#bless all the mods and participants

[zhongrin]

welp, all things come to an end... it's been fun *wipes tears dramatically*

#rin plays ebg #ANYWAY IT ENDED EARLY BUT IT WAS FUN #THANK YOU MODS ILY #AND YALL WHO PARTICIPATED IN TRYING TO SABOTAGE ME #OR JUST LIKE PARTICIPATE IN GENERAL BY SENDING ASKS OR REPLIES #YALL ARE ANGELS AND AWESOME HUMAN BEINGS MAY YOUR DAYS BE BLESSED AND MAY YOU HAVE THE MOST AWESOME WEEKEND EVER MAY YOU SUCCEED IN LIFE #AND ALL OF YOUR ENDEAVORS AND MAY ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE!!!!!!!!!! #now fi̸̱͘nally things can return back to n̷̹͍̺͚̘̗͎͕͑̈́̋̓̋̐ö̸͔̣̞̰̖̍͘͘ͅ #'ebg afterparty' event

[jr-bigbang]

Hi lovely people! 

Soon we’ll be publishing some additional information about our J/R Big Bang (including author expectations, artist expectations, and a full schedule). We just wanted to pop in here and say a few things before we do.

We know there’s another Jegulus Big Bang in the works – the fact that we’ve been blessed with two Jegulus-themed fests of the same caliber at the same time is such a happy coincidence! As many of you may know, we’ve been working on this project since early March with the intention to announce our fest in mid-April, giving participants plenty of time to come up with plots and potentially shuffle their schedules around if necessary.  

Since our fest has a planned timeframe of September – May (from sign-ups to the start of posting), it looks like there’s going to be very little overlap between these two fests, so we’d love to see all you Jegulus writers and artists participating in one or both if your schedules allow! If not, we hope you will support all of the participants in the fests by reading, commenting, and promoting their hard work.

That being said, we do not condone nor do we tolerate any Jegulus-related hate, ship-bashing (I.e., Jegulus vs. Jily), hate or bullying directed at our fest or any other Jegulus fest, any of the mods, or its participants. We are focused on cultivating a positive, inclusive and supportive atmosphere for all Jegulus creators. 

At the end of the day, we’re all here because of our love for these characters, and we’re thrilled at the prospect of more Jegulus content coming into the world. We can’t wait to release more info in the coming days, promote Jegulus works, and welcome you all to our fest! 

Love from,

@wolfpadx, @lemonlans, @just--vi, @imdamagecontrol, @badhairred, and @steveahoi

Follow along for updates on our tumblr, instagram, or tiktok.

#ask #jrbigbang #jegulus

[mcytblr-archive]

Early MCYTblr Interviews: conarcoin

today's interviewee is conarcoin, runner in the 2020 MCYTblr elections, founder of gay castle, mod on the mcytblr-confessions blog, and MCYTblr veteran! below is a transcript of the questions and answers.

Q: You’ve been in MCYTblr for a long time, and participated in a lot of MCYTblr events, so let’s work our way through them. Can you tell me a bit about what 2020-2021 MCYTblr was like for you, or anything that immediately comes to mind when you think of it?

A: 2020-2021 MCYTblr was a shithole, but it was a shithole I made some really good friends in and I don't regret that period at all. I regret some stupid posts I made, sure, but overall? Nah. 2020 MCYTblr was always filled with drama as it was a transitional period - it was primarily made up of what we now call "truthers" and the scattered remnants of SMPblr, and that sort of caused a culture clash. I'm immediately reminded of the time I got into a huge drama for having the url "transtubbo" in 2020, which one ex-SMPblr user was not fond of. Also a lot of posts made by straight up weirdos like that one infamous "sex god whore" post.

(the url "transtubbo" was not a truthing thing, but a DSMP thing, but this was a time when truthers were still everywhere in MCYTblr and the divide between RP and real life wasn't as clear, which is how I ended up in hot water)

Q: I understand that you started and ran the “gay castle” discord server. Why was it created? What was your experience running it?

A: Gay Castle's still alive and well after 3 years. Me and a friend made the server in September 2020 due to being tired of the drama in another server we were in called Sleepyheads. It's a personal friend server, so we just invited people we thought were chill to hang out and have some laughs. I honestly would call Gay Castle my internet family, they're a wild bunch and we've had so many great times over the past 3 years.

Q: What was it like running the mcytblr-confessions blog? Do any confessions stand out to you from memory?

A: mcytblr-confessions is the child of me and like 10 or so other members of Gay Castle. The experience is mostly mundane, just queueing and deleting asks. We do get a lot of asks that get deleted due to breaking the rules and such, but it hasn't been particularly drama-filled or anything. There's way too many confessions that stand out to me, but personal favorites of mine will always include the Foolish peas anon, the Highcraft church anon, and the one about AustinShow calling anon Greg instead of their actual name.

Q: If my memory serves, you ran in the October 2020 MCYTblr elections. Who did you run as? What was your experience being a part of it?

A: I did, alongside a friend at the time who went by Fakenoblade. I don't remember too many details from that period of time. We ran as "Potato2020" and didn't get very far but we had fun. Cecilia (bless her heart, we're still mutuals even though we don't talk often) can do a really good Technoblade impression, so in call we had her say some funny lines that we edited into a promotional campaign video. Fun stuff.

Q: Are there any other events that stand out to you?

