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tarisilmarwen · 8 months
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"Thrawn only joined the Empire to help the Chiss!"
Okay sure but have any of you bothered to self-examine why Thrawn chose to join the Empire instead of, say, the Republic, when that was still around? Or why he didn't chose to throw in with the Rebellion, put his tactical mind to use helping them overthrow the Empire quicker?
Could it be... perhaps... that maybe he values the Empire's military strength... more than he cares about the authoritarian tyranny with which it oppresses its own people?
Is it possible that he thinks the Empire's main problem is that it isn't effective enough, too much politicking getting in the way of sound strategy, but if he's around (and in charge) he can guide things so that those annoying little wrinkles (AKA the pockets of discontent and rebellion and fully justified anger at their rights and freedoms being trampled on) are all smoothed out and the overall Imperial machine is better, more in control of its assets, a stronger more unified bulwark against the outergalactic threat of the Grysk or the Vong or whatever.
Is it perhaps just a bit self-centered of him to only care about the Empire's ability to service his own goals and desires and be apathetic (at best) to the way it makes people suffer daily under its inherent systems? The Twi'leks and Wookies being constantly kidnapped and sold into slavery? The careless industrialization of arboreal worlds? The socialization and absorption of all private industry, forcing everyone to work through and with the Empire if they want to work at all? The systematic persecution of anyone remotely Force Sensitive? Is it not the mark of some kind of soul rot to be aware of all of that and go, "Yeah, but I don't care, they have the bigger guns, which is what I need."?
Maybe... just maybe... Thrawn has some Machiavellian tendencies and opinions and maybe this just might... make him not entirely a good person?
And maybe y'all should think about that before you come back and whine about his portrayal as a villain, as if all he has to do is explain to people that he did everything for a good reason and he gets an automatic narrative pardon for all of the shit he did while Grand Admiral that still needs to be addressed and answered for.
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cosmiclion · 2 months
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Every time I see people warning others that a work of fiction is very dark/disturbing/triggering/fucked up/etc I end up watching/reading it and at the end I’m like “This is what they were making a big fuss about?”, do people tend to exaggerate or am I just desensitized? 😭
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recallback-art · 8 months
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This is still a baller design even though I made him a sec ago, that headshot just looks good.
But Cero here is my artificer alchemist dhampir I designed for a Curse of Strahd game I'm gonna play with some buds! He's definitely not kind of a creep and that tongue is definitely harmless.
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stridingseer · 1 year
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If I got a cent for every time one of my favourite pairings get read as familial, I’d be rich. 
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who-needs-words · 2 years
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Me, working on ongoing WIP for current fandom after a long week of Midterms: this is going well
Me brain: hey… you remember that fandom you haven’t been a part of for 4/5 years?
Me, still writing: yes
My brain:…
Me: please don’t
My brain: 😏 🙃
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buckybarnesss · 9 months
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Bro, the noise I just made. I literally cannot stand the fanon for Stiles or Derek. It is so so soooo bad, I think these people literally have only seen the 2 hour sterek compilation. Every day I am like "who fucking told you people that Derek never smiles and has no sense of humor?"
Stiles gets turned into this big eyed, kitten twink who wouldn't dare to misbehave because he's the sheriff's son (the kid who gets drunk in the WOODS, and gets his dad drunk so he can steal casefiles!!)
Derek like... He is either completely useless and cannot dress himself for a date without fanon!Laura (do not get me started) telling him what to do, or he is so emotionally repressed and damage that he can barely handle someone kissing him without him falling to pieces.
LIKE. Derek smiles. Derek makes jokes!! Derek laughed at Stiles right before the pool scene. Derek knows how to use a cellphone and a laptop. Derek is a goddamn millenial, he knows what grumpy cat is. He knows he's hot, he has a mirror!!
