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terramythos · 23 days

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Anyway here's my breakdown of the ffxiv jobs, my opinions on playing each, and the tier rank of how good their story was

TANKS

WARRIOR - warrior is so fucking funny why did they make it able to solo heal itself and the entire party in 90% of the content in the game. Raw Intuition/Bloodwhetting is so broken in dungeons its hilarious. And then they have like 3 additional healing skills on top of that. And they kept buffing it throughout Endwalker. So it is currently the easiest to play, does the most damage (i think...?), and has the best healing of any of the Tank jobs. 2nd fave probably.

Story Tier: C, it's ok, Curious Gorge is a good name. i have like nothing to say about it it's a generic AF story

PALADIN - I used to hate PLD but I think the partial rework they got halfway through Endwalker helped it a lot. It's much less clunky now. Probably still my least favorite Tank though Hallowed Ground is fun and it's pretty close to Gunbreaker for me.

Story Tier: F, this is the worst class storyline in the entire game. It's so stupid. The writing is so bad the writers acknowledge it makes no sense at all and I'm like. Yeah, thanks, I am experiencing this shit. Perhaps write a story that makes sense next time instead of pointing that out.

DARK KNIGHT - Unfortunately this is my favorite Tank 🫡 which is rough since it has the worst survivability out of any of them. But I love how you use MP and the silly number of OGCDs. The Blackest Night is such a fun ability and it's a crime that it's not a baseline skill you get from the start. Why do they have so many DRs that only cover magic damage. I must ask.

Story Tier: S, there's a reason it's the most popular and well regarded class storyline. It's really good, also the only questline I know of that uses the quest log text as part of the narrative. Outside maybe a few of the very late Endwalker quests. And, well... same writer lmao

GUNBREAKER: I think GNB looks cool as fuck and I like that it has 2 DPS rotations. The Gnashing Fang combo is so fun. Superbolide memes are always fun. My main issue with it is a skill issue because I am just constantly misaligning its burst windows.

Story Tier: C. It has some interesting lore but I found it pretty forgettable as a story.

HEALERS

WHITE MAGE: I hated White Mage for a while but something clicked and now I totally get it. I find it fun in dungeons cause you get to Holy spam and stun lock everything. As uh. The healer. That's fun. Once you get Afflatus heals (and then Afflatus Misery) it clicks. It's fun maximizing damage and playing chicken with the tank's HP.

Story Tier: B, you get a lot of lore around the Padjal, and I think the Stormblood story where you find a padjal living in hiding with her mother is pretty good! Also it's not technically the job storyline but there's a WHM side quest to get a unicorn mount? i guess it's technically a CNJ quest but same diff. no one else gets that shit. so that's cool

SCHOLAR: probably my least favorite of the healers... it just feels super clunky. You can tell a bunch of different design philosophies went into it over the years and none of them mesh very well. They've made it so the Fairy Gauge controls literally one spell. Why have the gauge at all? It's also a huge missed opportunity that there's no tie in or interaction with the fae in Shadowbringers. I love the idea of a battle tactician healer but I think it needs a rework.

Story Tier: B+, I liked the characters and its the main way to get backstory and lore on what happened with Nym.

ASTROLOGIAN: While I think AST has a similar issue to SCH (lots of different design philosophies over the years) I find it way more fun to play. I like the card mechanic and how it interacts with the rest of the party. AST is basically the only job that has its own like. Minigame? As part of its rotation. And I know a lot of people don't like the RNG for it but personally I find it fun. I know AST is getting a redesign in Dawntrail so hope it's good.

Story Tier: C? I think? I'll be honest I don't remember it super well but I didn't find anything objectionable about it. And I like the tarot aesthetic and lore and how it's healing based on manipulating luck.

SAGE: I think SGE is tons of fun, I'm not sure if I like it or WHM more. I love all the skills SGE has for preventing damage and the gimmick where your DPS heals someone in the party. Visually the hi-tech laser shooting healer is a lot of fun. IT HAS A GAP CLOSER. The only thing i wish was it wasn't so MP negative and that it did more damage. It's a little sad its DPS output is so low compared to the other healers (even AST when you factor in how it buffs the party). Since SGE is supposed to be a healer that heals through damage it's silly its damage kinda sucks.

Story Tier: A, I loved this storyline. Both the Endwalker job stories are very self contained and interesting. While the twist is pretty obvious it's still an interesting exploration of uh. Scientific ethics. Yeah

PHYSICAL MELEE DPS

MONK: I've probably played MNK the least of the phys melee but I like the whole adaptable combo thing. Not much else to say since I have played it so little. Might bring it back out and try again. It DID have the funniest guide in the Balance discord for a while.

Story Tier: D. I think? I remember thinking it was dumb, lmao. Sorry.

DRAGOON: MAN I wished I liked DRG more. It looks so fucking cool and I like how it interacts with the dragon lore. But I find it very punishing to play. To do good damage you have to align so many different cooldowns... and snapshot your DOT correctly... and screwing one thing up just fucks your DPS output forever. Like AST I believe this is being reworked in Dawntrail so I hope it feels better to play.

Story Tier: C+. I think it starts strong since you get to meet Estinien pre-Heavensward and it melds nicely with that story. But I found it pretty directionless post-HW which is a shame.

NINJA: I remember finding this one fun. I like that there are different combos you do that have varied finishers depending on the situation. I am just... bad at remembering which combo to use to get which finisher, lol. So I haven't played it as much. NIN gets a lot of flavor other jobs don't get with their unique run and jump animations. And you get a Bunny of Shame on your head if you fuck up a combo, which is incredible.

Story Tier: A. The Rogue story is probably the most memorable of the basic class quests. Ninja just has great characters and a fun story. What is with that one guy. Karasu? If you know you know. I also like how the Rogue characters show up later in the Ninja story. That's fun.

SAMURAI: I had a similar experience to WHM here because I initially hated it then really came around once it clicked. SAM seems very complex, it has a ton of buttons and different combos. But it is actually quite intuitive once you figure out the general pattern. And it does INSANE damage. I think it's the highest DPS output in the game? I love building the combos and then doing a huge finisher for a bajillion damage. The guaranteed crits and constant OGCD weaves make me feel unstoppable. I think this is tied with RPR for me.

Story Tier: B+. I found the exiled samurai character and his journey toward redemption very compelling. I won't spoil beyond that. However it does fall apart a little in the second half. Still fun but not as good.

REAPER: I love RPR, the teleportation is a lot of fun, and I love finally unleashing the demon form and going ham on the enemy. The weapons are the coolest looking in the game. Every scythe design hits. I probably played this the most in Endwalker. My main critique is the Death's Design mechanic. I hate having to keep a stupid debuff on the target to do damage. It's like a dot but without the optimized snapshotting. If they want to keep this idea i think it would feel better to change it into something like SGE's Kardia where you apply it to one enemy to do increased damage to it without having to worry about reapplying it. not sure how they would balance this for aoe but that's not my job. But even with that caveat I still really enjoy the job.

Story Tier: A+. While it doesn't reach the highs of DRK's story it comes close. I love the badass old lady main character. Her hunting a voidsent that possessed her grandfather would be cool enough but making her a Garlean exile in hiding who grudgingly agrees to train you just adds an extra cool factor. I really enjoyed this story. As a bonus theres a lot of incidental dialogue in the post-6.0 Endwalker story if you completed the RPR story because it ties in a lot.

PHYSICAL RANGED DPS

BARD: It's a bit clunky, its got some outdated design elements, it has one of the lowest damage outputs in the game... and i LOVE IT. this was technically the first job I ever played? totally different character like 8 years ago. and i was so so bad. I think i am actually pretty good at current BRD. the animations look cool. i like that it's a class you really need to work for and optimize to eke out that last bit of damage. and boosting everyone else's damage by existing is kinda neat.

Story Tier: B. I'll be real I barely remember this but I do remember it was gay as fuck so immediately gets an extra tier for that.

