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pharah-airways · 2 months

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Tag people you want to get to know better game thing!

Ty @toads-treasures for the tag i will honor it with my life.

Tagging @surumarssi @creatureactivist @sodalover @pitl0ver si quieren

Last Song: Magnetic by Waterparks (i'm going to see them in a week!)

Currently Watching: Four different things lol 1) Neon Genesis Evangelion (rewatch) bc i'm gonna watch End of Evangelion w a friend over spring break. 2) Black Lagoon - kinda mid but pretty fun. I like how Revy has Gun Autism and belligerent sexual tension with every other woman in the show 3) Dungeon Meshi. very nice to chill eat dinner while watching the Monster Food Show. 4) Scavengers Reign - soooo good. What if you were marooned on the most beautiful scifi horror planet ever. Alien ecosystem that hates you is one of the most creatively designed things ive ever seen

Three Ships: hmmmm i feel like i think less abt ships now than i did a few years ago. That said,

Asa x Denji (Chainsaw Man manga) - ohhhhh my god its so good. this is mostly bc Asa is one of my favorite characters ever but their cringeboy x failgirl dynamic is peak. theres also the impending doom which totally wont happen if i look over here.

Anthy x Utena (Revolutionary Girl Utena) - the blueprint. i can't talk about them here this post would reach novella length. go watch Utena legitimately the best show ive ever seen.

Shinji x Kaworu (NGE) - whenever i get sad i post this to my instagram story

Favorite Color: her...

Currently consuming: Priory of the Orange Tree (book, good), The Magnus Protocol (podcast, good), Kill Six Billion Demons (webcomic, goated)

First Ship: The first thing i shipped in any way relating to internet fandom was Pharah x Mercy (overwatch). The first fictional relationship that i really liked and thought about tho is probably Percy and Annabeth. PJO numero uno campeao do mundo

Place of Birth: Northeast USA

Current Location: 39.644727°N, 76.745757°W

Last Movie: DUNE PART 2 ITS SO GOOD RAHHHH

Currently working on: I have several writing projects that are neat but are not getting finished, but primarily three things: 1) scifi project ive been working on since i was 15. I think ive managed to stay true to the original vision (star wars ripoff) while also making it somewhat good. 2) Newish high fantasy project born out of worldbuilding a four-gender system. I like how the magic system intertwines with gender i like the theme of cycles and how to break them, but ive still got a long way to go. 3) Long scifi short story about a clash of oppressive societies via toxic yuri. almost done!

Writing: I'm assuming this means completed. Several small things i don't care too much about, and one pretty good short story about a spaceship AI having a Transgender Moment (1 dead many injured)

Art: discord whiteboard akiangel. they're in love btw.

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fbfh · 2 years

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spider man!leo x reader hcs

wc: 1.1k

genre: fluff, crack, angst if you squint

au: super hero au, spider man!leo, mcu crossover

pairing: spider man!leo x gn reader

warnings: brief mention of tragic backstories, general spider man fare, spider man kiss, I can't decide if spiderman is one word or two, not proof read

song rec: I think I used this in another spider man realted post but spider man too: 2 many spider men - the unbreakable kimmy schmidt soundtrack, hero - monsta x, this might be obvious but when can I see you again - owl city, and metropolis - owl city

a/n: this is mostly an outlet for the 24/7 looping footage of Leo flying around as spider man I love him fuck me with a chainsaw

tags: @avashaye @perseajohnson @afidiofobia @thatmultifandomloser @yelenabel0vaswife @almostjollypizza @Fictionalcomforts @lizziebitch33 @jacksondeeznuts @justbookworm @urmum-xoxo @Asunnyhunny @shellosisbae @anything-forourmoony @i-dont-remember-a-lot @chasingpj @1dpjohoohp @mystic-writings @babiesimagines @dreamerball @hopefullhearts @thatawkwardlittlefangirl @dustyinkpages @yesv01

After a devastating tragedy left him with no parents and his world completely upside down, Leo Valdez, a dorky teenager from Houston somehow finds himself living in queens new york with his aunt

As if this wasn’t enough changes to handle all at once, it’s also easily a week after he got bit by that stupid spider before he actually notices he has…

Superpowers, he guesses

He really has no idea what else you’d call it

He thinks it’s really fucking annoying at first

Most notably it made all his sensory issues way worse

For a while he views it as another annoying inconvenience he has to deal with

It’s when something happens

When there’s a minor robbery like 2 blocks away from his apartment that he realizes oh shit

Wait

I could do something about that

He can prevent bad shit from happening

He can stop people from hurting

Which is all he's ever wanted

With several all nighters and a lot of hyperfocus he comes up with a costume, weapons, even a name

His grades in chemistry class suddenly shoot up

Pun intended

So he can figure out how to make webs

Once it clicks he's like how has no one else figured this out yet

It's so obvious

He gets his homework done so fucking fast

Cause he also has to learn to sew for his diy costume

Settling on a design was hard

He learns he is definitely not a fashion designer

Eventually he decides to pay homage to his favorite vine

Once this boy hits the streets???

It's on

He's so good at adventuring and super heroing and saving people

It's easily one of his two favorite things

The other one being coming up with new weapon ideas

It takes so much self control not to use webs as a stim toy

He is the CE FUCKING O of battle banter

You thought the other spidermen were quippy???

Leo is 100000 times worse

He basically can't shut up during a fight which has made for some hilarious news footage

There are compilations on YouTube of spiderman roasting criminals for 3 minutes straight, spiderman being an icon for 7 minutes straight

And his personal favorite

Spiderman being the face of gen z for 11 minutes straight

Whenever people at school notice he's way more distracted than usual

Which has been a lot more lately

He's like yeah just adhd things lol

Instead of having to tell them that he’s a semi nocturnal crime fighting arachnid lad

When he’s finally contacted by Tony Stark?????? He loses his fucking SHIT

He has encyclopedic knowledge of Stark industries

So when Tony motherfucking Stark takes one look at his web shooters and starts praising him

Tells him he has real potential, he’s onto something kid

Then tells him he wants him to start training to help the avengers and possibly eventually become part of the team???????

God he loses his fucking SHIT

His aunt is so fucking proud of him for getting an internship with tony stark

Every time he either comes up with something or works with Tony on something Tony’s like wow

Maybe I should start an actual internship for gifted stem kids

Cause this boy gets so much serotonin from being a friendly neighborhood spiderman

Whoever you are to him

His best friend, Tony’s kid that he definitely has a crush on, the cutie from his compsci class, the hot barista he always hopes he’ll run into

Even just a civilian who’s paths happened to cross

Jesus he’s down bad for you so fast

If you know him out of costume he probably gets really nervous to talk to you

In spite of how much he wants to

If you don’t really know him outside of the whole super hero thing

Oh my god

He will show boat and pull so many stunts as spidey

Cause god damn he wants to impress you

If you don’t already know his secret

Motherfucker the temptation to tell you is so fucking strong

Regardless of how or when you find out

You end up being his most trusted ally

He’s rescued you more times than either of you can count

The feeling of him pulling you close to his chest just in time to keep you out of harm’s way

Especially by yoinking you closer with his webs?????

Adorable!!! Heart fluttering!!!!

And god after a battle or fight when you’re all (probably) back at stark tower

And he just pulls off the mask

And his hair is all mess????????

His cheeks are all flushed???????

So fucking cute

God he’s so fucking attractive

It’s not fair

And fuck me he’ll spider man kiss you every chance he gets

You’re walking home one night and you pull out your phone to check the time

You get a glimpse of the one and only spider man lowering himself upside down behind you

You put away your phone

“You know, you should really be more careful walking home. All the creeps come out at night.”

You turn to him, gazing at his red and blue attire, the eyes of his mask moving as he talks

You suppress a grin

“Yeah, we wouldn’t want some weirdo in brightly colored spandex to follow me home, and sneak up behind me, and start talking to me out of nowhere.”

“Yeah, that guy sounds like a real freak.”

“Oh, definitely.” You muse

“You know, I don’t think a thank you from saving me from hooligans when I’m out in the middle of the night, spider man, would be out of place…”

You chuckle, stepping closer

You pull his mask up, pressing a warm kiss to his lips

He caresses your jawline, and you feel the sleek, textured fabric of his suit against your skin

After you eventually pull away, it’s silent for a moment

You’re taking each other in, being in this moment together, the noises of the city providing a familiar background track

He’s smiling, and you can see it, his mask still pulled up

“... that works too.”

You both descend into giggles

He makes sure you get home safe

He usually does

You wave to him outside your bedroom window one more time

He reciprocates the gesture, then shoots a web onto a nearby building, zipping off into the night

You let out a sigh, watching him quickly melt into the darkness outside

He may be your friendly neighborhood spider man

But you and him both know he’s really your friendly neighborhood spiderman

#leo valdez x reader #leo valdez #heroes of olympus x reader #heroes of olympus #leo valdez headcanons #heroes of olympus headcanon #marvel au #spider man au #god i have never wanted to kiss so BAD

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pashminalamb · 1 year

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Oh ew the OF accounts and sex bots are completely getting out of hand. I haven’t been notified of any new followers but I don’t trust tumblr to do so. I’m have to gonna check on that soon 🙄🙄.

And seriously for what reason are people flagging down your works for like 😭😭?? It literally makes no sense??? Some people are so rude and mean and spiteful for no reason like. Do better or screw off unintentionally quoting Ego here I’m sorry that this happened to you, it really sucks.

