#i’m going to create an oc so unhinged .....

[nanamismoonchild]

deceiving the moon

->chapter 11- the pan handler

->pairing: namjoon x oc (persephone)

->genre: greek god, fantasy

->wc: ~1.5k

->warnings: choking, name-calling, rough fingering, power dynamics on both sides, unhinged namjoon and oc (both of them are crazy), Persephone being mean

credits: this fic was beta read by the lovely @augustbutwinter and the header was made by the lovely @birbdae

a/n: somehow i found enough time to write a few words.it's been *checks notes* a whillllleeeeeeeeeeeee since i wrote namjoon and our girlboss persephone. please comment or send an ask my way if you enjoyed it. Or better yet, send an owl with a lovely letter. :D OH OH I hope you all get the reference too!

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also posted on ao3

Persephone had hoped Namjoon would let her explore more of her new kingdom. However, he explained that they had an appointment with a familiar god by the name of Park Jimin. 

To humans, he was Pan. To Persephone, he was a nuisance much like the rest of the gods that she had met so far. The only difference is she had interacted with Jimin more times than she would have liked to admit.  

Her mother enjoyed his company and invited him to help with harvests. He also lurked around the lake surrounding her old home, flirting with the nymphs. And with her. She couldn’t count on her fingers how many times she rebuffed him, only for him to come back the next day.  

In fact, she had a feeling, she already knew what he would say the moment she was in his proximity. 

“You picked him? Over me?” Jimin screeched, damn near tossing himself into her personal space. He managed to sound both accusatory and hurt at the same time. 

“And why on Gaea’s green earth would I ever choose you?”

Sulkily, he replied, “Because obviously I’m the better choice. I’m your mother’s favorite.”

“My mother didn’t have favorites,” Persephone said plainly, hoping to hurt the man’s feelings. “And if she did, she’d be foolish to choose you.”

“You can be such a bi-”

Namjoon huffed and stood up from his chair, swiftly, trying to save his friend from getting slapped into the next century. “If you’re done flirting with my wife, Jimin, I’d like to begin this meeting. I’d like to get some sleep tonight.”

The new goddess of the underworld and the young god of the wild both turned their heads to Namjoon at the same time, and eerily, both said, “You’re organizing?”

Namjoon’s heart broke a little.

“Yes, but that’s neither here nor there with you, Jimin.”

Persephone sat next to Namjoon, easily sliding into her business persona. A persona she didn’t even realize she had until now. Being Queen was changing her, and she loved every single moment of it. 

Jimin scoffed, “Right. You want to hold a ball in this silly dirty-”

“Do not insult my new home, shepherd.”

Jimin braved the intentional insult and kept going.  He was used to Persephone despising every man that walked into her life. From what he’d heard, she had already knocked Yoongi down a couple of pedestals, made Jungkook bleed, and put Namjoon into his place. He wasn’t (yes, he was) afraid of what she’d do to him.  

“I’m sorry. Your lovely castle. You want to turn this place into the finest place ever. With my help. Why not just call Apollo?” “Tried. No answer, “ Namjoon said plainly. 

“Of course. He must be off doing some trials or something. I heard he got into some really bad stuff.”

“Before you two turn into gossiping nymphs, what is this about a ball?” Persephone questioned, turning to look at Namjoon. “This is the first I’ve heard of such a thing and we’ve both spent the night taking care of…errands.”

Jimin didn’t bother asking what errands the two of them took; he felt if he asked his feelings would get more than hurt. 

“Ah, it was a last minute thing. And it’s not really a ball. It’s more of a ceremony for the both of us.”

He side-eyed Jimin. 

“I wanted to create a song for you. And I thought that Jimin would be the perfect candidate to help me. After Apollo of course.”

Namjoon thought he heard a small “whatever” come from Jimin. 

The look of complete disgust was painted onto Persephone’s beautiful face as she realized what Namjoon had suggested. 

“I’d rather listen to the cries of the dead as they cross the Styx and realize they’re being rowed away on a boat driven by that idiot you trust so much.”

Damn. The woman managed to insult all three men and one of them wasn’t even in the room. 

“Persephone, my music is not that bad. The Pan Girls say that-”

“Pan Girls,” Persephone rolled her eyes. “They are nothing more than women who have laid in bed with you on more than one occasion. That is the name that common men, such as yourself, give them. It’s close to being called a whore. Please do not ever call the women who idol you that despicable name.”

Jimin felt as if an arrow had been shot and lodged in his chest. His cheeks became warm and red as shame rose up his body.  He had thought it was one of those adorable fan names. 

“And please, no music made by a man has ever made me happy,” Persephone added to complete the reading she had just given the poor man. “Now, if you had asked Euterpe, I would have taken any song by her.”

“Well, she was unavailable, considering she’s one of the nine.” Namjoon gritted out, wanting to add a demand that Persephone stop insulting his friends or he wouldn’t have anyone except Cerberus.  

“Hm, too bad. I guess I’ll take the half goat then.”

Jimin was ready to cry. There were only so many insults he could take, and the Queen may have just found his limit. 

“Namjoon, I don’t think I feel comfortable singing a song for the bitch who clearly does not like me.”

Namjoon sucked in his teeth. Enough was enough. If she was going to be a queen, petty insults needed to stop.   “Persephone.”

“Yes?” Persephone asked innocently, instantly hearing the low tone Namjoon used with nuisances. “Please apologize to our guest.” 

The grin that spread across his queen’s face was absolutely terrifying. It was the smile of a woman who knew she had all the power. And no one could take it from her. 

“Now, “ she started, tracing circles along Namjoon’s arm, “if I do that, it wouldn’t be sincere. And Jimin deserves a sincere apology. Don’t you, Jiminie? ”The tone she used was sultry and, obviously, fake, but that didn’t deter Jimin. 

He loved being called Jiminie, and finally hearing it from Persephone, someone he had been infatuated with for years called him tha,made every insult she had made towards him disappear. 

He was sucked into her charms immediately.

“I do deserve one. Listen, I’ll make up calling my admirers, Pan Girls, by writing and singing the best song you’ve ever heard.”

“You will?” Persephone gushed, still putting on a false performance. 

She knew Namjoon wasn’t pleased but to hell with him. 

The god of flutes nodded giddily and took off before Persephone or Namjoon could say anything else. 

The throne room was empty besides the two of them. Normally, a swarm of servants would come over.  Persephone still couldn’t register the days or nights in the Underworld very well; however, she knew from her the sleepiness that suddenly overwhelmed her, it was late in the night, which meant the servants were also in bed. 

She yawned and stood, aiming to stretch her legs. She became aware of Namjoon sliding next to her; she made the mistake of presuming he was going to offer to carry her as he normally did. 

Instead he wrapped an arm around her waist, pulling her into his front. His other hand made its way to her throat. And pressed. Not enough to completely cut her off, but enough for her to feel lightheaded but excited all the same. 