Also... the man lived in New York fucking City. He's not afraid of crowds or talking to people or making out, he uses sex to get his way (Erica and the deputy at the front desk!!)
i know.
like, there's a period of fics that are usually from the s1-2 period that lean pretty hard on derek's dark, brooding and grumpiness from season 1 but of course he was like that. he was going through The Horrors during season 1. he was grieving laura, he was being retraumatized by kate and dealing with scott, stiles and fucking jackson.
he wasn't one dimensional though. his anger was a mask for all the fear, confusion and trying to be in control.
do you know how many fics i've read where people have stiles think about all the apparent physical violence derek has done to stiles as if he's always slamming him into surfaces? way too many to count and it's incorrect. off the top of my head i can count 3 times derek did something like that to stiles. the shove into the wall and slam into the steering wheel in wolf's bane both of which had a point to them. whether or not it was a good emotional response doesn't matter. what matters is that they were not random or part of derek's personality. he didn't just shove stiles into things every time he saw him. the wall shove in s4 with de-aged derek was a deliberate call back to that very instance in wolf's bane. it was literally coupled with the whole cousin miguel bit.
fandom doesn't like to acknowledge that derek hale isn't particularly violent over the course of the show. he hardly even wins the fights he engages in and he is often forced into fights knowing he cannot win.
our boy mostly ends up on the fucking floor.
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derek also does make jokes. dry ones usually he thinks they are hilarious too. he thinks he's a funny guy. his dad joke game must've been off the charts, sorry eli.
he and stiles trade barbs a lot and he thinks stiles is funny. stiles amuses him and he indulges it a few times. he shows off to stiles too like a loser.
he likes to fuck with scott and stiles and enjoys taking the piss out of peter. he genuinely enjoyed fucking with liam in s4.
he's not a luddite either. he has a cellphone and we see him use it. i bet he plays games on it. i bet he plays candy crush and words with friends.
and fanon evolved to strip away that stiles is an asshole. he a violent little freak. he threatens people, he expresses regularly his desire to kill people or have them die, he cares about a very small selection of people in his life and if you're not in that circle than god be with your ass because stiles most definitely won't.
he loves and respects his father but this doesn't mean stiles respects the law which is why i don't know why the law enforcement route was chosen for him. stiles hates rules and boundaries. he chafes at them.
stiles casually helps kira and scott break into evidence to get her cell phone. he tells scott's fbi agent father to fuck himself. he got his dad drunk to get access to case files. he copies people's keys. he's a nosy shit.
the whole show started because stiles was a nosy punk kid who wanted to see a dead body.
but i digress.
fanon stiles had a lot of scott's characteristics projected onto him so they could bash scott. i know there's a lot of people who don't like scott which is fine or whatever but there are so many that do it so they can make a pinata out of a character they've extracted all the good points from and give to their favorite little white boy fav.
stiles "i will beat you with a bat" stilinski is a freaky little shit who will bite you.
do you know how hard i laughed when in s3 stiles and isaac genuinely just like could not stand each other? they couldn't be in the same room with out insulting one another and it was the complete opposite of stiles being oh so sensitive to isaac's past and history than straight up in 3b stiles the epitome of insensitive says to isaac something about still milking it (his abuse). stiles is a dick.
i also genuinely have umbrage with the pack mom trope that stiles gets saddled with. the way fandom has oft feminized stiles leaves a bad taste in my mouth too.
derek and stiles are both assholes and i love them very much.
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wannaeatramyeon · 9 months
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you write characters pretty accurately so i was wondering what you think their reaction would be to reading the fanfics people write about them? also love your work💜💜
lol... thanks anon. I mean technically this is a request and I have been deleting them but-
Lookism/HTF react to their fanfics...
Disgusted
Doesn't want to think about it. Doesn't want to go anywhere near it. Leave them alone.
Johan Seong: C'mon, be serious. This edgelord will hate how people depict him. If it's accurate then he will get defensive, if it's not then he will get offended. Fluff, angst, soft, smut, doesn't matter. Does enjoy when Eden and/or Miro makes an appearance though.
Blushing
No interest in reading about it, makes them embarrassed and flustered to know that the fandom thinks about them that way.
+ Daniel Park, Jay Hong, Vasco Tabasco, Jace Park, Lineman, Brad Lee, Jerry Kwon, Han Wangguk
Flattered
Skims over fanfics. In awe, reluctantly impressed.
Jake Kim: Wow they think he's that handsome huh? That much of a green flag? Nice! A little disturbed but chuckles at Jake/Samuel shipping. What will these crazy fans think of next.
Ji Yeonwoo: Would blush but used to the thirst from his Study Newtuber days.
Ryuhei Kuroda: Damnit. Look at all the possibilities if only his dong works properly.
+ Zack Lee, Sinu Han, Eli Jang, Warren Chae, Jibeom Kwak, Jason Yoon, Kim Munseong
Doesn't give a shit
^ what more is there to say.
Samuel Seo: doesn't give a shit until he decides to compare how popular he is next to Jake Kim. And then... wtf! Prepare for another mental breakdown. Jake/Samuel shipping? He hates it. (Hates it less when he's the top though.)