Ever since break started I’ve been in a kind of limbo. It feels so surreal not having any work to do. I mean I do have basic chores to do today like the laundry and vacuuming and stuff but besides that it’s a free day. I am. Very very very. Temped to start reading the blue lock manga. I know I said I’d wait for the anime to finish but like I need something to do 😭😭. I was starting my first TR reread since the last chapter but I only got in 3 chapters before I started sobbing and I haven’t even gotten to Akkuns first death or met Mikey and Draken for the first time again yet. I’m gonna have to chunk my way through it while sobbing and taking so many breaks because I will seriously never recover from this manga. OH AND I LOVE CHIFUYUS BIRTHDAY ART. Wakui continuing to attest that yes takefuyu are still canon in the reset timeline. It’s such a relief for me because those two are my comfort duo 😭😭😭. I also want to finish Chainsaw Man soon. I stopped at around volume 9 because I’m broke and was reading it at the bookstore and all I can say is that this series is definitely getting a reread cause I love analyzing strange works and concepts. THE MAITAKE COVER ASJKGFJKHFFGGG. The way I screeched when I first saw it like. I love how you worded it, they literally look like royalty together UGH. Suffice to say that yes maitake fans has a field day with the cover of volume 31 😌😌. I cant wait for the inside cover to be revealed. My prediction/demand is that it’s gonna be then as children childhood-friends-to-lovers. But I guess we’ll see.

Anyways. How are you Belle? Doing better I hope? How’s uni? Oh and when does your winter break start? How’s life? Im so happy tumblr is being cooperative now and letting you see my tagged posts 😭😭. Sorry for the constant tagging tho, there’s just so much I wanna share and I see something and I’m like “oh I wanna show this to Belle” you know? Oh and im so glad you liked that Oliver drabble 🥹🥹. I’ve got another one in mind for him but this time it might be a little more ✨spicy✨ so stay tuned 👀👀😌. I hope you have a great day and that the caramel frappuccino tasted great!!! *sending many virtual hugs*

- ✨ anon

Istg- i got followed by accounts from Czechia and Carolina this morning. Alright, I made my pinned post of Gojo's OF account but this is a writing blog; not even an OF promotion blog (╥﹏╥) unless... i draw some stuff

Tumblr decided to not let me post my rant- so here’s what I had to say

I revisited my childhood with watching DBZ... (i knew i said i would start one piece but the gym bro-ness got the better of me and i started watching it) someone please explain why does Goku's voice sound... i don't know how to describe it. i was so shocked about his voice, i was planning on watching the dub instead cause of it *crying* Honestly, Wakui did a really good job with the cover. Even when I was reading mangas online - I was so awed by the covers of the manga and when TR was on its peak here, i saw a lot of spoilers for bonten mikey. I never liked mikey... but this made me change my mind. And they (like every cover character i saw up until the Brahman arc looked like royalty. Even hanma-) I'm doing well! Contemplating to change the blog theme for some reason. It's not gonna be aiku ofc- he gets 0 screen time cause he hasn't come back from italy and i am mad at him with part 1 to ocean hues I'm on my winter break actually and omw back home. Fifa knocked the wind out of me. I feel sad cause Mbappé played really well (and he was sad too when they lost), i literally went to go keep my plate and he scored in 97 seconds of the first goal T.T . But i'm also really happy for Argentina cause its the first time in 36 years since Maradona that they have won the Wc and i cried cause they were crying on the field not to mention the fact that Messi played in their team as well - so it was bittersweet ending but also very well deserved! And yes i am a football head I can't see you in my activity still (maybe your visibility switch is off? i'm not sure) but i do get the number on my activity and that's how ik that you're there (⑅ •͈ᴗ•͈ ) I actually don't mind being tagged! and I enjoy the things you have to show me as well ૮⸝⸝> ̫ <⸝⸝ ა (i saw some stuff where you tagged me- i'll be answering those soon, promise i'm not ignoring you ૮(˶˃ᆺ˂˶)ა ) I. absolutely. loved. the Oliver drabble ˃̵ᴗ˂̵. I still read it btw, cause it is absolutely precious. the deer headrest and the fact he wants to be a good boy made me go (๑✪ᆺ✪๑) did you say spicy 💀 *here lies Isabelle Aiku; beloved wife of Oliver Aiku who is unaware that he is married to her- * Starry you're gonna make me combust from the heat *sending back bear hugs*

*my man is so handsome (>﹏<) and yours is too*

#belle.☏#.moot🍦: ✨ anon

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plagueofskeletons · 1 year

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A wip word search tag game, thanks to @bittermoonswrites for the tag!

Rules: search for the words given by whoever tagged you within your wips and post them for us to see! Then tag as many whoever you want and give them five words to look for in their works.

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Blue

(cat gojo au! It should’ve been a complete comedy why does everything dissolve into angst— Been on the backburner for months so I hope to finish this soon!)

He opened his eyes again. Satoru was more feline-like now and his sunglasses are gone. His blue eyes stared intently at him as he bobbed his head down in a nod.

Run

(for Under These Dark Cold Waters)

Osamu’s eyes flicker up to him, still breathing harshly. He looks like he’s about to say something until a sudden rainfall just pours down on them.

Everyone shrieks and now they’re running back to the resort, escaping underneath the straw-roofed patios. Atsumu joins in with the hysterical laughter and Osamu does too, the fear on his face completely forgotten.

But for a second, Atsumu thinks he sees his brother glancing back to the darkened beach with a fearful look.

Smile

(Chainsaw Man and The Locked Tomb crossover with Harrow and Gideon as Aki and Angel Devil. It’s gonna be insane I promise you guys)

“You said the Blood of Eden gunmen targeted everyone. Since you’ve survived, what happened to you, Teacher?”

He was quiet for a second before he turned around with a rueful smile, “I wasn’t shot.”

Harrow blinked, “You weren’t?”

Love

(Tsumiki-centric, au where she and Megumi are taken in by the Zen’ins and Tsumiki faces their mistreatment as a girl and a non-sorcerer. Started this in 2021, might get back around to it)

But she’s a smart girl who loves her brother dearly. She knows how to buy groceries on her own, how to make yummy lunches for school, how to clean the apartment, how to get money from the bank, and how to do it all with a big smile - because as much it tires her, Tsumiki actually loves doing it and doesn’t want to worry Megumi too much. Though she does let him help her out on cleaning days and getting food from the convenience store.

Night (got mentioned twice so twice as long lol)

(new sakuatsu wip where our main boys experience the opposite ends of being out/staying in the closet. been having fun with this one. much hurt incoming)

It was past two in the morning and Atsumu still couldn’t sleep. There was a weight pressing down on him, almost suffocating him. The urge to cry grew stronger but he couldn’t, even in the dead of night in this quiet house when he knew everyone would listen more closely to him.

And yet he takes a final act of courage and, very quietly, slipped out of bed and tiptoed downstairs.

The cool night air welcomed him but Atsumu couldn’t greet it back. Remaining silent, he hurried over to the garbage bin, carefully lifted the lid up, and dug through with hopefully less noise than a raccoon. It was hard to tell when his heartbeat consumed the landscape around.

His fingers felt the smooth metal pin and he clenched around it, grabbing it right out of the bin. He crouched to the ground, breathing heavily as he delicately held the pin in his cupped hands.

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tagging @charmspoint, @chuuyasoup, @hi-raethia, @elegiesforshiva, @anubis2701, @twodrunkencelestials! there’s no pressure in doing this!

your words are stairs, wound, chill, fish, and rest!

#plague gets tagged

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gaydiekane · 1 year

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new year new about me pin! (the abm pin cycle starts in may lol)

hey! i’m elle, this is my writing account! i’ll also post about anime/manga and music on this account (NOT spoiler free but i will do my best to tag). if you want to check out my accounts specifically dedicated to books you can check out @rcl-stan and for other cartoons @edricrights . this is pretty much my main and where i will be most active but my main under tumblr LAW is @rcl-stan so if you get a notification from that account that is me!!

i’ve just posted a short story from my english class! My Dear Brother-In-Law is about an assassin, Everett Dixon, assigned to kill a leader of the nation’s government, Anton Knight. To accomplish this he poses as a relative of his target’s wife, Malcom Gray. Moving in with the target and the target’s whole family — wife, son, and daughter — Everett must figure out how to carry out his hit without involving the rest of the family, as well as figuring out what it is about Chairman Knight that makes him so persuasive, all under a time limit of two weeks. I will be continuing this into a hopefully full length novel and also writing a (probably shorter) sequel.

another story i’ve been working on is currently titled The Gifteds. It is a sci-fi inspired by our world’s cycles of mass extinction. After the world gets destroyed due to natural causes, Anna returns to the living in another world connected to her original one. It seems like a perfect utopia, the natural world is still alive as opposed to her industrialized world, the people are completely at peace with one another as opposed to her world full of prejudice and bigotry. But there is one problem: the gods of this universe are very real, very present, and very angry with one another. And what better way to get to a gods heart than by crushing the one thing they love the most: their people.

i’m writing some plays too, a short one act i will have more details on later, and a play version of My Dear Brother-In-Law!! (but the version of it before the magical realism class requirement lol). i’ll share some of the music i write too eventually, but i am only in the very beginning stages of being a composer so it will probably be a while lol

about me vvv

my fav band is set it off

my fav book is both the perks of being a wallflower and the catcher in the rye tied (believe me, if you love one you will love the other)

i have so many opinions on music so if you have any questions my ask box should be open!

i have experience in band, percussion (mainly), orchestra, theatre, and choir

my fav anime/manga is jujutsu kaisen but chainsaw man is a close second (dont ask me about them i will be speaking forever) (or do i love to talk)

fav movie is la la land/perks of being a wallflower

i’m genderfluid but i’m fine with any pronouns

other name spellings are el and L, im fine with any

thanks for reading!! hope you enjoy :)

#sahe.txt #about me

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pixiecaps · 1 year

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hi ^_^ i just wanted to ask since i know you’re interested, should i give chainsaw man a shot? it’s been on my radar for a while now and the art seems really cool i just never had that much desire to read it ya know? i guess what i’m asking here is parts of the story that made it intriguing to you… no pressure to answer this!