Namjoon leaned in close to Persephone’s ear, so that he knew she was listening. 

“Whenever we have guests, my queen, you will respect them,” he moved the hand that was on her waist to her middle, bunching up the night dress she wore. Almost exposing her. 

“No more of these petty jabs. Business only.”

She decided to mess with Namjoon, “Or what?” 

Mistake. A big one. 

Namjoon whipped her around and pushed her into her throne. The Egyptian cotton stuffed velvet pillow felt like heaven underneath her,  but Namjoon didn’t give her time to enjoy the feeling. He lifted her dress, and slid two fingers inside of her warmth. 

Persephone moaned and began rocking on his fingers before the arm he wasn’t using pinned her thighs down. She pouted, but the onslaught of Namjoon’s fingers didn’t allow her to chastise him. She quickly felt a coil begin to emerge, and couldn’t believe it was so soon. 

Unfortunately, just as soon it began, it ended. 

Namjoon slid his fingers out, her pussy making a shameful wet noise as he removed them.   The sound warmed Persephone’s cheeks as she tried to catch her breath. 

“You keep doing what you’re doing–you won’t get what you want,” Namjoon said, his voice still dripping with the dark vibe. He licked both fingers clean, relishing Persephone’s taste. 

Persephone opened her mouth to complain, but it was promptly shut with Namjoon stuffing both of his fingers into her mouth. She tasted a little of herself, and Namjoon’s own saliva on her tongue.  

“We’re going to go to our room and sleep. You’re not getting that orgasm tonight. We’ll see how you behave in the morning.”

Persephone nodded, reluctantly. 

Namjoon smiled, no, he beamed. It was the same terrifying grin that Persephone had earlier. No one could take away the power Persephone had as the Underworld’s Queen. Except the King, her king. 

#namjoon #networkbangtan #kwritersworldnet #namjoon x oc #namjoon smut #namjoon fluff #namjoon angst #namjoon x black reader #jimin #bts #bangtan #bts smut #run bts

[cashweasel]

Okay, I need to know more about Gideon and Valen. I (now) know they're OCs, but from what fandom? What are they like? How did they meet? (Of course, pace yourself if this volley of questions is too much, lmao)

HIIII omg thank you so much for your ask hehe I totally don’t wait for people to ask about them or anything djdjskskjdjd 💗💗💗💗💗💗

They’re my ocs yes! Not from any fandom just my brain lol they exist in a fantasy verse (and also a modern au that I’m very obsessed with)

Their moms are very close besties!! and when they had kids they also became besties fjdkdkdjd (so basically they’ve been besties since birth yes, besties since the womb even)

Valen is royalty and lowkey the black sheep of his family he’s loud, chaotic, charming and unhinged, Gideon is the same but emo kdjsjdjdksk (and shy sometimes) and later becomes the general of his armies

They basically go through their entire lives together and they’re very dependable on each other which is a huge part of their story. Valen has a magical disability that can be very dangerous to him and others and gideon is a victim of DV so they take turns taking care of each other and for a long time they were each other’s only friend

They grew really close which created feelings, they had their first kiss -which valen rejects and runs away from 💀- when they were teens for which gideon apologizes and responds to by building impenetrable emotional walls that lasts a lifetime all while valen is trying to gaslight him into believing Nothing happened fhdjskdj.

Several years of pining and clawing their way out of the depths of repression hell they Finally kiss for real and their happiness and planning for their future is definitely not cut short by a devastating incident or anything 👍

#dv mention #SORRY IF THIS WAS LONG #or incoherent 😂 #And that’s the lore summary THRJSKSKDJ if you have Any further questions I would happily yap on 😂💗 #it’s very dense #also #IN HIS DEFENSE I will say valen did not run away from the kith bc he hated it he was just very surprised and needed to reflect FJRJSJHDKSJD #they’re so orange cat/black cat coded #heavy on the thot princess x stoic guard trope here dhsjsjskdj its extremely important #anyways THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ASK THIS MADE ME SO HAPPYY🩷🩷🩷 #and I hope you like them hehe #ask #my ocs #valen x gideon #what can I say kids that hunt rats together stay together <3

[three-drink-amy]

WIP WEEKEND

Thank you to @welcometololaland for creating such a fun game! And to @orchidscript @strandnreyes @inexplicablymine @alrightbuckaroo and @cricketnationrise for tagging me! I was busy all weekend, but I’m playing along now!

1. WIP List:

RWRB:

Cruise AU —Alex and Henry go on a cruise together. Fake dating ensues.

Bodyguard AU —Alex is Henry’s bodyguard.

Potential third installment of Boy, I Fancy You

Lone Star:

Finish Teachers (I’m getting closer!)

Delayed wedding AU —The wedding doesn’t happen directly after Gabriel dies. It takes a while longer.

PR Relationship AU—Carlos and TK are in the spotlight and enter a PR relationship, but what happens when they catch feelings?

2. Which of your WIPs is currently the longest?

Teachers, by a long shot, is the longest. Currently sitting at over 100k.

3. Which WIP do you expect will end up the longest?

Teachers or Bodyguard AU. Probably Teachers, but I have a lot of plans for Bodyguard.

4. Which WIP is your favourite to write/the most enjoyable to write? Why?

I only have 3 wips I have actual words written for. Teachers is very fun! Bodyguard has been trying to steal my attention for quite a while! It’s so fun to write Jonah, as well as the dynamic of TK, Carlos, and Jonah as a little family.

5. Which WIP do you find the most intimidating to write? Why?

Probably Bodyguard. I need the angst and the drama and the desperation to hit right.

6. Which WIP do you experience the most self-doubt about. Why?

Right now, probably the Cruise fic because I’m getting very self conscious about making it as fun as it should be.

7. Which of your WIPs will you seek out a beta/sensitivity reader for? Why?

I have my honorary beta reader/cheerleader all rolled into one with @rmd-writes. She worked her way into my docs ages ago and I can’t imagine not asking her to read it first.

8. Have any of your WIPs been struck by the curse of writer's block?

Yes. Bodyguard did. I started it in January or February of this year, struggled to plan the next chapter, started reading a ton of Lone Star fics, began writing Teachers, and it has sat there like a sad, ignored WIP for months. But I’m coming back to it!

9. Which WIP has your favourite OC? Tell us about them?

Jonah may not be an actual OC, but this version of him kind of is and I absolutely love him! He’s a tiny, loving, teacher’s pet and he is my child.

10. Which WIP is the sexiest?

Cruise or Bodyguard may end up being the sexiest. If I’ve done my job right 😂

11. Which WIP is the angstiest?

Bodyguard or Delayed Wedding will be the winners. Bodyguard for potential angst and bodily harm, Delayed Wedding for emotions.

12. Which WIP has the best characterisation (in your humble opinion)?

Well that is really hard. I am gonna say the cruise WIP because I get to really lean into oblivious Alex and I’m excited for it!