MACHINIST: MCH is really funny right now because like. It's phys ranged, right. The design behind phys ranged is you have 100% uptime cause you can freely move around and not have to worry about cast timers or melee range or anything. So the trade off is that they do less damage than other classes. Endwalker MCH did not get the memo and does insane damage anyway. My controversial opinion is that it has similar burst DPS to RPR. No i will not elaborate. I'm also bad at doing good damage on MCH which is impressive since it is easy.

Story Tier: B+. Some Ishgard noble's gay son wants to build machines instead of killing dragons the good old fashioned way and has to prove himself to get taken seriously. A tale as old as time. See I haven't done this quest in like years but I still remember it. He is a memorable character. It's just not like. knockout wowza compared to the A tier stories.

DANCER: Dancer is the second easiest DPS job in the game behind SMN. So if i am sleepy it's the one I like playing. You play simon says. you do a lot of damage when you play simon says then do almost no fucking damage otherwise. I think it's the lowest direct damage in the game? for a dps i mean. You have high stakes sexual tension with a DPS of your choice via Dance Partner. I wish other DNC players knew how Dance Partner works. YOU CAN DANCE PARTNER ANOTHER DANCER. THE BUFF STACKS. BUT YOU CANNOT DANCE PARTNER THE SAME PLAYER AS ANOTHER DANCER. THOSE BUFFS DO NOT STACK. ok i'm good. anyway

Story Tier: C. there's some shit about negative emotions and purging them? in theory i think this has some interesting implications with Endwalker lore considering Dynamis and its role in the story. Very similar mechanically to what's going on with the DNC story. but i really don't think the writers made the connection so it's like pure speculation and not the actual story. It's meh. fine i guess. i did like all the flashy dancing sequences.

MAGICAL RANGED DPS

BLACK MAGE: I am so so so so so so so bad at BLM. i pull up the guide. i read the guide. it all makes perfect sense. i go into a dungeon or trial or something. somehow i always get like Zeromus or some shit. and i drop Enochian or something and everything goes to shit and i'm yelling and i'm not even like slide casting or teleporting or anything i just run around crying. then i remember i have like 10 more buttons i haven't been pressing and oh god the dot fell off. people play this? for fun? i admire it. apparently they do a ton of damage if you can play it. could not be me.

Story Tier: B? There's some voidsent and Thirteenth lore. all the black mage characters are Lalafell because it's funny i guess. OH YEAH it has like the one named male Keeper of the Moon Miqo'te NPC in the entire game and he's fun. look at this twink:

sorry i don't have anything to say about BLM i am bad at it

SUMMONER: easiest DPS job in the entire game. they redesigned it for Endwalker so it is practically a new job. i have no idea how it played before. but it is super streamlined. maybe too streamlined? it's another one to play if you want to turn your brain off. i like that at 90 you summon The Actual Primals instead of little representations of them. and i like the way your burst phase switches between Bahamut and Phoenix. it all looks very cool. they should add Leviathan as a summon in Dawntrail.

Story Tier: C.. i don't remember a single thing about this questline except you interact with Y'shtola's half sister. i think you go to Cartenau at some point. idk

RED MAGE: RDM is one of those jobs that looks really complicated when you start then you actually play it and it is just super super easy. that being said i think it's really fun. I like balancing the white and black magic gauges. Dualcast is a great gimmick and it feels cool to lob two big spells in a row at something. Dualcast Verraising a chain of dead players is so fucking funny. it's a shame that the existence of Verraise means RDM does shit damage to compensate for its utility. It and DNC just sit at the bottom with BRD barely scratching ahead of them. i think? i don't remember LOL

Story Tier: A, I really like the story and characters. I like that you have a middle-age world weary catboy (catman) as your mentor. and i like that he canonically trained Alisaie too and you chat a little about that. it's a fun story!

BLUE MAGE: what the fuck is a blue mage

Story Tier: ???

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chronicsyd · 4 months

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I was watching a video of someone breaking down the lyrics of Wish and why fundamentally they don’t work; but the whole thing angers me because it Could have worked if they just went with their original idea to Begin with. I’ve mentioned before that they should have gone with Star Boy but the songs in Wish REALLY emphasize WHY that sentiment rings true. Because “At All Costs” was SUPPOSED to be a duet between Asha and Star Boy because the whole thing sounds like a lovers lullaby and him wanting to love Asha “as a human does” per say. But now it’s just Asha and Magnifico singing to a bunch of crystal balls which loses most of the emphasis that song was trying to portray in the First place (not to mention how Stupid it is that the wishes are just crystal balls like this is where the 2d animation would have stood out).

Now, “I’m a Star!” Just needs to be entirely scrapped and reworked cause they could have used the song to show how Star Boy thinks and feels about things upon his initial introduction cause I’d presume that Star Boy would probably be someone very upbeat and excitable, but incredibly naïve about how the world works at the same time.

And “This is the Thanks I Get?!” COULD have really worked if they went with this plan as well cause Magnifico is supposed to be feeling unappreciated and disrespected and if Asha were his daughter and going against him cause of her feelings for Star Boy and how Magnifico was handling the wishes then That makes sense. But in the film we got, the town already seems to respect him and he doesn’t really have a reason for the way he acts which is why his switch to villain seems so abrupt.

Also the lyrics, rhythm and cadence would need a Drastic change but that would probably be Disney needing to just fire Julia Michaels and going with someone who’s Profession is making lyrics for Musical Theater instead of pop songs cause all these lyrics are just “ohh wishes!” “Ohhh stars!” And whatnot instead of building up Anything narratively. (Cause even though Lin Manuel Miranda has kinda become a meme at this point he still Knows how lyrics should build a story. Except for the Scuttlebutt but that’s just a one off thing that was truly Terrible). But hey, this is just me ranting on something that I should be letting go at this point but whatever 🤷‍♀️

(Also it bothers me that Disney was like “oh we can’t have Asha have a romantic interest in 2023 how can we show she’s a strong lead in 2023 if there’s a love interest!” Even though there’s Plenty of ways to do that with the two building off each other in a natural way and the fact that Asha doesn’t really have a character arc Anyways and her being Magnifico’s daughter would have made this work as well cause she’d have to choose between her feelings for Star Boy and going against her parents wishes just UHG I’m so pressed can someone make a Wish fixed fanfic so I can read that instead please?! Thank you.)

#Wish #Disney wish #the lyrics don’t work #they should have gone with their og idea #Star boy #princess asha #king magnifico #I’m still going on about this #I should let it go #they’re too many words in a verse #why?!#just why #this wish #this is the thanks I get?!#i’m a star #ramblings #at all costs #love duet

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photo1030 · 2 years

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Leather and Lace - Chapter 5: No Offense

Summary: You unintentionally offend Arthur while out in town.

Warnings: Swearing & language; angst with some fluffy stuff

*Full disclosure, the line in the story “not everyone’s cup of tea” is taken from a meme that I saw. I tried to rework it so it is not blatant plagiarism

*This image belongs to @lady-of-blackwater

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Arthur stands outside of his tent, sipping his morning coffee. This is his third cup already. He taps his finger on the side of the tin cup after each sip, his attention acutely focused on something off in the middle of camp. He's observing you sitting with Lenny, caught up in some sort of deep conversation. A million thoughts are running through Arthur's head right now as he shuffles his weight from hip to hip, the thumb of his other hand absentmindedly tucked into his gun belt. Does he go over there, does he not?

After you were offered that job last week, the ensuing events caused Arthur to stop and confront the internal sentiments that have been bubbling under the surface for awhile now. He's been hoping that whatever fondness he has for you is the same that everyone else in camp has, as they all seem to have taken a real shine to you right from the start. Or, its simply due to the nature of your friendship. You and Arthur have connected pretty fast, but then again, that could be because of how you met. Either way, it seems that things are becoming more complicated for Arthur now. After everything he's been through, and everything that he still does, he's resigned himself to the notion that he's better off keeping a distance from personal relationships. But coming back to the issue at hand, fortunately, or unfortunately depending on how one looks at it, you declined that job offer, a great opportunity, prompting you to stay with the Van Der Linde gang for now. But the idea that you could abruptly leave at any time has left a very unsettled feeling within Arthur, one that he himself didn't realize was creeping there within.