so hi anon!! i love chainsaw man !! however it can be very triggering so i really recommend looking up any warnings before getting into it but without further ado!!! i really recommend for everyone to go read csm before watching the anime. i feel like it gives you a different perspective going in and while watching. its also just an amazing read with incredible art and you really get a grasp of the characters better then you would in the anime.

the parts that really compelled me to the story was the accuracy in fujimotos writing of a manipulated teenage boy just navigating right and wrong and his own emotions and what they mean. friendship and found family. the inherent emotions that come with being a teenager. the comedy and the humor of it all. the morbid truths and loss and grief. the truth inside that you still love someone who hurt you. growing and trying and changing. knowing your fate is sealed and still fighting with every fiber of your being. thats more of general vague concepts spread throughout csm. (one of the reasons i love it so much is the fact you can analyze so much of it) but a more specific thing i love about csm is the main character denji. i love teenage characters written and acting as teenagers. i love seeing these characters make mistakes and grow. i love seeing them deal with the emotions and trauma and everything. seeing them heal in their own way. denji is a really beautiful character that can seem surface level but a lot of what he says and does is incredibly intention and has thought behind it. i also really

fucking love the plot i love all the foreshadowing and character arcs and everything. its a really interesting storyline to go down. there is a lot more thought put into the mechanics and devil stuff then it may seem. overall

i think right now is a pretty good time to get into csm. the main storyline the anime is going through right now is completed and its like in a second phase in the manga. so you get to read all that understand everything. be one of the readers who was there for the start of a new storyline and bonus you get to see this anime adaption of the first storyline come to life and. idk its really cool. you should totally read it okay bye👍 (also try going in as spoiler free as possible for the best experience ever. dont look at any csm posts or art until u finished) (people dont rlly tag spoilers) (aka me i also dont like to tag spoilers ) (also if u do end up reading it i would love to hear your input while u get through every chapter👍)(through asks and stuff)

#pix asks aaaa #anon #pix.csmposting

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the-loveliest-lotus · 2 years

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Current WIP Long-Fanfiction List

I suppose I should make a post for all of my big work-in-progress fanfictions rather than just my Metalocalypse one. List with plot descriptions and pairings below the cut. Works are for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Phantasm, and Metalocalypse.

All of them are OC x Character pairings, and are all rated Explicit. Links are all to AO3 where there is more info about what is found in the story in the tags/chapter descriptions. I write smut with something of a plot, y’all. We don’t have horny jail on this island, we embrace the horny.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: When You're Not Fed Love on a Silver Spoon, You Learn to Lick it Off Knives

Begins in late June of 1973: Nubbins hitches a ride home with some girls who are on ecstasy. One of them takes a liking to him, offers him some, and they quickly discover that they share some interesting kinks. They form a connection based initially on sex, but as they spend more time together they realize that they have more in common (spoiler, it's not cannibalism) and they start dating.

Or, Nubbins gets laid and then gets a nurturing connection that grounds him enough that he ~mostly~ gets his shit together, and Bobby doesn’t go completely insane because his twin survives.

Pairings (so far): Nubbins x OC ; Chop Top x (different) OC

BE MINDFUL THAT THIS ONE CONTAINS ~EXPLICIT~ VIOLENT GORE SCENES.

Phantasm: The Butterfly Effect

What if on the day of Jody's funeral, the Tall Man meets the reincarnation of his beloved from his life? What if because of this, the Tall Man doesn't uproot Jody's body immediately, and Mike doesn't fixate on the Tall Man? What if this leads to an entirely different future, wherein the Tall Man finds some ~eventual~ balance?

-OR-

A modern AU porn with a plot wherein the Tall Man finds his reincarnated love, and she's an absolute unconventional masochistic oddity in the best of ways. Despite some initial desire to repress his feelings, she manages to reacquaint him with some of his humanity. The story also draws on aspects of Ancient Greek mythology. (Think non-monogamy and various details from the Hades/Persephone myth as well as others interwoven, but Persephone is sexually empowered.) This summary is simplistic at best, but y'all get the idea.

Polyamorous Pairings: The Tall Man x OC ; Lady in Lavender x OC ; Reggie Bannister x OC

Metalocalypse: The Wicker Man

One day as the members of Dethklok were sitting around and surfing the TV channels, Pickles sees his long lost best friend from Wisconsin, Lucy Desmond, in a mug shot. The boys watch the news as she dances while her house burns, following the murder of her abusive husband. With a strong desire to help her get her life back, Pickles approaches Charles and asks for him to help his friend out. None of them could ever expect how well she's about to fit into their lives.

Another OC-focused reverse-harem Polyklok story (she will end up with all of them at least once), but heavy on the Knubbler/OC and Pickles/OC. There will be ~very eventual~ Magnus/OC. Canon divergent alternate universe while also trying to remain canon. This one is gonna be long, strap in for the ride.

This one has a Table of Contents that is updated chapter to chapter due to the sheer amount of pairings that there will eventually be.

#Texas Chainsaw Massacre #metalocalypse #phantasm #my fanfiction #fanfiction list

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robotlesbianjavert · 2 years

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I posted 5,605 times in 2021

368 posts created (7%)

5237 posts reblogged (93%)

For every post I created, I reblogged 14.2 posts.

I added 3,747 tags in 2021

#chainsaw man - 666 posts

#bnha - 625 posts

#horror - 505 posts

#happy the angel is gay day - 341 posts

#shipping - 338 posts

#community - 333 posts

#video - 303 posts

#spinner - 237 posts

#shigaraki tomura - 209 posts

#beast wars - 190 posts

Longest Tag: 140 characters

#not to sound like i am not united with my coworkers but maybe someone should check a calendar and not preemptively book the day before askin

My Top Posts in 2021

god i wish iharu had learned about kaiju i want a legitimate trend of kafka being “wow i’m so glad i can find acceptance and encouragement in my dream work field despite skewing higher on the age demographic as a thirty-two year old man” while all these young prodigies are following him around like fierce ducklings with like, knives for beaks and guns for wings going “if we don’t protect this stupid old geezer then who will?”

110 notes • Posted 2021-01-09 20:51:03 GMT

spinner is the second in command of the lov if the lov actually had that kind of structuring right we all know that.

120 notes • Posted 2021-05-23 03:43:56 GMT

i just think, as an expert, that spinner would absolutely indulge in an unrequited love. not like actually unrequited but he would absolutely go all out in seeing himself as a brooding, pining, tragic hero who would put everything on the line to see shigaraki safe and happy (insofar as shigaraki can be) even if his pure and untainted love can never be returned.

in this scenario shigaraki is constantly constructing scenarios that necessitate spinner being shirtless or having to cuddle up together and he’s in no way subtle about his intentions, but spinner will be too caught up in roleplaying his heartbroken yet noble inner turmoil to pay attention.

140 notes • Posted 2021-10-02 02:07:42 GMT

obsessed with the idea of spinner going through a series of costume changes based off whatever serial killer he wants to ravage him at the moment while shigaraki is standing there “i literally have a higher kill count than all of them combined and i’m your boyfriend why don’t you ever cosplay me” and spinner’s just like. “sorry babe you just have really bad fashion sense :/”

156 notes • Posted 2021-01-09 23:50:43 GMT

wanna be perfectly clear that not getting MVA right now like i deserve isn’t the only reason the rearrangement of portraying the Endeavour’s Agency arc first is bad. even tho it’s a very prominent reason.

based off the shigaraki appearance and seeing hawks in the next episode preview, it seems like however they transition into MVA is going to be “oh the league is plotting something dastardly - how did they get to the point of being able to plot somehting so dastardly? how did they get these new allies? find out in this flashback arc!” which would be fine if it didn’t completely reframe the arc in order to continue seeing the league as antagonists first, potentially sympathetic characters second.

the way we transition to MVA in the manga, the last dastardly incident that the league was involved in that needs answers would have been hood-chan’s frolicking, but that is more associated with dabi anyways. by the time we approach the arc, we have 1) a mysterious new group specifically targeting the league by holding an ally of theirs hostage, 2) reintroduced to the league being battered by my good friend machia, 3) and them killing fantasy racists so you can still see them doing bad things but not really feel too bad about it, cuz it’s just fantasy racists and 4) they are destitute and without the resources to do anything particularly dastardly. with all of that framing in mind, the story primes the reader to see the league as our temporary protagonists, makes it easier to sympathize and understand them and see the cracks in society that led to them committing the crimes that they do, even as they are very much definitely still villains.

in the anime, by showing us ahead of time that the league has recently had some big victory, that they have these mysterious new allies, that hawks has infiltrated them (obvious in the next ep preview where we see glimpses of skeptic and slidin’ go), you lose that sympathetic setup in favour of the “how did our villains get here” stroke. not only that, but you lose a lot of the tension of MVA - how is the league going to get out of this situation? are all of them going to survive? the villains outside of shigaraki (and dabi for this arc only bc he obviously had the todoroki arc going for him) didn’t have guaranteed plot armor, and we’ve already seen magne be murdered as a means to raise the stakes for the overhaul arc. if horikoshi didn’t have plans for everyone in the league and needed to trim some excess, then this arc would have been the perfect time to do so. god knows that i was worried for spinner and compress the entire time. they were stuck in a fight against an overwhelming enemy while shigaraki was already strained to his limits after his bouts with machia, where even twice’s quirk being unleashed only just managed to level the playing field, where the only possible other ally they had was a giant brute also eager to crush them.

the point here is that this is a really dumb decision. like objectively.

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The First Rule of Fright Club

fandom: bang dream rating: G characters: hello happy world words: 2.1k additional tags: halloween, haunted houses, canon compliant, fluff, humor description: at a haunted house, the members of hello happy world encounter a familiar face. a/n: hi!! this was written for the @bandori-zine for autumn!! it’s the perfect time for me to post this, to commemorate the start of spooky season! i love harohapi so much <3

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It’s a Saturday evening in mid-October, and Misaki can feel the chill of fall firmly setting in. She buttons up her denim jacket most of the way and pulls her beanie over her ears. It’s cooler now that the sun has mostly set, and the breeze doesn’t help matters, either. Kokoro, of course, is taking all of this in stride.