Gun Park: Gives zero fucks. Barely reacts when they mention him as a dom. Well, of course. Have you seen him? Cracks the tiniest smirk when he realises the fandom likes to write Goo as the whiniest mf-ing sub ever.
+ James Lee, Hudson Ahn, Jihan Kwak, Xiaolong, Baek Hangyeol, Seong Taehoon, Lee Jinho, Seo Haesu
Expected, surprised there isn't more.
They have fans, they have ego, they have a reputation. Of course they would expect fanfics of them.
+ Vin Jin, DG, Baek Seongjun
Writes their own
Goo Kim: Excuse me?? Why are there so many Gun simps and so few Goo simps? He doesn't even care how he is depicted.
This degenerate will write whatever to push his numbers up. X reader, canon shipping, him breaking the verse. Anything.
Sinu Han: writes the Jake/Samuel fics
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crowwritesaway · 1 month
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Yandere Male Idol x Female Idol Reader Pt.2
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“What’s that look on your face, Y/N?” He asked, hating that look on your face. You were smiling at a fan. This person in particular was someone you met before. Nothing felt more right than when you talked with him. It was as if only you and him existed. Nothing else mattered.
You looked away. “What look?” He laughed, shaking his head. “You rarely show that look. It’s that look you give when you desire something. Almost as if you’re in love. But, that’s not it, right? My Y/N wouldn’t jeopardize her career for a mere relationship.”
You shrugged your shoulders. “I’m past losing my fans. Our fans are better than that.” You bit your lip. This feeling is going to eat me alive. “So it isn’t desire.” You thought about it. “Yes. I mean no.” You said, startling him.
He tapped his fingers on the table. He discreetly glanced over at the guy that was staring at you. What’s so good about him? And who does he think he is staring at my Y/N?
“Hmm…” He didn’t insist on the matter. He knew you wouldn’t tell him the truth. It’s okay. I’ll find out myself. This little moment ends today.
“Just lay back on your seat.” You crossed your arms. Aside from the turbulence, all these unnecessary questions were making you anxious. “Fine.” He leaned back into his seat. He pouted and looked away.
You closed your eyes and held back a groan. You opened them and glanced at Eli. He was slouching in his seat. He was just curious. You leaned over and scuffled his hair before moving away. He smiled but remained silent. He wanted to see how far you would go to comfort him and at the same time, show that guy who belonged in your heart and mind.
You looked at Eli. I guess I upset him. “Eli, don’t look out the window. You’ll get sick again.” He shrugged his shoulders. Seriously.
He melted inside. She knows me too well. If we aren’t meant to be then she would leave me to suffer alone. Oh my Y/N. My heart. My love. Perhaps, I’ll announce our relationship in our next concert. He bit his lip. Yeah, that’ll work in scaring off anyone who wants my Y/N.
“You can cuddle into my shoulder if you want.” You mumbled, poking his dimple. He hummed. “But if you don’t want to then I guess I’ll just move over to the other seat so I won’t bother you.” You unlocked your seat belt. The second he heard the sound, he rushed and pulled you in his direction. He quickly secured your belt and cuddled into your side.
You looked at him with wide eyes. He wrapped his arm around your arm and laid his head on your shoulder. Our leader was right, he does have a tendency to cling onto me.
No one is going to take her from me. He grinned. A plan occurred to him. You both were shipped by your fandom and were considered on to the biggest shipping among idols. Maybe a scandal…a rumor can bring us together. He closed his eyes with a final thought. The second you both walked through the airport, he would insinuate that there was something going on between you two.
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Stay around for more of Yandere Male Idol x Female Idol Reader
Commissions open 👇
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dis-astre · 11 months
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since it's almost barricades days and i've seen new people joining our fandom, i would like to list u all some very nice adaptations i really like that u can watch (and that are better alternatives than the bbc adaptation) (and i included links!!!!!):
what to watch ?
