#and I am taking this url to my grave. no one will have it ever

[sleepybosmer]

I am officially moving to a new blog now so @ my mutuals if you want to stay mutuals reply to this or message me so I can send you my new url<3 I'm not just gonna follow first in case someone doesn't want to. I know it's kinda tasking to do it this way, but I want to at least start this new blog with people I like and filter out the weirdos

#The blog is empty rn I'm gonna need to find all these cool blogs and follow them AGAIN sigh #and I am taking this url to my grave. no one will have it ever #Sleepy rambles #For the last time on this blog<3

[lalazeewrites]

RETURN OF TAG GAMES

i know i have been gone for what in fandom time is 'forever', so thank you a million for tagging me @celestialmickey @heymrspatel @tanktopgallavich @vintagelacerosette @energievie @stocious @metalheadmickey @gallagher-milkovich

name: lala/larisa

age: 35 but i’m permanently stuck at 25 in my head, i always forget

where in the world are you? 📍 an hour north of chicago, near the wisconsin border

the meaning behind your URL: very self explanatory, i’m not creative with names hehe. but lalazee is my nickname and zee is because my last name is a z name. again, not creative lol

your second favorite color: pink!

any pets? one cat with the personality of a soft bunny & another cat with the personality of a surly dragon

favorite season: autumn!

last thing you read: ‘the only good indians’ by stephen graham jones

last song you listened to: ‘so much (for) stardust’ by fob is playing as i type! i am a true blue lifelong feral fan from ‘take this to your grave (2003) album fan onwards. i’ve already listened to this album so much that my almost ten year old knows most of the words to most of the songs lol

what are you wearing right now? grinning skeleton holding up a coffee cup w a smiley face on it that says ‘STAYIN’ ALIVE’ & pink shorts

a hobby of yours: writing! singing! hiking! camping! cooking! all things horror!

your comfort show or movie: i feel like your comfort movies & shows might not be your all time favs, but more like movies & shows that are easy on your brain to absorb when you’re skull is feeling soupy. as a true 90’s kid, i gravitate for comfort toward those big box office action or disaster films like jurassic park, twister, independence day, the mummy (and 2), men in black, jumanji, matrix, anaconda, etc. . . i have a thing for big monsters & big battles, so also count pacific rim as one of my favorite movies ever too haha

and finally, what are you up to today? it’s spring break! but my spinal surgery blah blah is still healing so i’m relaxing at home while my mom takes my kid to the arcade and candy shop! they’ve been gone four hours, so i can only assume they’ve had a good time lol

FANDOM EDITION

your first fandom(s): First fandom on the INTERNET would have been Star Trek XI. First media that i was unhinged about: X-Files, X-Men, Xena, Sailor Moon (apparently I couldn’t find another X related interest LOL)

your current fandom(s): My Hero Academia, Shameless, Stranger Things, Attack on Titan. . .I actively read for about 5 other fandoms other than those (Supernatural, Witcher, FMA, LOTR, Star Trek), but I’m currently actively writing in these.

how did you first get into fandom? Back when I was living in Glasgow, Scotland, it was my 21st birthday, and my friends and I were going to see a horror movie. Turned out, the tickets were sold out, so we decided to see Star Trek XI. I’d NEVER watched Trek in my life, didn’t know a thing about it, and when I walked out of that theater I was a totally changed human and now I am a Trek Encyclopedia LOL

how long have you been engaging with fandom spaces? Since 2009, so like 14 years.

how often do you read fanfics? Every day, if my brain is healthy enough that day! I sometimes take breaks of a couple months and only read published books though, I feel I get a different experience from both that I can equally appreciate.

top 3 characters from your current fandom(s): Mickey Milkovich, Bakugou Katsuki, Billy Hargrove. Angry disaster babies, I guess.

have you ever written a fic for a fandom? I’ve written 167 fics, not including those on my Patreon. So, over 170 fics, at least.

have you ever drawn fanart for a fandom? No! Funny that I got accepted on scholarship to NIU for Theater & Art, partially on my art portfolio, but I never create any art for anything!

share a personal headcanon that you feel very strongly about: Ian loves his mom more than he feels comfortable saying, because he feels like it's a family and even personal betrayal. I think it’s impossible to accurately describe how to feels to grow up with an abusive parent who vacillates wildly between adoring and abusive, but there’s no feeling quite like loving and hating your parent, desperately wishing you could be what they wanted so they’d stay, and hoping you never see them again. I know we’ve seen Ian follow Monica more than any other kids, but I think that any time he curses her out to his siblings or whoever else, each bad word is also like a self-cut.

you’re trying to convince a friend to get into your current fandom(s) If for My Hero Academia, I would have them watch the Heroes Rising movie, for Shameless I don’t even KNOW where I’d begin tbh LOL

and finally, what does fandom mean to you? Fandom is family! I’ve been in fandom for fourteen years, and I have so so so many real life friends who have been with me through literally the hardest parts of my life. My divorce, my ex husband going to prison, the birth of my child, me being a single parent, moving back to America, my coma, my kidney transplant. My fandom friends from across the world have uplifted me and been my support system through every single high and low. I don’t know how I’d be here without them, quite literally.

#tag game #about me #thanks for not forgetting me guys #sorry for my wall of text

[hydrocodone-acetaminophen]

hmm.. yesterdays shitfest made me start thinking abt you guys cause yes ive categorized myself in a distasteful manner intentionally (maybe to fit my mood, my situation i guess) and i just wanted to say if you’re worried my stance on GG Allin or any shitty character like him is one of “admiration”, as the person who sent me a suicide baiting ask yesterday puts it, dont worry! I think he was a piece of shit human being and I think he deserved to overdose and die the way he did.

I won’t deny though, I have a genuine interest in that level of disdain for humanity lol i’ll admit its inherently edgy, + attention-seeking but I really am fascinated with the idea of hurting yourself for art and the spectacle of shitting on stage and covering yourself in blood is pretty much as extreme as you can get in terms of “shock art”. so  in that respect I do think I take a little bit of inspiration from him. If I were to ever make music seriously, I would want to be him but less of a piece of shit person. Throwing pig blood at an audience with love in my heart albiet a little cynical. 

Shock art in itself is boring and uninspired if it’s just for kicks. I think theres subtance to shocking people if theres a reason to be angry and hateful, it makes it something people can relate to. Allins birth name was “jesus christ” and his father made him and his family dig their own graves. It doesn’t excuse his behaviors but at the very least offers an explanation. There’s a reason why I’m angry too and why I’m comfortable with having my URL say what it says- I’ve had to endure someone that was as much of a terrorist freak as he was and I have trauma in a similar vein of the kind he inflicted on others. I get why it’s off-putting, and if i had to read some dumb ass username like “columbine-fan” or “hitler-fan” online I’d literally want to break their face :3

But, it feels like I’m reclaiming his venom as my own. I’m reclaiming that hatred as my own because pedophiles don’t deserve that anger or to be angry. I do.

[iamanartichoke]

Hi! How was your day? Also, for the ask: what's your favourite book/series of books?

(@cailjei I just found this in my drafts and I am so sorry, I was in the middle of replying and had to stop for some reason or another and I forgot to come back to it)

Heyo! My day(s, since you sent this yesterday, sorry 🙃) has been fine, thank you for asking! As for my favorite books - hoo boy, I don't even know how to answer this, lmao. I have instantly forgotten every book I've ever read. I have 137,000 favorites. I have 0 favorites. I can't decide or narrow it down.

(Cut for length.)

But, a few of my favorite books (probably at the top of the list) include but are not limited to:

I Am An Artichoke, by Lucy Frank - my url namesake. This book is YA and, to be perfectly honest, I don't think I've actually sat down and read it in a decade, if I'm being generous. That being said, it's a very good YA book, with a likeable protagonist and vivid characters; it's one of those books whose lines still occasionally run through my head years later (for example, the title; the protagonist talks about feeling like a prickly artichoke, with many layers that have to be peeled back to get to the core, and clearly that concept has always stuck with me). (tw: eating disorders)

My Name is Memory, by Ann Brashares - I've always really liked this author's style, and the book is beautifully written (though at times a bit over-the-top with the romantic cliches, what can you do), but I'm emotionally attached to it bc it's about reincarnation and the concept of two souls who are always destined to find each other, lifetime after lifetime. One of them always remembers; the other doesn't. I'm a strong believer in reincarnation, and I love a well-written fictional reincarnation story that takes the concept and interprets it however the author wants, in order to fit in with their book's universe. *chef's kiss* The structure of this book is wonderful, as well; it alternates between the two main characters' POVs in addition to alternating between the present and a number of lifetimes from the past -which, structurally, could be confusing but she makes it work. (Among other quotes from this book, this one lives rent-free in my head: People didn't seem to realize what a slender edge they stood on in human history and that every person before them stood on that same edge, thinking it was the world.)

