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onewomancitadel · 1 year
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002 with reylo :)
Hi anon thank you for playing along with me (: fic ask meme for those who want to play along and reblog
When I started shipping them:
Omg so I wasn't a SW fan, Dad liked the films but Mum always made fun of Luke and I don't think I ever sat down and watched any. I had this sort of friend I met at a music festival who was emotionally... complex and he had a fixation on getting other people to like the correct things (there's a whole backstory with him) and one of those that he worked on with me was SW, so he forced me to watch TFA.
I did so at his behest and er, yeah the forest scene/bridal carry was what did it for me. I was totally enamoured with it and still am to this day, I couldn't fully articulate it at the time but the Death and the maiden vibes were what I was all over.
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It touched me on a very deep level that Kylo Ren forewent the practicality of the droid and took the girl instead (in his ARMS). There was so much there that did it for me from there, the interrogation scene where Rey overpowers Kylo was certainly compelling and so was their snow fight (that scene where she closes her eyes when their lightsabres are parrying... beautiful) - in fact there's so much material in TFA lol - so that told me a lot about their dynamic and why it was meaningful, but on a pure emotional level that really touched me.
Made that friend (not a friend anymore) very upset for liking SW incorrectly. Lol
My thoughts:
Everything that could be said about Reylo has been said and there's still yet more to say. It's my yardstick for other ships. Does it touch me on a deep emotional spiritual level? Does it make me swoon? Does it make me cry? Does it explain everything about the story? Is the belonging you seek not behind you, but ahead?
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What makes me happy about them:
Forget the droid, we have what we need. I can endlessly quote Kylo Ren and I absolutely adore him and Rey. I just love how they answer each other's wounds and that both of them are really dead-set on what their role in the story is (uncomplicated good girl and painfully evil and intimidating bad guy) and it's so hilariously not what they are meant to be at all. I love Kylo Ren when he's around Rey and I love Rey when she's around Kylo Ren, I love them figuring out stuff about each other, I love how angry he makes her, I love how inquisitive he is, I love how much the dynamic is more complex than at first glance, I love the emotions, the brilliant, brilliant, brilliant hope.
I love what the fandom taught me and I love what the dynamic taught me about my personal taste and allowed me to start liking stuff. I'm a very insecure person and I didn't even have the capacity to fully enjoy things lol. Things that make me happy are bad. So unlearning that is hard and in my fandom life that started with Reylo.
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What makes me sad about them:
That they didn't end up together with fat Jedi babies and heal the cosmic wound... that very sadly we got Reylo textual and canon, which was a win, but a Pyrrhic victory - Rose was written out, Poe had racist stereotypes attached to him, whatever the fuck they tried to say with the Stormtroopers was tone deaf and stupid, much of the film was just anodyne, corporate commercial bullshit and it should have been a three-year film (like the previous two films) instead of two and had Rian Johnson directing it. Whether you like him or not doesn't matter because it would've at least been fucking coherent.
It took me a really long time to feel remotely okay about Reylo to think about it in a happy way at all, like probably only until very recently. I was very very very sad for a long time afterwards. When the premiere confirmed our worst fears I cried lol.
This type of mythic romance feels and felt really rare... but I know what I'm looking for now, and though I don't think there'll be anything quite like Reylo - that same cultural and fandom moment - I haven't completely lost hope because I've learnt so much from it and what makes romance magic for me.
Things done in fanfic that annoys me:
Hahhahaha. I hate Dark Fuck Prince Kylo Ren, I hate Kylo Ren being forced to prostrate himself at Rey's feet and her positioned as Superior Being, I hate bad redemption theory (war crimes? War tribunal? Locking him up and making him talk to Rey through bars? Kylo Ren never fully redeemed? Kylo Ren ostracised permanently?), I hate sunshine Rey and Rey not portrayed as messed up as she is in canon and Kylo Ren being the obviously broken one, I hate anything that smacks of copy-and-paste romantic dynamics in general with the smug superior guy and the upstart bossy girl who never has any struggles except being just the right amount of sexy but not slutty (and still virginal, but the guy isn't) which is usually auxiliary to Dark Fuck Prince, I hate rivals-to-lovers... it's quite a list but it's a huge fandom with varying interpretations, made harder by the fact that TFA really led to a lot of people jumping to conclusions about the dynamic and running with familiar archetypes that were not there.