- i feel like this is a classic, but the 2012 movie adaptation by tom hopper, obviously. while it's not the best adaptation, it is still really good (also i feel like it made a lot of us join the fandom in the first place)
- also pretty obvious but the west end musical by claude-michel schönberg and alain boublil (i'm pretty sure u can find decent bootleg on yt) + honorable mention for the 25th anniversary concert but i feel like u need to know a bit about the musical before seeing the concert
- a personal favourite, the 1982 french movie by robert hossein, it is three hours long tho, but it's worth it; the adaptation is really good, especially the portrayal of Les Amis (here's the yt link to the whole movie)
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- shojo Cosette is also pretty decent, tho i've only watched the episodes with Les Amis (the barricades are heartbreaking just like we love)
- it's really obscure but the silent short film l'enfant sur la barricade (the child on the barricade) by Alice Guy. the sources diverge from whether it's an adaptation of les mis or an adaptation of a poem hugo wrote called "sur une barricade" and taking place during the commune of paris but the character could be inspired by gavroche
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- Les Amis webserie, that u can find on yt, or here :
it's a web serie made by fans for fans and it's amazing
- All That's Left Of Us, another web serie made by and for fans. it's beautiful and absolutely heartbreaking. u can find it on youtube or here:
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and on the overall anything that eli southern does about les mis is pretty amazing so i encourage u all to go check @thecandlesticksfromlesmis
(although i feel like u need to know a bit about the fandom before jumping right into the webseries)
- and obviously, The Brick, the original masterpiece that is Les Miserables by victor hugo; if u have the courage i promise that it's worth it
annnnd that's all ! at least for my favourite one, but there are a looooot of different adaptations for every taste i guess ! anyway have fun and take care of y'all during barricades days !
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turbulentscrawl · 5 months
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Could we get some hc stuff for weeping? He never gets any love. Your work is amazing btw ♡
Thank you!
You know, before this I honestly kept forgetting he exists...but after doing a lore dive and doing these general hcs I'm feeling like he's going to become a favorite.
As a note for tagging, I typically use a character's human name for my blog's tagging system, but since "Joker" is a name used in so many fandoms, his will be "weeping clown x reader"
As always, if you guys like my work consider sending me a request!
Identity(V) Headcanons: Joker
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-The acid which scarred him was only mixed with his colored face paints. The white base he uses didn’t harm him, so the scarring he has is mostly around his mouth and down from his eyes, following the shape of the red lips and teardrops he painted on. He still wears face paint most days to try and cover what he can of the scarring, but he’s paranoid about what he uses now. He keeps his paints locked away where others can’t access them, and always tests them on his arm before using them on his face.
-Joker has very little self-worth. It goes beyond basic insecurity, though he has plenty of that as well. His entire reason for living is based on the value he has to other people. At first, that’s restricted to just the way he can bring a bit of joy to the Hullabaloo crowds, and the few shallow friendships he’d made along the way. When Margaretha entered the picture, though, it began to twist into something even more unhealthy.
-He still has some remaining love for Margaretha, but he’s more withdrawn from her. He was disfigured, he did something horrible, and she left. But if it really came down to it, and he had no one else to talk him out of it, he probably would continue going to her whenever she calls, albeit with more inner turmoil. It goes back to that self-worth again; Margaretha makes him feel like he can be a valued protector regardless of not being very physically capable.
-At his core, Joker is a very kind and sympathetic person. He cares about others, their wellbeing and happiness, and even in a world without the above self-worth struggles he would go out of his way to help people…
-But he’s become a bit jaded since the massacre. A bit angry, even. No one did anything when he was the sole victim. No one stood up for him like he stood up for others. No one cared about his disfigured face because now it matches his disfigured body, right? …but he makes himself swallow those feelings when they start to bubble over. He doesn’t want to be that person. He doesn’t want to add more cruelness to the world.
-He’s on the quiet side. I wouldn’t go so far as to call him mute, but he chooses his words very carefully. If ever he’s unsure of what to say he would rather say nothing than ramble aimlessly. When he does speak, it’s with long pauses and shifting, thinking eyes. Conversations with him tend to move at a crawl.
-He likes gentle people. Eccentric people are fun too, but he prefers gentleness if he must choose one over the other. He got along with Mike before the massacre, but events like that have a way of either cementing or shattering bonds and theirs took the latter hit. I think he’d get along well with several people in the manor, including Luca, Emma, Victor, Eli, and Helena. He’s not exceptionally close with any of them, but few people dislike his presence.
-He’s very good at telling all manner of jokes, but he rarely does anymore. That’s a development from before even the massacre; he was required to employ depreciating humor on stage, both of himself and others, and over the years it caused him to grow heavy with guilt. Now, he may shoot off a pun occasionally, but even that is rare. He really doesn’t like to be the one joking around anymore.