^^ This is where I left off and forgot about this post, so I'm just going to leave it at those two for now, as far as detailed responses go, and just mention several others that are among my favorites:

Breakfast at Tiffany's - Truman Capote

Wasted - Marya Hornbacher (memoir, not fiction)

The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton (along with most of the books she wrote around this time)

The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky (before it became "trendy" and over-quoted)

The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien

Goodbye to All That - Robert Graves (WWI memoir, not fiction)

This Lullaby - Sarah Dessen

The Killer Angels - Michael Shaara (- was trying to figure out how to classify this, as it's fiction but it's an imagining of the thoughts/actions/etc of real people during the Battle of Gettysburg, and then I realized, lmao, it's basically RPF)

Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood

and a lot more, obviously.

Thank you for the ask!

Send me "what's your favorite __" asks.

#asks #charlotte replies #random not fandom #favorite books #long post

[mull3ts]

— 2021.

hey shawties <3

another day, another slay. TAKE THIS POST AS A TUMBLR WRAPPED EXCEPT IM DOING IT AHA. anyways, this year was rather eventful 🤨 i hope you've all had a good year, MINE WAS LIKE A SOLID 8/10 THERE'S GONNA BE TWO MAYBE THREE IMPORTANT THINGS THIS POST IS GONNA CONTAIN SO LETS START.

1. I graduated :D

bWAHAHHAHHHAHHAAHAH i finally graduated college like a total girboss. ik what you're thinking, i WAS IN COLLEGE?

y e a h

i girlbossed, got by bachelor's of science in psychology, and am now an assistant professor in abnormal psychology thEn after i finish a semester of assisting in that i was offered to teach forensic psychology :D because i got a minor in, yk it doesnt matter aNyWAYS SO YEAH THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'LL BE DOING.

2. IM GETTING MARRIED???????

yeah ik that sounds really weird to say and to type out, bUT IM GETTING MARRIED????

idk when to tell yall but here we are 🙄 IM MARRYING YOUR PADRE THIS FEELS REALLY WEIRD TO TYPE OUT WTF anywhosies but now his era of always going to tiffany makes sense now. IK WHAT YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, MADRE??? WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN??? WHEN DID HE PROPOSE??? it happened like on my birthday i cnant. anywhosies- it's happening. in the spring. because I LIKE HOW IT LOOKS OUTSIDE IN THE SPRING AND I HAVE THIS FILM THING CALLED EKTACHROME 100 SPEED AND ITS FUCKING PRETTY. SO I WILL BE A MARRIED WOMAN, IN THE SPRING.

I FEEL SO AMAZED YET ODD, IS 22 YOUNG TO BE MARRIED? I HAVE NO CLUE IM JUST YOLO-ING. SOMEBODY ASK ME A FUCKING QUESTION TO MAKE SURE THAT IM SURE ABOUT YOUR PADRE BECAUSE YES I DO LOVE HIM SO VERY MUCH OH MY GOD THIS IS HAPPENING TO ME.

i need to breathe 🤨

tO cLARIFY THO I AM NOT LEAVING RIGHT NOW, I WILL PROB MAKE MY DEPARTURE FROM THIS BLOG IN A FEW MONTHS SO DONT WORRY! :D

3. the blog.

whAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO THE BLOG??? LUCKY FOR YOU ALL WHEN I MAKE MY DEPARTURE FROM THIS BLOG IN THE SPRING/SUMMER, THE BLOG IS JUST GONNA GET REBRANDED :D the one and only, @je-no will be the admin of this blog, SO YOU'LL GET CAM, SHOW CAM LOVE SHE'S GREAT, SHE'S MY BBGORL YALL, MY IRL WIFE GO SAY HI TO HER CAMILLA MY BBYGORL, MY SLUT IF YOU SEE THIS I LOVE YOU WHAT A BISEXUAL ICON SHE IS I DONT KNOW WHY I MENTIONED THAT I LOVE HER anyways all that's prob gonna change about is the url, layout, and admin. the url is gonna change to @/mull3ts SO IF YOU SEE THIS BLOG BECOME THAT YK WASSUP.

ikik, MADRE WE WILL MISS YOU, I WILL MISS YOU TOO. so for that very reason the @/earth-to-that-asian url will become a side blog that i'll still check every now and then if you still wanna contact me from the grave or ask if i have a kid or got a divorce, but im sure cam will prob give you abi life updates. she'll queue all of those beautiful drafts i have and still give you more of what's expected, nct dilf and stepbro so you all will still be fed with quality content.

Surprise, surprise—camilla the great loves dilfs

I'LL EXPLAIN EVERYTHING ELSE WHEN I ACTUALLY LEAVE THO DW :D show camilla love and she will return it by marrying you and calling you her bitch, i promise she doesn't bite, gO TALK TO HER, SEND HER AN ASK RN AT @je-no

m'kay, now that everything is absolutely out of the way, i'd like to thank anyone who's honestly ever come in contact with this blog because it honestly means so much. to all my moots, anons, and everyone ever, from the bottom of my heart—thank you. my heart esp goes out to my shawties who've deactivated, you are never forgotten to me babes. i hope you all have an amazing 2022, ONLY THE BEST FOR THE GIRLS, GAYS AND THEYS—DEMOLISH 2022 WITH THE SHEER FORCE OF DAT ASS

— sincerely, abi.

look at that ass, look at that fucking ass. do you shit with that ass babygorl? dayum shawty u thicc asf gimme sum of that...

happy 2022 <33

#oUCH #madre abi's yearly statement #abt.txt #oH MY GOD HAPPY NEW YEAR TOO #LORD I AM SO SCARED TO PUBLICLY SAY THESE THINGS JESUS TAKE THE FUCKING WHEEL

[coffintownkids]

I've had enough of being a mopey bitch today!

So I finished Ch.33 instead.

It's a great “atmosphere” chapter in that we have arrived in Yì City. (Also why, officially, I’m not actually translating it as Yì City throughout - though I am probably too lazy to fix my own tagging system on this site lol!)

This might help any fic writers out there looking for more location info beyond what could be gleaned from the show. Or at least I hope it does.

The chapter opens with this:

Shǔdōng was home to a number of river valleys screened in by tall mountain peaks. Its terrain was rugged and unforgiving with scant wind. It was why much of the area remained shrouded in fog all year round.

So, a bit of set up first. WWX and LWJ pass through a very rural little village on their “body part quest” and are trying to figure out where the hand is pointing them. The stone slab serving as a direction marker is cracked so they can’t read the first character. WWX ends up gaining some intel from the locals.

Wèi Wúxiàn said, “This road leads to Yì Town. The first character on the stone slab is ‘yì’.”

Lán Wàngjī said, “Yì as in chivalrous?”

Wèi Wúxiàn said, “It is, and it isn’t.”

Lán Wàngjī said, “What do you mean?”

Wèi Wúxiàn said, “It is indeed that character, but the meaning is wrong. It’s not the yì in chivalrous, but rather the yì as in coffin home.”

As you can see, this is a bit hard to convey in English. The character being talked about for yì is 義 (义 in simplified Chinese, though it is referencing the more complicated traditional character here, which is why they couldn’t read the broken stone). The word for chivalrous LWJ mentions is written as 俠義. WWX corrects him and says it’s a coffin home 義莊.

Now, a bit of an explanation. Coffin homes were real places used in older times as, for lack of a better term, like equal part morgues and funeral homes. Dead bodies would be stored here while awaiting transport to where they were to be buried (ie person died in village A but their family’s ancestral graves are in village B, so the body would have to be brought there.) They were also used to store bodies of those whose relatives couldn’t be found or the bodies of those too poor to afford funeral services.

Wèi Wúxiàn continued, “A few of the ladies were saying for as long as anyone can remember, six or seven people out of every ten dies prematurely in that town. They either have a short life or a violent death. There are quite a lot of coffin homes within the town to store the bodies. Put that together with that they specialize in coffins, ritual paper money, and other funerary offering objects. Regardless of whether people make coffins or bound paper, the craftsmanship is exquisite. That’s why it’s called by this name.”

Going forward, as it’s meant to be read as a nickname, I’ll be translating it as “Coffin Town.” Notice I used town and not city? That’s because 城 (chéng) can be read as town or city. Based on what we learn about the place, while it seemed to be a decently-sized place compared to the village they just visited and at one point had some prosperity, it seems more “town-sized” than “city-sized” overall. And that, my friends, is where my url comes from!

When the left hand drew itself into a fist, a dilapidated town gate emerged at the end of the main road. The edge of the wall was missing tiles and some paint. A corner had fallen off. It was an exceptionally dilapidated-looking blight. The walls had graffiti from who knew what people scrawled all over it. Its red gate had nearly faded white, its nails rusted black. Its double doors hadn’t been closed securely and looked as if someone had pushed them open just wide enough to slip inside.

Even without entering, it gave people the sense that this was a haunted place where demons ran wild.

While Wèi Wúxiàn was walking along, he was constantly taking in his surroundings. When they arrived at the gates, his assessment was, “The fēng shuǐ is really lousy.”

Lán Wàngjī slowly nodded along, “It’s inhospitable here.”

