.

"i missed a lot of things," dan heng paused, "but i missed you the most."

"i'm sorry for pushing you away yn. i was just⎯ scared," time to rip off the band-aid, "when i'm around you, i just get so messed up. you're the only thing on my mind sometimes. everything about you just makes me⎯ breathless? speechless? you amaze me to the point where i can't even think of a word to describe you."

dan heng pauses and his heart is racing. you're looking at him as if you want him to continue, as if you want him to finally say what he wants. dan heng doesn't know that you want it too.

"yn," dan heng looks straight at you, "i have feelings for you. feelings that i think will overwhelm me at one point if i keep it all together. i never stop thinking about you, longing for you. i want you and i think i really want to kiss you," dan heng finishes. he fumbled on his words back there, because he doesn't think he wants to kiss you, he wants to.

"dan heng..." your face is hot. your body is hot. your breathing is fast-paced and you feel like you are about to be on fire. adrenaline rushes through your veins and you are sure you are not thinking straight.

you pull him in for a kiss, tugging him closer by his chin and kissing him passionately. you take that fire from your body and you pour it all into this kiss. dan heng is surprised at first, but then reciprocates your actions. while your hand is on his face, his hands slide to your hips, tugging you closer and holding you tighter.

you two kiss until you have to stop for air. when you breathe, the whole world feels like it's on fire as well.

"i feel the same. i can't stop thinking about you," you lean in for another kiss, "i miss you," another kiss, "i missed being with you," another, "i missed being close to you," another, this time a little longer, "but i really hope i don't miss this."

"don't worry," dan heng pauses, "you won't. i promise."

and after all of that, dan heng finally got to kiss you.

#tana writes (∗´ ᨔ `∗) #this was a monster to write #i got this finished in one day #dan heng x you #dan heng x reader #dan heng #honkai star rail #hsr #honkai star rail x reader #honkai star rail x you #dan heng imagines #the way it just gets progressively longer #im gonna need 3-5 business days to recover #PROMOTING MY STELLE MARCH / STARCH AGENDA!!! STARCH STARCH STARCH #can you tell it got worse at the end

[lilyrealm]

i simply think it is so fun to imagine a world where a company makes a bunch of androids to assist people and provide companionship so they give the androids stories and release them in certain themes or lines and those androids are the genshin characters. credit to @yandere-daydreams for the idea. i love it so much. yes we all want x character to be our boyfriend or girlfriend and we have sex with them yes but i think its fun to imagine their roles when theyre not being yandere...

also the read more is very long i just went off about my ideas for most of the mondstadt characters. nothing wrong with me

if this is set in teyvats world imagine amber being like a gliding instructor in mondstadt. good engineer too, maybe the first bot that can fix other bots/have intricate knowledge of them (because she made baron bunny).

for human injuries theres barbara and jean, but with different temperaments for different patients. or if we're still set in teyvat, then jean (and the rest of the favonius knights characters) are actually android assistants to the actual human knights. basically the androids replace vision holders??

but yeah kaeya would also be a knight assistant, noelles story is she trains super hard but still isnt a knight (because shes made to help actual trainees!). lisa of course manages the library. yeah sorry thats it. makes tea

and i had the idea (this is all stolen from my own twitter thread from *checks* last year? anyway) that they would tease the release of bots like diluc, rosaria and razor through voicelines from kaeya, barbara and lisa. really like the idea of razor originally being some sort of surveillance android for wolvendom/integrating with them in some way for research and sort of became a guide for people who get lost in wolvendom.

diona and diluc are two different types of bartenders, one is good against people who cant say no to a cute (angry) kitty and the others... are those require some intimidation.

VENTI. god, i think itd be cool if they had prototype models for the seven archons and actual venti bots now definitely play into the "broke bard who plays for alcohol" thing. but of course anyone with eyes knows that his original model was the barbatos android.

oh!! and bennett and fischl being adventurers buddies. bennett is "unlucky" but hes actually like, wired to be hypervigilant and take hits for you while he shrugs it off. and fischl comes with oz if you need some chuuni speech translated, but you can disable that if you want to go full rp with her.

*looks at my thread* oh yeah "Albedo is made for the alchemists in the Knights, and he was meant to be released with Klee, but there was a delay because his ai kept experimenting on its own copies (Flowerfell Albedo?)" ngl i didnt play the albedo event and never bothered to watch a video so i dont know the full extent of his lore here. oh right and i added "sucrose is made to keep an eye on him in the labs" lmao

klee is. i suppose made for the knights. a cute energetic girl to keep morale up, whos fireproof and thus able to scout dangerous areas/bomb them if you so wish.

oh yeah i wrote that the church was not happy about the rosaria bots being made so they relegated her to guarding dragonspine against foolish adventurers. as to why she keeps appearing in bars, well, uh. No comment — Celestia Inc.

the lawrence clan wanted in on this business and sponsored a representative of their family, but mondstadts opinion of them is less than friendly, so the knights compromise and make eula, a lawrence knight.

whew okay for some reason i was able to churn out a lot for mondstadt and then everyone else i was like uh yeah. they exist and do things similar to what they do in game like xiangling being a cook's aide. yep. idk why the mondstadt worldbuilding gripped me so hard like that.

also my last thought is that maybe the hilichurls are just the verryyy alpha version of their bots, the khaenri'ah line (i think daydream mentioned this) and maybe just broke down and went rogue/abandoned. so now they make better bots to fight them and keep people safe. go figure. earns them a ton of cash though. lol imagine if getting them was a lottery too....

#personal #im insane #genshin sex doll au

[michaelsfavgirl]

boo, you’ve inspired me a lot and I fr want to start writing Michael imagines but I’m scared that I’m not gonna have motivation, no one’s gonna read them, and that I’m just gonna flop completely 😭😭

can you pretty please give me some advice if you can bc babes idk 😭🙏

Omg that’s wonderful!! Don’t be scared, the mj fanfic side of the fandom was literally non existent on here when I first posted my fics and now look there’s more of us <3 We need more mj writers!!