A: The day a bunch of content creators joined in 2021, mostly smaller ones. That was around the same time I became friends with Erin (@itselectralive), who is still one of my closest friends to this day and an absolute sweetheart. She got me onto a SMP she helped run called Balls SMP, which crashed and burned, but I had fun and met some cool people.

Q: Do you remember any of the main discourses/dramas that went through the community?

A: Apologist discourse, obviously. I didn't engage with it - I honestly didn't care for either c!Tommy or c!Dream - but it's hard to avoid it. Shipping discourse and boundary discourse. Honestly, I can't remember anything more specific besides the more general dramas.

Q: What do you remember most fondly from that time?

A: Honestly? Just early Gay Castle and also liveblogging the L'Manberg Election. That night was so much fun, one of the most vivid memories of that time period I have.

Q: Is there anything else you’d like to add?

A: You guys should watch SMPLive. Not really, it's aged like piss and several creators ended up being freaks but it's still got a lot of funny jokes and interesting lore (believe it or not). From what I have seen, its fandom is the root of a lot of MCYT fandom's most obnoxious behaviors, but the people who are left and still care about it are really cool. It turned 5 this month!

#early mcytblr interviews #Volume 8 #conarcoin

[tlt-holiday-exchange]

ADDRESSING THE HOUSE OF THE TOMBMATES, ITS REVEREND ARTISTS, ITS REVEREND WRITERS, ITS REVEREND PODFICCERS

Nominations: October 1 - 15, 2023 11:59pm PST (Happening Now!)

Sign Ups: October 16 - 31, 2023 11:59pm PST

Assignments: first week in November

Works Due: December 30, 2023 11:59pm PST

Work Reveals: January 6, 2024 11:59pm PST

Creator Reveals: January 13, 2024 11:59pm PST

🎅 COLLECTION 💀 TAGSET ⚔ COMMUNITY ⚔ TUMBLR 💀 TWITTER 🎅

Salutations to the House of the Tombmates, and blessings upon its transformative works. Your celestial mods, the troublesome two, beg the House to honor your favorite book series, and humbly ask for the fruits of your creative labor.

For in need now is The Locked Tomb Holiday Exchange, the most blessed and beloved of the AO3 exchanges, the faithful and the everlasting! Your mods call now for postulants for the position of Participants, creators of the fanworks that serve your fannish kin for going on five years; ever since the release of that beloved book Gideon the Ninth. For though its fan creations are many, our appetite is as insatiable as the anger of the Beast of the Tomb herself!

To this end, we beg the creators: the fanfiction writers, the podficcers, the fanartists—to come forth and sign up for The Locked Tomb Holiday Exchange.

Many we hope will meditate and ascend to the honored position of giftee in the temple of the Archive of Our Own, many creators joined to their recipients in the most honored of all fannish traditions.

There is no dutiful gift so perfect, nor so lovely in our eyes.

🎅 COLLECTION 💀 TAGSET ⚔ COMMUNITY ⚔ TUMBLR 💀 TWITTER 🎅

#TLT Exchange 2023 #The Locked Tomb #Gideon the Ninth #Harrow the Ninth #Alecto the Ninth #Nona the Ninth

[cap-ironman]

2023 Cap-Iron Man Exchange Gifts unveiled on December 28

It’s the first day of reveals! Each day we will be revealing gifts created by 2023 Cap-Iron Man Holiday Exchange and Community Gifts event participants. The gifts will remain anonymous until January 11, giving everyone a chance to enjoy the works and guess the identities of creators. (Remember, if you've got a work in the collection, please remain anonymous until after creator reveals!)

Here are today’s gifts! Enjoy today's works and give them love!

★ All We Do for tinystark616 (MCU, 9556 words)

Tony doesn't mean for anyone to find those recordings. Steve doesn't mean to see them. Between the two of them, there were never the right words spoken, so this just might be a blessing in disguise.

★ Father and Son for starksnack (MCU, 5205 words)

Peter should have seen it coming. All hell breaks loose when his secret identity as Spider-Man is revealed. His parents take the news about as well as you'd imagine, and it escalates all too quickly. But his family wouldn't be his family if they didn't work through it. Together.

★ Take My Hand for ishipallthings (Avengers Assemble, Art

Steve is assigned to protect Tony Stark, son of Howard Stark, the famous inventor. Proud to a fault, Tony is reluctant to accept his bodyguard, but somehow, there's this one request he just can't deny.

To check out all of this year’s gifts (so far!), head over to the 2023 Captain America/Iron Man Holiday Exchange AO3 Collection.

When your gift is revealed, please be sure to comment and thank your gifter!

If you’re the creator of a gift that’s now been revealed, you can reply to any comments and stay anonymous — AO3 will automatically show you as "Anonymous Author" until the creator reveals.

Finally, you may want to change the publication date of your work to today’s date so that it shows up at the top of AO3's feeds. AO3’s guide is available here and we have a more detailed version here.

Happy holidays, and we hope you enjoy all of the revealed works!

♥ Your 2023 Cap-Iron Man Holiday Exchange and Community Gifts mods

#stevetony #superhusbands #stony #capimholidayexchange #capimevents

[cssns]

CSSNS23 IS A GO!!!!!

Alright y’all!!!! Get ready!!!! Sounds like there’s still PLENTY of interest in another year of the Captain Swan Supernatural Summer!!! I have to admit, I’m AMAZED AND SOOOOOO EXCITED!!!! 

THANK Y’ALL SO MUCH!!!!!