Coffin Town was surrounded on all four sides by steep mountain cliffs with their slopes inclining sharply towards their centers. They were an overwhelmingly intimidating presence and looked as if they could come crashing down at any moment. Completely enclosed by gigantic pitch-black mountain cliffs and filled with wretched fog, it was more of a supernatural creature than actual supernatural creatures. Just standing within it made a person’s chest tighten and heart race as its intensely threatening aura suffocated them.

From time immemorial, it has been said that “a place reflects the glory of its people.” The opposite is also true. Some places, due to its terrain and location, have poor fēng shuǐ and stagnant energy lingers. The people that lived there were prone to having short lives that would end far too soon. Everything would go wrong. If one’s ancestors had taken root here, even their bones would rot. Moreover, these places were often breeding grounds for the paranormal. The probability of corpse transformations, phantoms, returning spirits, and other such events occurring were several times higher. It was obvious that Coffin Town was such a place.

So Coffin Town sure is scary! One little translation point about LWJ saying the place is inhospitable. His line is 山穷水恶, which is a bit unusual. It’s usually written as 穷山恶水. It more literally means “barren mountains and foul water” so an inhospitable place. Not sure if there is significance in the word order being changed. Though it did make me think of another similarly-written idiom. 山穷水尽 meaning the mountains are barren and the river’s run dry. Aka there’s nowhere else to go. So without getting too much into fēng shuǐ, it is the idea of keeping everything in harmony. So with this place having bad fēng shuǐ, LWJ can also mean that there’s nowhere for the bad energy (恶) to go. I might be overthinking this bit here, but LWJ is famous for being a man of few words and still manages to convey an awful lot.

The pair walked right up to the gates and exchanged a glance with each other.

“Creeeeak,” they undertook the extremely heavy load of the misaligned gate doors and slowly opened them.

What they saw before them wasn’t the heavy bustle of traffic, but they also weren’t assaulted by the stench of dead bodies. There was only the ever-present blanket of white.

Filled with thick fog, the mist was several times denser here than it was outside the town. It was barely possible for them to clearly see the main road right in front of them. There were buildings set up on both sides.

The pair unconsciously took a few steps closer to each other while they entered the town together.

It was still daytime now, but the town was completely silent. Not only was there no one talking, there wasn’t even the sound of a dog barking. It was enormously strange.

However, since this was the location the left arm had indicated, so it would be stranger if it wasn’t strange.

They followed the main road for a while and the deeper they went into the town, the denser the white fog would become. As if something sinister was permeating the air. They could barely see ten paces ahead to start with and later they couldn’t discern shapes five paces ahead. And even further, they could barely see their fingers. The farther Wèi Wúxiàn and Lán Wàngjī walked, the closer they leaned towards each other. Their shoulders were brushing together and they barely managed being able to see each other’s faces. Wèi Wúxiàn had a thought spontaneously pop into his head, “If someone were to take advantage of this heavy fog and quietly slipped in between us and our duo turned into a trio, I’m afraid I don’t know whether or not we would discover them.”

Definitely gives off some serious Silent Hill-esque vibes, doesn’t it?

We do get further into the plot after this, but I just wanted to share a cool setting post. Hope you enjoyed it!

#mdzs #ctk reads mdzs #mdzs translation #my translation #yi city #coffin town

[simming-in-the-rain]

CHECK IN TAG  ✔️

Thank you so much for the tag, @antiquatedplumbobs, @pinkwohoo and @strangertorpedo!

Why did you choose your url?

It’s a play on Singing in the rain, quite obviously

Any side blogs? If you have them name them and why you have them.

Not on this account, on my personal/ art account I have a few different very specific accounts, most of which were created for one joke, the exception to which is @blinzelmaedchen which was created specifically to fill the Werwölfe von Düsterwald tag.

How long have you been on tumblr?

For about one and a half years.

Do you have a queue tag?

I am just beginning to even use a queue at all.

Why did you start your blog in the first place?

I had been lurking on the historical side of siblr for some months already and thought actually being able to follow people would be a drastic practical improvement from individually searching up every blog I liked to look for updates.

Why did you choose your icon/pfp?

That’s Mina, a future character of my decades challenge, and it’s my avatar because I really liked how this picture turned out.

What’s your post with the most notes?

The very first (of two) post of my decades challenge. I still remember being kind of terrified when reblogs of it would cross my dash initially.

How many mutuals do you have?

47 tumblr recogniced mutuals, which could probably be rounded up to 50 when side blogs are taken into account.

How many followers do you have?

118, quite a few of which are certainly deleted porn bots.

How many people do you follow?

120

Have you ever made a shitpost?

Not really?

How often do you use tumblr each day?

Simblr is my relaxed space, so unless I’m having an active conversation I’ve always looked at the content of the day each evening after finishing the day’s work.

Did you have a fight/argument with another blog once? who won?

I’ve never gotten into a fight on here, thank goodness.

How do you feel about ‘you need to reblog this’ posts?

I dislike the guilt tripping? 

Do you like tag games?

I really like hearing about other people, it makes the blogs seem a bit less... superiourly looming?

Do you like ask games?

I really do, especially character ones! I like being able to find out little things about characters that way. 

Which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

In (historical) simblr circles? A surprising amount, because most, if not all, of my mutuals are way too cool to be following me.

Do you have a crush on a mutual?

That’s a secret I’ll take to the grave.

I’m tagging @blu-sims, @sims-and-pixels and @p1x1e-sims, only if you want to of course!

#nonsims #personal #tag game

[floating-in-the-blue]

First Lines

I was tagged by the best muffin, @merihn

Rules: List the first lines of your last 20 stories (if you have less than 20, just list them all!). See if there are any patterns. Choose your favourite opening line. Then tag 10 of your favourite authors!

from recent to older.

In Your Starlight (Julie and the Phantoms, Willex, Star Trek AU, T, ~46k, ongoing)

Rematerialisation was always a bit of a system shock but usually, you could prepare for the sensation ahead of time. Since all three cadets had been caught unaware, they were now stumbling off the transporter platform, disoriented.

'In Your Starlight' Missing Scene: How to Understand Your Boyfriend (JatP, Willex, Star Trek AU, G, 2k)

Willie was not a good liar and he knew that his feeble excuse of 'needing to check something' didn't sound very convincing. And of course it was bullshit. He'd had all day to check things if things needed checking. So no wonder Alex looked confused and hurt.

Tell Me I Am Yours (JatP, Willex, College AU, T, ~4k)

This had been a stupid idea. That much was apparent the moment Brad opened the door for Alex and called him Patrick, his breath smelling overpoweringly of alcohol and cheese puffs.

ignoring: Starlight Sonata (extended smut chapter from In Your Starlight)

ignoring: Breathe [Extended] (Metal Gear Solid, based on a roleplay so the first lines aren’t mine)

Land of Confusion (JatP, Alex/Luke/Reggie/Willie, Willie joins Sunset Curve AU, T, 1,5k)

They had all agreed that their sound would be better with a rhythm guitarist joining Sunset Curve but when they finally found one, all three grappled with the aftermath of that decision.

Will You (JatP, Alex/Luke/Reggie/Willie, canon divergence AU, T, 9,4k)

Alex had not seen the kiss coming. Which was all the more surprising since he had been waiting for it basically since the day Willie had run him over.

Show Me How to be Whole Again (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, fanon!Thesesus Scamander/Percival Graves/Credence Barebone, post movie 1 canon divergence AU, E, 7,5k)

A Graves never asks for help.

Percival had discarded most of the things his father had taught him but this lesson had stuck around longer than most.

You don't ask for help. You get where you want by hard work and determination. Needing help is showing weakness and no Graves is ever weak. 

Well, fuck that.

The Last Standing (JatP, Bobby | Trevor Wilson, canon compliant, T, 6k)

“Come on.” The voice is distant, muffled by the static in Bobby‘s head. He dimly feels the pressure of a hand taking his, stumbles after the vague outline of the girl and finds himself in a car, feet pushing against empty bottles and knickknack, the scent of cheap air freshener in his nose.

Home is Where My Ghost is (JatP, Willex, post-canon, G, ~4k)

“Willie!” Alex sighed with relief as he spotted the familiar figure on the skateboard. He hadn't been sure where he'd find his friend, had been terrified that Caleb had done something to him in punishment for the boys' escape. But here he was, skating around the same museum he'd brought Alex to just a few weeks earlier.

ignoring: Plot Bunny Crib (collection of short OS)

And then tea (Good Omens, Aziraphale/Crowley, post-canon, T, 666)

Aziraphale was personally responsible for devouring countless items of food in his time, from cakes to sushi to ice cream. But this had been the first time that he himself had been devoured.

Thursday (Metal Gear Solid, Solid Snake/Otacon, grief fic, G, 778)

“The bed is too big.”

He’s aware of heads nodding even as he continues to stare at his shoelaces. They all know this.

“But a smaller one would seem wrong. No space for him.”