13. Which WIP has the best scene setting (in your humble opinion)?

Cruise fic. They’re on their way to Europe. I can’t wait to get to that part!

14. Which WIP have you worked the hardest on?

I guess Teachers, just for the sheer amount of time I have spent writing it. I started it in February. I would love to finish it by the end of 2023. Let’s hope. I looked back and for an unhinged week when I had Covid, I wrote an obscene amount of words. So, yeah, Teachers.

15. Which WIP do you have the highest expectations for? Why?

Bodyguard or PR Relationship. Both of them lean into tropes I love and so I want them to work.

16. Do you dream about any of your WIPs?

Not that I can remember. Day dream? All the time.

17. Do any of your WIPs have particular complexities that your other fics don't?

I guess Delayed Wedding might because I’ll have to rely a lot on canon. AUs I can be a bit more free.

18. Which WIP is the funniest or has the most humour?

Probably the Cruise fic. Or Teachers.

19. Do any of your WIPs contain outside POVs or a deep dive on a character other than the main ship? How are you finding that process?

Teachers had a decent dive into Jonah, though it’s still from Carlos or TK’s perspective.

20. Tell us one thing we don't know about one or more of your WIPs.

I’m excited to write more angst. And a few of these will be fulllll of angst. Teeheeheee.

I have no idea who has done this. If you have, ignore me! No pressure tagging: @clottedcreamfudge @indomitable-love @cha-melodius @dumbpeachjuice @liminalmemories21 and @lightningboltreader

#tag games #my wips #my writing

[cosmicjoke]

Hey! I just saw your posts with that unhinged Eruri anon and uh I’m sorry you keep getting stupid asks like these, it seems so exhausting. They do realise they can enjoy Eruri without needing to prove its canonicity, right? I say this as a multishipper who likes Eruri and several other Levi ships whilst knowing that they definitely aren’t canon lol.

Also, their not-so-subtle dig at Levi x OC/Reader shippers in one of their asks is pissing me off. How does us enjoying that type of content make us homophobic? They sure seem ‘frightened at the mere thought’ of people having a different interpretation than them, because, oh don’t you see, there can only be one right way of viewing Levi’s sexuality, because that’s the most important thing about him, sure 🙄

Anyway the sooner they realise they’re allowed to like non canon ships and not be insecure about its non canonicity, the better.

Hey @jayteacups, and as always, thank you so much for the support.

I don't know why I specifically keep getting targeted like this, other than I guess just the fact I'm a known Levi fan who's somehow gotten a reputation as a "nonshipper", which is hilarious, because like you, I ship Levi too, with multiple characters. The only difference is, people like you and me know it isn't canon and are alright with that.

I didn't even realize they'd taken a dig at LeviXOC/Reader ships, since I stopped reading once they sent me that mile long message. I'd already given them a long answer of my own, but they couldn't accept it. But I'm not surprised. Talk about petty and stupid. It's the same way so many eruri shippers attack Levihan shippers and accuse you of being a Levihan shipper if you say LeviXErwin isn't canon. Any ship outside of their preferred ship is tantamount, in their mind, to blasphemy. Unhinged is the right word for this person. They just can't let it go. I'm just waiting for them to create yet another account and send me yet another message. I wouldn't hold my breath for them to ever realize they can ship Levi and Erwin and not have to have it be canon. Like you pointed out, they seem to think Levi loving Erwin is the only interesting thing about him. They have no actual interest in his character, or the actual motivations behind his actions. Their questions are as boring as they are, I guess.

But again, thank you so much. I appreciate your kindness more than you know.

#Levi Ackerman #Erwin Smith #attack on titan #shingkei no kyojin #asks

[alltimefail-sims]

A Strangerville Lookbook, pt. 3 Ft. Junia Cahill

Junia wasn’t crazy about her dad taking up residence in Strangerville when he crash-landed there about 9 years ago. She was 18 at the time and freshly moved out, so she didn’t feel like it was her place to try and talk him out of it. Plus, after her mother died (she was about 10 at the time), George’ had to make a lot of sacrifices and be the strong one for Junia, all while he was grieving. That led to his life being put on hold, and Junia thought maybe the change of scenery wasn’t the worst thing for his healing process. 

In the years since her mom died, Junia has focused primarily on athletics and keeping up with a rigorous daily workout routine, but her art is a sacred escape that brings her closer to her mother, so she does that privately. Well.... except for that stint in high school where she was tagging around town. She hated school so college was a no-go, but she’s traveled a lot and makes money working as a mechanic, using all the skills she learned from her father growing up. Now, however, she’s moved back to Strangerville to keep an eye on her dad, as she’s worried about his safety with the town’s recent streak of missing people, shady coverups, and politically-charged attacks. Much like her dad, she’s kind of seen as a town pariah and many people would even go as far as to call her unhinged because of a stint at the 8-Bit Saloon a few years back. Needless to say, her return to Strangerville hasn’t gone unnoticed...

Junia is an OC that I created for my Strangerville gameplay story - you can see the original post that features all the characters HERE. I do want to note that in the Strangerville GP George Cahill (her father) is apparently evil? I changed that lol. That’s just... not how I see him. But overall I’m happy with how I translated her from brain to page to game, but my only complaint is that I wish there was more visible definition on her muscles, especially her arms! We need more skin overlays/skin details for buff ladies in the sims 4 cc community.

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Anything marked with a * means it’s either from the Sims Resource, Simsdom/Simsfinds, or goes through a “host” such as AdFly.

Thanks to all the talented cc creators! @dogsill, @plbsims, @plumbobteasociety, @lazyeyelids, @ice-creamforbreakfast, @jius-sims, @oakiyo, @plazasims, @simcelebrity00, @astya96cc, @simandy, @candysims4, @sentate, @luutzi, @belaloallure3, @sondescent, @kumikya, @nolan-sims, @anvilesi, @goodchillsstudio, @aroundthesims, @christopher067, @arethabee, @softerhaze, @serenity-cc

#Junia Cahill #George Cahill #Strangerville #ts4 #the sims 4 #ts4mmcc #maxis match #maxis mix #sims 4 cc #ts4 lookbook #ts4 look book #strangerville lookbook #sims 4 #ts4 edit #ts4edit #simblr #atfsims #female lookbook #sims 4 oc

[bitciziad]

welcome to my blog || minors + ageless profiles DNI !!

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NSFW material will be reblogged, posted, drawn, etc. while the content i personally create might not be that explicit, the community i interact with is - which can include art + stories with nudity, dub/noncon, sex, gore, etc. so just like general cw there. heavy on the might.