“Wow! It’s so dark and spooky out! It’s perfect for a haunted mansion!”

Misaki doesn’t think Kokoro completely understands that the haunted mansion they’re going to isn’t actually haunted, that it’s just an attraction with actors and creepy decorations, but she’s long given up trying to explain these things to her. Besides, Kokoro doesn’t seem to be afraid of anything. She looks at everything and everyone as though they’re her best friends, or have the potential to be.

“Yeah!” Hagumi agrees. “I wonder what kind of creatures we’ll see there!” She wrings her hands, which are covered with light gloves that serve more as fashion than warmth. “You don’t think they’ll try to eat us, do you?”

“Of course not!” Kokoro replies confidently as they reach the entrance of Halls of Horror. It looks like an old, abandoned mansion, the kind that are always in horror movies, though Misaki is pretty sure that it was just designed to look that way to add to the atmosphere. Regardless, it’s certainly working; Misaki still isn’t sure if she really wants to go in, but she agreed to come along anyway, if only for Kanon’s sake.

“Mi...Misaki-chan?” Kanon whispers. “We’ll be okay, right?”

Misaki smiles and tries to put on a brave act. “Of course. It’s all fake anyway, and these actors are trained. They know what they’re doing.”

Kanon takes a deep breath, twiddling her fingers nervously. “Okay.”

It’s just the four of them tonight, though Kaoru was invited. If only I could accompany you on this thrilling adventure! she had said earlier, with her signature dramatic flair. Alas, I have a previous engagement that I must attend to this evening. Misaki half-suspects that Kaoru just made that up so she wouldn’t have to go through a haunted house. She tries to act brave, and it fools a lot of people, but Misaki has figured out by now that she’s actually afraid of spooky things like bats and monsters. It’s kind of endearing. Kind of.

“I wish Michelle had been able to come,” Hagumi says as they hop into the line to be admitted into the mansion.

“Maybe she and Kaoru-san are both doing the same thing,” Misaki suggests. Her excuse for why Michelle couldn’t come had been vague, because usually that’s all it takes to explain her absence.

Kokoro grins at that. “Oh! If they are, then I hope they’re having a great time!” she says. “Maybe we can trade stories tomorrow at practice!”

The line moves fairly quickly, so they’re at the front and paying the admission before they know it. Instinctively, Misaki takes a few steps closer to Kokoro and Hagumi, and Kanon follows suit, so that they’re all sort of huddled together, like penguins. It makes her feel safer somehow, even though she knows it’s stupid to be nervous in the first place.

Unfortunately, the haunted house is designed mostly for single-file lines, so they can’t group together for long. As they follow the people in front of them into the haunted house, Kokoro takes the lead, naturally, with Hagumi right behind her, Kanon next, and Misaki bringing up the rear. She can’t help the shiver that runs down her spine when they enter the darkness.

As her eyes adjust to the dim light, Misaki can see that they seem to be in some sort of foyer adorned with old furniture, strange paintings on the walls, and cobwebs in every corner. Most of it is inaccessible to them, forcing them to continue their one-way journey, and a pair of actors dressed in old, ripped-up tuxedos reach out to touch them as they pass. Their hands and faces look like rotting flesh, and most of their teeth seem to be either yellowed or gone. “Oh! Hello there!” Kokoro says when one of the men hisses and grabs her shoulder. “You don’t look so good. Are you feeling sick? I know some people who can get you fixed right up!”

“Uh,” Hagumi says worriedly, grabbing onto Kokoro’s other arm and pulling lightly, “I don’t think they want to talk, Kokoron! Let’s keep going!”

Misaki laughs sheepishly as they pass by the men and exit the foyer. Sometimes she wishes Kokoro would just get scared like a normal person; it’s embarrassing to have to drag her away from any enemy or monster because she doesn’t understand the concept of danger.

In the next room, a living area decorated in a fashion similar to the foyer, three “vampires” with razor-sharp fangs and blood running down the sides of their mouths discuss which one of the girls would be the best snack. “I’d take the little one,” one says, grinning and pointing at Hagumi as she follows Kokoro into the next hallway. “Short hair doesn’t get in the way as much.” The vampire makes a slurping sound, and Hagumi covers her neck with her hands protectively. Misaki still can’t figure out whether or not Hagumi realizes that the monsters aren’t real.

As Kanon and Misaki approach the doorway leading into the hall, a fourth vampire jumps out from a dark corner and startles them, hissing and laughing. They both yelp and grab onto each other for safety, then rush into the hallway behind Kokoro and Hagumi. “Th-that was scary!” Kanon whispers.

“Yeah,” Misaki says dismissively, trying not to show that it rattled her. “But it’s fine. None of it’s real.”

The rest of the haunted house proceeds in a similar fashion, with a few jump scares here and there, an assortment of elaborately decorated rooms, and realistic-looking actors dressed up as various spooky characters, from a man with a chainsaw to a mime. Kanon and Hagumi seem to be enjoying themselves despite the frightening atmosphere, which might be due in part to Kokoro’s antics. She still hasn’t quite grasped that the “monsters” are supposed to be malicious and scary and certainly not friendly.

“Ooh!” she says to the man with a chainsaw as he revs it up threateningly. “That’s a really big chainsaw! I bet you can cut a lot of wood with that!”

“Wood’s not the only thing I use it for,” the man replies ominously.

“Oh, I bet!” Kokoro says as they pass him and head into the next area. “You could probably cut anything with something like that!”

Despite herself, Misaki laughs and shakes her head. Part of her is thankful for Kokoro’s unwavering positivity—it keeps her spirits light, keeps her from getting too sucked into the mansion’s horrors. Not that she’d ever admit that.

One of the last rooms they enter is an old, ornate-looking bedroom covered in cobwebs. Hanging on the walls are old photographs of a young woman with three children. Misaki can hear the voice of a woman, moaning slowly and laboriously, as if in deep pain, but she can’t figure out where it’s coming from—there’s nothing in the room. Kanon huddles closer to her, glancing back and forth around the room. “What is that?” she whispers.

“I don’t know,” Misaki says. She can hear the voice getting louder and more intense, as if the woman’s pain is worsening.

The lights in the bedroom, already dim, start to flicker on and off. The woman’s voice feels closer, but Misaki can’t pinpoint where it’s coming from. Her heart feels like it’s jumped up into her throat. Then the doors of a closet hidden in the corner burst open, and a tall, ghostly figure jumps out, wailing and crying, a thin veil covering her face.

All four of the girls scream in various states of shock and terror, holding onto each other for protection. Then, after a half second of silence, Kokoro says, breathless, “Wow! You definitely startled us, Ghost! You’re really good at this!”

Misaki feels her heart start to return to its rightful place in her chest. She’s not sure whether to laugh or cry in disbelief.

The phantom woman sighs and puts a hand to her heart. “How flattering,” she says, “but I fear that frightening you has done naught to ease my sorrow.”

“Oh, no!” Kokoro says. “What are you sad about?”

“My children,” the woman replies, “my children were taken away from me. But I suffer a most miserable curse—I cannot leave this house, nay, even this room, to search for them. I wish and wait every night for them to return to me, but alas...they never have.” She puts the back of her hand against her forehead, a gesture Misaki has seen a certain someone perform many times, both in plays and musicals and in casual conversation, when saying something that she thinks is particularly tragic.

Wait a minute. That voice, that manner of speech…

“Well, that’s no fun at all!” Kokoro says with a frown. She glances over at the door to the exit. “I don’t think we can stay for much longer, but I want to help. I want to make you smile!”

The “ghost” sighs again. “I appreciate the sentiment, but I know that you must depart, and so I have a favor to ask of you. If you should stumble upon any of my dear children in your travels...I implore you, little kitten, bring them to me.”

Little kitten.

Kokoro nods furiously. “Oh! I definitely will! I swear I’ll help you smile again!”

With that, she leads the group out of the bedroom and through the doorway. To Misaki’s surprise, they find themselves not in another room, but outside, stepping into a chilly fall evening. “Whew!” Hagumi says, pulling her gloves out of her jacket pockets and slipping them back onto her hands. “That was scary...but it was really fun!”

“Y-yeah,” Kanon agrees with a tiny smile. “I liked it.”

“Great!” Kokoro says, turning around to face the group. “Hey, hey, Misaki, what did you think?”

Misaki smiles awkwardly. “Oh, uh, I had fun.” It’s true, actually—she did have fun, more than she’s willing to let on—but it still comes out sounding sort of like she’s faking it.

Kokoro, of course, remains oblivious, or seemingly so. “Good!” she says, turning back around and leading them out onto the main street. “It’s too bad that Kaoru and Michelle weren’t here. We’ll have to tell them all about it!”

Misaki bites her lip. Yeah. Uh. About that.

As they walk, Kanon falls back with Misaki, a few paces behind Kokoro and Hagumi, who are recounting their favorite parts of the evening. “Misaki-chan,” she says quietly. “Did you...notice anything about the...the ghost?”

Misaki raises an eyebrow. “You mean like how she talked and acted a lot like Kaoru-san?”

Kanon breathes a sigh of relief, as if she was afraid she was the only one who had noticed. “Yeah, that. I guess that was the…the ‘previous engagement’ she mentioned.”

Misaki laughs a little. “That girl couldn’t turn down an acting job to save her life.”

Kanon hesitates before nodding at Kokoro and Hagumi. “We’re not going to tell them, will we?”

Misaki shakes her head. “That’s Kaoru-san’s secret to keep. Or give away. We’ll let her decide when the time comes.”