-He does still like doing tricks, though! They’re not his specialty, but he didn’t go all that time in the circus without picking up a thing or two. He’s more than happy to show off these skills if they entertain his friends.
-He’s really good at finding things? It’s basically a supernatural power. If you ever lose something in the manor, he’s a good bet to check in with before you tear your room apart. Honestly sometimes he just shows up to return things before someone even knows they’ve lost it.
-Joker is completely touch starved. At first glance it may seem the opposite, as he tends to move away from incoming contact, but this is only because he often doesn’t know what to expect. As far as kind touches go, he’s given more than he’s received, and always with a nervous, shaking hand. When he has some kind of relationship where contact is both safe and common, he’s attached to your hip.
-On that note, Physical Touch is the best love language for Joker. He also appreciates the other four, but touch is his favorite. He’s a very clingy partner who always wants to sit shoulder-to-shoulder or hold hands. If his partner is less than enthused about PDA, he’s okay with more subtle touches as well, such as hooking your ankles together under the dinner table. Rebuffing his desire for contact too many times can and will result in some seriously hurt feelings. A relationship between him and someone averse to touch probably wouldn’t work in the long run.
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ash-mcj · 1 year
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@ everyone who is mad that sterek was hinted, but not canon…
as a sterek fan and avid sterek fic writer, i can full-heartedly say that i did not want them to become canon even 1%. i’m so very sure that it would kill the fire our fandom has been fanning all this time. you see, this fandom has a lot of love for sterek—and love can drive you to write…sometimes. it does not light the fires necessary to fuel our fic writers to crank out thousands of words of AU and fix-its and missed scenes, etc.
you know what does keep that fire going? the urge to write their story better, see them together, to let them live the life they deserve. if that urge was removed by sterek becoming canon, there would be so much less of a drive for many fic writers to continue with the passion they do. i’ve seen it in other fandoms, and felt it for myself. with the amount of sterek shit i’ve got going on on my ao3, i was so relieved when they didn’t become canon. jeff placed some little things like the jeep and the complicated feelings and eli being very stiles-esque—and i loved that. yes, please, throw some more wood pieces into the fires of me and my fellow fic writers’ passions so we can build a much better story!!
i would rather read a thousand fanfics that try to fix the ending, than watch whatever jeff would’ve been able to do.
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novelizt · 3 months
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HEY LIZZIE
Just here to ask you what your fav LW&Co fics are that you’ve wrote. Like ones your particularly proud of 😁
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Hi, Eli!! AHHH I LOVE THIS QUESTION
I don't mean to sound narcissistic but I'm generally in love with everything I write. It's fun to look back and go, "Holy crap. I wrote that? How insane of me." I can turn my brain mush into stuff people in fandom can enjoy! Sometimes just seeing how much I write makes me proud of myself. I think a lot of writers can relate to that feeling of being proud of just putting their work out there and having people enjoy it.
Personally, I indulge in reading which parts my readers enjoy the most. Nothing screams unity like crying over our favourite boys. It makes me feel important even if all I do is play games and write silly little stories hehe
That said, I have a few favourites, as does any parent.
First up is Peering Eyes Over Wrought-Iron Fences. I never finished a long fic before this one so I'm always giddy to remember that it got the ball rolling for me. That and I just love the idea of having a window next to your childhood friend(and future lover 🤭)'s window!
Next is my longest project ever, the Hogwarts AU: Expecto Patronum. I love Harry Potter and childhood rivals to lovers and Anthony Lockwood. 'nuff said. I loved writing it and I adored the responses it got and I squeal every time I remember your art of Slytherin Lockwood! Everything about it makes me happy 🥰
Last but definitely not the least, The Complications of A Fake Engagement! This fic still has the most notes I've ever gotten on a fic and knowing that it's enjoyed it makes me giddy. I like to think that the exposure it got makes it eligible to be someone's comfort fic. That possibility never fails to make me smile.
Sorry my response is so long, I got lost in the sauce XD I love talking about my stuff and I'm sure other authors do too. So, I hope you don't mind me tagging my favourites (@atlabeth @tangledinlove @lewkwoodnco @bella-rose29 ) because I'd love to hear which of your fics are you guys most proud of! And for the lovely Eli, I'd also love to hear which one of my fics left an impression on you and why 💙
P.S. Your Parachutes request is in the works. I have it plotted, I've just been so addicted to Genshin that I haven't worked on it much lol. I'm trying to rectify that now!