He finally decides to quit being a chicken-shit and just walk over. If he wants to talk to you, he should just go over and do it, damn it. No one else seems to have an issue with talking to you, why should he? Tossing the remnants of his coffee out, he sets his cup just inside his tent. Taking a quick, deep breath, he wipes his hands on the side of his pants as he heads over to the table. He admittedly is self conscious as he gets closer to the two of you, as he quickly overhears that you and Lenny are talking about books and literature.

"What's goin' on over here?" Arthur asks, trying to act casual as he sets himself down at the table next to Lenny, promptly lighting a cigarette between his lips.

“Hey, there, Arthur," a smile automatically dancing across your own lips as you greet him. "We were just discussing the book “The Picture of Dorian Gray” by Oscar Wilde. Ever read it?" you ask him.

"Pffttt," Lenny interrupts with a waive of his hand before Arthur can even answer. "Only thing he's ever read is a wanted poster, (Y/N)." Arthur turns his face to Lenny, brows furrowed with a disgruntled look.

"Stop it." You swat at Lenny's arm. "Arthur is probably too busy working all the time and providing for everyone here to ever sit still long enough to relax, let alone read a book."

Lenny shakes his head at you. "(Y/N), why are you so nice to the meanest one here?" he asks exasperated. The question posed causes Arthur's interest to peak just a bit more, keen on hearing your answer as his gaze shifts from an annoying scowl at Lenny to eyebrows arched in interest at you.

"Oh, he’s not so bad," you smirk as you reach over and ruffle your fingers under Arthur's chin like you'd scratch a dog behind the ear. He just quietly stares back at you, blowing cigarette smoke out his nose, making you giggle at his understated playfulness.

"Seriously (Y/N), why is Arthur always your favorite around here?" Lenny pushes again.

"He just is", you shrug with a grin, looking at Arthur as he slowly mirrors the same grin back to you. "Actually," as you stop and think, "you want to know why? He brings me coffee." You smartly point your finger at Lenny, as if you have just made a profound realization.

"That’s it? He brings you coffee?", the doubt evident in Lenny's voice. He looks over at Arthur, who just shrugs as well, accepting the compliment as he takes another drag of his cigarette.

"Oh, there’s other things for sure, but yeah, that’s what does it." You answer is so simple and matter-of-fact that it leaves Lenny speechless for a moment.

"Well, hell I could do that!" Lenny finally says incredulously, waiving his hand a bit again in emphasis.

"You could...but you don’t...so you’re not," you sweetly remind Lenny and your mischievous grin effectively decides and ends the argument. "Anyway, what do you have going on today, Arthur?" moving your attention on to other things.

"Hosea needs me to run into town for him, get some things he needs. Wanna come?" Arthur asks you, bringing his cigarette up to his mouth again. There is a slight pull on the corner of his mouth that could pass as a small smile, a tinge of hopefulness in his voice. "Could get you outta here for a bit," he adds to sweeten the deal. "Sure, but what about Susan?" you ask warily. And speak of the devil you hear Ms. Grimshaw off somewhere in the camp. She's already in a mood and raring to go for the day, hollering at Uncle by the sounds of it. Arthur motions with his head for you to follow him as he quickly gets up to head towards the hitching posts on the edge of camp. You promptly follow his lead, a huge, excited smile on your lips. "We were never here," he says to Lenny as he flicks his cigarette butt to the ground and steers you away from the table. Arthur puts his massive hands on your shoulders, keeping you in front of him to shield you from Ms Grimshaw's vision as you walk, and quickly points you towards the horses. "C'mon, it’s now or never!" he says impishly, leaning over to whisper the plan in your ear. Your stifled giggle makes a full-fledged smile suddenly erupt onto his lips.

As the two of you sneak past, Arthur calls over to Javier who is sitting off the side of his tent tuning his guitar, letting him know that you are borrowing his horse, Boaz, to which the man just tips his head to you with a smile.

The ride into the town of Silverton is pleasant and the two of you enjoy each other's company greatly. You chit-chat about everything and nothing, as you two are prone to do. The town is busy today, with people bustling all over. The mildly warm weather has drawn out a lot of the townsfolk for trade and commerce. Somewhere off in distance, you can faintly hear music being played. All in all, an enjoyable atmosphere. Today's errand consists of a quick trip to the general store for cigarettes and a newspaper for Hosea. Admittedly, its nothing very urgent, but the idea gave Arthur an opportunity to be alone with you and admittedly, he'll look for any excuse to do so. While there, Arthur also grabs a bottle of brandy for his old friend. Its not something on Hosea's list, but Arthur knows its something that the old man will greatly appreciate.

You are packing up your wares into the saddlebags as you and Arthur stand with the horses where they are tethered outside the general store. At the last minute, you remember that Mary-Beth is in need of some buttons for a new shawl that she is knitting. "Oh, you know what, before I forget, I need to stop at the seamstress shop for Mary-Beth. Do you mind?" you ask Arthur as you tighten down a strap on Boaz's saddlebag.

"Not at all," Arthur gives you a slight shake of his head. "You go on ahead. I think the shop is down the strip here a little ways," and he points down the street over your shoulder. "I'll wait here by the horses for you."

"OK, great. I'll only be a moment," you promise with a twinkle in your eye. Arthur says nothing, just nods in return, a smile of his own on his face. He watches as you turn to head in the direction he indicated a moment ago. Your hair flips about on your shoulders with the motion, a happy bounce in your step as you walk away and down the busy street. A feeling of ease begins to settle over Arthur as he sighs softly, observing how you turn your head about to watch the people you pass, and then turn to look into the store windows as you stroll by them. You have such a curiosity and wonder about the world around you that it makes Arthur think back to see if he can remember when he lost that spark in himself, and wonders if you will ever lose it as well.

Inside the seamstress shop, it doesn't take you long to grab the buttons that Mary-Beth will need. The shop isn't too large, and its neatly organized. All of the items for purchase are kept on the one side in beautiful wooden boxes along the many shelves that line the wall. The other sides to the room display the fabrics and patterns, with the open corner for fittings. You even grab another ball of yarn so that Mary-Beth can add to her project if needed. Honestly, you are in a hurry to finish your shopping here, because the sooner you are done, the sooner you can get back to Arthur. He is looking quite handsome today in his red button-down shirt. The thought makes the butterflies in your stomach flutter a bit. You don't get to be alone with Arthur very often, so you always want to be sure to make the most of it when you do.

As you come out of the seamstress shop, you are fiddling with the small package in your hands, when you accidentally catch the shoulder of a man passing you on the busy street. "Oh!" you startle. "I'm so sorry!" you apologize quickly with an embarrassed smile. "Hey, watch it, you stupid cunt!" the man snaps at you, throwing you a harsh look as if he'd strike you as soon as look at you before he turns in a huff.

You freeze in place with a shocked look upon your face, as you certainly don't think your actions warranted that kind of reaction. "Asshole", you mutter under her breath as you are about to continue on your way.

"What did you just say?!" he snaps back, halting in his step to spin back on you.

"Oh, you heard me, alright," the indignant tone just dripping in your voice as your eyes meet his glare, immediately go dark and piercing.

"You better watch that mouth of yours, woman!" the man threatens, creeping closer to you menacingly. He is not overly huge, but his demeanor is intimidating. He's clearly a bit rough around the edges, not a lot of refinement there to be seen at first glance.

"You best step back and be on your way, mister," you warn as he gets closer to you. He is only about a foot from your face now, but you hold your ground defiantly.

"Maybe someone needs to take you down a peg or two, missy," he threatens you again, this time his voice a quiet rumble.