So here are the deets...

Sign ups will be open from February 20- March 1.

Get To Know Me’s will start dropping in late April or early May.

Posting Dates will be in July, stretching into August if needed.

For those new shipmates not familiar with the Captain Swan Supernatural Summer, this is an event I created back in 2018 to address the woeful lack of Werewolf Killian fics. And we have succeeded many times over!!! The event is open to everyone. The only requirement is the fic or artwork has to be CS focused and supernatural in nature. In past years we’ve had werewolf, vampire, fae, selkie, soulmate, shapeshifter, witch, ghost, and many, many others!! 

All of the past years fics can be found on ao3 here.

Any fic length is fine, from a 100 word Drabble to a 250,000 word epic MC. Any rating is fine. Any type of artwork is fine, from using traditional mediums of paint and drawing, to digital artwork to videos to gifs. Artists can elect to do their own original artwork and/or they can be paired with a fic writer to do artwork for the fic being written. And we certainly hope to have enough artists sign up that we can pair every author with an artist that wants to be paired. So please! SPREAD THE WORD!!!

Signups open a week from tomorrow, and this post will be reblogged daily on this blog as well as this years mods’ blogs in order for the most people to see the announcement!!

Any questions, you can leave an ask here, or get in touch with me or one of our other mods- @kmomof4​ @winterbaby89​ @jrob64​ @ultraluckycatnd​ @stahlop​ - either on Tumblr or discord.

Come join us!!! It’s gonna be another great SUPERNATURAL SUMMER!!!!

Tagging all former participants to help spread the word!!! Under the cut unless Tumblr ate it.

@kymbersmith-90 @hollyethecurious @hookedonapirate @searchingwardrobes @emmaswanchoosesyou @justbecauseyoubelievesomething @shireness-says @the-corsair-and-her-quill @youre-not-a-cat-youre-a-rat @everlastingcaptainswan @resident-of-storybrooke @donteattheappleshook @artistic-writer @winterbythesea @awkwardnessandbaseball  @branlovestowrite​ @natascha-remi-ronin @distant-rose @pirateherokillian @flipperbrain @snidgetsafan @thejollyroger-writer @seriouslyhooked @doodlelolly0910 @courtorderedcake @delightfully-difficult-pirate @nerdyhuntress @rouhn @drowned-dreamer @stubble-sandwich @its-imperator-furiosa @technicallysizzlingcloud @spartanguard  @captainstudmuffin @andyousaidtruelovedidntexsist @wordsmith-storyweaver @snowbellewells @initiala @ilovemesomekillianjones @jarienn972 @coaldustcanary @gingerchangeling @blessed-but-distressed @mahstatins @jennifer-morrison @polarbearmorgan @teamhook @totheendoftheworldortime @stubble-sandwich @winterbaby89 @lenfaz @yayimallamaagain @tehgreeneyes​ @cocohook38 @eastwesthomeisbest​  @allons-y-to-hogwarts-713 @forestiyari @abeylin1982 @shipsxahoy @seastarved​ @wingedlioness @the-irish-mayhem @katie-dub @shady-swan-jones @bleebug​ @blackwidownat2814​ @darkcolinodonorgasm @djlbg​ @emeraldwitches @faerytold @huffleporg @idristardis @lassluna @let-it-raines​ @lizzyc807shipscaptainswan @wistfulcynic​ @thislassishooked @ultraluckycatnd @welllpthisishappening​ @whimsicallyenchantedrose @wyntereyez​ @demisexualemmaswan​ @imlaxdris71​ @ohmightydevviepuu​ @shardminds​ @thisonesatellite​ @stahlop​ @lovelivingmydreams​ @iamstartraveller776​ @goforlaunchcee​ @carpedzem​ @mariakov81​ @clockadile​ @eirabach​ @thesschesthair​ @tornadoamy​ @justanother-unluckysoul​ @killianjones-twopointoh​ @veryverynotgoodwrites​ @everything-person​ @myfearless-love​ @zaharadessert​ @deckerstarblanche​ @killiansprincss​ @wefoundloveunderthelight​ @th3capta1n​ @sotangledupinit​ @grimmswan​ @motherkatereloyshipper​ @mie779​ @o-wild-west-wind​ @whatevenisthisbloganymore​ @romanceapologist​ @undercaffinatednightmare​ @tintedfl0wers​ @tennant-the-tigger​ @piinfeathers​ @freechoicedreamer​ @purplehawkcaptain​ @jonesfandomfanatic​ @jrob64​ 

#cssns23 #announcement #cssns23 is a go!!! #come join us!!!

[willowser]

Hello again! Willow you HAVE to stream! You would be so good at it! Take it from someone who did it, hated it, and quit lmao. But also from someone who made it through the pandemic with the help of twitch streamers and their awesome communities. Even the chats I didn’t actively talk in which was the majority. You can absolutely create a nice little space on twitch just as you've done here.