Listen you really have to get the thoughts of “no one’s gonna read them, they’re gonna flop blah blah” out your head, and I know it’s hard but trust me the best way to KILL your motivation is by relying on external validation. Of course I’m not gonna sit here and say that people reblogging and commenting on fics won’t give you more motivation to write but that can’t be the only reason/source. So try to remind yourself that you’re doing this for yourself, for fun, as a hobby etc.

Now when it comes to writing advice, first find out what style of writings you’re most comfortable with and length. Do you think you’ll prefer to write a few thousand words or shorter fanfictions? Do you want to write one-shots, headcanons or drabbles? Try to experiment more or less with all to see what you’re best at.

Then, if a blank page intimidates you (I relate) try to just word vomit all your ideas/things you want to mention in your fic, like a little summary. To make this even less intimidating use the text to speech button and just start yapping. Then you’ll be able to use that as some sort of guideline.

While writing try to include both mikes and readers/ocs perspective, even if you’re writing from the first point of view. (Btw I’d recommend using the second or third pov, but you can do whatever feels more natural) this will make the readers feel more connected to the story and want to continue reading. Also don’t waste time by being too descriptive about things that don’t add much to the story, there’s no need to describe the outfits, or morning routines before your characters meet up yk, unless it’s necessary/integral to the plot.

When it comes to writing dialogue (if you’re gonna go for Mike) try to recall his interviews and the way he speaks, use similar language and even phrases/words to make the conversation feel more natural. Trust me most people hate when the dialogues seem unrealistic and fake, it shouldn’t feel like reading about your own oc who just has mikes appearance and name, if that makes sense.

#I’m not the best at writing #so these are just things that have helped me #if you got more questions feel free to ask away #annie’s calling #advice #writing advice #one shot #fanfiction #fanfic #headcanon #drabble

[microraptorreactor]

I feel like dumping out my box of OCs like one would do a box of lps so very long post filled with very many doodles ahead!

Reference for my Rainworld oc, Lost! He's an idiot kid I made for one joke but now he lives in my brain. I think I made this reference for him last year? Idk I don't remember. I'm just now realizing that Lost snuck into my V2 characterization lmao.

Elysium art of various ages! Made between 2021-2023 I believe. This is the oc I made before I knew what Ultrakill was and everyone thought I was making an Ultrakill joke. Tbh if it wasn't for the fact that I MADE Elysium and have their early sketches I wouldn't believe they weren't an Ultrakill reference either. Speaking of which, here's some animations from when Elysium was both a quadruped and a model of robot instead of an individual. These were both made for a class in 2021.

VERY old art (2020 I think? I wasn't using my screen tablet yet) that I normally wouldn't include if it weren't for the fact my friends would explode me if I mentioned Elysium and Lost without mentioning Nerve. She was an anxiety-ridden warforged cleric who got tragically sent to the vampire realm. Whenever Nerve comes up in discussion one of my friends brings up how I made him cry with her final speech. I don't remember tf I said lmao.

Art of my His Dark Materials OC, Zurial! Art would have been made 2022 onwards. I made her WAY back in 2019 before Hazbin Hotel even had a pilot but unfortunately now she looks like a Hazbin angel and I feel weird drawing her. Which is really unfortunate because I love her dearly, she's one of my favorite OCs. She's also the only oc I have who I've made a plushie for. Why did my character design have to accidentally look like the works of famous youtube animator Vivian Medrano T-T

(here's her plushie btw. I'm really proud of it lol.)

Here's Niphit, one of my Warframe OCs! Some of y'all might recognize her as my AO3 pfp, but her design has changed since then. The bottom reference sheet is her most recent design. She's kind of conceptually similar to Baeri/Sleet/-31 from SftBT, in terms of hacking shit and having a snout and teeth. Biggest difference is that she is a whole ass hivemind, usually pretty harmless, and also considered pretty young.

Shameless CR:K fanchild OC. Her name is Golden Parmesan Cheese Cookie (Parm or Parmesan for short) and she's also, like, an AI copy of a dead person. Or a dead person's soul trapped inside an eternal simulation? Either way she's got SO many issues. I have a massive chatfic wip from when I decided to try writeing something with her.

Okay I know technically this is a Homestuck OC but I like to say she's a Hiveswap OC. Because I played Hiveswap and loved it but never read Homestuck. Anyways her name is Vintan she's a yellowblood.

Whoa an original character! Yeah this is Corion, they come from my brain. I have a whole story concept about post-apocalyptic robot cowboys (and human cowboys) that I've done a couple doodles from but never written down. Corion serves as a sort of living taxi, guiding or carrying people across the wasteland. They are a secondary protagonist, I don't think I have art of Pike and Amelia, the actual protagonists. One funny fact about this universe is it contains a character named V1 (pronounced Vi, still written as V1) who I can no longer use for obvious reasons.

But yeah! Ramble over! Not anywere near all of them I just wanted to talk about my brain children XD

#rambles

[thetardisisnotourdivision]

Theory: Claire Brown from Flux is Susan Foreman.

Theory that after the Time War, Susan (having regenerated) realised she was being chased, by the Time Lords, by the Master, whatever. So she used a chameleon arch to disguise herself on Earth.

Evidence:

They have the same vibe. Both Claire and Susan have very similar speaking habits, similar body language, similar personalities. They're both very quiet, very intelligent, fairly awkward, very excitable, both stumble over their words, Susan if I remember correctly used to talk to herself when she was scared, or else would chatter to whoever was nearby, which Claire does, both enthusiastic but seem to try and curb it, same sort of looming darkness, same sense of almost responsibility - which is difficult to explain, but Claire seemed to be trying not to say too much, like she knew things that had to stay secrets. Susan was often similar. 

Second, Claire is knowledgeable about the Doctor - she seems to know a lot, anyway, and as said below seems bemused by the sonic, like she wasn't expecting to see it. 

Only problem so far is that Susan never met the Weeping Angels. BUT, what if Susan-who-lived-in-the-future-with-her-adopted-children-in-the-building-that-was-once-Coal-Hill-School-and-the-diary-that-has-brought-me-to-tears-more-than-once knew about them. Or perhaps they were involved in the Time War (I think this was confirmed? Idk).

