#fic: if we only loved once

[luzho]

(based on this post by @waterfire1848) what if: sokka and zuko befriend each other in ba sing se!! after the initial shock, they eventually trust each other and even get matching earrings! besties!!

[ID: This is a three panel comic of a conversation between Sokka in his regular outfit, and Zuko as the Blue Spirit, both drawn in warm colors during a sunset. The first panel is a panoramic view of the two sitting on top of a roof in the Ba Sing Se skyline, surrounded by artificial lights. In the second panel, Sokka attentively watches a serious Zuko saying: “Halloween is so stupid. Dressing up, pretending to be someone you’re not...”. In the third panel, Sokka grabs at Zuko’s shoulder with one hand and gestures wildly with another, telling him: “You are the Blue Spirit!”; to which, he only looks away embarrassed and softly responds: “I know...”. End ID]

#my art #zukka #i love how dramatic they both are... they're so silly when together #i also adore those fics in which they meet in ba sing se and try to keep their friendship a secret only to be later discovered by toph:) #this is my love letter to those aus..... thank you so much #also: i once again posed for this thing... i know EXACTLY how sokka would move his hands... we understand each other #ANYWAY back to the tags #zukka nation #zukka fanart #sokka #zuko #sokka fanart #zuko fanart #later i found out this is a friends quote... huh #the colors here were kinda challenging! but i liked it!!!

[twpsyn-who]

Thinking about Steve and Eddie waiting for the right time to propose to each other and they somehow do it at the same time.

And they don't know that the other wants to propose, nor do they tell the same people. Nancy and Jonathan know that Eddie wants to propose to Steve. Robin and Dustin know that Steve wants to propose to Eddie. The reason why Steve hasn't said anything to Nancy and Jonathan was because it felt a little bit weird to talk about it with your ex and her partner. On the other side Eddie KNEW neither Robin nor Dustin could keep a secret from Steve he didn't trust those two with the secret and Eddie really wanted to be special.

They chose the same place to propose, too - the Lover's Lake because that's where everything began and they wanted to give that day a good connotation. Steve and Dustin and Robin has worked hard for a character sheet for Steve ; it was literally Steve if everything they had gone through was part of a DnD campaign but with the difference that he was married to 'Eddie The Banished' (Steve planned to give the sheet to Eddie and wait until he got to the married part until he asked "If you would have me?" and get out the ring). Meanwhile Eddie and Nancy and Jonathan worked on this album full of photos with the party together over the years (the kids through high school + the graduation photos ; the photos from their trips around the state ; Steve with either Robin or Nancy and Jonathan or Eddie or the kids or the Byers or everyone ; little moments and random photos with caption like 'First time trying pineapple on pizza!!!' or 'First date without the kids around') with the last photo being of Steve and Eddie (the very first photo they took together) with the question "Will you marry me?" under it.

They looked over them at the same time. Stopped to fucking process what was going on. Look at each other like two idiots. They took the ring out at the same time and I don't know if they started laughing or crying or arguing over who would propose but I can guarantee the answer was yes from them both.

BONUS : Meanwhile Robin & Dustin meet with Nancy & Jonathan while hiding near the lake and they all do the Spider-Man meme while questioning each other what they were doing there. Everyone fucking face palmed when they came to the conclusion that those two were going to propose at the same time. Pure gold.

2 x BONUS : Somehow Max knew about it and said nothing because she thought it would be funny (and was 100% right)

#they would do that #idk were this came from nor do I know how DnD character sheets work but they ignored some of the rules anyway so is ok #I imagine them staying down on a blanket with the lake next to them and the moon their only source of light #Steve totally teared up a little while looking through the album #stranger things #stranger things eddie #eddie munson #stranger things steddie #stranger things steve #steddie #steve harrington #we are ignoring the fact that gay marriage probably wasn't legalized when this took place (I'm thinking Eddie's probably 27 and Steve 26) #they wanted to do it way earlier but weren't sure if it wasn't too soon #and we are ignoring the fact that Eddie should be dead. they won against Vecna and lived happily ever after #before anyone asks : yeah you can use this in your fic/write something with this idea #no need for credits but I would love to read it once it is done!! #also idk if somehow someone already did it I haven't looked it up