Things I look for in fanfic:
Soft Ben and Rey, Ben and Rey who are both in pain and vulnerable, brooding but not smug Ben, Rey being recognised as Ben's equal, good redemption theory (salvific mythic redemption with Ben fully reintegrated... I can only think of a few canonfics like this), anything that gets Ben's poetic voice right but also his casual voice and his tinge of sardonic humour shared with hers, fic that respects Ben's microexpressions as Kylo Ren - he does not smile and barely moves his face, communicates through his eyes,
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but he does when he's 'Ben',
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fic that respects that Ben respects Rey... I'm not necessarily looking for particular tropes or archetypes, I'm looking for the canon dynamic (canon with TLJ in particular that respects that Ben and Rey would not go back to being completely cruel to each other) but I read any setting.
In fact off the top of my head a lot of fanfics I've genuinely really enjoyed and touched me on a deep level were not canon-setting, and I think that's in part because writing effectively a third film is very hard as a fic author when something that is mythic might be out of your boundaries as a fic author, and it's a LOT harder to get right. So really I applaud any fic author that tries to do that whether or not we see eye to eye. Onya.
My wishlist:
People to stop being so weird about Reylo and enemies-to-lovers. It's okay to dislike it, just don't moralise it as an issue or make fandom fucking inhospitable for a lot of people and be so disrespectful to people with basic fucking interests.
I don't have any wishes for canon itself. That book is closed. There is absolutely no way they undo the third film and what it did and no way to redeem the wound. I doubt Adam Driver would come back for it because he signed up for SW under the understanding it would not devolve into schlock. Really you can't ignore the injustice done to the other characters with TROS either, so it's not a Reylo happy ending that's needed. What TROS was told us what the storytelling landscape is like now in commercial fiction: barren.
I don't think they can fix it unless they learn how to tell new and thoughtful and individual stories that make textual sense.
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Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other:
No. Absolutely not. Never. No one else. Rey is not boon for any of the characters. Poe does not get Jedi pussy (I've never had such singular spite for a writer, but fucking hell Colin Treverrow's script for the would-be third film was appalling). The romance is the thematic point of the Sequel Trilogy, it's the redemption, it's justified by virtue of it being Star Wars. When you canonship and the ship is so hard canon and the canon is the ship it just can't be written any other way. The only other way it could be written is if Kylo Ren is not fallen to the Dark Side and Rey is not the protagonist. You only get the effect of her nobody-status in respect to the Skywalker scion and prodigal son.
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Finn would have to be the protagonist. They would really need to capitalise on the angle of the First Order Stormtrooper discovering himself and I wish that there were more of that in the first film or it could've conceivably been its own series but that would be asking for an original story, wouldn't it.
I think this is where the parlance for shipping gets muddy because once you've got a reading of canon intertwined with your ship it's not really just shipping anymore.
My happily ever after for them:
Fat Jedi babies, green Jakku, Jedi Order but with marriage, fully redeemed Kylo Ren/Ben Solo, Ben Solo's tentative and awkward and funny friendship with the Good Guys, full reconciliation, Rey not alone having found her belonging and completed her Heroine's Journey... you know.
It could've been so, so, so easy. I really don't understand how they didn't see the cashgrab there because selling Ben Solo hanging out with Finn is something you could've done in your sleep. They fucked it. They completely fucked it. All of my belief in the hope of pop culture, commercial storytelling, and good storytelling being able to exist died. I don't think franchises can do it; you can't make transformation and you can't stake any meaning. They wanted to turn the Skywalker name into a superhero mantle and they FUCKED IT.