We already know you’re excellent at interacting with strangers on the internet and people want to hear your thoughts on the things you love. You’re great at keeping a conversation going and making the quiet ones (like me) feel welcome to the point that we want to participate too (clearly). And you just have great internet etiquette and carry yourself so well when you have to deal with gross anons that I’m sure you’d handle twitch trolls no problem IF it ever came to that. And thaaaat’s coming from someone who mods for a guy who did not handle the trolls well 😬

Was that screenshot you making your account? Lemme go follow

i really can't tell you how important it is to me that you feel welcome in our lil space here 🥺 because you are 🥺 you're so so welcome here and the thought that we've been able to curate this little corner of the internet into something fun !! and enjoyable !! and for everyone !!! means everything to me 🥺 you're so kind 🥺 how special it is that you've formulated such high opinions of me, i'm so 🥺 touched 🥺 blessed 🥺 how wonderful 🥺

i think it could be so fun to chat there !! idk what i would play !! maybe something fun and romance-y, like stardew 😌 idk idk !! the possibilities seem endless !! but it does sound fun 🥺 i am coming up on a milestone very quickly and i briefly wondered if maybe celebration stream would be interesting to do but !!! idk !!! i'm shy !!! i wasn't sure how many people would want to do that 🥺🥺

you sound so experienced with twitch !!! i was wondering if, in the future, if we go through with this, i could ask you some questions if i needed to ?? 🥺 bc i admittedly know nothing about twitch ajfbrjajq and you're like a liddol wizard 😌 idk !!!

how fun 🥺 how sweet 🥺 i'm so touched by all you've said, i can't believe it, how lucky am i 🥺

oh and yes !! hehehe that was my bio but !! this me !!! if you want to follow 🥺

#sorry this message is all over the place i'm actually so genuinely flattered by your message #i'm blown away honestly nothing but grateful to you #the idea that i make the quiet ones feel welcome PLEAASEEEEEE 🥺🥺🥺 that's so special to me YOU'RE KIDDING 🥺🥺🥺😔🥺🥺 #say sike rn 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 #that's literally so touching of you i'm having a crisis rn #rolling around in the dirt making unintelligible noises LOL #waaaahhhh how fun !! 🥺 #✿ ask willow

[izunaweek]

Coming in one month: UCHIHA IZUNA WEEK 2024

Get ready 🔥🔪

February 04th: Kotoamatsukami • Coup • Everyone Dies AU

February 05th: Rinne Tensei • Hunt • ASoIaF AU

February 06th: Hiraishin • Stargazing • Professional Sports AU

February 07th: Gōkakyū • Amnesia • Always at Peace AU

February 08th: Genjutsu • Time Loop • MXTX AU

February 09th: Kunai • Sacrifice • Superpowers AU

February 10th: Birthday • Free Day

How the prompts works:

Every day of our Izuna Week 2024 has a set of three alternative prompts, one from each of our three prompt categories, which are:

Naruto-specific: what it says on the tin. Here you’ll find techniques and concepts specific to the Naruto-verse as prompts.

Trope: all those good old fandom tropes we love (or hate). Can be interpreted in very wide ways.

AUs: there are infinite alternative universes, so we decided to differentiate these a bit further. The Izuna Week 2024 will have two prompts each from Canon Divergence AUs, Franchise AUs, and General AUs!

ASoIaF AU: A Song of Ice and Fire, epic fantasy novel series by George RR Martin. (Adapted onscreen as Game of Thrones and more recently, House of the Dragon)

MXTX AU: Chinese author well-known for her danmei/BL novels. This AU prompts refers to any of her novels such as Mo Dao Zu Shi (Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation) or Tian Guan Ci Fu (Heaven Official's Blessing).

The final day, Izuna’s birthday on February 10, is a Free Day! It's also of course Izuna's Birthday.

Event Guidelines:

The main focus of your work should be Izuna.

Any kind of fanwork is welcome.

You’re very welcome to interpret our prompts however literally or loosely you want. You can use one, two, or all of the prompts of a given day, and there's no minimum or maximum of number of days you have to participate in.

Mixing and matching prompts from different days is allowed as well, of course!

AI generated works are not allowed.

You submit your work by posting it on Tumblr (or posting the link to AO3 on Tumblr) and using @izunaweek to notify us. Please also tag #izunaweek2024 and the prompts you used.

We have a Discord server for the event you can join here. This is completely voluntary, of course.

Check out our carrd for the rules & FAQ.

If you have further questions, feel free to reach out via ask or DM!

Mods: @bitchbot3000 @silverutahraptor

#izuna #uchiha izuna #izuna uchiha #izunaweek2024 #naruto founders #naruto fanart #naruto events #naruto #izunaweek2023 #2024 prompts #sharpen your knives everyone! #we're VERY excited to see what's everyone been cooking

[hpweddingfest]

HP Wedding Fest - Masterlist

Below is the official masterlist of HP Wedding Fest! All the works have been revealed on AO3. Thank you so much to all our participants and readers! It was so lovely to run this fest!! xoxo your mods @maraudersaffair and @ladderofyears​

You Can’t Spell Trouble Without Draco Malfoy by @lordofthegoods​ (Harry/Draco, Explicit, 8580 words)

coffee-stained sunlight by @girl-with-goats (James/Regulus, Teen, 6,345 words)

The Great Conjunction of the Bodies of Shoretribe by @astridastrolabe (Luna poly relationships, Mature, 3849 words)

Something Borrowed by MidnightStargazer (James/Lily, Teen, 2,928 words)

Nothing but a good time by @digthewriter (Harry/Draco, General Audiences, Digital Art)

I must have done something good by @yletylyf (Sirius/Severus, Explicit, 2,000 words)

Beholden by @byrainchance (Lucius/Narcissa, Explicit, 6650 words)

Journey by @ladderofyears (Harry/Draco, Teen, 1078 words)