[craycraybluejay]

Just past 3.1K words in my Angel Dust fic and counting

hooray! <3

#angel dust #fic writer #ao3 writer #mrblackhaironthestreet #gods you guys are gonna either hate or love this #its a songfic (or songfic adjacent) that explores just. lots of stuff #drawing from personal experience as well as character reference and firsthand reports of similar things that go on in the fic #also occasionally referencing my drug knowledge cuz this fic is def pretty personal for me and i think its good to stay informed if u or #anyone you know uses. chances are theres at least 1 person you know who gets high. obv the fic isn't really psa material about harm #reduction but i squeeze some fun facts in there that you'd only really know if you went looking #and usually you only go looking for those facts if you need them and have used are using or plan to use #i once had to look up how to reverse an acetaminophen overdose. yeah. not my proudest moment #but the good part is that i sought out how to help myself instead of panicking and i think that being more informed can help others not #panic when shit goes wrong cuz eventually it will #knowledge is power. if ur in the scene u should know the ins and outs of it #same w any other scene like idk rock climbing where u know the shorthand 4 things and tricks and how to save urself if something fails #a LOT of hobbies involve risk even serious risk not just drug use #drug use is hella stigmatized tho so we only ever talk about how risky and self-abusing it is #there is no one too far gone to deserve help or at least some friendly advice #idk just. pls stay safe ily guys #and uh i hope u like my fic when i post it

[hydrachea]

You ever so starved for platonic content of your newest babygirl you take the matter into your own hands and write something for the first time in almost a year?

Betaed by my loveliest partner in crime @feroluce!

#this is exactly what it says on the tin #by which i mean in the tags #i thought my latest fic was peak niche but this comes very close to being a contender #but then again i only feel motivated to write something to completion when i really have to cook my own food #so here's kaveh and aether having a good time for once in their life #especially in kaveh's case #genshin impact #genshin #kaveh #aether #paimon is there too because we love and appreciate her #another fic joins the 'i wrote this for me but you can read it too' gang #my first gen fic on the aconyte account but i'm pretty sure aconyte is just my main account now #i don't feel like going back to the other one #whatever my brain yeets out is going there from now on #stay tuned from the next one in six to ten business months probably #which will be for a fandom and feature characters #i do not control the speed at which my brain decides to put out fics #at this point it's like. writes one fic for a fandom. uploads it. disappears immediately. rinse and repeat. #i am the writing cryptid #ray's babbles

[quickhacked]

– WIP DAY.

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the broker fic is coming along nicely and i'm currently prepping chapter 13 so i can drop it next week, it's gonna be a fun one >:^)

‘Listen,’ the man said, once again pointing his finger in Vitali’s direction.

‘I’ma give you to the count of five, and if I don’t have my eddies back by then- all three thousand of ‘em- that dark red suit o’ yours is gonna be red for vastly different reasons.’ ‘Really now?’ Vitali asked, raising his eyebrow and slightly tilting his head, a smile taking shape on his face as he let his eyes trail the crowd; people were starting to get rowdy, starting to cheer. A rush of adrenaline was already soaring through his system, reminding him of the street fights he used to participate in- Sure, he was there for business now. But he could have a little bit of fun. ‘One!’ the guy yelled, his voice barely audible above the buzz of the club, the music suddenly a lot louder than before; though it could just be Vitali’s imagination, straightening his back and redistributing his weight to his left leg while grabbing his cane halfway down the shaft. ‘Two!’ ‘You sure you’re going to do this, jefe?’ Judy asked. ‘Viktor’s gonna kill you.’ ‘Only if I get hurt,’ Vitali replied, rolling back his neck as the man yelled out a loud three, dragging it out a little bit longer as if he was trying to give Vitali time to reconsider. Another day, another client turning against him. Far from the first time and far from the last; though usually Vitali dealt with these sorts of things with a bit more finesse than he was about to do. ‘Four!’ He did not care. His reputation preceded him; the bruising of his knuckles as dark as the rims underneath his eyes, everyone knew Vitali Dobrynin was a fighter first and a fixer second. All to protect, all out of love- but no one cared about that. They only ever saw what was on show. ‘FIVE!’