So it taught me that at least and now I know. But I wanted them to be happy together. I wanted a happy ending. I wanted to believe in something good.
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I watch this fanvid near weekly, near daily. It's basically the only thing that makes me feel okay about Reylo lol. It's my deep cosmic emotional wound, if you will, and it needs healing...
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myth-blossom · 2 years
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Fanfic Writer Ask Game
These are always fun so I wanted to make one! Reblog this and let others send you an ask based on any of these emojis/questions:
❤️ What is your favorite line that you’ve written in a fic?
💥 What is one canon thing that you wish you could change?
✨️ Out of the comments you’ve received on your fics, what are two or three of your favorites?
👻 What is your wildest headcanon?
✍️ What’s your ideal writing setup?
🚀 Do you like to outline your fic first or create as you go?
🎁 Have a piece of a WIP you want to share?
🏷 Is there a tag you like to search for when looking for fanfics to read?
⏰️ Do you like to post fics on a schedule or at random?
👓 What helps you focus when you write?
💕 What is your favorite fic that you’ve written?
🐇 Do you write for yourself, for others, or both?
🥳 Why did you start writing fanfic?
🦋 Which character is your favorite to write?
🦈 Which character is the toughest to write?
🍬 Do you write for multiple fandoms? If yes, what is your favorite fic of yours for each fandom?
🌻 How often do you read your own fics?
📗 Do you want to write something outside of fanfiction? If so, what about?
🎬 If a movie or show were based on your fic, which fic would you choose and who would you fancast?
💭 What inspires you and your writing?
🧪 Do you research for your fics?
😎 What fics do you prefer on a scale of canon compliant to wildly original?
💎 Do you often write about a relationship or focus on an individual?
🔥 Have you included any sexy scenes in your fics? If yes, do you find them easy or difficult to write?
💘 Is it easier to write angst or fluff?
🚦What sort of endings do you prefer to write: ambiguous, bad, happily ever after, etc.?
💡How many WIPs do you currently have?
🔎 Does anyone beta read or edit your fics?
📚 Is there a fanfic or fanfic writer you recommend?
🤩 What led to your interest in the fandom?
🤖 Are non-fandom friends aware that you write fanfic?
💛 What is the most impactful lesson you’ve learned about writing?
👑 Do you like writing short fics or long fics?
🎯 Do you have a writing milestone you’re working towards?
🔮 Any advice for writers working through burnout or writer’s block?
🤔 Would you ever want to write something canon if you got the opportunity?
💌 Is there a favorite trope you like to write?
🎨 If someone were to make fanart of your work, what fic or scene would you hope to see?
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betinh3 · 2 months
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ask them JUST in the comments👇
Notice!
Ask just in comments of this post!
You can only make a comment by asking,If you comment again I won't count it as valid
If by any chance the question isn't answered by me, it's because I'm late, sorry.
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shima-draws · 3 months
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Curious about the WIP "BOYF RIENDS" and I love your WIP titles aldkhas
HFJASKDAS THANK YOU most of them are very spur of the moment LOL basically just going off of the Vibe™
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Started this when I got back into my BMC phase. Honestly I should finish this one it's very cute 🤧
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terapsina · 1 year
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Ask game for people who like to ramble about their obsessions. So.
SEND ME A FANDOM (+ number) AND I WILL TELL YOU...
...the moment in the story that I started shipping my OTP from this world.
...my three favorite characters and why I love them so much.
...which scene I would like to erase from the universe and why.
...why you should choose to check out the world of this story and choose three gifs that should underline my point.
...the scene from it that lives in my head rent free.
...which is my favorite platonic or familial relationship in this world.
...how likely I am to follow the writers and directors from this project to their other ones and why.
...a quote from it that means a lot to me.
...which characters I think should have interacted more in canon.
...how many fics I've read that are set in it (approximately and making exaggerated guesstimates).
...what I think of the central character(s).
...what attracted me into checking it out.