It’s a Beautiful Night (I Think I Wanna Marry You) by @aneiria-writes​ (Albus Severus/Scorpius, General Audiences, 1412 words)

Her Father's Blessing by @liiilyevans (Astoria/Draco, Teen, 4,600 words)

Always a Planner and Never a Bride by @harryissuchalittleshit (Hermione/Ron, General, 4,700 words)

Something Old, Something New by @indigo-scarf (Greg/Draco, Teen, 3,400 words)

Leeward by @teacup-tai (Harry/Draco, Mature, 8,000 words)

A Lifetime Commitment by @iero0 (Mrs Zabini/OC, Teen, 4,500 words)

This is Real, Real Love by @celestemagnoliathewriter (Andromeda/Ted, Teen, 13,000 words)

Handmade Heaven by @bee-prescott (Charlie/Pansy, Explicit, 1,000 words)

The Coupling by @maraudersaffair (Severus/Harry, Explicit, 11,000 words)

You’ll Always Be Mine by @maraudersaffair (Pansy/Hermione, Explicit, 1,000 words)

In the Presence of My Enemy by @dodgerkedavra (Harry/Draco, Explicit, 41,000 words)

[Art] Wedding Photograph by @ladderofyears (Harry/Draco, General, Digital)

#hp wedding fest #hp fests #hp fest masterlist #hp fanfic #harry potter fanfiction #harrypotter fanart #hp fanart

[mosthuggableffxiv]

As Promised: The Ardbert Essay

(specifically the one that didn't come from a wiki)

Full text below

Alright, fine, 8 paragraphs? Honestly, I should've seen this coming. But here's the thing, mod. My original Ardbert submission was just his Wikipedia article copied and pasted. I mean, what more could I say? His story and pain speaks for itself, and for that reason, I thought there was no better propaganda for Ardbert than who he is. But I see that is not enough, and so, I am responding with a fully fleshed out essay of at least 10 paragraphs.I hope it goes to show the lengths to which I, @teridani, believe that Ardbert Hylfyst needs a hug. (Or, depending on your interpretation, "is the most huggable". More on that later.)

When Ardbert first appeared in patch 3.1, it was a mysterious hook meant to drawn us players in. Who is this guy? Why is he speaking with the Ascians? The Warriors of Darkness appear as a threat. When Ardbert first introduces his group, dear mods, I laughed. I was playing through the game with a friend and I found it hilarious that they would be called "warriors of darkness". It's not really any sillier than "warriors of light", but the idea that our enemies, our RIVALS, would just use that name was... so silly. I did like their style, though.

I was a bit frustrated at the return of the Ascians once again. You must remember, dear mods, that I was playing through the entirely of ARR just recently! I was binging the story! And the early Ascian characterization left a lot to be desired. So, here I was, believing Ardbert and his crew were nothing more than Sunday cartoon villians-of-the-week, here to end the world just because. This initial reaction is important for you to understand how big of a switch first impressions were to where I'm at now.

Ardbert himself seemed to relish in this role early-on. He fell into the role of a villain easily, casting aside any doubts towards his goal. He had to. Look what being a hero had brought him and his friends. Still, a degree of hesitation persisted. Ardbert didn't really want to hurt anyone. He never did. He says himself, "We were just adventurers trying to make our way. An odd job here, a favor there—we never aspired to be Warriors of Light." His feelings towards being a hero, I believe, mirror his feelings towards being a villain. Swept up in the tides of fate and tragedy, there were no other paths left for him.

Urianger was the one who brought up the idea of luring out the Warrior of Light, casting the realm into chaos with their death. Of course we have the blessing of hindsight to understand that Urianger never wanted them to come to harm, but Ardbert steeled his resolve and set forth. All he said was that he would make it quick. A mercy in its own right. There is no way Ardbert didn't see a reflection of himself in the WoL, an echo of the same unsundured soul. Through his eyes, eventually any hero who espouses the virtues of *one* element, be it Light or Dark, would doom their world. It seemed a choice between two paths with the same end: doom the Source now, or later. The only difference is how many he could save by doing the former.

Over the course of the finale to his Heavensward arc, Ardbert reveals the missing pieces to the puzzle to us. How he and his friends took their lives just to have a chance at saving their world. As heroes to their world to the very last, they participated in the ultimate sacrifice. I believe I do not need to remind readers of this line. "We did everything right, everything that was asked of us, and still—still it came to this!" How could you not want to give this man a hug? When you think of the pain, regret, grief, and anger he must be feeling? When you see the blind unfairness of the world rest entirely upon him?

In the end, the most heartbreaking thing was when the Warriors of Darkness placed their trust in Minfilia and Ardbert simply asked if she could take them home. They had failed, it was all up to someone else, and at the very end without any other choice... They chose to go back to their home that they destroyed. If only Ardbert could've passed on with his friends, at the very time, perhaps he would have felt some degree of finality. Some measure of redemption. But instead, they were gone along with Minfilia, and he was left for a hundred years alone.

Whether he whispered or screamed, not a soul could hear his voice. His body and mind were barely held together by the time the WoL came to the First. Devoid of hope, he still followed the WoL and watched as piece by piece, sky by sky, night returned to the Norvrandt that he alone beared as his mistake. Ardbert was denied, again and again, any chance of redemption. The only person who could bring hope and joy back to him was the WoL. Of course he was more than willing to sacrifice himself once again at the end of it all—for such a person, he would be willing to do that and more.