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side note; any specific character art you want to see will just have the normal DoL tag (ex: #kylar the loner // #dol kylar) on my profile, which will also be included with the reblogs! idk i’m figuring it out

other stuff, FAQ:

using my art:

feel free to use my fanart with credit as pfps on tumblr, you can also use/reference my designs for DoL! love that n i don’t mind, all i ask is that my personal art of OCs are not taken (or art that i specifically create for others) and to not repost any of my art on other platforms whatsoever. other than that idc, i get inspired by all y’all anyway so have fun go crazy go stupid

inbox/questions:

i genuinely have very little clue as to how asks work but i love to see them so we’ll burn that bridge together when we get there ;) it takes me a minute to respond but i’ll try just for you tho bb dw say whatever you want i gotchu i don’t mind if it’s related to DoL or not, be unhinged n curious always babes i’ll absolutely reply when i can

what is DoL?:

if you followed my account without knowing what DoL is - degrees of lewdity (DoL) is basically a free-range-do-what-you-will text-based explicit porn game that contains mostly any and all mature NSFW topics of dubcon, noncon, sex, drugs, abuse, etc. with other world/story elements. all characters in the game are 18+

bitciziad?:

you can call me bitciziad or binge! i’m 19 and bi as hell (drooling over any and everyone forever and always YUH) anyway i’m a self indulgent (but procrastinating) fanartist n i make out with the homies PASSIONATELY so pucker up we bout to kiss. on the lips.

on another note though feel free to interact with however you do that, i talk a LOT im shameless babes u wanna share music ?? art ?? headcanons ?? just shoot the shit ?? i gotchu BUT THANK YOUU for liking my art/the comments or tags you leave y’all’re great

anyway that’s all for now i think so have this tiny ass mta doodle i did forever ago for a filler, 100% expect for this to get edited at some point along with everything i will ever post ever™

#binge!myart #bitwip #intro? kinda? #idk we rawdogging it y’all

[whumpy-wyrms]

mundane and rot for the ask game :3

(from this ask game)

34. MUNDANE - Would you survive in the shoes of your main character?

I THINK ABOUT THIS A NORMAL AMOUNT (all the time) SO. would i survive if i was Dew… short answer: yes i’d basically become best friends with Anton right away because i’m insane.

long answer:

it depends on whether i Knew Anton beforehand or not (about to say the most unhinged shit and expose myself but idc), but either way, if i got kidnapped by a mad scientist who used me as a test subject but actually tried to be Nice to me and GAVE ME FREE TOP SURGERY AND WINGS… I DON’T THINK I WOULD WANT TO LEAVE. THINK ABOUT IT. if there was an autistic trans mad scientist who was best friends with a talking mouse and could give me wings i think i would choose to stay in sci-fi world instead of living on my own working at mcdonald’s and struggling to pay rent (that’s metaphorical, i don’t do that stuff (yet unfortunately)).

and i wouldn’t even be trapped there against my will for long either. i would literally Not last long as Anton’s test subject because the second we become friends and trust each other, he’ll just feel bad about hurting me and literally let me do whatever i want. we’d team up and become unstoppable. i would be free to do my own thing but like, still hang out with him obviously and i’d show him the beauty in the world and change his mind about the whole,, torturing innocent people thing. basically i can fix him. that’s what im saying here.

also not to spoil but Anton’s the type of guy where like, the second he’d form a genuine human relationship with someone, he’d just abandon the whole “kidnapping and (unethical) experimenting on unwilling human test subjects” thing. because there’d be no real point anymore. yeah, science makes him happy but so does having a best friend! and he’d still be a silly mad scientist!! but ethical!! mostly!! we’d team up, abandon the whole immortality thing because it’s stupid, and go hunt down Pierce and kill him!! it would just be fun.

if i was Dew, i would literally scrap trying to escape and instead focus on becoming friends with Anton because that Would Be one of the best outcomes. so yea :3 i may be weird but at least im honest about it (honestly though, i daydream about being friends with all my ocs :( they’re just so cool and we would get along so well. im normal. ignore me). this got long and rambly oops

OH YEAH about if i Knew Anton beforehand or not, like if it was a situation where the Present Me right now, like the person who is typing this and Knows everything about Anton because i created him, then that’d def affect things because i’d have access to all my prior knowledge about his character and backstory. it’d def make things faster and easier because like, i’d know who he is and what he’s capable of, and he wouldn’t be a complete stranger. but if i DIDN’T know Anton and if he was literally a stranger to me and not my oc, then it’d be scary at first but it’d still turn out the same.

i mean you guys don’t understand how deep this goes. before Dew existed, the daydreams i had with the unnamed scientist whumper (Anton) were all just,, Me as his test subject whumpee. i was Dew before Dew was Dew. OBVIOUSLY HE’S NOT A SELF INSERT ANY! MORE! HE’S HIS OWN COMPLEX FLESHED OUT CHARACTER COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM ME! but that’s just how all my whump scenario daydreams started, and then i got attached and had to make characters and stuff.

i am rambling so much rn ANYWAY! yeah. this was a fun question that definitely won’t make people think i’m any more weirder than i already am (im not rereading all that so if there’s typos ignore them <3)

39. ROT - Which of your OCs is the best villain?

this is a hard one i think,, like out of the tllr ocs the actual villain of the story would be Pierce (not rlly a spoiler because it’s pretty obvious i think) but he’s not the BEST villain because i hate his guts (but he’s like Actually evil and terrifying and thinking about him makes me Afraid and filled with despair).

is Anton really a villain? yeah. but i guess i see his character differently than u guys because i know his character development later on in the story, and i know his entire backstory too. so that def chances my perception of him compared to how everyone else views him i think? maybe? idk

#ask #tllr ask #wyrms lore

[neon-moon-beam]

Wasn’t thrilled to see this while googling info about Emmet...

cw for ableism

Really annoyed that when I searched Emmet on google, one of the suggestions that comes up is “yandere”. Unfortunately depicting him this way is almost always rooted in ableism (see this list of resources for details about ableism regarding Submas). 

Anyway, if you’re going to play the card of “but Ingo and Emmet aren’t canonically autistic!”, you need to educate yourself about what coding is, why characters with coding are important, and why it is important to not create depictions of them that perpetrate stigma.

If you’re going to play the card of “It’s just fun/my interpretation/online so it doesn’t matter/count”, you need to realize that everyone who sees your work is also a real person. Many autistic and ND folks have found positive representation for themselves in Submas, and seeing you depict them as unhinged, yandere, enjoying them being in an abusive relationship with another unhinged character, or attractive because they’re mentally unwell actually hurts people who saw themselves in Submas! And when the general consensus of a fandom is a character is unwell, unhinged, scary, etc, people feel like they can no longer identify with or even like the character because of how other people who have been exposed to the interpretation may see them. Often my roommate, @1863-project will tell me she wonders as an autistic person who saw herself in Submas, if the people creating the unhinged and yandere content would think that way about her since that’s how they perceive Emmet (and less often Ingo).