—

The next day at Kokoro’s house, before the start of band practice, Kokoro and Hagumi catch Kaoru up to speed on their exciting night. Misaki hasn’t changed into her Michelle suit yet, so she doesn’t have to pretend like she doesn’t know what they’re talking about, though she’s sure they’ll retell the whole story for her once she’s inside the bear. Kaoru, on the other hand, listens intently to the girls’ descriptions, as if she isn’t intimately familiar with Halls of Horror and all its surprises.

“And then,” Kokoro says, “at the very end, there was this ghost woman who really scared us! But it turned out that she was just lonely and sad. So now I’m keeping an eye out for her children so that she can be happy again!” She puts her hands on her hips and puffs out her chest in determination. “She was really tall. And she called me ‘little kitten,’ just like you say, Kaoru!”

Kaoru chuckles nervously. “Oh, she did?”

“Yeah!” Kokoro says. “I guess I must resemble a kitten somehow, since multiple people have called me one.”

Misaki can practically feel Kaoru’s inward sigh of relief, and she has to suppress the urge to snort. Instead, she exchanges a knowing glance with Kanon, who simply smiles back at her. At least now she’s not the only one in the band with a secret identity, but she doubts Kaoru will ever figure that out.

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Captain Swan is My Favorite Rom Com: Sleepless in Seattle 2/3

Rating: G for this story, but most of the stories in Captain Swan is My Favorite Rom-Com are rated T

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Emma’s tires screeched as she flew into the space in the overnight parking deck. She grabbed her purse, frantically checking to make sure they had everything: keys, tickets, cash, her driver’s license, Dramamine in case of turbulence.

“Okay, kid,” she told Henry as she jumped out of the car, “we’re going to be racing to the terminal like in Home Alone. You ready?”

“I guess,” Henry grumbled.

“Seriously?” Emma couldn’t help snapping as she yanked their suitcase from her trunk. “Walsh got you a trip to Disney World for Christmas, and you’re having an attitude?”

Henry crossed his arms in front of him petulantly. “My affections cannot be bought.”

Emma rolled her eyes as she shoved Henry’s suitcase into his hands. “Where in the world do you get your vocabulary?”

“I read, Mom.”

Emma ran for the parking deck elevator. “It’s the happiest place on earth. Can you at least try to enjoy it?”

“You think Walsh might get tied up at work and not be able to join us? Cause that would make me very happy!”

Emma rubbed her forehead wearily as she jabbed at the elevator button. God, she and Walsh weren’t even married yet, and Henry’s stepchild syndrome was already giving her a migraine.

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The post-holiday crowd at the Boston airport jostled their way through the baggage claim area. That was probably why Alice’s father had a firm grip on her hand, though she felt she was far too old for such things. They had arrived yesterday to unpack the boxes that had been shipped to Uncle Liam and Aunt Elsa’s new apartment and to make sure the furniture had been delivered. It had been hard work but fun, with pizza and camping out on the living room floor.

Alice spotted her aunt and uncle through the crowd and took off at a run, squealing with joy. Her father called after her in a panic, but she paid him no mind as Uncle Liam scooped her up into a big bear hug. He set her down only for her to be enveloped by Aunt Elsa.

Killian stood by, a rare smile upon his lips as he watched the reunion. His brother turned to him with a welcome grin and enveloped him in a hearty embrace.

“It’s good to see you, little brother.”

“Younger,” Killian corrected with a chuckle, “and the feeling is mutual.”

Liam patted his shoulders as he took a step back. “Well, I managed to cross the ocean that divided us, now I just have to get things squared away so I cross the continent as well.”

“Liam,” Elsa groaned, her arms still around Alice, “let’s not talk about business right now. It’s Christmas.”

“It was Christmas,” Alice corrected with a frown, “why couldn’t you get here sooner?”

“Oh honey, we wanted to,” Elsa explained, patting her cheeks, “but this was our last Christmas with my sister and her family. Next year we’ll be traveling across an ocean to see them.”

Killian rubbed at his clenched jaw. “You know you didn’t have to do this -”

“Don’t start that,” Elsa cut him off, stepping forward to give him a hug of her own, “you need us.”

“What he needs is a wife,” Alice piped up.

Killian’s jaw clenched again as he suppressed a groan. Elsa arched a brow at him and then

glanced over at Alice. “What’s this all about?” she asked.

Killian turned to his daughter with a pointed expression. “Why don’t you tell them what you did,

Alice?

She shrunk into herself as all three adults looked at her with raised brows.

“Papa . . . “

Kilian circled his hand in the air. “No, seriously, tell them. About the radio show.”

Alice’s blush crept all the way up to her ears.

“Radio show?” asked Elsa.

“Aye,” Killian explained, “on Christmas Eve Alice called into a radio show and told them I needed a new wife for Christmas,”

Elsa’s face morphed into a tender expression as she pressed a hand to her chest. “Oh Alice,” she sighed, pulling her niece close. Alice’s shame melted away at the understanding look in her aunt’s eyes. “She just wants you to be happy, Killian, we all do.”

“It’s been over two years -” Liam began, but he was silenced by Killian’s raised palm.

“Don’t, just don’t.”

“It’s perfectly fine to start dating again,” Elsa added, “Milah wouldn’t want -”

“Like it’s so easy. I’ll just grow a new heart,” Killian snapped. He bent to hoist Elsa’s carry-on over his shoulder, clearly conveying that the conversation was over. “It only happens once.”

Killian turned towards the airport doors and instantly collided with someone racing in. He instinctively reached out to steady the person with his hands at her shoulders, and found himself looking into a pair of jade eyes. The woman’s startled look softened and the hands that grasped the front of his shirt relaxed, her fingers grazing the exposed skin of his chest where his top buttons were undone. The featherlight brushes of her fingertips sent a jolt through his chest. Her cheeks were flushed, perhaps from the cold, and her golden hair was a riot of messy waves, most likely because she’d been in a rush. Killian blinked and gaped like a schoolboy. He hadn’t been so completely mesmerized by a woman’s beauty since . . .

“H-hello,” he stuttered.

“Hello,” she breathed out in return. Was she as affected as he was?

“Mom!”

The woman yanked her hands from his chest at the sound of the boy’s voice. The lad yanked on her arm.

“Mom, you said we were gonna miss our flight.”

The flush on her cheeks deepened as she turned quickly away from Killian.

“Papa, are you alright?” Alice’s words made him realize he was still staring at the woman’s retreating form.

Henry’s eyes fell on the little girl tugging on her father’s hand, and he gasped.

“Mom,” he cried as he was dragged down the concourse, “did you hear that? Their accents, and she called him Papa! I think it’s Alice and Killian. From the radio show Christmas Eve!”

“Henry, that’s ridiculous. This is Boston airport, that call came from Seattle.”

“But lots of people travel for the holidays,” Henry argued.

“And lots of people have British accents.”

“It’s them, Mom, I know it! I think it’s a sign.”

Emma sighed as she stopped at their gate and handed the tickets to the attendant. The man looked them over and told them to hurry on board, the plane was taking off soon. Henry picked up the conversation as they raced down the tunnel.

“What are the chances that we heard them on the radio and then two days later, we run into them?”

Emma ignored him as she found their seats and stowed their carry-ons. As she plopped into the seat next to him, she put her arm around him and smiled.

“Know what I think, kid? I do think this is a sign. A sign you’ve been spending way too much time with Mary Margaret.”

They both laughed, but Henry wasn’t giving up so easily. That magic Mary Margaret had talked about? He could feel it in the air.

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When Henry got home from school, he passed his mom and her friend Ruby chatting in the kitchen. He gave his mom a quick hug then went to find a snack in the kitchen. He was standing in front of the pantry trying to decide between Oreos and Chips Ahoy when he heard it.

“Sleepless in Seattle?” Ruby asked.

Henry stilled, leaning towards the living room to hear better.

“That’s what she called him on the radio because he can’t sleep.” His mother paused, and he suddenly felt like she somehow had eyes in the kitchen. “Henry!” she called out. “What are you doing in there?”

“Getting Oreos!” he shouted back. He grabbed the package and shut the pantry door to emphasize his point.

“Use a bowl!”

“Ok!” He tossed a few cookies in a bowl, then grabbed the jug of milk from the fridge. He strained to hear the conversation, but his mother had lowered her voice. He quickly poured his milk, then walked back out into the living room. His mother clamped her mouth shut the minute she saw him. “Got homework,” he told her nonchalantly, forcing himself to barely glance her way.

His mother and Ruby stayed silent as he ascended the stairs. He went to his door, opened and shut it, then settled down on the top step. Sure enough, their conversation resumed once they thought he was out of earshot.

“Are you telling me you’re having fantasies about this man?” Ruby asked. He could hear his mother groan.

“I know,” she said, sounding like her voice was muffled. He could imagine his mom with a pillow smashed to her face. “I’m having fantasies about a man I’ve never met. I don’t even know what he looks like! He could be a chainsaw murderer, a cult leader, or someone really sick. Like . . . like . . . Neal.”

Henry grimaced. His mom had told him all about his dad. How he was older and took advantage of her, and how he was now in jail. Still, he sometimes wondered if it meant something was wrong with him too. No matter how many times his mom insisted he was the best thing that had ever happened to her, he still wondered if his dad’s DNA had tainted him somehow.

“So if you think it’s so crazy,” Ruby asked, “why can’t you stop thinking about him?”

“I don’t know . . . he just started talking about how much he loved his wife, and suddenly I was crying.”

“Whoa. Emma Swan does not cry. Especially about sappy stuff.”

“I know! It totally threw me, Rubes! What’s wrong with me?”

“And then there was the guy at the airport?” Ruby asked. “You think he’s the same guy.”

“No, Henry thinks he is. But it was so strange, Ruby. It was like we had met before . . . I just felt this . . . connection.”