I also promised to speak more on his huggability, so I will do so here. First, we look at his height. As an average height Hume, Ardbert comes in around 5ft 9in, or 175cm. I can't attached a picture here, I don't think, but if you find a height comparison tracker and input the 50% height data of each race, I believe it will be of use to you. I used the Male 50% sliders because I'm nonbinary and I get to make the rules here. Au'Ra: Ardbert comes up to shoulder height, a perfect height to rest his head upon your clavicle and wrap his arms around your waist. Roegadyn: Oh baby! How couldn't you hug him? Ardbert comes up to a Roegadyn's tit- I mean chest. There's a reaction image somewhere on the internet about this very thing. I'll leave it up to you to find. Miqo'te: At 5ft 5, Ardbert is slightly taller than the average Miqo'te, and you can rest your head extremely easily on his shoulders. As he wears traditionally Warrior attire, this means nice, high quality leathers and soft furs. Of course, he'd take off his shoulder pauldrons for you. Elezen: The average Elezen can rest their chin perfectly atop his head. I believe that says all I need to say. Viera: A Viera is slightly taller than Ardbert, and but not overtly so. At this height, neither person would have to bend or stretch too far: they would fit like puzzle pieces. Lalafell: For this, not only will I note that a Lalafell could be completely wrapped up in Ardbert's arms, but I ask you to remember one of the other best characters of Shadowbringers. Lamitt wouldn't fall for ANY person who wasn't extremely huggable. Her endorsement says it all. Hrothgar: A Hrothgar and Au'ra are only 2 inches apart, but ther's something more I would like to note. Ardbert has both scruffy hair and facial hair! Like whiskers and fur of his own, he would be a perfect nuzzling companion.

So! For the true hero of the First, for one who gave us the push we needed at the end, who has suffered more than any person should ever have to, I believe we owe it to Ardbert to give him a hug. And also, we owe it to ourselves to hug him, regardless of our height, because as proven time and time again in the story... Ardbert loves you. Thank you for reading.

#ffxiv huggability #final fantasy xiv #ardbert #ardbert hylfyst #warrior of darkness #shadowbringers #shadowbringers spoilers

[ieatsmallorphansnamedtom]

hi do you have any hcs about sebastian? or just the ass squad in general (abigail, sam, sebastian) :D

Of course, anon! Gotta love the ass squad lol. Thanks for the ask. :) Spoilers for the ass squad obviously.

Sebastian and ASS Squad Headcanons!

It was actually Sebastian that inspired Sam to start a band! Seb knows the keyboard by the time Sam is wanting to start a band, and I imagine it was him playing something for Sam that sparked the idea!

Speaking of the band, poor Abigail had to sit through hours of Sam going on and on about what it would be like when they're famous before she eventually gave in and joined (it's not like she didn't secretly like the things Sam was talking about nooo never).

I'm on the fence about Seb being a natural ginger or not, but I do think he dyes his hair a lot. Whether it be highlights or his whole head, he and Abby do it all the time together. He mostly dyes it red or blue while Abby is emptying her bottle of purple hair dye for the tenth time that week.

Seb has modded Prairie King for Abigail to make it easier for her. She repaid him by still failing the game.

Sam annoys the hell out of Seb by calling him emo - turns out he actually finds the word annoying. It's mostly due to Sam not shutting up about it, but he also dealt with a bit of bullying in school for it. He'll still use it himself though when he's making jokes.

He does really care for Maru; he just hates to show it. Demetrius is still rotting in hell, but deep down he knows it's not Maru's fault. He takes a lot of inspiration from her inventions and has made a few models of them.

Sebastian gets along with Elliott surprisingly well. it mostly started over Elliott hearing him play keyboard and asking him about it, and from there they grew kind of close! They won't really hang out, but they talk at the saloon on Fridays, catching up on how the other is going.

Thanks to his unlikely friend, Seb listens to classical every now and then. Sam found out and has not let it go. The only reason they aren't being blackmailed into doing all his bidding is because Sam is so forgetful.

Sam is banned from Abigail's kitchen. Let's just say he set the toaster on fire, because that's exactly what happened. Abby walked in like "I smell something burning. Sam?" to see their friend freaking out trying to blow her toaster out like it was a birthday candle. He got a massive talking to after and isn't allowed within two feet of the kitchen tiles.

Sebastian has had multiple pet frogs. The kicker is nobody but him knows about them. When he was a kid, he took one home and put it in a cardboard box under his bed. It lived surprisingly well for being fed leftover dinner.

Seb is 25, and Maru is 21, so he spent very little time with his father. But the memories he holds of him are very strong. When he and Maru were little, they were a ride-or-die pair of siblings. They helped each other cheat on tests all the time. It's only when Demetrius found out and only got mad at Seb did a rift begin to form between them.

If Seb could have any other job, he would want to participate in motorsport races. I mean, he has a bike and he's Sebastian. You can't tell me he hasn't broken a few laws doing tricks.

He used to have a little thing for Sam when they first moved to the valley. He got over it pretty quick though and moved onto Abigail. But it was his "Ah shit, I'm gay" moment.

He has heterochromia. I mean this HC is mostly because his eyes don't match on his different sprites, but his right eye is green! It's usually covered by his hair, so people don't tend to notice.

One reason he hates the beach is because he got stung by a jellyfish. It hurt more than normal because he's extremely sensitive to pain. It wasn't that bad, but this HC is coming from someone who got 1 cm worth of stray jellyfish bits on the webbing between their fingers and cried. God bless the ocean.