I’m not sure why, other than ableism, even if only accidentally/unconsciously, people are looking at two characters who are positive and supportive of each other and everyone they meet, intense about battling (mainly Emmet) but never cruel about it, and deciding “Let’s make one or both of them unhinged!” There’s a difference between making someone appropriately upset over their sibling disappearing, and using it as an excuse to make them as ooc unhinged as possible. And if you’re going to take Ingo and/or Emmet so far out of their canon characterizations that they’re only visually recognizable as themselves, you’re better off making an OC (and really, this goes for any character from any series). Yes, we don’t have a ton to work with for Submas so there’s a lot of room for interpretation, but we do know enough about their personalities to know that they wouldn’t go around intentionally hurting people. Also they’re from a series primarily aimed at children; Gamefreak is not going to take them in a grimdark, edgelord, or overly angsty direction.

Please people, educate yourself on these issues and use critical thinking about whether or not you’re perpetrating stigma for ND people. Neurodiversity is not a prop for angsty or edgy content, nor is it by any means a tool with which to make a character unhinged, and if you think it is, you really need to examine why.

#Submas #Ingo #emmet #Subway Master Emmet #Pokemon Emmet #Pokemon Ingo #this is not about anyone in particular just a google suggestion #I know I'm making a risk by tagging this but I'm so tired of this folks #any rude messages about this will be ignored and deleted so don't bother trying #i don't have time to argue with you about not being ableist #and if this post touches a nerve with you in the first place you need to ask yourself why #do some soul searching and self reflecting etc etc

[arom-com]

hi hope this is ok but i've seen sooo many of ur posts tagged as renbrand and i am ... perhaps .... a little curious .... would u like to tell me abt them !!!! 👀👀 (its ok if not ofc)

Ofc!! I sure have been tagging them a lot huh

The short version is that they’re my unhinged lesbian ocs stuck in a murder timeloop

Longer version is this:

(I am not going to be able to explain this in any way approaching coherent) (but I will try!!) (sorry in advance for the Wall of Text)

So RenBrand stands for these two:

Ren Hayashi (23, she/they) university student studying criminal psychology, abandonment issues out the wazoo, Going Through It

Brand Reitveld (26, she/her) local gang leader, Control Issues TM, definitely the cat in whatever cat-and-mouse thing they have going on

They’re in love — it’s not even remotely healthy.

Basically, through no fault of their own, they got stuck in a long-form time loop (days/months rather than strict 24h) that resets whenever one of them dies, which wouldn’t be too much of an issue? Except a) they’ve never met and don’t know they’re stuck together, and b) Ren keeps getting fucking murdered

Bc!! Ren’s psychology prof is running a secret cult (trying to turn his crim psy students into serial killers, it’s a whole thing, very cringe of him) so she gets killed for accidentally getting in the way a couple times (she doesn’t know about the cult), and then ofc starts investigating, which only makes it worse (I feel so bad for her but it’s also really funny, saddest most pathetic sopping wet oc I’ve ever created)

(Some of Ren’s deaths are also caused by Brand who’s like listen I don’t have a grudge against you or anything but you do keep getting my people killed so I have to eliminate the threat, no hard feelings! And Ren is like I am in abject misery)

(strangers to enemies to lovers except the strangers to enemies is a speedrun and the enemies to lovers is a slow burn)

The story they’re from is sort of a dark mystery-slash-romance (think nbc hannibal meets groundhog day, which is certainly a sentence), and it’s mainly centred around Ren and her corruption arc as she goes from “tired student just trying to finish her dissertation if it kills her” to “codependent mob-wife who kills first and asks questions later”

I’m obsessed with time as a narrative device, and especially time loops, because it can be used in such interesting ways!! And the interesting part about time loops to me is that they’re like,,,,, rube goldberg machines for character development? You only stick a character in a time loop when you need them to undergo a pretty drastic change without a proper catalyst, and it forces them to wear themselves down to their bones, to find the very essence of what they are, and then build themselves back up again into their ideal and purest form of self. (Of course, some people just use them as a tool for romance, but that’s boring!! Boo)

Usually time loops exist to make a character better, because they’re given some kind of epiphany that makes them the best and kindest version of themselves. (Alternatively, they can be used as the cosmic equivalent of a washing machine spin cycle if you’re writing horror) But what interests Me is the idea of using a time loop to make a character worse, which is what I’m doing to Ren (and to a lesser extent, Brand)

And it’s not just corruption for corruption’s sake, either! Ren, as she is, is miserable — she’s completely isolated, unable to achieve any of her goals, and ultimately ends up getting killed in an impersonal way for impersonal reasons — but once the loop begins and she gets her second chance, she starts to wear away at all her self-imposed barriers and boundaries until she can start making her own decisions and being an active agent in her own life. Of course, she’s not choosing to do good, but the best version of herself is not necessarily Good or Kind, it’s just Authentic.

Brand, on the other hand — because she has more support and isn’t as repressed — is experiencing the time loop less as a vehicle for character development, and more as a perpetual time travel fix-it (which is SO fun, having two characters get wildly different outcomes from the same experience). Her problems are more interpersonal rather than internal, so where Ren is using the extra time to understand herself, Brand uses it to understand the world around her (and is thus doing a much better job at actually solving the plot, we love a girlboss).

Brand’s conflicts are with her brother (who I can’t even Begin to explain without adding another thousand words to this post), and (as the leader of the local gang) with the police & the murder cult, which means that a lot of her loops are spent information-gathering (and murdering, dw abt it)

Personality-wise Ren is pretty quiet, she doesn’t like to ask for things which means she gets into miscommunications a lot (people not helping when she wishes they would, people helping when she doesn’t need it bc they think she just doesn’t want to ask), she’s a very “the only one you can rely on is yourself” kind of person, which isn’t exactly ideal for someone you’re stuck in a time loop with but at least it means she never gives up? She also doesn’t really care what people think of her — or rather, she does care, but she doesn’t let it stop her

Brand is suffering from a lethal combination of being the youngest sibling and simultaneously the eldest daughter, so she’s great at asking for help and using her resources but it means that she a) is a little entitled about it, and b) needs to feel like she has perfect control over everything or she’ll die. She’s very possessive and protective over things that she considers hers (hence murdering Ren for getting her people killed, it’s fine they get over it)

Renbrand also come equipped with two sets of narrative foils (Brand’s disabled ex-ballet dancer brother and his bodyguard/love interest, and the cult leader professor and his prized pupil who both hates and loves him for what he’s become) but the word count on this is already obscenely, embarrassingly long so I’ll talk abt them another day maybe

#ok!!! that should be enough for now #renbrand #scattered-winter #asks #half of this is just meta about time loops I’m so sorry #feel free to ask more questions!! clearly I can’t shut up abt them #I’ve drawn brand I think twice? both should be under my art tag on my side acct #but yeah that’s the basics #calling them renbrand like rembrandt bc im so clever (joking) #I would do a rembrandt style painting of them if shading and I weren't mortal enemies #[clenches fist] god I love time as a narrative device #love making a character experience all their worst moments again while also giving them the opportunity to change #god. wait. loreliese as the degas ballerinas I'm SO clever #okay okay shutting up now #hope this answers your question!!! #edited bc when I was transferring this over it SKIPPED A PARAGRAPH fucking christ #so yeah if the mention of the murder cult out of the blue confused anyone… that’s why #attys yapping ✨🌷💞

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Writeblr Positivity Tag

was tagged by both @chromehoplite and @hangfiretales and haven't really had Brain to write so fingers crossed this helps get the juices flowing again xD Under a cut cuz I kinda went off with the answers xD

1. What motivates you to write?

Rereading my favorite stories, certain movies- I forget what Tolkien called it, but just the urge to create after seeing something beautiful that someone else has created. Also telling stories as a sort of release for the feelings/vibes/sentiments that I just don't have space to experience in my every day life.