Emma trailed off, and it was quiet for a while. Even though he couldn’t see them, Henry had a feeling his mother had her head in Ruby’s lap right now and the brunette was combing her fingers through her hair.

“I think,” Ruby finally said, “that this has more to do with Walsh than this mystery man.”

“Ugh, I feel awful. I’m engaged to Walsh, and I’m fantasizing about someone else. What kind of person does that make me?”

“It makes you a woman who wants more,” Ruby replied. “I think that’s why you can‘t get Sleepless in Seattle out of your head. You want the kind of love he had with his wife. And the guy at the airport? You want electricity! And let’s face it, honey, you don’t have either of those things with Walsh. That man may be loyal, but he’s boring as hell.”

“Walsh is a good man,” Emma protested. “He’s steady, he makes a good living, he’s responsible . . . and he adores me.”

Henry clutched his glass of milk so hard he was afraid it might shatter. This was his mom’s speech. Had Ruby heard it as many times as he had?

“You’ve said that, Emma. But do you love him?”

Henry held his breath, counting the beats of his heart waiting for his mother’s answer. When it didn’t readily come, he heard Ruby sigh.

“I think you should at least write to this guy in Seattle. Make sure Walsh is the one.”

“I never said Walsh wasn’t the one!” Emma argued. “And are you insane? I can’t write a letter to a man I’ve never met! Besides, I bet he’s being flooded with letters already. Do you know how many women were asking for his number on the air that night alone?”

“Well, if you won’t write him maybe I will,” Ruby teased. “You’ve made him sound like a dream.”

“Don’t you dare, Rubes!”

Henry heard his mother and Ruby squealing and laughing, and the sounds of pillows thudding against the sofa. He rose from the top stair and made his way to his room, opening and closing the door with agonizing slowness. He set his untouched snack down on his nightstand and went over to his desk. He pulled out a pen and a sheet of paper and began to write.

“Dear Sleepless in Seattle . . . “

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July 11, 2012

Pairing: None Rating: T Tags: Post-The Dream Thieves, Dreams vs. Reality, Ronan Lynch is Bad at Feelings, Angst, Hurt No Comfort, Minor Rovinsky, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Smoking

Flashing a cocky grin, Kavinsky took the lighter from the other and quickly lit up his smoke, but he seemed to be holding back. Ronan regarded him with a mixture of contempt and curiosity. “Is there a reason tonight that you’re being an ass, or is it just the same moody bullshit as always?”

Kavinsky’s expression shifted, and he took a long drag off of the cigarette he had perched in his fingers, then dramatically flicked it, still burning and barely smoked, out of the window of his Mitsubishi. “Am I real?”

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It began as many things do: swift and quiet, barely a whisper of a thought before Ronan Lynch was swept through his unconscious mind and again towards the imposing white car. Ronan waited under the streetlamp the same way he had before for the car to slow down and finally stop next to him. Its driver lowered a pair of white-rimmed sunglasses to stare at Ronan, but something was off about it tonight. “What do you want now, Princess?”

Ronan rolled his eyes and looked down to the unlit Marlboro Silver between Kavinsky’s fingers. “You looked like you could use a smoke,” he said, reaching into his pocket and feeling the cold metal of dollar store lighter appear beneath his fingers. He offered it to the other man, then leaned back under the light of the lamp above him.

Kavinsky’s expression shifted, and he took a long drag off of the cigarette he had perched in his fingers, then dramatically flicked it, still-burning and barely smoked, out of the window of his Mitsubishi. “Am I real?”

Taken aback, Ronan blinked. Excluding Orphan Girl, he had never met a dream-thing that seemed to be self-aware. He let the silence hang in the air, pregnant, for a long while, before Kavinsky just scoffed and lit a new cigarette. There was something solemn in his movements that the real Joseph lacked, a little blip in the dream cycle that showed he wasn’t quite natural, or maybe a tic his subconscious mind had supplied that he hadn’t thought of directly. “Do you think I’m an idiot? I’m still a dreamer, Lynch. I can tell when something is a forgery. It’s got this… Haziness to it.”

Ronan stole the lit cigarette from Kavinsky’s grasp and took a long pull, savoring the burn in his chest that came with it before handing it back to its owner. He let the smoke blow out of his nose on a long sigh and looked up. “You’re real,” he said, slowly, trying to parse out the best way to respond. “You’re here whenever I come. You react to me, you talk to me—”

Kavinsky barked out a sharp sound somewhere between a laugh and a cry. “You’re funny— Did you, did you know,” he said, a psychotic grin splitting his features as he tried to speak through the laughing cries, “As soon as I take the Mitsu past Nino’s, it clips out like a bad Bethesda game. Every time I pass the traffic light there, I’m back at the Strip. Same with the garage, and Aglionby. All of it. Like God didn’t bother to create anything outside of my little sphere of influence. I’m no more real than anything.”

Ronan didn’t remember moving past the streetlamp, but in a second he was in the passenger seat of the car, staring at Kavinsky for the first time since he’d started this. “You’re real enough. This place is just a memory, a moment suspended in time,” he explained, but it sounded stupid even to him. “You’re as real as the drugs you dream or Chainsaw. You’re just not… Alive yet.” Real but not quite living, as Ronan had felt for the past week. He had known his abilities had not made him invincible, but it was still hard to believe that Kavinsky, flaming and deadly and everything a thief should be, would be killed by his own creation.

Kavinsky shook his head. “That shit’s not real, man. It just feels real. Did you know the sun never rises, here? I thought I was just too high to notice at first, but no. Even the weather doesn’t change. Perfect, cloudless sky,” he murmured, waving the cigarette in his hands. “But none of that gave it away for me. I was too damn dense to see through it. You know what gave it away?” His voice broke like he was afraid of the answer, but he didn’t care enough to hide it. “The addiction. It’s gone. I didn’t smoke for four days and I didn’t even notice until I reached for the pack and it wasn’t there. The depression of it doesn’t burn in my chest. It’s all gone.”

The Mitsubishi shook when Kavinsky kicked at the door once, possibly in frustration. Ronan knew, knew in his heart and mind, that Kavinsky was dead, but this one was all too real for him in his reactions and his words. Dreamer had become dream thing, but he was still himself. Sentient.

“This is how I stay sane after it all,” Ronan admitted, voice quiet in a way it never was outside of his dreams. It seemed to echo even off the small shell of the Evo. “Coming here once in a while. Coming back, or at least as close as I can. You’re a piece of trash, K. But that doesn’t mean you deserved to die.” He murmured. “I wanted you to live—I wanted you to be happy. Living memory, not a decaying one. This place is eternal because for it to move on you’d have to die.”

Kavinsky did not move, still as a cat waiting to pounce, the fire behind his eyes either dead or dying. No human could dream Kavinsky’s spirit, Greywaren or thief. He was merely a fraction of the man he once was. “Living doesn’t mean alive, Lynch,” he said, and at Ronan’s confused expression, he just let out a low breath. “Say I were to jumpstart this place, like a stolen car. Make it move forward even though you’ve dreamed it to stay stuck on this night. I’ll still die. Proko will still die. You said it yourself. Living memory. None of these choices are mine,” he looked down. “I never should have brought him back. He’s… He’s just a shell of the Ilya I knew. Not the same. If you keep me here, suspended, I’ll end up like him.”

Quietly, Ronan flicked the ash from the second cigarette he didn’t remember lighting onto the floor of the Mitsubishi. Kavinsky gave him a dirty look, but as Ronan suspected, no violent outburst or cry of rage. He was right—he was just a shell now. There were only traces of the man he knew. This moment, however realistic it was, was controlled by him, and it would stay frozen at 10:30 on July 4. There was no way to further it. “Have you noticed that the crickets only have one pattern? Like an audio file, looped over and over. I never thought I’d give a shit, but I miss it.”

“Miss what?”

“The sun, the seasons, the burn of withdrawal. No change. It’s nothing now. Hell, I even miss my classes at Aglionby. At least before I had a choice as to whether or not to go.” Kavinsky laughed softly. It sounded broken. “I am still a dreamer. A thief. If I told the sun to rise, would it? Would this all fix itself? Would… Would I die? Would the addiction come back? The hurt? The burn?” He demanded, and Ronan was surprised to see his eyes wet with tears. He didn’t think he’d ever seen Kavinsky cry. “The love? Anything but this goddamn… Emptiness.”

Ronan looked into his eyes, blue meeting pale green. He didn’t know what to say. “If that sun rises, this world will burn.”

“One singular moment for eternity, or death. It’s a shitty fucking choice and you know it. How could you do this?” He demanded, tears springing free and running down his cheeks. “I thought I might get a chance to be happy again when the party just kept going, and then the sun didn’t rise. My phone wouldn’t work. And I knew, I fucking—” he let out a shaky breath. “I knew it was fake. I feel like a damn butterfly pinned to a corkboard.”

Ronan grabbed Kavinsky’s wrist before he brought the cigarette to his lips again. “This is your kingdom, Joseph,” he said, putting all of his regret and anger and emotion in his eyes and not his words. He knew he couldn’t lose it or it would implode again. “This is your memory now. You know it’s fake, so what? If and when that sun rises, it doesn’t have to mean shit. You’ve already ruled the night for a goddamn week. What’s stopping you from ruling the day?”

To his own chagrin, Kavinsky felt his lip begin to quiver. “I don’t want to live, Lynch. I wish you had just let me fucking die instead of making me into this zombie,” he spat, and Ronan could see how close he was to losing it completely. The edges of his dream blurred like they’d been painted in watercolor.

“I don’t want you to die!” Ronan burst out, and the dream rippled around him under the weight of the truth he’d let out. He swore, reaching for the steering wheel of the car, but he knew it was too late. This dream was not meant to exist at all, which made it even more fragile.

Kavinsky and the Mitsu disappeared again, for the seventh night in a row, and he was left to grieve alone on the concrete floor of his bedroom.