Also, he's autistic, with a special interest in programming. This is coming from an autistic person, btw.

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Tada! I hope you like these headcanons, anon. I worked hard on them. :) Also, thank you for being the first person to ask for a HC post!!

#sdv #stardew valley #sdv sebastian #stardew valley sebastian #stardew sebastian #sdv headcanons #sdv hcs #stardew valley headcanons #stardew valley hcs #sdv ass squad #stardew valley ass squad #sdv sam #sdv abigail #stardew valley sam #stardew valley abigail #headcanon #ieatsmallorphansnamedtom

[roteladiesbigbang]

RotE Ladies Big Bang 2023

Hello everyone!

It’s almost time for round three of RotE Ladies Big Bang, the Realm of the Elderlings fanworks event celebrating the various and glorious ladies in this series!

In May 2020, my friends and I talked about how much hate Molly and the other ladies in The Realm of the Elderlins get in some parts of the fandom, and how we found that incomprehensible because this series is just wall to wall full of gorgeous, multi-faceted and well-written female characters. As a result, RotE Ladies Big Bang 2020 was born, and we encourage everyone to take a look at the tag #rote ladies big bang 2020 or #rlbb2020 as well as #rote ladies big bang 2022 and #rlbb2022 because we have been blessed with lots of truly fantastic fanworks.

So once again, we’re proposing a Rote ladies appreciation month: 30 days of fanworks and meta starring the lovely female and female-presenting characters of the Realm of the Elderlings! The event is super casual: there’s no need to sign up, and you can contribute as much or as little as your time and energy levels allow - even if it’s just a sketch, we’d love to see it. 💜

This time we have two mods, and you are welcome to contact either @electropeach or @alloysius-g if you have any questions.

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WHAT: RotE Ladies Big Bang 2023, 30 days of celebrating these amazing characters being badass and sweet and strong and vulnerable and everything inbetween

WHEN: You can start creating immediately or and keep going all through April, but posting for the event happens April 1st to April 30th 2023! This is a kick-off post; we will make another post with prompts shortly

WHY: Because complex and interesting female and female-presenting characters in fantasy literature deserve more love!

WHO: Anyone, everyone! Especially you!

HOW: Any way you wish. Fanart, fanfic, podcasts, podfics, meta, crafts, moodboards, scrapbooks, photo edits, gardening done like Patience would do it... Anything goes! Giving everyone else’s works some love is also a valid and extremely welcome way to participate. 💜 We’ll offer a set of prompts for those who want them, but there’s no need to use them!

There’s only two rules:

1. No character hate! Not everyone likes every character and that is perfectly ok, but we ask you to keep any hate out of the tags. Instead we encourage you to redirect that energy into creating something for a character you do love!

2. No AI created images. This fandom is full of wonderfully talented artists and we don’t support companies stealing their hard work.

Have fun everyone! <3

#rlbb2023 #rote ladies big bang 2023 #rlbb #rote ladies big bang #realm of the elderlings #rote

[hermitshippingbigbang]

i wanted to send this here as a thank you to all of the mods who have worked so hard, not just to run the event but to create such a wonderful, welcoming and supportive community on the discord server. you guys are THE MVPs and i'm in awe. i hope you all have a good timezone and may your 2024 be amazing, you absolutely deserve it . love u guys!!

you miiiight already know who this is but if you don't.... >:]

WE LOVE YOU TOO!!!! 💕💕

We try our very best all the time to make this event as fun as we can for everything and keep the community as welcoming and supportive as possible. But we can only take so much credit! We were absolutely BLESSED to have such amazing, supportive, enthusiastic, and kind participants.

[tlt-holiday-exchange]

ADDRESSING THE HOUSE OF THE TOMBMATES, ITS REVEREND ARTISTS, ITS REVEREND WRITERS, ITS REVEREND PODFICCERS

Salutations to the House of the Tombmates, and blessings upon its transformative works. Your celestial mods, the troublesome two, beg the House to honor your favorite book series, and humbly ask for the fruits of your creative labor.

For in need now is The Locked Tomb Holiday Exchange, the most blessed and beloved of the AO3 exchanges, the faithful and the everlasting! Your mods call now for postulants for the position of Participants, creators of the fanworks that serve your fannish kin for going on four years; ever since the release of that beloved book Gideon the Ninth. For though its fan creations are many, we still desire more. More! M O A R ! ! !

To this end, we beg the creators: the fanfiction writers, the podficcers, the fanartists—to come forth and sign up for The Locked Tomb Holiday Exchange.

Many we hope will meditate and ascend to the honored position of giftee in the temple of the Archive of Our Own, many creators joined to their recipients in the most honored of all fannish traditions.

There is no dutiful gift so perfect, nor so lovely in our eyes.

💀 DREAMWIDTH 🎅 AO3 COLLECTION ⚔️ ASK A QUESTION 💀

#TLTExchange2022 #The Locked Tomb Holiday Exchange 2022 #The Locked Tomb #Fandom Exchanges #Holiday Exchanges #Gideon the Ninth #Harrow the Ninth #Nona the Ninth #Alecto the Ninth

[danpuff-ao3]

Lani, @lumosatnight, is such a joy to see around fandom! They do so much! Participating in fests, modding fests, reading and writing, podficcing, reccing, and more! She provides so much for fandom in so many different areas. Oh also: the HP Saffics Server!! Super friendly and encouraging! And very well read, I must say! We are so blessed to have them in fandom, and for all they do, and for being such a loving and kind presence!