“Is there a problem here?” Arthur's voice booms over the sound of both you and this idiot, as Arthur seems to come out of nowhere, jaw clenched tight and his eyes intense.

"You see my friend here?" you hiss out at the man as you move to step closer to Arthur. "He’ll squash your skull like a piece of fruit if you don’t get outta here!" you say as you wave the man off dismissively.

The man eyes up Arthur suspiciously. "Is that right?"

"Yeah, that’s right!" you snap at him sharply. "He’ll do it for sure 'cause I’ve seen him do it before." Arthur glances from the man to you as you rant, his eye brows pulling ever so slightly in concern. "He swats men like you away like flies!," you go on. You are not going to put up with this cretin's shit, and certainly not with Arthur here. In fact, with Arthur standing next to you, you are even more cocky, because you know you are safe with him. Always.

Arthur doesn't say a word, eyes shifting back again and burning into the man. You watch as his shoulders pull back, chest puffing out, making him appear even more massive than he already is. For a brief moment, you panic that this catalyst will spark too great an anger in Arthur, worrying if you've just unleashed more than you can contain. But, what you do not realize is that it is not just this asshole that's spurring his anger. Arthur is actually angry with you as well. You've just made him feel like a dog on a chain, like he's some implement to be manipulated as you see fit. Is this what you think of him? Arthur has no illusions of his nature or his place in the world. But he was really hoping to have a fresh start with you. Like a fool, he actually believed that you see the man behind the outlaw. But apparently not.

"You heard the lady, mister," Arthur growls at the man, his voice low, a snarl on his lips. "You best move on and keep your comments to yourself before I break that jaw of yours and you can't say anything else!"

The man shrinks back, now fully comprehending the wrath that he is about to undertake should he continue this exchange. He looks from Arthur to you, then back to Arthur again. You can tell he's arrogant enough to want to say something smart back to Arthur or to you, but thinks twice about it. He eventually says nothing, but turns his head to spit, before looking you up and down again disdainfully and finally walking away.

"What an ass," you say to Arthur as your eyes follow the man as he heads across the street and into the waiting saloon. When Arthur doesn't give you a response back, you turn to look at him, but his face is still twisted up in a scowl. You assume it is because the man, though. "Time to go," he says curtly and abruptly heads back to the where the horses are hitched, leaving you standing there by yourself. You pause for a moment, blinking your eyes in slight confusion at his demeanor before you hurry after him, struggling a bit to keep pace with his long strides.

Arthur reaches the horses first and is already slinging himself up into the saddle before you can even reach for your horse's reins. This catches your attention, as Arthur usually makes sure you are up and saddled before he would even mount his own horse. In fact, he is already turning Buck back towards the west-end of town where you both came in from before you can even get a leg up on Javier's horse. You know something is definitely wrong at this point, but decide to say nothing for now, figuring it best to wait until you are out of Silverton and heading back to camp.

The journey back to camp is quiet, and Arthur is sullen the whole ride. You shift uneasily in Boaz's saddle as you watch Arthur from behind, for he is riding out in front of you as if he doesn't even want to be next to you. "Did you want to stop anywhere else before we head back to camp?" you ask. "We could head over to that farmer's place we passed and see if he has any of those tomatoes left? I could fry some up for us when we get back?" you try to entice him into answering you, but all that you get is a "Gotta head back" without so much as a glance over his shoulder at you. "Are you really that mad at that fool in town?" you ask tentatively, not sure if you should even bring it up. Your only answer back is more silence. At this point, you are truly concerned at how Arthur is still brooding, yet won’t tell you what is wrong.

"This is ridiculous," you mutter to yourself. Finally, you halt Boaz dead in the middle of the path, waiting for Arthur to notice and stop as well. When he doesn't hear the clop of your horse's hooves, it makes him stop his own horse also. And finally, he looks back at you.

"What the hell you stoppin' for? Quit screwin' around," he snaps at you.

"Are you going to tell me why you’re being such a crab-ass?" you counter, eyebrows raised slightly.

"What’s the problem? I’m always like this," Arthur replies sarcastically with a slight head tilt. You give him a side-eye glance, trying to figure out what he’s talking about.

"Not with me, you’re not," you shoot back. Then suddenly your face softens, as you break and concern finally takes over. "Arthur, come on. Talk to me," your voice carrying the same concern as your expression. When he sits quietly, still sulking, you sigh softly and climb down off your horse and obstinately stand next to it, arms folded over your chest as you look at Arthur expectantly. You're not going to be moving until he tells you what's going on in that stubborn head of his.

Arthur hangs his head a moment in resignation before he too finally dismounts and walks over until he is standing in front of you. He stands there and looks at you for a brief moment, weighing whether he should even get into this right now, but he feels you probably won't get back in that damn saddle unless he does. "Everyone else sees me as a brute, why wouldn’t you?" he blurts out, his hands firmly planted on his hips. Now it’s his turn to look to you for answers. You stand there in silence, confused as to what he’s even talking about. And then it hits you.

"Oh….Oh Arthur, I'm...I am so, so sorry," your voice soft and apologetic. "I didn’t mean to offend you. That’s not what I meant by all that back there," you stammer, quickly trying to do damage control.

"What the hell else would you mean by that?" Arthur bites back at you, clearly angry still. You are a little taken aback by his harsh tone, but you suppose that you can't really blame him.

"Only that you’re strong and protective," you try to offer as an explanation. "I can’t hide you, you know," trying to crack a small smile on your lips to ease the tension, but it's not working. "Listen, I feel the safest when you’re around, and I’m happy to have you with me wherever I go." You reach out and lay your hand on his wrist in emphasis as you tell him this. Your eyes look up at him imploringly, praying that your getting through to him, but he’s just not having it.

"I wish you would embrace what you are, rather than curse it," you say sadly when he has no reply to your statements, slowly withdrawing your hand from his.

"What I am is what other people hate, (Y/N)," Arthur says bitterly. "People see me as ugly, mean, and heartless…as a monster," his eyes blink a few times as he drops that last bit on you, a clear indication of the profound effect that it has on his mind and his heart.

“What?!” you whisper, flabbergasted and eyes wide. "None of those things are true, Arthur! None of them!" You pause a moment to gauge where his thoughts are at, but his face is a rock, hardened and jaded from the years of abuse that he's not only endured, but given out because of it. "So you're not everyone’s cup of tea. You drink coffee anyway, so what does it matter? To hell with everyone else!" you tell him. Arthur just looks at you with a blank stare before silently shaking his head and rolling his eyes, like you're talking nonsense.

Stepping even closer, you reach out again with your hand, this time laying it on top of his gun as it sits in its holster on his hip and look up onto his face. "This is what you do, not who you are. If you hate what you’re doing, Arthur, then stop." He thinks on that for a moment. But then his eyes go hard, his face twisting up in anger again. He is still so angry right now, his emotions all over the place. But honestly, you didn't mean anything by any of this. In fact, you thought he'd be happy that you actually acknowledge and accept who he is. But for whatever reason, he just doesn't see it that way. For to him, you are the one person who seemed to look past his brutality and see the potential, what little he has left, beyond the gun.

"Don’t misunderstand me, Arthur," you say, fearing you've angered him even more now with your suggestion, because you know its not as simple as that for him. He has commitments and obligations that run deep. "I’m not trying to change you. I don’t want to interfere with your family dynamic. You’ve been together forever. But don’t let them make you into a monster. Because that is certainly not what you are." Arthur turns away from you slightly as he fidgets anxiously, not able to look you in the eye as you say these honey-sweet things to him. He really doesn't want to talk about this subject with you.

"Hey, listen to me, now" You reach across his chest to put your hand along the opposite side of his face and neck to turn him back so that he has to look at you. "You are one of my most favorite people." And you give him a beautifully warm smile.

"Yeah? What about Charles? You seem to fancy him a lot," Arthur mutters stubbornly, a tinge of jealousy in his voice.