P.P.S. Get ready, I also have the Royal Suits series in the works; Four fantasy Lockwood fics where the reader is a princess of a Card Suit kingdom ✨
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do you have any favorite fellow blogs who also do yandere scenarios but like the characters aren't a specific character more like a blank slate but still yandere does this make sense aaa sorry
I think what you might be looking for is yandere OC blogs or original yandere fiction! I get what you mean, I used to have the hardest time finding good authors or blogs that wrote about their own yandere scenarios rather than for a specific fandom.
A few I'd recommend/ am an avid reader of myself are:
onmyyan (Delicious w/ both fandom/ OG works but I am biased towards their OCs <3)
Yandere-sins (always slaying, writes fandom and OG works I believe~)
Weministertomonsters (Haven't read as much of their stuff as I'd like, but ZAMN that orc fic!!)
Wordsbymae (in love w/ their oc Eli, mostly OC works I think!)
Obsessivevoidkitten (ALWAYS fuck w/ their monster fics, mostly OC)
autumnworld19 (Kind of obsessed with their unique yandere prompts bro-- Some fandom and OG stuff as far as I'm aware!)
Heartfullofleeches (I NEED to read their supernatural harem series, mostly OC but some fandom stuff!)
Youryanderedaddy (Their writing make me wanna cry, mostly original stuff!)
Here's their tags in case the links don't work: @onmyyan @yandere-sins @weministertomonsters @wordsbymae @obsessivevoidkitten @autumnworld19 @heartfullofleeches @youryanderedaddy
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fluentmoviequoter · 2 months
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The Killer You Know
Inspired by the ideas of @astroherogirl!! Thanks for talking about Vic with me!!
Pairing: Victor Vale x fem!reader
Summary: After moving to Lockland, a series of events and new people show Victor what he's missing: you.
Warnings: childhood friends to lovers, slight angst, fluff, spoiler for Vicious
Word Count: 2.0k+ words
Victor Vale Masterlist | Request Info/Fandom List
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Anyone willing to look at Victor Vale will see that he only has one real friend: you, but no one is willing to look. His relationships with his parents and with other kids his age are nonexistent. Somehow, you broke through his quiet, reserved exterior and got to know the person beneath.
“Don’t do that,” you chide.
“Do what?” Victor grumbles.
“You’re shutting down. Whatever happened doesn’t have to hurt you.”
Victor doesn’t reply, keeping his eyes on the boys behind you.
“You don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Throughout middle and high school, you begin to realize that what seemed to be a bad reaction to hurt feelings is Victor’s poor coping mechanisms and defense systems. You can respond to his problems without asking what they are, knowing what he needs before he does, but Victor takes it for granted. You don’t mind doing the work without thanks because you care about him. His silence and reluctance to accept your care as you grow older helps you realize that you’re falling for him, willing to do anything and everything for him, no matter what you lose on the way. Even as you accept your love for Victor, you never consider that he may be incapable of returning the sentiment.
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When Victor leaves for college, it’s the first time in your life that you’re away from him for longer than a week or two. You’re excited for him as you hug him farewell, unsurprised when he doesn’t return the affection. Victor may not miss you, but you think about him enough for both of you. Attempting to focus on your future in Victor’s absence, you have difficulty thinking of a life without him.
Upon arriving at Lockland, Victor learns that you know him very well. No one reacts to his stabbing comments or defensive responses in the way you do. Victor finds himself craving things he can’t place because you know him better than he does. He has no idea what he wants without you by his side. Victor also learns you are the only person who can look at him and know exactly what he needs to hear.
It takes a few days and several life-changing realizations for Victor to reach out, but now he’s desperate for your presence. If letters and phone calls are the way he can stay in contact with you, he’ll take it.
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“You met a girl,” you accuse after Victor mentions doing something with ‘her.’
He hums, and you press, “Does she have a name or are her parents of the mindset that names are unnecessary defining marks placed on children in the dictatorship of parenthood?”
“What?” Victor replies.
“What’s her name, Vic?”
“Angie. Angie Knight. She, uh, she sat by me in the cafeteria, and- I don’t know, I’ve never felt like this before.”
Simultaneously happy for your best friend and heartbroken at the idea of him falling for someone else, you’re unsure what to say.
“She’s been spending time with me and Eli,” Victor adds.
“So, she seems interested too,” you deduce. “I hope it works out, Vic.”
“I do, too.”
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“I’m happy for you two,” Victor lies, looking at the space between Eli and Angie rather than at them. “You’re good together.”