#the raven cycle #the dream thieves #ronan lynch #joseph kavinsky #rovinsky #angst #my writing #trc #q

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arahabakix · 3 years

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omg tysm for making a tag!! i didn't see ur previous reply so thats why i asked again hsjsj,, ALSO BOKUAKA...HIDEKANE (used to be The Otp for me back in the day lol)....daiharu too omg 😭😭 i love all those ships as well hsjsjs. also u losing it over dabi is SUCH A MOODD OMG like,,'@*#&#& SAME (and yes 100% u rewatch princess mononoke,, ghibli movies r just. top tier stuff) ooo and for my fav shows im a HUGE haikyuu!! n ons fan,, nowadays im rlly into jjk as well :3 - secret santa 🎅

isssokiee,,, i did reblog a fucktonne of posts after that so itgot drowned out from the sheer force of me ranting about dabi,,,\\\ YES FOR BOKUAKA & HIDEKANE!!! like i love touka and as much as i’ve come to be ohki with touken i cannot bring myself to like it as much as i like hidekane,,,

me losing it over dabi is the only thing i do well,,, i got into bnha because i saw a fanart of dabi sometime back in 2017 and thought he was hot af, he still is i love him xbfxbgfxg,,, once again my dabi tag is full of my love for him and warnings apply cause man makes me horny on main

i will rewatch princess mononoke soon, it’s on my to do list. ghibli movies make me happpy & i try to gif them whenever i can!!! once the secret santa exchange is completed i’ll make you a princess mononoke gifsett,,

yessss!!! haikyuu!! is such a wonderful series was sad it ended but it gave us the best ending ever so im not complaining,,, i’ve only seen the anime for ons & i should read the manga soon. heard it’s better than the anime,,, jjk is a good manga/anime,, i started reading it in 2018 (?) i think? but i dropped it because i was taking a break from manga,, im very excited to see gojou in the next episode, and i should really try to catch up with the manga ,,, from what my brother told me, so much is happeningggg.

what all manga are you currently reading nonnie?? i’cve gotten into the office romance genre and i’m eagerly awaiting chainsaw man updates,,,

hope you’re having a good day nonnie!!!

#the secret santa tag #one of these days i'll reply to you & not bring up dabi #i'll train myself for that day #xbfbgdgfdf also pls stay welll-rested & hydrated nonnie #anon-san

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knightofbalance-13 · 7 years

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http://kaedeichinose.tumblr.com/post/155455868286/everything-in-rwby-is-controlled-by-men-either

... @mageknight14 , You didn’t mix in my secret stash did you?

Everything in RWBY is controlled by men, either actively or passively, and here’s a huge bullet point list elaborating on how shitty the agency of female characters is in a show billed as female driven with “””strong””” female characters.

As we will see, they actually don’t and this person is just complaining without focus.

And again: just because you have a strong female cast doesn’t mean you have to ignore the male cast. In fact: RWBY is unique in that it has an equally strong male cast, making a TRUE progressive show...and sadly, RWBY is not SUPPOSE to be progressive so that's pathetic.

It’s mostly for my benefit because I’ve been stewing on this shit for a while now but I’ll post it in the rwde tag in case anyone else wants to fully absorb this train wreck but mostly it boils down to: let the women lead their own lives

Ah huh, see here’s the thing: the gusy are just as heavily defined by the woman as vice versa. You’ll latter down the line:

Ruby: No female role models outside of her sister, but the farthest Yang’s seemed to have influenced her life is being a replacement mom which is icky and all of her skills come from her male mentor(s) or just straight magic

Being motherly is “icky?” Lady, I once saw a mother character whoop superhuman ass by sowing a rotting touch girl into concrete, cut through human-sized vines with garden trimmers and once tackled a giant with a chainsaw all to protect her kid. That kid happen to be her son and looked up to and loved his mother very much to the point 90% of his personality seems to come from her.

Not to mention her father Taiyang is completely defined by his children and losing his lovers, characters in their own right independent from him, and he only really interacts with his kids. His defining character trait is that he is the main character’s father. Next.

Weiss: Mom’s not even lucid, no other females in her life sans winter who still acts cold and distant despite the shared life experiences, Weiss is pushed around and treated like “women should be seen, not heard” manner not only by her father but by most people around her which is weird as remnant is “all inclusive” so that ideology shouldnt even exist

“All inclusive” implies Fanaus too dumbass. And even OUR society has shit like this so don’t go blaming Remannt for that.

Also: Jacques and Whitely are clearly treated as Villians in that regard and that they are massively wrong and while WInter is distant somewhat, she has been the only person to give Weiss solid advice and is Weiss’ goal for Volume 5. So that doesn’t work.

And again, we have a male too: Whitely has no personality outside of hating his sister and being a little bitch and is just an obstacle for Weiss to overcome. He has no agency of his own unlike Weiss who does.

Blake: Her mom’s kind but ultimately all her skills and passion come from the influence of her male ex-partner. Kali doesn’t even seem to be as high up in the chain as Ghira and even now most of Blake’s reconciliation seems to be happening with her dad

Okay...and? SO Blake takes after her dad: so what? Ghira and Kali are used as a parallel to Blake and Sun clearly seeing as Kali acts more like Sun than Blake so it’s obviously a counterpart thing.

Again, we have Sun who has no character outside of Blake, is completely debouted to her for no reason, has put up with a lot of crap from her and revolves entirely around her. If he were a girl it would be so offensive to you. But it’s a guy so no problem here!

Yang: Again, no female role models. Seems to have been forced to take over parenting once Tai Yang shut down for an nondescript period of time. Current season is implying her skills came from her father mentoring her.

Again: What’s the problem with Taiyang mentoring her? She matched Taiyang hand to hand and the guy’s a freaking full fledged Huntsman: She’s being empowered by being a better fighter than her dad.

And isn’t Yang pulling herself together while her full grown father couldn’t a sigh of strength? If that isn’t strong Idon’t know what is.

The entirety of JNPR: Nora and Pyrrha scarcely even fucking talk to each other or any other female characters, neither of them have any women in their life nor does Ren. Jaune’s big family honor passed from his grand father to his dad to him, mother and sisters mentioned in passing to justify Jaune doing something “””girly”””. I’m not even going to fucking touch on Pyrrha’s existance being entirely tied to Jaune because you’ve probably heard that a million times already.

1. Gender bender: it’s more that the chaarcetrs representing guys (Nora and Pyrrha) are connected to the gril representatives (Jaune and Ren.)

2. It was never passed down to Jaune: he took it for himself. Not to mention Jaune himself was entirely reliant on Pyrrha and Ruby for character development meaning he’s just as dependant as you say Pyrrha is. In afct the instant Pyrrha dies, Jaune becomes a supporting character to Ruby. He literally drops down a peg.

3. Pyrrha’s a mentor character who is entirely reliant on her underling for support, cares very much about him and is killed for his skae? Gee, you just described KAMINA, the manly man of TTGL. In fact, Pyrrha is a stronger character than Kamina seeing as she has her own strength, gets screentiem outside of Jaune and has an arc to herself all unlike Kamina. And Kamina himself was based off a female (Kazumi Amano), was replaced by a female (Nia Tepplin) and is succeded by a female (Mako Makanchou) so the male gender is the one being trampled on here.

Emerald and cinder and cinder and salem are the only fucking female-female role model/mentor relationships in the fucking show and theyre all main antagonists and the villain club still managed to be a sausage fest

Yeah! ... And Weiss and Winter ... And Jaune would be worthless without Pyrrha...and Nora saved Ren’s like twice and taught him to calm the fuck down...And Ruby;s strength is always attributed to her mother...And Gynda’s a teacher so she HAD to have mentored them...

Also: That’s two mentors in the series. Can we get the male and male mentors....There’s only one?....Mercury and his abusive dad...who he killed...and hates...Yep.

Cinder: Accomplished her goal (kind of) but got punished for it (granted shes the villain) but the punishment was muting and crippling the single most powerful woman in the show to date sans Salem

Ozpin: Strongest Guy in the show: Gets his ass handed to him by Cinder in such a manner that she was barely affected.

Salem: [disney villain laughing.mp4]

Ozpin: [Dumbledore getting his ass handed to him by Heromine.jpg]

Emerald: she idolizes cinder but the relationship is demonstrably unhealthy, the only real female-female mentor relationship on the show and its an unhealthy one between two villains

Weiss and Winter, Yang and Ruby, Glynda and Pyrrha + every female student...

Glynda: went from being Ozpin’s right hand to literally inconsequential, the men are off saving the world and protecting ozpin’s vision and she’s literally been left to clean all on her own. Pick up a hammer and nails, port and oobleck you lazy fucks

Port: “We all need some rest”

Implying they’re helping Glynda with Glynda being the spearhead.

Penny: both creators and trainers/parents are male (unfortunately not i nthat way), she was on her way to having a good relationship with ruby only shes fucking dead to further the plot so dang i guess

That’s baised againt heterosexuals.

And she’s also the strongest non-grownup in the show, far outclassing Sun who is the strongest teen male.

The maidens: despite being the most powerful women in the fucking world (supposedly) theyre controlled and monitored and protected by a group largely consisting of men and are being successfully hunted down by another group largely consisting of men, not to mention their powers are jokes (i mean amber got taken down by two malnourished kids and cinder like what) and their one weakness is the silver eye power, which seems to be a gender neutral power

Likely so no one in the group can be temted to take the power for themselves.

Amber was said to be cocky and inexperienced Vs. three experienced fighters. Also once Cinder got the power, she curbstomped the strngest male in the show, canonically killing him.

Kali: easily best mom but seems pretty hands off in blake’s life, also notable that while her husband is an ex-WF leader and goes to meetings she just kind of sat there smiling while her husband went to do the leader junk

She also forced Blake to confront her father about leaving, called Blake out for not talking about Team RWBY and is the female counterpart to Sun, who is even less active.