Him is David. Him is also Solid Snake but they don’t know that. For once, it doesn’t matter.

Cancer he said because everybody understands cancer and it’s close enough.

Imperfect Paradise (MGS, Solid Snake/Otacon, missing scene from Battlefield, WW I/WW II AU, G, 1,5k)

Something has been on Hal’s mind for a while now but David doesn’t ask. If Hal wants to confide in him, he will and until then, David will be patient.

Lomqa' (Star Trek Discovery, Hugh Culber & Ash Tyler | Voq, post 2x08 canon divergence, G, 1,3k)

Ash Tyler is horribly familiar with the acidic taste of guilt on this tongue; the way it burns his throat until he hardly knows how to speak anymore. How to breathe.

Guilt is a hungry demon sitting in his chest.

But anger is sitting right beside it, hissing in his veins, his ears, his head. Boiling his blood.

Under My Skin (MGS, Snake/Otacon, florist/tattoo artist AU, E, 11k)

The first thing he notices is the smell. The air is humid and heavy with the perfume of flowers and plants. Hal rubs his glasses clean off the fog and puts them on again to take a look around. It feels like a different world, the noise from the street muffled, like a shop-sized slice of paradise.

Hal sneezes.

31 (Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Phrack, post tv canon, G, 8k)

The Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher prided herself in always taking great care in how she dressed. She enjoyed the power that comes from the right fashion and wielded that power well. She also did not believe in hiding her age or her body. And both had been very kind to her throughout the years.

Phryne was always impeccably dressed but this day warranted extra care. It was a special occasion and one she had waited thirty-one years for!

Love Me To the End (Fantabi, fanon!Thesesus Scamander/Percival Graves/Credence Barebone, music AU, G, 550)

The first time Credence heard Graves’ music, he wanted to wrap himself in it, let the voice caress him and keep him safe. Blood on his back and bile in his mouth. But music in his heart.

The Dog Dilemma (MGS, Solid Snake, 50 cats AU, G, 2,6k)

The weather took a turn for the worse as Snake got into the town proper. Rain was beating onto the windshield, rendering the world outside into a blur and maybe he should have picked another day for this but now he'd gotten this far. Besides, it would be dry inside the shelter and Snake was nothing if not weatherproof. He'd gotten through worse inconveniences than rain.

Team Up or Go Home (MGS, Solid Snake & Otacon, pre-Philanthropy, G, 1,8k)

There was snow in his nose. And his ears. Two places that it definitely wasn't supposed to be. He wasn't that much of a fan of snow anyway but when it intruded into his body, he could almost say that he hated it.

ignoring: Love is in the Folds (Doctor Strange’s Cape/Thor’s Cape, crackfic)

The Dress (MFMM, Phrack, canon divergence, T, 1k)

He thought he was prepared by now for Phryne's sartorial arsenal. The luxurious fabrics, satin gliding over her body with every move, furs framing her lovely face, begging, tempting to be touched. Jewellery made of diamonds and sapphires that burnt with an inner fire just like their wearer. He thought that he has seen it all. The lethal dresses full of feminine power, the flowing folds of trousers, the practical yet stylish clothes she dons for more dangerous missions. He has seen the kaleidoscope of colours and patterns to bedazzle all senses and has grown used to it.

But this is new.

Generosity (MFMM, Phrack, canon divergence, E, ~2k)

After kissing Phryne, after finally making it clear how much he wanted and needed her, Jack had thought the rest would be simple. Glorious and exquisite, for sure. Maybe even poetic. But ultimately simple. He hadn’t counted on sudden nerves making his fingers tremble and his cheeks flush. He hadn’t expected how hard it would be to look Phryne in the eyes, those lovely eyes, once they were alone in her boudoir.

Worst Man at the Wedding (MGS, Kazuhira Miller/Ocelot, possibly canon compliant by who knows, T, 1k)

He looked handsome in the tuxedo, there was no denying that. But then, he had always been handsome, no matter the clothes. He'd looked handsome in the blazing Costa Rican sun, wearing only far too small speedos and sweat on his skin, and he'd still managed to look handsome after being cut into pieces, wrapped in blood and dirt and excrements. Though the latter was a look best appreciated from a very far distance! It wasn't really fair, this outrageous beauty, but Ocelot wouldn't exactly have given his right hand and a leg for that particular superpower.

I haven’t done this in a while so this was fun! Thanks again for the tag, darling. It appears I rarely open with direct speech. But I have no idea which one is my favourite opening? So how about you guys tell me which you like best (regardless of whether you know the fandom or context or whatever)? Please?? :D

As for tagging ... puh, most fic writers I know have already been tagged, but let me see who I can pull up from my other, dormant fandoms: @kbstories (hey, look! I remembered your new URL :D), @hot-elf, @firesign23, @bettsican

#yeoyou writes #my writing #long post #willex #ghost4 #otasune #phrack

[interstellix]

to those who made my 2020 a little better,

i just wanted to let each one of you know that you mean tons to me and that you truly have, in one way or another, made this year better. i’ll be honest, 2020 was just not it for me, a whole lot of shit happened and i’ve had countless of days where i’ve been too tired in ways i can’t explain. at the same time though, good things have happened as well, one of them being the people i’ve met on tumblr; some of you i’ve been friends with since before, some of you i got to know this year and some of you even very very recently. still, i can’t thank these people enough because they’ve all been part of making this year less shitty than it would’ve been otherwise. thus, i wanted to at least let the mentioned ones know that they’re the ones part of that

now, i’m really not good with words, and i absolutely Hate being sappy, yet that’s exactly what i’m being here fjkdfk. i’m deadass out here cringing at my own words but please bear with me this one time LMAOO.

tldr; ily and u’re all v v precious people to me

@ohmyhao i don't think i'll ever be able to explain just how precious you are to me, no joke :( i'm almost 100% you're the one who's been sticking around my blog(s) since the very start and i want you to know that, even if we don't talk as often, i'm grateful for each and every day knowing i deadass have someoone like you around. i mean, i'll be honest, i still question your choice of favorite haikyuu characters because oi🤮kawa bUT!! i'll forgive you bc!! you're literally among the cutest people i've ever come across (don't even think of arguing with me this time), you're no joke one of the reasons i continued staying on tumblr and getting to know you is something i'll always feel blessed over 🥰

@kachulein LOL OK i could go on for hours and hours here, mostly because of how many and all the different things we talk about stuff that just shouldn't see the light of the world included. talking to you is something that never fails to make me feel happy but also incredibly at ease; i really, really want you to know that something i’m incredibly grateful for is how i’m comfortable enough with you to be able to talk about things i otherwise just can’t :( aside from that, listen, 99% of our conversation have me wheezing my throat off, like it can get weird af but it still has me laughing. something else i’m really happy is when you put in your two cents in our conversation, i’ve said it before but as someone who struggles with seeing things from more than one perspective, i really admire hearing about your own! all in all, i love you tons and tons, you’re an incredible person through and through and i truly appreciate the time i get to talk to you!

@starryarles i don’t think i tell you this enough but?? mae?? i literally love you so much, legit l-o-mae-l??? i still laugh my ass of looking back at the time you found my other blog and i had to guess which one of my mutuals you were LMAOO listen the panic fjijfkjk. anyway, i absolutely adore every message, ask and comment i receive from you, no joke i always get really happy from each one of them and tbh?? during that long period of time we didn’t talk i genuinely thought you hated me or something HAHAH. turns out that that was not true at all or so i hope and not to sound like a sap but i’m deadass overjoyed that we started talking again. and really, you’re way, way too supportive, i literally don’t deserve how much love i’ve received from you even but please know that i’m grateful for every bit of it and that i love you stupid much and hope we can have another good year together :’)

@milkteandhan you?? are also?? one of the few who have been dealing with my ass literally from the very start?? because i seriously can’t remember having been on tumblr without you around?? BUT ALSO YOU LITTLE SHIT IDGI you bully me to the ends of the fucking world but for some reason?? i still love you?? >:(( ok but jokes aside, i really do love you a lot, i mean i love you as much as you make me suffer and that? that’s a lot :) you drop by my inbox with either the cutest/funniest message or pictures that make me wanna dig my grave but either way, they always make me smile like a fucking moron and listen LISTEN. i really wanna explain to you how much you mean to me but idk where to start bc i can’t. literally just can’t. find the words for that. but all i can say is that meeting you is something i’ll thank any and every damn god out there for and i’m not even religious, like at all fjkdjfkd so yeah. mwah

@astronomlns my god you bitch you bully me almost on the daily and then you?? have the audacity to deny it?? but! that said, i don’t mind lol. one of my biggest regret what goes my “”online-life”” is the awfully long time we didn’t talk but that’s also why i’m mad happy that we actually do now, almost every day even. i’ve already said this before but have the friendly reminder that you’re among the few that i feel really safe when talking. we’ve also pointed out this before but it’s almost been two whole years since we became friends and i hope you can stick with my shit for another whole year. again, you bully me a lot, but i still love you a whole damn lot, never forget that