2. A line/short snippet of your writing that you are most proud/happy of. If not maybe share a line of someone else's work you love (just please credit them)

From one of Megan’s stories I’m starting to rework so it’s one cohesive thing and not a tumblr RP thread xD

The truth… Megan laced her fingers and leaned forward, resting her forearms on her thighs. Her hazel eyes stared without focus into the distance. How much of the truth to tell him, at least at this moment.

3. Which OC makes you smile every time you think/talk about them and what are they like?

Guardian Megan Samuels. Both she and her order were created for/in the Doctor Who universe, but I'm tweaking some of the concepts for a potential OW. Writing her adventures got me through a really horrible period of my life.

Megan is the embodiment of one of my favorite tropes, "character is done with x but x isn't done with them (because they're good at it)." She was plucked from her life and remolded into a warrior, yet despite being hundreds of years old and seeing untold horros (time war) she hasn't succumbed to cynicism.

She's kind and self sacrificing almost to the point of martyrdom, very protective of the ones she cares about, "you said pick my battles, I'm picking all of them", the hardened exterior of a warrior hiding the fragile, broken, vulnerable, and somehow still kind and optimistic person underneath.

Fuck I miss writing her. Might be time to dust off her old stories...

4. What process of writing do you enjoy the most?

The semi stressful feeling when the ideas and plot are forming faster than your fingers can type- and when the flow stops, going back and tweaking the whole ass story or scene that just popped into existence like Athena did to Zeus xD just watching the story unfold before you, sometimes in ways you didn't think it would

5. What part of writing do you think you are the best at? (Yes stroke your own ego it's okay)

How I write action, specifically fights. Pacing it and varying the language so it's engaging but also realistic within the world of the story, and also the thoughts and feelings of the characters while they're fighting.

Also how I can almost always find the right/specific words to describe the vaguest of vibes and feelings, so that the ephemeral mess in my head is understandable (prob cuz I had to do that a lot to get people in my life to understand how I was experiencing the world)

6. What is something in the writeblr community is most enjoyable?

Both the commiseration about how writing is wonderful and awful at the same time, and seeing normally eloquent writers have incoherent unhinged conversations about their blorbos xD

7. A writing tool/device you use that helps you with writing? (It could be speech to text, a writing program etc)

Sticky notes and a notebook. I have post-its in the back of my writing notebook with all my ideas/prompts so that if I want to write something but don't know what, I can pick one. also specifically those notebooks with folders in them, they're the unsung heros of writers who just accumulate scrap paper with notes and ideas and want to keep them with their writing notebook (aka me) xD

8. A piece of worldbuilding that you like in your own story? (It could be the magic system, a particular place in the story, a law etc)

In the Doctor Who universe that Megan was originally created for, the Order of Guardians is formed of soldiers of different species from all over the universe, kind of like the Green Lantern corps but for Time Lords. Each Guardian is assigned a Time Lord to protect, how they go about that is their business (Megan is basically glued to the Doctor's hip, she gotta be xD), but their first loyalty is to Gallifrey. They are all enhanced to live as long as Time Lords but don't regenerate, they go through extensive training and schooling, are the elite fighting force of Gallifrey. Megan was the first human Guardian. I'm working on tweaking this whole concept for a potential OW, we'll see how it goes xD

9. What piece of advice would you say to encourage others to write if they are having a rough patch?

Write what you want to write, no matter what it is. Go to your sources of motivation, whatever makes you want to get lost in the magic of storytelling. and remember, it's okay to step away for a bit and come back to it in a few days or weeks or however long- give your brain the space to rest.

10. Tag some people whose works you love/have been your biggest supporters.

Both Chrome and Ama who are already tagged (such amazing writers and so supportive of my multi chap that I've been working on for 3 ish years now) but also @griever-bit-my-finger @honeybeezgobzzzzz @7-wonders @just-french-me-up @just-some-random-blogger @roguelov @cuckoo-on-a-string @peachesofteal @undiscovered-horizon @just-some-random-blogger All of these folks have multiple works that I've read multiple times, and I enjoy them just as much every reread as I did the first time (No pressure to do the questions just my undying love)

#my stuff #writing things

[skipppppy]

Can you please tell us about your shop ocs

Of course!!! (I’m guessing you meant to spell spop but lmk if it was something else!) I just drew them a couple days ago so I only have their initial designs but like I’m gonna let that stop me from mindlessly rambling about characters I made up lmao

ACITINA:

-No runestone connection, but has the power to shoot a variety of dangerous liquid chemicals at her enemies

-Rules over the Kingdom of Corrodor, rivalled only by Dryl in terms of technological advancements

-Ostracised by a lot of other Princesses because she struck a deal with the Horde where she would give their army resources, in exchange for the safety of her people

-Very sweet, soft spoken and chipper, but has the slightest “unhinged” energy about her that can make her offputting to strangers. She means well!! She just inhales a lot of fumes bc of her powers

FERROSA:

-No runestone or kingdom of her own, but has the ability to control metal around her. Think Magneto/Karl Heisenberg-esque powers

-Lives in Corrodor with Acitina- her girlfriend-and helps out with the day to day affairs

-A total hardass but in a very camp way. She tries to be a one note copy of those tough guy protagonists from 80’s cop flicks and comes off as comically overdramatic

-Drops her tough guy act around her gf but can be pretty defensive around other Princesses

-Very musically gifted. You can ask her if her favourite genre is “heavy metal” but that’s a one way ticket to getting impaled with a steel bar. She likes glamrock

JAGUARA:

-No runestone connection, but has the power to communicate with animals. Also has enhanced abilities most big cats are born with (speed, strength, vision, smell, etc)

-Beast Island is the ancestral home of her people, but can’t return there because the Horde keeps using it as a dumping ground.

-Not a Magicat. Catra is to Jaguara what an American Shorthair is to a Lion. She thinks she’s kinda cute in a pathetic way

-Tough, brutally honest, and not very tolerant of other people’s weaknesses. One of those people who’ll knock you down because she knows you can do better. Has very strong Sue Sylvester energy

VEILAURA:

-No runestone, but has telepathy, as well as the power to create thick fog that can cause hallucinations

-Princess of the Star Seers, a nomadic race of mages indigenous to Etheria that has wandered the planet cloaked in invisibility since the First Ones invaded

-She came out of hiding after Horde Prime’s defeat, hoping to help Etherians adjust to the unsealed magic their ancestors revered

-Cold, distant, and a little stuck up, growing up sheltered from other cultures and having the power to read minds has made her quite awkward around strangers. She warms up to anyone with a good heart though!