“Thanks, Vic,” Eli asks, smiling his monster-hiding grin.
Victor nods, creating an excuse to leave dinner early. As he walks back to his room in the dark, he starts to feel like he will never be able to trust anyone again. Angie used him to get to Eli, as far as he can see with hindsight, and Eli didn’t think twice before opening his arms and his life to her, despite knowing about Victor's feelings for her.
Eli could get anyone he wanted, yet he waited for Victor to find the only woman he may ever love and went for her. Victor wants to call you and let you tell him what he needs to hear, but now he’s wondering if you have an ulterior motive, too. Maybe you treat him so well because of who his parents are, though you’ve never indicated that you knew or cared that Victor was a trust fund kid. Victor’s mind drifts away from you and to Eli’s ExtraOrdinary theory, letting his mind take him wherever it wishes. He’s aware you’d tell him not to do anything stupid and act against him to keep him safe, but you’re not here.
✯✯✯✯✯
Victor is in the hospital when he finally cracks, calling you after not hearing from you for a few days.
“Hey, Vic, sorry for the silence. It’s been crazy here. How are you?” you greet.
“I, uh- could you come visit for a day or two? The weekend maybe?” he asks.
“What’s wrong? You don’t sound like yourself,” you say.
“Will you come?”
“Yes. Of course, Vic.”
“I’m in the hospital. Eli and I were doing an experiment, and it went wrong.”
You inhale sharply before asking, “Are you okay?”
“I will be. Just- I just don’t want to be alone here.”
Victor Vale has never admitted something like this, never been vulnerable and open. It scares you. When you leave an hour later, you’ve considered every possibility of what you’ll find when you get to Merit.
✯✯✯✯✯
“You tried to kill yourself?” you ask, standing at the door of Victor’s hospital room.
“No,” he answers quickly. “Eli and I- we were trying to test his theory and it went wrong, but I wasn’t trying to kill myself.” And stay dead, Victor thinks.
“The doctor told me what happened, and it sounds a lot like a botched suicide attempt. Victor, what is going on with you?”
“You remember Angie?” he asks.
Your heart sinks, thinking that he must really love her if she managed to drive him to this point. “Yes.”
“She became one of my best friends after we met in the cafeteria that day, but I wanted more. Didn’t know what to do about it.” Victor nods before he adds, “Not even sure I could love someone.”
You bite the inside of your cheek to hide your pain. “Maybe you should just tell her, Vic.”
“It’s too late.”
“It’s never too late,” you say softly, smiling when Victor looks over at you. “And you deserve to be happy, Vic.”
If Victor wants Angie, you can’t stay. You’ve been close to him for as long as you can remember, but he needs room for another girl now. This moment, in the hospital room, you decide to give Victor room, both physically and emotionally.
“So, tell me about Eli’s theory,” you request, prepared to spend one last weekend with Victor, then leave him to be happy in a life that doesn’t include you.
✯✯✯✯✯
After you leave, it’s like you disappear. Victor can’t get in touch with you, and the lack of your presence in his life drives Victor back to Angie. She’s still close to Eli, but Victor has already lost part of himself to Angie: the part he never should have given away is still in her grip as she smiles with Eli.
At a party, numb to the world around him, Victor texts Angie. He may as well let her have all of him in his hand. The worst that could happen is proving Eli wrong, and Victor is prepared to risk it all, lost and broken in a life without you.
✯✯✯✯✯
Angie’s scream fades, and Victor has a fresh clarity. He wasn’t expecting this level of consciousness following death, and he doesn’t want it to end. His pain wavers, mixing with the emotions of you leaving the hospital, killing Angie, and coming back from the dead. After turning a dial in his mind, the pain dies away, and Victor returns to his usual thinking, left with one thought: everything he wanted from Angie was freely given to him by you.
Victor finds an empty room, sitting alone in guilt and confusion. Realizing that you loved him, showing your love in little ways that he didn’t understand until he came back from the dead, explains why you left. All of his focus on Angie drove you to step back, stop calling, and make room for Angie. You thought Victor loved Angie, but you love him enough to give him room to try loving someone else.
When sirens begin growing closer, Victor has to make a split-second decision: face Eli and the consequences or run.
✯✯✯✯✯
You are woken by someone pounding on your door. Rubbing your eyes as you rise from bed, you yell, “Who is it?”
“It’s me,” Victor answers. “Please let me in.”