@lixchannie i’ll be flat out honest, idk what the hell i’m supposed to say here. despite all bullshit that has happened you’ve been there with me this entire, entire time ever since we became friends and i don’t think i’ll ever be able to explain how thankful i am for that. we don’t talk every day and imy when we don’t lmao but tbh i’m fine with that because i’m genuinely glad knowing that i even get to have someone like you in my life. so yeah don’t leave me bc i’ll deadass hunt you to the end of the world

the rest of the “”kin-gang”” like some like to call it @bubbleskz @berryyyyyy @skzbbie we don’t talk as often, v v rarely actually but i want y’all to know that i don’t appreciate and love you any less than i did before we started somewhat losing touch. i don’t like sounding cheesy and shit fjkfkds but let it slide this time, the times we do talk are times i treasure more than i can explain, deadass. i feel like i don’t tell you this enough but you guys are better friends than i could ever ask for. again, we don’t talk as much, but 2020 would’ve sucked a thousand times more if we didn’t talk a lot, so thank you tons for being part of it and i hope you’ll be there for 2021 too :’)

@soulkhunscompass LISTEN. listen. i’ll say it, i’ll just fucking say it: i don’t deserve you at fucking all :///// you’re way too sweet to me, talking to you always makes me smile and laugh, esp when you promise making me food one day ffjdkfjkds. but somehow?? at the same time, and idk how you do it, but somehow SOMEHOW you never fail to make me feel appreciated whenever you tell me sweet ass things. ‘in return’, never forget that both that and you are something i appreciate way way more k >:( and also >:(( never forget that i love you so much, literally more than i love how the corner of felix’s eyes crinkle up whenever he smiles and that’s,,, that’s a damn lot tbh 👉👈

@chwe-yeeun honestly i’m lowkey sobbing while writing this. you’re one of those i only got to know this year, in fact just a few months ago but nonetheless, you’re still one of those i treasure a whole damn lot. like you said, you love making me suffer with pretty boys, it hurts but it’s still funny lmao, i appreciate but also feel bad whenever you have to deal with my bullshit whenever i come crying to you over eric those pretty boys, aNd ThE tImEs yOu SeNd ThAt CuTe HuG?? i return them all, like fr take my heart i don’t need it, it’s your for the taking like literally fuck it. moral of the story, i love you tons and thank you for being there with and for me :’)

@riskyrenjun i might as well start off and say that i fucking screeched when i saw you in my notifs and mention my content on your blog bc?? the queen herself?? noticed me?? wtf?? and i’ll be honest, i’ve been following you for a good while and for the longest time ever i wanted to hit you up bc you’ve literally always seemed so precious sO?? dO YOU EVEN KNOW??? hoW hAPPY i am?? that we actually?? are friends?? i’ve done nothing to deserve that but here we are fjkflkd. i saw your end-of-the-year post, i’m sorry i haven’t responded to it and that i’ve been so shit at talking lately, but i promise i’ll try to get better at it lmao so!!! i hope you’ll still stick around with me at that point because i can be really fucking damn annoying 🥺 long story short pray for a good 2021 bc you’ll probably regret ever even wanting to talk to me once we’ve become closer lol <3

there are a few other friends and mutuals i wanna include here; i don’t talk as much with some of y’all, others are people i’m still getting to know but nevertheless, i want you to know that meeting each one of you here on this hellsite is a blessing in itself and that it’s one of the things i’m happy 2020 has actually given me :’)

@0325-4419 @marculees @jwisungchan @stealerz @ciiikb @zoey-angel-istaeminsbitchnow @yangles @violethhj @littlefallenrebel  

alllso to dear dc servers: @planteii @joey-yellow-county @sakura-writes-stuff @bound-writings @koukounuts @classicalsylph  the rest of the server bc i’m struggling really hard to find them // @crimsoncitrus @everythingsinred and the rest of that server because again i’m struggling to find the url to the rest fjdkfkd; i’m not particularly active in neither but i still want you to know that i’m very grateful for being able to be part of two v v warm and welcoming servers, so thank you for that 🥺

#FUCk this got longer than i thought fjfjld

[the-red-rainy-perytons]

Welcome, foolish mortals…

Hello, dear reader. My alias is Peryton. A bit about me: I'm chaotic good and a tiny dork. Perytons are my favorite mythical animal, look em up they're great. From now on, you'll be able to recognize me by my blue colored font. This will come in hand as we'll be a four person blog. At any time, one or more of us will be typing in a post. Wow that was poor sentence structure. My English teacher grandma would cringe in her grave if she had one. Anywho, I'm Peryton and I'm passing the draft onto Rainy. Go wild, child.

Hey there! Rainy here (no that's not my real name, and no I won't tell you what it actually is), resident Chaotic Librarian. I'm in about 20ish fandoms at the moment, and my color is purple. If you see any miscellaneous stuff that doesn't have any continuity with whatever else is happening, that's probably me. There's not a whole lot else to say about me, so I'll pass it on to Red. Take it away.

howdy, people! y'all don't need to know my real name, so just call me red. like the taylor swift album. and also the color of the font that i use. you can also distinguish my words by the fact that i don’t use capital letters, and that’s because i don’t cap. ever.

New member as of 4/11/21, give a warm round of applause for…The! As the prophecy foretold, our URL is finished

Hello! It’s “The” here! The newest member of our crazy crew. Big marvel and Disney fan! My color is green, like grass! I’m new to Tumblr so be patient with me lol! But you know I could do this all day so......

So yeah, we're the red rainy perytons! We're mostly just a group of weird people who make weird posts. And occasionally some inspirational stuff that I occasionally spout. Life is like a kid at a birthday party. Because I am a piñata, and life is constantly beating me with a stick to get the good stuff out.

#funny #positivity #weird #weirdos #get used to it #life is strange #red #rainy #peryton #is the a fourth member? #the is not a fourth member but that could change under the right circumstances #that last tag aged well #like a fine cheese

[lebonheurdelafleurcueillie]

‘Murderous Monster’

Isn't it funny? The simplest of lies we tell because the truth is hardly ever forgiving. Mending little bridges and creating greater ridges with the simplest of white lies.

I didn't deny a single thing, did I? Yet, my actions betrayed me. My nonchalance, my honesty, my humor. If you looked closely, you would know that the words I utter so full of all the things I could only hope to achieve were as devoid of life as I have been. The only thing letting me stay alive and stay sane being my vengeance. I offered you tea to lighten the atmosphere. God knows, if he exists, that you were mad enough, and I was well aware that my betrayal wasn't something we could discuss over tea. I offered you tea anyway, being all aflutter at your interest in my late night rendezvouses.

I didn't deny when you asked if it was all a joke to me. You had already made up your mind of the answer. Do you think what I said at that moment would have made a difference? I don't. So, I didn't. I knew that your first instinct would be to shoot me dead. Even then, I couldn't bring myself to hide. I never hid from you. I never took cover, and I did not outright lie, because even if I wouldn't admit it, I knew that I deserved that bullet in my head. I always have deserved your retribution because I did all those things to deserve it.

You called me heartless. It hurt more because you are one of the people who know that I do have a heart. Seven years of having choice ripped from me, seven years of being forced to do their bidding, seven years of getting into their ranks only to rip them apart in the name of sweet revenge, seven years of having accepted that I will have to become a monster in order to take out the biggest monster behind all of this, seven years of agonizing nights and about just as many tainted pages to keep on keeping on and being able to see the warmth of humanity, seven years of failed attempts, and finally you came along, being the first person ever to get through to me, giving me a moment where I felt human again.

For the very first time, in a very long while, I started to believe that maybe, just maybe, my quest for vengeance hasn't left me hollow. It made me feel human again. You made me feel human again.

You never really said that you get it. The pure disdain on your face at my nonchalance was enough proof. But I knew if I had been sorrowful you would have tried to understand. Did you ever stop to think that if I begin to rationalize the things I do, I would never survive the pain ? How could I stand there and mourn my actions when I know that they will drown me like waves in a sea storm, relentless, unforgiving and fatal? How would I continue to live with myself? Did you ever think about that in your vision of black and white, Officer?

You looked at me as if I was a monster, long before you called me one. That was the only thing going through you mind, wasn't it? Only a monster could do what I had done. Only a monster could hurt you the way that I did. Only a monster could turn all your righteous rage into something insipid and put the blame back onto you. Only a monster could call you a hypocrite while he himself walks around breaking oaths and ending calm. Only a monster could blame you for the dead while three feet deep into digging graves. Only a monster could do that. I know that. I am that.

I laughed. I laughed but it was hollow and you knew that too. You've seen the human in me. You've seen him laugh and that's why it didn't just hurt you. It hurt me too. If you heard closely, if I let you hear me without any distraction you would have heard the regret in my white lies. Bowed down a little more when you stayed the night and you could have tasted how bitter all my nightmares have become, poisoning me with each passing night. If I had stayed longer with my eyes closed, that night, you wouldn't have had to wonder about my remorse. You would know it in my screams at two clicks past midnight. If today I had let you stay long enough to see, you would have known that I never sleep because when I do, all I see are faces staring back at me, belonging to those that I have wronged. Instead, I did what I know all too well. I affirmed your belief that all I am is a monster, and all I can bring is destruction.