...which canon or popular fanon relationship I can't stand or feel 'meh' about and why.
...if I think the largest majority of fics I crave for it are fix-its, nobody-dies-everybody-lives, fluffy fics of my OTP, pining fics for my OTP, or plot heavy Gen stories?
...which character I would choose for the chopping block if I knew the writers wanted to kill someone.
...which character's death would (or did) make me rage-quit.
...the world-building aspect of the story I have the greatest admiration for.
...the perfect number of books/seasons/movies needed to tell this story properly.
...one behind-the-scenes trivia fact I've learned somewhere and my thoughts on it.
...exactly how little or how much headspace this fandom takes up in my brain at any given point.
SEND ME A SHIP (+ number) AND I WILL TELL YOU...
...about my absolute favorite of their scenes and why I love it so much.
...why I do or don't ship them.
...if there's a scene involving them that makes me uncomfortable.
...how many other characters in my opinion see the chemistry of this couple before the couple itself does.
...the three most perfect OTP tags that I can come up with for them.
...what kind of AU fics I'm obsessed with reading about them (or would be if I could find one).
...the scene that I like to point to as proof that they're perfect for each other.
...if I'm most interested in fics about them that focus on fluff, angst, humor, smut or actual plot?
...what my ideal endgame for them is.
...rate the level of stupid they reach in their pining.
...how quickly I started shipping them when I got into the fandom.
...about three of the scenes that make me have feelings and (if available) find the gifs that underline my points.
...if I can watch them in relationships with other characters without feeling gutted.
...which tropes I think describe them the best.
...how I wish their story would go/would have gone.
...three of my fic recs for this ship. And (in the event that I've written something for them) one of my fics involving them that I'm most proud of.
...three of my favorite fanvids for this ship. And (in the event that I've created something for them) one of my videos involving them that I'm most proud of.
...three of my favorite fanart or edits for this ship. And (in the event that I've created something for them) one of my art or edits involving them that I'm most proud of.
...if this is a ship that's likely to take up room in my heart for years and decades to come or if they're the summer romance that will probably fade into the past with a fond memory.
...how and when they should get/should have gotten together.
SEND ME A CHARACTER (+ number) AND I WILL TELL YOU...
...why I love them, like them or hate them.
...how I would have chosen to change their story from canon.
...if I have an OTP for them.
...if I have NOTP for them.
...if I feel like the writers mistreat them or if the story would be better if they were taken down a peg.
...the scene that I think shows just how awesome they really are.
...the scene that I think adds depth to their character or the relationship this character has with someone.
...a headcanon I have about this character.
...which of their relationships I would have cultivated more if it were up to me (both romantic and platonic).
...if I liked them immediately or if took a while before I warmed up to their character. Alternatively, if I disliked them immediately or if they lost my trust as their story progressed.
...how well I actually understand them. Do they feel like a very vivid character to me or are they kind of bland and hard to get invested in?
...how likely I am to seek out (or write) fanfiction for them.
...how I'd do it if they had to be written out of the story.
...what I think they want more than anything else.
...what I think their role in the story is versus what I think it should be.
...my very shallowest of opinions on this character.
...how well they'd do if they got dropped in a horror movie.
...whether or not I would personally trust them to be my friend.
...a song that describes how I feel about this character.
...my queer headcanon for them. Unless they're canonically queer, in which case whether or not I think they're good representation or kinda badly explored.
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cheeesecak · 5 months
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i fucking love air conditioning too
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barbie-edits · 2 years
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Character Fandom Ask game!
❤Favorite character
👿Least favorite character
💐Comfort character
😍Character you have the biggest crush on
🤝Character you relate to the most
🔥Character you think is overrated
🧨Character you love to hate
🙈Character you always forget exists
🐰Favorite non-human character
❤️‍🩹Character who deserved better
Feel free to add/reuse for any fandom. And send asks to this blog for Barbie answers!