What we can gather from Claire's first exchange with the Doctor and Yaz in The Halloween Apocalypse:

Claire, while surprised to see the Doctor again, understands that the Doctor won't know who she is and that they haven't met yet. 

"You don't seem too sure about your past", idk, it feels relevant. Susan never was too sure about her past. Quote: Ping Cho asks where she's from, and she's quiet for a second then says "that's a very difficult question to answer, Ping Cho." Would also be the result of a chameleon arch. 

When the Doctor uses her sonic, Claire looks confused - the First Doctor never had a sonic screwdriver. 

Her speech patterns and behavior are VERY similar to Susan's.  

Her expression upon seeing the Doctor. She's so excited to see her - excited is definitely the right word. Her posture is very similar to Susan's. And when she has to leave, she's almost in tears, staring up at the TARDIS. 

"The long way home, because it's Halloween". Very similar to the quote from An Unearthly Child, 

"No, thank you, Mister Chesterton. I like walking through the dark. It's mysterious."

SHE REFUSES A SHORT CUT AND WALKS HOME THE LONG WAY ROUND BECAUSE IT IS MORE MYSTERIOUS. AND IF HALLOWEEN ISN'T MYSTERIOUS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS. "I like walking through the dark, it's mysterious"

It would make a lot of sense contextually. With the Timeless Child reveal, we don't know what the implications are for the Doctor's family - i.e. Susan. Is she part whatever-the-Doctor-really-is? Perhaps she's really the Hybrid? (but that's a whole other theory). 

I just read Adventures in Lockdown and if we count that as canon, i.e. if we count A Fellow Traveller as canon, Claire, if I'm right, has a very good reason to recognise the Doctor in this incarnation. 

Claire draws the TARDIS and an angel, among other things. One: this could be fragments of memories (chameleon arch). Two, the drawings themselves are very interesting. If you look at them properly, they look firstly like John Smith's sketches in Human Nature/Family of Blood, and also a little bit similar in style to Susan's drawing in the original Pilot version of An Unearthly Child. 

Claire says she was having "premonitions" before the angel took hold. These sound very similar to Ten's dreams in Smith and Jones. 

To lead on from that, exactly how is she psychic/a seer? It doesn't make any sense if she's fully human, and Susan was a very powerful telepath. This would explain numerous parts of Claire's character. 

It would be very typical for a villain to take Susan hostage rather than just Random Civilian No. 3. Everyone knows, "if you want to get to the Doctor, you get to [their] friends first". Plus, we all know Chibnall's relationship with subtlety - it is emphasised no less than six times in Village of the Angels that Claire is human. Which almost certainly means she is not. 

 Idk. I'll probably add to this later. What do you guys think? I think it would certainly make sense, especially with the Doctor delving into her past and confronting her demons. 

#Badly formatted post but you get the gist #doctor who spoilers #doctor who #classic who #first doctor #new who #flux #bbc doctor who #chris chibnall #doctorwho #jodie whittaker #yasmin khan #dan lewis #13th doctor #susan foreman #eustacius jericho #claire brown

[kaz-brekker-crow]

@babydollkaz I know you sent Kaz, but I’m not seeing it in my inbox so:

1: sexuality headcanon: straight or bi, I’m fine with either

2: otp: KANEJ!!!

3: brotp: I love Kaz & Jesper besties content. I also find the Kaz & Wylan dynamic really interesting.

4: notp: Kaz/any of the other crows? Idk it always feels OOC to me. If you have to have mlm Kaz content I would rather it be an OC he has a crush on. Umm, stuff like Kaz/The Darkling goes without saying LOL

5: first headcanon that pops into my head: A part of Kaz’s healing is going to look like sleeping in, enjoying a meal, collecting the little gifts his Inej gives him etc. Living beyond surviving.

6: favorite line from this character: GODDD he is so iconic just choosing one feels like a sick betrayal. Greed is my servant and my lever is pretty iconic. Brick by Brick is good. Sorry if those are all basic! There’s the “I’ll come for you” speech which is just so sweet. And I love all his jokes!!! “There are no good men in Ketterdam. The climate doesn’t agree with them.” was so fucking great ngl.

7: one way in which I relate to this character: I’ve already answered this in the other ask game. But truly reading SOC for the first time, I was sort of taken aback by how tailored made Kaz was for my exact tastes lol. I even considered taking his last name since I’m changing it soon and my current last time sounds similar. Gia thankfully talked me out of it since people would probably think I was modeling myself after him like a shitty 24/7 cosplay

8: thing that gives me second hand embarrassment about this character: Bold of him to bathe in front of Inej. Also people calling him out for his hair are always bullying me indirectly LOL.

9: cinnamon roll or problematic fave? Um, neither lol. Simply a fave.

#Tumblr is literally so fucked I can't even tag you #ask games #asks #Thanks sm!

[maythearo]

Oh yes that anon was me! I should probably make a little signature for myself but yes I'm the atsv enjoyer!! ^^

Also your idea with Najma is huge-brained! I love to see silly sibling interactions and I like to imagine the "tells" that Najma points out to Jamil to how she found him out so easily are super specific details, she's like "Oh cmon! spiderman doing the EXACT same thinking pose as you do?" And the idea she's the one to make Jamil's proper spiderfit is such a sweet idea :0 I'd imagine he would endup looking awesome in that! (Even if in turn he has to do some more chores.. but who knows, maybe he thinks of an easier way from being Spiderman

With Ace and Jamil's interaction I do like to imagine Ace being a massive pain especially with how he is in general, from seeing his SSR shared vignette with Deuce he'll likely pull through when spiderman is in an especially rough patch with bluffing and his speech skills. Though maaaaybe he ends up blabbing a hint to one of the villains on accident and that ends up in a Not Good Situation

And while I'm not super familiar with all the spiderman villains I do like the idea of some of them also being NRC students! Real tricky to be spiderman when someone who wants you down is your chemistry project buddy..