I never really told you to leave. The request was there regardless, in my shouting at the top of my lungs. How I hurt you, how I didn't tell a single lie, just to convince you of my wrongs, just to make you hate me more. If you had looked closely, you would have seen right through the deception and half truths. The moment you confronted me, I should have expected no less than righteous fury. Maybe the look of betrayal wouldn't have hurt as bad if I could believe that I had to do that. If only I could believe that I had to betray you, that I had to go behind your back and hide my plans from you. None of what you said was wrong, and I knew it. So, it was easy to go along with the flow you brought on. It was easy to face those lies when even I believe them to be true.

I only lied when I said that I have always been like this. I only let go because you knew it too. You knew that it was a lie. The moment you left, I was half agony, half relief. Pulled you in because you made me feel human. Pushed you away because I'll never not be a monster. There was a time where I wasn't a monster. I could tell you about that time, but all that it would bring is pain. Monsters don't feel. They don't think, nor do they regret. I did regret. Nightmares stale in my mind, and with open eyes all I could see was the blood on my hands, even if I ignored you when you said the same thing. All I could see was your blood spilled on my hands. Not a memory but a prophecy. How could I let you stay then?

How could I let you sacrifice yourself? How could I let you understand my calamity? How could I let you turn to grey for a monster like me?

You don't deserve to have to guide me to my absolution.

I don't want you to guide me to humanity either.

~K.W.

AKA What I think went on in Kieran’s head post ep 23

I’m having trouble editing so the strikethrough is the lie.

Bold of you to assume, if in case you did, that you would be free of Purple Hyacinth content on this site. *evil laugh*

Imma just change my url to PurpleHyacinthSimp at this point

#purple hyacinth #kieran white #lauren sinclair #phantom scythe #im a ph simp and you know it #webtoon #fucking hell soph and eph are bRILLIANT YALL

[agir1ukn0w]

Attention Reylo Fam!

After hearing some disturbing rumors on social media that Lucasfilm may be considering pulling back the release of The Rise of Kylo Ren in order to change some major plot details of Ben Solo’s journey to becoming Kylo Ren (specifically his involvement in the destruction of Luke’s academy), I have decided to write a letter to Lucasfilm asking them, if the rumors are indeed true, not to do so. Obviously it is more than likely that the things I’ve been hearing are no more than supposition, given that I’ve only seen them on Tumblr, however I would still like to voice some of my concerns and the collective concerns of the fandom to Lucasfilm if there is a small chance they will receive my letter and take it seriously.

I have just finished my first draft, and I wanted to post it here so that you may read it and give me suggestions on things I should change or add on in the comments. I value the input of my reylo family, and I want to be as truthful and accurately representative of the feelings of the collective fandom as I can. I will post the draft below the cut, and also, if you would like your name to be included in the signing of the letter (either your blog url or, if you are comfortable, your real name), please let me know and I will add you to the list.

Dear Disney Lucasfilm Ltd.,

I would like to preface this letter by saying think you. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for all the wonderment and inspiration that you have given me these past four years of my life. These movies, tv shows, books, etc. have been a cornerstone of my cultural upbringing since before I can remember and I personally believe that Star Wars is the single greatest tale in the history of the world. I thank you with all my heart for carrying it forward so honorably.

That being said, I still very much believe in this story’s potential to be a beacon of empowerment for those who feel so disenfranchised and even oppressed in the real world. I still believe that this story is capable of making children look up and believe in themselves and their power to make a difference.

I don’t think I’ll ever fully understand the reasons why you made the choices you made with regards to Episode IX: TROS. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a fine movie, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. No work of art can possibly please everyone, and I would also like to thank the cast and crew for working so hard and putting their entire souls into these projects these past several years.

This has all been a roundabout way of coming to the main point of my letter to you. Specifically, this letter concerns the character Ben Solo.

I’m sure that you have been hearing and seeing a variety of heated emotions on social media concerning the fate of this character. The first time I met him way back in TFA, I knew that he was someone special; even then I felt a very deep connection with his struggle and began to root for him. The arc that you gave him in TROS was beautiful, and everything I really wanted to see. I’d been hoping for his redemption for a long time, and to see it so beautifully acted on screen was truly inspiring. Although I must say that I really could have done without his death, for the purpose of this particular letter, I will digress from that opinion, even though I know for a fact that I am not the only one who holds it. At the end of the day, Ben’s storyline was fulfilled because he overcame the darkness within him, helped Rey to defeat the ultimate Evil, and brought her back to life with his love. I couldn’t have asked for more.

However, I have been hearing rumors on social media which are very concerning. A few people have suggested that Lucasfilm plans to pull back the release of the comic The Rise of Kylo Ren by Charles Soule in order to change some of the major details of Ben Solo’s story to better fit with what happened in the movie. Specifically, I am referring to the very important fact that Ben actually didn’t kill his fellow students in cold blood and that he didn’t set his uncle’s academy on fire. I don’t know if this rumor is even true, and I pray that it isn’t. The fact that I have as yet only seen these rumors on social media leads me to believe that there is little probability to it.

However, I cannot convey to you the depth of my despair should they turn out to be true. And I know that I am not alone. The fandom has already seen the plates, clearly showing that it was not Ben who set fire to his uncle’s academy. It would be a huge mistake to completely redo them now, and I can tell you with absolute certainty that you would lose the good faith and trust of many people in this fanbase.

I have written this letter to implore you all at Lucasfilm, if these rumors are indeed true, to please rethink your strategies; Speak with your fans directly, understand their viewpoints and how important this character is to so many. I won’t tell you how much I personally love and care for the character of Ben Solo so as not to take up too much space in the letter, but there are many others who love him feel a much deeper connection with the character than I. Should you chose to do this, you would not only be drastically changing important details of the character’s life, but you would also be taking his own past from him. So many dedicated fans will feel disenfranchised. Furthermore, your sales would go down drastically. I cannot tell you how devastated the vast majority of your fans would be. We all want justice for Ben Solo, and if we cannot have it through him living a long and happy life, we deserve to see it through the truthful telling of his past.

Both Disney and Lucasfilm have been major centers of hope and inspiration for me throughout my life. The messages that you send, that even those who have made terrible decisions in their lives can be gravely misunderstood by others, and that they can always make things right, is extremely important to me. And the story of Ben Solo is one which I have followed closely since I saw The Force Awakens for the first time. I believed in his ability to redeem himself even before the information that what happened at Luke’s academy wasn’t his fault came out. Even when it was assumed that he had killed his fellow students, I believed in him because that is what Star Wars is about. Belief, hope, and understanding. In The Last Jedi, Leia says, “Hope is like the sun. If you only believe in it when you can see it, you’ll never make it through the night.” I have held on to that message ever since I heard it, and it has gotten me through many tough, emotional times in my life. I know that you respect your fans, and we as a fandom have not given up hope that you will do what is right for these characters.

Once again, before I close out this letter, please accept my deepest gratitude for all that this company has done to bring Star Wars into a new generation, inspiring us to go forward and create our own stories and modern myths. I am, and always will be proud to be a Star Wars fan.

Sincerely,

…………

Let me know what you guys think, I am excited to mail this letter!

Peace, Love, and Reylo💜

#reylo #I❤️Reylo! #reylo is canon #I❤️BenSolo! #ben solo #bendemption #bendemption is canon #the rise of kylo ren #trokr #charles soule #the rise of kylo ren comic #trokr comic #disney #lucasfilm #disney lucasfilm #dlf #star wars #sw #I❤️StarWars! #the rise of skywalker #tros #reylo fam #reylo community #reylo family #reylo fandom #letter to lucasfilm #reylo positivity #peace love and reylo #let me know what you think #jj abrams

[lovely-quarterlife-crisis]

tagged by: @yunwoo and @hyunubear sorry this is late and thank you for tagging

rules: answer the questions & tag people you’d like to get to know better / catch up with

tagging: @peachjaem00 @hwaberrykiwi @i-put-the-me-in-disapoinment @memehyungwon @sleep-is-4-da-week @eyebags4days. no pressure~

what do you prefer to be called name-wise?

Q is alright. Full name is hard to pronounce and im kinda tired correcting people so Q easy.

when is your birthday?

November 5th ♏

where do you live?

Colorado USA. Where are all the coloradans at tho

three things you are doing right now?

listening to music // all these tag games // wondering what im going to eat later lol

four fandoms that have piqued your interest:

i try to stay out of fandoms cuz of fandom drama but in terms of like piece of media i had been eyeing stayc for so long i am now binging everything they ever released lol // haikyuu or however you spell it lol. everyone keeps talking about it im interested but only when the fandom dies down a little // julie and the phantoms and i think thats it? if im interested in something i usually have it in my mind for months before actually getting around to it lol

how has the pandemic been treating you?

alright i guess. i get frustrated at people not taking the necessary precautions. Other than that its been nice being home although i cant visit a lot of my family

a song you can’t stop listening to right now?