#tag games #nuclearwriting #so many fun bits in this chapter i'm very excited to post the rest >:^) #this is just some random guy also don't worry about it #that last part though. reputation preceded him. fighter first fixer second. all to protect. all out of love. but no one cared. #i'm fucking normal about him i wanna fucking smash my head through a window #this is EXACTLY what matvey wants. take away the context to make vitali look like the villain in all this #to take everything away from him. people only ever see what's on show. aha xoxo #never thought i'd have this much depth in the whole fic but here we are baybeey... themes... motifs... [dies] #also. once again. if anyone wants me to yell more about the fic my asks are open and i Love yelling about things so. teehee #if you have any quastions. >:^) let me know >:^) <3

[ailendolin]

I just made myself sad with the thought that the flea in Robin's ear was probably his only friend for a very long time - certainly the only one apart from Moonah who never left.

#Robin didn't start talking to it right away but as the seasons passed and the loneliness grew he began to act as if it was a pet #and basically started narrating his life to it (as much as he could back then) #he probably kept that up until other ghosts began to join him #and then forgot about Flea for a while because he had a real family again #but then his family moved on and after going through that pain of losing those he loved several times #he stopped befriending new ghosts and went back to talking to Flea #I imagine that was sometime before Humphrey died since we know he wasn't close to him or Mary #it's only when Kitty joins them that the others manage to convince him to be part of their group #no one can resist Kitty's hopeful smile after all #and Robin slowly relearns what it's like to have a family again #but he doesn't forget about Flea because he knows there will come a time when his heart is going to break again #and it's going to be just him and Flea once more #I feel like this would make a very bittersweet fic #robin the caveman #bbc ghosts #mp bbc ghosts

[theinfinitedivides]

second My Dearest related post today but Only Skin from Ys and Divers from the eponymous album 🤝🏼 Ryang Eum longing for a man who will never love them in exactly the way they deserve

#tv: my dearest #my dearest #mbc my dearest #namgoong min #nam goong min #kim yoon woo #joanna newsom #kdrama #local gay watches My Dearest (and is subsequently f*cked up).txt #local gay watches k-dramas.txt #ok to be fair this is greatly condensing the absolute SCOPE of those two sings bc that sh*t is dissertation level #Only Skin is a seventeen minute long masterpiece that requires several dissertations #but truly i was thinking about the whole thing of Divers where she says 'and never will i wed / i'll hunt the pearl of death to the bottom #of my life / and ever hold my breath / till i may be the diver's wife' and Ryang Eum saying he'd die with Jang Hyun #if he had to. and he wouldn't mind #'the diver is my love and i am his / (if i am not deceived)' but he is!!!!! he is deceived!!!!! he is his love but not in the way he wants #Only Skin's 'and the cities we passed were a flickering wasteland / but his hand / in my hand / made them hale and harmless' #Jang Hyun with his hand in Ryang Eum's hand both at the enemy camp and when he saved him. are you seeing this #sick and twisted but anyway this is once again your daily PSA to get tf into Joanna Newsom if you haven't already #excuse me while i go back to writing that fic ffs i need to finish it