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candyskiez · 10 months
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made my own ship meme thing
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I know it is not very original but ! fuck it. have fun go wild. if you wanna send me ships for this too go right ahead.
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crazy-fangirl2524 · 8 days
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Seeing people reacting to tsc and them getting shock over things I thought was obvious and I was getting annoyed until I realised maybe not everyone reread aftg like a million times and have read most of the analytical posts and yeah maybe I am the problem instead
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jamesunderwater · 6 months
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Lyrics Ask Game: Marauders Era Edition
01: Lyrics from the first song that ever made you think of a Marauders Era character 02: Lyrics from the most recent song that made you think of a Marauders Era character 03: Pick lyrics from your current favorite song and relate them to something Marauders Era  04: Pick lyrics from one of your favorite songs as a kid and relate them to something Marauders Era 05: Pick lyrics from one of your favorite songs as a teenager and relate them to something Marauders Era 06: Lyrics that make you want to throw yourself on the floor over these characters 07: Lyrics that makes you cry about one of the characters without fail 08: Lyrics that make you FERAL about your favorite character 09: Your favorite lyrics that you associate with your favorite character: happy 10: Your favorite lyrics that you associate with your favorite character: depressing 11: Your favorite lyrics that you associate with your favorite character: hopeful 12: Your favorite lyrics that you associate with your favorite character: in love 13: Lyrics you think perfectly describe the friendship between the Marauders (mwpp) 14: Lyrics you think perfectly describe James Potter  15: Lyrics you think perfectly describe Sirius Black 16: Lyrics you think perfectly describe Lily Evans 17: Lyrics you think perfectly describe Remus Lupin 18: Lyrics you think perfectly describe Regulus Black 19: Lyrics you think perfectly describe [insert character here] 20: Lyrics from a song you think MWPP would perform if they were a band (+ tell us what their performance would be like) 21: Lyrics from a song you think the Marauders Era girlies would perform if they were an all-girl band (+ tell us what their performance would be like) 22: Lyrics from a song you think your favorite character would choose to sing for karaoke while drunk (+ tell us what their performance would be like) 23: Lyrics from a song you think James Potter would learn to play on guitar to impress someone 24: Lyrics from a song you think Remus Lupin would listen to while laying on the floor staring at the ceiling for hours 25: Lyrics from a song you think Sirius Black would have played too loud just to piss off his parents 26: Lyrics from a song you think Lily Evans would listen to with headphones so no one can tell what she’s really feeling 27: Lyrics from a song you think [insert character of choosing here] would [insert whatever situation you think applies here] 28: The perfect lyrics for your OTP 29: Lyrics that make you weap over your OTP 30: Lyrics that make you FERAL about your OTP 31: Lyrics from a song you think your OTP would play at their wedding 32: The perfect lyrics for your brOTP 33: Lyrics that make you weap over your brOTP 34: Lyrics that make you FERAL about your brOTP 35: Lyrics that make you think of The Marauders even though it probably doesn’t make sense to anyone but you 36: Lyrics for when they’re all still young and feeling alive 37: Lyrics for the start of the First Wizarding War 38: Lyrics for when all their friends start dying 39: Lyrics for James and Lily’s death 40: Lyrics for Sirius and Remus’ betrayal / believing the other to be the spy 41: Lyrics for Sirius when he finds out James and Lily died 42: Lyrics for Remus when all of his friends are gone 43: Lyrics for [insert whatever canon scenario you want here] 44: Lyrics for [insert ship here] that give the vibe (choose one or more and give lyrics for each): pining, pathetic, depressing, mourning, deep bonds, friendship, love, joy, happily ever after, angst, nostalgia 45: Lyrics you want to share about whatever Marauders thing YOU want to talk about 46: Dealer’s choice: asker picks the question
Feel free to reblog and add questions of your own!
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pink-anonymous-person · 2 months
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meme-tastic content!
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“holy crap Lois! it’s Peter from Your Boyfriend”
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grapefaygodude69 · 4 months
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TC: I gOt FiRed . . . . . . . .