Nobody Else by Monsta X ❤

recommend a movie:

Grave of the Fireflies cuz i need everyone to cry as hard as i did. i honeslty have such a wide variety of movies that ive seen. talk to me about movies pls

how old are you?

tbh anytime someone asks me this i automatically forget lol also my whole family jokes im a super old spirit. Anyways, im 23

school, university, occupation, other?

just graduated so now im kinda... lost lol. i’ll figure it out

do you prefer heat or cold?

Cold! you can always add layers in the cold but you cant take off your skin in the heat

name one fact others may not know about you:

i used to be obsessed with snakes when i was like 7 and ive been wanting one so bad since like 2 years ago

are you shy?

yeah. i think more than anything i like to sit back and observe other people before befriending them but once i befriend you i will never forget you ❤ i pride myself in being one of those people that no matter how long its been since the last time we talk it’ll still feel the same

pronouns?

she/her

biggest pet peeves?

when someone cuts a person off when they’re talking and they raise their voice when they’re being ignored. im projecting but whatever. it seems to happen a lot with the older women in my family. also leaving seconds on the microwave. also also people moving my stuff thinking theyre cleaning up

what is your favourite “dere” type?

skip lol

rate your life from 1-10, 1 being crappy and 10 being the best it could be.

9. i wouldn’t say im happy with where i am but i could be doing worse. but im also striving to be better

what’s your main blog?

@/simplyquetzo

list your side blogs and what they’re used for

this one is a sideblog

i have another one but... secret cuz im slightly embarrased of the url. if you know it shhhhhhhh

is there something people need to know about you before becoming friends?

i will leave you on read but its unintentional. i rarely get mad at other people and if i do get mad chances are i’m more mad at myself than the other person

#tag game

[stillinaincrad]

The NineSpot: Anime I Really Liked with Sequels I Really Didn’t

Am not calling any of these the worst sequels of all time or likewise calling any of the originals the best ever by any stretch of anyone’s imagination, but these are sequels to anime series I fell in love with and didn’t really care at all for what came next. (am not considering OVAs or movies based on entire shows, btw, because they both almost always suck compared to entire seasons anime)

1. Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? (Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka)

The original DanMachi series was proof-positive that predictable and cliché can still yield a really great tale when the directing and production is top notch. Everything that should have made it lackluster couldn’t outweigh the feels and I always end up smiling earlobe to earlobe. The characters are beyond well crafted, and it is still crystalline-clear that this project was someone’s pride and joy. I adore the original series. The Sword Oratorio spinoff was -meh- to me, it leaned too much on the original for hooks as it tried to fill in Ais’ backstory and ended up being more about Lefiya anyways (plus they blatantly stole the marquee anthem from Last of the Mohicans, which turns me off a thousand times every time it plays now). Oratorio provided some levity, but did nothing at all to advance the story. Then we got DanMachi 2, which started out with mediocre writing but a killer arc and the backbone surfaced for some amazing story depth to amass, but all we got in the end was the horribly lame Ishtar arc where a depressed fox girl doesn’t want to be a prostitute and Bell feels bad about it. I’ve felt exactly nothing for these characters since the original.

2. Overlord

Take a peruse through my blog and you will see that I have never campaigned for a second season of anything more than I did Overlord. I LOVE the first season, it is an absolute favorite of mine, and being that it is yet another Madhouse anime I honestly never expected more but always clamored for it because Overlord was absolutely deserving. When we finally got S2, it threw me for a loop because the original cast barely appears in the first four episodes, but then I found my feet and eventually got myself into the new episodes. Ironically, that is about all that this second season had to offer to me. The lizardmen arc is fantastic, definitely watch it, but when that ends? Here’s about all you need to know: Sebas has a softer side, Climb is a little bitch. There you go, onto season 3 (which is fantastic, btw). 

3. Full Metal Panic

FMP is one of my favorite old-school anime ever, because it balances great humor, great characters, and - despite a shload of filler in the second half - a great all-around story. It is SUCH a gem. Second Raid was a tad bumpy due to a new studio, but still fantastic, and Fumoffu was the comedic break that an already goofball of an anime conjured up and it totally fit as long as no one took it too seriously. Then, some 15yrs later out of nowhere we get Invisible Victory, which Xebec used to completely rewrite everything, and not in a good way. From go, Kyouka - an important supporting character from the outset - is killed and totally glossed over like it wasn’t significant asf, and I got pissed. Then all the already-established characters took on totally new personalities of grave seriousness, which was never the brand. When you take previously established characters who have always been hopeful, energetic, and buoyant to a fault, always looking forward and up - and suddenly make all of them overtly dramatic, hardened, and inordinately austere across the board, it totally cheapens the original and to an extent that superflous doesen't even begin to describe. Massive franchise fail, Xebec - dishonor on you, dishonor on your cow. Easily the sequel I have hated the most. As in, ever. 

4. Sword Art Online

Look, I am the last person you need to tell how much bad this series has divulged into. I was so all-in on the concept, the characters, the drama, and the love of the original series. Do you think it’s ironic that I’ve been doing this almost 5yrs now and haven’t changed my URL? I’ve always said that if the first Matrix movie were left alone and that was it - Neo giving that threat and then flying off into the credits and we have to make up the reality that may or may not have transpired after that -  that it would be in the top 10 movies ever made. That’s how I see the first arc of SAO. It was THAT good, I have somehow watched it more than anything ever made. I originally considered the whole second half of the first season to be filler and am always turned off at the molestation that it celebrates, but said it was ‘for the story’. Then the Sterben shiz happened and I said ‘yes, it’s the EXACT SAME STORY  but it’s going somewhere’, and then it did, to somewhere absolutely worse. I made it about halfway through Alicization and I up and quit altogether. SAO is such a shit franchise - the only thing that has gotten worse than the animation is the writing, the characters that used to be great are so incredibly shallow and annoying now, and I have made more fun of something I used to love than anyone. I am the first to admit I am a huge heel for most of what I have said in support of it in the past. But omg those first 14 episodes. I can’t label the initial tale of SAO as anything but amazing. And if those 14 episodes were the only episodes we ever got, I would easily call it one of the best anime ever made.

5. Date a Live

I almost have to laugh that I am about to mention Date a Live after that. DAL was never going to be confused with a good anime, but it was fun. It was silly and rampant and insane, but you still fell in love with the characters because they were totally and completely worth falling in love with. Then DAL2 happened, and I hate this season a little too much. It was released too soon, it was done too poorly, it was just every kind of measurable cringe. The only thing worse than the writing was the lackadaisical and pedestrian voice acting, and that’s saying a lot considering how intern-worthy the animation of the second season was. DAL3 redeems itself plenty, the characters become likeable again, and there is an actual story and it isn’t awful and harkens back to seeds planted that were never developed, and at least part of the budget was dedicated to better artwork. But wow - DAL2 is just pure hot garbage.

6. A Certain Magical Index (Toaru Majutsu no Index)

The first two seasons of both Raildex series have casts I'd pretty much take on an entire den of Wendol with a soup spoon to protect. They're just that good, so I was beyond excited when a third Index season was announced. I've never read the source material, so maybe some were ready for it more than I was, but Index III started off TOTALLY different - the blood and brutality is turned up past 10, everybody up and turned into an a-hole about everything, and it all felt very foreign to me compared to everything before it. But, I stayed in because I was still invested in the characters and wanted to see where it all went. It eventually reminded me a lot of the good 'ol days of anime where it wasn't always happy, where sometimes even the good guys made you feel bad, and where there was a fairly complex storyline that you really had to pay attention to if you wanted to keep up. The difference is, a lot of those shows were good. Index III just... was. I got nothing out of choking my way through the entire season, and really didn't care about anything but finishing it long before I ever did. I still feel a bit betrayed that this was the anime that fans waited 8 years for. 

7. Eureka 7 Ao

No need for any exposé. Screencap says it all. How you follow up one of the most epic mecha anime ever with this fail of a series is beyond me. Great music, absolutely abysmal writing. 

8. Infinite Stratos

Was Infinite Stratos good? Original, yes. Fun, yes, Characters that made you care about them, yes. But good? BWAHAHAHA NO, it absolutely was not good. IS is one of a handful of titles I chuckle about saying I enjoyed, because it's quite bad. Which is how you know IS2 is total dregs, because it's so very bad that it makes the first season look kinda decent. There was a story worth developing in place in the second season, they just chose to go full potato on the harem and fanservice elements instead, and decided that the writing didn't really matter. The ensuing episodes are for the most part just too much stupid to watch. 