[theflyingfeeling]

you’re not the only one who has spent the past days thinking about olliallu kisses 😩 but aaaaaaaaa tipsy kisses 😭🥺💕 and some hotel room cuddles after a show 💗🥺 and them trying not to get caught in the tour bus 👀

and I gotta admit I also thought about them sharing some secret kisses in the Aleksi’s home studio while his partner is home (but it wasn’t their intention!! it just happened)

oh god these two are just made to share cute, loveydovey kisses with each other aren't they 😩

hhmmhmhmmhmhmhmhmh yesyesyes this is so very mhmhmhmhm 👀👀👀👀 alsooooooo can we discuss the turmoil of finally realising you've fallen for a bandmate, like, they've spent weeks, maybe months just trying to ignore this stupid feeling they may or may not have (or, alternatively, trying to understand it, but they can't quite grasp it) and trying to rationalize and come up with other explanations for it, and then they have a hot, spur-of-the-moment making-out session while ever-so-slightly wine drunk and they're like oh shit oh fuck oh shit am I ACTUALLY falling for him oh no this is terrible 😭

'friends falling in love when they shouldn't' my most beloved angsty trope <3

#this is starting to feel like some sorta olli/allu support group 😂💗 #on tuesdays we share our thoughts about them making out ✍️ #(i don't mind in the slightest btw!! hell knows i need some place to let all this out 😩) #(and idk it's nice to know i'm not the only one who's like this 😂) #your last addition reminds me of this one hockey rpf fic i once read (and may have re-read a bunch of times) #in which two hockey guys who live in the same building get together to play video games #but actually end up wrapped around each other making out on the couch with the game forgotten #and the other has a gf waiting at home 💀 #i am NOT pro-cheating of course but you gotta admit these kinds of situations make interesting stories #they don't MEAN to cheat okay?? it just happens they can't help what their heart wants 😭 #...because LOVE happens 🥺 and sometimes love happens with a bandmate or a teammate 🥺 unintentionally and unexpected 🥺 #obviously cheating is not any more acceptable even when there's actual love involved etc. blabla #it's all hypthetical talk anyway 😅 #ollixallu #answered asks #sparfloxacin

[cantofworms]

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#ok ik all the hot take asks are pre much done and the sparkly say smth nice asks are better but well I’ve been having thoughts all day at #work and want to get them out now so that’s what I’m doing lol #obvs for the past few months i think ppl are vv heavily leaning into the dnf /r and I firmly believe that they aren’t #like yes I enjoy being a multi shipper but I still primarily read dnf fics bc they’re cute dnf writers and artists MWAHH ilysm #but it’s been increasingly annoying how every move dnf make ppl hyper obsess over it and ignore everything else like blog what u want this #is tumblr dot com but I think ppl how only see dnf thro the lens of romantic do much more ‘harm’ than ppl who dont #like the argument about taking validation out of their very REAL amazing friendship just gets over shadowed by omg Dream posted a pic of #geogre they’re in LOVE and sucking and FUCKING every night. like #and then completely disregard when dnf do and say the exact same shit about all their other friends #like dream has explicitly said they aren’t dating (ignore that tho) amd that’s he’s kissed multiple ppl since coming out (ignore that too) #and their friends naturally say that they’re all single (ignore that too) idk man it’s ok they like to pander amd that dream is a toxic #dnfer but it’s all just For Funsies. another thing is ppl CONSTANTLYYYY putting geohres sexuality under a microscope oh he drinks lemonade #from Starbucks he’s soooo gay like dumb shit like that is so irritating #the fact that geogre has never once talked about his sexuality except that one instance where he got a DONO about it proves how much it #just doesn’t matter or apply to the type of content creator he is/wants to be #to be clear if he is or isn’t or dnf every explicitly announce their romantic relationship im gonna be sooooo happy and supportive like aw #dnfogies🫶🏻 but I think there’s a 99.9% chanve that’ll never happen so maybe we should all just care a Little Less and focus on out lgbt #creators if that’s smth u wanna watch/blog about idk maybe I’m just burnt out from the phandom but whyyyyy does is matter what their #sexualities are they play minecraft who cares who CARESSSS idk maybe just having older brothers around dtqk ages has made me realize that #guys will just act homiesexual no matter What #guys are just Like That and tbc I’m not saying that just bc gnf hasn’t made an official coming out doesn’t mean he’s not queer but for the #sake of his contwnt it doesn’t matter either way ? so why are ppl talking about it on the daily idk man it’s just annoying but Oh Well #at the end of the day they’re all famous white guys and nothing matters hurray !!