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day 9
haha funny pun (please laugh)
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betinh3 · 2 months
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thanks for the question @danielkerimit 👀✨️
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Anxiety don't sleep
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kiwiana-writes · 3 months
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Potential AU: Henry is a tattoo artist and Alex is getting his first tattoo ;)
I do NOT write enough tattoo AUs in general lol
ONE: When Alex rocks up at the shop, the first thing he does is tell Henry that the last tattoo artist he tried told him his skin was 'too dark' for the pastels colours he wants in the design, and if Henry thinks the same, to let him know so he can leave. Henry just stares at him for a moment and then tells Alex that the last tattoo artist he tried was an idiot who's bad at their job and Henry, as a general rule, tries not to be.
TWO: Alex tells Henry straight up that he's not an artist, but he'll know it's right when he sees it. Henry gets him talking while he draws, and Alex keeps pulling himself back from tangents, sure it's distracting—but then Henry asks another question and he's off again.
THREE: When Henry flips the iPad around, it's beyond anything Alex imagined. He cries. Henry hands him a tissue. It's only a little bit embarrassing.
FOUR: Getting tattooed hurts more than Alex was prepared for, but the way Henry's hair falls across his forehead and the scrunch of his nose as he concentrates... it helps. It helps a lot.
FIVE: Alex scribbles his number on a scrap piece of paper and folds it around Henry's tip when he's done, hands it over with a grin and a wink.
He has a text from Henry before he's more than a hundred feet down the road.
[Send me a potential AU and I’ll tell you five fun facts that would happen in a story.]
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butwhatifidothis · 3 months
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Claude, 15, 16, and 25 for the meme
15. What's your favorite ship for this character? (Doesn't matter if it's canon or not.)
Dimiclaude!!!!!! Like man, there are just so many things about the potential of these two characters being together that FASCINATE me and have me in an absolute chokehold. I've said it before but this ship is actually just straight up my fave in 3H period, and is one of two ships ever that has latched itself on my brain (the other being a Bleach ship I've been shipping since I was, like, 13 lmao). I've seen some pretty, um, yikes-inducing interpretations of them, but that just can't beat how much I just like them independent of anything much to do with the fandom lmao.
16. What's your least favorite ship for this character?
...and on the other hand there's Edel/claude. Like, unironic and genuine Edel/claude, as I personally have exclusively seen it portrayed. It strips Claude of nearly his entire character just to prop up Edelgard in literally every single iteration of it I've come across, and that soured me on it a lot. Plus their vibes do not gel well as anything but Bitterly Divorced Ex's, like holy hell is the chemistry between these two as a romantic ship nonexistent lmao these bitches can't STAND each other.
25. What was your first impression of this character? How about now?
First impression: Wow, this guy is gonna be the bad guy for sure. But he also looks like he'll make the ride of bein' bad fun as hell, plus he's the best looking of the three lords to pick from. I'm goin' with him.
Now: Wow so like this guy can be a dick at times but what the hell he is actually so nice and chill. Why is he damn near gap-moe with how mean his words sound vs how nice his actions and beliefs are. FUCK is he handsome
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tauremornalome · 6 months
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fandom osmosis ask game 2: tumblr university exam day boogaloo
remember the dash osmosis game that was making rounds some time ago? this is basically an extended version
ask me a specific question about a media (book, movie, series...) or a fandom i don't follow. let's see how much can i guess based just on what i've seen people post about.
suggested questions:
1. How are _______ and _______ related?
2. Why does _______ hate _______?
3. What makes the villain dangerous?
4. What special abilities or superpowers does _______ have?
5. How does ______ change over the course of the plot? Do they survive?
6. What makes _______ a poor little meow meow?
7. Which characters' shipname is _______? Is this ship canon?
8. What are the most important themes?
9. How is the plot resolved in the end?
10. Please draw _______ without looking at any references!
11. [Your own question]
have fun!
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