BOVINA:

-Connected to the Golden Geode runestone, she has the power to Earthbend. Sorry to steal from avatar but they have the best word for it

-Princess of the Prairan Isles, an archipelago off the southern coast of the continent with a Mediterranean-esque climate

-Preferred a life of farming to a life of violence, but she joined the rebellion after the Horde began to threaten her homeland

-Cheerful, compassionate, and always happy to lend a hand, she is as kind as she is clumsy! Not as outgoing as the other Princesses, but very easy to get along with

So yeah! There’s also Aria but there’s an entire tag on my blog of content for her that’s readily accessible. She’s just a pigeon that it perpetually going through it

#thank you for the ask! i was hoping to elaborate on these ladies #spop oc #spop #she ra oc #she ra and the princesses of power

[buggyandthebartoclub]

**deep sigh** I’ve just been plagued with OC thoughts which also delved into a thought for a fic surrounding the heart pirates and specifically law which turns into more oc stuff djdnjfidjdnd.

This is all completely unhinged but if I get it out maybe it’ll stop playing on loop in my brain so I can finish my other writing also content warning for dark content/general OP canon dark ness but warning nonetheless

But imagine if there was a gaggle of marines that were either kicked out for reasons or they are still in but feel they’re not being recognized for their strength and talents and want to be higher up in the marines so their genius idea because one of them has medical experience and has heard of ceasar etc (I’m sure there’s other names I’m missing you could insert here liek Moria or somethinf I’m typing like the wind on my phone to get back to what I’m doing lol! I just really fucking hate ceasar so him okay) - but I digress- their genius idea is to raid a small island and capture the population and attempt to use them as experiments bc they want to create a fucking POISON from SEA PRISM STONE to use on LAW.

didn’t think we’d get there did you haha! But they want to do that bc they think capturing the surgeon of death would bring them enough recognition to be high up in the marines like they want, and found out from some intense paper rifling they shouldn’t have been doing etc about the stories of laws disease as a kid and figure, he has a devil fruit power, what if we could create a poison that would not only actually poison him in a way he can’t cure bc of the sea prism stone powder etc, and something that would give him effects similar to the one he had as a kid (imagining he doesn’t have scars - I like to pretend he does but for this we’ll say he doesn’t) giving him the white patches to hopefully trigger some ptsd and make him lose his will to fight even further (or just kill him either way works for them)

so these fucked up marines desiccate the island, they’re not geniuses by any means but they’re strong enough and there’s really not all THAT many inhabitants on the island especially not many that can fight and not a lot of transponder snails either so they manage to succeed in capturing the inhabitants and creating a base on the island for their experiments - they wanted this island specifically bc the tide is strong one side of the island draws in a lot of ships - used to they’d just turn around and leave bc there really wasn’t a lot there but now the marines would take over the ships/crews that couldn’t escape and use them as experiments- if they had devil fruit powers even better bc they could better test their poison on instead of just regular people as well as eating any devil fruits themselves they find as they do this to get stronger

cue/cut to where the fic would actually start w law and his crew needing to surface and get supplies etc, being close to the island deciding to see what’s there and get supplies since it did seem like there was a town there etc and have like maybe bepo Shachi peng ikkaku go looking into town for supplies and cue marine squirmishes and trying to capture them.

but my oc would enter and help them get back to their ship bc she sees bepo w them and wanted to take a chance seeing if they’d take another mink back to Zou.

My oc and 2 other girls were raised by a rabbit mink who found them on her travels when they were kids, and they happened to be on this island when the marines came some years later. They’d all been captured and experimented on at some point but all 4 (3 girls and the mink) managed to escape/ help each other escape over the years and they’ve trained and fought hard to try and help any ships that get pulled in to leave before they’re captured and won’t leave themselves till they get rid of the marines that poisoned them and the last couple prisoners are freed.

but the mink that raised them would be older and weaker now esp after being poisoned (thankfully w the test poison pre sea prism stone enhancements) and wanted to get back to Zou before she died.

ofc law would see their scars and be T R I G G E R E D lol but he would obviously panic and ask wtf and be given the brief downlow of what my OCs know, which is mainly that the marines wanna find some surgeon of death and poison him with sea prism stone so they’re marine heros, and they spend their time trying not to be poisoned and not let the marines find that fucking surgeon lol,

which obviously would do lots of mental gymnastics for law who also has a soft spot for bepo and bepo would also want to help the mink I believe esp after being helped back to their ship and shach and peng obviously would want to help the pretty girls (look I want them to have a w for once sue me) but also just to help and after hearing all that of course the crew has to get involved, and I think it would be a great opportunity to explore a lot w the heart pirates and laws backstory and afterwards I can shuck 3/4 OCs back where they came from and keep my best girl on the crew w peng and shach thank u for coming to my Ted talk I feel so much better I know this is total crack nonsense but I needed it OUT!!!! Now I can finally fucking focus on these Shachi fics

#Lolllll I don’t rec reading this but it’s there I guess #I needed it out #I’ll write the fic one day but I got like 5 x reader fics in the drafts and 3 HC posts I need to focus on I want to do bad #But THISSSSSSS just kept invading my brain so I had to brain dump about it #Oc and fic nonsense #Unhinged rants #oc

[ewanmitchellcrumbs]

I really can’t choose so going to leave the choice up to you, if you wish to answer for 1 or all 4, but I’m here to ask for the Director’s Cut for

🍀 The Colour of Blood

🍀 Carrion Flowers

🍀 Lonely This Christmas

🍀 Fool Me Once (👨🏻‍🦲 huehue)

Thank you ♥️♥️♥️

Oooh, thank you, so many!

The Colour of Blood was inspired by a request I received from someone for a feisty reader with Aemond - someone he can comfortably cross swords with. I had a lot of fun with this one, creating the OC was the best bit. I don't think Martells get enough love in fan fiction, so I made a conscious choice for her to be Dornish. I liked the fact that she remains feisty, stubborn and true to herself right to the end, and Aemond admires that so much that he has no choice but to bend to her will.

Carrion Flowers - I'd gotten an ask that was fairly vague - the request just asked for Aemond with a character who was into fortune telling, so I created my OC, Ceryse. I take great pleasure in keeping things canon and slotting in scenarios that allow the plot to continue to play out as it does, with the pieces I add either serving as a catalyst or further detail. I liked the idea of star crossed lovers that are doomed by the narrative. I think this is one of my favourite fics I've ever written.