[zeawesomebirdie]

I don't think I'll ever complain about having nothing to do again

#vent post #not actually a vent lmao but thats the tag #im so so so far beyond exhausted #i had three appointments this week. one per day. for the last three days #im genuinely shocked (and pleasantly surprised) that i made it through all three #honestly i almost didnt make it to yesterday's #and i dont think ive *ever* been so grateful to have utterly *nothing* of importance to do #should i be making phone calls today? yes #but will i? fuck no #i will spend today reading the Bardo Thodol (finally) and b@tjokes fic (thank the Force) #and if im lucky ill be able to do my language stuff too but the main priority is the reading #(though i cannot lie im so hyped for my dad to wake up so we can watch more remington steele omfg) #(theres a bunch of fics for that show that i want to read and i cannot because i have seen *three* episodes) #anyway i am so happy i got covid back in oct and learned that not only *can* i be happy doing hardly anything on a daily basis #i *prefer* doing hardly anything on a daily basis #and im *so* happy to be back to reading religious texts oh my goodness i cannot even begin to express my joy rn #once i finish the Bardo Thodol im planning to take another stab at the Mahabarat and i cannot even *begin* to express my excitement #i am ✨️rambling✨️ #anyway #love yall!! #have a good timezone <3

[heart-democracy]

TDI Advice wanted!

Hi TD fans! I'm planning a rewrite of TDI, the cast will be 18 for in-universe reasons (think legal contracts, I'm not gonna be weird about them). I'm aiming to make it more realistic and in line with the 2007 aesthetic, i.e era appropriate lingo & references, mobile phones are rare, homophobia is a bigger concern etc, but I'm wondering how far I should take it?

In the end I'll write what I enjoy, but should I lean more heavily into the gritty side of reality TV both on and behind the screen, include more notable sexism, potential slurs and creepy behaviours etc? The point is for there to be believable drama in-universe and the topics planned all have some merit to be present. I have some hard lines I'll never cross (see last tags on the post for those curious) and I want people familiar with the themes to feel seen rather than exploited reading it.

At the end of the day the cast are just youngsters getting to know each other and themselves. I want to humanize them and write believable conflicts without demonizing anyone, it is intended as a character driven story after all. But I also want to know what others think would make for an enjoyable read/take on the show.

The cast will inevitably diverge from their canon counterparts, but I am unsure how to handle certain characters, an example being LeShawna. She's clearly based on a racist stereotype, but her personality, background and lingo are a huge part of her appeal and I'd rather portray her in a better light than change her from the ground up. If you have any pointers I can keep in mind for her or anyone else you think is often portrayed poorly in canon or fanon then please let me hear your takes! This goes for non-TDI castmates as well, even if they don't show up in the story I wanna know what people think does and doesn't work for them and their tropes/traits cause it might still be relevant!

#Td #Tdi #Total drama #Id love any opinions no matter how personal or miniscule. Even outside of fic writing I love hearing theories/analyses. #Also: I already have some things very strongly set in stone so I won't change this project to perfectly appease someone else's vision #Some charas will inevitably be OOC at points but I am using canon information and what we know from stuff like other seasons and their bios #-as my basis for most things. Because while I want to explore some unrelated topics I still want this to be the TD cast. Not my OCs. #That said there will be personal headcanons thrown in. But I hope they flow well with canon and don't stand out as a sore thumb. #Some HCs might replace canon traits but only if I think they were bad/random or underdeveloped. #And if you have songs you think fit the campers pls send them my way! Good character playlists really helps w getting into their headspace #While I am a huge IOTS fan I don't intend to reference it in my work. No gore or character deaths because that stuff is too impactful both- #-for the characters and for the show in-universe. It would derail everything which is what makes IOTS work but is unfitting here. #All TWs will be listed once I start writing. I'm happy to tag niche phobias/squicks/TWs as well so if you're interested in reading but- #-worry that something specific might be included then just ask! No matter how silly it might seem I've got you covered. #What I won't include: SA nor heavy sexism/racism. I might not touch racism much at all outside of beauty standards/racist tv tropes. #Any heavy topic included will be approached with a lot of care and consideration for those affected. There will be 0 shock value inclusions