"Well, of course I do, he’s amazing," you joke, trying to lighten the mood and get him to smile back at you. "But he’s no 'Arthur Morgan'".

"Good thing for him," he huffs in annoyance.

"Depends on who you ask," you say with a grin before reaching up on your toes and pulling him down to you to kiss his cheek. This act causes Arthur's self-loathing thoughts to halt in his mind, if even for a brief moment, which is what you were hoping to do. Arthur feels that with you, he has finally found something in his life that is pure and good. He stares into your eyes, searching for the doubt that he believes has to be there somewhere. But while he knows that you do, in fact, see him differently than the others do, it is also painfully obvious to Arthur that you clearly see his violent tendencies, whether you admit it or not. He honestly wants nothing more than to wrap his palms around your soft face right now and kiss your sweet lips. He'd love to show you that he’s more than a hammer; he has softness and vulnerability. He knows this because he's become all too aware of it since he's met you. He'd simply love to hold you so tightly to him that you’d never go. But he can’t. That's not fair. To you…or to him, for that matter.

Arthur reaches up and holds your hand that is still on his face for a moment before slowly pulling it away with a sigh and dropping it, his eyes lowered and fixated on your shoes. The anger that had welled up in him has passed at this point, and is now replaced with simple disappointment. "C’mon, let’s go," he says so softly that you almost don't hear it.

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Back at camp, you feel just awful. You know how sensitive Arthur is. Ironically, he comes across as the meanest one in the gang, yet he’s probably the most sensitive one out of all of them. His self-doubt is almost equivalent to his physical size, being all-consuming of him. But once you say something, you can't unsay it, now can you? You wanted Arthur to feel like he always at least has you on his side. But now, you may have alienated yourself to be just like everyone else. And it’s a feeling that you do not like. You like being special to Arthur. Because he has become so very special to you.

Its been two days since you and Arthur went into town and he hasn't spoken to you since the ride back. This morning Mr. Pearson had asked for someone to go out hunting for more meat and Arthur jumped at the chance to get out of the camp. Currently, you are at one of the tables in the shade, sewing up a tear in one of Javier's jackets. Its one his favorites and he asked if you could try to save it for him. Off to the side, Micah is outside of his tent, watching you with great interest before he saunters over to you where you sit working, seeing an opportunity to approach you with Arthur out of the way.

"What’s a-matter, my little Princess? You and Morgan have a spat?" Micah asks you with condescending concern.

Rolling your eyes, you huff out "I am not your 'princess'. What do you want, Micah?"

"Nothin’, just happen to notice that you and Morgan are usually fawning all over each other and now it seems he can’t stand to be around you. Troubles?" he cocks his head to the side a little as his eyes rake over your frame. "'Cause if you need a shoulder to cry on, (Y/N), I’m always here for you," as he exaggeratedly places his hand over his heart.

"Micah Bell, there is a time and a place for your mouth. And just so you know, it’s never and nowhere," you answer his advances flatly, barely looking up from your stitching as you address him.

Your sarcasm makes the smug smile under his mustache droop a little in annoyance. "You think you’re so smart 'cause you have that dumb-ass Morgan wrapped around your finger, don't you?" he retorts.

"No, I was smart before I met him. But thanks for noticing," you say with a mocking smile, finally looking Micah square in the face. "I’d love to continue this conversation, Micah, but, and I really can’t stress this enough, I really don’t want to." And with that, you gather up your things and stand to walk away from the weaselly man.

"One of these days you’ll realize I ain’t all that bad, Miss (Y/L/N)," he calls after you.

"Won't that be the day!" You reply over your shoulder as you head over to where Hosea is sitting across the camp. You know that Micah won't follow you if you are with Hosea, as opposed to sitting with the other women in group. Micah sucks his front teeth before spitting into the grass at his feet, watching you walk away, his eyes fixated on the slight hypnotic sway of your hips.

"The man giving you grief?" Hosea asks, nodding towards Micah when he sees you approaching. "No more than usual," you answer tiredly as you sit down next to him. "It'll be fine," you dismiss the interaction, but yet Micah's comments still ring in your ears, making you think about what you are going to do now. Micah has a point. You don’t want to let it happen, but your heart is quickly being lost to Arthur. You know that now. There are reasons why you can’t be together, and you're trying to come to terms with that. But either way, you still don't like the distance between you and Arthur at the moment. So you decide to do something about it. After about twenty minutes of weighing your options, you stand again and nod to Hosea as you head over to Javier to ask him to take you back into town for an errand.

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It is late in the afternoon when you and Javier get back and you hurry to get the horses hitched and find Arthur. Fortunately, he is back from hunting with Charles by now and is sitting in his tent. You can see him set upon on his cot, cleaning his rifle from its use this morning.

You approach his tent with a bounce in your step, eager to talk to him, and wrack your knuckles as a knock on the wooden frame of a crate that sits just outside his living space. "Can I come in and talk to you a sec?" you ask Arthur, peering your face inside the shadowy space to see him.

"I’m not really in the mood," he grunts out, not even looking up at you as he continues to work his rag over the chamber of the rifle.

"Too bad," you smirk as you float inside the tent and sit down next to him on the cot. "Oh, well by all means come on in and sit, then," he huffs irritably finally taking his eyes off the gun and looking at you, annoyance clearly displayed in his expression. You sit with your hands behind your back, a huge guilty grin on your face.

"I got you something," you smile as you pull your hands forward and present him with a package. Its wrapped in brown paper with a simple twine string around it and tied in a bow with a small bundle of delicate yellow buttercups tucked into it. Arthur hesitantly takes the bundle of brown paper from your hands as you eagerly thrust it towards his lap. You watch him intensely, hardly able to contain your anticipation. Sighing, he guardedly unwraps the object to see a beautiful leather journal underneath the paper. You hold your hands up to your mouth, letting out a slight squeal like an excited child as you watch his reaction. The book is a smooth milky brown leather with the edges woven with a dark cord. His initials have been burned into the cover. Arthur sits stunned before he slowly runs his calloused hands over the soft material, his fingertips lingering over the letters, tracing the lines.

His jaw gapes slightly. "What’s this for?" he asks you, his voice soft and quiet.

"Do you like it?" you pose back. "I noticed that you seem to be at the end of the journal you have now, so it must be getting full. You’ll need a new one soon, yeah?" Arthur lifts his face, tearing his eyes from the journal and just stares at you in disbelief. The idea that you have been paying that close of attention to him is beyond him, let alone that you would present him with such a gift as this.

"You seem to be the most at peace when you’re buried in those pages of yours," you explain. "So if you’re worried about losing your humanity with this life, Arthur, then I want you to be able to easily find it again." He looks back to the journal in his hands and simply nods to you to acknowledge the understanding of your statement.

"I don’t think you’re as cruel as you say, Arthur. I really don’t," you continue, your excitement ebbing now into a more calm tone.

"I know you don’t, (Y/N). And I want you to know that I appreciate that. But you didn’t have to bring me this to prove it," says Arthur, his voice laden with a slight guilt to it.

"I know. But I wanted to," you reassure him. After a brief moment, you proceed, needing to get something off your chest. "Arthur, you need to understand, I am not perfect," your tone becoming a bit more serious now. "I say and do the wrong things all the time and I’m sorry for that." You put your hands over one of his large ones that is still holding the book as a way to confirm your heartfelt apology. "Come on," you say suddenly to change the subject to something more cheerful. "Let’s go get something to eat," and you nudge your head towards the tables and the crowd starting to gather there for dinner.

"Give me a minute, would ya? I’ll meet you over there," Arthur says to you, finally smiling at you.

"OK sure," you answer, standing up, relieved to be on speaking terms again.

"(Y/N)? Did you mean what you said the other day?" His question stops you just as you are about to exit the tent, and you look at him confused as to what he means. "About me being your favorite?" You can hear the hesitation in his voice, even as he vocalizes it. Arthur's fingers drum subconsciously on the leather book in his lap, waiting for your answer.