Being a public enemy as spiderman would be hard too, trying to resolve the accusation of murdering the second prince and all. I'd imagine the way it gets resolved was via "trying to talk it out while also having a massive fight" with like idk, Falena? Or the Zazu character that I forgor what his twst versions name is, could be interesting. This would probably then get interrupted by a Worse Baddie causing a Worse Situation for Everyone that must be stopped and hopefully redeems spiderman in their eyes

I don't know a parallel villain i could make from official spiderman lore, though reading on a few villains, I do see a sorta common thing of evil smart people or less than normal criminals if anyone else has a more concrete idea! :0 Also Jack as the Prowler is a really neat idea! I wonder what the motivation is for everyone hmm

OH and before I forget I don't know if I mentioned yet but do you think Jamil may have some more unique spiderpower along with the ones every spiderperson usually has? I wonder if he could still use his Signature Spell in the form of spideyness

AAAAAA I enjoy bouncing these idea back with you !! I'll end my messages with 🐑✨ if it helps to tell it's me :D

ALL OF THIS‼️‼️‼️‼️ REAL‼️‼️‼️ it's fun to think about having to go to the same school as one of the super villains you're fighting against, but especially if it's someone like, doc ock Azul. All the more reason for Jamil to hate his guts and glare at him for the entirety of chemistry class.

HMMM about unique powers, I initially thought about an ability related to a spider's venom of some sort. Even though the toxins of spider bites are usually not that serious, but who cares! Maybe we could even make something up to add to this venom ability, like- maybe the spider that bit him was genetically modified to have a venom as strong as a snake's!

Another ability I was thinking about, now more related to Jamil's signature spell, could be something similar to using his webs like strings to control the people caught in them like a puppeteer, if that makes sense?

#.🐑✨️ #ask #.twst into the spider verse

[sallysellsseashellssundays]

Disclaimer: This post is going to be Anti Moffat for anyone who’s reading and is a fan you’ve been warned.  

I finally finished watching ‘The Rings of Akhaten’.

I’m not even purposefully looking for similarities but I couldn’t help but feel like I was watching an RTD tribute episode the entire time. I’ve been rewatching a lot of random RTD era episodes lately so they’re fresh in my mind maybe that’s why I’m picking up on it...

That intro was so Rose-coded, it was like “Father’s Day” with saving the man from being hit by a car. Their arrival at the planet and Eleven introducing all the aliens reminded me of “The End of the World” especially when they’re standing in front of the window right down to the dramatic pause Nine made in his episode

Merry’s outfit reminded me of those women from “The Fires of Pompeii”, I’m blanking on what they called themselves but I really thought they were going to bring them back in this episode lol I kept waiting for there to be some reveal about it

I don’t know if it’s the color scheme they decided to use but that big speech instantly transported me to Ten’s monologue when facing the Beast. Literally all I could think about when Eleven was giving his speech especially with the “I've seen things you wouldn't believe” line was that he was having his “I’ve seen fake gods and bad gods” moment

Clara’s speech at the very end about how she’s not a stand in for someone else felt like Martha 2.0 honestly...except I guess she’s talking about herself?? Also really unsure why Eleven doesn’t just idk...tell her that he’s seen her before??

This episode was meh although I appreciate that they are trying to establish Clara’s family, it’ll be nice to see more of her dad since we haven’t seen companion families much in Moffat Who! Clara’s just ok right now, I’m not sure where they’re taking this whole ‘she’s been three different people’ thing, I’m not super invested in that story yet. I feel like it would have been nice for her to just be a regular person/babysitter who wanted to go see the universe but idk we’ll see how her story turns out. Jenna Coleman’s decent enough I’m just not picking up any chemistry between her and Matt yet. I didn’t like Amy much at first eventually sort of warming up to her in S6, and right now I’m neutral on Clara so here’s to hoping I like her soon!

Honorable mention to Murray Gold/his soundtrack for carrying the episode

#doctor who #my ramblings #dw watch #the rings of akhaten #anti moffat #moffat salt #moffat didn't write the episode but i'm going to keep the anti tags just in case #there was one thing that really bothered me at the beginning #i had to stop the episode and wait several days #might just make a separate post about that

[boxwinebaddie]

ok i just read ur last post and i wanna say im so happy u used tolkien to create conflict instead of wendy😭😭 i dont wanna bash other writers but im so happy w the way you did things i love it

iluvshuhua asked:

ALSO i wanna say PLEASSEEE STOP BEING SO NERVOUS ABOUT RM BECAUSE IT IS SOOO GOOD😭😭😭😭 I LOVE IT😭😭😭😭

>>>>>>>>

hi darling! i hope you don't mind that i combined both you ask messages into one! i thought it might be easier to find both of your questions answered this way, so as not to send you on a wild silly goose chase! <3

i'll leave my answers under the cut! its mostly like a long winded rant about pep love interests/my reasonings and me coming to terms with feeling confident and standing by/loving rm as a fanfic <3

thank you! no shame to other writers either and forgive me for being slightly controversial, but i think painting wendy solely as the villain and making stan out to be this saint is like...quite misogynistic?

like it was definitely a two-sided situation, i think that wendy wanted stan to be something he couldn't, stan tried too hard to be too much and fell short half the time and tbh...stan did probably just blow wendy off a lot for kyle by accident because he was subconciously in love with him. which honestly...wendy is kind of a saint because that would have made me The Joker. but at the same time, i think her and bebe had a similar confusing thing going on.