I’ve been letting you in for years, but you never return the favor, you think, opening the door.
“I messed up,” Victor admits.
You raise your brows, curious as to where this is going. It seems unlikely that it’s about you.
Victor craves your comfort and love, but your crossed arms and the space you’re keeping between you worry him. If he’s too late, or if you see the monster he has become, he will lose you forever.
“Angie,” Victor begins. “I wasn’t in love with Angie. I liked the idea of her, and I lied to her when I told her I was happy for her and Eli, but she was never going to be able to love me, either.”
“Vic, slow down.”
“I didn’t mean to kill her.”
Your eyes widen, and your arms drop away from your chest as you ask, “What?”
“Eli had this theory about ExtraOrdinaries, and when he died and came back, he became immortal.”
“Your suicide was an attempt to get superpowers?”
“Yes,” Victor confesses. “And I tried again, Angie brought me back and I couldn’t control what was happening. I guess the pain was too strong.”
“You killed Angie?” you whisper, stepping back.
“I- I didn’t mean to, I promise. But, I also realized that you love me. Maybe not romantically, but everything you do for me, how deeply you know me, it comes from love, right?”
“Vic!” you yell, wrapping your arms around your waist. “Stop talking.”
“I-“
“Stop talking!”
Victor closes his mouth, standing up straight as he watches your internal debate. You shuffle in place before looking down and mouthing a few words to yourself. Just as Victor begins to think about leaving, you look up.
“You got superpowers, accidentally killed Angie, and realized I love you in the same night?”
“Same hour,” Victor corrects.
“I don’t know what you want me to do, Victor.”
“I want you to choose.”
You are at an impasse: trust the killer you know or cut your losses, leaving Victor to deal with the consequences of his actions. Victor wouldn’t have killed Angie on purpose, even if she did betray him, because some part of him still cared for her. And he wouldn’t throw around a word like ‘love’ unless he truly believed it. He’s right; everything you’ve ever done for him was driven by love.
Knowing Victor the way you do, understanding how he thinks, what he needs, and how and why Victor does certain things helps you piece together the facts Victor rambled about. Now, he’s standing outside your door, trying to invite you in and be vulnerable with you, and you can’t leave him like this. Aware that he never mentioned loving you, too, you find the solution to your dilemma.
Wrapping your arms over his shoulders, you hug Victor and pull him inside. He clings to you, knowing that you aren’t using him, that you won’t betray him like everyone else.
“Everything will be okay,” you promise.
Victor pulls back from the hug to say, “You can’t promise that.”
“I can try to make it okay.”
Victor kisses you quickly, more a brush of his lips against yours than a real kiss. You smile, pushing yourself closer to him in the darkness.
“I’m sorry,” he apologizes, though you’re unsure if he’s talking about the kiss or the entire situation.
“I’ve been waiting for this since middle school,” you confess.
“Why’d you stay? Drop everything to help me? Even after you know what I’ve done.”
“Because I know you, Victor Vale. Better than you know yourself.”
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I'm really not an exclusive Sterek shipper like I want both Stiles and Derek to be happy either together romantically or both of them having super caring girlfriends with Sterek being platonic soulmates. But with all the Sterek fix it fics right now, I can't, it's just making me too emotional to feel anything right now.
And with Stydia, like they built six seasons which is basically the whole show and they made them break up in the most stupidest horrible way possible like Stiles wouldn't put up a fight to salvage/save the relationship.
Stydia fans had it hard but Sterek fans are inconsolable right now.
“That remains to be seen, although some part of the fandom would say he doesn’t have a mother,” Davis says.
I really hate Jeff Davis. What is with his answer about Eli might not have a mother. Which part of the fandom would agree to it. Does he mean Sterek fans. Like how they headcanon that Sterek are raising Eli together. If that's what he meant, it's a real low blow for keeping it so vague.
Give us Sterek or not.
I feel like they purposely, knowingly put the scene of Derek's feelings towards Jeep so that they can baitswitch Sterek fans because only with this one dialogue hundreds of memes are spread and many including me would be tempted to watch the movie in the hope of more Sterek crumbs. And now with his answer about Eli's mother, man he really is the worst.
Whether you are a shipper or not, you have to agree that Jeff Davis is the worst for teasing, bait switching the Sterek fans and then kinda saying fuck you guys to all the Sterek fans, Stydia fans, Stiles' fans, Derek's fans, Isaac's and Kira's fans and so so many others which I'm gonna rant in another post.
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