"Sure did," you beam back at him. You watch happily as his shoulders settle with your response, his face relaxing into almost a boyish grin. "Don’t take too long in here," you point your finger at him scoldingly, changing the subject yet again. "I don’t want Micah sitting next to me and taking your spot." "No, Ma'am", he replies resolutely. When you are sure he means it, you turn and head out and over to the tables to join everyone else.

A smile widens across Arthur's face as he watches you go. Eventually his eyes cast down to his lap again as he mulls over your gift. He reaches over to his small table next to his cot and picks up the pencil sitting there and opens up the book cover. A soft sigh escapes over his sun-chapped lips as he runs his rough hand over the crisp pristine-white paper before he starts to scratch the graphite tip of his pencil over it.

The first thing Arthur writes in his new journal is about how you gave him this book. He writes the date in the corner of his entry and begins to spill forth onto the white plane the words from his mind that he can't vocalize. For whatever reason, Arthur may have a hard time articulating his thoughts to a person, but he has always been able to write them out effortlessly. He considers this one of his true gifts and fortunately Hosea was quick to focus on it when Arthur was young. He doesn't know where he'd be if he didn't have this outlet for himself.

'The damnedest thing just happened. (Y/N) and I have been at odds over the last few days, probably my fault if I have to admit. In town the other day she made a scene about how rough and tough I am. It should have made me proud, I guess. But to be honest, I was hoping she'd see me as a real man, not some tool to be used. Its silly, I know. Considering what we do and what she's seen, I can't say that I blame her. Yet, I know its different with her anyways. In fact it must be. She just brought me this new book for my journaling as a peace offering. She didn't have to do that. I would've forgiven her, either way. No way I can ever stay mad at (Y/N). But she seemed right upset about the whole thing, so I accepted her gift without fighting about it. Its odd, as I can't even remember the last time someone made such a fuss over my worthless hide. I almost feel special. Imagine that. Things seem OK now, which I'm happy for. I have no idea what I did to deserve her good graces, but I am thankful for it. Maybe there’s hope for me yet.'

Arthur looks up from the last sentence, gazing out across the camp and he can see you sitting at the table, already laughing with Karen and Tilly. Beneath the new journal entry, he begins to sketch a portrait of you as he sees you currently, but just of your face, which is sitting in the palm of your hand at the moment. Arthur's pencil almost glides of its own accord across the paper, quickly reproducing the big smile and twinkling eyes that he could draw from memory at this point. This is certainly not the first sketch of you he has done. Your image in various states is scattered about within the pages of his previous journal. And it most certainly will not be the last, either.

#arthur morgan #arthur morgan x reader #arthur morgan x female reader #arthur morgan x f!reader #rdr2 #red dead redemption 2 #arthur morgan x reader fluff

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askamnesiamoonjumper · 6 months

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AAU ART DUMP BC IVE BEEN NEGLECTING POSTING STUFF FROM THIS WEEK:

^Wanted to do expression practice with this bit from a rp I’m doing w some mutuals :3👍

(⬇️ heads up/warning for period related jokes just incase it makes anyone uncomfortable)

^Me and my friend got a bit silly with thissorry

^Decided to doodle chapter two related meme stuff bc I’ve found that to be a trend of mine to doodle chapters as im still working on them lol ?

^More serious thing I wasn’t initially gonna post but eh why not basically tldr or context is I reworked a tinyyy bit of how Manor arc starts and wanted to doodle it (basically all I did was rework the roles to better fit character motives is all it dosnt change any of the story it’s just me switching the characters roles around for the opening if that makes sense idk I’m trying not to give too much away is all)

also Aster minion form!!! :D (dw they’re fine !! /gen, Snatcher comes by and snaps em out of it)

made a little cute art as apology for the angst lol they are buddies ok trust me I just didn’t wanna use a generic minion for the scene

^And FINALLY idea I had of mj finally learning how to use their likeeeee creation magic? If that’s a good word for it? Just bc the actual term I use for it in my head would be spoilers soooo yeah just tldr it’s the same magic that does the body horror shit to prince or like how eclipse happens or when mj transitions it’s the like the transformation magic stuff it’s that ok I’m talking about that (also the stars they are making here are not related to the ones in the horizon (atleast not directly idk how to explain it w out spoilers) so I’m not elaborating)

but uhhh yeah I think that’s it! Chapter two is going well, just taking it a bit slower bc the plot wasn’t as clear in my head when starting but it’s a lot better now so I think it’s getting somewhat close!! :D👍 anyway enjoy the doodles

#a!au #amnesia!moonjumper au #amnesia!moonjumper #ahit a!au #ahit au #Not sure if I should main tag this or not uhhhhh #Ig i won’t considering this is all rlly niche au stuff

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solarflicker · 7 months

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Since Starlight Express (my beloved) is getting a revival, it is very important to me as an American that it flops for being too weird. It has to be off putting to boring people. Apparently it is also going to be updated for modern audiences. This is everything I would do to make it so weird it flops in no particular order.

- Trains have Bluetooth connection instead of being coupled. CB kills with an EMP. This is Cool and Modernized.

- Skate insurance is too expensive, actors must run around as fast as they can

- One new character: a car that is suspiciously similar to Lightning McQueen.

- Alt: CB is reworked into a semi truck. He rides a skateboard.

- Nuclear fission powered Rusty

- The moving seats just vibrate

- Make the bizarre spirituality even more prominent. Raise more questions about how this world works. Answer none of them.

- make it clear that Rusty is literally train God/Jesus. Crucify him.

- unnecessary turntable in every song

- The internationals are reworked into something today’s youth can relate to: tiktok aesthetics

- Woke Greaseball x Tradwife Dinah

- Pearl is an influencer car for selfie taking

- Pearl has a new personality. She is the coach car version of Bad Cinderella.

- guest appearance from Skimbleshanks. An actor has to get into full Cats costume to make a one minute appearance

- roller derby segment. No more racing, just an all out slug fest. (this is not how derby actually works lol)

- maximize tiktok integration. Anything that can have a meme should definitely have a meme, regardless of if it works or not.

- make it about generational trauma somehow. do not explain where baby trains come from.

- Ashley is back! She vapes now.

GOOD IDEAS

- Bring back Volta’s whip

- make the freight cars jam skaters

Also this just occurred to me but do the actors get mouth guards? Because the one I use I can talk and presumably sing with no problem and these guys are going like 40mph??

#starlight express #stex #starlight express revival #rusty stex #pearl stex #greaseball the diesel #electra stex

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sirenspells · 4 months

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WIPs and abandoned projects (March 2021-December 2023)

Info on each one (as well as what the songs/audio sources are):

The song playing in the intro and outro is Dianthus Nardiformis from the Dreaming Mary OST.

19: March 2021. Okay so this one's not actually a work in progress. I made this on my 19th birthday, the joke being that the singer just says 19 then it ends. I think I thought it was kinda dumb so I didn't end up actually posting it. Also features a sona I had before Cress that I never really got attached to, so she was barely used. Song is 19 by Old 97's.

Lonely Holiday: July 2021. This has the honor of being the first OMORI mv I ever attempted. I started this on a whim while bored out of my mind dogsitting for a couple weeks, and I kinda just lost interest in it. Dunno if I'll go back to it. Song is Lonely Holiday by Old 97's.

Numb: July 2021. Another one I started while dogsitting, and another one I kinda just lost interest in, but I absolutely want to revisit it someday because it's an idea I've had for a while and still really want to do. Song is Numb (Linkin Park Cover) by Robyn Adele Anderson.

The Artist: December 2021. I stopped working on this one because doing everything manually frame-by-frame got really annoying and I started to hate working on it. I dunno why I did the zoom in manually but it looks bad, lol. The entire MV would have been just this verse of the song because I thought it really fit Basil and Omori. Tbh I still like how this looks and I may come back to it. Song is The Artist by The Hush Sound.