...and, to me at least, they were just a square peg and a round hole. they ultimately, were not right for each other romantically ( as far as my pep headcannons go, wendy is a lesbian with comphet which...stan is very pretty i get it ) and that's okay! its confusing being a teenager, communicating is hard and stressful and you run back to what you know! you like someone and you just...really want it to work, so you fake it until you make it.

their relationship just never seemed malicious to me. one of my favorite moments in pep actually is chapter three during spin the corona bottle of truth where wendy and bebe kiss and stan and wendy had just broken up...and she looks at stan absolutely horrified because shes scared and stan just smiles at her like everything is going to be okay. it felt like really beautiful closure.

they're just...they really are platonic soulmates to me. like stan is her stan and wendy is his wendy. their souls are intertwined but not in the way they originally thought. i think her and kenny share stans best man/woman speech and bebe and marj share kyles <3 cartman please die...

speaking of cartman. i also did not want to write...sorry to be contreversial again...kyman into pep. that just...pep is really wholesome and wonderful and that was not the energy i wanted to put into it. it has very insidious energy...cartman in pep exists only to be a sort of comic relief antagonist and secretly push the style agenda and thats all.

i did write his character and a lot of the other side characters int the rm world, which is a lot gritter, a lot more fucked up and nightmarish. so look out for all your faves...but probably a little shadow shrouded.

onto tolkien...really, i just leaned pretty heavily into that episode of south park where kyle and tolkien are making the tiktok videos and stan just genuinely seems jealous and mad as hell and distraught the whole time.

like that more than making wendy into this really lame evil exgirlfiend or mucking up my nice fanfiction with evil eric cartman...having our first male lead be sad alcoholic punk rock emo boy golden retriever childhood bff secret crush who is kind of unstable and unreliable with a heart of gold vs. like beautiful well put together mysterious well spoken very reliable and stable boy billionaire...millionaire...opulent...idk hes rich.

he just felt like the right second male lead for my sweet emotional cute little heartstopper romantic coming of age dramedy.

and i felt really bad putting tolkien in that position to be villainized because he really is an amazing and warm character! but again...i did need some kind of catalyst for chaos. my apologies tolkien.

also...to me, he is really not a villian? like hes a high school senior who likes a boy. which is hard enough. you make a lot of mistakes in hs and do a lot of things you regret. like i feel like tolkien regrets saying those awful things to stan and stan vice versa. the grass is always greener and they are perfect foils.

plus i have definitely been very heinous to people i have considered my romantic rivals over stupid crushes ive had. hes not a villian...him and stan just like the same beautiful ginger boy and handled it immaturely. but they have the makings to be great friends tbh, they are both kind and lovely. i too would go to war for kyle matthew broflovski.

no tolkien slander! tolkien i'm sorry i nerfed you and fed you to the wolves in peppermint! YALL BE NICE TO TOLKIEN WHEN I WRITE HIM INTO RM! ITS MY TOLKIEN REDEMPTION ARC!

okay, moving onto the rm portion of your ask: thank you so much.

i'm so glad that you love it because i really love it! and messages like this really ground and validate me in writing my truth.

i think that a lot of my anxiety comes from how randomly successful peppermint was and the fact that it has 7k hits? 7.6k i think? but also...the tags right now are so dry, a lot of the sp fandom has died out and i am posting r.m. at a time here it is probably not going to get the same traction as peppermint...and i'm trying to tell myself that that is okay! it is just...overwhelming knowing one of your fanfictions has 500 views n the other one has 7,000.

also, another thing that made me nervous about it is that i am writing a lot more side characters into rm? which is scary because i have only really honed stan and kyle ( but i will say i do feel very comfortable writing kenny, bebe and marjs personalities...their backstories with their families is a little nervewracking though ) so i am scared of misrepresenting those side characters from a lack of information.

rm is also...kind of loose in terms of south park. it does have a strong baseline in south park but i built a very different world around it. like even raven and jersey, who very clearly from name, are stan and kyle but very different characterizations of regular stan and kyle. so i can understand why people might be heistant to read it. its a lot easier/more palatable to read pep, in the regular sp setting, with regular stan and kyle just chapstick scented...then immerse yourself into rm, get used to crazy law student jerseykyle and mysterious punk rock star ravenstan and that its in new york and...more grown up.

but! the people who love rm...really love it.

and that is enough for me to keep writing it and feel good about it.

it has a very loving and attentive fanbase in all of you, while i am still piecing it together...i do feel strongly about my lore, world building, characterization and storytelling ability through rm. and i am learning to stop beating myself up for shit i cant control. <3

rm is a good fanfiction, it makes me happy, i like it a lot, i think its cool as fuck, i think its vey iconic that the boys can flirt and get sent to horny jail in rm, i like the drama, the mystery...i would rather it be well loved intimately than put under the microscope the way i felt pep was sometimes because of its popularity.

thank you for validating me and i am excited to share my stories with you and all of you.

-uncle nina <3

#thank you for your message my friend #i am sorry it was so long i was working through a lot of complex emotions #but spark notes is...villian wendy feels misogynistic to me #i didnt want to write kyman #tolkien was just the right choice for pep which is a very coming of age sweet like kdrama drama comedy to all the boys ive loved before fic #like sweet but unstable golden retriever pretty boy childhood bff vs stable put together mysterious suave rich boy felt right to me #and tolkien is not the villian...hes just a high shcool boy who likes a boy and sometimes u make bad choices #stan also made bad choices and so did kyle...its ok #but yes i love rm #i was nervous about it being less pop then pep and being weird but...its cool i like it i worked hard on it its fun #so like if people dont like it...who cares the people that do...really do and i am one of them <3

[slugtranslation-hypmic]

hypothetically: if you were directing an english dub of hypmic, what kind of accents would you pick for the osaka and nagoya characters to distinguish them from the tokyo locals and establish a similar feel?

I know next to nothing about dubbing, so take this with a saltshaker.

I don't think you'd necessarily need to have accents for the Nagoya crew. I think Kuukou's the one with the strongest accent, but it mostly appears in the way he pronounces certain things or ends his sentences with emotive particles (similar to ending sentences with "right?" or "you feel me?" in English). Still, it doesn't stand out much to me personally, at least when I read the manga, and I don't think it serves a larger purpose in story outside of making Kuukou's speech more easily recognizable. I think it's already pretty easy to make Kuukou sound distinct, so I wouldn't bother about it in this scenario. (If absolutely required to give them an accent, I guess I'd assign them something like a Midwestern, Kansas-ish accent. Nagoya is a big city, but it's mostly known for being... well, boring, I guess. It also has a lot of historical points of interest that are mostly related to religion like shrines or temples, so I'm thinking Bible Belt...? Man, idk. Maybe more of a Detroit accent for the auto industry? Again, I don't think their accent is really doing that much in terms of story, so it's hard to choose an important Nagoyan quality and find a similar American equivalent.)