Ms.Schnee: doesnt even have a FUCKING NAME despite the fact that SHE’S THE SCHNEE. mostly feels like an after thought in weiss’ narrative, shit mom

Neither does Pyrrha’s dad and he’s not evenmentioned.

Also: It’s called focusing on what is needed. And can you blame here? here husband and son are complete jackasses.

Summer: Despite being a huge influence on multiple characters the most we know of this legendary warrior is that she was a good mom and a good wife. thats it

Sis said to be a powerful Huntsman from yang and has Taiyanga and Qrow wrapped around her dead finger. Also, she raised a child that wasn’t ehrs with such love and kindness Yang didn’t even know they weren’t related. Again, THAT is strength. She’s also the reason why Ruby is so strong so she’s the source of power for the main character.

Neon: unnecessary stereotypical cattiness but maybe thats just me being annoyed she called yang fat despite them having the same body type

Based off Nyan Cat, meme meant to annoy and is intergral to the team stardgey with her partner Flynt.

Not a single world leader we’ve been introduced to has been female (unless you count salem but, again, the main antagonist). No female head masters, no females in politics, no female WF leaders (kali could potentially be one but that hasnt been implied)

The world leaders are either misguided at best (Ozpin) of fucking cowards at worst (Leo) and the only WF leader we’ve seen is the racist, geocidal son of a bitch Adam so they are actually higher up than the guys.

the gods are literally just a gender flipped version of luna and celestia despite the fact theyre magic gods who dont even need gender fuck off

... I have no idea what they are saying: the brother’s are a representation of creation and destruction: simple as that.

Meanwhile: Male characters are eiteh entirely reliant on females for power and/or development (Taiyang, Jaune, Ren), are treated as assholes who aren’t even true villains (Jacques Schnee, Whitely Schnee, Adam Tauras), serve under women who show favor to women (Tyrian, Watts, Hazel, Torchwick), act as people who can only help women (Port and oobleck) ect.

Ruby is still self driven and considered better than Jaune.

Weiss is treated as the one good person ina family of shit head males/

Blake is treated as right whereas her male counterpart is treazted as wrong.

Yang is treated as stronger tan her father, a full fledged Hunstamn.

Nora restraisn Ren and has the far more standout personality that can work on it’s own.

Pyrrha is the reason behind Jaune’s development.

ect.

Both genders rely on each other: Strength in unity. Theme of the show. Not everything is fucking sexist.

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I work so hard on my gifs and edits but barely get any notes. It's so discouraging. How do you make so pretty gifs? When I feel great about mine - I get nothing. :(

Dear anon, as corny as it is for me to say – and perhaps the most unhelpful thing as well – the best way to not get discouraged about notes is to ultimately not worry how many notes your post gets. Because in the end, it’s a creation that you enjoy first of all. Sharing it with others is just a benefit in the long run. Making a pretty gif set, in my opinion, is super subjective. Some people might think that one gif set is the prettiest thing in the world, while another might go ‘Hm… I’m not diggin’ it.’ And that’s okay! Art, beauty, it’s all unique to the person who browses and looks at gif sets in general. c:

It sounds super lame of me to say, but so long as you’re happy with what you made, does it really matter if your set gets alot of notes? I mean, my favorite edit of all time that I did is a nobody compared to my usual gif sets. But it’s a special edit that sticks close in my heart that I love. I think that’s rewarding to have finished it and know that ‘Hey. I made this! I’m happy about it! C:’ The idea of other people liking it too makes you feel nice, but they don’t need to be your only source of validation.

But, besides the pep talk, I can give you a few tips on how you might be able to get your edits out there a bit more? Not necessarily will this get you notes all the time every time, but there’s all sorts of ways you can at least spread them about and share them for people to look at them! Here’s a small list of tips:

1) TAG ALL THE THINGS!

This. This. THIS. Tagging is by far one of the most important things you can do to get your posts out there more! Tag your posts by the game title, the things it’s often abbreviated as, the characters in your edits, their nicknames – tags, tags, tags! Tags for days! Honestly, tagging things is so important! Because when you tag things, it’s a much higher chance that someone else will be able to find what you made when browsing through tumblr. They might be searching for a specific tag, a specific character, a specific ship, and so your post will most likely appear if you tag it the appropriate things!

Even more is that sometimes, people also can subscribe to certain tags to have instant access to their search or even have newer and popular posts in that tag appear on their dashboard! I personally have the ‘Ravus Nox Fleuret’ tag and a few others I follow specifically, so I always get to see what’s new for my favorite man and my ships. So by tagging your edits and posts, you’ll be able to have a farther reach with your edits for people to find!

This comes with a warning though, however: there is nothing more annoying than finding a misplaced post amongst the tags. Like, how weird would it be for you if you were browsing through the ‘Ignis Scientia’ tag and suddenly there’s a post talking about how much someone really loves the Texas Chainsaw Massacre? Like, no relevance at all on the outside or inside. It’s just there? It’s strange and odd, and honestly, it appears more disorganized than anything. So be careful on how you tag your things!

If push comes to shove, just remember to tag it with these: personal tags (my edits, personal comments, etc), the fandom name and abbreviations, the character names (full and/or short, it’s up to you), and perhaps a tag for the reference you made in your gifset.

I also recommend having an internal tagging system on your blog too, if you don’t have one already in place. Tagging systems are important for blog navigation, especially for incoming followers! That way, they can come browse through your other edits, posts you have in regards to fandoms, characters, and topics they like, and more! A tag system is really important to have for the sake of organizing everything for you and your followers!

2) Finding the Right Fanbase

It’s probably a self-explanatory thing, but more popular fandoms and more popular characters will most likely get more notes than less popular ones. If you’re seeking notes, then you might find yourself perhaps wanting to use a more popular subject for your gif sets. After all, Noctis will probably always get more notes than Dave if you try to pit them against each other.

But will he get more popular than Ardyn? Well, it’s subjective too. You can make an edit of a popular character from a popular fandom, and it’ll definitely get more notes. But that’s because you’re appealing to different fanbase as a whole. Noctis is well-liked, for example, among most of the Final Fantasy XV fandom, so he’s generally going to get more attention of it all. Meanwhile, if you take another character like Ardyn, for example, you might not have everyone who liked Noctis liking Ardyn and all. But with a change of character comes a change of fanbase too! There’s quite a few Ardyn fans who would love seeing a new edit of the hobo chancellor, so keeping in mind what fanbase you want to appeal to is super important when you want to share your edits with them (again, TAG YOUR STUFF TO PASS IT AROUND).

Fanbases are always changing and different, but knowing which fanbase you want to share your edits with will play a big role on the exposure your edit may or may not get!

3) Aesthetic Appeal

As I said before, beauty is really really subjective, but there are a few design things to keep in mind when you want to make a more visually appealing edit. Art and design theory imperative to keep note of when making an edit. Of course, once you know the rules, it’ll be easy for you to bend the rules. But some things that I personally keep note of when making a gif set can include…

The Coloring – Make sure that there’s a reason why you picked certain colors in your edit, and why some exist next to others! Play with the idea of analogous colors being together and complimentary colors pushing against others. Take note of the highlights and shadows to play with some dramatic lightings. Decide which parts should be more saturated and others less saturated. Different colors convey different themes, ya know.

The Typography – If you have an edit with typography, keep in mind of the type of fonts you’re using! You wouldn’t use a curly font when talking about a dramatic death scene, after all. Picking the right fonts is crucial in fitting the right style you want. Sans Serif fonts that are close together give off a very tension and more modern feel, while spaced out ones give a more orderly and airy feel. Serif fonts give off a completely different feel to them too – being more romantic and poetic and more traditional over the boxy sans serif kinds of fonts. They all have a different mood they can capture, so pick your fonts wisely!

The Composition – Where you place everything is also super critical to keep in mind of! Like, did you know that placing text in the bottom right corner gives your brain a different signal than when you place it in the top left? In English reading, you typically read from top left to bottom right, so the right is often where your eye rests last (I can go an entire tangent about this, not gonna lie), so be weary on how you place the figures and the text in the things you’re making an edit of.

The Quality – Make sure that your edits are saved in a really nice quality! Cleaner gifs give off a more professional vibe, and they’re alot nicer to look at than something super grainy and chunky. Tumblr now has a 3 MB limit on gifs, so it’s even easier to have your gifs with higher frame rates and less pixelated quality. It’s so nice! So utilize it…!

4) Emotional Appeal

Want someone to take a moment to pause and look at your edits? Appeal to them emotionally! Make a heartbreaking scene even sadder by referencing back a relevant and even more heartbreaking quote/lyric/poem. Make a funnier moment even funnier by parodying it. People want to feel things – sad things, happy things, all the things! So using color theory and quotes to help add to these feelings can really get people to stop and look for a little bit and generate some interest. Emotions are powerful, after all! So if you’re looking for people to look at your edits, intrigue them with emotion, with thoughts too.

5) Resharing

A smaller tip, but sometimes reblogging your edits at certain times of the day is a good idea too! Don’t over-share it, but reblogging your post for the night bloggers is good – because someone’s night is someone else’s day. :D Sharing it for certain groups of people on your blog is a good idea, so that way, people from around the world won’t have to browse through a bunch of posts from the time they were sleeping until now. So it couldn’t hurt to reblog your edits every now and then. To let the night and day people look, and even to get your new followers to check out the stuff you do as well!

So there’s some tips from me about how you might be able to get your gifs out there and stuff, but remember, dear anon: You are talented in your own unique way! That in itself is amazing self-validation, and it’s really important to have that!

Keep on making edits and being great, okay? Thumbs up to you! :DD

#asks #dear anon #stephic rants #advice from steph #a long post #but i hope it helps a little bit!

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