[i-am-become-a-name]

What's your interpretation of the weird/annoyed look Five gets on his face when Tegan announces that she wants to rejoin the TARDIS at the end of Arc of Infinity? I know it was probably meant to be played for laughs, but it annoys me every time i watch that episode and i'm curious what headcanons people have about it.

My favourite thing I've read about it pointed out that the cybermen specifically used Tegan as a weakness against five, that she's what it took to manipulate him (and through no fault of either of them, Adric's death was part of those consequences.) The novelisation really goes in to the descriptions of the doctor transfixed with the blood running down Tegan's chin from her bitten lip, the building tension as the cybermen get closer and closer to killing her and he's shaking trying to hold himself back from admitting his hearts are so easy to twist, just by threatening his friends. (Does Nyssa ever leave the TARDIS when it's on the spaceship? The cybermen don't even know she exists til they come onboard do they?)

As for why he looks so annoyed? hmmm. Does anyone want someone around that constantly needles them? Really, I think pre Arc of Infinity that even though Tegan had chosen to stay, they still had that power imbalance or even just tension between them that she had not come on board willingly. So five is expecting that to be the continuing, I don't know, continuing manner between them and it hadn't been good. It had its moments (mainly in the audios) but as an arrangement it was not ideal as friends to explore the universe together, all that terrible beauty and awesome monsters.

But it doesn't continue on in that manner - oh they bicker and make faces at each other, sure, but Tegan's conscious decision to step back onto the TARDIS irons out those imbalances, removes that bitterness and the past of her aunt's death. So when he makes that wee face, it's in expectation of the previous status quo. And never let it be said that Tegan's one to do exactly what's expected of her.

Anyway I really hope this makes sense and I may add some more thoughts later but it's 1:50 am Christmas Eve and I couldn't sleep for thinking about this.

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It's 2am I'm back. I feel like there's also this uneasiness in five about tegan, that mirror that no one likes being held up to themselves. Their similarities but the starkly different ways they express them must be exhausting to five. and here she is back again. To push and prod and challenge and be brashly beautifully glorious. wait. that last bit was the two am shipper coming out. Anyway they draw strength and resolve and anger from each other and Tegan was vital to five, from his first moments till his very last.

#again sorry if it's not coherent but it's been a WEEK. and it's still going. #look away if you're not interested because whatever it's my boring life stuff but. worked sunday and tuesday. thursday my boss texted me #did i want to go up to the next largest city flights and accomodation paid and worked for two weeks at their branch of our shop. #(i said no thank you but holy sht.) and that whole day we'd been taking the house apart looking for dads santa outfit for reading #night before christmas to the kids. utterly gone. nowhere to be found. sister said she had one so we were like oof we can relax it's fine. #sister did not in fact have one. so we took the house apart again. still not here. friday i went out and bought the fabric and fur to Make #one (six straight hours work on the jacket alone) and the kids come up to decorate their trees. #oh! and! when i went in to work to buy the fur (i can only purchase stuff of managers it's store policy) she was like. you can't leave the #shop. stay here. and i went no???? have i done something wrong??? but another manager came down and the managers had put together little #Christmas gift bags for everyone which is so sweet because i still feel like I'm there on sufferance even though it's been like 4 months. #but then. seven o'clock or so when i was still cutting up panne velvet i get an email from the boss who offered me the chch opportunity - #he's now quitting his position at our store. two weeks notice. so I'm stressed about that because we had a good thing going where he'd text #me once a week. we'd arrange extra shifts and that was it. what if the new store manager sucks or hates me or something?? #and I've got like five half finished advent fics but i just. don't have the spoons between work tired and c19 brain fog and christmas tired #anyway none of this is about five and Tegan I'm so sorry i just need about ten more weighted blankets on me. #five #tegan #an ask a palpable ask #srsly i love being asked about them or any dw opinions you are so wonderful in my eyes #tbh the advent fics are getting to the point i might just post them all the way through January and when i write little ficlets. people #seem vaguely to be enjoying them but trying to do a December thing was a bit much. #I've just realised this week was even longer. last Saturday we spent the whole day out of town with the kids. and Tuesday we went out of #town to do the stuff we'd planned to do before we had to babysit them on our planned trip day. jfc no wonder I can't brain straight