With that being said, I do think there is some merit in giving Sasara (and, to a much lesser extent, Roshou) a distinct accent, but it'd be tricky to pull off. Sasara has made himself into a walking Osakan stereotype, so his accent and the dialect he speaks both serve to illustrate this idea of, "Hey, I'm Osakan! That means you should laugh at me!" But what good is playing up a stereotype if only a portion of the audience doesn't know what the stereotype points to?

In terms of stereotypes, Osaka is synonymous with the manzai (two-person comedy style Sasara and Roshou used to practice) industry. Osakans are also said to be more focused on making money (hence why money imagery keeps appearing in DH songs), typically in a hurry (hence why Sasara talks faster than most of the crew), and generally more blunt than other people (hence why Sasara acts blunt around people like Samatoki - note that when not playing up his image, Sasara is plenty evasive! He rarely talks to Roshou directly about his feelings and often hides his suspicions of Rei in internal dialogues). So Sasara's Osakan accent and dialect are less indicative of the fact that Sasara lives in Osaka and more that he's trying to staple a billboard to himself screaming, "Look at me! I'm here for your entertainment! Laugh at me!"

So how do you put that into English? It's tricky, because there is no "English Osaka". I've never written an accent for Sasara - partially because I didn't want to flub something and make myself into a laughing stock, and I am eternally relieved I made that choice - but in the past, I've tried to make his dialogue and internal monologue be wittier/jokier than other cast members. For instance, another character might say, "You're not drinking tonight? That's rich, coming from you," whereas Sasara would express this as, "You're not drinking? I thought your motto was that it's always five o'clock somewhere in the world."

But dubbing spacing constraints are much harsher than purely textual spacing constraints, so would that work in a dub? Maybe not. If pressed for one particular accent, the closest equivalent I can think of to a "showbiz" voice would be a Hollywood accent, but a Southern California accent might come off as too surfer-y. So I'd probably suggest a New York accent. I think there's a similar stereotype that New York City inhabitants are always in a hurry, interested in making money, and at least sort of related to the entertainment industry via Broadway, etc. Translators often use an American South accent or a generic "redneck" accent for Osakan dialects because they're easy to write and look very distinct, but I'm personally not a fan... because both of those are, to my mind, not at all what the original is conveying.

Would Roshou need a matching accent? I don't necessarily think so, even though he does have an Osakan accent and use the Osakan dialect in Japanese (particularly in casual situations). I would argue that it's less essential to the character, but a Brooklyn accent Roshou sounds fucking hilarious and I, for one, would love to hear that.

This is all assuming an American English dub, though. I don't know enough about British English, Australian English, etc. to comment on how a fictional dub would sound in another region.

#not a translation #asks #hypmic asks

[earth2068]

Do you have any voice headcanons for your characters?

i dont really have distinct character voices when i read/write dialogue, its mostly just my voice in my head, but i have imagined what their voices would sound like!

flynn has a pretty typical teen boy voice. his tone resonates at the roof of his mouth, and its kind of entertaining hearing his sort-of-awkward youthful voice spit out sentences much snarkier than youd think a voice like that could form. its like seeing a puppy bite someones leg. his voice is higher and cracks a bit when hes excited, and lower when hes being snarky, using a lot of vocal fry, if you know what that is.

leons voice has a bit of a higher pitch than youd expect from a man his age (he would sing tenor), mostly because he started HRT in his late teens. (in my mind, at least. idk if thatll make its way into the scripts) i imagine that his tone is really warm, and he has a tendency to laugh while talking. he has one of those dad-ish belly laughs. if youre sitting on a couch with him and he starts laughing, that whole couch is going to rumble with him

i think vermillion and phil have eerily similar voices. if either of them wanted to impersonate the other, they easily could. vermillion isnt interested in "passing" with their voice, and doesnt try to adjust their pitch in any way. theyre a baritone, like phil, and dont care to change that. both have the voice of someone very accustomed to public speaking, with a bright, sort of brassy timbre that resonates in their chests. the main difference is that phils voice is more worn out than vermillions, due to the age difference. vermillion is also much more confident with their speech than phil, who has more of a tendency to stutter, while vermillion is always talking slightly louder than they think they are

lucille and violet are the only characters i have actual voiceclaims for. violet sounds like mj rodriguez (if you dont know who that is, look her up, watch the video of her singing suddenly seymour with george salazar, then watch it again, then keep watching until you understand), and lucille sounds like me. if youve heard my voice before, she sounds like that. (i projected a lot of my gender stuff onto lucille around the time i realized i was trans. she has the same gender as me.)

viridian is a quiet kid with a very even tone. pitch-wise, hes in the tenor range, and hes still at that age where his voice will crack every once in a while. he speaks in a sort of flat, inexpressive way, always sounding ever so slightly confused, partially because thats just how he is, and partially as, like, a joke that hes silently entertained by. something youll see from him in later chapters is his occasional excited outbursts, when he suddenly expresses a LOT more energy than he normally has to ramble about something hes passionate about, and moments later he is back in his turtle shell as if nothing happened

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[sevicia]

Idk if I ever mentioned but I started listening to Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata yesterday and finished it today. It's very short, exactly 3 hrs 22 mins, and I really really liked it

My favorite part of the book was how Keiko behaved and spoke and thought, because it felt really familiar. Stuff like mimicking others' behavior to "fit in" (speech patterns, fashion choices, etc.), and of finding ?comfort? in a set environment such as the convenience store. I don't know if it can be accurately called "comfort", because while it IS a set routine, something to base her entire life around, it is, at the same time, oppressive in the way that it becomes her whole world and dictates everything from her eating habits to her speech patterns.