9. Blood Blockade Battlefront (Kekkai Sensen)

A bit of an odd duck, Kekkai Sensen introduced us to a world of enigmatic and strange bedfellows traversing a totally bonkers landscape of a world that somehow all manages to come together as a collective yaaas in the end. There is a unity that develops between them which task by wacky task binds these otherwise incongruent personalities together towards a common goal, and interpersonal gold eventually develops between them. The strengths of the individual are blended like watercolor to reinforce the weaknesses of the individual within the resulting eccentric genus. A cliché but nonetheless robust red string of fate ties all the loose ends together and a fantastic actuality of cognizance materializes between the ragtag cast and the forces that amass against them, and the first season ends with a feel-good that no one could have ever seen coming. It really is a great ride. Then the second season happens, and the glue that holds it all together feathers and ‘stuff just happens’. I was disappointed that all that great writing and plot that intertwines in the first season is totally absent in the second, and in the end it becomes just tales. I wanted so much more and got barfly stories regaled secondhand. 

#is it wrong to try to pick up girls in a dungeon #dungeon ni deai wo motomeru no wa machigatteiru darou ka #overlord #full metal panic #sao #sword art online #date a live #a certain magical index #toaru majutsu no index #eureka 7 #eureka 7 ao #infinite stratos #blood blockade battlefront #kekkai sensen #anime

[splittingxpaths]

[Alright guys, the changes have come! Here’s what you can expect;]

General updates!

URL name change! seerxtaiko >> splittingxpaths

Rewritten my rules page; not much has changed, but it’s more clear and organized. Included a new rule that duplicates of Frieza and Paragus are more than welcome to interact with my own.

Created a new muse page; each character has a short summary I’ve written so that you know what to expect. Besides Taiko, Frieza and Paragus, I’ve also added summaries of Shami (the parasite from the previous ‘arc’ I was/am writing for fun) and Orachi (ex-friend of Taiko from Namek).

Written a page for THREE main verses that can be picked!

A.Seer’s.Life; a verse without Frieza or Paragus in Taiko’s life. Frieza and Paragus are available, but Frieza is unaware of Paragus surviving, nor knows about Taiko and their existence. Paragus lives in the northern cold region of Earth, unaware of his son’s survival. Shami is taken in by Taiko after coming to see the kind of host he had.

Starting.Over; a verse where Taiko found Paragus, who had become gravely ill at some point. Nursed back to health, the old Saiyan would stay because he feels indebted to Taiko, despite his protests of being helped. Shami in this verse has never returned to see what kind of host he had, wandering out in the wilderness and learning to survive.

Forced.Recruitment; essentially the Frieza Force AU where Taiko was found a year or so after Broly’s fight with Vegeta and Goku. Taken by some goons in hopes that Frieza could use the Namekian to find the dragon balls when the radar had been lost, Frieza instead finds another use of Taiko and their seering powers. This verse is outside of Earth, Taiko pressed into service so as to serve Frieza with their ability to see the multiple futures. Shami in this verse has never returned to see what kind of host he had, but could be found and trained to fight.

Created a brand new set of tags to use; will no longer use the old ones.

Found and edited a new theme for the blog; created a background for the said theme to better fit the theme of mystic/tarot that I associate Taiko with.

In the process of creating banners/headers for separate muses for answering asks. Is lower priority.

Will be creating a relationship page and will be listed as Ships [UC]; have not started yet. Please let me know if you’d like to be included!

Making icons for Frieza; will be mainly from the movies “Resurrection ‘F’” and “Broly” at current. Frieza’s icons has been finished!!

Creating a new promo post to introduce the revamped blog. This also includes a newly made artwork to reflect this blog as best I can. Might take awhile. Higher priority!

Muse updates!

Rewritten summary of Taiko; removed the old bio page, as well as other unnecessary pages.

Added Frieza; during the Super timeline, generally a year after the Tournament of Power & “Dragon Ball Super: Broly”.

Added Paragus; post-movie “Dragon Ball Super: Broly”, headcanoned to have survived the death beam by mere inches from his heart.

Added Shami; a parasite that had been feeding on Taiko’s energy ever since it drained most of Seer Kika’s own ki.

Added Orachi; ex-childhood friend from Namek. During the Frieza saga/invasion on Namek, had fled in fear when he and Taiko were caught, rendering their friendship damaged and broken. Has since then trained harder than ever, trying to be the warrior he should have been, still wrecked with guilt.

Thread updates!

Will be dropping most threads; had too many pile up during the time where I ask for a thread but then depression or the likes would make me lose motivation. I will look through the group of threads I have waiting on me and pick through them. If I drop a thread, I’ll attempt to make a post and tag you about it.

Any interactions before Shami the parasite finally revealed himself can continue on as normal without Shami’s presence being known. We can continue developing our muses’ interactions until we reach a point that this can occur.

#{.ooc.}_Mod #Blog Update

[themysteryshack]

See You Next Summer...

I think there’s only one other time that I’ve ever posted on this blog out-of-character.  But now here I am:  Lil’ ol’ Jessica, the one who conjured up this goofy blog six whole years ago.

Alas, I am just one small frog, with many big voices.  Taking on every character on one askblog was probably a bit over-ambitious--I actually did that because in the beginning, I couldn’t draw worth squat and felt that if I used screenshots, including every character was this blog’s only saving grace.

Yet, Gravity Falls granted me characters so strong and rich and vibrant that it was like...they were speaking for me.  Not me for them.

I started this blog on August 8th, 2013.  Gideon Rises had just aired a week prior, and I was unfathomably hooked on this awesome little show...with no fandom whatsoever.  Before season 2, the Gravity Falls community on Tumblr was almost non-existent.  Heck, that’s the only reason I got the URL “themysteryshack.”  So honestly, I thought this blog was a fun little shindig I’d keep up for a week or two as writing practice, and then send off into the void of animated obscurity.  (Fun fact: I tried running a Tangled askblog in 2011...We don’t talk about that Tangled askblog).

But yet, that is far from what happened.

Out of nowhere, Gravity Falls exploded in popularity.  What had started as people asking Dipper and Mabel’s favorite video game now turned into requests for life advice, for comfort, for help.  As this surmounted, I was terrified that I would never be able to give you guys adequate advice--I was just one girl voicing a bunch of cartoon characters!  Yet, you guys’ encouragement and love...It was overwhelming.  It still is.

I read so many of you guys’ tags, and so, so many of your messages.  I teared up over your kind words tonight.  Thank you, thank you so much.  To many, an askblog seems like nothing, but TheMysteryShack...This honestly made me who I am.

I met the love of my life through this blog, in its early days, no less.  We chatted for years via fan mail before asking each other out--immediately after the airing of the Gravity Falls finale.  We’ve been together ever since.

I met so many amazing friends through this blog.  Artists that encouraged me, taught me, inspired me with their renditions of this lovely, lovely show.  Through their support, I got my first commissions through this blog. As things grew, I was shocked to actually have people at conventions recognize my URL, just because this blog gave me the incredible honor of a voice in the community.

And above all, the feeling of just...helping people...I’ve gotten messages from so many of you that have brought me to tears through just the joy of being able to help.  I had one of you tell me you’re pursuing veterinary school because of advice from Ford.  Another who said the blog helped them cope with the passing of their father.  And when I personally started going through some really hard times, it was like I could detach myself from everything, knowing Dipper and Mabel and Stan and everyone would be there even for me if I needed it.

I’ve had a few of you ask me why I can’t just go on hiatus and come back to TheMysteryShack after a break.  Well, those of you who have been following for a while know that this blog has been hiatus soup for a while...And at this time, so many drastic things are coming up in life that I don’t know if this blog can ever be the priority it deserves to be again.  So I wanted to give you all this final send-off instead of letting the blog wither away.  And above all, I wanted to include all of you in its closing--You all deserve to know how valued you are.

I remember when I was celebrating 50 amazing followers, and now I’m looking at nearly 15,000--15,000 of you incredible people who took the time to send in asks, to read our responses, to laugh and cry and DANCE A JIG OF GRAVE DANGER with us.  And I say “us” because the characters are still there.  While this blog won’t be updating anymore, it’s not going anywhere.  The Mystery Shack Crew will always be here if you need to come back and hear a friendly voice.  That’s been my goal from the start, and I pray that it continues to help anyone who needs it.

I want to give a special shout-out to @galladerocksgamer​ for helping me with tonight’s asks, and being patient with me when I wanted to throw my laptop out the window.  He embodies the characters incredibly and I truly could not have orchestrated tonight without him and his brilliant positivity and talent.

I also wanna thank Alex Hirsch for giving us this blessing of a show in the first place.  From the writing to the animation to the sheer complexity of it all...I can say without a shadow of a doubt that no television show has ever meant so much to me.

And finally, I just want to specifically thank all of you, everybody who’s ever interacted with TheMysteryShack.  Whether you’ve been here all six years or just discovered us tonight, it’s been my privilege to answer your questions--And house the entire shack crew in my heart all this time.

And in closing,

We’ll meet again

Don’t know where, don’t know when...

But I know we’ll meet again some sunny day.

Stay weird, everyone.

~Jessica

#gravity falls #disney #askblog #ask blog #announcement #goodbye #<3