[sylhea-raemi]

#look...... my view on this is her being passive aggressive #she loves reading right i bet you she'd like characters with second lead syndrome just because she relates to them #but she also really hate it bc she loves to self-insert and fantasize #she reas a fic and like yeah.... i get you... if only the one we love will choose us instead.... #but she hates how real it feels 💀 #メイデーア転生物語 #maydare tensei monogatari #tales of reincarnation in maydare #airi tanaka #i swear once i find more i'll be doing more

[thischickwritessometimes]

Hey you! Have you been looking and searching for Engineer Mark’s rant in the “hold on” ending? Have you been looking for the dialogue before and after the fateful “don’t” moment? Fear not, because I have it all right here for you! (Yes I transcribed this because I was looking for it and I couldn’t find it so I said frick it I’ll do it myself). Here we go! (PSST. Spoilers for the ending of In Space With Markiplier, if you didn’t know :D) 

Sorry about that. Couldn’t afford to let you make another mistake. Yeah. funny thing to say after an eternity of nothing but second chances— don’t. 

You don’t have to keep trying anymore. There’s no time anyway. Another thing I never thought I’d say again. But I’m gonna fix the damage you caused. I have had a long time to spend rebuilding this machine you broke. A long time, over too many lives. But I know now that this thing does more than just make wormholes.

Distance and time are the same thing from different perspectives. That’s all these universes are, just different points of view. And this machine didn’t just bridge a tunnel through our universe—it was bridging all of them. And you destroyed it.

I can’t undo what you’ve done. Not here, anyway… or at least, not now. If I could go back, if I could try again, if I could stop you before any of this even started, maybe I could save everyone.

Captain, captain, NO! You’ll destroy everything! Again!

Captain, captain! Don’t let go! Don’t let go!

..Wait. Let me go. Captain, please. I can fix this. Look, I don’t know what you did, and maybe you didn’t mean to, but I have to stop you. I have to! Gosh, I wish I had thought of a fake hand or something. Please! This is it! This is the end of everything. Everyone that ever existed is gonna get wiped out unless you let. Me. Go! Captain! Please. I have to keep trying. I have to.

Please, let me go. I know I can fix everything. I know there’s a perfect solution. I just have to find it! Please! Captain! Captain, no! Captain, don’t do it! Captain!

What have you done? You destroyed us. You destroyed everything. This was our last chance to fix things, and it’s gone. I spent an eternity in hell rebuilding this stupid machine, and you threw it all away! I don’t know if you’re evil or just stupid, but if I’m not back there to fix it…

If I’m not back there…

If I’m not back then… the warp core is not back?

I thought I rebuilt it because you destroyed it. Unless…

I built the warp core?

I sent it back?

I built it.

I built it. It was my fault.

I’m—Captain, I’m tired. I don’t know when the last time I slept was. I don’t know if I’ve slept at all.

Have you?

I’m really sorry, Captain. I thought the only way to stop this was to… stop you, stop all of this from happening in the first place. But it was me. It was me. All those mistakes, all those lifetimes, all the people. I guess I lost hope.