Keiko says a lot that, in the convenience store, they are only convenience store workers. Not men or women or any other identifiable quality, just workers, and I found that an interesting way to view it because when it gets broken near the end of the book, she is very upset about it. Being upset when something you convinced yourself of (with basis, yes, but still not 100% true in practice), is broken, is very understandable, but the way that she became so agitated, didn't understand why everyone had changed, and kept insisting on following the convenience store routine, made the thought of her being autistic really solidify in my head.

Because she mimicks other people, doesn't understand most social cues (the ones she understands, she has been taught), and also doesn't understand the reason behind people's attitudes when they change suddenly, not to mention her apparent lack of empathy at the beginning of the book (towards the bird and her classmates) and throughout it. She's autistic as fuck imo but I could be wrong.

Also, on the topic of sexuality, she is 100% aroace, like there is no room for doubt there. This results in trouble for her, being a single woman living in Japan in her thirties, since all of her friends and her sister pressure her to get married or at least date somebody. This is obviously fucked up, but Keiko just sort of goes with it in hopes of becoming "normal".

There's also a lot of talk of Keiko being "cured" throughout the book, which, while already messed up, is even worse when you read her as having autism. We all know why.

On the topic of Shiraha, I fucking hated the guy (as anyone with half a braincell would). Literally an incel droning on and on about the stone age, about being the victim and about women not wanting him because they go for (basically) alpha men (he doesn't phrase it like this, but c'mon). He also berates Keiko time and time again, which she doesn't care about at all, but as a reader / listener, it's really infuriating, especially since the two things he shames her for are:

1. Being a single woman in her thirties

2. Working at a convenience store while in her thirties

Which is obviously misogynistic, and ageist, and I don't know if it's the right term, but also classist. He views convenience store workers, and most definitely all retail / "lower end" workers, as trash that will never get anywhere (as if HE'S going anywhere), and he also speaks frequently of how he is looked down upon for being a virgin at his age and then proceeds to do the same to Keiko. He's such a hypocrite it's unreal.

Another thing, the way that Keiko's friends consider her an outsider until she lies about having a boyfriend is really painful to read about when you're similar to her. I have this fear of forever being an "other", and this made me feel queasy.

While I couldn't relate to Keiko at 100%, I still could relate to her quite a bit, so it really hit close to home whenever she was told she was a nobody, that she would go nowhere in life, and other horrible things. Keiko herself doesn't seem to care about this, but I do.

A lot of people call this book disturbing while others call it funny. I don't know where I fall, but it's definitely not funny.

I think my only major gripe with the book was, for some reason, the way the title was translated. The original title (as said at the end of the audiobook), is "Konbini Ningen". Which if I'm not wrong, translates literally to "Convenience Store Human". I like this better since it ties in with Keiko's view of herself as nothing but a convenience store worker, if not a "convenience store animal", as she says towards the end. However, "Convenience Store Human" doesn't have the same appeal as "Convenience Store Woman", so I can see why they went with that instead.

Anyways, I really enjoyed it. It felt oddly familiar, and was fun to listen to. I gave it 4.75 🌟 on Storygraph, because (I don't know why) it wasn't QUITE there for me. It might change in the future though idk.

If you read this whole thing:

1. you're insane a little bit

2. thank you

3. I love you. Here's your reward..... :

booboo wheel

#long post #I have to find a new audiobook naow #much to think about

[weebsinstash]

I’m new to this blog a bit but I came across this blog from your Valentino x readers, idk if anyone has asked u this and I’m sorry if they did 😅 but do u plan on continuing them or any other Val x reader fic?

Honestly I've been having tons of ideas for him and other things I want to write, it's just become a big, motivation and depression issue. I keep having days and weekends off where I just sleep or smoke and do nothing and then I have anxiety that I didn't get anything accomplished and it's become a negative loop of "do nothing bc im stressed or unmotivated>feel bad for doing nothing>do nothing bc I feed bad about doing nothing>wash rinse repeat>live in constant disappointment and self hatred"

Honestly I've been trying to encourage the mindset of "dont force it! You aren't obligated! You're ok to take it easy" but I actually think I've been taking it easy for so long its just becoming easier to. Not write at all, so, im thinking it might actually do some good if I DID try to sit down and force it on my next day off. Just to get the ball rolling a little more

But uh... I still feel really stressed and messed up over stuff that's happened to my sister and unfortunately a lot of the ideas involving Valentino usually have to deal with.... you know, being taken advantage of while under a substance or things that are similar enough to her story i just. Feel bad.

But anyways I gotta tell myself what happened to her is none of my responsibility and honestly she even weaponized it to make me feel horrible so, I dunno, maybe I've recognized thst the entire reason she even told me came from a manipulative mindset and I'm coming to terms with... enjoying my own stuff again, if that makes sense. Kinda had to absolve myself of the guilt, even though it has nothing to do with me

Kinda everything above has to do with me writing in general but anyways, to get back to like, this big fluffy asshole specifically

99% of why I haven't written more for him is that I feel like I have to do more research to get his character down, and specifically? His manner of speech, since I found out a lot of fics I want to write usually deal with him making a lot of threats and being very dialogue heavy. He's only verbally spoken in the Angel Dust comic, and his Instagram can only be found through archived tumblr posts (because antis reported the account for misogyny, because that's the level of nuance and understanding adults have on the internet now I guess) and like, what if that's not reflective of his personality, what if that's just his online persona. What if I create some sort of weird cringe offshoot that isn't very canon correct.

Like. From my perspective Val is usually very, sassy and flamboyant in a very "fuck you, im being myself, im the boss, eat my shit, fuck with me and I'll cut you" kind of way, but he's also basically a mafioso and deals with drug deals and the mob and shit like that and can obviously be very threatening and serious. So I guess it's finding that balance? Like what's the ratio of Mean Pimp vs Sassy GNC partying slut, kwim. I guess that's an idea in of itself I keep having for a Reader x Val fic; Reader having so much fun partying and indulging in the worst parts of themselves with Val that they forget who he is and where they are until some sort of horrible epiphany or consequence is staring you right in the face

Like. Im definitely reading too much into it. Its 100% I dont want to write something and then the show comes out and my stuff seems like, cringe. I mean, even more cringe than me writing yandere content in general but 😅

TLDR: yes, I have a lot of ideas, im just an easily embarrassed little cringey baby who's reading too much into it and wants it to be enjoyable but accurate and im also having motivation issues

#also ngl... i keep wanting to write a hh or hb fic where reader is an asshole and i dont think all of you would like it

[infriga]

Weird writing asks! :) 1, 8, 23, 38

1) What font do you write in? Do you actually care or is that just the default setting?