Higher: February 2022. It's the animation meme. I actually posted this wip a while ago but I'm still gonna include it here for completion's sake. This was really just storyboard practice, so I don't have much of an interest in completing it beyond this. It's Omori Strikers AU (my omori x persona 5 crossover au) and it's basically about Omori's identity issues due to being Sunny's Shadow. The quality's really bad on this one, for some reason iMovie refused to export it in a higher quality than this, I don't know why. Song is High by SIVIK.

Little Sunbeam: February 2022. This MV would have centered on the omari au, and beyond this it'd switch to Mari's pov and take on different palettes. Doing that text effect made working on this very annoying and would make my art program lag a lot so I lost interest in working on it. I might revisit this one, though I'd have to rework the original idea I had now that my perception on the common omari au has changed lol. Song is Little Sunbeam by Eleisha Eagle.

Nightmarish: April 2022. This MV would technically be a remake of one I made in 2020. Same song, same color palette, but with a completely new media. Part of wanting to work on this is wanting to spread Dreaming Mary propaganda cause I love it and I think people who like OMORI will like Dreaming Mary as well. Also I love this song. I definitely wanna go back to this one at some point. Song is Nightmarish from the Dreaming Mary OST.

Keep You Safe: July 2022. Like Higher I also posted this wip before but will still include it here. I absolutely want to go back to this one someday because I still really like the idea I have for it. Fun fact, for those who remember this piece, that was based on this MV, but it's not like you can tell based on what's shown here. Song is Keep You Safe by The Crane Wives.

Four Walls: August 2022. Amnesiac Omori MV, what would have been his youtube introduction if I hadn't stopped working on it and then made When Am I Gonna Lose You. I think I kinda just lost interest in this one, though I wanna go back to it at some point I think. Song is Four Walls (The Ballad of Perry Smith) by Bastille.

Someone Gets Hurt: January 2023. Amnesiac omori again babey!! Animatic that would have taken place after he regains his memories, where he's basically really angry and lashes out at Sunny and Stranger. Might revisit this one. Song is Someone Gets Hurt (Reprise) from the Mean Girls musical.

Uhh some shitpost: February 2023. Silly thing, it's a shame I stopped working on it before it actually got to the main funny part. I dunno if I'll go back to this one. Audio from @/tylergaca on twitter.

Jealous: March 2023. Animation meme. It would've been about Sunny and Mari in my pmd au and the leadup to the incident. It took me a while to get that second shot right and I still really don't like it. Do wanna revisit this one cause I love angst surrounding these two so much I love them in pmd au GRAHHH. Song is Jealous by Eyedress (slowed down).

Stranger lipsync test: May 2023. This was way too difficult as a lipsync test so I gave up on it, though I still like the animation for it. Also this is a pretty good contender for headcanon voice for Stranger I'll be real. Audio is from Persona 5 Royal.

Propaganda: August 2023. Amnesiac omori au storyboard that I do actually wanna make into a completed thing. This is very spoilery so my master plan is to not explain what's happening. Muah hah hah >:3c. Also once again iMovie exported this in a really bad quality for some reason. Song is Propaganda by Kill J.

Alter's Rant: December 2023. One more amnesiac omori animatic for the road. Once again it's really spoilery but it's basically Alter and Omori's final confrontation. I have more done than what's shown here but I wanna keep it a surprise for when I finish it, which should hopefully be soon >:3c. Also this one also got hit by iMovie's low quality curse. Song is Eva's Rant from Bring It On The Musical.

#woe. wip compilation be upon ye #siren art

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captain-aralias · 7 months

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randomised trope/tag grading game

clearly today is a day of doing memes (i posted a list of 9 favourite books earlier today). i know it's a tuesday and normal people are at work, but i'm writing some posts, hello!

Rules: Generate your own personal list of 10 AO3 tags to rate. How much do these tags affect your decision to click on a fic? -10 -> very dissuaded 0 - don’t care either way +10 -> very enticed nope -> if it’s a hard no and you’d never click on a fic with that tag or or you even have the tag blocked or you’d insta click out of the fic if it wasn’t tagged Bonus points for explaining the rating and whether it’s conditional.

i was tagged in a very similar post by @bookish-bogwitch a few weeks ago. at the time i read her post, i felt like our opinions were so aligned that there wasn't a good reason for me to write my own post. (well done, great opinions!) the only exception really is that if a snowbaz fic was tagged age gap i might choose to read it - less because the trope is for me, and more because that's kind of weird for snowbaz. so, maybe it would be interesting! and i guess i feel pretty meh about H/C, sorry folks.

anyway - i decided to tweak the meme into the form that you see in this post. here's my 10 random things and what i think about them👇

Amusement Parks: -2

harsh judgement right out of the gate. i've read some good ones but i feel like generally a fic about an amusement park is likely to be some quite gentle fluff, maybe a modern AU, and that's not my favourite.

Unconventional Families: 0

maybe all slash fics that are kidfics are unconventional families? if so - i actually quite like kidfic, a not that secret shame, but i sort of like it less if the fact that they're gay parents is now worth flagging because it makes life difficult - since i am a gay parent. and i dont want to read about how it will be hard. so it averages out to a 0. if the family is more unconventional.... who knows? i would neither click nor not click.

Rough Sex: 8

how sad for me that this is my first clear yes and highest rated. i probably would click unless other tags or the summary put me off.

Public Transportation: 3

i went with a yes here, as i'm intrigued. it's oddly specific and suggests an interest in the specifics, and i am a fan of public transport. i've read some nice fics where snowbaz meet on trains (yes, often modern AU, but i dont dislike them all), like the classic 15-across by @ninemagicks and the equally classic remix 2-Down (A 15-Across remix) by @carryonvisinata (who also wrote a theme park story i like, so the -2 is definitely feeling mean. ah well, press on.) Bickering: 7

i mean - i prefer banter, but i assume if someone has written bickering they kind of mean banter. unless it's like sibling bickering and then maybe not.

Phone Calls & Telephones: 0

this is almost text fic (which i like less than most people like it) but not. i often write in a phonecall, it's part of what i think of as the friendship to lovers arc...... idk. i'm also going to add here that i keep thinking about plots that rely on people not being able to call each other, which is kind of the opposite. or you have to get to a pay phone - i dont know that i would want to read a fic like that, but there are some fun movies and books that you'd have to rework now. most recently i was watching madonna in 'desperately seeking susan'.

Redeemed (character): 7

this really depends on who they are, obviously. i can imagine it being really annoying if they never show any redeemability, but i've given it a strong 7 because i come from a world of redeeming the master from doctor who over and over again, so it would feel silly not to have it as a yes. and i kind of want to redeem the mage....... but it would be weird if he just was redeemed in a fic, and so too the master. it would have to be kind of about it.

Quests: 7

yes. not a 10/10 insta-click , because i can imagine it going on a bit too long if it was a fic about a quest rather than, say, two people realising they loved each other, but i would like it to be in the background. snowbaz has some good quest fics. Song of Sirens (rated E) by @scone-lover is such a fic or A Gift From the Propheseals (rated M) by @skeedelvee and @letraspal another.

Cats: 3

this feels mean, i have 3 cats myself - i like cats to be in a fic because cats are nice, but i also dont have many feelings about animal transformation and if snowbaz adopt a cat in the future... that's fine by me, i hope they do, but i probably don't want to read about it for more than a few lines.

Sociopathy: 2

probably not if it's a serious examination of this, but plenty of my villainous favs could be described as sociopaths, so... i give it a 2!

anyone who wants to do the meme in this form - please do!

i tag everyone already tagged in this post, the people i tagged last post, and a few others: @giishu @orange-peony @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @carryonvisinata @alleycat0306 @fight-surrender @cows4247 @messofthejess @mysterioussheep @ivelovedhimthroughworse @nightimedreamersworld @cutestkilla @fatalfangirl @artsyunderstudy @larkral @forabeatofadrum @ileadacharmedlife @facewithoutheart happy tuesday.