Drabbles

Filthy Mutt

Severus/Sirius. Rated: E. Words: 200. Hate sex. Bondgage. HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT.

It's true. Sirius even fucks like a dog.

Good Morning

Lily/Narcissa. Rated: T. Words: 200. Secret relationship. Morning after. Fluff. Just lovely.

Just for a little while, Narcissa forgets about the rest of the world and remembers how to feel.

She Knows

Fleur/Hermione. Rated: T. Words: 200. Veela mates.

Fleur knows the instant she sees her. For Hermione, the realization takes a little longer.

Fics

Lavender for Morning

Hermione/Lavender. Rated: T. Words: 5,252. Fluff. Teenage drama. Getting together. 6th year. Language of flowers. HP Rare Pair Fest 2022. HP Flowers 2022.

Everyone thought Hermione was jealous in her sixth year because she was in love with Ron.

Everyone was wrong.

Wicked Hearts and Calculating Minds

Albus/Tom. Past Albus/Gellert. Rated: T. Words: 5,158. Genderbending. Female Albus. Female Tom. Serial Killer AU. Magical AU. Mystery. Angst. Humor.

There’s a serial killer on the loose in Magical Britain. Detective Dumbledore is brought in to apprehend them, but she didn’t expect for things to get quite so complicated or for the new DADA professor to be quite so… intriguing. Can she catch the killer in time? Or will she be caught in the process?

Your Cigarette Smell

Narcissa/Sirius. Background Narcissa/Lucius. Rated: E. Words: 9,680. Cousin incest. Secret relationship. Angst. Hurt/comfort. Unhealthy relationships. Angry sex. HP Rare Pair Fest 21/22.

It’s easy, she thinks.

Falling into each other while their family falls apart. Lips connecting while other connections fizzle away. Losing themselves to pleasure while the rest of the world grows lost to war.

Bodies sliding together as months slide by.

Podfics

Shades of Dawn

Ginny/Lavender. Rated: E. Length: 16 minutes. Angst & smut. Werewolf Lavender. Closeted character. HP Podfic Mini Fest 2022. Written by corvuscrowned.

It happens once a month — the full moon fades in the black night sky, replaced with the pink light of dawn. Ginny’s Floo sparks — vibrant green, devoured by gold and amber light. And out spills Lavender Brown.

a taste so good (i'd die for it)

Harry/Tom. Harry/Horcrux. Rated: T. Length: 30 minutes. Emotional/psychological abuse. Unhealthy relationships. Dubious consent. Horror. Starvation. Angst. MCD. Written by RenderedReversed.

Even in death, Voldemort gets the last laugh. A last horcrux, perhaps, who comes back through the very power that destroyed him:

Love.

Recs

22 Fic Recs 2022

Kill Your Darlings 2022 Recs

Untagged Fest 2022 Favs

for an explanation about Mutuals March, or to figure out why i wrote you a thing, please check out this post.

#mutuals march #lumosatnight #fic recs #podfic recs #rec recs

[bewitched-bullet]

Hi Bullet, thank you for answering my ask. You know, I don't get the impression that mods are terrified but that they are not proud of this outcome. Here's what I've noticed of this group. I've followed the characters for about 8 months (I mainly follow artists like you) and this is not a well-organized, well- communicated group. It's not uncommon to takes days for posts to be interacted by characters, even some big posts that were supposed to be pre-organized*. Everyone of them appears to be working on their own, except for the characters who have the same mod (I can kind of tell which ones because of the consistent instant responses).

*For example, John RP's last posted case file "The Adventure of the Speckled Sound". The science details were not in there because it's supposed for Sherlock to show off. Sherlock RP was tagged at least 3 times (John RP and 2 followers) to answer the toxicology aspect of the case, they didn't reply or participate at all (0) while complaining on their blog that nobody asked for the case details. I probably sent an anon ask for the toxicology as well. However, the case before, "The Aegean Sea Smugglers" were organized perfectly among all mods. It was beautifully executed.

*Another example is the both John RP and Sherlock RP didn't know when the New Lestrade RP joined them based on the discrepancies in their responses. Basically nobody informed them when a new member joined.

Those are just some big example of lack of communication; smaller ones are easy to spot as it's really not uncommon. I'm thinking that maybe this group has gradually fallen apart over time. The anon mod did say that John RP said he was gonna quit. I guess at that point nobody was actively managing this group so no actions were taken and now it has become extremely messy. All speculations, of course, based on their group dynamics.

These are very good observations. I haven't gone that far to check that out (yay, life). But if you or someone could gather these examples together, that could be helpful.

When doing roleplay (rp online accounts, Larp, D&D, etc) it's very important to stay coordinated. This helps with story and event continuations, the quality of entertainment (cuz let's be real, online rplayers are unpayed actors providing artistic content. Bless you all.), and in the event an actor needs to switch out, the transition is smooth and not confusing or hurtful.

As a DM, it is my responsibility to coordinate everything and ensure a positive experience for both the players (and when I did this online) for the audience.

If these rplayer decide to rebuild, it may be beneficial for them to get someone that can act as a DM.

#a scandal in tumblr #answering asks #good observations #someone gimme a beer #DM responsibly #rp responsibly