Times New Roman or Calibri, those are the only ones that feel right for me lol. I'm not sure why, something about the weight and spacing just feels nicer. Like Arial is similar to Calibri, but it feels too thicc so I don't like it as much. I also like Calibri light because it's like a svelte Calibri, but not too svelte, y'know?

8) If you had to write an entire story without either action or dialogue, which would you choose and how would it go?

I'd go without dialogue, because you can still convey speech without dialogue through prose, but you can't convey environment through dialogue nearly as well without it being clunky. I do think dialogue is important though, and can convey a lot about a character in a way you can't quite replicate with prose alone. I just like using prose and portraying emotion through body language and stuff a bit too much to give that up lol.

23) Describe the physical environment in which you write. Be as detailed as possible. Tell me what’s around you as you work. Paint me a picture.

I have 2 preferred settings. In the first, I'm taking a bubble bath, with lavender scented bubble solution, and I'm sitting on a low stool so that I'm only submerging my legs and the backs of my thighs, that way I can keep the water hotter without overheating myself. I have my tablet set up on either another, taller stool, or on the side of the tub (carefully), and my keyboard is on my lap.

In the second setting I'm playing a video game, usually an old favourite, and I write every time there's a loading screen, or when I can travel between locations without steering (like with horses that follow the road like in RDR2 or BOTW, and sort of in Horizon ZD/FW), or if there's a cutscene and I've already seen it so I don't need to pay attention. I also usually have a snack, my tablet is set up on a tv tray style table so I can get the screen nice and close, and I'm regularly fending off my cat Minnie as she constantly tries to lie on my lap so I pay attention to her instead of to something that isn't her. Sometimes I may have to move my keyboard to beside my lap and lean over awkwardly so I can write and let her sleep on me at the same time.

38) What is something about your writing process YOU think is Really Weird? If you are comfortable, please share. If you’re not comfortable, what do you think cats say about us?

Hmm... Maybe that I can't just sit down and write outside of the bath, I have to have something else going on to keep me from being understimulated with just one thing because ADHD, but It can't be a video or music, it has to be something where I can go back and forth. Video games work well for this because I get the same issue during loading times ow other moments when not much is going on, and writing (or reading, or drawing, or whatever else I do while playing a video game) helps me feel stimulated enough to focus on both things rather than getting distracted by reddit or tumblr or youtube. I don't know what being in the bath is an exception to this rule, it's not like I don't bring myphone with my while having a bath, but maybe the heat helps settle my brain or something idk.

#writing #ask meme

[clair0se]

Hello! It is me again! Wow! You are trans! Wahoo! How did you figure it out? Gender is very confusing. I don't get it. (I recently found the song "Gender Is Boring" by "She/Her/Hers" and the second verse sort of encapsulates some of it if that makes sense.) You are HRTing! You have HRTed! You are now an HRTer! Woooooo! Also! Your HRTday and my birthday would be on similar dates! Yip!

uh, i figured it out through a lot of thinking and putting that girl (myself) into situations. i'm big on like, analysis of media and what not, so i'd do the aforementioned situation-ing, and then decide what it meant to me. like, shaving body hair. i liked it, even so when i considered myself a guy (but also my legs are wayy to fucking sensitive for that shit lol). i like, changed the way that i would talk (as in, speech patterns, not changing the pitch yet). grew my hair out (quarantine was helpful here lol). ya just, idk, fucked around and found out. and once i had doing that for a while, i sat on my thoughts for about another year making up my mind. and Then i sat on the made up mind for a year to be certain i was dialed in onto what i was before coming out to anyone but the closest of friends. and ya know, still not 100% dialed in. which i think is a good thing. because, even though it's hard for me to rember, it's important to not close my mind. so like, i am fairly confident i have the Basis down. but i've been thinking of dropping the e at the end of my name and being clair cuz it's slightly less fem. and i think i'm slightly less fem. like, the goal is toeing the line of androgyny, but from the Other side. yk?

and speaking of music, i apologize but i will likely not listen to that song in a time relevant to reading this ask. i, don't believe in streaming services. period. (except for me watching breaking bad with my sibling but that's a bonding activity and literally no one is perfect). and so i listen to all my music on cds. and that makes me slow to pick up new bands. but i Do do it. so probably some day i will listen to she/her/hers and hear that song 👍💥

and wow! it also lands close to my birthday lmao (but ironically, a little bit before. it was, an arbitrary time that happened to be close to my birthday rather than me, waiting until my birthday happened to be Able to do hrt by my own accord. that was due to the, previously mentioned, sitting on thoughts and feelings and brains). and, in extra funny fashion, my birthday is 9/11. surely nothing else in history has happened on that date.

also, can i ask you questions? (she asks rhetorically like, 2 (run on) sentences before she does end up asking questions.) i genuinely don't care that you're choosing to remain anonymous cuz like, what ever floats your boat 👍 and i also don't care that the platform for this conversation happens to be my blog. literally other than the sounds post, it's pretty much crickets and tumble weeds over here and if people don't want to have long ass text posts answering anon's on their dash, i am at peace having less followers lmfao. also, no pressure if you don't wanna answer a question. you can ignore any or all of them and i will be none the care-er. but uh, yeah, i'm really curious if you play celeste? cuz though i Talk about among us a lot more, celeste is the game that i actually Play. and honestly, that was the only question for now 💥 i need to eeeeeep. if you wanted to, you could tell me what time zone you're in. time zones make me happy. (i literally don't care where you live i Promise and if you don't wanna answer what like, slice of the world you live in i TOTALLY get it. just thought i'd throw it out there). ok,