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Tell Other People About Your WIPs

make a list of all your WIPs with a brief description of each and then people can ask you questions about them and then tag other people.

Tagged by both @onekisstotakewithme and @miabicicletta 💜💜💜 Thank you, guys <3 I don't know who to tag that hasn't been tagged already. Interested? Tag, you're it! :) (Please do know that there are no set sections. Pick whatever you want. I went the deranged route.)

I have an outdated WIP list, and many others unaccounted for. This is just a selection of stuff I could see myself posting or editing/retooling to write something new. I love talking about my WIPs, about as much as I hate being perceived because they are not remotely interesting. (I also love knowing which ones people are interested in! I have an incentive to work on them!) (Instead of snippets, part of my feedback loop is sending actual rough drafts to get a sense of whether it's worth working on more.)

Multichapters, different levels of completion.

S5 Pregnancy AU. My main WIP. Can you believe I’ve had this idea for a year… almost to the day? I’ve been stuck since November bc I don’t know how I want this one to end, beyond a birth. (As I’ve mentioned in the past, I feel like this has legs to become a fluffy universe. I have ideas! Timelines!) Gist of it: CJ gets pregnant circa Zooey's kidnapping. How does it change S5? It's less angsty than you think.

Campaign bars, aka campaign conversations sometimes happened at bars in the 1998 campaign. Fun stuff. I need to pick it right back.

What Once Was Ours or the IM AU (2021), aka IM ends with a breakup. Not a WIP. Not a UFO. A secret third thing. (“Finished” but not edited, and I’m doubtful people would be interested. Probably bc of some bittersweet ~memories~ attached to it. I mean, I shared a third of it to discord and people couldn’t care less, at least after a while. Now, better IM AUs are being posted these days; I'm not in a rush.) 33 chapters. 150k words. I do reread it every once in a while, and I cannot put it down. But its 'age' takes me aback. If things had been different, I'd have posted this in H2 2021/Q1 2022 (or even the planned Q2-3 2021). But alas.

The “Almost Ready, question mark” Category

Another SVD prompt meme claim: what if CJ has the crush first. The thing is, I tend to write her as having a relatively obvious crush on him at first until something makes her wise up. So this is just some ridiculous, post-first-meeting thoughts. Most of it was written in one sitting! It kinda fits with something in the campaign bars fic, too.

Post birth, hospital story: A couple of hours after their bb girl is born. Pure fluff. Recently reworked it to make it less wordy. Still failed, but it’s better focused now.

Many ficlets – the few I did post on Tumblr that haven’t been posted to the story I’m collecting them in, plus a couple more. I'm thinking the ice skating one, Jan 22, a few post-eps I wrote last year, etc.

Ambitious Projects I don't think are happening right away (or ever), but probably have a detailed outline somewhere

(I put this up instead of last, because the next category has faves, but it's also a long one.)

Danny is back a bit earlier on s7. Toby leaks (or tries to leak? I always wavered) the shuttle to him, as he and CJ are getting closer.

Simon lives. How does his relationship with CJ evolve post-honeymoon phase? What is it like when Danny returns?

You’ve got mail AU. This outline had two ways the climax could go. I had fun.

Epistolary collab (?) fic. Probably an X + 1 fic. The only one with nothing written; don’t rule out writing it individually at some point.

And because this is so long already (but not as long as it could be)… A few more under the cut – more "I just want to make sure I like them" and "this meme reminded me I meant to pick those back up." And they are still not all. (How do you summarize seven years of writing?? I've only posted 20-something of them, lol.)

“Almost Ready (but I feel like I want to make changes to them) (might just redo them altogether)”

Haunted by the Notion, 2007 edition. My beta Ruth suggested this when she edited the other story, and I wrote it around then. It’s another Christmas dinner at Filomena, and, eight years later, things are different. I feel like it hits expected beats, and is just missing some oomph. Maybe. (As much as I do like it, half tempted to make it 2009. Or later.)

Heaven’s here…: A interrupted proposal. I’ve written many proposals over the years, and I love toying with different ideas and setups. Danny takes the lead here, but I’ve been intrigued by the idea of having CJ do the final twist.

5 to 6 am 'me' time. Another story inspired by last year’s rewatch that I wrote right at the start of it (so Jan 2023?). It has five short parts with five different years of what CJ describes in the pilot as her “me time.” This is one when I think one per year would be fun, but I don’t want to repeat myself.

One bed, “sexy” edition. An AU to a sort of AU (one of the drabbles from this summer) and… it's what it says on the tin. The world does not need to read my attempts at smut. If I didn’t put it in the previous category, it’s because I am not sure that I want to post it. (All the previous attempts are locked somewhere; unfortunately, someone loves this one and noticed when I tried to do that, lol.)

First baby kick: I remember writing this while in grad school (so, late 2017? First half of 2018) but I lost it, along other fic, when my laptop had to be reset because I used Bear to write back then, but didn’t have sync across devices. I rewrote it, and I feel like it's not the same, but still. It's sweet! Includes: Danny talking to the baby, domestic fluff, and… baby kicks!

“This meme reminded me they exist and I love them, so don't be surprised if they are posted before anything in a previous category”

(Lbr, if I added something about them in this post at all, it’s because they sparked some memory.)

Mosaic broken hearts: CJ, circa S4, jealousy. Prompted by a former fandom friend, back in my productive era (first half of 2021; before that friend just ghosted me.)

I can’t believe I captured your heart (pancake breakfast, three words and eight letters). For a while there, I edited it so much but then I fell off. iirc, it was part of some morning-related prompts I saw around that I tried to fulfill in 2018? 2019? And they had like internal progression. But this one was the best of the 3-4, and I kept tweaking it.

Green light of forgiveness (IM-ish) — there are many other IM/IM-Tomorrow snippets I’ve written over the years. I’m not sure if this one makes much sense, but I liked it enough.

Distance — I recall liking this one! Might have to bump it up. CJ is in Africa, Danny is at the Farm and sulking because they left off on some sort of argument. There is some Danny-Abbey friendship goodness here. I even have a second file that is “Distance - shorter version (it’s not)”

Danny writes fiction, shows it to CJ during her pregnancy and she’s into it. Technically written. I would probably try to take another stab at it. Third time might be the charm?

San Andreo phone call/fallout from ID. I just had the idea of CJ reaching out once things calm down. This is one of those fics I’ve written a version of every year or so, but I think there was one I liked quite a bit.

Terrible taste in men — a run-in with an OC ex of CJ. It was so dumb.

Fka Impatience - actually beta’d three years ago (by that fandom friend I've mentioned twice before… actually, three times) and “done”. I just think I’d change so much about it these days. It started being something else but ended up being a CJ-Toby friendship story in which they have lunch and catch up. But I would want to rewrite most of it now, and not just because it’s from like… 2019 (but finished in 2021).

I forgot this one initially! he's passing by, rare as the comet in my sky - 2? 3? times CJ thinks she sees Danny somewhere, and one time she does. (Which tried to work in the 'I remember shunning you' line.) I even wrote some sort of sequel later! Probably useless.

I said I would post a lightning round with fics that are either also done but not ready for me to mention them, or just… not done at all. The length of this post and how much I've spent on it is embarrassing. To give a general overview: in line with the nonsense I've been mentioning, includes phone calls at the end of S7, also a few friendship-focused fics around that time, too; present-day stuff; anniversaries; Hollis fundraisers; weddings; many ficlets, introspective thoughts, a “yes day” fic that's super sweet but needs better dares, the third memoir idea (the original one!!!!) that I had three years ago… And those are mostly the ones I had preselected, lol.

If you're interested, I can screenshoot this part in the notes app if you message me!

Anyway, this is embarrassing, and the worst part is that it's not all. fml.

#tell other people about your wips #wip memes #my writing #should I even tag this with the show or the pairing?????#long post

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