But you didn’t.

You never did.

#markiplier monologue iswm #hold on ending dialogue #good for monologues markiplier #if those tags make no sense it's because that is what i was trying to frantically google as i searched for this everywhere #i'm tired captain monologue #iswm #iswm spoilers #iswm part 2 #markiplier #engineer mark #feel free to use this copiously. please do in fact #it would make me feel better about spending time on something silly i'll only use once #i love engineer mark can you tell #the fic i've been writing about him is almost done #!!! #i hope people enjoy it a bit :P #we shall see #okay that's enough rambling in the tags for today

[mizzmellos]

i didn't really like the finished piece as much but i loooooooooooved this WIP idk i was getting so close to capturing how i see them. anyway just posting randomly cuz this stage of the piece is lost to time at this point.

#i'm not gonna tag this cuz it's not done but. this was a fun piece. i think it was for somebody? but i'm too lazy to go dig through my blog #okay so anyway i'm gonna write a really long tag hopefully nobody's determined to scroll this far. if they are hey what are you doing here? #want to try sending me some stuff instead? i'd love more anons <3 #and more of your guys' headcanons/whatnot #and song recs and everything #okay are we far enough in the tags? #are you sure we're far enough? is it just the two of us? #hiiiiiiiii i really really need content of this ^ i think i read a fic once and it was sooooo hot and well-written but it wasn't THAT long #and i lost it. literally one of the worst moments of my life. been so many years. only ever read it through once. no idea where #i can remember some of it but not much. GODDDD It was so goooooooood. anyway talk about rare content. #okay godddd this is a public blog i need to stop being disgusting. but i think mello being railed by L and matt could fix me #OKAY IM DONE FOR REALLLL Im gonna have to delete this. ._.

[ourflagmeansgayrights]

hi! what was the criticism of racism for pina coladas? i see it on my timeline every now and then and would just like to avoid it if necessary

i was trying to find the posts i reblogged abt it and the only one i could find was this one, altho i couldve sworn there were more

anyway the BIG thing is that when ed and stede kiss, mary sees them and stede goes and comforts her and says that ed came onto him and he didnt want it, that he was committed to mary and their unborn child. basically, stede falsely accuses an indigenous man of sexual assault, and then immediately after that there’s like a 20 or 30 year time skip and then ALL the focus is on stede and stede’s feelings for a good chunk of the story. the false claim of sexual assault has as of yet not been appropriately addressed, in my opinion, and as the story goes on the more i expect that it wont ever be appropriately addressed.

also there are a lot of other smaller details throughout the fic that arent handled well. ive seen criticism of how the fic depicts SoCal in the 80’s (which i personally know nothing abt). there are also songs/playlists linked throughout the fic that are all extremely basic top 80’s/90’s/00’s hits that are almost entirely by white artists. little things, but they give the impression that the author is not very conscientious of race.

at the end of the day it’s just a mediocre fic with a race problem, which probably describes at least half the ofmd fics in existence, lmao (i would describe my own fic, which i published the first chapter of in april, as a mediocre fic with a race problem, lol). the reason THIS one gets so much criticism is bc of how this is one of the most popular fics in the fandom. there’s genuinely nothing special abt this fic, including the way race is poorly-handled.

#ask #anon #mine #ofmd fandom crit #pc #txt #og #also i only went to the author’s twitter profile once to see if they were responding to criticism at all #and i saw them tweet smthng abt ‘this fic has been such a joy for me but im getting so much hate i almost want to delete it…’ #and retweeting a WHOLE bunch of ppl being like ‘we love you!!’ ‘pleas dont delete!’ ‘ignore the antis!!’ #AND. they had their ko-fi pinned and were tweeting thank yous to every single donor #like i did not do a very deep dive. i don’t know if somewhere else the author addressed the criticisms differently/better #but the way they used the issue to victimize themself and get donations. im not impressed.