Lonely This Christmas - My Billy W debut! I was so excited when Bru sent me a request for dark Billy Washington. A lot of people write him as though he's a sopping wet kitten left out in the rain, but this man's mind is not a nice place to be, and he's racist to boot, so an absolute goldmine for an unhinged storyline. For this, instead of giving Billy a redemption arc, I took the time to explore what would happen if he leaned into the less pleasant side of himself.

Fool Me Once - My first (and currently only) Genyen fic - requested by your lovely self! I based the plot for this around a 90s Dutch dark comedy I watched called Siberia - a pair of blokes make a living out of robbing tourists in Amsterdam in order to fund a trip to Siberia. I adapted the plot to fit Genyen's narrative. I had so much fun writing this story, it is deeply unserious, and I can see myself adding further instalments in the future.

Ask me for the director's cut on any of my fics.

#asked and answered #lovely moots 💕

[plan-d-to-i]

I’m so glad I stay away from the twitter mdzs fandom (except for looking at fanart from time to time), because apparently now the JC stans are going around saying that mxtx writing mdzs online when she was young is basically like a preteen writing in wattpad and she never actually gave any deep meaning to the things she wrote because she was basically writing fanfic of her ocs.

Basically mxtx never tried to make mdzs historically/culturally accurate and therefore she didn’t assign any deep meaning to anything and fans are dumb for trying to find meaning in the things she wrote.

Honestly these people just need to get the fuck out of this fandom and stop ruining stuff for the rest of us

One "mxtx writing mdzs online when she was young is basically like a preteen writing in wattpad and she never actually gave any deep meaning to the things she wrote because she was basically writing fanfic of her ocs" - if people are so smart & creative why do they keep writing fanfic of HER characters instead of just writing their own OCs and creating three internationally bestselling stories? Her creativity and ability to write these characters has nothing to do w how historically accurate or not she chose to be. It's not a thesis paper or history book, it's a fantasy story.

At the same time people banging on about historical context and reading scholarly articles to try & dunk on WangXian and exonerate the behavior of characters like jc, look absurd because she literally told her audience to not obsess over historical accuracy and to focus on her characters and story instead. People being like "actUalLy kiLling the Wen reMnants was the right thiNg to do in thAt tiMe >:-///" sound unhinged when the story is clearly framing WWX as heroic for attempting to save them and killing a granny and toddler should be a very obvious nono.

#mdzs #answers

[astrathechinchilla]

WARNING: LONG, UNHINGED RANT

(Also mentions of grooming and predatory behavior)

This rant is mostly for my benefit cause I need to just YELL, in a sense 😅

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The way people criticize Keira is BULLSHIT~

Like, I’m not going to lie, I have my problems with Keira. I don’t think she was handled properly for the role she was meant to play- AKA: the female lead/love interest

However, I criticize constructively, not destructively. I always suggest better ways something could have been done rather than only listing the negatives. I don’t use my criticism as an excuse to viciously/cathartically lambast a character when that energy should be directed towards the people who actually deserve that slap to the back of the head, THE WRITERS.

They’re the ones that chose to use her, for the most part, solely as a vector for drama and basically nothing else, so much so that they dropped her in favor of Ashelin in Jak 3. This is mostly attributed to the sexist ways people wrote in the times this was made, combined with how short and bursty the cutscenes are, leaving not that much room to write actual conversations. However, this doesn’t excuse them for this; Keira deserves more respect than this, especially from writers now.

Sure, this problem is fixed later in Jak X, but honestly, TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE. The damage was already done and what they salvaged makes them look worse, showing that they could’ve written a good relationship between Jak and Keira as well as make Keira a way more interesting character.

There’s this trend(probably old news but it’s worth noting at least) in Jak and Daxter fanfics where Keira isn’t Jak’s love interest, and authors make her just the worst(especially in ones where it’s an OC that’s the love interest. That’s the problem I’m watching out for the most when writing my fic actually. I don’t want to accidentally do the exact same thing as some of the hacks that used to write these kinds of fics) and that’s total crap. We ALL know it is. They’re are so many other things they could do with her character, but they choose not to for a multitude of most likely shitty reasons.

This is also partially caused by the major tone change between the first and second game. Though I believe the ‘darker’ tone of Jak 2 mostly serves in the series favor, it damaged some parts and made them worse in the process- mostly the romance subplot.

I actually quite liked how Keira and Jak were in the first game, they were quite cute(it was pretty barebones and basic, but cute nonetheless). Their chemistry was fine; it had that early 2000’s crush energy, but I liked it and wanted to see it develop into something more when I first played the game. It had the potential of being good.

However, when they started to complicate shit with the love (triangle/square/rhombus/whatever shape ya want) was when that potential was thrown out the window. They use her character to lazily create tension where there didn’t need to be, cause there was already tension with the war going on. We already had three(four if you count Krew) factions in Jak 2 fighting for control of Haven. They didn’t need complicate the romance if it wasn’t going to go anywhere in the first place.

This also affects Ashelin’s character in the process(which I could talk about if people actually like reading my feral rants about this game, I have A LOT to say about her)

This doesn’t help the fact that they wrote one particular party of the messy subplot to be an actual SEXUAL PREDATOR. Yeah, Errol’s a major part of what went wrong with Keira and directly affects her story.

His character says so much more about how lazy the writers actually are- the fact that they don’t bring any of this up and dismiss this quickly is part of the problem. They simply dismiss this whole messy plot that could’ve been potentially interesting, the hints of Keira being a potential victim of Errol’s grooming, her growth out of that, realizing that she hurt her friend and properly apologizing for her hurtful words to Jak after having someone who knows better properly explaining to her what’s really going on- it’s all wasted because of the short length of the cutscenes.

While this may potentially excuse the writers of the games for this(it DOESN’T, but I do think they tried their best with what they had), this doesn’t excuse fanfic authors from doing the exact same thing, ONLY WORSE! They don’t have the same constraints as the writers did in Jak 2, so time shouldn’t have been an issue.

I don’t believe this is a big problem for modern authors of today(I haven’t checked in a while), but I highly caution fellow new authors who are only recently starting to write and post their fics from doing the same as people did years back.

Also, the ‘Keira is a bitch’ plot is boring, uninteresting, and OVERDONE. Y’all can do better as authors. You can make her in the wrong without painting her as a horrible person in the process(AKA, like a lot of teenagers). You can make her naive without her being a total idiot entirely. You can make her a person, not a vector for drama. People can make mistakes.

Besides, SHE’S ADORABLE✨ Have you seen her? Just-

LOOK AT HER 🥰

If you’re not gonna have her date Jak, give her an S/O of some kind. Why do you all think I gave her girlfriend in the first place 💕

….Also ‘Will-they-Won’t-they’ plots can kiss my ass-

#jak and daxter #keira hagai #Keira deserves rights #and respect Ù-Ú #I’m prepared to punch someone in the face for this girl #my sweet angel I will protecc #me: *slides oc towards her* here #have a girlfriend #me: *sees post about shit takes on Keira* #me: *aggressively starts to type*